tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23834093248720232402024-03-02T09:30:01.838-08:00Anti-Haul BlogEllie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-3558255537595342062020-03-29T23:08:00.001-07:002020-03-29T23:08:52.261-07:00Update: COVID-19 + My ExpereinceHi all. <div>
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I've received many messages over the past year wishing me well and asking if and when I would return to blogging. I sincerely appreciate all of the messages, and I apologize for not being able to respond. </div>
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The main reason for my absence is time, which I have had in limited supply since I first moved to California and entered my new career. I am incredibly proud of the work that I've done, but it has left me with very little free time to explore any of my additional interests and hobbies. </div>
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But now, I have an abundance of time, and I wanted to check in on a few things. Mainly, I want to talk about COVID-19. </div>
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Two months ago, I came down with a horrendous illness. I've had a history of chronic bronchitis, which has left me very susceptive to respiratory infections, and the first morning I woke up with the illness, I knew it was in my lungs. </div>
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I immediately went to my doctor that morning, and with my fever, cough, and respiratory issues, she said it was very likely that I had the flu. She tested me "just to make sure," and was completely shocked when the test was negative. "I honestly can't believe it," she said. </div>
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Cautiously, almost afraid to be seen as a hypochondriac, I asked, "Could this be coronavirus?"</div>
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She shook her head. "Definitely not," she said. "There have been so few cases in the US, that would be close to impossible."</div>
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The reason I even had the thought is because my father works at a hospital, and he had told me about the virus weeks before my illness. There was already a case in the state where he lives. </div>
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I felt a little embarrassed for asking about coronavirus, so I asked what my doctor recommended. She assumed it was a bacterial infection since I was negative for flu and prescribed me an antibiotic. </div>
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Things drastically worsened after this. I couldn't stop coughing, I couldn't get my fever to break, and I couldn't breathe. I turned the heat up to 80 degrees, covered myself with two blankets plus a heating blanket, and couldn't stop shivering, despite taking medication to break my fever. My ribs started hurting on the second day because of how violently I had to cough to clear my lungs enough to get a breath. </div>
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On the third day, I realized I needed emergency care, which is something I've never felt I needed while sick. The emergency rooms had very long waits, so I opted for an urgent care close to my house. They had masks out for people in the waiting room, and I took one because I was scared of spreading whatever this was to anyone else. </div>
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The doctors at urgent care said I likely had the flu with additional respiratory distress. I told them I had just tested negative for the flu, and they told me it was likely a false negative. They tested me again, and, again, I was negative. </div>
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They decided to give me a chest X-ray, just to rule out pneumonia. My X-rays showed something in my lungs, but it wasn't pneumonia, so they diagnosed me with reactive airway disease. Due to what was shown on the X-ray, they gave me a breathing treatment and told me to breathe slowly because I might otherwise pass out. </div>
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Prior to this, they asked me where I lived and where I work. I work in an office near one of the biggest tourist destinations in the city, and I go to that area a few times a week to eat lunch. At this point, the doctors said I would be more susceptible to catching coronavirus because of working in this area and advised everyone to wear masks around me. </div>
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After the breathing treatment, they checked my lungs again, and they sounded slightly better. I was prescribed steroids, a rescue inhaler, and cough syrup. </div>
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The next several days were better, but still terrible. I started experiencing stomach distress and couldn't smell or taste anything (all of which I chalked up to the medication). </div>
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I was still sick on Valentine’s Day, and my boyfriend gifted me a niche perfume and body cream. Typically, when I'm sick, I can still smell hints of things, but my sense of smell was completely gone. I asked him if he could describe the scent for me, and a few days later, when I still had no sense of smell or taste, I sincerely asked him if he thought I would ever get those senses back. </div>
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I followed up with my primary care doctor after visiting the urgent care, and she told me the only rational explanation was bronchitis. She said I should expect to feel this way for three to four weeks. The last time I had bronchitis it lasted for four months, so she said three to four weeks would be the minimum time. </div>
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But, just around two weeks after my illness started, it stopped. I was so thankful to be feeling better, but I was also confused because I was expecting a minimum of another week or two with breathing issues. I had taken two weeks' worth of sick time, so I came back to work with my doctor's approval. I struggled with breathing and fatigue for the first couple of days, but eventually got back into the swing of things. </div>
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In the six weeks since my illness, I have experienced intense lung pain when I breathe. I again went to my doctor, and I was diagnosed with pleurisy, which is inflammation of the lining of the lungs. I was told it was normal after having such a violent respiratory illness and that it should get better within a couple of weeks. </div>
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Shortly after this, the severity of COVID-19 became apparent. Businesses closed. Grocery stores were picked clean. My company told us to work from home. And, eventually, a shelter-in-place order came through. </div>
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I've been working at home now for over two weeks. And in that time, the pain in my lung has only worsened. I realized a while ago that I had every single symptom of COVID-19, including the symptoms that are a bit rarer (like the stomach distress). I recently learned that a unique symptom of coronavirus is an inability to smell or taste. </div>
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With my lung pain worsening, I called my doctor's office again. I asked: "Knowing everything that we know now, is it possible that I had coronavirus?" </div>
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The answer is yes, but there is no way to be positive because I was never tested for it. </div>
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Last week, my doctor's office told me that I needed to come back yet again to be evaluated. I said that I didn't want to go due to being in quarantine, but they said it was necessary. When I arrived, I was the only patient there. </div>
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My lungs sound normal (which is great!) but the doctor gave me a breathing test with the hope of better understanding the lung pain. The results were poor: I am currently breathing at 78%, which is not ideal and is consistent with COVID-19 patients who recover and were in the severe category. </div>
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I was prescribed an inhaler and have to go back to the doctor this week. </div>
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And that's where I'm at now. I don't know if I had coronavirus. Unfortunately, since no one thought it was in the US, I wasn't tested, despite showing all symptoms and with severe breathing difficulties. </div>
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Now, no one really knows what to do. They don't know the longterm effects of the virus, and I'm not being monitored because I wasn't a "confirmed" case. Additionally, if my illness was not COVID-19, since I am still recovering from it and have weakened lungs, I am particularly susceptible to coronavirus. </div>
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It's a scary time right now, full of unknowns. I'm scared of my unknown illness and the unknown ramifications it will have. I'm scared of the unknown of if I am temporarily immune or highly susceptible to coronavirus. I'm scared of the unknown amount of time quarantine and panic-shopping will continue. And I'm scared of the unknown effects this will have on people's livelihoods and the world at large. </div>
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But I'm coping. I bought a coloring book and color pencils and spend a few hours a day relaxing and coloring. I've purchased shelves and am going to reorganize my bedroom. I'm decorating my weekly planner spreads with Lisa Frank stickers. I've started a new hobby that has nothing to do with makeup, and I'm thinking of taking up sewing again. </div>
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And, to be completely honest, I'm shopping — which is not my healthiest coping mechanism. </div>
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But, I'm not buying makeup. And I have not purchased new makeup in months. I still put on makeup every day (and I take pictures of my eye looks and send them to my friend), so I am still very much enjoying makeup, but I'm not buying any of it. </div>
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I recently did a sizable purge of my makeup collection. I got rid of things that I really liked but didn't use. And I purged more than 90 single/depotted eyeshadows. </div>
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What I am left with is still a ton of makeup, and primarily in two categories: luxury and indie. These are the products I like the most, and because I like them so much, I'm not drawn in by the brands pumping out constant releases. I just don't want anything else. I don't want more. </div>
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Right now, especially, makeup isn't where I want to spend my money. </div>
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I don't have any advice right now as I feel like we are all coping as best as we can, and that looks different for everyone. But I urge you to follow quarantine protocols. The mystery illness I had — that looks identical to coronavirus — was horrendous. It was terrifying. And it is something I am still dealing with two months later. If it wasn't coronavirus, I cannot imagine how bad that is, and it's not something I want to discover. </div>
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Please stay safe. Please follow quarantine protocol. And please practice self-care. </div>
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If you're a longtime reader of my blog, you'll know that I don't post many reviews. And there's a few reasons for that. The first is that my blog isn't really about reviewing new makeup — it's about encouraging smart consumerism and breaking down marketing tactics. Another is that I don't buy a lot of new releases and therefore don't have a lot of content for "new product" reviews. And, finally, I don't want to be yet another person who might convince you to buy something you know you don't need. </div>
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With that said, I still think the occasional review can be helpful, and today I'm talking about the newest Anastasia Beverly Hills palette — Riviera. </div>
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When it comes to ABH, I have to say that I have a pretty unpopular opinion. I hated the Modern Renaissance palette and returned it because the shadows muddied on my eyes and I thought the shimmer color scheme was lacking. After receiving Subculture as a gift, I found that I actually really liked it and didn't think it was as hard to work with as Modern Renaissance — but most people really hated it. Lastly, I thought Prism, Norvina, Soft Glam, and Sultry were all incredibly boring and full of a TON of repeat shades.</div>
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In short, when it comes to ABH, I really don't get the hype.<br />
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When Riviera was released, I wavered on if I wanted to purchase it or not. I didn't have most of the shades in my collection, but I had shades that seemed close. And I wasn't totally sure how cohesive the color scheme would be for me.<br />
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Lid: Mediterranean</div>
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Crease: Monte Carlo</div>
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Outer corner: Cannes</div>
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Inner corner: Inheritance</div>
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Brow bone: Sails</div>
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Lower lash line: Cannes</div>
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Mediterranean was one of the shadows that really called to me, and I think it's one of the standouts in this palette. I don't have any other shade like this one, and I find it to be really versatile. It can be colorful or neutral, and I think it's gorgeous. On the whole, I really liked this entire look. I was thrilled with how Monte Carlo and Cannes applied, and I loved how vibrant the gold looked on the inner corner. Sails is a very stark white, which made it a bit difficult to blend out on my skin tone, but I think it's a shadow that a lot of people would like. </div>
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Lid: Seychelles</div>
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Transition: Estate</div>
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Inner corner: Yacht</div>
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Brow bone: Sails</div>
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I hated this look. In stark comparison to look one, there was little I liked about this one. And that's really disappointing because I was so looking forward to this color combination, and it was a big miss for me. Estate looked like essentially nothing on my skin, and Cabana was quite dull and required several layers to look opaque. Cabana was an especially disappointing shade because, if you've been a reader for a while, you'll know that I love a good mustard. The mustard shade in Subculture (Edge) is my all-time favorite, and I was hoping (expecting) Cabana to be a good alternative. But, nope. Seychelles also required quite a bit of building up, which I didn't like.</div>
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Inner lid: Inheritance</div>
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I liked this look. I loved working with the mattes, but I was a little disappointed in the shimmers. The gold, which applied gorgeously to my inner corners on my first look, didn't apply on the lid with the same intensity. It really had to be built up. Palermo was slightly easier to work with, but it also required some building. </div>
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Lid: Seaside</div>
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I started liking the palette again with this look, but I also realized how difficult Cannes is to blend. It looks worse in photos (with the flash) than it did in real life, but I would have preferred a seamless blend instead of what looks like a stripe. With that said, I love the color scheme of this look, and I especially love the shade Seaside. Like Mediterranean, it was one of the shades that really drew me to the palette, and it did not disappoint. The inner corner shade, Yacht, also really surprised me. I thought it was going to be a classic bronze, but it is like a bronze/rose gold. Yacht made me want to do another look with it as the focus.</div>
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Lid: Yacht</div>
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I loved this look. Yacht was the wildcard shadow in this palette for me. I thought nothing of it at first, didn't really even notice it, and now it is my favorite shadow in the palette. Cannes was still difficult to blend, but I love the color and truly have nothing like it in my collection. At this point, I no longer wanted to return this palette. </div>
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Inner and outer lid: Palm</div>
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For this look, I decided to go pretty neutral. I did this for two reasons. One was to use Palm, and the other was to show that even in this "colorful palette," it's possible to get a very neutral look. I liked this look and thought it was dramatic and pretty. It was the only look that required me to bring in another shadow, which was a cool matte brown from Sydney Grace. I could have used Palm in the crease, but I didn't want to go that dark. </div>
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For the final look, I wanted to use Bahamas — the hot pink. In most of the reviews I had seen of this palette, people heavily featured this shade. I would guess that's because Bahamas is the brightest shade in the palette, and when you're looking at Riviera as a "bright" or "colorful" palette, this will be the shade you use to showcase that. I have a few colorful palettes and several hot pink shades, so I wasn't in a rush to use Bahamas. But, this ended up being one of my favorite looks I did with the palette, and I received a ton of compliments on it. By this point in the week, I was very happy with my purchase. </div>
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If you've read through this entire post, you'll see that I really felt conflicted with this palette. Some days I hated it and really regretted my purchase. On others, I was incredibly happy with it. This is generally why I personally don't like "first impressions" review content, because opinions can drastically change the more you use a product. </div>
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There are two shades in the palette that disappointed me — Estate and Cabana — which are the peach and mustard shades. Something that I find in a lot of ABH palettes is that the lighter mattes can be a bit chalky and won't work for skin tones deeper than very light. I have a light to medium skin tone, but because I have a warm olive undertone, a number of shades that are traditionally made for "white skin" don't show up on me. And if these shades are lacking on my skin tone, I imagine that they would be lacking on deeper skin tones as well. This is certainly a palette that is more friendly toward deeper skin tones than most releases from ABH, so I was disappointed in these two shades. </div>
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Additionally, I don't think this palette needed light shades at all. I think it's disappointing how many brands include these "staple" shades for light skin, and it's also disappointing how many reviewers complain when a palette lacks these shades. There are not equivalent shades for deeper skin tones, and I think it's wrong to include "staple" shades for light skin only. </div>
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However, the majority of shades in Riviera can work on a wide spectrum of skin tones, and that is something I appreciate. </div>
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Yacht is the standout for me, and Mediterranean, Seaside, Cannes, and Monte Carlo were my other top shades. Seychelles, Palermo, and Inheritance are all decent shimmers, but they didn't stand out too much among other similar shades in my collection. Bahamas and Palm are solid mattes that work well in the palette, but, again, I have other matte hot pinks and matte browns in my collection. I liked Coastline quite a bit, but I don't know how well that shade would show up on diverse skin tones, so I'm hesitant to praise it. Sails is a very stark white, which isn't something that I personally love, but it's a good shade for what it is, and I used it every day. </div>
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To me, Riviera is not a "colorful" or "bright" palette. I think this is a different take on what is typically considered neutral. Or, it's a "beginner colorful palette" for someone who is curious to try more color, but doesn't want an entire neon rainbow look. Therefore, while Riviera certainly has less brows than most ABH palettes, if you're looking for a really vibrant and colorful palette, this is not the one I would recommend. </div>
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With that said, I personally enjoy the color scheme and find it quite inspiring, and I am ultimately happy with my purchase. I have a sizable eyeshadow collection that I routinely declutter and curate, and there are several shades in this palette that I have never seen before, let alone owned. </div>
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This is a palette that I know I will use and enjoy for a long time. But, I don't think Riviera is for everyone, and I don't think it's so special that anyone who doesn't have it is missing out. </div>
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I'm often in flux with my custom palettes. I'll think I've finally made a palette that can be a "permanent" fixture in my collection, but then that all goes out the window when a new palette comes out that I want to dupe or I find some other source of inspiration.<br />
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Case in point: My Schitt's Creek palette, which I talked about in my last post:<br />
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As much as I loved this palette, I felt like it was still a bit too warm to <i>really</i> feel like the show and be an ideal cool-toned palette. I had always wanted to include some smoky, cool shades, but I just didn't have any in my collection. So, I actually purchased some new singles recently precisely to fill this void. </div>
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And here is my new Schitt's Creek palette:</div>
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To say that I love this new version of the palette is an understatement. I think it is such a perfect cool-toned palette, and had something like this been created by a brand, I absolutely would have purchased it. But, instead of spending $50 – $130, this palette is mostly repurposed from shadows I already owned. </div>
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Longtime readers will also know how much I loved my duped/reimagined Too Faced Peachy Mattes palette:</div>
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This was a favorite palette for a <i>long</i> time, but I didn't use it much last year. This was largely because I wasn't as interested in creating pink eyeshadow looks (I might have burnt myself out with that in 2017) and because it was mainly a companion palette, and I just don't reach for those very often. </div>
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So, I changed/upgraded it:</div>
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I've included some of my favorite shimmer shadows to use with the "peachy" mattes and removed the shades that didn't get as much use from me. I think this now has a really great balance of finishes and shades, and it has reinvigorated my desire to use it. </div>
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I've slightly altered the color scheme, but not in any considerable way. My feelings on the original palette by Makeup Revolution have not changed (it was my biggest fail of the entire year), and neither has my love of Emily's color selection. I still think she curated a fantastic color scheme, and I'm so glad that my collection could mostly duplicate the shades.</div>
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My next custom palette contains most of my duochrome shadows:</div>
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My final palette was inspired by the new Coloured Raine Safari palette:</div>
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It includes a dupe of this palette as well as an expansion of the color scheme:</div>
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The Safari dupe can be found in the first three columns, excluding the fourth row. I was finally brave enough to depot my beloved Viseart Dark Matte palette, and I couldn't be happier that I did. Dark Matte was the one Viseart palette I could never bring myself to depot, but, much like my duped Peachy Matte palette, I found that I wasn't using it <i>because</i> it wasn't depotted. I cannot express how excited I am about this custom palette. Much like my Schitt's Creek palette, if this was a palette a brand would have created, I would have purchased it. To me, this palette feels unique, which is hard to do when the makeup community is as saturated as it is. But I love the earth tones in this palette, and I find it quite inspiring. What's even more exciting is that this palette gives me ALL the excitement of a new purchase, but these are all shadows I've owned for a while. On top of that, I recently purchased a new palette, and I haven't even used it yet because this one has been too exciting. </div>
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So, that's it for this post. I just wanted to show my "new" custom palettes. In a way, I suppose this is like a haul, because all of these feel like new products to me, but it's more of a "shop my collection" post. I know depotting isn't for everyone, and there are certainly palettes that I would never depot (like Pat McGrath Mothership IV, my Natasha Denona palettes, and BH Cosmetics Zodiac), but when you start to look at shades in a palette as colors instead of part of the whole of a palette, it really opens up quite a bit of creative freedom. </div>
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I recently saw a video on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/xsparkage">Leesha</a> YouTube channel called "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcvQsZbPHWo&t=607s">My Kingdom Hearts III Eyeshadow Palette</a>," which is part of her "fantasy palette series." In the video, Leesha created her own custom eyeshadow palette based on one of her favorite video game series. She chose the color scheme based on characters and items in the games, and she also created names for the shadows that related to Kingdom Hearts. </div>
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It was a video that I really enjoyed for multiple reasons. I loved that she was using shadows she already had in a new and creative way. And I enjoyed that she took inspiration from something she loved. It's a really clever idea to encourage people look at their own shadows in a new way, and as soon as I saw the video, I knew this was something I wanted to try as well. </div>
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I was introduced to this show by a close friend when I was going through a bit of a tough time. The show brought me immense joy, and I have probably rewatched it more than any other show. Every time I just want to feel good and laugh, I turn to Shitt's Creek. It has become quite important to me, so I figured having an eyeshadow palette full of colors that reminded me of it could only be a positive. </div>
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Unlike Leesha, I didn't rename the shadows or pick colors for specific characters or moments from the show. (Had I done so, I would have ended up with an orange shadow that I would have lovingly called "Fold In the Cheese" and a blackened brown that would have been called "What Does Burning Smell Like?" And I didn't necessarily want those colors in this palette.)</div>
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Instead, I selected colors from my collection that reminded me of the Rose family (the protagonists of the show):</div>
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Row 1: Colourpop Glass Bull, Jouer Magic Hour (from Skinny Dip), Jouer Star Light (from Skinny Dip), Viseart matte cool-toned brown, Touch of Glam Beauty Merlin's Wand, and Looki Beauty Stiletto.</div>
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Row 2: Natasha Denona Glam Green, MAC Haux, ABH Pink Champagne, ABH Dusty Rose, Urban Decay Chase, Natasha Denona Industrial, and Ardency Inn Rose Gold. </div>
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Row 3: Jouer Skinny Dip (from Skinny Dip), MAC Satin Taupe, Natasha Denona Antique Olive, Coloured Raine Duchess, Jouer Midnight Swim (from Skinny Dip), Looxi Beauty Foxy Lady, and Touch of Glam Beauty Dark Knight. </div>
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I chose these colors because they felt luxurious to me. When I imagine the show and these characters, I think of decadent shades of gold and silver, and, of course, black. Interestingly, I don't own a black eyeshadow single, and I have never depotted one with the intention of keeping it. It's always so perplexing to me when people say a matte black eyeshadow is a "must" in every makeup collection because... I don't like black eyeshadow. If my choices are between a back and a very dark brown, I will always choose the brown. </div>
