Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palettes Review & Swatches
Chocolate Brown
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette ($29.00 for 0.45 oz.) includes five matte eyeshadows and four shimmer eyeshadows. The mattes seemed slightly better than recent releases by the brand–not quite as powdery–but the shimmers were more of a mixed bag (which is consistent with recent releases) where they could be too stiff/firm to work with using a dry brush and had to be applied with fingertips or a dampened brush to go on evenly.
Ingredients
Chocolate Brown
PPermanent. $29.00.
Chocolate Brown #1
Chocolate Brown #1 is a soft, light-medium rosy brown with muted, warm undertones and a matte finish. The texture was soft, lightly powdery but substantial enough to still yield mostly opaque coverage that blended out with ease on my skin. It wore nicely for eight hours before fading visibly.
Top Dupes
- Tarte Fringe (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Thick (LE, ) is darker (95% similar).
- Morphe Buns (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Shell Yeah (LE, $4.50) is lighter (95% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild VI Purple #1 (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Sidekick (DC, $6.00) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Persona Audacious (PiP, ) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- LORAC Romance (LE, $19.00) is darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Fortunate (LE, $4.50) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Finesse (LE, $4.50) is darker (90% similar).
Ingredients
mica, talc, magnesium myristate, dimethicone, silica, caprylic/capric triglyceride, zea mays (corn) starch, boron nitride, triethoxycaprylylsilane, trimethylsiloxysilicate, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol. may contain (+/-) titanium dioxide / ci 77891, iron oxides / ci 77491, iron oxides / ci 77492, iron oxides / ci 77499, bismuth oxychloride / ci 77163, carmine / ci 75470, red 40 lake / ci 16035.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Chocolate Brown #1
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Chocolate Brown #2
Chocolate Brown #2 is a medium brown with subtle, warm red undertones and a frosted sheen. The texture was firmer and stiffer to work with, so I had to really push and jab my brush into the pan to get product to pick up evenly on my brush. It had mostly opaque coverage once I was able to get through the top layers. It was better applied with a fingertip or a dampened brush for more even application of color, though. This shade lasted well for eight hours before fading noticeably.
Top Dupes
- ColourPop You're Kitten Me (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Sephora Espresso (377) (P, $9.00) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Lucky Penny (DC, $6.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Sienna Rose (LE, $25.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty O Yeah (P, $29.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Buxom Hustle (P, $12.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Shaken (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Too Faced Bake It Til You Make It (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Cle de Peau Golden Age #1 (LE, ) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Charmed (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
mica, dimethicone, synthetic fluorphlogopite, caprylic/capric triglyceride, magnesium myristate, trimethylsiloxysilicate, diisostearyl malate, synthetic wax, boron nitride, triethoxycaprylylsilane, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol, calcium aluminum borosilicate, tin oxide. may contain (+/-) titanium dioxide / ci 77891, iron oxides / ci 77491, iron oxides / ci 77492, iron oxides / ci 77499, bismuth oxychloride / ci 77163, carmine / ci 75470, red 40 lake / ci 16035.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Chocolate Brown #2
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Chocolate Brown #3
Chocolate Brown #3 It stayed on well for eight hours before fading a bit. is a medium-dark, reddish-brown with subtle, warm undertones and a lightly sparkling finish. It had mostly opaque color payoff that adhered evenly to bare skin, though the texture was slightly firmer and denser, so it needed to be used with a heavier hand to pick up product evenly on a brush. It stayed on well for eight hours before fading a bit.
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay Shockadelica (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Sephora Espresso (377) (P, $9.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Dior Riviera #4 (LE, ) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Rosewood (51M) (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Plain Jane (LE, $7.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop You're Kitten Me (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Sephora Tahitian Pearl (285) (P, $9.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Laura Mercier Forbidden Rose (P, $29.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #2 (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- LORAC Wild (LE, ) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
mica, dimethicone, synthetic fluorphlogopite, caprylic/capric triglyceride, magnesium myristate, trimethylsiloxysilicate, diisostearyl malate, synthetic wax, boron nitride, triethoxycaprylylsilane, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol, calcium aluminum borosilicate, tin oxide. may contain (+/-) titanium dioxide / ci 77891, iron oxides / ci 77491, iron oxides / ci 77492, iron oxides / ci 77499, bismuth oxychloride / ci 77163, carmine / ci 75470, red 40 lake / ci 16035.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Chocolate Brown #3
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Chocolate Brown #4
Chocolate Brown #4 is a medium-dark, coppery brown with moderate, warm undertones and flecks of plum sparkle over a metallic finish. It had opaque color coverage in a single layer with a soft, smooth, and lightly creamy texture that wasn’t overly dense or too firmly-pressed into the pan. There were signs of fading after eight hours of wear.
