my sister was going to US for her impending honeymoon and she offered to get me stuff from the US. i immediately put a list for her. i've been wanted to try bad habit after collection but you couldn't order them outside the hush apps. so i asked her whether she could order it through some of her husband's friend but it comes to no avail. i thought, oh well, it's just not my luck. but then she came home and she sent some stuff through some other people. and i'm quite surprised opening her package. she couldn't get me the bad habit one, so she ended up going to sephora and getting me the original huda beauty ones! she got me the warm obsessions and the mauve ones, since i asked her to get me the dupes of them. so, i asked for the dupes but get the original! lucky me! now if you've been reading my blog, then you will know that i never have high end stuff. i do try samples or travel sizes from high end brands, but never the full size, so these eyeshadow palettes are the first high end stuff that i have in my collection.
the description from sephora website: a range of compact eyeshadow palettes, expertly curated by Huda herself, offering beauty lovers a complete day-to-night eye color wardrobe. each huda beauty obsessions eyeshadow palette is packed with a selection of nine highly pigmented mattes and striking shimmers, all with a smooth and blendable texture. the palettes are super compact and lightweight, making them a must-have for your handbag. the large mirror, conveniently-sized palette, and versatile shade collection allow you to create both classic and playful looks that are easy to apply on-the-go.
warm brown obsessions: instantly bring light and warmth to your look with huda's go-to palette. packed with 8 mattes and one shimmer in heated tones of browns, reds, oranges, and copper range flatters any skin tone and eye color.
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| the palette |
the packaging: it comes in a transparent plastic sleeve so you can slide the palette out. the palette itself is a black cardboard palette with the picture of the eyeshadow palette scheme at front and description or ingredients at the back. i have to agree about the description of the size. it's really has convenient size to bring for travelling, and it feels pretty sturdy so you don't have to worry about it being broken. the magnetic clasp is pretty strong so you don't need to worry about it being opened accidentally inside your makeup bag. inside you can get a decent size mirror that's great if you're travelling or for touching ups. inside, there are 9 square eyeshadow pans, without any gap around them and no names either. there are pro and cons about that arrangement. some people say that it makes the pans bigger and weighs more than bad habit one, but the other don't like it since it has no gap so they're afraid that the fall out from using brush might tamper with other shades. and no names make it more difficult if you're using it for tutorials, swatches, or dupe photos.
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| back of the palette |
the color selection: this one is warm brown so you can guess that it has warm brown, red, oranges, copper and gold inside. i have to say the color selection looks cohesive together, and it gives several option on how you can use the palette.
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| full size mirror and all the pans inside |
the texture: let me remind you that this is the first high-end eyeshadow palette that i have so i couldn't compare it to other high brands, so i will just compare this with the rest of drugstore palette that i have and judge itself for being high end product. so, i have to say all of the shades are tightly pressed into the pans so even you're using brushes to use this palette, there's barely any fallouts coming out from this palette. there are 8 mattes in this palette and only one shimmer. the mattes are smooth and although some of them are not swatched well, but it blends well on my lids. and let me tell you that all of the colors are super pigmented so with darker color you might want to use just tiny bits, tap the excess and build it up. the shimmer is probably not entirely pure shimmer as it seems to be chunky glitter pressed into one pan, so using a brush won't give you best result. i find that using finger to apply the shimmer works best for me.
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| closer look of the pans |
the result: with only one shimmer color, i have to say that i have limited option when it comes to lid color as i'm quite used to using shimmer all over my lid. so no matter what color i use on my crease or outer V, i end up only have this gold to use as my lid color. i've tried using all matte, but somehow i don't like how it turns out. i have pretty fair skin so all the color scheme is too warm for me, and it looks full makeup on me so on daily basis it looks to much for me. i still try to tone it down, but i haven't got the right shade pairing that looks subtle enough for daily use for me. i would say that it gives little to no fall outs, so i don't have problem using this after putting my base makeup.
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| swatches |
i have to say that this one really impress me. as high end brand, i'm quite impressed with their mattes as they are soft and blendable but pack a lot of pigments. it doesn't have lots of fall out too. as for the shimmer, it is known that huda's shimmer are interesting. some of them are pressed glitters. so better use your finger to apply the shimmer. the shimmer also feels buttery, swatch well and apply well on my lid. it lasts decently (i don't wear makeup too long so i couldn't say how long this eyeshadow will hold, and i don't use primer either), and i can say even without primer, all the colors are vibrant, last long and doesn't fade out or shift. i do recommend this if you like warmer color schemes, and you have money to spend on this little palette. but unlike natasha denona, i've heard that these little palette from huda even had better formulation than their bigger palettes, so if you want to try huda palette, you won't regret buying their minis. but if you don't have the budget, just try the bad habit ones as they are good as well.
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