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So, in lieu of a black shadow, I chose several dark and complex shimmers, like Jouer Magic Hour, Jouer Midnight Swim, MAC Satin Taupe, and Touch of Glam Beauty Dark Knight.</div>
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Lid: Jouer Star Light</div>
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Transition: Viseart matte cool-toned brown</div>
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Crease: Natasha Denona Antique Olive</div>
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Inner corner: Touch of Glam Beauty Merlin's Wand</div>
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Lower lash line: Natasha Denona Antique Olive</div>
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Lid: MAC Satin Taupe</div>
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Transition: MAC Haux</div>
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Crease: ABH Dusty Rose</div>
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Inner corner: Urban Decay Chase</div>
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Lower lash line: Jouer Midnight Swim</div>
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<b>Look 3:</b></div>
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Lid: Ardency Inn Rose Gold</div>
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Crease: ABH Dusty Rose</div>
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Outer corner: Coloured Raine Duchess</div>
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Inner corner: Looxi Beauty Foxy Lady</div>
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Lower lash line: Coloured Raine Duchess</div>
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Lid: Natasha Denona Glam Green</div>
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Inner corner: Looxi Beauty Foxy Lady</div>
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Lower lash line: MAC Haux</div>
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Lid: ABH Pink Champagne</div>
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Outer corner: Coloured Raine Duchess</div>
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Inner corner: Looxi Beauty Foxy Lady</div>
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Lid: Ardency Inn Rose Gold</div>
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Crease: ABH Dusty Rose</div>
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Outer corner: Coloured Raine Duchess</div>
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Inner corner: Looki Beauty Stiletto</div>
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Lower lash line: Coloured Raine Duchess</div>
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Lid: Natasha Denona Industrial </div>
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Crease: Viseart matte cool-toned brown</div>
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Outer corner: Natasha Denona Glam Green</div>
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I've loved using this palette, and every time I look at it, it reminds me of this show I love so dearly. This is also a color story that I would have never chosen on my own without a source of inspiration behind it. The palette definitely leans cool—especially since all the mattes I chose are cool—which is, frankly, different for my collection. Almost everything in my collection leans very warm, which makes sense since warm colors flatter my skin tone. But the colors within this palette are cool tones that <i>also</i> work for my skin tone. And it has been refreshing to have a cool-toned palette. </div>
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Creating this palette has also enabled me to create color combinations that I likely would not have thought of otherwise, like in Looks 2 and 4. </div>
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A main reason, I think, that people continue to buy palettes with shadows that they already own is because a certain arrangement of colors can be really appealing, <i>especially if you haven't seen those colors arranged in that way before</i>. I still catch myself being affected by this all the time. I get sucked into a beautiful color scheme and have to take a moment to remind myself that I already own those colors. I just don't currently have those colors <i>in that arrangement</i>. </div>
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This is why I love singles so much and am such a fan of depotting eyeshadows. It allows you to change the shadow arrangement and essentially get a "new" product whenever you feel uninspired or in a rut. I hadn't used many of the shadows in this palette for a very long time, but bringing them into their own arrangement that was inspired by one of my favorite shows has brought new life to them, and I've loved using this palette.<br />
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I want to thank Leesha for this great idea, and I think it's fantastic that more content creators are encouraging people to be creative and use what they already have instead of mindlessly spending more money on what we already own. Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-38470052797972553632019-02-11T16:44:00.001-08:002019-02-11T16:45:21.653-08:00Is Natasha Denona Worth the Money?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you're been a longtime reader of this blog, you'll know the depths of which I have criticized the Natasha Denona brand. My biggest gripes have been:</div>
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<li>The fact that the "Natasha Denona" name isn't "worth" the price</li>
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My opinion of Natasha Denona products was based on my experience with two of her original 5-pan palettes. They came in bulky, cheap white packaging; the mattes were scratchy and dry; and the shimmers weren't so special that they made up for everything else. </div>
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The price was out of control. The price was <i>especially</i> ridiculous when you factored in how cheap the packaging was and how the name "Natasha Denona" was not an established brand that could up-charge because of the reputation (like Tom Ford, Chanel, Pat McGrath, etc.). </div>
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Every time a new palette would release, I would counter the influencer gushing with all the reasons these products weren't worth my money. I wanted to put out an opinion that differed from the hype train. Because $130 for an eyeshadow palette is a significant amount of money. And I hated that so many influencers would very much overlook that very important consideration. </div>
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But, with every post, I would get comments and messages saying that I really should give the brand another chance. That I shouldn't base my opinions off of the 5-pan palettes because those are hit and miss. That the brand had reformulated the mattes. That the 15-pan palettes were the crown jewels. </div>
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I'll be honest—I didn't believe it. I really didn't think these palettes could be worth their price tag. And I wasn't going to spend $130 of my money to try to figure that out. </div>
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But for Christmas, I received some Sephora gift cards. And with them, I decided to buy the Gold palette:</div>
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I wrote an anti-haul post for this palette and "duped" it as best as I could with colors in my collection. I had no desire to use the duped palette. It didn't inspire me. That was all I needed to know about buying Gold. But with a gift card—and not my own money—I decided to buy it. I wanted to try a Natasha Denona palette, and I figured I would select the color scheme that would be the most low-risk, since gold is my favorite eyeshadow color. </div>
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I'll get into my thoughts on the palette later in the post, but suffice to say I was impressed enough that I wanted to see how Gold compared to some other Natasha Denona palettes. Still refusing to spend my own money on these palettes, I cashed in a considerable amount of my Sephora points (that had been saved for nine years) and got Lila and Sunset:</div>
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<i>(NOTE: Some of the shadows in Sunset seem to be leaking oil, which you can see in this photo.)</i></div>
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I have used these three palettes almost exclusively for about seven weeks now, so I believe I have a pretty firm grasp on how I feel about them. </div>
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Here are some of the looks I've done with Gold.</div>
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<b>Gold</b> <b>Look 1:</b></div>
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<b>Gold Look 2:</b></div>
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<i>Do I love these palettes and think they are incredibly special?</i> <b>Yes</b></div>
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Let me expand upon these thoughts. I love these palettes. The mattes blew me away because they are nothing like the ones in the 5-pan palettes that I hated so much. These mattes are beautiful to work with with the tools that I have.* </div>
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*<i>Side note: This is something that I wish more people, myself included, would discuss when giving a product review. The tools that you use will absolutely affect the performance of a product and therefore your review. For example, I mostly hate synthetic brushes, especially for eye makeup. However, I have to use a synthetic brush to apply loose pigments or shadows like Colourpop Glass Bull. But, largely, I use natural-hair brushes, and my most used ones come from MAC (before they transitioned to synthetic), Smith Cosmetics, and Hakuhodo.</i></div>
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I didn't have to work much for the mattes to blend out, which was lovely. The shimmers were complex and interesting, and I was really thrilled with how I never bored of any of these palettes. I still reach for these over all of my other shadows, and I've been able to declutter several palettes from my collection since getting these. </div>
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In terms of "ranking" the palettes, my favorite ended up being Gold, and the one that surprised me the most was Lila. I didn't really care for Lila all that much when I first got it (and I probably would have given it a mediocre review), but because I kept using it, I realized how versatile it really is. It has two shadows that I think are utterly special—Dragon Bite and Cyclone—and even though I have used all the shadows, I still feel there is more to discover. Sunset is my "least favorite" of the group, but that is only because I have owned Colourpop Yes, Please! for a while and have long loved that palette. </div>
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(For those wondering on how Sunset compares to Yes, Please!, I do think that Sunset is prettier in that the shadows have more shine and are a bit more sophisticated. With that said, Yes, Please! wins my recommendation because it's a stunning palette at a fraction of the cost of Sunset.)</div>
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For all intents and purposes, I am eating crow and acknowledging that these palettes that I have harshly criticized as being overhyped have become favorite products in my sizable collection. I love them, and I am using them more than any other palette that I own. </div>
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These palettes are still not "worth the money" for me personally. And I say that mostly because I <i>did not</i> spend much of my own money on them. Between all the gift cards, I spent roughly $30 on each of these palettes. And for $30, I am beyond thrilled with them. But when I think about the $300 I <i>didn't</i> spend, it's a little hard to wrap my head around. </div>
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I look at these three palettes, and, with tax, they are more than $400. When I think about that, I feel a little sick, to be honest. That's one or two car payments for some people. That's rent or half of rent for others. That's considerable money to be spending on something as frivolous as makeup. And I say that as someone who deeply loves makeup. </div>
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On the other hand, if I was someone who did not have any makeup and only wanted one dynamite palette that I would use every day, I think I would say that one of these palettes <i>could</i> be worth the money if it made sense within a given budget. </div>
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Within my budget, collection size, and lifestyle, a purchase like this doesn't make sense. The shadows are gorgeous, and I have loved every single look I have created out of these palettes. But, I think they cost too much. Despite the fact that I—frankly—<i>adore</i> these palettes and do feel they are special within their textures and application, I don't think they are <i>so much bette</i>r than other products to justify the cost. And because the palettes lack the Pat McGrath lux packaging (and name), it's staggering to think you're paying $130 for a single makeup product. </div>
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So, in the end, I'm eating crow to say that, yes, these palettes are beautiful and I do love them. But, no, I still don't think they are worth the money. I am curious to see if my feelings change if the brand releases another palette that might feel special to me, but until then, I think these gorgeous products still have too high of a price tag. </div>
Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-23300609248608517072018-12-31T13:48:00.002-08:002018-12-31T13:48:35.848-08:00Favorite Makeup Products of 2018So, it's the end of the year, and everyone is making their lists of the best and worst makeup of 2018. The older I get and the less involved with the "influencer" side of the beauty industry I become, these lists matter less and less to me. That also might be because we are so inundated with new releases that it's hard to hold onto a few select products as "the best." And even if they do make that cut, where will they be six months or a year from now?<br />
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I didn't try a ton of new makeup this year. I did buy some things and I was gifted a few things, but I was generally less concerned with buying.<br />
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Because of this, it didn't make much sense to me to create my own "best of 2018" list, since I didn't buy many new releases and mainly just used and loved what I already had. And then it struck me—that's the entire point of this blog. To encourage mindful shopping and using what you already own.<br />
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So I decided to write a post on my favorite makeup items of 2018—most of which I acquired before 2018.<br />
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<b>Foundation: Fenty Pro Filt'r </b></div>
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I've used this sunscreen as a primer for a while, and despite trying several different primers this year, it still came out on top for me. My previous favorite foundation (It Cosmetics CC+) had SPF 50 within it, so it is even more important to me now to have SPF in my primer. I've raved about this sunscreen before, and I will continue to do so. It's non-greasy and yet really holds onto foundation well. I love it. </div>
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I have used MAC Fix+ for many years, but I used it more this year than any other. And that's because I finally started wetting eyeshadows. This was never something I was all that interested in, mainly because I didn't feel I should <i>have</i> to wet an eyeshadow in order for it to work. And I still agree with that (I'm looking at you, Makeup Revolution The Emily Edit). However, some shadows still perform dry but pack a little more punch when wet, and those are the ones for which I don't mind putting in the additional effort. To wet shadows, I'll only use Fix+. This product was also heavily used when I was finishing my Soap & Glory One Heck of a Blot powder and my face looked like it was caked in product. Fix+ took down the powder look and made my skin appear a bit more natural. </div>
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This is a relatively new product to me, so it might be a little unfair to call it a favorite already, but I don't care. It is. I purchased this powder to replace my One Heck of a Blot powder when it was finished, and I absolutely love it. It makes my skin look airbrushed. That shouldn't be surprising—so many Hourglass products do that. I feel like you might not notice a huge difference with this powder (and other Hourglass products) until you stop using it. That happened to me with the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder, and I just couldn't understand why my face looked so dull when I didn't use it. I feel the same about this. </div>
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I have a sizable blush collection (though it probably appears small when compared to a large number of beauty content creators), and these four are the ones that stood out to me this year as the best. </div>
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Lines and Last Night is a perfect peach/orange blush for my skin tone, and it lasts all day without fading. I have two other Marc Jacobs blushes in this formula, but neither are quite as special (on me) as this one.</div>
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This blush is such a great color, but unfortunately, the staying power isn't the greatest on me. I really like to pair Gingerly with a yellow-gold highlighter and warm nude (on me) lipstick. It also looks great with green or mustard eyeshadow!</div>
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Next to Exhibit A, this is my favorite blush. Whenever I can't quite figure out what blush to wear, I go for this one. When I'm traveling, this is usually the only blush I take. I think what everyone else loves about Tarte Exposed is what I love about Mood Exposure.<br />
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I firmly believe that a highlighter is a highlighter is a highlighter. I picked my three favorites from the year and the three I've worn the most, but honestly, while there are differences between them, I think they all look pretty similar on the skin—like almost every highlighter. </div>
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This highlighter was given to me as a gift at a time when I really wasn't wearing much makeup or focused on anything other than recovering from 5 years of unhappiness and environmental depression as a result of living in New York City. So, it took me quite a while to use it. But since then, I have worn it a lot, and it has become a favorite.<br />
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The irony here, of course, is that my two favorite eyeshadow palettes that released in 2018 (or at least were new to me) are pretty far apart in terms of price. I purchased NYX Grind for $12 (when it was on sale), and the Pat McGrath<b> </b>Decadence palette was a hefty $125. </div>
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I've heard next to no one talk about this palette, and I really don't understand why. I think it's really fantastic and one of the best color stories to come out in a while. It performs at a level that is much higher than its price range, and I don't have to work to make the shadows perform. They are just high quality. It's always a treat to use this palette. </div>
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I bought this palette as a "Congrats, you survived New York" gift to myself. Decadence is the nicest makeup item I have ever owned. (I was then gifted another Pat McGrath palette—one of the smaller ones—and I was not impressed with that.) I have no concept why Decadence was the only limited edition Mothership palette. That makes no sense to me because I feel like it's the best one. And I think it's really disappointing that people can't buy it anymore. </div>
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I had a slightly hard time tracking it down (it was sold out online and I had to put this one on hold at a Sephora near me and then race to buy it), but I never made the connection that it was limited edition (and not a false scarcity tactic). I remember the Sephora employee gasping when I gave my name and said what I was picking up. And I remember thinking that was weird. </div>
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This is a beautiful palette, and these are the highest quality eyeshadows I have ever used. That's especially why I was disappointed in the smaller PM palette as it doesn't seem that the quality is consistent across the board. Decadence is the perfect name for this palette. I only wish it was still available for people to purchase. </div>
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Up front, I need to give a disclaimer. As I detailed in my <a href="https://antihaulblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/my-worst-customer-service-experience-bh.html">last post</a>, I'm not sure that I will ever buy from BH Cosmetics again because I have recently had the worst customer service experience to date after purchasing from them. Long story short: They took 28 days to ship a product to me, lied to me, ignored me, and then blamed the USPS for their errors. I was incredibly disappointed by how I was treated, and when I went onto their social media, the comments were littered with people like me who were being ignored and were frustrated. Customer service is a big deal to me (and most consumers), so, at present, this is not a company that I can or do recommend purchasing from. </div>
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With that said, the Zodiac palette is my favorite palette in my collection. And I'm including it in this post because if you already own this palette, I wanted to maybe remind you of how great it is and encourage you to get more use out of it. Zodiac is a fantastic palette, and it performs better than a lot of high-end palettes that I've tried. It is beyond disappointing that BH Cosmetics handled their customer service so unprofessionally because I really do love a lot of their products. </div>
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If you've read my blog for any period of time, you'll know that I love single eyeshadows. Reflecting upon which are my favorite of the year, I found that there was a nice mix of new and old shadows. They are:</div>
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This might be cheating, but I wanted to give a mention to my giant palette (from Coloured Raine) of single shadows that I either purchased individually or depotted from palettes. This giant collection of singles helps me dupe so many new releases, and my desire to own new things gets immediately curbed. Largely, I don't think singles get enough love, but they are the best tool I have to resist buying something unnecessary. Singles will forever be one of my favorite products. </div>
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If I'm honest, I haven't always been a huge lip product person. That's largely because:</div>
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But, even though I might not wear it as much as I would like, I still apply some kind of lip product most days, and these are my favorites.</div>
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<b>NARS Barbara</b></div>
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The NARS Audacious lipstick formula is one of my all-time favorites, and Barbara is my go-to warm nude (on me) that I pair with bold eyes, MAC Gingerly, and the ABH highlighter. </div>
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<b>NARS Anna</b></div>
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I think this is a perfect lip color for me and my skin tone, and it feels like the lipstick version of Hourglass Mood Exposure. </div>
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<b>Estée Lauder Shock & Awe</b></div>
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This has been in a monthly favorites post before, and I continue to love it. On me, it's not as bright as it looks in the tube, and I find it to be a really wearable and pretty pink. </div>
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<b>Pat McGrath Antidote</b></div>
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I bought this lipstick at the same time that I bought the Decadence palette, and I absolutely love it. I don't have anything even similar in color, and I love wearing it with a matte mustard eye look. </div>
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<b>Tom Ford Fetishist </b></div>
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I wrote about this lipstick in a <a href="https://antihaulblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/recent-favorites-elegant-makeup.html">recent post</a>, and I will say that despite the staggering price tag, it's a great lipstick. Its staying powder is like none other in my collection (including liquid lipsticks!). The color is deep and romantic, and it feels every bit as luxurious as you would expect from Tom Ford (and its price!).Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-33752978724875105902018-12-30T15:05:00.000-08:002018-12-30T15:05:32.943-08:00My Worst Customer Service Experience: BH Cosmetics This is a different post for me, but it's one that I feel is really important. The topic is customer service, and this post will detail the worst customer service experience I have undergone thus far and why I no longer feel comfortable recommending people purchase from BH Cosmetics.<br />
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If you've read my blog for the past year, you will know that I love the BH Cosmetics Zodiac palette. It was probably the biggest beauty surprise of the year for me to see such high quality shadows at a manageable price. I have enthusiastically recommended this palette to readers as well as people in my everyday life. When the Makeup Revolution The Emily Edit: The Wants palette came out and I was very disappointed in its poor quality, people would quip: "What do you expect from a $20 palette?" And to that, I would say, "I expect the BH Cosmetics Zodiac!"<br />
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So when BH Cosmetics announced that they were releasing a second iteration of the Zodiac palette (called Love Signs), I was curious. I feel like BH Cosmetics is a "hit or miss" brand, and I wanted to know if the quality of Zodiac was a fluke or not. After considering it for a few days, I decided to purchase the palette while BH was running several sales and promotions.<br />
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I purchased the palette on November 22, 2018, which was Thanksgiving Day in the US and part of Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. My package was not shipped to me until December 21—which was <b>29 days after I purchased it</b>. BH Cosmetics packages are shipped from North Hollywood, California, and I live in a large city in California.<br />
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At the time of my purchase, the BH website listed shipping times as:<br />
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I quoted this exact language to BH, and they have since changed this portion of their website to say:<br />
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This language was 100% changed because of the overwhelming messages they received on all of their social media platforms from frustrated customers like myself who never received their packages. I also reiterate that I live in a <b><i>large</i></b> city in California, not a "remote area."<br />
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I first contacted BH about the status of my order on November 30, which was 8 days after I had placed my order. I knew that the Black Friday sales likely slowed everything down, but according to the previous language on the website, it would take "up to four business days" to process the order. And that time had passed.<br />
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I did not receive a response until December 4, at which point it had been 12 days since I placed my order, and it had not yet been shipped. BH asked me to wait an additional 2–3 business days to receive a tracking number.<br />
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So, I waited. And it never came.<br />
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Three days later (December 7), I contacted them again and asked about the status.<br />
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Finally, on December 19, which was <b>27 days after I placed my order</b>, I contacted BH again to say that if I did not receive a tracking number, I was going to call my bank and dispute the charge as fraud.<br />
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ONLY THEN did BH respond to me, and they claimed that my package was "lost or stolen in transit."<br />
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My order—to this day—still says that it is "processing" (photo below). That order was never shipped, and they had not sent me a tracking number. So there was no way for it to be "lost or stolen in transit." The fact that they blatantly lied to me made the situation that much worse and made me feel like this is a company that I can no longer support.<br />
