Last month I placed a BH Cosmetics order for a few palettes to use in a makeup artistry kit. I have been doing makeup for friends and family a lot lately so I decided that I needed to make a professional style kit. You know that I normally NEVER wear a neutral eye and that most people prefer neutral looks so a neutral palette was a must have for the kit. I also purchased a blush palette, a lip palette and a concealer palette ( more on those later) . I want to say I paid roughly $10 for this palette so it was REALLY cheap. This was my first time ordering from BH Cosmetics, my order was shipped very quickly and was packaged well.
Palette in Natural Light
Palette with flash
I have used this a couple times and the first time I was underwhelmed to say the least. I actually thought about tossing it. It was that bad. The shadows are not very pigmented unless they are used over a base. The black is also not very black which is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. The second time I used different shades and had a better outcome. I guess with this palette some shades are good and some are not. The pale shades are all almost translucent and pretty hard to work with and a few of the mattes are quite chalky. I did really like the top right corner color . I am going to keep playing with this palette and see what happens
Natural Light over NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
Flash
Indirect Sunlight
Sunlight
I was pretty excited about this palette and overall feel let down. At $10 it is very cheap so I supposed it is sorta of expected for the price. Like I said, I am gonna keep playing with it. I have 88 palettes from Coastal Scents that I love so I sorta wish I would have ordered a neutral palette from them instead. I have heard that BH and Coastal Scents sell the same products with their own labels so I suppose it would not have made a difference. I am very pleased with the lip and face palettes that I got from BH though. Have you tried this palette? If so what did you think? What about BH Cosmetics in general?
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I feel the same way about this palette. The black is sad and the dark browns are not dark/string enough to carry a smoky look on their own. The colors are chalky and many of the mid-browns are gray or pink-based. There's just not enough variety. I really like the blush and lipgloss palettes, though.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review, I almost bought it. But glad I didn't now!
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