Huda Beauty Amethyst Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette Review & Swatches
Amethyst
Huda Beauty Amethyst Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette ($27.00 for 0.35 oz.) is a new, limited edition purple-themed palette with mostly pinker/redder plums and purples across a mix of matte and shimmer finishes. It was a mixed bag and is a palette that needs an eyeshadow primer underneath and/or a dampened brush with some of the shimmers.
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Amethyst
LELimited Edition. $29.00.
Amethyst #1
Amethyst #1 is a medium-dark berry with subtle, cool undertones and a pearl finish. It had rich, opaque pigmentation that adhered fairly well to bare skin but had to be a bit buffed on to get even coverage as it had a more emollient texture that was denser. It wore well for eight hours on me before fading slightly.
Top Dupes
- Bad Habit Red Giant (PiP, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Viseart Bijoux Royal #9 (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Disney by Sephora Sha La La (LE, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Too Faced Bright Eyes (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Sweetheart (P, $5.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Swoon (LE, $6.00) is lighter (85% similar).
- NARS Deep Cut (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- City Color It's a Girl (P, $6.99) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild VI Purple #9 (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- KVD Beauty Rosary (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
Amethyst #1
LELimited Edition.
Amethyst #2
Amethyst #2 is a medium plum with warmer undertones and a sparkling, frosted finish. The color coverage was good, though not quite opaque, in a single layer. It had a creamy, more emollient texture that had noticeable slip, which made a little harder to apply evenly with a dry brush, though it worked just fine with a dampened brush or fingertips. It stayed on well for eight hours on me before creasing faintly.
Top Dupes
- Lethal Cosmetics Rebirth (P, $6.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Can't Stop, Won't Stop (LE, $18.00) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Buxom Wild Nights (P, $12.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Punk Rock (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Rose Quartz 005 (LE, $25.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Cufflinks (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath Plum Eclipse (LE, $25.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Confident Eyes (Enhance) (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Burner (DC, $4.50) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Chameleon (LE, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Amethyst #2
LELimited Edition.
Amethyst #3
Amethyst #3 is a light-medium purple with warm undertones and a matte finish. It had medium color payoff that was buildable to mostly opaque coverage with two to three layers. The texture was thinner, slightly chalky, but it blended out easily and was easy to work with overall–as long as the pigmentation wasn’t a deal breaker. That thinness, though, made it harder to apply over any of the shimmers, which were thicker. It lasted for seven and a half hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Sephora Mystic (PiP, ) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Too Faced Boys N Berry (PiP, $16.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Dior Pink Vibration #4 (LE, ) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
- Anastasia Unicorn Tribe (LE, $12.00) is warmer (85% similar).
- Smashbox No Shame (P, ) is darker (85% similar).
- Makeup Geek Fashion Addict (DC, $6.00) is darker (85% similar).
- Huda Beauty Amethyst (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Dominique Cosmetics Double Shot (PiP, ) is darker (80% similar).
- ColourPop 143 (P, $4.50) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
- Viseart Bright Editorial #11 (PiP, ) is darker (80% similar).
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Amethyst #3
LELimited Edition.
Amethyst #4
Amethyst #4 is a medium-dark plum with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. The color coverage was semi-sheer in one layer, as the texture was rather powdery and prone to fallout, but it could be built up to mostly opaque pigmentation if desired. It could have been easier to blend out as well. I would recommend using an eyeshadow primer with this shade It wore well for seven and a half hours on me before fading noticeably.
Top Dupes
- MAC P for Potent (P, $20.00) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Viseart Mulberry (Amethyst #3) (P, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- MAC Shady Santa (P, $17.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Damsel (LE, $4.50) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Terra Moons Moon Reverie (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty The Free Spirit No. 16 (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Ciate Flirt (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia BBDC (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- MAC Snappy Style (LE, $17.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Offline (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
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Amethyst #4
LELimited Edition.
Amethyst #5
Amethyst #5 is a light-medium plum with warm, coppery undertones and a metallic sheen. The consistency was soft, lightly creamy, and thicker but easier to press and pat onto my lid than I anticipated and didn’t have any fallout. It had opaque pigmentation that adhered well to bare skin and stayed on for eight hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Natasha Denona Giving (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Kiss Me (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Give Me Glow Mystery Topper (P, $7.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Sephora One in a Million (388) (P, $9.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Coloured Raine Respect (LE, $6.99) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Clionadh Grisaille (P, $10.00) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Sephora Rosewood (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Clionadh Engrave (P, $10.00) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
- Sydney Grace Winter Rose (DC, $5.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- BH Cosmetics Foil Eyes 2 #12 (PiP, ) is less shimmery (85% similar).
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Amethyst #5
LELimited Edition.
Amethyst #6
Amethyst #6 is a medium-dark purple with subtle, cool undertones and a pearly sheen. It was richly pigmented and had a smooth, dense texture that was lightly creamy but not too emollient so it applied evenly to my lid while remaining blendable. This shade lasted for just over eight hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Glaminatrix Cabaret (P, $8.04) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine Truth (LE, $6.99) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Anastasia DDG (LE, $12.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Sydney Grace Deliverer (P, $6.25) is lighter (90% similar).