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The following day, BH processed my order (picture below), and they sent me a tracking number (so I know my original order was never shipped because they didn't send any tracking information). On December 21, they shipped the package to me (picture below). It was delivered the following day since I live in California, and BH is based in California.<br />
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I have detailed the entire experience below, complete with screenshots of all conversations I had with BH Cosmetics.<br />
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I feel confident to say that had I not told BH that I was going to claim fraud on my purchase, they never would have sent my product to me. I also feel confident that had I not consistently emailed them, they would not have rectified the problem on their own.<br />
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All BH social media comments during the past month were littered with complaints from people who had never received their orders and were lied to by customer service. BH has since deleted these comments.<br />
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BH never apologized to me more than a standard greeting, and they did not offer anything in the way of coupons or anything else to try and make up for their poor service or retain me as a customer.<br />
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I have never been treated so poorly and unprofessionally by a retailer. I have never been so blatantly lied to.<br />
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As a consumer, I was beyond frustrated. But as a person with a blog and a semblance of a voice in this area, I have to say that I can no longer recommend purchasing from BH Cosmetics. This was the first time I had ever purchased from BH during a sale, and every other time I purchased from them, I had a great experience. But this experience was <i>so</i> bad and <i>so</i> unprofessional that I would feel irresponsible recommending the brand to others.<br />
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It is understandable to be swamped with Black Friday sales. However, a brand (especially one that has been established for several years) should prepare for the high volume. Ignoring customers, lying to them, and falsely accusing postal services of losing or stealing a package that they know was never sent is pretty appalling and egregious customer service.<br />
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I placed the order on November 22, 2018:<br />
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(The above screenshot was taken today, December 30, 2018. As you can see, my order has never progressed from the "Processing" phase.)</div>
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On November 30, my order had not been shipped, so I wrote to customer service (through the website portal) and below is my message. Note: You can click on the image to view the message in higher quality.</div>
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"I placed an order 8 days ago on November 22, and my order still has not been shipped. Based on this website info:<br />'Most orders are shipped out within 1 - 2 business days, with many orders shipping out the same day. During high volume periods like the holidays and new product launches, there may be a delay up to 4 business days to process your order.'<br />My package should have been shipped to me yesterday at the latest, but it still has not. Can you please let me know the status of my order? This is a very long time to wait before the order has even been processed and shipped." </blockquote>
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"Thank you for your inquiry. We have recently experienced a high volume of orders, and we apologize for the delay. We are committed to getting your shipment out as soon as possible. Please allow 2-3 business days to receive a tracking number via email. Please note you also have an option to cancel the order. Please let us know your preference.<br />We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you and sincerely appreciate your patience. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to reply to this email."</blockquote>
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"I would like to receive the product that I paid for. However, given that your website says to allow UP TO 4 business days for an order to be processed during holidays and new product launches—and mine has been processing for 7 business days at this point and you're telling me to wait an additional 2–3 business days, bringing that to at least 10 business days—at the very least you need to update the information on your website. It is not only misleading, it is downright incorrect." </blockquote>
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"Thank you for your email. We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us. Every BH Customer's opinion matters to us.<br />And once again...thanks!<br />If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this email."</blockquote>
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"I still have not received my package or a shipping notification and I have not heard back from customer service despite multiple messages. I purchased this product 27 days ago and it is shipping to [redacted] CA, which is local to BH. The fact that my product has not been shipped is unacceptable. The fact that customer service will not respond to me is appalling. Please contact me immediately and let me know when my product will ship. Otherwise, I will be forced to contact my bank and dispute the charge as fraud since I never received my product." </blockquote>
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"Thank you for your email. It appears that your package may have been lost or stolen in transit. Fortunately, we do insure all of our packages. Please let us know if you would like to have your order reshipped or refunded.<br />If you would like a reshipment, please verify your shipping address. Simply reply to this email."</blockquote>
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"Yes, I want my package that I paid for 28 days ago. It was not lost or stolen in transit because it was never shipped to me. On my order, it still says "processing." Please do not blame the USPS for BH Cosmetics' problems.<br />My shipping address should be in my order, and the order number is referenced in this email chain. I purchased the new Zodiac Love Signs palette. My address is:<br />[Redacted]<br />If I do not receive a shipping notification with tracking in two days, I will call my bank and claim fraud on this order." </blockquote>
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I haven't been posting any "Recent Looks" posts lately, and that's largely because I've been favoring a much more simple makeup aesthetic. I doubt it's very interesting to read a post where the same two or three looks are done, and it has honestly been really nice to just focus on a look I really enjoy and let it be easy. </div>
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With the recent Sephora sales and promotions, I did buy a few new makeup items—mainly single eyeshadows—and they have quickly become some of my favorite products that I've come across in years. And what's interesting is that I personally haven't heard any influencers talk about them. I heard about the eyeshadows from a real-life friend who loves makeup just as much as I do. It has been really refreshing to have a friend recommend a product that they've been loving and then buy the product and have the same reaction. It's what YouTube used to be, when I really loved the content and the community. Now, it's PR packages and hidden sponsorships and contracts, and the only brands that get mentioned are the ones that pay and play the game. </div>
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My recent favorites aren't really talked about, except for the Fenty foundation. And when I gathered all the products to take a picture, I noticed that they all look elegant. This is sophisticated makeup meant for adult women. This is not unicorns and mermaids and alien heads marketed toward children. </div>
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If you read my last post, you'll know that I have been looking to replace my all-time favorite foundation, It Cosmetics CC+ cream. I have loved that foundation for years, but the shade range is unacceptable and so heavily favors light skin, and it's not a product or a brand that I feel comfortable supporting. If you've read my blog for a while, you will know that inclusivity is very important to me, and that factors heavily into my purchasing decisions. I can no longer be ignorant about the people who are excluded by the makeup industry and continue to support products that will only work for me as someone with light to medium skin. </div>
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I honestly didn't think I would find a foundation that could replace the CC+ cream. I have hated nearly all of the foundations I have ever used, and none of them ever gave me the skin-like finish of the CC+ cream. I recently finished all three of my foundations in a project pan, so I decided to buy the Fenty Pro Filt'r foundation. Fenty was honestly one of only <i>a few</i> brands that had an extensive shade range that I felt comfortable supporting. The other brands I considered—MAC, Make Up For Ever, and L'Oreal—all have not worked for me in the past. MAC foundations clog and irritate my skin, Make Up For Ever foundations look too dry and matte on me, and L'Oreal foundations have caused my skin to break out. So, Fenty it was. </div>
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Honestly, I absolutely love this foundation, even more than the CC+ cream. It came as a complete shock to me—even though the product has fantastic reviews—because nothing has ever come close to the CC+ cream. I immediately told my aforementioned friend about it, she purchased it, and loves it too. She was looking for something to replace the old formula of the Estée Lauder Double Wear Light, and she said the Fenty was a great alternative. </div>
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I couldn't be happier that I found a foundation that I like even more than my all-time favorite, and the fact that it is from an inclusive brand makes it that much more thrilling.</div>
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In an era where we are always looking on the horizon for the next new thing to come out and dazzle us for a few moments until we're bored, I think it's nice to reflect upon those staples in your collection that will never be knocked off their throne. And for me, that's Exhibit A.</div>
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This is not a new product to me, but it has been my go-to blush for the past month. Every time I wear it, I always wonder why I own any other blush. This is my number-one—the blush that most flatters my skin. Exhibit A has been a part of my life for many years, and after my original blush got to be too old, I purchased this one. I only use a tiny amount because of how pigmented it is, so I find it impossible to think I will ever even hit the pan of it. But I use it, and I love it. And I don't think anything will ever replace it. </div>
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Up front, I need to say that these shadows have really dumb and cringey names. But, if you can get past that, they are utterly gorgeous. The pans are huge—about the size of shadows in Juvia's Place palettes—and they are a "gel powder" formula. I love the texture and payoff of these shadows, but the colors themselves are not unique whatsoever. They come in matte, satin, and shimmer finishes, and I have one matte (The Big O!) and one satin (Perfect-O!), which performs like a matte. I use these as everyday, workhorse shadows, and I like having them as singles in individual packaging. I wear The Big O! almost every day in my crease, and Perfect-O! on the brow bone:</div>
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As of now, this line of shadows doesn't have many colors, but I think the range is nice, especially for being so limited. I'll be interested to see if they make other colors in the future, but for now, these were the only two that I felt warranted buying since they are everyday staples in my collection. I wouldn't use the other colors every day, and I already own several dupes of all of them, so I don't see myself buying any more unless the range expands. </div>
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When I mentioned to my friend that I was really interested in sheer washes of sparkle and shine, she told me I should try the Hourglass Scattered Light eyeshadows. I bought three colors—a taupe, champagne, and gold—but truthfully, the taupe (Smoke) and champagne (Reflect) look very similar. Reflect also looks almost identical to another shadow in the line, Aura, which is supposed to be pink. So, unfortunately, these shadows don't have a ton of individuality. </div>
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As you can see, Smoke and Reflect are <i>very</i> similar. There is a slight difference between the two, but I wouldn't say that it's strong enough to warrant buying both colors. But these are very beautiful shadows, and although the colors are not exactly unique, the payoff is unlike anything else in my collection, and I have been loving them with a bold lip. </div>
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Because I loved the Hourglass Scattered Lights so much, my friend recommended I look at the Marc Jacobs See-quin shadows, which she said are supposed to be like the Scattered Lights. I wouldn't say the two are very similar, to be honest. Yes, they both have almost a gel-like consistency and work best applied with a synthetic brush, but the Marc Jacobs shadows are full of multi-dimensional glitter whereas the Hourglass have intense shine. </div>
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I went through a period for the last several months were I didn't want to wear any lipstick at all. If I wore something, it was usually a tinted lip balm. That's likely because I had been wearing really intense, colorful eyeshadow, and I liked a light lip to balance things out. Now that I have been wearing lighter eye makeup, I have been really liking my lipstick to bring the drama, and Fetishist has been my go-to. This is the only Tom Ford lipstick I have ever purchased, and I can say that this lipstick stays on longer than any other lip product I have ever used, including liquid lipsticks. When I purchased this color (online), I thought it was going to be brighter and more berry, but it is actually quite deep, almost like oxblood. It put me off for a while, but the color was pretty, so I chose to not return it. Since then, I have come to really appreciate this color, especially paired with a light eyeshadow and NARS Exhibit A blush. </div>
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Since I've been loving Fetishist, I decided to pull out another dark lipstick favorite, Bésame's Red Velvet. I really love Bésame lipsticks because they have fantastic staying powder as long as you blot and apply two coats (note: the Tom Ford lipstick does not requite this to last all day). Red lipstick always feels intimidating to me because of the upkeep (and, yes, I still worry if I have gotten red all over my face throughout the day), but I really love the depth of this color. Like the name suggests, it is a deep red instead of a cherry-red, and like Fetishist, it looks fantastic with a light eye and NARS Exhibit A blush. </div>
Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-62908727665702879202018-12-20T19:24:00.001-08:002018-12-20T19:24:04.338-08:00Project Pan Finale: Empty Products A few months ago, I decided to embark on a project pan to use up or hit the pan of several makeup items. My goal was to finish 12 products before Christmas/the end of 2018. And as you will see below, I not only hit that goal, but I surpassed it! I used up/hit the pan of 19 makeup products!<br />
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<b>Soap and Glory One Heck of a Blot</b><br />
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<b>Status: Will not repurchase</b><br />
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As you can see with this dirty pan, I accomplished my goal of finishing the setting powder. The powder developed hard pan, which made it difficult to use, so I needed to repress it to get rid of the hard pan and give myself an even pan again. This is what it looked like before repressing:</div>
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Once I repressed the powder, it was much less densely packed, which meant that I picked up more product with my brush. While I liked this product and I think it does a good job of keeping the face matte, with the loosened product, I found that it left a white cast on my face and make me look really powdery. This didn't happen until I repressed the product, which, again, was generally difficult to use before repressing. </div>
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<b>Chanel Soleil Tan de Chanel</b><br />
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Back when I was living in New York and using makeup as a coping mechanism, I purchased the very expensive and not at all inclusive Chanel Soleil Tan de Chanel cream bronzer, which is also known as the "universal bronze." This is not a universal bronze. This is the first and only cream bronzer I have ever used, and while I think it's a good product, I have to really blend it out or else it leaves my face with an orange/brown stripe. Obviously part of this could be my application or user error, but the shade just isn't right for me or what I would want. With that said, the product works, and I would like to use it up since there is nothing wrong with it and I spent quite a bit of money on it. </div>
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This may be the only powder blush I have ever hit the pan of, and the only reason I have is likely because I have to use so much product just to get any color payoff. I do like the color of this blush, but Tarte is not a brand that I want to support. I'm tired of how non-inclusive the brand is, and until that changes, I don't want to purchase anything for them. I don't know if Exposed will stick around in my collection long enough for me to use up the entire thing, but if it does, I will not repurchase. </div>
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<b>Physician's Formula Butter Highlighter in Pearl</b></div>
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<b>Goal: Hit the pan</b></div>
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I have a lot of highlighters in my collection, but this is one of my favorites. I'm not a huge fan of the twist packaging or the swirl design, but I really love the product. It has a duochrome finish, and I find that it lasts longer on my skin than many mid-range or high-end products. I don't hear a lot of people talk about this, but it's certainly a product that I love. This is only the second highlighter that I have ever hit the pan of, and the other is Becca Moonstone, which is my all-time favorite. </div>
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<b>Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Dim Light</b></div>
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<b>Status: All-time favorite</b></div>
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After I finished my Dim Light powder last year, I immediately replaced it with this one. I love this product. I use it as an all over finishing powder, and I find that I just don't like my makeup without it. I will continue to repurchase and love this product. </div>
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<b>Physician's Formula The Healthy Foundation and Milani Conceal + Perfect</b></div>
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<b>Goal: Finish</b></div>
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<b>Status: Will not repurchase </b></div>
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I am usually a huge proponent of "do not use a product that you hate just to finish it," but I made an exception for these two foundations. In an attempt to find a more inclusive foundation to support (we will get into this more in the next product), I purchased both of these foundations. On their own, I hated both of them. Mixed together, I hated them less. The worst offender of the two was The Healthy Foundation. This looked so dry on my skin, and I have combination skin. The coverage was very thin, and while I don't like full-coverage foundations, this one didn't even seen to be able to provide an even layer of coverage at all. The shade I purchased was also too light for my skin tone. Conceal + Perfect, on the other hand, was way too full coverage for me, and the shade I purchased was too dark. I was able to mix the two of them together for shade and coverage/texture, and while that was better than either on their own, it still wasn't great. </div>
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It's worth noting that the cap on The Healthy Foundation continually broke and splintered off as I worked through the bottle, which made this miserable to use. I can see both of these products working for people with skin types that are different from mine, but I will not repurchase. </div>
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<b>It Cosmetics CC+ Cream</b></div>
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<b>Status: Will not repurchase until the shade range improves </b></div>
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If you've been a longtime reader of my blog, you'll know that this is my all-time favorite foundation. Truthfully, I would be very happy to just use this foundation and not even try another one. But, this foundation shade range is unacceptable, and I cannot support it. Until recently, there were only four shades in this range, and none of them were dark enough for deep skin tones. The range has expanded to 12 shades, but seven of those are meant for light skin, three for medium skin, one for dark, and one for deep. So, even though the range is slightly better, it still skews too heavily toward light skin, and it is not something that I am comfortable supporting. </div>
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To replace this, I have recently purchased the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r foundation, and I absolutely love it. </div>
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<b>Elf Mineral Face Primer</b></div>
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<b>Goal: Finish</b></div>
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<b>Status: May repurchase one day, but not now </b></div>
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I used up a few primers during this project, and I think this one is good value for the money. I liked it just as much as the Make Up For Ever mattifying one, and think it gives generally similar results to the Hourglass Mineral Veil. I didn't love it, however, and I have found other primers that I like more.</div>
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<b>Samples: Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Instant Retouch Primer, Becca Backlight Primer, Becca Blurring Primer</b></div>
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<b>Goal: Finish</b></div>
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<b>Status: May repurchase Becca Backlight Primer</b></div>
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<b>Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Instant Retouch Primer:</b> I hated this primer. It was impossible to pump (but that may just be the sample), the smell was off-putting, and the texture was very waxy and thick. It clung to the foundation and my Beauty Blender—making it impossible to wash—and I did not like the results on my face. </div>
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<b>Becca Backlight Primer:</b> I've purchased this before and didn't care for it or notice any difference with it, but it looked absolutely gorgeous with the Fenty foundation. I am currently using the Australian Gold mineral tinted sunscreen as a primer, and I love that, but I can see myself buying the Becca Backlight again soon. </div>
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<b>NARS Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base</b></div>
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<b>Goal: Finish</b></div>
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<b>Status: Have already repurchased </b></div>
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This is my all-time favorite eye primer, and one that I will continue to repurchase. I have finished several bottles of this primer, and I will continue to repurchase it. </div>
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<b>L'Oreal Lash Paradise Base</b></div>
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<b>Status: Have already repurchased</b></div>
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I haven't tried too many mascara primers, but I loved this one. I use it with Benefit Bad Gal Bang mascara, and I love the effects of it. I finished up this entire bottle (even before the two month expiration date) and immediately repurchased another. I love how it makes my lashes look. </div>
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<b>Sample: Benefit Bad Gal Bang </b></div>
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<b>Status: Have already repurchased </b></div>
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I received a sample of this mascara, and, in an unusual act for me, I used up the entire thing. I have long loved many Benefit mascaras (They're Real and Roller Lash have been favorites of mine), but I always find that I get tired of paying the high price, and then I'll buy a drugstore one for a while. That tradition may continue, but I really love the combination of this mascara and the L'Oreal Lash Paradise primer. </div>
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<b>Physician's Formula Eye Booster</b></div>
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<b>Status: Have already repurchased </b></div>
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This is another boring one to write about as this has been my all-time favorite eyeliner for years, and it continues to be. I have used up many of these eyeliners, and I always immediately repurchase another. </div>
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<b>Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Definer </b></div>
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<b>Status: Undecided</b> </div>
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I find that I'm always torn on brow pencils. On the one hand, I really like the smaller brow pencils (like ABH Brow Wiz), but on the other, I hate how quickly I use those up. The ABH Brow Definer certainly lasts longer, but I like the precision that smaller pencils provide. This is the second Brow Definer that I have used up, and likely won't be the last, but I do like smaller pencils better.<br />
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<b>NYX Micro Brow Pencil</b><br />
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<b>Status: Will continue to use</b><br />
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A while ago, I was gifted several of these NYX brow pencils, so this is what I will be using until I finish all of them. I love this pencil and have purchased it before, and this is the size of pencil that I prefer to the ABH Brow Definer. The negative with this pencil and others like it is that there is so little product, and I go through it very quickly. Even during the time I started this project, I was able to use up two of these pencils (that were brand new) in a shorter amount of time than I used up the ABH Brow Definer that was more than half-finished. But, I'm happy to have a nice supply of them, and I will continue to use. </div>
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I conducted a poll on Instagram (a while ago at this point) to see what people wanted to see in my next anti-haul post. Readers selected the latest Jeffree Star palette, called Alien. </div>
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And I won't be buying. </div>
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As I've said before, I have talked about Jeffree's problematic behavior in other posts, so I'm not going to discuss that here. I will say that since I've written my other Jeffree Star posts, his series on Shane Dawson's YT channel came out (and let's call that was it is—a positive PR campaign), which changed a lot of people's opinion on him. I honestly think that all people who have associated with Jeffree are unreliable and manipulative, and I'm just tired of it all, so I have actively stopped reading about any drama surrounding all of these people. I would rather try to buy from brands with way less drama, but that is becoming an increasingly difficult task. </div>
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Let's talk about this palette. </div>
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Obviously everyone has different preferences, but a close friend of mine saw my poll on Instagram, and to this palette, she said, "Those colors are hideous." It made me laugh out loud, and she hit on something so obvious that I just couldn't articulate for myself. I agree. I think this is an ugly color story. And I typically love color schemes with mustard and green shades. But not this one. </div>
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For example, I love Viseart Dark Matte:</div>
