Hey guys!
I came across this palette in a search for a kind of dupe
for the Urban Decay Naked palette, which is really hard and expensive to get
your hands on in Australia. Now, I don’t have the Naked palette (yet), so I
can’t say how good a dupe this is, but I have fallen in love with this palette
in its own right.
This palette is a very brown based one, with a couple of
matte shades and a range of shimmery/satin finish shades.
THE POSITIVES:
The palette has absolutely beautiful shades. There are
twelve to choose from and they’re a good range of neutral shades. I love that
you can achieve many different looks with just this palette. The texture of the
shadows is amazing as well. They’re all so buttery and creamy feeling. They’re
incredibly pigmented and while there is a little fallout, it’s not excessive
and chalky like some shadows can be.
I like that the lid to the palette is clear, so you can see
the shades without opening it. Despite being made of plastic, it does feel
quite sturdy too.
THE NEGATIVES:
There are only 2 matte shades in the whole palette, which is
disappointing. Matte shades are my favourite. It’s a little annoying that there
isn’t a matte highlighting shade, because that would really help with all the
shimmery looks you can achieve with the palette.
Even though the packaging does feel sturdy and I like the
clear top, overall it does feel kind of cheap, and I know it was, but they don’t
even have names for their shades. I didn’t like that it came with those little
sponge applicator things, I would have much preferred a brush, or nothing at
all. It feels like such a waste because I always end up chucking out the spongy
things without even using them.
THE BOTTOM LINE:
I really do love this palette. It was my go-to until I got
my UD Naked Basics palette. I still love to mix the shimmery shades of this
palette with my Naked Basics palette to create even more neutral looks. I can
totally forgive the packaging and not having enough matte shades because this
palette was cheap and the quality of the shadows is outstanding. I really need
to go out and get basically all of the other palettes that are in this line. Don’t
be fooled by the cheaper packaging of these palettes, try them out and discover
for yourself how beautiful the shadows are to work with!
Have you tried any of the Chi Chi palettes? If so, which
ones and which one do you think I should try next?
Hey guys!
The palette has absolutely beautiful shades. There are
twelve to choose from and they’re a good range of neutral shades. I love that
you can achieve many different looks with just this palette. The texture of the
shadows is amazing as well. They’re all so buttery and creamy feeling. They’re
incredibly pigmented and while there is a little fallout, it’s not excessive
and chalky like some shadows can be. 
The fact that most of the shades are matte is a big bonus
for me. For me there’s nothing better than a good matte eyeshadow, especially
when it’s a neutral toned one. There’s a good balance of lighter and darker
shades, and they’re all buttery and creamy and highly pigmented. The absolute
best part of these shadows is the fact that they don’t crease on me. I’ve never
had a shadow not crease on me without the use of a primer or base. To be
honest, half the time I get creases even with primers and bases. I wore these
shadows for an entire day without any primer the first time I tried them and I didn’t
get any creasing. It’s makeup miracle!
There aren’t a lot of negatives on this one. At least none
that I’ve found yet. Obviously a big negative is the difficulty in getting UD
in Australia. It would be awesome if somewhere like Mecca Cosmetica stocked it.
When it comes to two of the lighter shades, I’ve found that they are quite
similar looking on the eye, even though in the tray and swatch on the arm one
is clearly more yellow and the other more peachy. The shades are Foxy and Walk
of Shame (W.O.S). Foxy does show up a smidge lighter than W.O.S., so it’s not a
huge deal, but I was having trouble finding negatives, and I decided to get a
little nit-picky. 