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This post is also available in: Croatian Hello there! Today I have a review of an eyeshadow palette for you. You all know by now that from among all makeup, eyeshadow is my greatest love of all, and since I’ve never tried anyMakeup Revolution London products before, I was really excited when I received this. The selection of eyeshadow palettes that this young UK brand has to offer is truly remarkable and whether you’re more of a neutral girl or you prefer brighter colours, you’re sure to find something to suit your taste. So, today we’re talking about the Make Believe palette*, you can expect a post with a few looks I created with it in a day or two, while if you’re interested in the review of the palette itself, just read on! To begin with the Makeup Revolution London Make Believe palette* retails for 4 £. It’s smaller in size than the standard Makeup Revolution palettes, it easily fits in the palm of your hand and apart from it being small, it’s also pretty thin which makes it very practical for travel. The plastic casing is not the most solid so I don’t think it would survive a more serious bang or fall and the top is sometimes a bit harder to open, but all in all the packaging is not too bad. The palette includes 14 eye shadows and 2 eyebrow powders. For now let me say that I really like the idea of including eyebrow powders in the palette, while I’ll comment on the shades a bit later on. Of the 14 eye shadows, only one is matte while the rest are all satin or shimmer finish. And now on to the swatches (on bare skin without primer) along with a few comments on my first impressions while swatching the shadows. I didn’t make much of an effort to describe the shades but concentrated more on quality. Since they don’t have names, to make it easier I numbered the shadows from top to bottom, first the ones on the left, followed by the ones on the right side. 1 and 2 – soft pink and silver with a slight bluish tint, shimmer finish, good pigmentation 3 – beautiful cool purple, soft texture, applies beautifully 4 – hot pink, the only matte shade, less pigmented and a bit difficult to swatch, could prove to be a pain to blend 5 – aqua green, soft texture, good pigmentation 6 – cool steel grey, less pigmented 7 – this shade immediately reminded me of the bronze shades from UD Naked palettes, it has a very soft texture so there’s some fallout upon application, but the intensity of colour and pigmentation are excellent 8 – first eyebrow powder, fine soft texture but unfortunately way too light and too yellow to suit anyone (except maybe platinum blonds with very light eyebrows). From this first column I can already tell that the pigmentation of the shadows varies. The light grey has the poorest pigmentation and the matte pink is a bit problematic, while the purple and the seventh, bronze shade are excellent. The eyebrow powder is pretty unusable for that purpose but since its texture is soft and buttery it blends beautifully and can be used as a transitional shade for the crease. Second column: 9 – the greatest surprise of all, doesn’t look like much in the pan but once applied it is a stunning light, cool pink, almost duochrome, I like it a lot 10 – beautiful lavender shade, good pigmentation 11 – medium blue with purple undertones, somewhat poorer pigmentation 12 – perfect burgundy red, shimmer finish, reminds me a lot of MAC Cranberry 13 – olive green, reminds me of MAC Humid, excellent pigmentation 14 – intense marine blue, very good pigmentation 15 – intense, dark gunmetal grey, excellent pigmentation 16 – second eyebrow powder, medium, warm brown. Generally a bit too warm for the brows, but on me, it’s passable. Excellent as an eye shadow, blends beautifully and in combination with the lighter brown is great for accentuating the crease or for a all-neutral look. The pigmentation of the eye shadows in this second column is even better than those in the first. Shadows 10 to 15 are all