Top Dupes
- Moira I Mean (P, $8.50) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Ace Beaute Harvest (DC, ) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Charmed Life (P, $6.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Violet Argente (LE, $46.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Romeo (PiP, $8.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- MAC To Boldly Go (LE, $21.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Too Faced Classy and Sassy (LE, $16.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Kosas Smolder (P, $15.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Star Aura (Smoke) (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Warehouse Party (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
mica, synthetic fluorphlogopite, dimethicone, caprylic/capric triglyceride, magnesium myristate, trimethylsiloxysilicate, diisostearyl malate, synthetic wax, boron nitride, triethoxycaprylylsilane, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol, calcium aluminum borosilicate, tin oxide. may contain (+/-) titanium dioxide / ci 77891, iron oxides / ci 77491, iron oxides / ci 77492, iron oxides / ci 77499, bismuth oxychloride / ci 77163, carmine / ci 75470, red 40 lake / ci 16035.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Chocolate Brown #4
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Chocolate Brown #5
Chocolate Brown #5 is a light brown with soft, warm undertones and a matte finish. It had semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation paired with a soft, moderately powdery texture that was slightly thin. It lasted nicely for seven and a half hours before fading a bit.
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Hot Gossip (PiP, $4.50) is warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Sand and Clay (LE, $17.00) is brighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Cornelious (PiP, $6.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Delirium (P, $6.00) is darker (95% similar).
- bareMinerals Granted (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- Give Me Glow Skinny Dip (P, $7.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Naked Sleep (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Bantha Tracks (LE, $4.50) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Smashbox Nude Rose (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Morphe M.F.E.O. (LE, ) is warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
mica, talc, magnesium myristate, dimethicone, silica, caprylic/capric triglyceride, zea mays (corn) starch, boron nitride, triethoxycaprylylsilane, trimethylsiloxysilicate, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol. may contain (+/-) titanium dioxide / ci 77891, iron oxides / ci 77491, iron oxides / ci 77492, iron oxides / ci 77499, bismuth oxychloride / ci 77163, carmine / ci 75470, red 40 lake / ci 16035.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Chocolate Brown #5
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Chocolate Brown #6
Chocolate Brown #6 is a medium-dark brown with moderate, warm undertones and a matte finish. The consistency was slightly powdery in the pan, but it was smooth and velvety with substance, so it adhered evenly to bare skin and yielded opaque coverage. It wore well for eight hours before fading noticeably.
Top Dupes
- Too Faced Spice, Spice Baby (LE, $16.00) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Bold (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Viseart Cider (5) (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Zuma Beach (LE, $4.50) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Lisa Eldridge Deep Ochre (P, $16.00) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop The Grotto (LE, $4.50) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Desert Haze (Smoke) (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Catatonic (P, $6.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Flannel (LE, $4.50) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Too Faced Gingerbread Glam (LE, $16.00) is lighter (90% similar).
Ingredients
mica, talc, magnesium myristate, dimethicone, silica, caprylic/capric triglyceride, zea mays (corn) starch, boron nitride, triethoxycaprylylsilane, trimethylsiloxysilicate, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol. may contain (+/-) titanium dioxide / ci 77891, iron oxides / ci 77491, iron oxides / ci 77492, iron oxides / ci 77499, bismuth oxychloride / ci 77163, carmine / ci 75470, red 40 lake / ci 16035.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Chocolate Brown #6
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Chocolate Brown #7
Chocolate Brown #7 is a brighter, medium peach with warm, orange undertones and a matte finish. It had mostly opaque color coverage paired with a soft, somewhat powdery texture that had light fallout during application but blended out well. This shade stayed on well for seven and a half hours before fading visibly.
Top Dupes
- Clarins Fairy Tale #2 (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Laugh (LE, $4.50) is warmer (95% similar).
