Battle of the Palettes





Have you used these palettes? Which do you think is better?





XOXO Molly

The dilemma of whether we should be spending half our wages on make up each month still goes on and with the incredible products coming out from high end brands such as Clinique, Urban Decay, Charlotte Tilbury and TooFaced (to name a few!) it's kind of hard to resist. However, the market for drugstore make up brands are changing and drastically improving.I thought it would be good to test out a couple of palettes from high end brands and a couple of palettes from drugstore brands, see how they fare against each other and see whether I'll be able to save some money picking up drugstore alternatives. I will be rating them out one to four stars on blendability, colour range and overall.In the high end corner, we have the much hyped Naked Heat Palette by Urban Decay and the Modern Renaissance Palette by Anastasia Beverley Hill.Price: £39.50Available from: Feelunique (amongst others)Review: Ding ding ding we have a winner! For me, although the price is quite steep there is a large choice of colours and this dared me to go out of comfort zone and experiment with more red shades (I've always been a traditional browny/ gold kind of smokey eye girl). It's properly shown me the light with using burgundy and red shades as they all tie in together.. I also found that the brush that comes with this palette is fantastic. The packaging is functional but I think it's really pretty. Not as pretty as the Anastasia Beverley Hills Modern Renaissance palette but still pretty nonetheless.Blendability: Colour Range: Overall: Price: £41.00Available from: Cult Beauty Review: What can I say about this palette? I fell in love just looking at it. The packaging is sleek and the velour feel top is definitely different to the majority of plastic topped palettes. The colours were very pigmented, and it came with a good brush. The colour range is incredibly too and I have to admit- I'm literally obsessed with Love Letter. It's quite expensive but the pigmentation of the colours is fantastic.Blendability: Colour Range: Overall: In the "drugstore" corner (I literally couldn't think of another way to term this, so American!), we have the Ultimate Shadow Palette in Warm Neutrals by NYX and Mad about Matte by E.l.f (which I was super excited to see a concession of in my local Superdrug!).Price: £16.00Available from: Cult Beauty (amongst others including Boots)Review: I liked a lot of the colours from this palette, but for me, the wasn't a single shade which really stood out, unlike Love Letter from the Anastasia Beverley Hills Palette. It's definitely a good introduction to the warmer shades so before splurging on one of the higher end palettes purchasing this palette might be worth it to make sure that warmer colours suit you. I also don't think that colours came out as strong as they looked on the palette. The packaging is rather basic, but is definitely functional. For the price, I definitely think this palette is worth it.Blendability: Colour Range: Overall: Price: £12.50Available from: Superdrug Review: The colours were all fairly similar however they came out of the palette rather strong. The lighter colours also barely showed on my skin- and I am pale! The packaging, much like the NYX palette is rather basic and it's a bit tricky to open if you have acrylic nails like I do! However, it is relatively cheap and would be a good introduction to the smokey eye.Blendability: Colour Range: Overall: Overall Verdict: I definitely think that the higher end palettes are more blendable and pigmented but they are definitely more expensive. If you are unsure of the type of colours that would suit you- it would maybe work best buying a cheaper drugstore brand with similar colours before making the leap to the higher end, more expensive palette. Don't get me wrong however, the drugstore palettes are still blendable and with some good brushes you can definitely make them work for you. As I said before, for me the Naked Heat Palette by Urban Decay is my favourite.