Hey guys! Here is my little review and thoughts of the highly talked about Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture palette! This is my first ever purchase of anything ABH so I was really excited to try out this new palette! After purchase though I started seeing reviews and hearing things about the palette, like how the shadows are pigmented but hard to blend and how there is a lot of kickback. The reviews I've seen and heard don't really give me any bias thoughts so in this written review my thoughts are my own! I ordered this palette from the ABH website and this palette retails for $42.
I really like the soft feel of the felt/velvet like material of the packaging but I can see it getting really dirty especially if you're taking it with on the go a lot.
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Here is a close look at the shadows! In this palette you get 11 ultra-matte eyeshadows, 3 metallic finish eyeshadows, and a dual-ended brush.
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Cube - A pretty metallic dou chrome pink pearl
Dawn - A matte sand
Destiny - A matte sage kind of army green
Roxy - A matte coral
Electric - A metallic dou chrome lime gold
Fudge - A warm toned matte brown
Adorn - A pretty metallic bronze
All Star - A matte wine color
Mercury - A cool toned slate grey
New Wave - A matte citrin orange
Untamed - A matte tarnish kind of forest green
Edge - A matte gold mustard
Last but not least!
Axis - A matte blue green
Rowdy - A dark matte blackened purple
Here is a swatch of all the shadows on my arm! The shadows felt silky and smooth and of course are very pigmented! I pressed very lightly when swatching with my finger and I had noticed that the shadows were trying to give some kick back. The only swatch that disappointed me was Cube just because I think it was going to be more metallic but swatched lightly.
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Here is a look at the eyeshadow look I attempted with this palette! I used Dawn and Fudge as my transitions shades, used Adorn on my lid, Rowdy in my outer crease, and I put Electric as my inner corner highlight. When using Dawn and Fudge I did notice that the colors kind of mixed together and made a muddy kind of color. The best thing I can think of to describe this and what it reminded me of is when you're coloring or painting and you mix colors together to make a new color. I've never noticed this happening with eyeshadows when trying to blend so it was something that kind of caught me off guard. Adorn didn't work well with a brush and I had to use some glitter glue (you can also wet your brush) to make the shadow more metallic looking. I had no problems with applying Electric in my inner corner. Rowdy was just a bit difficult to blend out on my outer crease but I finally I kind of got everything looking how I waned in the end! I did notice that the matte shadows were trying to give kickback so to not waste any product I tapped gently with my brushes and I did have to tap off any excess from my brushes, Interesting enough the metallic shadows didn't give any kickback which I have no complaint or concerns about.
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Overall, I don't absolutely love this palette but I don't really hate it either. I'm in a very grey area on how I feel about it and I'm not too sure If I would recommend it. Since I paid $42 for this palette I'm still going to give it more use and see what else I can do with it.
Thank you so much for reading and I hope you liked this review and found this review helpful!
Don't be afraid to reach out to me to ask me questions or leave comments ♡
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