For National Lipstick Day, Anastasia Beverly Hills website is currently running a buy 2 get 1 free promotion for all of their lip products (matte lipsticks, liquid lipsticks, lip glosses, and lip primer) excluding product sets/kits. I purchased Rogue, Stevie, and got Dead Roses for free (I only purchased shades from their new matte lipstick line but you can mix it up). Happy National Lipstick Day everyone!
I played with mine a little yesterday, I'm not a die hard fan of ABH, and yes they are powdery like the MR. I did a look with the 3 greens Axis, electro and untamed. I used fix + with electro and it did a really nice halo look BUT untamed and axis just blend together muddy up a little and i couldn't se where axis stopped and untamed began. I also used fudge and he too muddy up with axis. So less you pile on the better it is. As for Edge, new wave and dawn look good together, you could see the ombre effect. I'm not saying it is the worst palette but should I know it was permanent and that they are willing to pressed harder the palette now on production I would of waited.It's kinda amusing to see a lot of the popular YouTube people hating this palette. It made me think I was crazy and so I went to play with my palette again. You definitely need to tap off the brush. I can't stress that enough. Otherwise there will be serious fallout. The gurus try to show how powdery the shadows are and either their palettes are wonky or they're going out of their way to kick up powder because mine doesn't do that. All those browns and oranges which would be transitions to me blend out fine without fallout.
the lightest shade, the bronzey shade and that really pretty green shimmer (I think it's called electro) are not very good at all, but for me the rest are just fine.
I played with mine a little yesterday, I'm not a die hard fan of ABH, and yes they are powdery like the MR. I did a look with the 3 greens Axis, electro and untamed. I used fix + with electro and it did a really nice halo look BUT untamed and axis just blend together muddy up a little and i couldn't se where axis stopped and untamed began. I also used fudge and he too muddy up with axis. So less you pile on the better it is. As for Edge, new wave and dawn look good together, you could see the ombre effect. I'm not saying it is the worst palette but should I know it was permanent and that they are willing to pressed harder the palette now on production I would of waited.
I think there are clearly some bad palettes out there but some of the people making those videos are exaggerating for the sake of the video IMO. If you know a shadow is powdery, isn't it obvious that the more you dig in, the more powdery it is? I've seen people really dig in to a shade to show the powder going anywhere.It's kinda amusing to see a lot of the popular YouTube people hating this palette. It made me think I was crazy and so I went to play with my palette again. You definitely need to tap off the brush. I can't stress that enough. Otherwise there will be serious fallout. The gurus try to show how powdery the shadows are and either their palettes are wonky or they're going out of their way to kick up powder because mine doesn't do that. All those browns and oranges which would be transitions to me blend out fine without fallout.
the lightest shade, the bronzey shade and that really pretty green shimmer (I think it's called electro) are not very good at all, but for me the rest are just fine.
I think there are clearly some bad palettes out there but some of the people making those videos are exaggerating for the sake of the video IMO. If you know a shadow is powdery, isn't it obvious that the more you dig in, the more powdery it is? I've seen people really dig in to a shade to show the powder going anywhere.
The main complaint I've seen with the palette is that the shadows don't blend well.
And I've noticed that most of the successful looks with the palette are cut crease or other rather bold strategies that don't require the shadows to blend out.
Agree 100%. I don't think I've seen a good 'natural' look where the shadows blended nicely. Since I don't wear bold looks or cut creases this palette really isn't something I'll reach for.The main complaint I've seen with the palette is that the shadows don't blend well.
And I've noticed that most of the successful looks with the palette are cut crease or other rather bold strategies that don't require the shadows to blend out.