This was the first high end palette I ever bought, I had never really been excited by pink toned colour stories but when I saw this in person I was interested enough to want to swatch the shades, a minute or two later I knew I had to buy it! The shimmer shades are the real stars... Read more

This was the first high end palette I ever bought, I had never really been excited by pink toned colour stories but when I saw this in person I was interested enough to want to swatch the shades, a minute or two later I knew I had to buy it! The shimmer shades are the real stars of this palette, they’re so pigmented and buttery they make application so easy, the colours are so unusual as just looking at them in the pan they appear to be your usual brown shimmer but when they’re applied they have the most stunning pink shift that just adds a whole new dimension to my eye looks, I’ve used them over and over again to make subtle day time looks and more glam smoky evening looks. The matte transition shades in the palette let it down slightly as they are just very bland pink and brown neutral shades, there are several actual pink shades which do have a slight golden undertone, these don’t interest me so much as I do feel these are shades fairly easily duplicated in less expensive palettes. I have compared this against the revolution reloaded iconic 2.0 palette and found you can reproduce the looks from this palette really well, and that one is only £5!! There are couple of shades here liar and mugshot which are so unique they can’t be perfectly duped but once on the eye you really wouldn’t notice the difference. Overall this is great palette with a good colour story, the formula is nice particularly on the shimmer shades and they last reasonably well throughout the day. However having done a side by side comparison with the revolution palette I genuinely don’t think this is an essential buy as revolution really has it covered with the colours and performance, plus their matte shades are better than the U.D!! I would recommend this palette but I’d probably suggest purchasing the revolution one first as you may not feel the need to splurge on this one after all! Show less