I'm recently going through the biggest eyeshadow obsession ever. I just can't resist a good palette or a different colour and I'm absolutely loving experimenting with colours at the moment. After being totally desperate to try the Lorac Pro Palette but obviously not being able to get my hands on it as we don't have them here in the UK, i was pretty happy when i saw this beauty from Makeup Revolution. I'd read reviews of this comparing it to the Lorac and all of them were saying how it wasn't as good quality blah blah blah. But hey, for the price difference and the sheer convenience of it, it was still worth trying out. And I'm so so glad i did. I've even gone back in the meantime and picked up the Pro 2 i was that impressed!
These palettes have 16 shades each, 8 shimmers and 8 mattes and i think it has every everyday look you could possibly want between them. The colours are really pigmented and have a lot of payoff with just one swipe plus I've found that despite this, they really aren't that powdery and really don't have a lot of fall down. I usually use a primer with any eyeshadow and i barely get any fall down at all, even with the shimmery shades and when i go without a primer, they don't crease or smudge and last a really long time in all.
These shadows apply beautifully with pretty much any brush, i've not noticed that synthetic or real hairs make any difference and even with the paler colour, one layer of colour is super opaque and gives lots of payoff. These are also pretty good shadows for blending. Don't get me wrong, I've definitely used creamier shadows that blend better then these, but for the price and the consistency throughout the palette, I'm really happy with them.
Drugstore Palettes are often nothing to shout about, the mono shadows are usually so much better quality and are much more worth the money then the usual palettes from MUA for example. But i've found that the palettes from MUR are just consistently excellent quality for the money and look so much more expensive on the eyes and in the palette itself. The packaging itself is just amazing, like i don't think i've found a packaging i like as much in quite a while. And they're just so simple. It's like this gorgeous matte, smooth, sleek black packaging that's so thin and portable you can take it anywhere with you. It's also really lightweight and has a really nice colour naming system inside which shows you exactly what colour your using for reference. On an everyday basis, i like to use Luna from the Pro 1 palette all over my lid as a base, Fade as my transition and either drama or afflicted in the crease dependent on how deep i want my look. If I'm feeling extra fancy, i'll pop a little of one of the shimmers over the centre of my lid which just looks so subtley pretty. In the Pro 2 i like to use Grey Day in my crease for a really smokey look.
If i had to chose just one of these palette's i'd definitely recommend the 1 as i feel like there is a better selection of colours as there is such a contrast in the 2 which is nice but i feel like if it's your only palette, you'd need to buy some deep warm colours to go alongside, but this is just personal preference as i definitely prefer a warmer smokey eye on me, rather then a more taupe, grey look.
The Palette also comes with a cute little double ended brush, which is unusual for a cheap brand, it's normally the little rubbish foam applicator that never get used for me. And it's not that bad. It's soft and has a bit of density to blend with and is really nice for laying down colour and it's actually one of the few palette extras that is worth having and can be used. So if that's particularly interesting to you, you do get a half decent little brush with the set.Now onto the best bit, the price. Makeup Revolution are one of the cheaper lines in the drugstore and i love it as it's just so damn cheap and the products are just so good. This palette full price is £6.99 and for 16 really highly pigmented shadows, this is just amazing. They are both available from Superdrug in the UK and they are worth checking out if you get the chance!
If i lost these tomorrow, i'd definitely run out and get them both again, i need them both although many people wouldn't as they are different enough, but not a huge contrasting difference. I do love them a lot though but I'll let you make up your own mind on these :)
Thankyou so much guys!
Jo x
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