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Kylie Cosmetics: The Burgundy Palette (+ comparison with the Bronze palette) 

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Hi everyone! As Kylie has been releasing tons of new products this time of year, I thought I’d share with you guys my thoughts on her new Burgundy palette, and compare it to her Bronze one.

Packaging: 

Firstly, the packaging. From my last post on the Bronze palette, you guys know I love how stylish and simple her design is. The drips on the front correspond to the shades inside. I still wish that there was a mirror but for cardboard packaging, mirrors are easy to break so I’ll let it slide.


Shades: 

Like her previous palette, the Burgundy palette has 9 shades ranging from light, medium to darker tones. Unlike her Bronze palette (see my full review on it here: Kyshadow Palette: Review, Swatches and Possible Dupes!) which had neutral browns and basic shades, the Burgundy palette harbours reddish hues and burgundy tones that are much in line with the trend and fall season in the US/UK right now.

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L to R: Naked, Beach, Penny, LA, Burgundy, Dubai, Brick, New York, Almond. 

The shades are beautiful and pigmented (this was with one swipe!) and they are buildable as well. Typical me, I would have loved a matte white highlight shade and a black but she did have those in her Bronze palette (see pics below) and the highlight shade is not overly shimmery and can be used as a brow bone shade if need be. The only shade I was slightly disappointed with was Dubai, which was the burgundy shimmer shade that wasn’t as pigmented as I’d like it to be upon first swatch. However, I find that using your fingers and layering it twice does the trick. Otherwise, the other shades are beautiful and they look absolutely stunning on the eyes 🙂

Comparison of quality and shades between the Bronze and Burgundy palette: 

L to R: Bronze palette, Burgundy palette.

Looking at the palettes side-by-side, you can see that the palettes are not similar at all. The colours are different enough to justify owning both, but it all depends on preference and what colours you gravitate towards. The only major difference I can tell is the quality in the shimmer shades. The Bronze palette has 2 shimmers, whereas the Burgundy palette has 3. And while the shimmers in the Bronze palette were more of a satin finish and were more natural-looking on the eyes, the shimmers in the Burgundy palette pack more of a punch. The mattes were always good from the beginning and there was no compromise on the quality of it in the second palette either.

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Overall thoughts?

I think this palette is perfect for fall and for anyone who wants a burgundy palette. The quality is incredible and much like the first palette, these eyeshadows last a good eight hours on me before creasing (bearing in mind that I do have oily eyelids). Definitely a must-have in your collection, but hey, that’s just what I think 🙂

If you have the palette, leave your thoughts on it in the comment below! Thanks for reading! 🙂

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Kyshadow Palette Dupes: Morphe, Too Faced, Makeup Geek

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Hey guys! If you haven’t seen my review on the Kyshadow palette, please feel free to click on the link below:

Kyshadow Palette: Review, Swatches and Possible Dupes!

Otherwise, if you’re here to see some Kyshadow dupes, keep reading below 🙂

So, if you’ve read my review of the palette, in short, I do think it’s a beautiful palette as I love browns and prefer matte shades over shimmers. However, if you’re an eyeshadow junkie like I am and have an extensive eyeshadow palette collection, you will most probably have duplicates of these shadows in your collection. Here’s what I found:

Morphe 35O palette

Starting off with the much-loved Morphe 35O palette, I found dupes for 5 shades in the Kyshadow palette. With the numbering of the 35O palette, Row 1 is the top row, and Shade 1 of the first row is top first shade on the left. So, for example, the first white shade in the first row will be labelled as “Row 1, Shade 1” and so on and so forth:

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From L to R: Jasper, R1S1, Goldstone, R4S2, Citrine, R2S7.

Jasper dupe – Row 1, Shade 1

Goldstone dupe – Row 4, Shade 2

Citrine dupe – Row 2, Shade 7

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From L to R: Tiger Eye, R2S6, Hematite, R4S7, Bronzite, R5S3

Tiger Eye dupe – Row 2, Shade 6

Hematite dupe – Row 4, Shade 7

Bronzite dupe – Row 5, Shade 3

Too Faced & Makeup Geek

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The remaining 3 shades: Quartz, Topaz and Obsidian, can be duped by the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette and Makeup Geek’s palette.