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I was gifted ABH Subculture, and have come to really like it:</div>
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And I recently purchased NYX Grind, which is also a palette that I love:</div>
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For me personally and my tastes, these are three palettes with this kind of color scheme that I like and think work. </div>
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And Alien feels like a dull, unsuccessful, and clashing version of it. </div>
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I thought about trying to dupe the palette, but I couldn't with the singles I have in my collection. For some of the shades, like the green ones, while I don't have them a singles, they are all in the Huda Emerald Obsessions palette:</div>
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Another reason why I can't fully dupe this palette is because<i> these are not colors that I like</i>. I haven't purchased them—because I don't like them. And I still don't like them, even when they are in a palette. </div>
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This is something that I used to talk about a lot on my blog, and I feel like it's worth mentioning again. Earlier, in my makeup obsession days, I would look at shadows and swatches in the new "it" palette of the moment. And I would give each shadow a "yes" or "no" answer when asked the question: "Would I wear that?" If the palette had mainly "yes" answers, I would buy it. </div>
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Now, when I look at a new palette, I still look at shadows and swatches, but this time, I ask: "Do I have this color already?" </div>
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See, with my old method, if a palette had a matte cream or matte light warm brown, it would make me more likely to buy it because it had two shades in it that I knew I would wear. I wouldn't factor in that I owned at least five of these exact shadows already. But now, if a palette has those shades, I'm less likely to buy it because I have so many of those colors already that those are essentially wasted shadows. </div>
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When considering a palette purchase, I also ask: "Would I buy this color as a single?"</div>
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This is a big one for me because if a palette has a significant number of shadows that I would <i>not</i> purchase as singes—either because the color is not my favorite, I already own one like that, or it just is not special enough—then I absolutely shouldn't buy those shadows in a palette. Just because shades that you don't like are grouped together with a few shades that you do like or already own doesn't mean you're going to like those same shades any more. You're won't. Because you don't like them. </div>
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If you find yourself still wanting to buy a palette even after deciding that you wouldn't spend the money to buy the colors as singles, you have to ask yourself: "Why do I want this palette?" And if the answer is <i>because I'm bored</i> or <i>I saw it on YouTube and want to be included</i> or <i>I look up to the brand owner and want to support them</i> or <i>I'm unhappy and this will make me happy</i>—you may want to reconsider the purchase. </div>
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In Alien, the only shades I would buy as singles are the matte mustard yellow and purple. Otherwise, I already have those shadows or I don't like the colors. </div>
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But, assuming I did like the general color scheme of this palette, I still don't think it's worth the $52 (plus tax and shipping) price tag. The palette has 18 shadows, but several of the shadows will look the same when applied to the eye—like the three gray/black shadows; the white, cream, and pink; and the three shimmy golds. On darker skin tones, the differences between a lot of these colors will be subtle or too light altogether. </div>
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Personally, I don't like bulky packaging. I don't like cumbersome shadow layouts that don't serve the consumer and only serve the packaging. The shape of this palette is awkward, and depending on how you store your palettes, this will be awkward to store. It also bothers me that the layout has three rows of four shadows and then it tapers down. It doesn't feel like a natural tapering, and I just don't like the way that it looks. </div>
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I also dislike the packaging because I honestly feel like this is the laziest and least creative way to approach an alien design. The only thing that sets it apart from every other basic alien design is that it's pink, but even then, the colors on the inside match that same basic design. There are endless ways to imagine an alien, and when it's your inspiration for a makeup product, at least put a little effort into making it look intriguing. But this is just the basic shape with the basic bug eyes. It's not cool, it's not inspired, and it's not interesting. </div>
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I also think that the packaging is very impractical for everyday use, which suggests to me that this palette isn't meant for that. It feels much more like a "Jeffree Star fan collectible" than a functional makeup item. And I say that, especially, because this palette looks a lot like another Jeffree Star palette, Androgyny:</div>
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I did not purchase Androgyny for many reasons, one of which is that I already owned Viseart Dark Matte, which is one of my favorite palettes. But, when compared to Alien, I much prefer the color scheme of Androgyny. I feel like it is more diverse, and even though there are less colors, it feels like Androgyny offers the potential for more looks than Alien. </div>
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With that said, when you factor in tax and shipping, Alien costs upwards of $60 domestic, and I just feel that is too much to spend on a gimmick. And the reason I call it a gimmick is 100% because of the packaging. </div>
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I've said this before, but the current trend in makeup seems to be "disposable" makeup that is on trend or has some other gimmick that will make people buy until they get bored with it and buy something new. Alien seems to fit right into this disposable trend. Green and yellow–based palettes are "in" right now, so what sets this palette apart from the others is that it's shaped like an alien head. It's a novelty item. </div>
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And when you look at a brand like Colourpop, which sells "disposable" makeup at lower prices, it makes the $60 cardboard alien head feel like a ripoff. This palette was not meant to be a longtime staple in anyone's collection, <i>but</i> <i>it is priced like one</i>. A lot of that cost goes toward the packaging, which makes the boring design that much more disappointing. </div>
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I don't think this is going to be a palette that people will talk about for very long, and maybe people have already stopped talking about it by now. It isn't meant for longevity—it's meant for diehard fans to collect. </div>
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Personally, there just isn't anything that appeals to me about this palette, from theme to design to color selection. I don't want to pay mid-range prices that swing toward high-end for a palette that I can't even swatch in stores with tacky packaging. I think an alien theme could have been really cool, but this is about the laziest way it could have been approached. I don't like this palette and am frankly tired of internet brands, so I won't be buying. </div>
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Morphe "I can't sell anything without influencers shilling it" Cosmetics has teamed up with influencer James Charles, who is utterly adored by 12-year-olds. And they have created a palette that they are marketing to children. </div>
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And I obviously won't be buying. </div>
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To start this post, I want to say that I am very much not in James Charles's target demographic. So, absolutely nothing about him appeals to me. While I'm sure people of all ages watch his content, his main demographic is very young girls who don't find it mind-numbing, immature, and painfully gimmicky that he calls quite literally everything "sister." But, I've been 12 before, and I remember desperately wanting to be like Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, so I'm not trying to make fun of his young audience who are literally children acting like children. </div>
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But I do find most makeup marketing to be incredibly manipulative, and influencer marketing—especially to young children—is downright predatory. </div>
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At 19 years old, James Charles himself is barely not a legal child. He rose to popularity by Photoshopping an outtake from his high school yearbook photos, and became extremely popular when he was dubbed the first male Covergirl. </div>
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And this is a tangent that I absolutely need to explore. The VAST majority of makeup and beauty CEOs are men. In a market that is largely dominated by women consumers, there are very little women in power. When James Charles became the first male Covergirl, I was not excited. Yes, men wear makeup. And yes, a significant percentage of the men who wear makeup face an incredible amount of hatred and bigotry for doing so. And yes, we can all agree that men look fantastic in eyeliner. However, makeup companies market toward women. Women are the majority of consumers. And yet, in makeup, the few men who are involved rise to success at a much more rapid rate than women. </div>
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So, no. I don't think that a teenage boy who was trying to get famous was a great choice for "Covergirl" over other women who had been working for a significantly larger period of time. </div>
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I also don't care for James Charles because of the way he treated Marlena Stell, founder and CEO of Makeup Geek. Marlena made a comment about working with Netflix, and James made a really dumb and immature response:</div>
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Recently, Marlena exposed that some influencers charge upwards of $60,000 to feature a product in their video, and for some reason it surprised a lot of people to learn that influencers are only in this for the money and are incredibly manipulative. </div>
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With that said, Makeup Geek has been failing for a few years at this point, largely due to unsuccessful, unoriginal, and inconsistent releases. Marlena has openly discussed her many personal issues, and it seems obvious that all of those issues negatively impacted her business. Makeup Geek was founded on duping/copying MAC shadows and selling them at a fraction of the cost, but whenever Makeup Geek has had to come up with original makeup, they've failed. </div>
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But, James is an immature kid, and Marlena did build a once-successful international brand. Saying she "knows nothing about the industry" is delusional and really speaks to his young age, lack of tact, and lack of experience. </div>
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And if you need any more proof that he is an attention seeker who just wanted to be famous:</div>
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So that's why I don't like James Charles. And if you've been reading my blog for a while now, you'll know that I also don't like Morphe and think they are one of the worst offenders in manipulating consumers. </div>
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Let's look at the palette:</div>
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There's a lot going on here. This is a 39-pan eyeshadow palette, and it has a lot of colors. There are greens, yellows, blues, purples, mauves, golds, pinks, and browns. Personally, this palette just doesn't excite me. It looks like the colors have been somewhat divided into quads, which helps the color scheme from feeling too overwhelming, but it's just not one that speaks to me. </div>
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I don't like the layout of this palette, and I really don't like when a brand makes different sized eyeshadow pans because they are essentially telling the consumer what shades they will use the most. I think if you're a young person who doesn't own much makeup, a color scheme like this can be really good. There are a lot of options, and there is a lot of opportunity to explore and be creative. Given his exact audience, I think this is a good color scheme. </div>
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But given that it's Morphe and the quality is very likely not good, this palette should be more in the range of $15, not $40. Because for $40, you can get a mid-range palette of actually good quality. For $20, you can buy the BH Cosmetics Zodiac palette, which is of fantastic quality. Spending that much money on a mediocre palette is so unnecessary, especially when the people buying it are children who have little to no money. </div>
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This palette looks like the Sephora Pro Editorial:</div>
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Juvia's Place Masquerade:</div>
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Too Faced Chocolate Gold:</div>
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Urban Decay Born to Run:</div>
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And for the <strike>young people</strike> Morphe fans, it has a lot of similarities with the Jaclyn Hill palette:</div>
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And the 39A:</div>
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Honestly though, writing this post feels a bit like a fruitless endeavor. Because the main people who will buy this palette are the James Charles fans who will buy anything that he attaches his name to. </div>
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Hell, the palette hasn't even launched, and it already has a 5-star rating at Ulta:</div>
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Not surprisingly, the "reviews" are all from James Charles fans who are likely incredibly young:</div>
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But, this is a very expensive palette of mediocre quality. There are better palettes with these same shades. No, that palette won't have James Charles's name on it, and if that's the one thing that matters most to you, there's not much else I can say. </div>
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For everyone else, if you are susceptible to hype, I'll warn you now that you will likely see a lot of influencers using and shilling this palette in the coming weeks. And that is only because people want to stay on people's "good side," and there is a lot of stroking egos that happens. But that doesn't mean you also need to have this palette. You already have colors that look like this, and if you don't, that's because you haven't wanted to buy them. So, don't make hype the reason you do now. And if you truly do want to try these colors, buy them in a palette with better quality. You'll still be spending the same amount of money, but you'll be getting more for it. </div>
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But, on a different note, as a consumer and member of the beauty community, I am just really sick of all of this. I'm sick of Morphe palettes that are low quality and overpriced. I'm sick of all influencers. I don't want to see another influencer collaboration or influencer brand. I'm tired of lackluster makeup releases that are lazy because companies know that people will just buy them because of social media culture. </div>
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I'm also tired of the makeup industry leaning younger and younger. Every person ages. And there are some industries, like the toy industry, that have to stay within their targeted age group. But the makeup industry has long been associated with adult women. And that's because there's a lot of cultural and misogynistic roots in the cosmetics industry. </div>
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Wearing makeup—for a lot of women—has long been about needing to look attractive to men at home, in the workplace, and in the world at large. Some women believe they are ugly without makeup. Some women say they won't even leave the house without—at the very least—foundation and mascara. Some women won't wash the makeup off their face before they go to bed because they don't want their husbands to see them without makeup. </div>
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There is a certain expectation that women <i>will</i> wear makeup and that women <i>need</i> to wear makeup. And if they don't, they are either deemed ugly, plain, a "tomboy," or a weaponized version of "feminist." </div>
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This is something that I personally struggle with. I love doing my makeup, and it feels creative and fun for me. But sometimes, when I really think about it, I ask, "Why am I <i>painting</i> my face?" If the answer is "I want to look more attractive," that's not something that I am comfortable with <i>for myself</i>. But, my answer is usually, "Because it's fun and I like playing with colors."</div>
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Given how layered the relationship between women and makeup is, it is especially disappointing that most brands are owned by men, that men in makeup are easily given opportunities that women in makeup are not, and that the marketing is now leaning so much younger. </div>
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Makeup, in a lot of ways, ages and sexualizes children. Kat Von D had a red lipstick called "Underage Red," and when people criticized the inappropriate name, she said she named it that because she would wear red lipstick to appear older to get into clubs. </div>
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So having a lot of makeup themed around unicorns, mermaids, My Little Pony, and Disney—and having packaging that looks like play makeup or literal toys—sends a very complicated and potentially dangerous message. </div>
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Relating all of this back to James Charles, I don't think he tells his young audience that they need to wear makeup to make themselves more attractive to men. If anything, I'm sure his channel celebrates having fun and playing with colors, which is what I myself like about makeup. But he is so young, and he has been on YouTube since he was an actual child. And the main people watching him are actual children. </div>
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And he is a man—with an audience of mainly female children—who sought out the makeup community for fame and attention and who actively puts down other women in beauty. </div>
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So, as an adult woman, I find it really disheartening that this is the direction the industry is currently heading. I would much prefer women getting these kind of opportunities, especially women of color. The beauty industry doesn't need an overpriced, poor-quality palette with colors we've already seen targeted at children. It needs to give opportunity to those who have been consistently shut out and excluded. </div>
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Preying off of a preteen female fandom to make money isn't new—just look at the Justin Beiber line of perfumes. Because I'm so sure that 17-year-old Justin was truly passionate about selling a fruity scent called "Girlfriend." And I can guarantee that if <i>Titanic</i>-era Leonardo DiCaprio or Justin Timberlake came out with an overpriced, crappy makeup palette, I would have begged my parents to buy it too. But just because it isn't new doesn't mean that it isn't predatory. And James Charles promising to be everyone's best friend and wanting everyone to "support" him and buy his palette while sitting in his mansion isn't any less predatory. </div>
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And while this is Morphe, which is only a thing at all because of influencer shilling, and I don't expect anything more from them, I hope this is a trend that the beauty community at large—and the adult women who make up 99% of the consumer base—are able to break. </div>
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Huda Beauty has released their newest palette, which is called the New Nudes, despite the fact that the shades are neither new or inclusive of nudes. </div>
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And I won't be buying. </div>
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Before we get into that, I just want to say that if you've been reading this blog for two years, you'll know that the last US election really hit me hard. And I am still reeling from the recent one. While there is much to celebrate and be happy about, I don't think elections will feel easy or uncomplicated for me for a while. So in an effort to get my mind off of things, I wanted to talk about this palette and why you don't need it. </div>
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But because I'm reeling from this election and my general disgust for a large portion of my country, this palette especially pisses me off for its lack of inclusivity in color story and name. </div>
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So, this is a new color scheme? This is a new play on "nudes" that we haven't seen before?</div>
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But... what about the BH Cosmetics Carli Bybel palette?</div>
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Or the Lorac Unzipped that's been around forever?</div>
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The Lorac Mega Pro 3?</div>
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What about the Urban Decay Naked 3, the name of which seems to imply a "nude" color scheme?</div>
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Or that really non-inclusive Too Faced palette, aptly called <i>White</i> Peach?</div>
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<i>But those are older releases! This is a NEW take on repetitive rose-toned "nudes."</i></div>
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I could tell you about how repetitive this color scheme is and how you most definitely already have these shades already (and I guess I did by displaying the many similar palettes above), but I thought it would be better to show how easy it is to recreate this palette with shadows you already have. </div>
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Row 1: Colourpop Say I Do, Colourpop High Strung, BH Cosmetics matte peach, MAC Cranberry, Coloured Raine Ladyship, and Lime Crime Venus</div>
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Row 2: Colourpop Silver Lining, ABH Pink Champagne, BH Cosmetics matte mauve, ABH Rosette, Ardency Inn Rose Gold, and Viseart shimmery magenta</div>
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Row 3: Coloured Raine Heir, ABH Dusty Rose, Coloured Raine Moments, Makeup Geek Bitten, Make Up For Ever shimmery bronze, and Makeup Geek Cocoa Bear</div>
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Now, if you're going to argue that this duped palette doesn't have those chunky glitter shades, I would say to use any Stila Glitter and Glow shadows you might have. </div>
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Lid: Ardency Inn Rose Gold and Stila Rose Gold Retro</div>
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Transition: BH Cosmetics matte peach</div>
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Crease: Colourpop Silver Lining</div>
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Similarly with how I felt when I duped the Natasha Denona Gold palette, my duped New Nudes palette left me really underwhelmed. I think I made a version that is more friendly toward people of color, but there still feel to be too many light shades. Some of these shadows barely show up on me, and I have a light to medium skin tone. So how will those perform on people with a darker skin tone?</div>
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The New Nudes also feels utterly monochromatic. All of these palettes feel that way. Naked Cherry, Naked 3, Charlotte Tilbury Stars in Your Eyes—they're all one note: rosy. And if I'm going to spend upwards of $70 on a palette, it sure as hell better be more than one note that I've seen over and over.<br />
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This palette just doesn't have anything exciting to offer—other than it's a new palette, and that newness excites people. It's a palette that a lot of brands have done, and it continues to be a palette that is not inclusive. It is meant for white people and others with a light skin tone. And if there is ANYTHING that the makeup community <i>doesn't</i> need, it's exactly that. It continues to astound me how many brands do not prioritize diversity and inclusivity, and I'm disappointed in this latest offering from Huda. </div>
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For me, I have owned the Naked 3 and decluttered it, owned Loraz Unzipped and decluttered it, owned the Carli Bybel palette and decluttered it, and can dupe this palette with shadows in my own collection—the combination of which doesn't excite me. This color scheme is one that I don't feel I can get too many diverse looks from, and I just have other palettes within my collection that excite me more. </div>
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Despite the fact that it's October and the holidays are still months away, the holiday season product rollout has begun, and I wanted to talk about one palette that gave me some strange, complicated feelings: Natasha Denona Gold. </div>
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I won't be buying. </div>
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But, to be honest, it took me a beat to come to that decision. When I first saw the palette, my eyes rolled into the back of my head. <i>This is your holiday offering, Natasha Denona? This?? Who the hell doesn't have gold and brown eyeshadows? </i></div>
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But then a few shades got to me, most notably Dijon (the mustard) and Lime Chrome (the lime/gold duochrome). So then I started reasoning with myself. </div>
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And that was what snapped me back into reality after being sucked in by a mustard shade and a lime/gold duochrome, both of which I already own. </div>
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<li>The packaging of ND products is laughable when considering the price.</li>
<li>I like ND shimmers, but not more than others in my collection. </li>
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Since I didn't want this to turn into a $129 mistake, I did the only sensible thing I could do. </div>
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Row 1: Colourpop Tea Garden, Juvia's Place Chi, Ardency Inn Heaven, Makeup Geek Creme Brulee, and MAC Amber Lights</div>
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Row 2: Costal Scents Lake Shore, Makeup Geek Desert Sands, Colourpop Two Birds, Coloured Raine Duchess, and Make Up For Ever bronze shimmer</div>
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Row 3: Colourpop Rosé All Day, Viseart shimmery warm brown, Coloured Raine Your Majesty, Makeup Geek Cocoa Bear, and Coloured Rain Super Star</div>
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There are a few notable differences in my palette. One is that I replaced the dark teal shade with a shimmery deep royal blue. Another is that I replaced the shimmery white "shadow topper" with a shimmery white gold, which I felt was more appropriate for the theme of the palette. Otherwise, even though the colors don't necessarily match up in these two photos, according to swatches I've seen, this is a pretty accurate dupe. </div>
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And you know what's really interesting about this exercise of duping this palette? I am not inspired by it AT ALL. Normally, when I dupe a color story, I immediately want to jump into using the palette. But with this one, I feel zero desire to do so. Because it's just a bunch of golds and browns with two blues thrown in. It's not exciting or inspiring to me, and I have no idea why I even had a moment where I thought I might want the one from Natasha Denona. </div>
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As we all know, swatches provided by the brand are misleading and inaccurate. The swatches in the above picture make the palette look, in my opinion, a lot more diverse than it actually is. In my quest to find accurate swatches, I came across a YouTube video (linked <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY5_-tboLWo&t=696s">here</a>) of someone doing eye swatches of this palette. I highly recommend watching this video if you're still on the fence about buying this palette as the swatches really showed me personally how <i>average</i> these shadows really are. </div>
