J. Cat Freedom Creator Lip Palette

The J.Cat Beauty Freedom Creator Lip Palette brings multiple lip shades together in a single compact, and the case for a palette over individual lipsticks is a practical one. Rather than carrying several bullets, you have a range of tones in one slim item, which is genuinely useful for travel, for a handbag and for anyone who likes changing lip colour through a day or between day and evening. More usefully, the shades can be mixed — deepening a nude, softening a bold red, adding warmth or coolness — which means the palette produces far more colours than it physically contains and lets you build a shade that suits your skin tone exactly rather than settling for the nearest match. That flexibility is why makeup artists work from palettes. Apply with a lip brush for precision and control, and layer or blend shades directly on the lips. Also useful for creating an ombré lip by using a deeper shade at the outer edges and a lighter one at the centre.