As a part of the beauty-community (youtube, facebook, blogs or instagram) you should have heard of the Anastasia Modern Renaissance palette by now. If not, you can google it and see what a hype this palette has been since it released last year. I considered bying this so many times but the price for Anastasia here in Norway made me not. FYI – US price: 42$ / Norwegian Price: 65$
I am a member of the What’s up in makeup facebook group (Jen Luv’s Reviews followers) and a girl posted about a cheap palette she found that duped it.
10 minutes later and I had ordered it. The palette is the Irresistible Eyeshadow Palette by Beauty Creations. This is sold on http://www.shophush.com. At 9$ I thought I would give it a shot. Even though ShopHush has a 20$ (!!) International shipping cost the palette is still a lot cheaper than the Anastasia for me. This palette has 15g of product divided in 15 shades compared to the 9,8 g divided in 14 shades in the Anastasia one. I though I should insert comparisons of the pans since I don’t have the MR palette.
Is it a total dupe? NO. But I think that if you want a cheaper alternative, this is actually a good one. The shades in the “dupe” palette is not exactly the same, but when I bought it I had a few thoughts about that. I don’t follow tutorials when I do my makeup so that is not a problem for me. I knew that I wanted some of the colours, maybe not all of them. Buon Fresco was a HUGE reason for why I bought this palette. I also really like the pink and red shade, so that makes the palette worth 9$ for me. If you are looking for the shade range that the MR palette has, but don’t want to pay 42$ this might be for you.
As the swatches show, the shadows are pigmented. They have some fall out but even my KVD shade & light palette has fallout. The two lightest shade does not show up on my arm because they are my skintone (pale girl problems). They have good blendability on the eyes and do not fade on me. Keep in mind I have normal eyelids and no shadows fade that much on me.
Will I recommend this palette? YES – best palette buy for me in a year.
Love, Kristine
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