- KVD Beauty Fringe (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Glaminatrix Peachy Keen (P, $7.30) is darker (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Highway Queen (LE, $19.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Champs (PiP, $4.50) is darker (95% similar).
- Anastasia Estate (LE, $12.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Too Faced Peach Sorbet (PiP, $16.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Darlin' (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Too Faced Peaches and Cream (PiP, $16.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
mica, talc, magnesium myristate, dimethicone, silica, caprylic/capric triglyceride, zea mays (corn) starch, boron nitride, triethoxycaprylylsilane, trimethylsiloxysilicate, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol. may contain (+/-) titanium dioxide / ci 77891, iron oxides / ci 77491, iron oxides / ci 77492, iron oxides / ci 77499, bismuth oxychloride / ci 77163, carmine / ci 75470, red 40 lake / ci 16035.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Chocolate Brown #7
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Chocolate Brown #8
Chocolate Brown #8 is a darker, orange-leaning peach with flecks of gold and pink sparkle paired with a metallic finish. It had semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation with a moderately dense consistency that was easier to apply with a dampened brush or a fingertip as it was a little too stiff to work well with a dry brush. It lasted well for eight hours before fading a bit but had light fallout.
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Socialite (P, $8.00) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Seductive Beauty (Brighten) (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Simma Down (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Neon Green #4 (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Bejewelled (Love Glow Prime) (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Body Heat #1 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Bicoastal (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia A5 (Norvina Vol. 4) (LE, $12.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Fly to Your Heart (LE, $6.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- MAC Flashbeams (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
Ingredients
synthetic fluorphlogopite, mica, calcium sodium borosilicate, dimethicone, caprylic/capric triglyceride, magnesium myristate, silica, trimethylsiloxysilicate, diisostearyl malate, synthetic wax, boron nitride, triethoxycaprylylsilane, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol, calcium aluminum borosilicate, tin oxide. all - may contain (+/-) titanium dioxide / ci 77891, iron oxides / ci 77491, iron oxides / ci 77492, iron oxides / ci 77499, bismuth oxychloride / ci 77163, carmine / ci 75470, red 40 lake / ci 16035.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Chocolate Brown #8
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Chocolate Brown #9
Chocolate Brown #9 is a deeper plum with subtle, cool undertones and a matte finish. It had nearly opaque color coverage that was easy to build up to full coverage with a second layer. The consistency was soft, slightly powdery but wasn’t prone to sheering out too readily or having fallout. It wore nicely for eight hours before showing signs of fading.
Top Dupes
- NARS Girl Gang (LE, $19.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Shady Santa (P, $17.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Razy (LE, $4.50) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Pinot Please (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Top Tier (PiP, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Nude Rich #9 (PiP, ) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Lisa Eldridge Nocturama (P, $16.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Dior Galactic #4 (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- KVD Beauty Plum (Define) (PiP, ) is lighter (85% similar).
- Viseart Grande Pro (Vol. 1) #16 (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Ingredients
mica, talc, magnesium myristate, dimethicone, silica, caprylic/capric triglyceride, zea mays (corn) starch, boron nitride, triethoxycaprylylsilane, trimethylsiloxysilicate, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol. may contain (+/-) titanium dioxide / ci 77891, iron oxides / ci 77491, iron oxides / ci 77492, iron oxides / ci 77499, bismuth oxychloride / ci 77163, carmine / ci 75470, red 40 lake / ci 16035.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Chocolate Brown #9
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #1 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #1 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #2 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #2 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #3 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #3 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #4 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #4 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #5 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #5 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #6 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #6 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #7 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #7 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #8 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #8 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #8 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #9 Eyeshadow
Huda Beauty Chocolate Brown #9 Eyeshadow
I like the palette well enough with the nice variety of finishes and intensities but there is nothing unique enough about it to sway me to the buy side. This territory is old hat for my stash.
Not the worst that Huda has done. It’s actually pretty decent. But, I’m fairly certain that I can dupe just about every shade in this palette with what I have, so I likely won’t be buying it.
A bit of a mixed bag here, but I do like the colour story. Shades 3 and 4 are probably a bit too similar to each other and Shades 2 and 8 could have been better. I think the shades here are those that can be easily duped by anyone who has a reasonably stash of neutral browns though.