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Another thing that's worth noting is that the Gold palette isn't very <i>gold</i>. In the above swatches, it looks like only one or two shadows are actually gold, and there appear to be a lot more browns and bronzes. </div>
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This strange culture exists, especially in beauty and fashion, that if something has a high price tag, there must be some reason for that. There must be something about that product or handbag or coat to warrant such an insane price tag. And sometimes there is. But most of the time, there's not. </div>
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I'll use Pat McGrath as an example as I feel her products are often mentioned in conversations with Natasha Denona because of the similarity in price. I own two Pat McGrath palettes. One is the Mothership IV, and it is one of the most spectacular makeup products I have ever seen. The color selection is gorgeous, the quality is top notch, and the packaging is on an entirely other level from any other brand. That palette, to me, is worth $125.</div>
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I also own the Pat McGrath Platinum Bronze palette. The color selection is muted and a little bland, the quality is average, and the packaging is just okay. I don't think it's worth $55. </div>
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But there is certainly a feeling in the beauty community that if you spend a lot of money on one item, you have to convince yourself that it's worth it. If I just wanted the shadows in the Mothership IV palette, I wouldn't say it's worth the money. But when you include the packaging and the prestige of Pat McGrath, that makes the price climb. </div>
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All of these elements are missing in the Natasha Denona palettes. So, for me, I'm paying a ton of money for nice shimmers that are comparable to the formula in the Jouer Skinny Dip palette and average mattes. </div>
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That's not to say that the people who rave about Natasha Denona are fooling themselves or blatantly lying. I just personally think that there's a certain amount of justifying that a lot of people do to make it "okay" to spend so much money on average eyeshadows in crappy packaging. </div>
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One thing that I can say about the Gold palette is that there aren't many other palettes that I could think of that share a similar color scheme. And that's largely because the Gold palette is very one note. It's not very diverse, and I think it's the kind of palette that a lot of people will get bored with in a short amount of time. </div>
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I know that several years ago, I would have seen this palette and HAD to have it. I love the way that gold eyeshadows look on me, and I would have loved a palette full of them. But, even though I would say that gold looks the "best" on me, I'm so bored with neutral looks that I don't gravitate toward gold shades, and I certainly don't want to pair them with browns. I like using color, and I like finding interesting color combinations. The Gold palette feels about three to five years too late to me because there's nothing about it that makes it that much better than what people have already owned for years. </div>
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This is also a palette that I imagine people will forget about and move on from fairly quickly. I don't really predict seeing people rave about golds and browns for more than a few weeks because they've been around forever. If Too Faced or Tarte released this palette, no one would be talking about it. The only reason it has any discussion is because of the high price. </div>
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This is a great palette to reinforce the idea that you really don't need to rebuy what you already own. And this can be an excellent palette to try and dupe from your own collection. This was especially valuable for me because when I duped the palette, I realized I didn't want to use it. I'm just not inspired by the color scheme. I'm especially grateful for this because it could have been a really expensive mistake for me to make, and I can easily see this palette being one that I bought, used for two days, and pushed to the back of my collection. And what a waste of money that would have been. </div>
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In every palette I own, there are colors that I don't like and don't use. There was a series going around YouTube for a while were people talked about their least favorite shadows in every palette. Because it is impossible for a brand to put out a palette where every single person will love every single shade. And it is also very rare to come across a pre-made palette where you love every single shadow and wouldn't change anything about the color story.<br />
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And I noticed that in the palettes that I have duped or put together myself, I don't typically have a least favorite shadow because I replace any shade I don't like with one that I do.<br />
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Because of this, I've been using my palettes less and less and favoring my singles or palettes I've made myself. But toward the end of this week, I used an old favorite and was reminded of how how great—and rare!—it is to find a palette you really love.<br />
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<b>Look 1: Fyrinnae Aztec Gold</b><br />
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Transition: Viseart matte warm brown</div>
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Crease: Makeup Geek Cocoa Bear</div>
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Fyrinnae's Aztec Gold is one of my absolute top favorite shadows and one of the most unique in my collection. It has been a while since I used this shadow (mainly because I haven't been doing as many "neutral" looks), but as soon as I put this on, I was kicking myself for not using it more often. I just love this shadow and think it completely complements my warm-toned olive skin. </div>
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<b>Look 2: Duped The Wants</b></div>
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Lid: Makeup Geek Mai Tai</div>
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Transition: Costal Scents Petal Peach</div>
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Crease: Viseart shimmer purple</div>
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Outer corner: Coloured Raine Queen Mother</div>
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Inner corner: Make Up For Ever Pearl</div>
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Brow bone: Viseart matte white</div>
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Lower lash line: Ardency Inn Violet</div>
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This was an experiment, and I liked the look more in theory than in application. I really liked Mai Tai paired with Violet, but the Viseart shimmery purple in the crease made the look a little too warm-toned than I was wanting. </div>
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Lid: Cancer shimmer</div>
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Transition: Virgo matte</div>
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Crease: Cancer matte</div>
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Inner corner: Center highlight</div>
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Brow bone: Center highlight</div>
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Lower lash line: Taurus matte</div>
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I pulled out BH Cosmetics Zodiac by the middle of the week and immediately remembered how much I love it. I wanted to use some shadows that I hadn't used before, so I started with the Cancer shimmer. This isn't typically a color that I reach for, but I absolutely loved it paired with the lilac shades. The Virgo matte shade is easily one of my favorite shadows in the palette and most loved transition color, and I enjoyed how it gave a little warmth to an otherwise cool look. </div>
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Lid: Capricorn shimmer</div>
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Center of lid: Center highlight</div>
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Transition: Aquarius matte</div>
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Crease: Capricorn matte</div>
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Inner corner: Center highlight</div>
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Brow bone: Center highlight</div>
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Lower lash line: Capricorn matte</div>
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This was also a look that I loved, though I partially wish that I would not have used the center highlight shade in the middle of my lid. I thought it was going to be more light-reflective and transformative, but it ended up making the olive look a little too gold. This was the most "neutral" of all the looks I did with this palette, but I still thought it was interesting and pretty. </div>
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Lid: Aries shimmer</div>
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Transition: Virgo matte</div>
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Crease: Cancer matte</div>
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Inner corner: Center highlight</div>
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This look is a bit similar to one I've done before, but I typically use a blue with a lot of gold in it instead of one that is more cool-toned. I received a ton of compliments on this look, and people told me that they felt it really showed off my eye color. I found that interesting because if I want my eyes to stand out, I usually wear gold or olive colors, but I appreciated the compliments. I felt a bit like a mermaid when I wore this look, which is never a bad thing. </div>
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Lid: Taurus shimmer (applied wet)</div>
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For this look, I was inspired by the Taurus section of the palette, which has a shimmery champagne and a dark purple matte. I knew that I didn't want the look to be overly dark, so I went with a cool-toned lavender in the crease and darkened that with the deeper purple in the outer corner. This is a look that feels neutral to me but also bright and colorful, which I love. </div>
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I'm glad to have "rediscovered" my BH Cosmetics Zodiac palette this week, and I feel confident to say that if I did a complete purge of all of my pre-made eyeshadow palettes (which I might do!), this would be one that would stay. </div>
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This is also why I personally was so disappointed in the Makeup Revolution Emily Edit: The Wants palette. About the formula and quality, I've heard so many people say, "What do you expect from a $20 palette??"</div>
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Well, <b>THIS </b>is what I expect. </div>
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I expect rich pigment, metallic shimmers, smooth mattes, and saturated looks. I bought BH Cosmetics Zodiac for $24, but at the time of writing this post, it is on sale for $18. This palette, I think, has phenomenal quality, and this is what I meant when I said that I was not going to spend time to make shadows in The Wants palette work when I already own great shadows that perform well on their own (even those from less expensive brands). </div>
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This palette is such a winner for me, and I still love it close to a year after I bought it. </div>
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Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-3609995084232574642018-10-08T20:54:00.001-07:002018-10-09T07:10:30.541-07:00Recent Looks and Why I Regret Buying The Emily Edit: The WantsIf you've been wondering why the blog has been quiet for a bit, I had surgery a couple of weeks ago and have been recovering, going to physical therapy, and trying to catch up on other work. I sincerely appreciate everyone who sent well wishes as well as people who have been tagging me in new releases. It's always so strange to me how the "holiday season" for makeup begins in September, but now that the "season" is upon us, I'll try to keep up with the anti-hauls as well as my other commitments.<br />
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Below is a mixture of looks I've done over the past couple of weeks, and I heavily used my Duped The Wants palette. But at the top of this post, I would like to say that I have been really disappointed with the beauty community this week, and I'm going to talk a bit at the end of this post about how that has affected how much I regret buying the Makeup Revolution The Emily Edit: The Wants palette.<br />
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<b>Look 1: Colourpop Yes, Please!</b><br />
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This look was inspired by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4clhYi2vc&t=1125s">Elle S</a>, who used the Natasha Denona Sunset palette. Yes, Please! was the last palette of mine that was still in NYC, and I left it there completely unintentionally. I'm not totally sure how it happened as this was one of the only palettes I wanted with me when I moved, but I am very happy to be reunited with it. When I saw Elle S's video where she used the Sunset palette (linked above), I knew I had to recreate it with Yes, Please! and I fell in love with this palette all over again. This really is one of my absolute favorite palettes, and I am so happy to have it back in my life. </div>
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<b>Look 2: Duped The Wants</b></div>
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Lid: Coloured Raine Dethroned</div>
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Inner corner: Make Up For Ever Pearl</div>
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Brow bone: Viseart matte white</div>
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I really, really loved this look. This was something that I had wanted to do since the last look I did with Squad, which was paired with Too Faced Molasses Chip. I didn't like the matte black that was in the original Wants palette, and I replaced it with a deep shimmery brown. This shadow hasn't gotten a lot of use from me since I don't typically enjoy dark colors, but I had never tried it on the lid before, and I absolutely loved it. The entire look came out nicer than I expected, and throughout the day, I found myself looking in the mirror and really enjoying the color combination. </div>
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Lid: Ardency Inn Violet</div>
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Crease: ABH Love Letter</div>
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Deepen Crease: Lime Crime Muse</div>
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Inner corner: Make Up For Ever Pearl</div>
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I was inspired so much by the look with Dethrone and Squad that I decided to go dark for another look. If you're in the market for a rich, shimmery purple, Ardency Inn Violet is the best I have used. I really love the payoff of this shadow, and ABH Love Letter blended seamlessly into it. I've been enjoying putting colors that I would normally apply to the outer corner onto the lid, and I'm interested to see what other combination I can come up with. </div>
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Lid: Makeup Geek Mai Tai</div>
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Transition: Costal Scents Petal Peach</div>
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Crease: Lime Crime Rebirth</div>
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Inner corner: Make Up For Ever Pearl</div>
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Brow bone: Viseart matte white</div>
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This is a favorite look of mine that I've done a dozen or more times with various shadow combinations, but this one happened to feature Makeup Geek Mai Tai. There's a reason I keep doing this look—I love it. I think it really flatters my eye color, and I like the dark purple lower lash line. </div>
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Lid: Colourpop Rosé All Day</div>
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Transition: Makeup Geek Desert Sands</div>
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Crease: Coloured Raine Squad</div>
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Inner corner: Make Up For Ever Pearl</div>
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Brow bone: Viseart matte white</div>
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This is similar to a look I did a few weeks ago, but I used <span style="text-align: center;">Colourpop Rosé All Day on the lid. I paired it with </span><span style="text-align: center;">Coloured Raine Squad, which is fast becoming one of my favorite shadows. I received three separate compliments on this look, which is a rarity for me. I love that </span><span style="text-align: center;">Rosé All Day</span><span style="text-align: center;"> can pull yellow and green, and I like how it looks when paired with Squad. </span></div>
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Lid: ABH Macaroon</div>
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Transition: Costal Scents Petal Peach</div>
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Crease: Viseart shimmery purple</div>
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Coloured Raine Queen Mother</div>
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Inner corner: Make Up For Ever Pearl</div>
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Brow bone: Viseart matte white</div>
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Lower lash line: Coloured Raine Queen Mother</div>
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I enjoyed this look, and it was the first time that I have used Macaroon in a look that came out dark. The shimmery Viseart shade worked well in the crease, and I think it created an interesting combination with Macaroon. </div>
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Lid: Costal Scents Lakeshore</div>
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Crease: Urban Decay Boom</div>
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I soured on using my duped palette by this point in the week, so I chose to do one of my favorite blue looks. I haven't done this particular look in a while, but it is certainly a favorite of mine. Before I started wearing color, I think I would have found this look so over the top and scary, but now it feels almost neutral to me? The brown in the transition really helps to ground the look into a somewhat neutral zone, and I really like how it interacts with the blue. </div>
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<b>Look 7: Fyrinnae Rapunzel Had Extensions </b></div>
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Lid: Rapunzel Had Extensions (over Pixie Epoxy)</div>
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Crease: Lime Crime Rebirth</div>
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Deep crease: ABH Love Letter</div>
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Brow bone: Viseart matte white</div>
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To finish off the week, I went with another old favorite of mine, which is any look that incorporates <span style="text-align: center;">Rapunzel Had Extensions. This is one of my all-time favorite eyeshadows, and every time I use it I'm reminded of how incredible it is. I've mentioned this before, but this shadow (and many from Fyrinnae) requires Pixie Epoxy in order to perform accurately. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">To address the title of this post and the note I made at the top, I have been so incredibly disappointed in the beauty community in the past week because of this idea that has sprouted that people can't have different opinions, that people shouldn't give negative reviews of an influencer's product, and that it's perfectly acceptable to send vile comments to people because they don't like a stupid, insignificant makeup product.</span></div>
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When Emilynoel83 announced that she had a collaboration, I was so happy for her. She had consistently stayed out of drama for her entire tenure on YouTube, never took a sponsorship, and seemed to be motivated mainly by her overwhelming love of makeup. If there was anyone's collaboration that I could support, I thought, it was hers.<br />
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And so I bought her palette, used it, and hated it. I praised Emily for the color scheme (which was the <b><i>only</i></b> thing she had control over) and criticized Makeup Revolution for a poor formula. The same way I've criticized Too Faced, Tarte, Morphe, MAC, ABH, Natasha Denona, and others. At the time I wrote my review of the palette, I had not seen any other negative reviews, but since then, there have been a few more—most notably from Tati.<br />
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Because I'm not overly interested in stewing over the drama, let me run down these basic facts/events:<br />
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<li>Tati gave The Wants a negative review and said the formula was bad</li>
<li>People descended upon Tati's video and said vile things to her for her opinion and experience and weaponized, among other things, her fertility</li>
<li>Emily said she made a response addressing this, but it was hidden in a "Palette Bingo" video; she did not name Tati specifically; said that she of course disapproves of bullying and that people don't need to defend her; but also said that she knows her "core people" aren't the ones inflicting the venom</li>
<li>Another YT personality made an "emergency response" video to Tati's review (<i>eye roll</i>) and trashed Tati (by name) for her opinion and experience </li>
<li>Emily publicly thanked that YT personality for her "powerful" video</li>
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This all sucks.<br />
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It is okay for someone to give a bad review. It is okay to have different experiences. As I said in one of my posts about the palette, from watching Emily for many years, I know that she and I have <b>different expectations</b> of how an eyeshadow should perform. Therefore, I don't think that she is lying when she says she likes the Makeup Revolution formula or how her palette performs. And I am also not lying when I say The Wants was one of the worst palettes I've personally used in a long time.<br />
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Unlike Emily, I <b>do</b> believe that the people who viciously attacked Tati were part of her "core people." I also believe that <b><i>I</i></b> was part of Emily's "core people."<br />
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If someone gives a product a bad review, many extreme fans take that to be a hit at someone's credibility.<br />
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<i>Emily is honest, so she clearly made a flawless palette. If she said it's great, then it is great. And if you don't like it, you're calling her a liar.</i><br />
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No, that's not how different opinions and experiences work.<br />
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I always advocate on this blog that you should never buy a poor quality makeup product just to "support" someone. They don't know you and you're not friends with them. You don't need to give them your money to show support. But then I went and did just that, which is something that I regret.<br />
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I think Emily added to this manufactured idea of friendship and loyalty by promoting so many people using her palettes via social media. I think that probably comes from a genuine place for her of wanting to celebrate those who like her palette, but I think it also creates an environment where people are even more willing to "stand up" for <strike>their friend</strike> Emily's palette.<br />
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And again, that is just so unnecessary and weird. I've made this comparison before, but imagine if my friend bought a pair of jeans that she absolutely loved. Now imagine she tells me to buy them, I go to the store, and they look terrible on me. So I come out of the dressing room and tell my friend that the jeans didn't work for me because I'm shaped differently than she is and we have different taste. Now imagine my friend spewing hate at me and saying I deserve truly terrible things to happen to me because <i>I</i> <i>didn't like something that she did</i>.<br />
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It's absurd, right?<br />
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Now imagine if the designer of the jeans publicly commented thanking my friend for her "powerful" statements.<br />
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Again, it's absurd.<br />
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I do not blame Emily for the onslaught of people who have been commenting terrible things to Tati and other people who have given her palette a negative review. But I do think that she has not handled this situation very well and I feel like she is sensitive to the negative reviews. And I get it. Criticism, even when constructive, is hard to take if you're not used to it and especially if it is about something that you poured your heart and creative energy into.<br />
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But people have different taste, and you cannot expect that everyone will love something that you made. And it's a much better look to accept criticism with grace and take the constructive feedback.<br />
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For the record, not that it matters, but I don't personally enjoy Tati's content and I don't watch her channel. Alternately, I have been subscribed to Emily's channel for a whopping eight years.<br />
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I think it's dangerous to expect that people should not give a review if it's going to be negative. I also think it's dangerous when someone thanks a reviewer for talking them out of buying something that others step in an encourage them to buy regardless and tell them: "Experience it for yourself." That's literally the entire point of a review—to help others decide if they want to buy or not.<br />
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The beauty community has been toxic in recent months and exceptionally catty over the last few years. There are so many things in the world to be truly enraged about, and someone not liking a makeup product is just so small and insignificant.Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-83228496176350998872018-09-23T16:17:00.001-07:002018-09-23T16:17:22.885-07:00What I'm Not Buying: Huda Beauty Obsessions Precious Stones Collection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few days ago, I asked on Instagram stories for readers to choose my next anti-haul post. While ABH Sultry had the most votes (you can see that anti-haul <a href="http://antihaulblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/what-im-not-buying-anastasia-beverly.html">here</a>), the Huda Beauty Obsessions Precious Stones collection came in close second. </div>
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Huda Beauty has expanded their Obsessions line of mini 9-pan palettes with a precious stones collection: Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald, Amethyst, and Ruby. </div>
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Well, I <i>mostly</i> won't be buying. I did buy one of these palettes—Emerald—but we'll get to that in a bit. </div>
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Unlike the other Huda Beauty Obsessions palettes, these follow a gem/precious stones theme. This is showcased on the packaging, which has a diamond made up of each shade in each palette: </div>
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The main appeal, I think, to most of these palettes is that they follow a pseudo monochromatic color scheme and look different <i>enough</i> when compared to most other palettes on the market. But, for a lot of these palettes, they really aren't all that unique. They just seem to be because most palettes (for the exception of neutral brown palettes) don't follow monochromatic color schemes.<br />
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In my opinion, the least interesting of Huda Beauty's new Obsessions palettes is Topaz:<br />
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And Jaclyn Hill x Morphe Armed & Gorgeous:</div>
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Lime Crime Venus XL:</div>
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Chances are, if you're interested in Ruby, you likely already have most, if not all, of these shades already. Ruby is just more red-heavy and doesn't have "filler" neutral shades, so it gives the appearance of being slightly more unique. But so many color schemes over the past few years have centered on red shades, and the market is now just as saturated with them as gold and brown palettes. </div>