amazing. After doing the swatches and before trying out the shadows on lids I have to say that in general I was very pleased with the pigmentation. Except for a couple of a bit problematic shades, the texture of the shadows was smooth, the colour was intense and they transferred very nicely when applied with my finger on the bare skin of my arm. I also must say that I really like the selection of colours in this palette. It contains some truly amazing shades (the purple, burgundy red, olive green, gunmetal grey) which look like they might be potential dupes for far more expensive eye shadows out there. The palette is missing a light matte shade to be well-rounded (if you ask me it would have been much better if instead of the light yellowish-brown they threw in a matte vanilla colour, that would’ve been great), but oh well. After all my initial very positive impressions we come to the part of how the shadows hold up on the lids and there I must say that I was slightly disappointed. Just to remind you, I don’t have oily lids, they’re normal to dry, but since I do have hooded lids sometimes eye shadows can crease on me if I don’t use some kind of primer. So I always use a base (either Urban Decay Anti-Aging Primer Potion or Too Faced Shadow Insurance) which intensifies the colour of any eye shadow I apply and prevents any creasing. With these two, eye shadow doesn’t budge on me. With Makeup Revolution shadows unfortunately this was not the case. To begin with, to get the intensity you see on the swatches you really have to use the most tightly packed flat brush you own, or even better, apply them by patting them on with your fingers. Since their texture is pretty soft there’s slight fall out during application, but it’s nothing too bad. Some of the shades like the beautiful olive green and the copper brown looked more intense when swatched than when applied on my lids. It’s as if they’re just too soft to grab onto the skin so you have to apply and reapply and reapply to get intense colour. Pigmentation can of course be intensified by using a white creamy base underneath and I tried this out too. In that case the colour sticks to the cream much better and it will be easier to get the desired intensity, but then you have get the problem of even shorter lasting power. With the Urban Decay or Too Faced primer the shadows would start to crease and fade on me after 4 to 5 hours, while when I applied a creamy base over UDPP or TFSI the would last even shorter. If I had such luck I find myself wondering how these shadows would perform on oily lids. I’m one of those girls that don’t fix their eye makeup during the day and I expect it to last a minimum of eight hours which is the duration of an average work day, but in this case, even with a base, the product failed in this department. Although this palette didn’t meet some of my criteria it doesn’t mean it can’t be put to good use. To begin with I would recommend this little palette to anyone who is more accustomed to neutrals and wants to start experimenting with some colour. The smaller quantity of each shadow makes it ideal for occasional use, and its price is really affordable. If you look at the quality you get for the price, this is a really solid palette. I love the shades it contains, the purple is amazing, then there’s the beautiful olive green and of course the burgundy shade which is my absolute favourite. The fact that it’s small and compact makes it ideal for travel and you can use it to create quite a number of beautiful colourful looks…just don’t expect them to last that long. So there you go, those are my impressions. In the next post I’ll be showing you a couple of combos I put together using the Makeup Revolution Make Believe palette*. And I would really like to hear from you on this one: have you tried out any of the Makeup Revolution palettes? What are your thoughts? *PR sample
