Is this art or can I use it to make myself up?

Make-up is art. You can express yourself, be creative, experiment with colors and have fun. Indie label Base Blue Cosmetics also thinks makeup has a lot in common with art, and is launching a palette that you can hang on your wall as a painting. It's the first of their 12-piece "Artistic Collection," in which each piece pays tribute to a significant work in art history. It kicks off with a palette depicting a section of the famous oil painting "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" by Dutch painter Jan Vermeer. The painting was created in the 17th century and currently hangs in the Mauritshuis, a museum in The Hague.

What's special about the palette is that for an extra three dollars - the regular price is $53 - you also get a framed poster of the painting with a cutout in it. Add your palette to the cutout, and the painting completes itself and you can hang it. Moreover, the image of the painting is not only visible on the package, but also inside the palette. The subject is represented by differently colored, shimmering eye shadow powders. Truly a collector's item at a comparatively affordable price, considering that the original is one of the most expensive paintings in the world. Small drop of bitterness: the small-area blue and the gray of the pearl are so-called oversprays. This means that the color is merely sprayed on and there is another one underneath. Furthermore, the first reviews suggest that the quality is mediocre. Youtuber [Allie Dawson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhEVVlBgGuI&t=1130s&ab_channel=AllieDawson), for example, complains that the colors hardly stick to her eyelid. Fortunately, art can also be admired from a distance without spending money on it. Dieses Produkt wird es nicht bei uns zu kaufen geben. Auftaktbild: Base Blue Cosmetics