In my recent drugstore haul I featured the MUA(Makeup Academy) 24 Shade Immaculate Collection eyeshadow palette. It retails for £8 plus shipping and you can buy it online here
This palette contains 24 shades.You get a good variety of colors from warm tones to cold tones,from matte to shimmery,glittery finishes.It also comes with double ended sponge brush which is pretty useless if you have brushes.
As you can imagine some shades are definitely more pigmented than other,mostly the matte shades are those that aren't very pigmented. I would definitely suggest to wear an eyeshadow primer or/and eyeshadow base with these eyeshadows to get the maximum pigment out of them. Because of the variety of colors you could achieve lots of different looks,from a simple day look to a smoky look for nights out.
The packaging is plastic with clear top and it's very light and thin. I really love the fact that the top is clear as you can easily see what shades are inside without the need to open it.
Now lets take a look at some swatches
L-R Shades 1-11
*in shade*
*direct sunlight*
L-R Shades 11-21
*in shade*
*direct sunlight*
L-R Shades 22-24
*in shade*
*direct sunlight*
( I used some amount of elf eyelid primer for the swatches)
For the amount of money you pay you definitely get a great quality( you pay about 0.33 for each eyeshadow).This palette is great for someone who is on budget or just started getting into makeup or just wanna play around with other colors to see which suit them.
You will see some fallouts so bare that in mind.
On the negative side I would mantion 2 things, the first is that I would love the matte shades to be more pigmented because the colors are very pretty ( I love the matte black ). The second is that pretty much all of their cosmetics do contain parabens.
Overall rating: 4/5
Would I buy again?: I will buy more palettes from MUA for sure but I don't know if I ever use up all the shades in the 24 shade palette
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