Holy Grail Beautyy . . .

• Cruelty Free YES
• Fragrance Free YES
• Expensive $83 AUD
• Matte and Foil shades
• 12 Shades
• Mirror and dual ended brush included

This is my first eyeshadow palette from Urban Decay.  I have previously reviewed their Perversion mascara which you can read about here.



Beauty Guru

I wasn't going to buy this palette as the first thing it reminded me of is the Anastasia Beverley Hills Modern Renaissance eyeshadow palette with a few shade
omissions.




But I thought I will give it a chance! I didn't watch any video reviews or read any reviews so I would go into the review of the palette unbiased.

After having used it for around a month I have some definite thoughts about each shadow individually and how to use the shadows for the best results.

Shadows Breakdown

Hot Spot -  Matte cream shade with a hint of peach that has excellent pigment for a pale shade and easy to use.

Caution - A light taupe matte shade that I keep finding it to be light on pigment and not easy to blend.

Bang Bang -  A bright peach glitter that you MUST use a glitter glue with as otherwise it is extremely underwhelming.

Feelz -  A muted salmon/coral pink matte shade with weak pigment but it blends easily.

Juicy -  A matte peach that is rich with pigment and easy to blend.

Turn On -  A light peach foil shade with good pigment that applies best with no primer, primer with no setting powder or with a makeup setting spray.

Ambitious -  A copper foil shade with good pigment that applies best with no primer, primer with no setting powder or with a makeup setting spray.

Bing -  A rich matte dark pink that blends easily.

Devilish -  A deep matte russet rich red  that blends easily.

Young Love -  A true fuchsia pink with gold accents foil shade that applies best with no primer, primer with no setting powder or with a makeup setting spray.

Drunk Dial -  A copper rose gold foil shade that applies best with no primer, primer with no setting powder or with a makeup setting spray.

Privacy - A deep matte chocolate brown that blends easily.


I do feel the shades are almost duplicated in the Modern Renaissance palette but on closer inspection and actual use I would only say Privacy is very close to Cyprus Umber, with Privacy having a tad more of a chocolate richness to it and Devilish is similar to Venetian Red and Red Ochre in Modern Renaissance.  I tried the dual ended pencil and crease brush but I didn't like the crease end of the brush; it just did not perform very well.




I am very pleased with how the matte shades blend; very beautiful almost airbrushed effect! Different to the Modern Renaissance eyeshadow palette and I dare say they blend better.  I do think this is a great palette and I am glad I purchased it.  In Australia this palette costs $83 AUD so it's very expensive for it to be a disappointment but it wasn't .  I look forward to future Urban Decay eyeshadow palette releases!




I definitely recommend if you need some cherry goodness in your life!

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Storytime

I was drawn to this particular palette for several reasons; I had never used Ciate products before, the price was right and the colours were what I was looking for.  There are a few other palettes in this range but "the fun" palette was what I wanted because it has "fun" colours. Green, blue, pink, gold, purple, cream, darker maroon crossed with purple which is gorgeous, a light tan and a pale gold.


Beauty Guru

This palette's packaging is great; it has a holographic on the lid of the palette which is very reminiscent of the Kyshadow palette with the winking eye, except this one is very colourful and both eyes move with eyebrows.  Some information on the palette:

• Mirror included
• No brush
• 18 month shelf life
• 9 shades
• Modern colours and textures
• Made in Italy

Good points on the palette:

• Shadows are not powdery or crumbly despite being very soft
• No fall out!
• Shadow colour selection is helpful with a cream, matte base colour and tan transisition hue
• Pigmentation DOES VARY
• Great packaging
• Easy to blend
• Good choice for someone who wants quality bright colours to learn with
  

I could have bought a far cheaper palette with similar colours, but what I have noticed is that these palettes the shadow pigment is very poor quality.  At the same time, I also did not want to spend exorbitant amounts of money just for a palette of colourful quality shadows, so this palette was perfect for me.  The price for 9 shades is AUD $50.00.


There is two other colour themed palettes: The Fearless Palette and the Pretty Palette both AUD $50 and 9 shades.

With the right primer base the brighter colours like the blue and green work better then they do alone.

I loved the cream, the brown, the pink, the plum and the bronze and gold the best

My recommendation is neutral.

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