- elf Supernova (P, $6.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Sketch (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace The Drive (PiP, $6.25) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Electric #2 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Chick Lit (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Pandora (P, $5.00) is more shimmery, more muted, warmer (90% similar).
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Amethyst #6
LELimited Edition.
Amethyst #7
Amethyst #7 is a medium pink with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. The color payoff was opaque in a single layer, while the consistency was soft, blendable, and velvety without being too thin. It wore well for eight hours before showing signs of fading on me.
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay Scrunchie (LE, $19.00) is darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Fan Fiction (LE, $4.50) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Applejack (LE, $4.50) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Sugarpill Melody (PiP, ) is warmer (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Flamingo (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever M856 Fresh Pink (DC, $21.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Too Faced Young and Free (LE, $16.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Loves It (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Uggghhh (LE, $4.50) is warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Pink Net (PiP, ) is warmer (90% similar).
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Amethyst #7
LELimited Edition.
Amethyst #8
Amethyst #8 is a pale pink with warm undertones and a frosted finish. The consistency was chunkier and more loosely pressed, so there was some fallout if I wasn’t careful to push and press the product onto my skin (no sweeping!), though using it with a dampened brush improved the pigmentation and smoothness in application quite a bit. Dry, it had semi-sheer, buildable pigmentation that lasted well for eight hours on me.
Top Dupes
- MAC Shine De-light (P, $18.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Faithfully (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Gemstone #8 (PiP, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Plumluxe #2 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Laura Mercier Magnetic Pink (P, $29.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Tokens (LE, $4.50) is warmer (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Raw Energy (LE, $19.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Too Faced Sugar Coated (LE, $16.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Know Better (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- KVD Beauty Instaglam (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
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Amethyst #8
LELimited Edition.
Amethyst #9
Amethyst #9 is a bright, medium-dark fuchsia with cool, blue undertones and a metallic finish. It had rich color coverage in a single layer that adhered evenly and smoothly to bare skin. The consistency was lightly creamy and denser, which gave it a thicker feel on my lid, but it was still blendable along the edges and seemed to last a bit longer than other shades in the palette at nine hours.
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Friendsters (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Badlands (P, $5.00) is darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop Hibiscus (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Viseart Boheme Dream #7 (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Do or Dough (PiP, $4.50) is more shimmery, lighter, more muted (90% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Ultraviolet #2 (LE, $22.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- NYX Volatile (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Dominique Cosmetics Electric Amethyst (PiP, ) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Glaminatrix Bubblegum (P, $8.77) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Clionadh Amulet (P, $5.25) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Even though your eye look is magnificent, this palette is a hard pass for me even though we all know that I’m a lover of all the purple things! And that’s *why*. Because, between PMG La Vie En Rose, ND Lila and mini Lila, and quite a few truly FABULOUS purples, plums, fuchsia and all, I’m set in this color family, I think. This palette just isn’t of that caliber.
Yes Nancy, I would say that this palette is not of the standard of those you have…especially the PMG La Vie En Rose.
This palette is getting mixed reviews. I love purple eye shadow and have a ton of them so I’ll skip this one.
I knew it would be a mixed bag, but this review came as a pleasant surprise. It actually scored higher than I was expecting. I use primer and I can deal with the few shades that are a bit more finicky. I think I might still get this and give it a try.
Wow, Amethyst n°8 did so poorly and it looks so nice. A shame. I’m mixed on this one. I heard good reviews, but in the end what bothers me is I wanted a more purple palette and it really seems more like a berry palette. Hmmmm.
I was also disappointed by it having more berry shades than purple shades.
Amethyst rated a lot better than I thought it would -the glitter and mattes shades can be very tricky for brands to get right, not that they were spectacular, but they weren’t D’s or F’s.
It is really a mix of berries and purples and I thought Amethyst 2 was a lovely shade.
I was thinking about getting this, but then I heard Smashbox was going to do a purple cover shot palette, so now I intend to wait and see. The covershot palettes are much cheaper in Australia
It’s pretty but I have a lot of purples. Red purples don’t look that good on me anyway.
Pretty, but it’s a pass for me. Between my PMG La Vie En Rose, Ace Beaute Fallen Paradise, the JH x Morphe Bling Boss, Norvina, and purples across other palettes, I don’t need this palette. Plus, Huda palettes always leave me slightly disappointed.
Jessica,
Out for all the purple palettes you named which do you think performs the best?
I’m so sorry, I’m just seeing this comment. The Morphe Bling Boss palette is a decent cheap palette. If you like more cool tones, the Kevyn Aucoin NudePop is a good palette. The Norvina palette is good, but it doesn’t have a proper deepening shade so you may find you have to reach for another palette. The Ace Beaute palette is nice but I did find that I had an allergic reaction to one of the shimmers, but the mattes are good.
I was really keen to get this palette, the green one and the blue one. However, I have seen very mixed reviews on You Tube and read that some of the colours need to be built up. Think I might give them a miss as not sure whether I will like them in person or not.