Written Reviews
1N
Laura Mercier
Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Blendable, Long-wearing, Travel-friendly.
Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Blendable, Long-wearing, Travel-friendly.
Used shade 1N for almost 6 months already – creamy, easy to apply formula, don't need much, buildable coverage, but doesn't go above medium. Quite longwearing, stays on better than Maybelline Fit Me by the end of the day (comparable with 15 in colour). Good for blemishes, but again not a full proof coverage. Will buy again, but maybe 1W as 1N is quite fair (though has a true neutral undertone which is rare for light concealers).
Naked 3
Urban Decay
Tagged as: Sheer, Creamy, Dry, Easy-to-apply, Long-wearing, Easy-to-use-product, Travel-friendly.
Tagged as: Sheer, Creamy, Dry, Easy-to-apply, Long-wearing, Easy-to-use-product, Travel-friendly.
That's a very special palette and serves a special purpose. It's super easy to blend, hard to mess up, pretty neutral colour scheme so can suit a lot of people. So I'd say it's a good beginner-friendly piece BUT if you know your colour scheme well enough already to make sure this pink peachy set is your cup of tea, plus schimmers are not as pigmented and creamy (I'd say even that they are pretty dry) as you might wish, don't expect Huda Beauty effect (dupes with New Nudes are really misleading in this case), yet they blend well and give you a nice barely there wash of colour. Nice thing – it doesn't fade, even less so with a base. So it's indeed what it claims to be – a naked makeup eyeshadow palette. When you want smth-smth on your eyes without a pronounce colour borders or shades. Not sure though if it would serve to darker skin complexions.
Light
Maybelline
Tagged as: Sheer-coverage, Natural-fn, Smooth-fn, Blendable, Lightweight-wear, Travel-friendly.
Tagged as: Sheer-coverage, Natural-fn, Smooth-fn, Blendable, Lightweight-wear, Travel-friendly.
Indeed natural coverage, pretty flexible, yet it's super light, barely covers anything, not going to help with severe dark circles even with corrector (if enough corrector put to provide coverage, you can see the orange through this concealer). Good for no-make up days when you need just a little something but not suitable for full-glam looks. Normal wear, doesn't fade if set. Though behaves alright without setting, if you not put too close to the lower lash line, no crazy greasing, stays skin-like. Overall, a good natural light concealer for those who barely needs one 🙂
Gold Pearl (No. 001)
Burberry
Tagged as: Sheer, Chalky, Easy-to-apply, Long-wearing.
Tagged as: Sheer, Chalky, Easy-to-apply, Long-wearing.
Doesn't bring much of a lux feel, convenient for travelling but no wow effect, looks rather cheap on the eyes, but quite ok as a highlighter though.
Famous
Huda Beauty
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Smooth, Easy-to-apply, Long-wearing, Easy-to-sharpen, Great-for-beginners.
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Smooth, Easy-to-apply, Long-wearing, Easy-to-sharpen, Great-for-beginners.
Long lasting, creamy feel, keeps the shape, fitting colour, helps with some of the moe "runny" lipsticks to keep them in place after blotting.
Famous
Huda Beauty
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Smooth, Blendable, Hard-to-apply, Non-sticky, Scented.
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Smooth, Blendable, Hard-to-apply, Non-sticky, Scented.
Beautiful full coverage colour, not lasting though, gets everywhere when you eat or just move. Better with the lip liner and blotting. Colour might suit a lot of skin colours and tones, but there are better formulations of the same colour so doesn't seem to be worth it, very hard to maintain and be sure it didn't "escape" throughout the day which sure doesn't add confidence.
Demi-Matte Cream Lipstick
Huda Beauty
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Smooth, Thick, Hard-to-apply, Moisturizing-wear, Sticky, Scented.
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Smooth, Thick, Hard-to-apply, Moisturizing-wear, Sticky, Scented.
Note: for shade "Bawse" Beautiful full coverage colour, but not long lasting, gets everywhere when you eat or just move, gets on your teeth, lip liner doesn't help that. Blotting helps fixing it but takes away the glossiness and colour vibrancy. Easy to remove, doesn't tint.
Nude Radiance No. 01
Burberry
Tagged as: Sheer, Smooth, Easy-to-apply, Luminous, Natural.
Tagged as: Sheer, Smooth, Easy-to-apply, Luminous, Natural.
Light, easy application, no coverage, but blurs a bit. Just for the feel that there is something, but even lighter than tinted moisturizer, no coverage. Makes skin look a lot lighter because of light reflection. Could be used on no-makeup days if skin is almost perfect already.
Desire
Rituel de Fille
Tagged as: Buildable, Sheer, Creamy, Smooth, Blendable, Hard-to-apply, Long-wearing, Natural, Travel-friendly.
Tagged as: Buildable, Sheer, Creamy, Smooth, Blendable, Hard-to-apply, Long-wearing, Natural, Travel-friendly.
Very light touch, possible to build up, easy to blend, but way too easy to blend into nothing, better applied with a sponge than fingers or brush (otherwise uneven). Deep plum, cool undertone, but not overwhelming. Can be used as a replacement for both blush and contour, though not for lazy days as takes some time to apply and even out. Grips well over skin, foundation, even powder (though better before). Versatile as can be used as a cream eyeshadow (doesn't grease too much) or lip tint (smooth).
Oxblood No. 97
Burberry
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Smooth, Blendable, Easy-to-apply, Non-sticky, Great-value, Travel-friendly.
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Smooth, Blendable, Easy-to-apply, Non-sticky, Great-value, Travel-friendly.
