Lorac Pro vs. Lorac Unzipped, and a new blog header!

If any of you happened to be looking at my blog last night, it went through all sorts of changes while I tried to get my new header working! I'll probably be playing with it a bit more throughout the day as I customise the layout a bit more, but I was super happy to get a real header!

This header was made by Synthia Jester for me! It's absolutely beautiful, don't you think? I gave her a small idea, and she turned it into something awesome!! She has a lot of other very intricate and pretty vector pieces on her website, as well as illustrations and other graphic designs!

In other news, I did a DIY light box so I can hopefully take semi-better pictures for you all! It's still rather rough, but I enjoyed taking super bright pictures!

So last time, I reviewed the Lorac Pro against the Laura Mercier 2013 Artist's Palette. This time, it'll be the two popular Lorac palettes!

Here we have the Lorac Unzipped. The case is a gorgeous pinkish gold with a zipper right on the cover. It's a nice sturdy palette. It's not as wide as the Pro, but a bit taller.

And here is the Pro. As you can see, it picks up fingerprints and dust easily, but I've also had this palette for about 8 months now. 

The Unzipped palette retails for about 40$, but I got mine through the Lorac website with a discount when I signed up for their emails. The Unzipped is separated by colourways, so you have a really pretty rose-gold colourway up top, and more of a gold and reddish brown colourway on the bottom. I will sometimes mix the two.

The Lorac Pro is separated by matte and shiny shadows. This is  more of a neutral palette, however it has certain colours that make it very versatile. This palette retails for 42$.

Unfortunately Lorac has been pretty much phased out of Sephora, but you can still get them at Kohl's -- which has lots of sales, Ulta, although Lorac is a prestige brand so their sales don't let the two palettes qualify very often, and on the Lorac website itself. 

If you're looking for a palette that you can use everyday, both of these palettes are wonderful. However, the Lorac Pro just gives you a bit more than the Unzipped. If you're wondering which one to get first, I'd recommend the Pro, and then to get the Unzipped later (especially come summer and spring time!)