okay, i knew i didn't need a new eyeshadow palette, considering that i don't even hit pan in any of my previous eyeshadow palettes. i've bought 2 new eyeshadow palette couple months ago, which i like, and i've been rotating three of them in the hope of at least i can hit pan in one of those pans. but, i've been seeing these dupe list of the famous anastasia beverly hills modern renaissance palette, which is a best-sellers for this year i believe. i think after urban decay naked eyeshadow palette, no other palette that makes me want to buy it until this one. i've been seeing lots of reviews, lots of tutorial using ABH modern renaissance that makes me think that even though this palette consists of unusual pick of shades, i can make it work too.
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| beauty creations irresistible palette |
and i've been seeing lots of people giving their dupe list, beauty creations irresistible palette is the cheapest one, then there's bad habit royal palette which is also cheap, but unfortunately no online shop sells it here. then there's BYS berries palette which i also attracted to, mainly because they arranged the colors in better order (excuse my OCD talking) and i could get my brother to get it for me before he went home for holidays. the beauty creations and bad habit both are dead-copy for ABH MR, they both have all the colors, and i have to say they copy it pretty exactly too. beauty creations adds a new shade that fit perfectly with the rest of the colors in the palette, while bad habit sticks to 14 colors just like ABH MR. while BYS only got 12 colors instead of full 14. talking about price point, both beauty creations and bad habit only cost $12 and $10, BYS is slightly more expensive at $16.95. BYS has an offline store at shopping mall near my house, but i never asked the price in IDR, so i never knew. online shops sell beauty creations irresistible ranging from IDR 95-135 rb.
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| another close up at the palette |
and then my hubby was away for a business trip, leaving me with 3 kids at home. although i had helpers with me, sometimes kids can make me go nuts, so i decided to treat myself with this palette and bought this when it was restocked again (trust me, i've seen this palette being restocked twice and it will be gone in one day!). when i received it, i'm glad that i get it. i've been playing with it several weeks now and i'm quite happy with it.
the description from shophush website: a necessary eyeshadow collection with 15 neutral to berry pigmented tones. with the irresistible palette, you have the freedom to create warm tones to brightly colored looks.
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| the slide on packaging |
the packaging: it comes in a slide-on cardboard packaging which has a pretty pink design. the design is similar to a matchbox design, that you have to push the palette up or down from the outer packaging. there's another one that looks similar on the outside, and it's called butterfly palette. so you have to be careful, since both of them comes in pink design too. the palette itself comes with a magnetic closure at the top so you can lift it easily, but it has pretty strong magnet power so it won't open accidentally. on the inside, there's a decent size mirror so you can use the palette anywhere. this palette has total 15 shades in small square pans, covered with plastic and they print names of the shade under each pans. now, the earlier version has exact shades name just like the ABH MR which cause a lot of talking, so the company decided to change the shades name. i have to say that i like the new names better, somehow it gives seduction vibes that's in line with the palette name. unfortunately, the base color of this color is light grey which is more toward white, so sometimes it gets messy when i tap the excess of eyeshadow on the side of the palette. i don't mind they didn't put a brush in the palette because usually the brush is useless. or i think it's a good strategy since beauty creations launch several sets of good brushes lately so the lack of brush will lead people to buy brushes, hopefully from them too.
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| close up at the slide on (the palette is the one on top while the outer is the bottom) |
the shade selection: this palette consists of 15 colors, ranging from neutral to warm red and raspberry, which a lot of people commenting that it's perfect for fall. and since we don't have fall here, let's just say that it goes well with the ongoing trend. this palette is quite unusual for me since it has mostly mattes, with just 5 shimmers (the original ABH MR only has 4 shimmery shades). now this will be challenging for drugstore/high street brands since matte eyeshadow tends to be powdery and can be dull sometimes.
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| inside the palette (plastic is covering all the pans while you can see the mirror inside) |
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| close up at the shades (natural lighting) |
the product and result: i will break it down each shades so you will get the idea better.
- naked: on my fair skin, this shade is true to the name, naked. it's similar to my skin color, so without flash light, it's barely shown on me. i think it has slight sheen, not entirely shimmery, but it gives a little sheen under the light. this shade is dupe of tempera.
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| you can see that it's more visible than similar shade from my revealed palette |
- touch me: a matte light brown. this is a great transition shade. this color is a little bit more visible on me than similar shade from my revealed palette, which is quite surprising since my revealed palette is the most pigmented from the rest of my eyeshadow palettes. since this is matte, it doesn't feel as buttery as the shimmery one, but still soft to touch and translated to my eyes perfectly. this is dupe for golden ochre.