Creamy feel, not super lasting, but full coverage, easy to re-apply, better with a lip liner, great autumn colour, doesn't look separate from the face, rather universal – not too warm, not too cool, not too dark, not too matte etc.
Tagged as: Sheer, Smooth, Easy-to-apply.
Beautiful packaging, but loses its look almost immediately – catches fingerprints, powder itself is everywhere. Sets nicely, gives a tiny bit of blur, but not much, no coverage and can show some texture. Should not be applied under eyes in you have dark circles – makes it look very yellow so more noticable and somewhat sick. Easy to break, doesn't do what it promises and overpriced. But helps with oil control rather alright. Yet there are more affordable and versatile products out there for it.
Syrup
MAC
Tagged as: Sheer, Creamy, Smooth, Thin, Blendable, Easy-to-apply, Moisturizing-wear, Non-sticky, Travel-friendly, Moisturizing.
Tagged as: Sheer, Creamy, Smooth, Thin, Blendable, Easy-to-apply, Moisturizing-wear, Non-sticky, Travel-friendly, Moisturizing.
Very comfortable on the lips, sheer application so more of a moisturizing feel, not longwear, need to reapply after eating but wears off gradually. Nice cool toned soft pink, not your typical pink lipstick, adds just a little something to your look. Might be too specific to be universal but great for fair to light cool skin tones.
Russian Red
MAC
Tagged as: Buildable, Highly-pigmented, Dry, Blendable, Long-wearing, Non-sticky, Travel-friendly.
Tagged as: Buildable, Highly-pigmented, Dry, Blendable, Long-wearing, Non-sticky, Travel-friendly.
Nice cool toned red, longwearing (until a hot cheese sandwich), matte finish, not too drying, easy to re-apply. A tiny bit on a bright side but not overwhelming. If Ruby Woo seems too much, that's the best next choice. Easier to apply with a lip liner.
Dare You
MAC
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Thick, Blendable, Tugs-pulls, Moisturizing-wear, Non-sticky, Great-value, Travel-friendly.
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Thick, Blendable, Tugs-pulls, Moisturizing-wear, Non-sticky, Great-value, Travel-friendly.
Soft but a bit tangly application, easier with a lip liner, feels nice on the lips, glossy colour, but not too much sparkle, full coverage, doesn't dry into patchiness, great dark cool toned red, looks as a defined yet natural statement lipstick (doesn't look that separate from a face like matte lipsticks sometimes do). Great for cool, neutral and olive skin tones, dark eyes/hair.
Just My Luck
ColourPop
Tagged as: Buildable, Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Powdery, Easy-to-apply, Fall-out.
Tagged as: Buildable, Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Powdery, Easy-to-apply, Fall-out.
On the biggest downsides of this palettes is that its matte shades really tint the eyelids. Otherwise metallics are nice and creamy, quite versatile colour story as well for being a monochromatic palette. It's a very specific piece of makeup as you can only get a lot of use out of it either if it's green suits you like no other or if you enjoy St.Patrick's all year round! As almost all ColourPop palettes, very powdery but rather easy to blend.
New Nudes
Huda Beauty
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Powdery, Hard-to-apply, Long-wearing, Great-gift, Travel-friendly.
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Creamy, Powdery, Hard-to-apply, Long-wearing, Great-gift, Travel-friendly.
AMAZING metallics, so soft, creamy and defined. Yet their quality does decrease with prolonged use – almost as if good stuff is only on the surface and more you use, less payoff you get. Soft and blurring mattes, but I don't quite get mixing cool toned metallics with warm brown mattes, also no deeper shade for the outer corner or lining apart from aubergine. High end quality, new cool metallics, but colour choice is a bit limiting, there is only so much looks you can come up with. Pressed glitter are way too alike, would be nicer to have some sort of darker shade or something to complement the metallics more. Also putting concealer is a questionable choice as it doesn't help metallics or glitters to stay put but does take space that could've been used by another cooler transition shade, for example. Good for neutral skin tones. A bit too cool for warmer but still too many warm shades for real cool tones. Very pigmented so need to be careful when applying, go light and build up.
Natural Lust
Too Faced
Tagged as: Buildable, Dry, Easy-to-apply, Long-wearing, Easy-to-use-product, Travel-friendly.
Tagged as: Buildable, Dry, Easy-to-apply, Long-wearing, Easy-to-use-product, Travel-friendly.
Easy to build up and blend, formula is a bit on a dry side, no kick back though, not too powdery so doesn't get messy. Can probably say it's easy to use but only from the blendability perspective. Colourwise have to guess a lot of times – in the pan shades look much cooler than on the eyelid even straight brown-grey ones. Much more orange than expected from just looking at it so definitely better for warmer and neutral skin tones. Some metallics are buttery, some more dry but both apply smoothly – either standalone or as toppers. Complete palette (can make a full eye look using just it), lasts long, doesn't fade, especially if using eyeshadow primer of any kind.
Bare Necessities
ColourPop
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Buttery, Hard-to-blend, Long-wearing, Versatile.
Tagged as: Highly-pigmented, Buttery, Hard-to-blend, Long-wearing, Versatile.
Metallics are pleasant, smooth and easy to apply but my problem with most shades – they appear much warmer on the eyelid than they are in the pan. And even with metallics hard to predict the actual result. Would not recommend for cooler toned skin or blue eyes. Matte shadows are powdery as hell, gets everywhere, hard to keep the palette itself clean. Pigmentation is good, but a bit hard to blend so not beginner friendly. Good range of darker and lighter shades so doesn't get boring. Likely to be good for makeup artists as it's not cool enough for cool-toned and not universal enough for warm toned, yet gives you a good range when doing makeup on other people.