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Viseart Amethyst (I mean, it even has the same name):</div>
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If you're unfamiliar, Icy Betch is something that Tarte put together in Photoshop as an April Fool's joke. Why they thought this was funny or a good joke is unclear, but it completely backfired on them when people thought it was a real palette and loved it. Tarte is known as a brand that caters solely to light skin tones and puts out the same palette multiple times a year, so for them to put out a colorful palette full of blue, green, and teal shades that is slightly inclusive was really exciting for people. But then Tarte had to tell people that this palette was fake and that it was all a bad April Fool's joke (that doesn't even make sense). It was very curious to see a brand clearly have zero concept of what consumers actually wanted. </div>
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As well as the very old Wet N Wild Blue Had Me At Hello:</div>
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The main the reason I chose not to buy Sapphire, however, is that I actually have quite a few blue eyeshadows, which you can see in an older version of one of my custom palettes:</div>
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I also don't wear blue eyeshadow very often, so it didn't make sense to me to have an entire blue-themed palette. I like wearing blue shadow, but I already have more than enough blue shades to satisfy any want I have for a blue look.</div>
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As I mentioned at the top of this post, this was the one palette from this collection that I bought. This is a color scheme that I personally haven't seen before, which felt like an impossible feat. I like that this palette encompasses sea green, royal green, and olive green, and I feel like there are a lot of color combinations that can come from such a monochromatic color scheme. Green is also a color that I really enjoy and wear often, and these are green tones that I didn't already have. </div>
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The only palette that I could think of with a somewhat similar color scheme is Viseart Absinthe:</div>
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In terms of my experience with Emerald, I have used it twice and used all shades. Here is my palette:</div>
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And here are two looks that I've done.</div>
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Center of lid: 1 (applied wet)</div>
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Inner corner: 9</div>
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Lower lash line: 5</div>
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I have some complicated feelings about this look. To be blunt, I kind of hated it, but that was solely because of the crease. The mint and royal green shades just completely clashed with my skin tone. And that's interesting to be because I have a shimmer mint from City Color Cosmetics (called Hint of Mint), and it is one of my favorite shadows. </div>
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While I'm not really scared of color or being "too loud," this look was actually too loud for me. I think I would have loved the colors on my lid, inner corner, and lower lash line with a different shadow in the crease, and I honestly don't know of a look where I could incorporate the matte mint and royal green shades in a way that I would like. I personally don't like to wear matte shadows on the lid all that often, and they really didn't flatter me in the crease. I could try the royal green shade on the lower lash line, but I'm not confident that will turn out great. The mint shade also took a while to build up, so I don't think that would be a good lower lash line color either. </div>
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Shade 1 was the color I was most excited for, and I was disappointed to learn that it's a chunky glitter shade. I did not use a glitter glue primer with this look, and I had to wet that shade for it to have any kind of opacity. I enjoyed the other shades in the look. </div>
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This was a much simpler look than the first one I did, and I have to say that I think it looks a lot better in person than it does in pictures. Of the two looks, I much prefer this one, but it's also one that I could have created (mostly) with shadows already in my collection. I have a matte olive shade in my Viseart Dark Matte palette, and I have plenty of gold shadows. I really enjoy the shimmery dark olive that I put on the outer corner of my lid, though it doesn't appear in photos well. </div>
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Overall, since I have only used this palette twice, I don't have a very firm opinion on it, but I am happy that I now have most of these shades. I'm still unsure what to do about the shades that didn't flatter my skin tone, but I'm willing to use them again and see if I can't figure something else out. It might just be a matter of grounding the look with a brown in the transition area. </div>
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Emerald was the most unique palette to me out of the Precious Stones collection, but if you're only semi-interested in green shades, I think this palette can be a pass and you can instead buy some singles. </div>
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Immediately, a palette that came to mind is The Emily Edit: The Wants. However, if you've read my <a href="http://antihaulblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/revolution-makeup-emily-edit.html">review of that palette</a>, you know that I don't recommend it because the quality is very poor. Because I loved the color scheme, I <a href="http://antihaulblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/duped-makeup-revolution-emily-edit-wants.html">duped the palette</a> with shades in my collection, and I think this palette is almost like a highlight reel of the Huda Obsessions Precious Stones collection, minus Sapphire.</div>
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This palette has browns (Topaz), reds (Ruby), purples (Amethyst), and greens (Emerald—though the tones are completely different). </div>
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Viseart Dark Matte also has similar colors to all the Precious Stones palettes:</div>
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As well as BH Cosmetics Weekend Festival:</div>
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And Urban Decay Born to Run:</div>
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To end this post I will say that I now own two Huda Obsessions palettes: Emerald and Coral (which is not part of the Precious Stones collection). I think Coral has a better formula, and while I wouldn't say that the formula is bad, I have worked with better ones that are easier to blend. Unless you've been absolutely craving an entire 9-pan palette of different tones of one specific color, I would say it's safe to pass on this entire collection. Instead, buy a few single shadows that you like and use them to complement what you already own. </div>
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I would also like to add that if you don't see yourself wearing orange, red, purple, blue, or green looks often, then this collection is also an easy pass. Each of these palettes cost $27 before tax and shipping, and while that is less expensive than other mid-range products, it is still a lot of money to spend on shadows that you feel you will only occasionally wear. </div>
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Added to that, as much as these palettes seem like they are unique, there are still so many palettes that are comparable. And chances are, as with all of the new makeup that is being launched, you likely have something similar enough that you don't really need to add to your collection. </div>
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I certainly have more than enough brown/orange, red, purple, and blue shades, and I don't need to add individual palettes in all of those colors to my collection. In terms of Emerald, I'm mostly happy with the palette and the purchase, though this might end up being more of a companion palette for me than something standalone. With that said, I also won't be surprised if this is a palette that ends up returned or decluttered. The quality is not quite what I hoped and expected it to be, and if I find that it's not quite working for me, I won't hesitate to get rid of it. </div>
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Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-8761134729694027332018-09-20T13:32:00.001-07:002018-09-20T13:32:21.529-07:00What I'm Not Buying: Anastasia Beverly Hills Sultry Palette<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday, on my Instagram stories, I asked readers to pick my next anti-haul blog post. I received a tremendous response (thank you!), and while there is certainly interest in an anti-haul post for all of the products I mentioned (stay tuned...) there was one product that stood out from the rest that was either a great source of temptation or anger: Anastasia Beverly Hills Sultry.</div>
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Sultry, which is the newest eyeshadow palette by Anastasia Beverly Hills, is a completely neutral palette that we have seen dozens of times over the past seven years. But this time, it has an added coral shade. </div>
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And I won't be buying. </div>
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Does anyone else remember the Anastasia Beverly Hills of the Modern Renaissance days? When every other brand was teasing consumers for months on end about a new product—as though it was a new season of highly anticipated television show—ABH just released Modern Renaissance one day after it was announced. And when all the other brands were trying to outdo each other in terms of recreating the gold, bronze, and brown color scheme better, ABH came out with a palette with some orange and red shades. </div>
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Despite the fact that I have a complicated history with Modern Renaissance (I caved into hype and pressure from a salesperson, hated the palette, accepted that the formula was hard to work with and not my favorite, realized that I already owned all the colors already, and returned it), I liked the way that the brand conducted themselves during the launch, and I've had my eye on them ever since. </div>
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Since then, however, ABH has failed to impress me. The Master Palette by Mario was, in my opinion, really boring and fueled entirely by fear of missing out and a fascination with celebrity culture; Subculture was a PR nightmare as the shadows were so powdery and difficult to work with; and now Soft Glam, Norvina, and Sultry have all been churned out in record time and feel like very <strike>boring</strike> similar color stories. </div>
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When it felt like all the other brands were coming out with a new palette every month, I liked that ABH only came out with one, maybe two, a year. It made me appreciate the brand more because they weren't saturating the market. But that has since changed, and now ABH—like so many other brands—is looking uninspired and lazy. They know they have a loyal (and, at times, rabid) fanbase, and can therefore release a version of a palette most people already own and throw in one "pop of color" shade and have it be a success. </div>
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Which brings us to Sultry:</div>
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When I look at this palette, I feel like it is 2012. Because it reminds me so much of Urban Decay Naked 2:<br />
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I can still remember being at work when I learned that the Naked 2 palette released, and I told my coworker (who shared my love of makeup) that we both <i>had</i> to buy it right then and there because it was going to sell out. We didn't have time to think about it; we had to make a decision. So we each bought it. And the palette sold out. And we both felt so lucky that we were able to snag it. </div>
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We didn't really think about the fact that the Naked 2 palette wasn't all that <i>different</i> from the Naked palette. <i>The original was warm-toned! The new one is cool-toned! They are totally different!</i><br />
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I also didn't think about this when I bought the Too Faced Chocolate Bar:<br />
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I spent so many years and so much money buying the same things over and again. But now I'm older, I've decluttered almost every single neutral palette from my collection, and I write a blog about smart consumerism and recognizing marketing tactics geared at making you buy what you already own. And—somehow—Anastasia Beverly Hills <i>thinks</i> that they can get me to buy the Naked 2 palette all over again? Because they threw in a matte coral and a matte mustard?</div>
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Let's look at the shadows in Sultry as just pigments:<br />
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When I look at this line of crushed pigments, do you know what I see? Colors that are so nondescript that they can only be called neutrals, plus one coral shade and a mustard. </div>
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If you cover up the coral shade in the above photo, I actually think the color scheme of this palette is pretty and smoky. It's unoriginal and stale, but pretty. But the inclusion of the coral feels out of place and like the palette doesn't understand its own color scheme. To me, the coral seems to almost clash with the rest of the colors, which makes the entire thing feel less like this was an intentional ABH color story and more like ABH wanted to throw in one bright color to disorient people from thinking they already own this exact palette. </div>
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I watched a declutter video recently where someone acknowledged that she did not like the ABH formula, but had collected all of the palettes with the velvet packaging and wasn't ready to let that collection go. And this is exactly what ABH and every other brand is counting on when they make these similar-looking products. They want people to feel like these products are collector's items, and they want you to buy them all. </div>
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And, frankly, Sultry just isn't a palette that anyone asked for or needs. When you look at the gaping holes in the makeup industry or necessary areas of improvement, I don't think anyone is under the impression that we need more neutral palettes. We need inclusive products. And while Sultry looks to be more inclusive than a typical neutral palette with a cream brow bone shade and light brown transition shade, this palette still feels like it leans closer to the light end of the spectrum than the dark. And when there are quite literally countless options of neutral eyeshadow palettes geared toward light skin tones, there is just zero reasoning for brands to continue producing them. </div>
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I have purchased some version of Sultry more times than I care to remember. Over the many years of being a makeup lover, a member of the beauty community, and finally someone who had a shopping/makeup addiction, I continued to buy the same items, never really learning that they were all the same or that I didn't need to buy them just because they were new and the "influencers" were talking about them. </div>
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And now, a few years into my shifted perspective on consumerism, I can say without hesitation that I have every shade in Sultry, and I have zero need to add the Anastasia Beverly Hills version of it. This palette would add nothing to my collection other than another palette that would eventually be decluttered. </div>
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If you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know that I don't have a problem with luxury makeup—most times—and own/have owned products from brands like Pat McGrath, Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, and Viseart. You'll also know that I have products from Natasha Denona, and I not only find them to be incredibly overhyped, but also overpriced. And the same goes for Safari, except I feel this one is especially overpriced since it's an all-matte palette. </div>
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The matte palette had its moment a few years ago. It seemed like every brand came out with their version of it, which included Urban Decay Naked Basics, Too Faced Natural Matte, Tarte Tartelette, and the many matte palettes of Viseart. And it was through that craze, specifically, that I learned that I really love shimmer shadows. </div>
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I have owned two 5-pan palettes from Natasha Denona, and for the exception of Nina's Orchid, all of the matte shadows were terrible and have been decluttered from my collection. I kept some of the shimmer shadows from those palettes, and I do find them to be very pretty, but there was nothing about Natasha Denona shadows that made me think that they were even close to being worth their price tag. </div>
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But I still find this palette to be overpriced and kind of boring. And I don't think you can be both those things at the same time. You can be overpriced and exciting and unique or you can be boring and reasonably priced. And, yes, this is just my own personal opinion, but I can guarantee you that if this palette cost $60, I would not be nearly as hard on it as I am for that fact that it's $129. </div>
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If you look at the rows of this palette, you have a cool-toned row at the top with some grays, a blue, a cream, and an olive. In the next row, you have another, nearly identical cream for some reason as well as shades that you will find in almost any warm neutral palette. And in the final row, you've got a pink, an orange that looks like the two oranges in the row above, a berry that looks like something I've seen in a dozen palettes, another brown shade to add to the two in the row above, and a mustard. </div>
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So in this entire palette, I can tell you that, personally:</div>
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That leaves me with... zero shadows in this palette that I don't already have or want. Which means that even though at first glance this palette looks like it has a "different" color scheme, that's just my brain playing tricks on me since I probably have just not seen all these shades <i>arranged</i> in this way before. </div>
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I find these swatches to be very confusing. The first six shadows swatched look like the same three colors repeating themselves. And the same goes for the next nine, for the exception of the one pink shade. I'm also highly skeptical when shades look this similar on different skin tones, which tells me that—like all swatch pictures provided by the band—these are manipulative in some way. That can be due to photoshopping swatches onto an arm or laying colors on top of each other in a way that would be never replicated on an eyelid. Either way, I just can't believe that these colors look exactly like this on all three skin tones. </div>
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Looking at this color scheme, I am reminded of one of my personal favorites, Viseart Dark Matte:</div>
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As well as ABH Subculture:</div>
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TheBalm Meet Matt(e) Nude:</div>
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TheBalm Meet Matt(e) Ador:</div>
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TheBalm Meet Matt(e) Trimony:</div>
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Parts of it remind me of Viseart Neutral Matte:</div>
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Mixed with Viseart Cool Matte 2:</div>
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Elf Mad for Matte Nude Mood:</div>
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Elf Mad for Matte Summer Breeze:</div>
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Elf Mad for Matte Jewel Pop:</div>
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I know that I say this in every post about Natasha Denona, but I feel like it always needs repeating. I personally feel that Natasha Denona is really out of depth charging the prices that they do. They started with a mediocre matte formula, cheaper than drugstore packaging, and no recognizable designer name. For what it's worth, I don't feel that a name should dramatically increase the value or price of a product. However, Natasha Denona has always justified the price due to the name, and it's not a name that is recognizable outside of this brand. </div>
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The Natasha Denona packaging has always been a sore spot for me, and the brands's most popular palette, Sunset, was made out of foam:</div>
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And the packaging of the 5-pan palettes I purchased were made of very cheap plastic:</div>
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This packaging is decadent, heavy, and the information on the back of it is engraved. Is that over the top? Of course! But at least I feel like I understand where some of the $125 price of these palettes comes from. That packaging is expensive, and the name Pat McGrath "means something." </div>
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Similarly, I own one Tom Ford lipstick, and it cost a whopping $55. The packaging is lux, the product is great, and Tom For is a recognizable, established brand and name. With that said, I still consider Maybelline Touch of Spice one of my all-time favorite lipsticks. It's not that I think luxury is better than other products, I just find it really obnoxious that Natasha Denona came out of no where, teamed up with YouTube influencers who said that her shadows were "the best" they had ever used, and charged the prices of established luxury brands for cheap packaging and somewhat lackluster products. </div>
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The best comparison I can make to the Safari palette in terms of color scheme, price, and packaging is Viseart Dark Matte. Now, it took me a long time to admit this, but I actually don't like Viseart shadows all that much. I have owned six Viseart palettes, but I have decluttered or depotted most of them. The only one that has remained is Dark Matte, and I love that one. </div>
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Dark Matte costs a staggering $80, and it also has cheap, nothing packaging. It is marketed as "professional" makeup, which makes sense in terms of being functional for a makeup artist's kit. I bought mine a few years ago during a sale, and I was convinced for the longest time that it was the worst purchase because it was so expensive and I didn't wear those colors at the time. I'm so glad that I didn't declutter it, however, because as I started exploring my collection more and growing to love color, this became a staple in my collection. Dark Matte is not a palette that I reach for on a daily basis, but it is one that I use weekly and one that keeps me from buying a lot of newer palettes that have similar color schemes. </div>
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Safari has three more shadows than Dark Matte, a mirror, larger packaging, and costs $50 more. And I just can't say that the "upgrades" in Safari are worth that price difference, especially when Dark Matte is already so expensive. Dark Matte, in my opinion, has a more diverse color scheme and doesn't repeat the same colors a few times over. I think the formula is great, and if you are willing to spend that much money on a palette, I genuinely feel like Dark Matte is the better option. </div>
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Based on swatches and reviews, I assume that the new Natasha Denona matte formula is similar to the Anastasia Beverly Hills or Lorac matte formulas. Personally, I have never liked that kind of formula. It's just too soft for me, and I find any blending that I do turns muddy. With that said, it is just my assumption since I haven't tried the new Natasha Denona matte formula and can't see myself buying any of her products any time soon. </div>
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Personally, I use matte palettes as companion palettes. I like shimmer, and I even like to put shimmer in the crease from time to time. I very rarely wear an entirely matte look, and when I do, it's usually a mustard shade all over the lid. Therefore, for me, Safari would be a bad purchase. I already have these shades several times over, I don't need any more cream-colored, orange, or brown eyeshadows, and I don't like gray shadows. Natasha Denona feels about three years too late on this palette, and even though the color scheme is slightly less boring than the likes of Too Faced Natural Matte or the very similar Urban Decay Ultimate Basics, it still feels like a basic neutral palette. And with affordable options like the Elf Mad for Matte palettes or the Milani Most Loved Mattes, I find it incredibly difficult to justify the $129 price (plus tax and shipping, which will likely run at least another $10). </div>
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I feel like the main sell of this palette will be people who want to "try the formula" or "understand the hype." And I get that because that was the reason I bought the two 5-pan palettes. It took me trying the shadows to realize that, while some of the shadows are absolutely beautiful, they are overall just not worth the hype and the price. And I see a lot of people share similar sentiments. So, if you're one of those people, just remember that, at the end of the day, eyeshadows aren't going to make a huge difference in your life. These shadows, specifically, won't make a huge difference. You very likely have all of these colors already, and if not, maybe check out the Elf palettes to see if you even like the color scheme and all-matte looks, or if you will only use it as a companion palette. </div>
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There are two changes to my palette from the one I originally created. Reader SarahE recommended Coloured Raine Squad to replace The Wants Corduroy, and it was a stunning match. I was really wanting that rich green color, so thank you for the recommendation! I also replaced Makeup Geek Typhoon with Coloured Raine Side of Olives as a dupe for The Wants Side Hustle. While I love Typhoon, it has a tendency to transfer to my crease and brow bone, and the color is slightly more blue-green than olive-green.<br />
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Corrupted is a duochrome shadow, and those are always difficult to capture on camera because they shift when the light of the flash hits them. It's a shame on this color because it looks almost sheer in the photos, but it wasn't at all. It's a purple shadow that shifts into shades of pink. It primarily stays the purple/lilac color, and it is really beautiful. </div>
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This is a look I recreated from one I made with The Wants:</div>
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And I think my duped palette did a much better job at executing this color scheme. (To save you any suspense, this is how I felt with every single look I replicated—the duped palette won.) Even comparing the photos now, I can see just how dry and patchy the Makeup Revolution shadows are. </div>
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I loved the look I created with my duped palette; I just wish the lid color would have been truer to life in the photos. </div>
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Lid: Touch of Glam Beauty Merlin's Wand (applied wet)</div>
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Transition: Viseart shimmer purple</div>
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Crease: Ardency Inn Violet</div>
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Outer corner: Ardency Inn Violet</div>
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This is a look that I did not create with The Wants, but it was one that I wanted to do with the shadow Eve Rose. That was probably the most disappointing shade for me in the entire palette, as it just looked like nothing. But I love this look I created with the duped palette. I did apply the lid shadow wet, but it was fine dry as well. I wanted a little more impact on the lid, so I chose to foil the shadow. </div>
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Since I don't have a true, royal purple matte shadow, I put two shimmer shadows in my crease, which I think looked really pretty. The Ardency Inn formula is definitely easier to pack on the lid than it is to blend in the crease, but I was able to make it work. Viseart shimmers, while mostly not my favorite, are considerably easier to blend in the crease, and I think that made it easier to blend Ardency Inn Violet as well. </div>