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This post is also available in: English Nakon Makeup Revolution highlightera, rumenila i ruža za usne o kojima ste mogli čitati u OVOM postu, danas za vas imam recenziju jedne palete sjenila za oči. Svi znate da su sjenila moja velika strast (malo sam luda a što ću :)), pa me ovaj proizvod najviše od svih mamio da ga isprobam. Izbor paleta kod ovog brenda je doista velik i bilo da ste ljubiteljica neutralnih tonova ili preferirate neke življe boje, u njihovoj ponudi moći ćete pronaći nešto po svojem ukusu. Dakle, na moju je adresu stigla Make Believe paleta sjenila*, post s nekoliko lookova koje sam s njom kreirala očekujte za dan-dva, a ako vas zanima recenzija same palete, nastavite čitati! Za početak Makeup Revolution London Make Believe paleta* dostupna je u Pink Panda web shopu po cijeni od 45,90 kn. Paleta je dimenzijama manja od standardnih Makeup Revolution paleta, stane na dlan ruke i osim što je mala je i jako tanka što je čini vrlo praktičnom za putovanja. Plastika nije baš najčvršća pa ne vjerujem da bi preživjela neki ozbiljniji pad ili udarac i poklopac se malo teže otvara, ali sve je to podnošljivo. Paleta sadrži 14 sjenila za oči i 2 sjenila za obrve. Zamisao uključivanja sjenila koja možete koristiti na obrvama mi se jako sviđa, dok ću same nijanse prokomentirati malo kasnije. Od 14 sjenila za oči, samo je jedno mat dok je ostatak sjenila satenskog ili shimmer finisha. U nastavku slijede swatchevi (na goloj koži bez baze) zajedno s par popratnih komentara o dojmovima koje sam stekla pri samom swatchanju sjenila. Nisam se previše trudila opisivati sve boje već sam se više skoncentrirala na dojmove o kvaliteti. Radi lakšeg snalaženja sjenila sam označila brojevima odozgo prema dolje, prvo prvi stupac pa zatim drugi. 1 i 2 – nježno ružičasta i srebrna s laganim plavičastim odsjajem, shimmer finish, dobra pigmentacija 3 – predivna hladna ljubičasta, meke teksture i jako se lijepo nanosi 4 – žarko roza, jedina mat nijansa u paleti, manje pigmentirana i teže se swatcha, mogla bi biti malo problematična pri blendanju 5 – aqua zelena, mekana tekstura, dobra pigmentacija 6 – hladna olovna siva, slabija pigmentacija 7 – ova nijansa me odmah podsjetila na brončane nijanse iz UD Naked paleta, dosta je mekane teksture pa se malo trusi pri nanošenju, ali su intenzitet i pigmentacija odlični 8 – prvo sjenilo za obrve, fine meke teksture, ali nažalost presvijetlo i previše žuto da bi gotovo ikom odgovaralo (osim možda najsvjetlijim mogućim plavušama). Iz ovog prvog reda se već da zaključiti da je pigmentacija nejednaka. Kao najslabije pigmentiranu istaknula bih sivu nijansu i pomalo problematičnu mat rozu, dok su ljubičasta i sedma, brončana nijansa odlične. Sjenilo za obrve je neupotrebljivo u tu svrhu, ali pošto je jako fine i meke teksture jako lijepo se blenda i može se koristiti kao prijelazna nijansa za pregib kapka. Drugi stupac redom: 9 – najveće iznenađenje, u paleti ne izgleda ništa posebno ali kada se nanese je predivna svijetla, hladna roza, skoro pa duochrome nijansa, jako mi se sviđa 10 – jako lijepa boja lavande, dobra pigmentacija 11 – srednja plava s ljubičastim primjesama, nešto slabije pigmentacije 12 – savršena burgundy crvena shimmer finisha, jako me podsjeća na MAC Cranberry 13 – maslinasto zelena, podsjeća na MAC Humid, odlična pigmentacija 14 – intenzivna srednja plava, jako dobra pigmentacija 15 – intenzivna, tamna gunmetal siva, odlična pigmentacija 16 – drugo sjenilo za obrve, srednja, topla smeđa. Općenito malo pretopla nijansa za obrve, ali kod mene može proći. Odlična kao sjenilo za oči, jako se lijepo blenda i u kombinaciji sa svjetlijom nijansom za obrve odlična za naglašavanje pregiba kapka ili za neki neutralni look. Pigmentacija sjenila iz ovog drugog stupca je još bolja od onih iz prvog. Sjenila od 10 do 15 sve su redom prekrasne nijanse. Nakon samog swatchanja i prije isprobavanja sjenila na kapcima moram priznati da sam u globalu bila jako zadovoljna pigmentacijom. Izuzev par problematičnih nijansi nešto slabije pigmentacije, tekstura sjenila je