Huda Beauty Warm Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette Review + YT Video

Hello everyone! Todays review is on the new Huda beauty mini 'obsession' eyeshadow palettes...well specifically the one in warm brown. She has four palettes, all with a distinctively different theme and they cost £25 for 10g of product.


This is my first ever experience using her shadows and in general I've not tried a lot of the products from her brand. I own the mini liquid lipstick set and I was very pleasantly surprised by the formula and the shades. However, to me her brand is more on the luxury side of things, which means I'm not going to pick up an item here or there on a whim, I want to be really sure that my money is being well spent. Her previous two palettes have had mixed reviews, but the main reason why I didn't purchase them was because of the price and the guilt! When one owns as many single shadows as I do, you might be able to understand...😅

The £25 pricetag felt a lot more affordable, and when you do the maths each shadow is costs you £2.77, which really isn't too bad. One MUG single shadow is £4.95 and one ABH shadow in any of her latest palettes cost around £3. So technically you're getting good value for money, when compared to similar quality shadows.

My full review can be watched here:

And the swatches of the palette are below -

As you can see, this is a very warm toned palette. Perhaps only the slightly cool toned shade is the middle darker brown, however even that has clear warm undertones! I like that she has given us a few different transition/crease shades and I can definitely achieve more of a deeper look from the two darker shadows too. The 'red' shade as you can tell by the one on the far right, is a lot brighter than one would expect, so that is a little disappointing. My favourite shadow is the central gold one, which has her 'textured' formula - it is so buttery and creamy! I'm sure, when worn with a base, it'll look absolutely gorgeous. I'm also particularly happy with the cream shade, because I actually don't have enough in my collection, despite it being a shade I reach for a lot as a base and for under the brow bone - the pigmentation is applaudable!

Packaging, is okay, nothing special - but the mirror inside is very much appreciated and the magnetic closing seems very secure, so overall it gets a thumbs up from me.

I think this whole mini colour theme is really smart, because in reality her options for colour combinations are endless! I can imagine a greens, blues, yellows version of this and since the price point is semi-affordable, I know it'll be a success - Huda is one smart lady.

Overall rating: 8/10

Pros: Pretty affordable and decent value for money, pigmented, buttery, creamy, pigmented, blendable, colours I'm actually going to use often! Mirror, sturdy cardboard packaging, cutest most portable size ever.

Cons: I think it would have been nice to have two textured shadows, since 1/9 isn't super versatile....but that's about it!

Repurchase: Yes, since I don't have many of these shades which surprised me, plus I know I'll get a lot of use out of it ^_^

Have you tried out any of her shadows? Larger palettes or smaller? What are your thoughts?

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Huda Beauty Warm Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette Review + YT Video

Hello everyone! Todays review is on the new Huda beauty mini 'obsession' eyeshadow palettes...well specifically the one in warm brown. She has four palettes, all with a distinctively different theme and they cost £25 for 10g of product.

Review | Sleek Oh So Special Eyeshadow Palette

Hello lovelies! I was organising my eyeshadow palettes and looking at the insane number of Sleek ones I’ve managed to collect over the past few years, I was bamboozled about why I haven't reviewed any of them yet?! To be really honest with you all, I despise doing swatches but I’m trying my best so I hope they aren’t too bad!)

Sleek are very well known for their eyeshadows and their blushes and as a brand they have only gotten better and better with the years! Their palettes cost £7.99 which is incredibly affordable and amazing value for money, so you can’t blame me for ending up with more than two/three! If I had to pick an all time favourite from the ones I own, it would be the Oh So Special Palette. It has every single shade I could want or need for a daytime or evening look!

I’ve owned this palette for at least a year and a half and when the Naked 3 palette was released I was surprised by how much the swatches online reminded me of this very palette! No, the pigmentation doesn’t rival Urban Decay, but for everyday with a decent primer this is amazing. Also, this is one of their older palettes and the newer one’s formulas are even more refined - Sleek really are getting better and better!

The packaging is the standard Sleek style, with a full mirror in the lid which is always mighty useful when travelling. On the downside the casing of the eyeshadow palette is easy to get grubby (as you can see from above) and even a face wipe had a tough time cleaning it! Each shadow has it’s own name, which is pretty cute but I do wish they had written the names under the shadows, or at least on the back like MUA had the initiative to do, because the plastic sheet that fits inside is very easy to lose.

Of the 12 eyeshadows, 7 are matte and 5 are buttery shimmer shades. I’m going to run through each shade and then show more swatches below.

Bow: The perfect bone/off white matte shade, this is my go-to base when I don’t want to do too much with my eyes, but I want to set the concealer (which covers up the darkness on the lid). Its also the perfect brow bone highlight as shimmer under the brow isn’t usually a good look...unless its your prom..or your wedding ya feel? Unfortunately it hasn’t swatched well here at all, but on the lid with a primer it really is my most used shade of the palette.

Organza: A buttery shimmery pink with lots of pigment to it. What I love about this palette is that none of the shimmery shades have any hints of glitter in them. This has a slight silver undertone to it, but its stunning and the pigment really does rival Urban Decay.

Ribbon: Is a matte coral pink shade and I love using this to jazz up a basic neutral eye every now and again. The fact that its matte means it doesn't stand out too much, making it appropriate for the day time. Shimmery pops of colour on the lid are more a night time thing for me personally.

