I currently own all four of the big HUDA BEAUTY palettes, and I fell for the colour story of this one as soon as I saw it. The designs for the bigger palettes always look stunning!
THE PACKAGING
The packaging is quite
simple and made of nude pink cardboard, but it has Huda’s face on the front.
Huda’s eyes are closed and it looks like she is wearing a fascinator, which is
covering part of her face. The palette has a magnetic closing and you just lift
it up to reveal the mirror and square eyeshadow pans.
THE EYESHADOWS & FORMULA
You get eighteen eyeshadows with a net weight of 19.7g in Matte (M), Reflective (R), Glitter (G), Pressed Pearl (PP) and Cream Base (CB) finishes.
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Insane Pigmentation
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Flatter any skin tone
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Cruelty-Free
THE SHADES & SWATCHES
Stripes Double 18 Pan by SwatchPerfect.co.uk |
Bare - soft pinky peach (M)
Crave - metallic golden copper with pink and gold flecks (R)
Play - medium peachy orange (M)
Fantasy - metallic reddened plum (R)
Love Bite - deep berry (M)
Spanked - dark berry (M)
Lace - pinky lavender (M)
Daydream - metallic dark pink (R)
Tickle - dark warm pink (M)
Excite - dark red (G)
Infatuated - plum, cooper and pink mix (G)
Kinky - metallic reddened plum copper (PP)
Concealed - pale yellow beige (CB)
Secret - dark blush pink (M)
Tease - soft plum (M)
Raw - dark reddish brown (M)
Charmed - metallic reddish brown (R)
Teddy - rosy brown (M)
The following shades contain Plastic
Glitter Particles; Excite and Infatuated. These shades are not
intended for use around the immediate eye area as they can cause
damage/blinding to your eyes.
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. I
used Too Faced Shadow Insurance and Too Faced Glitter Glue.
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Pigmentation - The pigmentation is
ok, but building is required with some of the matte shades. The metallics are
ok and the glitters are not bad when applied over glitter glue. I wouldn’t say
the pigmentation is insane, like it is advertised to be!
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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. The cream/metallics/glitters
are best applied with your finger, wet or dry.
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Blending - The mattes blend ok,
but a lot of the colours look the same when blended out.
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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
fallout with the cream, matte or metalli shades, but you will get slight
fallout with the two glitters. A very tacky glitter glue is a necessity!
I was so excited to try out this
palette, but I was left slightly disappointed by it. The shades are very light
and mauvy toned and all look the same when blended out. The pigmentation is
just above average, but blending was effortless. I’m not sure if the shades
really flatter any skin tone as Lace
and Secret were too light for me and
barely showed up. You do have to build up the lighter matte shades quite a bit
too. I really don’t get the cream base shade. It is very thin and sheer, but it
can work as a base but I wouldn’t trust it without primer anyway. The metallic
sort of shades were just not metallic enough. They look kind of magical and
molten in the pans, but this definitely does not transfer to the eyes. I’m not
overly keen on pressed glitters and I have tried better and more inexpensive
pressed glitters before. I really dislike when brands overly mix up formulas in
one palette. My favourite shade is Daydream. Overall, this palette is great for a natural look, but it just isn’t
my vibe!
You can purchase the HUDA BEAUTY The New Nude Palette for £56.00 ($65.00) from HudaBeauty.com.
| I purchased this palette for £56.00
from CultBeauty.co.uk |
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