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The Dupe List -- May 2016 Updates

The Dupe List was just updated with two new features 🙂 They are short and sweet but hopefully useful! As always, thank you for your support!

The Dupe List -- May 2016 Updates

Dupes by Palette

You can know get all dupes for shades within a single palette, like Viseart Boheme Dream, all at once instead of searching shade-by-shade; you can also refine the results to specific price points or by brand to compare to your stash more “at a glance” for a palette.

The Dupe List -- May 2016 Updates

Palette vs. Palette

You can now compare any two palettes that we have in the database to see if any shades from Palette A are known dupes from Palette B (or vice versa), so you can see how much overlap, if any, there might be. (Note: if the exact same shade, like MAC Carbon, actually repeats in both palettes, that will not come up as a dupe.) You can compare duos, quads, palettes, and even sets (like an eyeliner set). If you just want to compare any two specific shades, you can already do that through our compare any two swatches tool here.

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Katherine T. Avatar

Wow, this is awesome! Last month, I was trying to compare the Viseart Ribbons with BH Cosmetics Foil palette, and was switching screens back and forth, comparing swatches, and scribbling notes to see if there were any dupes, but this makes it much easier. I know you’re up to your eyeballs in products, but any chance you might review the new NYX Brights shadow palette? It’s 16 bright matte shadows, and at $18 (less on sale), very budget friendly option for those don’t wear brights often, or it would be nice to pair with the satiny brights in Viseart Ribbons Boheme, plus it would be great to add as a dupe palette for your gallery/library. I don’t have it, but from what I can tell, most of the online swatches look decent, and others look fixable with primer, but I can’t always trust you tube

Katherine T. Avatar

No worries. I might pick up the NYX Brights one, and if I do, will let you know how it performs. If it’s a dud, I can always return 🙂

Sarah Avatar

!!!!!! The Temptalia team is a gem to humanity, I kid you not. This is the best thing because I’m the kind of person that falls in love with three or four shades in a palette but not enough for the whole thing. Just shaved off a good half hour of every “this is stunning but is it really worth $45 Sarah” debate! <3

Wednesday Avatar

Very VERY cool feature! I use the swatch gallery and dupes feature endlessly. I cannot emphasize that enough. I do not always have the time to chase down dozens of beauty sites and some days it is either very late or very early when I get the opportunity to work in my beauty fix. Temptalia is in many cases my one and only fix for the day and the kick butt features make it so.

Mariella Avatar

Christine, I’m like Wendy….I probably check the Dupe List at least once a day. We often forget to tell you, but thank you so much for your site and for all you do. I was looking at an old product the other week and realized how very, very far you’ve taken this site in 6 years (I think the product I was looking at dated from 2010).

Stephanie Avatar

Best idea ever… Especially since I’m at that point in every makeup hoarder’s life where my purchases need more justification than “OMG LOOK BRIGHT COLORS I KNOW I HAVE DUPES FOR HALF OF THEM BUT OMG THAT PACKAGING!!!!1”

*Full disclosure: ⬆this pretty much sums up my decision making process more often than I’d like to admit….

Lacey Avatar

Awesome! This will be so handy because I’m definitely guilty of buying palettes with a lot of overlap just to get a few new and different shades, without realizing just how much overlap there is. (Urban Decay, I’m looking at you.)

Astrild Avatar

Ohhh, that’s awesome!!! I use the Dupe List ALL-THE-TIME and I thought it would be impossible to improve, but you always surprise me.

KJH Avatar

Superb addition to your already invaluable swatches/dupes. Think I’ve looked at MUFE shadows 100x or more. Now, remind me how to credit Temptalia before you order from Sephora, et al. I ordered @ work, and simply forgot. Sorry. We really ought to do that, considering all you do for us.

Christine Avatar

If you buy online, you just have to click any link that goes to Sephora (it is also one of the retailers linked in the sidebar) as just about every link to a major retailer on the site is an affiliate link (so the site gets some % commission – varies by retailer). 🙂

Charley JB Avatar

The HOURS and HOURS of work that must go into making this?!
Congrats Temptalia Crew!
An awesome achievement!
And what an amazing tool for the rest of us!
Thank you!

Claire L Avatar

Great features! I was hoping for something like this function when MAC’s Flamingo Park palette turned out not to be released in the UK. I spent about 2 hours looking at dupes until my brain frazzled! In the end I decided to get the pink shades released individually altho not all the same as in the palette, and to buy Dior Glowing Gardens in Rose Garden. Rose Garden #1 is indeed a close dupe for Floridazzle, which what I wanted because it was such an unusual, fresh shade. Luckily, I love the rest of the Rose Garden palette as well!

Cat Avatar

I don’t know if I can express how much I appreciate this feature! I used to have three or more windows open to compare swatches in different palettes — even more when looking for dupes. Thank you!!! 😀

Christine Avatar

Hey Georgia,

I checked on my end in Chrome/Edge, and it worked for me. Could you e-mail nick@temptalia.com and let him know what device you’re using as well? He would be able to help better than I. Alternatively, if you give me permission, I can have him reach out to you via the email you’ve provided.

Amalia Avatar

Awesome Christine! Sometimes, I would like to submit a dupe, but I must be logged. Is it possible without Facebook account? Thank you for your time.

BonnieBBon Avatar

Your work ethic commands respect. I know you have mine! Thank you for always striving to make an even better blog/database for us. You love what you do, it really shows. Such a cool new feature!

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