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| comparison swatch |
- true love: this is a pinky beige shimmery shade. one of the two outstanding shimmery shades in this palette. this shades is very buttery. i found that using my finger and tap it on my lid works better than using a flat shader brush. this is a dupe for vermeer.
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| comparison with similar shade from other palette |
- only yours: this is a matte mauve taupe shade. this shades is smooth and easy to swatch. on my lid it works better than similar shade from my other palettes. i've included a comparison swatch and you can see that my MUR and i heart makeup shades appear slightly more chalky than this shade. only yours is dupe for buon fresco.
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| look how smooth it is! |
- til midnight: this is another shimmery shade, a medium brown with mauve sheen to it. again, this is very buttery and it gives the same pigmentation compared to similar shade from MUR palette, although it's not as pigmented as revealed one. til midnight is dupe for antique bronze.
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| comparison swatch |
- kiss me: i have high hope for this shade. i believe this is one of those raspberry tone shades that makes this palette unusual. this is a matte raspberry shade, slightly toward purple than red. on my arm it swatches okay, but on my lid, i have to build the color to get it shown. a little bit disappointing considering this is a dupe for love letter which is pretty pigmented in ABH MR palette.
- yours: this is a matte dark brown that's quite buttery too. swatches okay and translates into lid okay. this is a dupe for cypress umber.
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| you can see that it's slightly more pigmented than i heart makeup palette |
- bare: this is a medium dark orangey-brown, slightly darker than its neighbour, infatuated. again, it is buttery and smooth to touch. and i'm quite impressed with this shade too. considering it's just a notch darker than my skin tone, i can see it clearly on my lid when i use it as transition shade. this is a dupe for raw sienna.
- infatuated: this is a dark peachy orange matte shade. and again, it's another buttery matte shade that surprisingly visible on my lid despite it's a light color. it's a great transition shade that i usually mix with bare. this is a dupe for burnt orange.
- love letter: this is a shimmery champagne gold shade which is soooo beautiful and pigmented. in my comparison picture you will see that it's more shimmery and more pigmented than my other palette, although i find it as pigmented as revealed palette one. this is a dupe for primavera.
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| swatch comparison |
- tender kiss: this is a matte reddish brown shade. again, this is a let down for me since it's a bit chalky and powdery, especially when used with brush. you can see on the swatch that it's not as smooth as the other. on my lid, i have to build it up couple times to get the pigmentation that i want, while the original shade from ABH seems not having similar problem. tender kiss is a dupe for red ochre.
- smack: a matte pinkish red matte. this is a red version of kiss me, but not bright red, but slightly pinkish. again, on swatch you can see that it's not as smooth as other shade, bit powdery too when i use my brush. on my lids, somehow i can't see the difference with tender kiss when they're used together. this is a dupe for venetian red. i have to admit that this is another shade that interest me in buying it, but it's another let down since it's not pigmented and buttery enough.
- warm touch: a matte taupe shade. i have to admit that the name of the ABH's shade name is more on point, which is warm taupe. this is smooth and swatches okay, okay on the lid too. it's another shade that i reach frequently for transition shade.
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| comparison swatch |
- mix emotions: this is another matte red brown shade. it's more red than tender kiss. again, i find that this is a bit powdery, but nothing much. i think it's expected with matte shades. this is a dupe for realgar.
- night out: this is the addition shade. it's a shimmery dark brown with tiny gold speckles in it. very tiny, almost undetectable. and i like it, how it adds more darker option to the palette and tones it down, making the palette is more wearable seeing that most dark shades in this palette has more reddish or raspberry tone.
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| close up (with flash) |
overall, i'm quite satisfied with this palette. i'm quite surprised considering that i can use neutral tones in this palette to create a daytime look. although i'm still learning to ace that reddish brick and raspberry tone shades. and the shimmer in this palette.. they really wow me. i won't say that this is a s good as ABH MR one since i can see that it's not, but for a palette that cheap, it works surprisingly well and even more than my expectation. some mattes might be powdery, but i don't have to do my eye before my face makeup. the fall out is really minimal. just make sure to tap the excess from the brush before putting it on your eyelid. i also impressed how sometimes this palette exceed my MUR and i heart makeup palette in some shades, considering that this one is cheaper than the other two. so, if you love warm shades including raspberry and brick red and orange shades in this palette, then grab it the next time you see it restocked, because this palette is selling out fast. if you love ABH MR but you don't want to spend your money on that palette, buy this one, although i can't say that it's more superior than the other dupe since i don't have the other palette. but if you're terrified that the shade might not good on you, then skip it. there's a lot of other palettes in the market right now, i bet you can find one that suits you best.
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| arm swatch (on natural lighting) |
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| another arm swatch with different lighting |
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