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I wore this look on a really special day at work, and I received a great compliment on it. I was in a completely dark room for the majority of the day, and when I left and stepped into the sunshine, the woman I was with said, "Oh my god. I love your eyeshadow." It was a great compliment to end a great day. </div>
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Lid: MAC Coppering</div>
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Transition: Costal Scents Petal Peach</div>
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Crease: Lime Crime Muse</div>
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Blended into crease: ABH Love Letter </div>
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Inner corner: Make Up For Ever Pearl</div>
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Brow bone: Viseart matte white</div>
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This is also a look that I didn't have a chance to try with The Wants palette, but is one I have done before (or I've done something similar). MAC Coppering is one of my all-time favorite shadows, and I think it looks really great with my eye color. I paired it with Lime Crime Muse, and it was a stunning combination. I added just a touch of ABH Love Letter to give it a slightly pinker look, and I complemented the look with a purple lower lash line. I love how it turned out. </div>
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This was also a look that I received a compliment on. A cashier told me that she loved my eyes, which was really kind. I tend to get a lot of compliments when I wear Coppering, and I think it's because the color really makes my eyes stand out. This look is a great example, I think, of colors that are "bold" and fun, but don't overpower the face. </div>
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Lid: Too Faced Molasses Chip</div>
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Transition: Makeup Geek Desert Sands</div>
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Crease: Coloured Raine Squad</div>
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Outer corner: Coloured Raine Squad</div>
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This was a look I had really anticipated wearing from The Wants palette, and the end result was so disappointing:</div>
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When using The Wants, I felt like I was layering the green shadow onto my eyes, but it wasn't building color and was so patchy and dry. Coloured Raine Squad, however, was awesome. Squad blended seamlessly into Makeup Geek Desert Sands, and Too Faced Molasses Chip layered beautifully on top of all of them. </div>
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This was also a look I received a compliment on (getting three compliments in a row is pretty unusual for me), and I thought it was interesting that I did not receive a compliment when I wore the same look from Makeup Revolution. </div>
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Lid: Colourpop Rosé All Day</div>
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Looking at it now, especially compared with the look from the duped palette, I don't think the look from The Wants is all that great. I really enjoyed wearing the look from the duped palette, but I typically like any look when I use Lime Crime Rebirth. I mentioned in my post about the duped palette that Rosé All Day doesn't look anything like The Wants Grateful in the pan, but on the lid, they are a very close color match. I may want to later replace this shadow with one that looks more like what Grateful looks like in the pan, but for now, I'm happy with this shade in the palette. </div>
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Lid: Coloured Raine Side of Olives</div>
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Transition: Makeup Geek Desert Sands</div>
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For a bonus look, I wanted to use the two new colors to the palette: Coloured Raine Side of Olives and Squad. This is the look that I'm wearing today (as I write this), and I have a special work event I am attending later tonight. While most people would probably wear something more taupe and smoky for this kind of event, I decided to go with a green smoky look. And I love it. </div>
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Coloured Raine has been a longtime favorite brand of mine, and their shadows are absolutely killer. I love this look, and I think it's another example of being able to use color in a "comfortable" way. I feel just fine wearing neon green and orange, but I know other people like to have more toned-down makeup looks. There's nothing particularly "toned down" about this look, but I feel Desert Sands grounds it to a more neutral place. </div>
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I loved playing with this palette for the entire week, and I would be happy to continue using it for another week. I know I have said this a few times, but I'm going to say it again: I think Emily curated a gorgeous color scheme. In her launch video, she shared that she felt the amount of looks someone could create with her palette are endless, and that's kind of how I feel about my duped version of it. I feel like I've made six distinct looks with this palette, and there are still a ton more that I want to create. While I made a few personal changes to the color scheme (such as including Costal Scents Petal Peach instead of a matte rose and Coloured Raine Dethroned instead of a matte black), this is the color scheme Emily curated, which is very versatile. </div>
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As I mentioned above, it is uncommon that I receive three compliments on my eyeshadow three days in a row, and that is again something that I credit to Emily and her curation skills. Her color scheme is extensive and cohesive, and I find it really easy to draw inspiration from it. </div>
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Makeup Revolution is a brand that I will likely not purchase from again, but I don't begrudge Emily for partnering with them. I know she has used (and enjoyed) their products before, and, on the whole, I feel like her expectations from products (especially eyeshadow) are different from mine. She was "raised" on drugstore makeup, and that is largely where she is still passionate. I was "raised" on MAC, and I really value high pigment with ease of blending. While I have found a few eyeshadow gems at the drugstore (which include products from Wet N Wild and Milani as well as L'oreal Amber Rush), I typically find myself unwilling to put in the work to make other drugstore shadows perform the way I want them to. And now there are many high quality brands that make affordable eyeshadow singles, including Fyrinnae, Colourpop, Makeup Geek, MAC, and Coloured Raine. </div>
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With that said, the cost of my duped palette is steep, and no where near the $20 price (plus tax and shipping) of The Wants. The price of the two Coloured Raine shadows (Squad and Side of Olives), for example, with tax and shipping, cost close to the entire Wants palette. My palette is also made up of several palettes—including Viseart Neutral Matte, Make Up For Ever Artist 1, Too Faced Chocolate Bon Bons, Viseart Bijoux Royal, Lime Crime Venus, and Coloured Raine Queen of Hearts—in addition to many single shadows. </div>
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Therefore, I am not advocating for anyone to go out and replicate my entire duped palette. Buying a 24-pan eyeshadow palette through singles will cost you at least $96 before tax and shipping, and that is if every shadow was $4. </div>
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The point of my duped palette posts are to showcase that, for many people, you can use the shadows that you already own to achieve the new palette you want to buy. For me, the only shades that I needed to buy were Coloured Raine Squad and Side of Olives, and, one day, I may buy myself a matte purple that doesn't come off as dark brown. Those shades altogether would cost the price of the entire Wants palette, but that is a better use of that money for me since I am only bringing in the missing shades and I know the quality will be great. </div>
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For other people, they want all of the colors for $20 and don't mind wetting the shadows, applying several layers of product, and working to put together the look they want. Everything is about personal preference, and that is not something that I personally want to do. I want my shadows to be high quality and work on their own. </div>
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My duped palette is absolutely one that I will continue to use, and if I wasn't going into surgery next week, I would continue using it immediately. While I have given Emily's palette a negative review (for the formula, which she had zero control over), I want to thank her for a great color story. It's unfortunate that I can't be more "supportive" of her palette, but I value honesty, and I know she does too. </div>
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To end this post, I just want to say that several people have reached out to me recently asking how I depot my shadows, and I explained the most common method I use in <a href="http://antihaulblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/decluttering-and-depotting-too-faced.html">this post</a>. If you have any kind of makeup addiction that you are trying to curb, I highly encourage you to break any attachment you have to packaging and try to depot shadows from your palettes. It enables you to make these duped palettes without having to invest in a ton of single shadows, and it allows you to create most new palettes without having to buy them. And when you're bored of the color scheme or something else takes your interest, you don't have to declutter these palettes from your collection. You can instead deconstruct the palette and make a new one. </div>
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Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-17047881776326555402018-09-09T14:25:00.000-07:002018-09-09T14:30:21.527-07:00Duped: Makeup Revolution The Emily Edit: The WantsIf you saw my post yesterday, you'll know that I was very disappointed in The Wants palette by Makeup Revolution The Emily Edit. I had never before tried a Makeup Revolution product, in large part because I don't really like their business model of largely ripping off successful products from other brands.<br />
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I know this is a debate in the beauty community, but I am on the side of protecting intellectual property. Yes, many palettes are inspired by others. Just look at how many red-toned palettes came out after the success of ABH Modern Renaissance (like Huda Beauty Desert Dusk, Huda Beauty Mauve Obsessions, Urban Decay Born to Run, Wet W Wild Rosé in the Air, Jeffree Star Blood Sugar, and the new Urban Decay Naked Cherry [eye roll], to name a few), and that palette was inspired by the Lime Crime Venus palette.<br />
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But there is a difference between being inspired by a color scheme (and wanting to copy it for your own financial gain) and blatantly ripping off the color scheme, name, and packaging of an existing successful product, which Makeup Revolution has done on multiple occasions.<br />
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As I mentioned in my review, if there is one "influencer" whose product I would want to buy, it's Emilynoel83. I appreciate that she doesn't have any sponsored content, she appears to be a very genuine person, and she doesn't seem to be a content creator for fame or money. She really seems like she just loves talking about her passion of makeup. And even if buying this palette sends a message that people like Emily are the ones brands should be collaborating with instead of those who are racist, problematic, selfish, vapid, and dishonest, I think it was a worthwhile purchase.<br />
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The colors lacked pigment, and they were dry, patchy, and difficult to blend. I couldn't have been more disappointed in it. And then I received several messages from people telling me that this is classic Makeup Revolution formula. It's just bad.<br />
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I was thinking last night about how disappointed I was in the palette, especially because I liked the color scheme, so I decided that I wanted to try to replicate it with shadows in my collection that are high quality. And, frankly, duping this palette felt highly appropriate since the brand made its success on duping other brands.<br />
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Here is The Emily Edit: The Wants:<br />
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And here is my duped version of it:</div>
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The Cream / Viseart matte white</div>
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<li>Not all of the shadows I used in my palette are sold as singles. Many of them were previously depotted from palettes.</li>
<li>Not all of the shadows are an exact color match. I'm making my own palette, so I sometimes swap in shades that I personally like more. </li>
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Now, I'm just going to be frank. I <i>love</i> how my duped palette looks. And I absolutely credit Emily with curating a great color scheme. But I like mine much more. I think mine is vibrant, rich, and the colors just pop out more than they do in the Makeup Revolution palette. And I think a lot of this has to do with the fact that mine has very high quality shadows. </div>
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<li>Replacing Pi Phi —a dark berry matte—with a lighter warm purple shimmer</li>
<li>Replacing Family—a matte dark purple—with a dark purple shimmer</li>
<li>Replacing Corduroy—a matte dark green—with a dark green shimmer</li>
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For what it's worth, I didn't have an exact duplicate shadow for Pi Phi, Family, Corduroy, or Dark & Early, and that's because—for the exception of Corduroy—I don't like those colors. I would have replaced those shadows with other colors even if I had a suitable dupe. </div>
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Corduroy was the only shadow that I liked the color but didn't have a dupe. (If anyone knows of one, please let me know.) I replaced it with the best option that I had, which is a dark green shimmer. </div>
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I made other minor changes to the palette, such as making Prayer more peach/pink–based instead of rose/brown. Colourpop Rosé All Day is a close color match to Grateful, but it is just more true to color in the pan. </div>
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Looking at my duped palette, I feel really excited to use it, which is how I felt about The Wants before I actually delved in. I plan on using this palette in the coming week to see what kind of looks I can come up with, again, inspired by Emily's color scheme. </div>
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As a final note, I just wanted to say that trying to dupe a palette with shadows in your own collection is always a great way to temper the craving to buy something. I would also encourage you to depot some of your palettes so that you can use those shades in this process as well. I remember feeling timid about depotting my Coloured Raine Queen of Hearts palette, but I've been able to use the shades in it for many duped palettes, which I've really enjoyed. Another great thing about duping palettes is that they don't have to be forever. You can use one color scheme for a while, and then when you feel tempted by a new release, just deconstruct one of your other duped palettes and make the one that's currently tempting you. That way, you can use the inspiration from the latest new palettes without having to actually spend the money on things you already own. </div>
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As for my Wants palette, I won't be using it again and it will be decluttered from my collection. But I only kind of consider it a wasted purchase. Yes, the quality was awful, and no, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else. But, I'm glad I have tried the Makeup Revolution formula (and can now speak to it in future posts), and I feel pretty okay about buying an "influencer" palette that might inform the future of who is being offered these deals and opportunities.</div>
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Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-33516907636751595692018-09-08T18:06:00.001-07:002018-09-08T18:07:28.307-07:00Makeup Revolution The Emily Edit: The Wants—Review and LooksToday's post started as a typical "Weekly Looks" post, but as I was writing it, I realized that it was more useful to make it a review of Emilynoel83's The Emily Edit: The Wants palette by Makeup Revolution. I did four looks with this palette (plus a bonus look with another palette) and have a review at the end.<br />
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<b>The Emily Edit: The Wants:</b><br />
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Lid: Belle Violet (applied wet)</div>
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Transition: Prayer</div>
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I was not a fan of this look. Belle Violet has essentially no pigment, and even when applied wet, it barely showed up and was not true to color whatsoever. Prayer also was lacking pigment. Love Tons was the only shade that showed up well, but it was patchy and hard to blend. Sadly, the way I felt about this look is indicative of how I felt about the entire palette.</div>
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Lid: Top Story (applied wet)</div>
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Transition: Hobby</div>
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Crease: Corduroy</div>
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Outer corner: Dark & Early</div>
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Lower lash line: Corduroy</div>
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Overall, I enjoyed the concept of this look, but it was very frustrating to apply. Again, I felt I had to apply Top Story (the shimmer) wet in order for it to have decent color payoff, and I found the mattes difficult to blend (which you can see in my outer corner). I do like the color of <span style="text-align: center;">Corduroy, but like the other mattes, it was patchy and difficult to blend. </span></div>
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Lid: Grateful (applied wet)</div>
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Transition: Cupcake</div>
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Crease: Laughcry</div>
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Outer corner: Pi Phi</div>
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Inner corner: Oh Heavens!</div>
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Lower lash line: Pi Phi</div>
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Brow bone: The Cream</div>
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This was my favorite look that I was able to achieve with this palette. And by favorite look, I mean that I think it came out looking the nicest. It wasn't my favorite color combination. Again, I had to apply the shimmer, this time Grateful, wet, and I was surprised to find that it looks much more yellow-gold than green, which is how it looks in the pan. Cupcake is a very disappointing shade that, like Belle Violet, has essentially no pigment. Laughcry and Pi Phi were difficult to blend. </div>
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Lid: Pizzazz (applied wet)</div>
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Transition: Cupcake</div>
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Crease: Family</div>
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Yet again, the shimmer, this time Pizzazz, needed to be applied wet to get any decent pigment. Again, Cupcake was essentially invisible. Family also lacked serious pigment and was patchy and difficult to blend. I took these pictures a few hours after application, and as you can see, the colors have faded and transferred on the inner portion of my eye onto the brow bone. </div>
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<b>Look 5: BH Cosmetics Weekend Festival:</b></div>
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Lid: Wicked (applied wet)</div>
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Outer corner: Swag</div>
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Lower lash line: Wicked (applied dry)</div>
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In comparison to The Wants palette, using the Weekend Festival palette was a treat. I really loved this look. I chose to apply Wicked wet, but when it is applied dry on the lower lash line, it had a good amount of pigment. The colors were vibrant and easy to apply. </div>
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When I first saw this palette, I was really pleased with it. It seemed to have a good color story, I felt like it could make a lot of looks, and it appeared inclusive. I also absolutely adore Emilynoel, and I have to admit that I really wanted to have a palette that she made (or at least curated the color selection). I love how much personality there is in the palette, and between the shades and the names, it really says Emily to me. I think it has great packaging, and I love the giant mirror in it.<br />
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Unfortunately, that's where the positives stop. This was one of the worst palettes that I have used in a long time. Every single shimmer that I used required wet application in order to have any kind of decent pigment. Every single matte shadow that I used was dry, patchy, and hard to blend. The worst offenders, I think, in the entire palette are Eve Rose (which literally looks like nothing), Belle Violet, and Cupcake. On a personal level, that's really disappointing to me because Eve Rose and Belle Violet are named after Emily's daughters, and Cupcake is named after her cat. So it's odd to me that these very special names would go to the worst shades in the palette.<br />
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There wasn't a single shadow that I used that I particularly enjoyed, and by the end of the week, I just didn't want to use the palette anymore.<br />
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Without being too dramatic, I have to say that I am so incredibly disappointed in this palette. I just don't think that it's good quality, even for $20 (plus tax and shipping, which brought mine closer to $30). I haven't really seen any negative reviews of this palette yet, and I have to say I'm really shocked by that. I honestly feel like the Morphe x Jaclyn Hill palette is of much better quality, and I don't particularly enjoy that palette or think the quality is very good.<br />
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I really, really wanted to love this palette, but I don't. And I think the issue is 100% Makeup Revolution's formula. I think that Emily curated a gorgeous color scheme, but I don't think the shadows she had to work with are of high quality. This was the first Makeup Revolution product that I've tried, and I can't say that I would go out of my way to purchase another product.<br />
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I'm not totally sure what I will do with this palette. If this was any other palette, I would immediately declutter it. But since it is Emily's and it is such a passion project for her, part of me wants to hold onto it. However, I know that is flawed thinking. Part of me wants to believe that if I use it again, the quality will be better, but that's just not going to happen. And I have too many fantastic shadows in my collection to try and make bad ones work.<br />
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In the end, I don't recommend this palette. I HATE to say that because I know how hard Emily worked on this, but liking someone's content and "wanting to support" them isn't reason enough to buy a bad quality product.<br />
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At the end of this post, I just wanted to give another brief update on a personal matter. If you've been following this blog for a while, you'll know that last year, I had two major surgeries. This week, I found out that I'm going to need another surgery very soon and potentially more after that. It was expected, but a little disheartening nonetheless. When I had my two previous surgeries, I went a little silent on the blog, so I imagine I may post a bit more infrequently during that time. This surgery isn't as major as the other two, but it's still surgery and I don't know how I'll be feeling. </div>
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Morphe and influencer Jaclyn Hill have teamed up yet again on a collection of four palettes that are available to purchase individually or together as a set called "The Vault."</div>
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And I won't be buying. </div>
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I know that I'm pretty late to write this post, but I figured it was probably still worth writing since these palettes are currently "out of stock" and will be restocked soon. </div>
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If you haven't read my last post, I recommend doing so for all of my thoughts on the current drama in the beauty community and how much influence we consumers give to these YouTube influencers. I'll touch on some of that throughout this post, but for a more comprehensive post, I recommend reading that. </div>
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I have a lot of thoughts about this collection, but I can simply them into two categories:</div>
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Let's look at the palettes.</div>
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One thing that I can say about Jaclyn Hill is that she really knows how to curate a color selection. I don't think it's a coincidence that many brands want to work with her, and I also don't think it's a coincidence that Morphe set their sights on her when they first came to market. </div>
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These palettes are quite pretty, in my opinion, and most of them don't look like things that we've seen ad nauseam from brands like Tarte, Too Faced, and Urban Decay. With that said, Ring the Alarm looks like a mini version of her big palette with Morphe, but we will get to that in a bit. </div>
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Another positive about this collection is that it is inclusive. All of these palettes can work with multiple skin tones, and there is not a brow bone shadow just for light skin tones in every single palette. </div>
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I think it's also good that you have the option to buy each palette individually, so if you are only really attracted to one color scheme, you can buy that for $15 instead of buying the entire vault, which retails for $49 plus tax and shipping (unless you buy in-store from Ulta). </div>
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Thing is, if these palettes were high quality, I would probably have a lot of praise for them. It's a good price point and an interesting, inclusive color selection, so there is a lot to celebrate if the quality is there. Unfortunately, that is just not the case at all. Even if this palette had the same quality as the bigger Jaclyn Hill x Morphe palette, I would still say that the quality would need to be higher because darker mattes are really where this brand struggles, and this collection is full of them. </div>
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Not unsurprisingly, this collection was met with delay, which has happened with every single Morphe and Jaclyn Hill release. To me, that is a huge cause for concern with supporting a brand because when you are a functional, professional brand, you shouldn't have to delay multiple projects. </div>
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The PR statement that was fed to consumers was that there was a "pressing issue" and that ALL of the palettes were going to be destroyed and repressed. The "pressing issue" was apparently the cause for the negative reviews the vault got when PR packages were sent out, and the brand wanted to "correct the issue."</div>
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For what it's worth, this alone should speak volumes about the manipulation of swatches that brands provide. Let's look at Morphe's swatches:</div>
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Personally, I think all of these swatches look to be photoshopped onto the models' arms. I could be wrong about that, but at the very least, these swatches look visually enhanced. And when you look at these swatches, there is no reason to think that there is a quality issue or that the colors would be patchy and lacking pigment. But, since the brand acknowledged that there was a quality problem, it really showcases that swatches from brands are really worthless in a lot of ways. </div>
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Before I get into the other problems with this collection and its launch, I just want to quickly discuss why I personally decided against buying any of these palettes before I even knew of the controversies surrounding the launch. </div>
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This palette is essentially a condensed version of the bigger Jaclyn Hill palette:</div>
