Wednesday, April 20, 2016

My opinion about Makeup Revolution.

Hello, I haven't written in ages but I want to make a quick post about Makeup Revolution. So being a makeup lover and obviously watching a LOT of youtubers reviewing products I fall sometimes into the hype.
You probably have heard about this company that has supposedly all those great super affordable products with lots of dupes for popular high end products like Too faced chocolate bars and Urban Decay's Naked Palettes and the Lorac Pros. So I placed an order and I got: the I heart makeup Chocolate Vice Palette, Pink Fizz, Iconic Pro 2, Newtrals vs Neutrals, the blush queen blush palette, matte blush in Divine, a lip lava in tremour and I received also a mystery bag with a matte foundation, the radiant light highlighter in glow, a mono shadow in acid, a metal shadow, a blush stick and 2 velour lip creams.
Having fallen for the hype and ALL the positive reviews out there on how amazing (especially) their eyeshadows are I was super excited to place an order getting dupes for pricey items but after i received the package I'm sad to say I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. First of all ALL the items except the pink fizz palette, the foundation and the 3 lip products have a terrible cheap chemical/plastic smell and no it's not from the packaging it's from the actual products. If you have being interested in makeup and the youtube beauty community for over 5-6 years before all the companies started to make good quality shadows you might remember that there were some ebay 88 and 120 shadow palettes that were popular (due to lack of colorful shadows from a lot of companies) and  if you had purchased one you will for sure remember that chemical plastic smell that the shadows had. Well these smell even more intensly. Let me elaborate more the issues that I had with every product or what I liked. So let's start.

EYESHADOW PALETTES:
Besides the strong chemical smell, the shadows perform VERY poorly to the point that after 10 minutes from the application the colors from the crease are gone! I've tried all 4 of the shadows with 2 different primer, I never had this problem before, my eyes are not oily but LITERALLY after 10 minutes my crease is naked! Now let's say I could get over the smell but the fact that the product itself is bad and non usable is very, VERY UPSETING to me. And yes, they might cost around 12-15 euro but it's like you throw that amount of money right in the trash can since there is no point using the shadows. Blendability is also disappointing where the matte colors tend to get muddy and lost one in the other while the dark colors are hard to blend and the light and shimmery colors are a nightmare to show. I'm not trying to bash the company but their eyeshadows are by far THE WORST EYESHADOWS I'VE EVER TRIED! 

EYESHADOW MONO:
Same thing with above, it doesn't even swatch it just disappears no matter how much you try to build it up. I got a neon yellow shadow, I think it's called Acid and let me tell you if you want a neon color you have better luck with the sleek makeup acid palette.

BLUSH PALETTE AND MATTE BLUSH:
Again bad smell, some colors are pigmented when they swatch, they are ok to apply but again the lasting power is very bad and mind that I have dry skin and blushes are long lasting on me.

LIP LAVA:
I got the colour tremor which is supposed to be a dupe for Too Faced Melted Peony which I own. The colors are indeed very similar with Melted Peony being sliiiightly darker and pinkier. This is a product I actually liked. The packaging is a little annoying because it's very flimsy and hard to squeeze while the too faced tube doesn't have that issue but I do like the product I have NO COMPLAIN about this, no weird smell either and it's quite long lasting so at least this wasn't a bust!

THE ONE MATTE FOUNDATION:
One of the mystery bag products at first I was like this will be a fail but it's actually NOT THAT BAD! I've dry skin but it doesn't feel drying, it feels smooth, has very light coverage but you can build it up a little, lasting power is just ok but i think oily skins would definitely have an issue with it.

RADIANT LIGHT IN GLOW:
One of the mystery bag items, again. This one has also the chemical smell but it is quite pretty and smooth, it gives  a settle glow to the skin and the lasting power is ok. I like it.

BLUSH STICK IN MALIBU:
One more item from the mystery bag, I did like this one too, it blends easily and it's actually getting a lot sheer than when you swatch it which is nice because I'm fair so it doesn't look weird. You do have to build it up but I don't mind, I like it.

Velour Lip Creams:
I received a bubblegum pink and a true red. They have a very pleasant sweet scent.
The red one swatches  nicely and opaque while the pink looks like it disappears and if you try to build it up it gets stricky. They don't dry, they stay liquid on the lips, again staying power is pretty bad.

I didn't bother swatching as it will be a nightmare to try and build every shadow in order to show. Generally I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED especially with the shadows which is weird that they are one of the category that Makeup Revolution is praised for. When I placed the order i was thinking of getting the Too Faced sweet peach palette which costs around 50 euro (what i paid for all the makeup revolution items) but I thought since it'll arrive very late in my country (if it arrives at all) I'd rather get a bunch of other products with that money than one palette. But I was wrong. I own all 3 of the too faced chocolate bars and every time i use them it's a pleasure, wonderful application, no issues and I quite regret spending money on items that are not useful :( 

I WILL NOT be repurchasing ANY Makeup Revolution items again and I hope this will be a lesson to me to not fall for the hype that sometimes is not justified in the beauty community and I should always PREFER QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. Because you'd rather have one item that you love than 10 that are not working for you.

Talk to you later, thank you for taking the time to read.
EDIT: the following photo was taken half an hour after I applied the makeup your left side is too faced and your right one is makeup revolution. On both sides was used the same primer and also glitter base.