Gift Basket: A beautiful buttery medium brown shade, which would be the perfect base for a smoky eye from this palette!

Glitz: Reminds me of UD’s Gunmetal, its a mix between a blue and a silver and its a nice shade to add if you want to add some definition under the eyes but don’t want to use a black shade.

Celebrate: A stunning deep purple, with insane pigmentation after just one sweep! This shade looks stunning contrasted with Ribbon, and again is fantastic for smoking out any look. I find by adding a little of this into the crease, it’s less harsh than black but still adds sultry definition so well.

Pamper: A stunning light pink, which is again is matte and super pigmented!

Gateau: My least favourite shimmery shade of the palette but not a dud at all. Its very much a silverish-pink, and is a decent inner-corner highlight but that’s about how versatile it is for me.

The Mail: THE PERFECT TRANSITION SHADE EVER I adore this shade! A matte camel-tone, a lot of times I will grab this palette just for this shade because using a transition shade makes eyeshadow looks pull together, and especially for my skin tone I love this!

Boxed: A dark brown matte shade, which I use sooo much! It looks gorgeous with the matte and shimmery pinks, and also 'Gift Basket’. I personally love adding some shadow under the lower lashline and this is my go-to shade normally as its simple but effective in adding some subtle definition!

Wrapped Up: A matte dark taupe colour, which looks stunning with the shade celebrate to create a warmer sultry smoky eye. On the other hand, its perfect used lightly in the crease for a little bit of definition for day time looks as well as night time.

Noir: A satisfyingly pigmented matte black, there’s not a whole lot to say about this aside from its a basic shade that everyone should own - and Sleek’s noir is pretty good.

And that is the review for my favourite Sleek palette right now! It’s one that fabulous for beginners to makeup and eyeshadow, but also valuable to people who have been dabbling about with the stuff for a while.

Which is your favourite Sleek E/S Palette?

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Review | Sleek Oh So Special Eyeshadow Palette

Hello lovelies! I was organising my eyeshadow palettes and looking at the insane number of Sleek ones I’ve managed to collect over the past few years, I was bamboozled about why I haven't reviewed any of them yet?! To be really honest with you all, I despise doing swatches but I’m trying my best so I hope they aren’t too bad!)

Review | MUA – 'Ever After' Matte Palette

Hello lovelies!

I’ve been meaning to post this review for a while, but I’ve been so disorganised with taking photos and what with the clocks going back and less sunlight I need to start planning ahead more! Not complaining about the cooler weather though - sweater weather is better weather tehe

Anyways, this is another one of MUA’s fantastic palettes available at ridiculously affordable prices – costing you a mere £4. It consists of 10 shades, all of which are matte which is very rare in most palettes, but I’m pretty sure it’s the only one of it’s kind in the drugstore world (bar one or two of the Sleek ones). I was verrrrrry excited when I got the e-mail about it’s launch and as they had another promo on, I bought myself this palette and a second for the giveaway! (keep your eyes peeled for the next few days).

So packaging wise, instead of having round circular pots you have larger squares, but other than that it is the standard plastic packaging with a clear lid so you can see all the shades. You get 1g of each shade, and it is mainly a neutrals palette with a dusky pink and a ‘foggy’ blue included aswell. It actually looks pretty similar to the ‘undressed’ palette but of course with no shimmer to it.

I find the shades to be soft and easy to apply. One slight disappointment is that the top row is a little less pigmented than the bottom row, as you can see from the swatches -  it seemed nothing I could do would make the shades appear on my arm! On my eye however the top shades work perfectly as bases, I especially love unwrap as a under the brow highlight (who wants sparkly under brow highlight for a work/uni look?? not me!)

I adore fade because a decent matte brown as the transition  colour is essential in pulling any eye makeup look together, but from experience I find matte browns to be either too pigmented meaning it takes too long to blend when in a rush, or very very faint. This shade seems to hit the nail right on the head and I’m loving it.

Did I even swatch FADE?? I think I forgot silly me ._. sorry for the bad lighting here!

Please don't let the top swatches fool you, on my lids they show up fine (perhaps its because I use a decent base/primer?) and if they showed up on my lids as they are in the swatches (i.e if they didn't show up at all!) I wouldn't be impressed at all with this palette!

The swatches do all the talking as far as the bottom row is concerned, they’re all outstanding in pigmentation (I only swiped once or twice with the bottom row) and help to create subtle smoky eye, or just add more definition in the crease. I love using darker shadows lightly under the lash line because I find black liner on the bottom to be too full-on for day-to-day but by using shadows it softens the look.

All in all I really do think this is a palette every girl should have in her collection, simply because soo many palettes out there lack some decent matte shades and this has around four browns alone and lots of lovely neutral shades – for only four quid! I like to keep this palette beside the one i’m currently using and I find it great for adding that extra bit of detail. Or a super simple look with one of the lighter shades washed over the lid, a smidgen of one of the browns in the crease and some liner and I’m good to go!

You can purchase this from superdrug, via the superdrug website or of course the MUA website (HERE)

Do you like mattes on the lids?

Review | MUA – 'Ever After' Matte Palette

Hello lovelies!

I’ve been meaning to post this review for a while, but I’ve been so disorganised with taking photos and what with the clocks going back and less sunlight I need to start planning ahead more! Not complaining about the cooler weather though - sweater weather is better weather tehe