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Makeup Revolution Redemption Palette Review

June 9, 2014

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On my first Makeup Revolution purchase, I picked up the Redemption Matte Brights Palette. I have no idea why I was drawn to these bright and crazy colours, but I couldn’t help myself. If you are unfamiliar with the brand, they have hit the beauty world by storm and have rivaled the firm affordable favourite MUA with their cheap yet amazing palettes and fab albeit eccentric lip colours to name a few. I had high hopes for the palette after reading some reviews on their others and couldn’t wait to try some of the shades out.

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Unfortunately these eye shadows aren’t named but for a palette that only cost me £4.00 for 12 shades I really can’t grumble too much. The first three shades, a white, grey and baby blue were actually very disapointing, I really struggled to get enough, if any, pigment onto my skin as you can see from the swatches above and when I finally managed to build up some colour for the grey and blue it was so insignificant I probably shouldn’t have even bothered. The same can be said for the peach colour which is the 9th swatch along. I was really hoping that me and the grey could get along, but perhaps I can use this in the corners of my eye when going for a smokey black look. I’m afraid that the white was so rubbish, it wouldn’t even work as a highlight.

Now we’ve gotten over the disappointment of four of the shades, we can move on to the others. The orange was actually quite bright, and may even work with a brown/nude eye. It’s not too shocking, but wearable enough to add just a pop of colour. The first pink was darker than I expected, but still gorgeous as was the purple and the second pink, which although was a little brighter wasn’t too dissimilar from the first.

The most surprising shade by far was the yellow which was the most pigmented – I was expecting this to be the worst shade, but I was wrong. Beautifully bright and applied like magic, although I’m not sure when I will ever wear this. As I raved above, the peach was insignificant and hardly worth mentioning, but the first green is stunning, being more of a yellow green, this really does make it stand out, compared to a lot of other greens which often end up a little dull and more of a khaki colour. The blue was also incredibly bright and applied well along with the last green which has even more of a yellow undertone to it. I think these three together with a good blending session could create some very dramatic and amazing results!

Even though some of these didn’t swatch as I’d hoped, I really didn’t buy the palette for it’s exiting white and perfect peach colours, so overall I am impressed with how the palette swatched as a whole, especially given the price tag. It gives me high hopes for some of the tried and tested “safer” shades in the other palettes from Makeup Revolution and I’m really going to make an effort to actually use some of these shades rather than allow it to lay dormant on my dresser.

Totally hellbent for all sorts of ‘zaney’ colours to match my ‘zaney’ personality

-Pants

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4 Comments

  • Reply Jaq June 10, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    I have this palette too and agree about the pigmentation. Some shades are killer but then that makes the filler really stand out! Love how you’ve formatted the swatches in this post btw!

    Jaq @ http://www.lazydaysbeauty.com
    Xxx

    • Reply Pants June 10, 2014 at 4:51 pm

      I’m a little disappointed that the shades I would most likely wear, aren’t as pigmented by never mind. I had a lot of fun lining up the swatches though, so thanks :o) – it made up for the headache my lighting gave me :oD

  • Reply Mish June 23, 2014 at 11:55 pm

    This is an exact dupe of a Sleek palette I own, if you use a white base on your lid all the problematic colors will end up being quite vibrant :)

    • Reply Pants June 24, 2014 at 7:01 am

      I’ll definitely try out using a white base when I use this! I usually go for a primer, but they are more of a peach colour. Thanks for the tip though :oD.

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