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Quartz dupe – Marzipan (Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette – although Marzipan is just a touch more pink, whereas Quartz is more pinky bronze)

Topaz dupe- Semi-Sweet (Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette – Topaz is just a smidge warmer)

Obsidian dupe – Corrupt (Makeup Geek – this one is better in pigmentation)

Overall thoughts?

Overall, if you have these eyeshadow palettes and Makeup Geek’s Corrupt, you most probably won’t need this palette, although I still think it’s nice to have it all in one palette. It’s really all down to preference at the end of the day 🙂

I hope this post was helpful in making your decision! Let me know if you have any of these palettes and what you think about them in the comments below.
Until then, much love,

Hawa. xo

 

 

 

 

Kyshadow Palette: Review, Swatches and Possible Dupes!

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You could love her or you can hate her (personally, I’m neutral), but you can’t deny that Kylie Jenner and the Kardashians have a massive influence in today’s culture and within the makeup world. With her lip kits making a scene on YouTube and within the makeup community, it’s no surprise that her newly-released Kyshadow palettes sold out within 60 seconds the first time she released it, and 98 seconds the first time she restocked it (this is when I got mine). If you’re interested on my thoughts on this palette, and want to see swatches and possible dupes, just keep reading below 🙂

Packaging

The palette came with a cute note from Kylie Cosmetics and a box to store the palette in if you choose to do so. The palette itself had beautiful artwork on the outside. With Kylie’s eyes and the metallic drips that coordinated with the colours inside the palette, the style of it is simple and elegant without being boring. The only downside of the packaging is the lack of mirror, which would have made it perfect for travelling due to its small and compact size.

Shades & Swatches

IMG_4066So there are a total of 9 shades in this palette, with 7 mattes and 2 shimmers. The shades are listed on the back of the palette – I would have preferred it if it was on the palette itself but the colours are beautiful, so I’ll forgive the packaging oversight. As you can see, the palette is a brown neutral palette that leans toward the warm spectrum of colours, with a good selection of light, medium and darker colours to create a complete eye look.

 

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From L to R: Jasper, Quartx, Topaz

Jasper – Matte off-white bone shade

Quartz – Shimmer with a pinch of bronze and pink

Topaz – Medium-toned neutral brown, with slight warm undertones

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From L to R: Goldstone, Citrine, Tiger Eye

Goldstone – Shimmery golden bronze

Citrine – Medium-toned orange

Tiger Eye – Medium-toned brown, with warm undertones (my favourite shade!)

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From L to R: Hematite, Bronzite, Obsidian

Hematite – Deep brown shade with reddish undertones

Bronzite – Deep expresso brown

Obsidian – Black (this one didn’t have excellent pigmentation – had to swatch it thrice to get that pigmentation)

Overall thoughts?

The mattes do outperform the shimmers in this palette. The shimmers are more of a sheen upon the first swatch, but they can be built up to a shimmer with a bit of layering (as seen in the photos above). The colours are easy to blend and they do not muddle and mix with one another. Jasper is an excellent white shade that stays vibrant throughout the entire day, and with an eyeshadow primer (I use Mac’s Soft Ochre Paint Pot), these eyeshadows stayed on my lids for a good 9 hours before there was any noticeable fading/creasing. The only shade I was disappointed with was Obsidian as it wasn’t as pigmented as I’d like it to be. The packaging could have been better – with the addition of a mirror and the shade names written on the palette, but it is a beautiful palette nonetheless.

Overall, I do think this palette is a beautiful addition to my collection, as I do love and wear brown shades the most, and prefer matte shadows over shimmer nowadays. If you’re looking for a basic neutral palette and you love browns and prefer matte shades, or you’re a fan of Kylie Jenner, I’d say pick this up.

However, if you’re tiptoeing on whether you should get this palette due to the hefty $42 USD price tag, I have some dupes that I found in my eyeshadow collection that you can see in my next post:

Kyshadow Palette Dupes: Morphe, Too Faced, Makeup Geek

Do you have this eyeshadow palette? Are you thinking about getting it? Let me know in the comments below!

Until then, much love,

Hawa. xo