When I first saw the teaser for this
collaboration, I was very excited. Nikkie is well known for her colourful and
beautiful eye looks. I was a bit puzzled as to why the collaboration was with
BeautyBay as she doesn’t mention them on her channel and I am not overly keen
on the BB eyeshadow formula. I didn’t get to try the BY BEAUTY BAY X MMMMitchell Palette, but apparently the quality was
amazing and the NikkieTutorials should be of similar quality. For those of you
that do not know, Nikkie de Jager a.k.a NikkieTutorials is a Beauty Influencer
on YouTube.
I signed up for the early access launch
of the palette, so I did get it before the launch time of 6pm. If you signed up
for the early access, you got sent a code to enter to be able to purchase the
palette. The palette is limited edition, so you are limited to be able to only
purchase one palette. I received my access code at 4.26pm on launch day (Monday
31st August) and I completed my purchase in less than two minutes!
There were a select number of FREE pop sockets being given out with orders of
the palette, I was lucky enough to be allocated one. Nikkie said in her reveal
video that she randomly signed fifty of the palettes, I sadly I didn’t receive
a signed palette, but I am grateful I got the chance to buy the palette in the
first place and got a FREE gift.
THE PACKAGING
The packaging has been designed to
represent the two sides of Nikkie’s personality, the bright and the dark. It is
a short rectangle shape and made of cardboard. One half is pink and bright and
other is black and white with little peeks of colour. It has an image of a
temple (Temple Tutorials) in the centre of the palette and it is split down the
middle to represent the two sides. There is also laminated glitter over the two
sides. The palette opening is down the middle of the palette and you can lift
up both flaps (bright and dark side) to reveal the square eyeshadows pans
inside. The eyeshadows are spread out across a split colour base (pink, purple,
mauve & black) and the shade names are printed under each shade in a small
white capital font. There are two small mirrors included; Regular (bright side)
and Zoomed for glasses wearers (dark side). Lastly, there is an insert included
with the palette that directs you on how to best apply each eyeshadow shade
(finger or brush).
THE EYESHADOWS & FORMULA
You get twenty 2.3g eyeshadows/pressed
pigments in Matte (M), Shimmer (S) and Duo-Chrome (DC) finishes.
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High-Pigment Formula
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Major Staying Power
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Limited Edition
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Vegan
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Cruelty-Free
THE SHADES & SWATCHES
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| Swatch Stencil: Stripes Double 18 Pan by SwatchPerfect.co.uk |
Redemption - marigold orange (M)
Blend & Snap! - bubblegum pink (M)
Ivy - silver (S)
Slasher - mulberry purple (M)
5AM - chocolate brown (M)
Roxy Catan - bright pink (S)
Vla - bumblebee yellow (M)
Mikai - true red (M)
Mila - caramel nude (M)
Underground - silver gold (S)
Plot Twist - baby blue (M)
Aura - orange (S)
Basic Trut - pink toned nude (M)
All-In - green duo-chrome (DC)
Ew - true green (M)
Pride - pink duo-chrome (DC)
Zomer - peach pink (M)
Mama Tutorials - baby blue (S)
Amsterdamn - cobalt blue (M)
Mr Tutorials - hazel (S)
Some of the shades are Pressed Pigments.
According to USA Law, pressed pigments are not intended for use around the
immediate eye area as they can cause temporary staining to the area of skin
they are applied to. It doesn’t state which shades are pressed pigments.
EXTRAS
There was a limited amount of FREE pop
sockets available (whilst stocks last). There was a pink (bright side) or black
(dark side) one and they are randomly sent out. As you can see above, I
received the Pink (Bright Side) one.
MY THOUGHTS
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Primer/Base - The eyeshadows are
pigmented enough without a primer or base, but I would always layer one down.
As Nikkie say’s; “Not to prime, is a crime!”. I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance and Too
Faced Glitter Glue.
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Pigmentation - The general
pigmentation of the mattes is decent; the pigmentation of the metallic shades
is incredible!
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Application (wet/dry)
- The eyeshadows can be applied wet or dry. I always use mattes dry,
unless I am applying them to my lower lash line or using them as eyeliner. I
generally apply metallic/shimmer shades dry with my finger over a layer of
glitter glue.
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Blending - This was mostly ok,
but I had issues with a couple of shades.
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Kick-Back - Obviously, there is
always going to be kick-back in your eyeshadow pans as you are disturbing powders.
The kick-back was not a concern or issue for me in this particular palette.
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Fallout - I didn’t notice any
with the matte shades, but you can get quite a bit of fallout with the metallic
shades.
I really love the packaging design, it
is very creative and I haven’t seen any other packaging design like it. It is
definitely unique, but I do prefer the artwork of the dark side the most. I’m
not overly keen on the opening being in the middle of the palette, so that you
have two flaps to open. I do understand that it’s the only way that would make
sense to keep the two sides sort of separate. I like the fact that there are
two different mirrors. They seem like they are on the small side, but when you
look into them you can see your whole face. The eyeshadow pans are quite big,
so you are getting a lot of product for your money. The shades are arranged a
little randomly, I feel like they could have been put in a better order for
cohesion. Some of the eyeshadows don’t finger swatch on the skin brilliantly,
but Nikkie did say this in her reveal video. Just because something doesn’t
finger swatch great, doesn’t mean it won’t apply good when used properly (with
brushes on the eye). The metallic shades all look stunning on the eye, but you
definitely need to apply them with your finger and over a great tacky
base/primer/glitter glue. If you don’t, you will have glitter fallout galore!
The matte shades don’t all quite blend effortlessly; you definitely need to put
work into it, especially with the bright shades (mostly Amsterdamn).
The shades I had issues with were; Redemption (not overly pigmented,
needed to be built up quite a bit), Slasher
(does not blend with other shades very well, my first attempt looked hideous), VLA (barely shows up on my skin tone
and looks chalky), Mikai (described
as a true red, but once blended out it looked hot pink on me), Plot Twist (chalky, chalky, chalky and
no colour payoff - now that is a plot twist!) and Basic Trut (basically is my skin tone, can only be used to set my
eye base, which I never do. This also matches Nikkie’s skin tone, which is the
literal point of the shade). I only noticed slight staining from the red/pink
matte shades, this will be minimised if you use a good base. I found the wear
time of the eyeshadows satisfactory, but I do always use a trusted eye primer
and glitter glue. The metallic shades do look rather messy in the pan straight after the first use, this is because they have a sort of putty texture. I think they are that sort of texture so that they didn't have to be pressed glitters. My favourite shades are; Roxy Catan, Aura, All-In and Pride.
Overall the palette is decent for the
price, but I was expecting more from the matte shades considering it is a
NikkieTutorials palette. I was extremely impressed with the metallic shades,
but underwhelmed by the matte shades. I was expecting the palette to blow me
away a bit more. Maybe I have become desensitised a little due to the amount of
palettes I’ve tried so far in my life?? I did appreciate the FREE little pop
socket and it does look rather cute, but I do not use pop sockets anyway. I
would still recommend this palette, but not really to a beginner. You definitely
need a lot of patience to deal with the amount of blending you might have to
do! It would also be a great idea if you did your eyes before your base, so
that it will be easy to remove any glitter fallout (it does get everywhere if
you are not careful).
You can purchase the BY BEAUTY BAY X NikkieTutorials Palette
for £25.00 ($30.00) exclusively from
BeautyBay.com.
SOLD OUT at the moment, final half of batch coming soon!
SOLD OUT at the moment, final half of batch coming soon!
| I purchased this palette for £25.00
from BeautyBay.com |
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