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So if you own this one, you don't need the smaller one. I wrote an anti-haul post on this palette, but if you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know that I received it as a gift. My overall thoughts on it are that the quality is slightly better that the other palettes I've tried from Morphe, but it is still not great. The color selection is also too repetitive, and it didn't need to be 35 shadows. I don't like that there are so many pink shimmer shades but no pink matte shades, so it feels like your only option is to have a pink/brown look or a pink/red look. Finally, I only use a handful of shadows in this palette since so many are just repetitive, so it isn't worth the price for me. </div>
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Due to this, I think Ring the Alarm is a better option overall if you don't already own the bigger palette, but I still don't like that there are two pink shimmers with only a whole bunch of matte browns. No one needs that many matte brown shadows. </div>
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Out of all of the palettes, this was the least interesting to me. You've got three taupe shimmers that look exactly the same, two brown shadows that everyone already has a dozen times over, and then some purple/berry shadows that you also probably have in other palettes. </div>
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This is the least inspiring to me, and while I appreciate that it largely leans cool-toned, which is different for Jaclyn and most brands, it just isn't that interesting of a color selection for me. </div>
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It reminds me a lot of ABH Norvina:</div>
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Which, frankly, while I also find this palette to be pretty boring, is a better execution of this color scheme. </div>
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This palette appears to be the most popular, but I really don't see why. It's the same palette that we have seen so much over the past year, except that it has a green color thrown in. </div>
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It is essentially Colourpop Yes, Please!:</div>
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The shimmers in this palette are a white (which most people have many times over), golds, and a bronze. Most people, even if they aren't makeup hoarders, will have a gold and bronze shimmer. The mattes are even more browns plus a mustard, orange, and green. I assume the the reason this palette is so popular is because of the mustard, orange, and green mattes, but those can easily be purchased as singles from brands like Colourpop and Makeup Geek. </div>
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This is the palette that is most interesting to me because I haven't seen it a dozen times over, and interestingly, it is the only palette that did not sell out. And I assume that's because it <i>is </i>different (and people tend to buy the same thing over and over) and has green and blue shades as opposed to browns, golds, and pinks, which have been popular for years. </div>
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This palette reminds me of Melt Gemini:</div>
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I counted 14 matte brown shades between all of the palettes, which means that only 26 of the shadows in the 40-shadow vault are <i>not</i> brown. And I can guarantee you that no one needs 14 shades of matte brown. I can also guarantee you that those 14 shadows are not all unique from each other. </div>
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If you recall, the launch of the bigger Jaclyn Hill palette was also delayed after a picture of a cake surfaced that essentially spoiled the palette's color scheme, and Jaclyn promised that the cake did not have the real color selection. And then the palette finally released and we saw that the cake did, in fact, have the correct color scheme and Jaclyn lied about it. </div>
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When the "new" vault palettes were released, they received negative reviews, and people cited the same problems that people had in the PR launch. People who worked in manufacturing then weighed in to say that it was essentially impossible to remake all the palettes and ship them from China (where the palettes are made), in the time between when the palettes were "destroyed" and when they were available for purchase. </div>
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This relates to my last post about the predatory and manipulative nature of marketing with influencers. Due to the platform of YouTube and social media, the audience feels like they have a more personal and substantial connection with the person than they do with a celebrity they watch on television. And with that comes a certain amount of trust and loyalty that makes people want to "support" the influencer, buy whatever they had a hand in making, or believe them when they swear the quality is great. </div>
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There has been a common thread lately of YouTube personalities in the beauty community sharing their "truth," and Jaclyn Hill was the latest person to jump on this trend. But honestly, I just don't know how much of any of it I believe. Because right now, everyone is acting in their own best interest to protect their current income and lifestyle. And acting that way while presenting it as the "truth" is also very predatory. </div>
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Personally, while I do like the color scheme of these palettes and think that Jaclyn is very talented at curating a color scheme, the palettes still aren't anything that I haven't seen before and don't already own. Added to that. Morphe just doesn't have great quality—they just picked the right people to pay as advertisers. I already own all of these colors already and have no space in my life to add more palettes that are poor quality, so I won't be buying. </div>
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Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-71996955210125350622018-08-30T12:40:00.002-07:002018-08-30T14:31:12.738-07:00Let's Talk About All the DramaI don't typically comment on the never-ending drama of YouTube personalities, but there has been such an onslaught of disgusting behavior and sharing "truths," and I just wanted to create a dialogue here as relates to the content and "mission" of my blog.<br />
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The entire purpose of my blog is to lower the hype. And the vast majority of that hype comes from YouTube personalities that have now come to be called "influencers" because they have that much of an influence on the market.<br />
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I've written dozens of posts about the predatory and manipulative nature of "influencer behavior," which is essentially getting paid great sums of money by brands to talk about products, hype products, and get their audiences to purchase. As I stated in the <a href="https://www.racked.com/2017/5/12/15519758/anti-haul-makeup-rehab">Racked article</a> that I am quoted in, YouTube, in a lot of ways, still has an outward experience of being an authentic experience, and people don't realize that they're being marketed to in the same way as watching Katy Perry talk about CoverGirl.<br />
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Fact is, the reason you don't see a commercial for Morphe, Tarte, Too Faced, etc. is because these "influencers" ARE the commercial. And there IS a difference between someone having sponsored content to enable them to fund their freelance lifestyle and this predatory behavior.<br />
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The best way I can describe the difference is to look at how sponsorships are done on some of my favorite podcasts. At the start of the podcast—before we get to any content at all—the hosts will say, "Here's a word from our sponsors" and then give the ad. The ad has nothing to do with the content in the podcast. I mostly listen to true crime podcasts, and my favorite ones are sponsored by meal delivery services, hair color companies, and mattress companies. That has absolutely nothing to do with a true crime story. These are companies that want to advertise on the platform and pay the hosts for the advertisement space.<br />
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Compare that to a video by Tati, Jaclyn Hill, NikkieTutorials, or any other "mega" YouTube makeup personality where they devote an entire video to one specific product or range of products and then mention at the end that the entire video was sponsored. The <i>video</i> is the ad instead of a company advertising on their platform with their existing content.<br />
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In the past few weeks, it has surfaced that a lot of the heavy hitters in the makeup "influencer" industry are, in fact, racist, manipulative, and money/fame hungry. And I'm sure many of you can relate that this came as absolutely no surprise at all.<br />
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I often talk about the racist overtones and undertones of the beauty industry, which include:<br />
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<li>The utter lack of representation in foundation shade ranges</li>
<li>Stores not carrying the dark shades of foundation and making them available online only</li>
<li>Little to no collaborations with women of color in terms of expanding or creating products</li>
<li>Eyeshadow palettes clearly geared toward light skin tones</li>
<li>Eyeshadow palettes containing "brow bone" and "transition" shades for light skin tones, but not equivalent shades for dark skin tones </li>
<li>Naming products "nude" that are beige and only nude for light skin tones</li>
<li>Appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in product names that are not inclusive</li>
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Among many, many others.<br />
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It shouldn't be shocking, therefore, that many of these "influencers" don't talk about or advocate for inclusivity.<br />
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Let's talk about this last one, because it truly pains me to put Emily in the same category as many of these other people. Emily very recently came out with two palette launches through Revolution Makeup. One was called "The Needs" (pictured above) and one was called "The Wants" (which I purchased). </div>
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I have watched Emily for years and find her to always be a fresh breath of air in the YouTube beauty world. But something that always upsets me about her content is that she never talks about inclusivity. She will tear into a Tarte or Too Faced palette for quality, texture, color payoff, and other factors, but she doesn't address how most of these products are 1. The same And 2. Only for light skin tones. </div>
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So for her to make a palette, call it "The Needs," and say that it is filled with all the shades that one would need, is upsetting to me because it is so obviously geared toward light skin tones. These are the shades that Emily herself "needs," but won't work for many, many people. </div>
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With that said, her other palette, "The Wants" appears to be inclusive, and I did purchase it for this reason. Emily seems to be a very genuine person with good intentions, but avoiding controversy about race, representation, and inclusivity is also a problem. </div>
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As for the other palettes I included above, there may be the occasional shade that could work for deeper skin tones, but it is obvious that they were made with light skin tones in mind. Several of these products were collaborations with major brands, and it's impossible to know how much or how little creative control they had over shade range and inclusivity. Nonetheless, the sheer number of these palettes that look exactly the same is disheartening and really speaks to the persistence of this problem. </div>
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When you have a voice and a platform, you need to take that responsibility seriously. Because that's what it is—a responsibility. To publicly tweet a horribly racist statement and try to victimize yourself at the backlash is deplorable. To say a racist word while playing video games, offer no apology on your biggest platform, and then say that you just said "a bad word," is also disgusting. For many of these people, they are not upset because they realize the gravity of what they have done and feel sickened over their own behavior—they are upset because they don't want to jeopardize their income and lifestyle. </div>
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When you have millions of people who watch you, <i>trust</i> you, and maybe even look up to you, that is an immense responsibility. There will always be different political points of view, but there are also issues that are completely binary and do come down to "right" and "wrong." Hatred, bigotry, xenophobia, and racism will always be WRONG. And if you're more concerned with how much money you're making instead of how much you're perpetuating dangerous ideals is condemnable. At the same time, as a consumer, if you care more about a makeup item or watching a problematic personality than you do about condoning these ideals, then you are also culpable. </div>
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The other side of the drama right now is the lack of transparency and disclosure about which brands are featured in YouTube videos and which are not. And, unsurprisingly, the ones that are most prominently featured are the ones that pay a lot of money to these influencers. So when you see a "monthly favorites" video, you're going to see some products that are only favorites because they came with a huge sum of money. </div>
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Again, this isn't surprising. I knew the moment I saw Morphe pop up everywhere that they paid for that to happen. Their best products are mediocre at best, but impressionable people really love being able to buy whatever their favorite YouTube personality used and claimed was a favorite.</div>
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This is all just predatory and manipulative behavior, and it's why I started this blog. Marketing in general is incredibly manipulative. Companies want to convince people that they need something that they actually don't. And what companies saw with the rise of the YouTube "influencer" is that people are much more likely to buy something if their "best friend" recommends it than if they see a commercial for it on television. Because one is obvious marketing and the other is built on an established (or perceived) trust. </div>
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In my personal life, I am "the makeup person" for most of my friends. If they need to buy a new mascara or cleanser or blush, they will come to me and ask what I recommend. And every single time, they buy literally whatever I say. I've said to a friend, "Oh, I really love this new eyeshadow" and they have gone out that day to buy it for themselves. </div>
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Imagine that on a platform with a reach of millions of people. That has the ability to sway an entire market; to make a brand successful; or to create immense financial hardship for a brand. </div>
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And the only way to combat it is to be a smart consumer. Marketing tactics prey on vulnerable people. <i>"Having a hard day? Treat yourself to a new mascara!"</i> As I mentioned in my recent post about my former makeup addiction and depression, that entire mindset is how I became so dependent on the fleeting "happiness" that came with the high of a new purchase. </div>
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And when you regularly watch these YouTube channels, you always have some product in the back of your mind that someone recommended that you'll inventively buy during a sale, as a celebration, or as consolation for a hard day. </div>
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YouTube was once a platform where people would just chat and share. I remember watching tutorials eight years ago when someone would say, "Put a brown color in your crease—any of them will work." But now it's that you have to apply a specific shadow with a specific brush, <i>oh, and by the way, here's my affiliate code</i>. </div>
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In a lot of ways it's the equivalent of watching nonstop HSN or QVC. Can you imagine how much stuff you would buy if your main entertainment consumption was a home shopping network? That's what has happened now with YouTube and every social media platform. </div>
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In the end, I think it's always important to remember that these people are not our real-life friends, no matter how much we feel like we know them through their content and social media posts. For many of them, they curate a very specific image that they publicly portray and are solely concerned about their own financial success—and will do anything to protect it. As consumers, we need to recognize that behavior and be smarter about our purchasing decisions.<br />
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Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/antihaulblog/?hl=en">@antihaulblog</a>Ellie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299622836916628165noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383409324872023240.post-30673794650541160902018-08-26T18:28:00.002-07:002018-08-26T18:28:42.619-07:00One Week, One Palette: BH Cosmetics Weekend Festival I wasn't planning on doing a "one week, one palette" post this week, but it happened (well, mostly). I started the week by using a palette, and on day two, I realized that I owned the BH Cosmetics Festival palette, which I didn't even remember. Months ago, when I was taking a mental break and not wearing any makeup, I was gifted this palette, but I had no intentions of keeping it and I never used it. When I was shuffling through all my palettes this week, I found it and decided to try it before decluttering. And I ended up liking it so much that I wanted to keep using it every day. Almost like how a "normal" person approaches makeup when they don't own an unnecessary amount of it.<br />
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Lid: Diva</div>
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Brow bone: Wet N Wild Brulee</div>
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I've done this look before, and it's certainly my favorite that I can create from this palette. Diva is a pretty unique color to my collection, and I really love how it makes a non-traditional smoky eye. Morphe mattes are not great, but I find the ones in this palette good enough to work with to make this look. I probably only use about 20% of the shades in this palette as I find most of them pretty redundant within shades of brown or red. But this is one of the standout colors for me, and I'm always happy to do this look. </div>
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In terms of the BH Cosmetics Weekend Festival palette, here are four looks I did last week:</div>
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Crease: Swag</div>
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Brow bone: Wet N Wild Brulee</div>
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The lighting in my new place is not great, so when I first put this look together, I felt like there was no impact on the lid. As the day went on and I saw the look in other lighting, I realized the shadows were much more vibrant than I originally thought. Nonetheless, I still felt the colors on my lid were pretty subtle, especially when compared with the matte shades. Overall, I do really like the look, but it is very much within my "strong pink" comfort zone that I've been in for over a year. </div>
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The irony about this look is that I didn't want to do a blue color on the eye with a brown in the crease (because I've done that look a lot), so I went with the pink crease, which is something I seem to incorporate into almost all of my looks. I think this is a pretty look, and I like how the blue almost looks silver. </div>
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Lid: Solstice (applied wet)</div>
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Transition: Electric</div>
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This was my favorite look of the bunch, but I bet that's surprising to no one. I've done some version of this look almost every week that I've worn makeup for at least a year now, and I did it earlier in the week as well. I used the lid shadow wet, and I certainly liked the effect more than when I used it dry. </div>
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Lid: Neon (applied wet)</div>
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To close out the week, I went with a much more colorful look, and I honestly wasn't sure how I felt about the aqua in the crease, but I figured I would just roll with it. Like the previous day, I applied the lid shadow wet, and I loved the intensity of it. </div>
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Look 3, featuring Solstice.</div>
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If I had to pick, I guess it would be Look 2, featuring Carnival, but I didn't dislike the look at all. There were just others this week that I liked more. </div>
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I really like this palette. I wasn't really planning on caring for it too much, and I certainly wasn't expecting to keep it in my collection, but I think I will hang on to it for a bit longer as I work through my collection and curate it a bit more. </div>
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The mattes in this palette are really good, and I think that's really where the palette sings. The shimmers are okay, but they aren't anything exceptional. I liked the shimmers when applied wet, but I feel like that could be said for most shimmers. </div>
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I like the color scheme and like that it's a nice mix of colors and neutrals as well as shimmers and mattes, and I also like that the color scheme is inclusive and not just curated for light skin tones. </div>
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With that said, I feel like I can probably duplicate this entire palette with colors that are already in my collection. The most unique shades to my collection are probably:</div>
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<li>Kandi (true peach with a pearl finish)</li>
<li>Palooza (matte aqua)</li>
<li>Neon (shimmery lime-green)</li>
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In a 20-shadow palette, the fact that only four shades are <i>somewhat</i> unique to my collection is not a great statistic. But, for a lot of people, this could be a pretty unique palette. It comes close to having all the shades of my duped peachy matte palette, and it has similar shades to the Kylie Cosmetics Blue Honey palette, all within a single palette. It's a nice color selection.</div>
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Personally, I'm going to keep it in my collection for right now and see what happens as I declutter my palettes. I did buy a palette this week, which utterly surprised me, but it was the palette that Emilynoel83 made (The Wants). Her humility, enthusiasm, and graciousness were just overwhelming, and in a sea of shills and egos, I couldn't help but want to share in her excitement. Plus, I think she made a lovely palette that is inclusive. </div>
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I really like BH Cosmetics Weekend Festival, but realistically, it might be one that gets decluttered (or depotted) as I downsize. </div>
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<b>Look 1: Yellow gold and matte purple</b><br />
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Lid: Shimmery yellow gold</div>
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Transition: Matte cool brown</div>
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Crease: Matte purple</div>
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Brow bone: Matte cream</div>
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Inner corner: Shimmery white</div>
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Lower lash line: Matte purple</div>
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I've done this look before, but with different shadows, and the look came out basically the same. I like the look, but I think it can be easily recreated with a multitude of shadows. </div>
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<b>Look 2: Fyrinnae It Beautifies! </b></div>
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Base: Pixie Epoxy</div>
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Lid: It Beautifies! </div>
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Transition: Viseart warm brown matte</div>
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Crease: Inglot warm brown matte</div>
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Brow bone: Viseart matte white</div>
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Inner Corner: Make Up For Ever Pearl</div>
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Fyrinnae It Beautifies! is hands-down one of my favorite eyeshadows that I own. It is so perfect and simple and beautiful, and the way it shines when the light hits it is truly special. This is one of my top recommendations for a Fyrinnae shadow.</div>
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<b>Look 3: Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture</b></div>
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Lid: Electric (applied wet)</div>
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Right before I left New York, I was gifted this palette, which made me laugh a bit since there was so much drama surrounding it. I've used it a handful of times since, and I do like the color scheme, but as others have noted, it is hard to work with. I liked this look and thought it was pretty, but I think I can create better looks with other items in my collection (see immediately below). </div>
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<b>Look 4: Fyrinnae Abandoned Hotel and Viseart Dark Matte</b></div>
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Base: Pixie Epoxy</div>
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Lid: Abandoned Hotel</div>
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Doing the Subculture look made me want to do more green looks, so I turned to one of my favorite green shadows, Fyrinnae Abandoned Hotel. I then paired it with my workhorse palette, Viseart Dark Matte, and I think the look came out beautifully. When compared to the look from ABH, I think this one is much more vibrant and beautiful. It was also easier to apply. </div>
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<b>Look 5: Pat McGrath Labs Mothership Subliminal Platinum Bronze </b></div>
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Lid: Smoke and Mirrors</div>
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Brow bone: Wet N Wild Brulee</div>
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I raved about the Pat McGrath Mothership IV palette in my last post, but I don't think I like this one very much. This look came out so dull, and I feel like I could have easily created it with other colors in my collection. I felt so bad about it, in fact, that I used the palette the next day to see if maybe I would like it more...</div>
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<b>Look 6: Pat McGrath Labs Mothership Subliminal Platinum Bronze</b> </div>
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Lid: Platinize</div>
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Crease: Milani Sweet as Honey</div>
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... and I don't. Of course, this is a lovely bronze/gold shadow, but it's not any nicer than what I already own. I might try to use the other shadows in the palette that I haven't used yet, but based on swatches, they don't look promising. This might be a palette that I declutter in my upcoming purge. </div>
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<b>Favorite look: </b><b>Fyrinnae Abandoned Hotel and Viseart Dark Matte</b></div>
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This was definitely my favorite look this week because the colors blended well and really stood out. It felt like a strong eye look, but also one that wasn't too loud. I also enjoyed the color combination as I've been gravitating toward olive, mustard, and orange tones. </div>
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<b>Least favorite look: Pat McGrath Labs Mothership Subliminal Platinum Bronze – Smoke and Mirrors</b></div>
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I hate to say that a product from Pat McGrath was my least favorite of the week (especially in a category that includes ABH Subculture), but it's true. I just really did not like this look at all, and I was really disappointed with the lid shade. It was pretty, but just not special like I have come to expect from Pat McGrath. </div>
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