Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance Palette Review
I come to you today with a review of a very popular palette! I am talking about the Anastasia Beverly Hills (ABH) Modern Renaissance palette. This is the first permanent palette added to the very popular ABH collection. Today I’m going to give you a quick run down of this product!
The Specs
This palette retails for $42 and features 14 shades in neutral to berry tones. There are basically 12 mattes and 2 shimmery shades, although a few of the shades have some sheen but its negligible. There is a decent sized mirror and it comes with a double ended brush which isn’t totally horrible, but I would probably only reach for in emergency situations. It feels pretty sturdy, and the size is great for travel.
The Pros
The shadows themselves have amazing color payoff. They feel like butter when you dip your finger in, and they blend very very easily. If you put too much on, simply swipe your brush back and forth a few extra times and you will see it diminish quickly. The shades in the palette go together very well and you can easily put many full eye looks together in this one palette. The mattes as well as the shimmers have great color payoff, which is surprising because I do feel like shimmer shades in palettes tend to come off glittery and lacking an opaque color. This is not the case with this palette. The quality is most definitely there in this product.
The Cons
These eyeshadows have A LOT of fallout, meaning when you put your brush in the shadow, little bits of shadow fly everywhere, and the same can happen on your eyes as well. This can be prevented on your eyes by tapping off your brush many times to shake off excess product. Even so, I would still recommend doing your eye makeup before your face makeup especially with this palette. It will avoid a mess, possibly ruining your makeup and having to (gasp!) start all over. That being said I always do my eyes first, it’s just what I would typically recommend anyway.
Also, what some may see as a negative is the berry shades. They are not the neutrals we are all used to seeing, and they may end up unworn. It’s safe to say you can do an entirely neutral look with this palette easily, but when spending your hard earned money on something, you want to be able to use everything. Now this isn’t really a negative for me, I see it as more of a challenge to change up my go to looks a little bit. If you do dive in with the berry’s start slow, sometimes you can look a little sick if you do it wrong. Either way, it’s just makeup and it wipes off!
To sum it all up, I give this palette two thumbs up. Fallout is just what happens when making buttery, easy to blend shadows. You can take only this palette to travel and get a lot of great looks. These shadows are beginner friendly, as long as you do your eye makeup first. So if you were thinking about it, give it a shot!
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Tayler