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Thursday 17 January 2013

Swatches: MUA Immaculate Collection Palette

I was very lucky and won this from the lovely Misellyre (go check out her blog, it's one of my favourites) a few weeks ago but I've yet to have a proper play with it. I decided to swatch the shades and see what the pigmentation was like since I had so much luck with my e.l.f palette. Could I have yet another bargain gem on my hands?! I had to know.


The Immaculate Collection is currently the largest palette available from MUA. It contains 24 shades of eye shadow in several finishes and has a wide range of colours. The flip-top packaging is neat and secure but nothing special. I do love that it has a clear lid (like all MUA palettes) so that I can quickly see which colours I'm reaching for. It's easy to open and comes with a double ended sponge applicator which I don't tend to use. I keep them for absolute emergencies but they usually end up underneath sofas/beds/up the hoover. Oops. There are a lot of really pretty colours here and I was particularly excited about the various shades of blue because those colours were distinctly lacking in my elf palette. I swatched with no primer along each of the three rows.

 Row 1
Row 2
Row 3

I'm so sorry about my goosebumps. It was literally freezing in my house and I became a chicken the second I pushed my sleeve up. You can see it getting progressively worse with each picture.

But onto more important things... there are actually some really lovely shimmer shades here. I love the cool blues and the last shade is probably my favourite. It's this stunning purple base duochrome that shines electric blue. I can see it working well with a multitude of colours and I'm really excited to use it! The mattes were absolutely dire. Might as well not have been there. They were chalky, had no pigmentation and were impossible to work with. I was so disappointed! I know it's hard to get mattes right but I would have rather just had some more pretty shimmers to work with!  I'm also a little bit confused by the layout of this palette. I know it's a bit anal but I quite like my palettes to have some rhyme and reason and this had none. It's all a bit mishmash and strange. It's not at all bad for £8 though and there's usually some great offers on with MUA or at Superdrug where you can buy this palette. 

Final Verdict: A nice addiction to my collection of palettes and there are some gorgeous shimmers! A bit hit and miss.

What do you think to this palette? Do you have a holy grail palette that you recommend?

Lauren

26 comments:

  1. The Sleek palettes are a great alternative and SO much better pigmented! Lovely post as always :) x

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    1. Have to agree with you there. Sleek palettes are gorgeous :) I don't have nearly enough! I hate that they don't stock them in my local Superdrug :'( Thank you so much! x

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    1. there are some real gems :) pity about the mattes x

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    1. So glad you like it! It was a bit hit and miss for me personally but there are definitely some beautiful shades in there :) x

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  4. The purple duochrome is gorgeous xx

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    1. It absolutely is! I did a look with it today that I'll be posting tomorrow :) x

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  5. Hmm, I may be asking for this on my birthday wishlist. The 4th shade on the second row reminds me a bit of Urban Decay's Snatch, but less glittery. Not 100% though. MUA palettes always impress me considering the price! :)

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    1. It's a very pretty champagne peach with a lot of shimmer. It also looks like a dupe of my favourite highlight shade from the Sleek sunset palette. MUA palettes are great! 50% off sale starts Monday :) pick it up then! x

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  6. Gah, okay. Going to have to buy this now. x

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  7. I still have an Immaculate Collection palette that I got for free as part of one of their offers, I still haven't used it though! MUA's matte shadows can tend to be a bit pants so it's not surprising really. At least there's some shades you can use in there though! ;) Can't believe that mine is one of your favourite blogs, that really made me smile!! xx

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    1. Crack it open girl! theres some gorgeous shades in there :) yeah that was a pity. Guess I'll need to get the urban decay basics after all haha :) honestly! You have an amazing blog! You deserve it :) x

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  8. I like all the shimmery colours in this palette! I wish some great brands would be available in my country xD I'll probably will look up these in summer when I go to UK.

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    1. There are a ton of brands I wish were available in the UK too! I wish everything could be worldwide :'( haha x

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  9. I love these palettes but have found they don't last all day on me even with primer on. I love the shades though x

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    1. have to agree with you there. Lasting power is not amazing. Great for some bargain look though :) I try not to leave my makeup on too long anyway x

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  10. Fab swatches, I love the colours in MUA palettes but I don't find they have the best lasting power which is a shame xo

    chloesway.com

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    1. It's such a pity! There are some really pretty shades out there x

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  11. Pretty! I really like the fourth shade in row 2. My favorite palette at the moment is the Tarte Carried Away Collector's set. Great shadows!

    http://thelifeofyouraveragetwenty-something.blogspot.com/

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    1. thats one of my favourites too :) it's quite similar to one of my favourite shades in the Sleek Sunset palette :) x

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  12. Ohh, so nicely pigmented! I've been trying new palettes lately and I just got my bh cosmetics day and night on in the mail today and I'm liking it so far! Also got it for like 10 dollars on their website, so can't really complain xx

    http://cestkenza.blogspot.com/

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    1. That's fantastic! There are some really great bargains brands around at the moment :) well worth looking into x

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  13. I love this Palette.... might have to treat myself this week, seeing as it's payday ;)

    Lyndsay ♡
    Fizzy Peaches

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