bila meka, boja intenzivna i lijepo su se nanosila prstom na golu kožu ruke. Također moram pohvaliti i odabir boja u ovoj paleti. Sadrži nekoliko predivnih nijansi (ljubičasta, burgundy crvena, maslinasto zelena, gunmetal siva) koje izgledaju kao da bi mogle biti odlični potencijalni duplići daleko skupljih sjenila. Paleti nedostaje jedna svijetla mat nijansa da bi bila kompletna (da se mene pitalo slobodno su umjesto ove žućkasto-smeđe za obrve mogli ubaciti mat boju vanilije i to bi bilo super), ali dobro. Nakon svih ovih početnih dosta pozitivnih dojmova dolazimo do dijela kako se sjenila ponašaju na kapcima i tu moram odmah reći da sam doživjela blago razočaranje. Da podsjetim, nemam masne kapke već normalne, ali pošto su spušteni svejedno bez baze znam ponekad imati problema s nakupljanjem sjenila u pregibu. Uvijek ispod svih sjenila koristim bazu (ili Urban Decay Anti-Aging Primer Potion ili Too Faced Shadow Insurance) s kojima mi se pojačava intenzitet bilo kojeg sjenila i ona mi se ne nakupljaju. Kako ih nanesem ujutro tako izgledaju dok ih ne skinem. Ništa ne mrda. S Makeup Revolution sjenilima to nažalost nije bio slučaj. Za početak da bi dobili intenzitet pigmentacije koji vidite na swatchevima, morate koristiti najgušći kist za nanošenje sjenila koji imate, ili još najbolje, nanesite ih tapkajući prstom. Zato što su dosta mekane teksture boja se lagano trusi pri nanošenju, ali ništa strašno. Neke boje poput predivne maslinasto zelene i bakreno smeđe izgledale su življe na swatchu nego na kapcima, naprosto kao da su premekane da bi se „uhvatile“ na kapak pa morate više puta ponavljati aplikaciju da bi boje bile intenzivne. Intenzitet naravno možete pojačati nanošenjem kremaste baze ispod sjenila i takav sam način aplikacije također isprobala. Boja se puno bolje grabi za kremastu podlogu i lakše ćete postići željeni intenzitet, ali onda dolazimo do problema trajnosti na kapcima. Nanesena preko Urban Decay ili Too Faced baze ova sjenila bi mi se počela nakupljati i blijediti nakon 4 – 5 sati, a nanošenjem kremaste baze povrh UD-a ili TF-a njihova trajnost mi se još dodatno skraćivala. S obzirom na veliku većinu vrlo pozitivnih recenzija Makeup Revolution sjenila općenito, činjenica da se njihova trajnost na mojim kapcima i nije baš iskazala me nemalo iznenadila. Pročešljala sam većinu recenzija i pronašla da se u tim recenzijama trajnost na kapcima ustvari začuđujuće rijetko uopće spominje, ali sam ipak pronašla i poneku potvrdu da nisam jedina koja je imala problema sa creasanjem. Tako da ipak nisam luda :). S obzirom da imam normalno-suhe kapke i koristim kvalitetne baze, a uspjela sam izvući svega četiri do pet sati iz ovih sjenila, pitam se kako se ona ponašaju na masnim kapcima. Jedna sam od onih koja ne popravlja očni makeup u toku dana i očekujem da minimalno 8 sati koliko traje jedan radni dan on stoji na mjestu, a u ovom slučaju, čak i s bazom, proizvod je u tom segmentu podbacio. Iako ova paleta nije ispunila neke moje kriterije, to ne znači da se ona ipak ne može iskoristiti. Za početak bih ovu paleticu preporučila svima koji svakodnevno ne nose sjenila u boji, a zaželjeli su se malo eksperimentiranja. Manja gramaža svakog pojedinog sjenila čini je idealnom za povremeno korištenje, a njezina cijena je doista pristupačna (kada se malo preračuna ispada da svako sjenilo dođe 2,81 kn). Ako se pogleda omjer cijene i kvalitete, ovo je jedna sasvim solidna paleta. Boje u njoj mi se jaaaako sviđaju, od predivne ljubičaste, maslinasto zelene i burgundy crvene koja je moj apsolutni favorit. Činjenica da je mala i kompaktna također je čini idealnom za putovanja i s njom se može kreirati velik broj šarenih, jako lijepih lookova…samo eto nemojte od njih očekivati preveliku dugotrajnost. Toliko o mojim dojmovima, u idućem postu stiže nekoliko kombinacija koje sam složila koristeći Makeup Revolution Make Believe paletu*. A sada želim čuti vaša razmišljanja: jesti li isprobali sjenila od ovog brenda? Koji su vaši dojmovi? *PR uzorak