So, for anyone who doesn't love the brand Makeup Revolution as much as I do, You would be completely unaware, of just how many amazing collections this brand has recently released.
With this review being on their newest and very exciting halloween collaboration with The Simpsons!
For this collection, there was a huge amount of products released.
From eye shadow palettes, to highlighting duos, to face trios, Lip kits, makeup bags... the whole damn lot!
Now, my makeup purchasing has been somewhat.. extreme as of late. (The proof is in in amount of reviews I've written)
So, rather than testing a huge amount of products, that I may well end up not using again, I decided to only purchase one item from the collection.
The Simpsons Spooktacular face palette!
This face palette retails for only £10.00. Containing a powder Bronzer, a powder blush and a very nice looking highlighter.
The palette itself, is very sleek and compact.
Coming with all 3 products, and a decent sized mirror.
The packaging is nice, but somewhat minamilistic compared to some of there other collaborations.
Featuring a bold Simpson Family Logo, and using text colours in green and white shades.
The palette is also cardboard and has a magnetic closure.
Each product in the palette comes with a name. As well as an embossed, Simpson character into each powder pan.
So, I'll start by saying that this face palette, only comes in one shade.
There are no lighter or darker shades available, which I know can be somewhat problematic, depending on your skin tone.
However, the shade selection within this face palette, worked perfectly fine for me. (I'll include more about this later.)
The first product in the palette is a powder Bronzer, called Evil Twin.
My first initial thought, was that there is no way this Bronzer shade will be light enough for my fair complexion.
That being said, I was pleasantly surprised upon swatching, to find that this bronzing shade was not only pigmented, but a very nice shade of brown. That isn't too warm toned.
The Bronzer applied nicely to my face and blended out easily, and without much fuss.
I didn't find the product to apply blotchy in anyway, Nor did it leave that mucky, unblended look to my skin. But simply leaving behind a very nice matt bronzed effect.
What I will say,is that most of the products in this face palette, are pressed quite hard into the pans. So, naturally you would expect to scrub the product quite hard to get payoff.
Word of advice: Do not do this with the shade Evil Twin.
This product is, EXTREMELY pigmented.
If anything I would probably suggest using a light hand, and building up the Bronzer lightly.
Other than that I really do love this bronzing shade, and have worn it most days, since I purchased the palette.
The second shade available is a matte blush called Brains.
This Blush is a very nice bright rosy pink shade.
Which I was expecting to be super pigmented, mostly because of its bright undertones.
However, after using this product a few times, I've found it somewhat, annoying to work with.
The blush itself isn't difficult to blend, or horrible on this skin.
I simply struggled with pigmentation, especially when I applied this shade using a brush.
I found this quite surprising as I'd actually seen alot of other people saying how pigmented this product was.
But for me, it was more effort than I want, when applying something as basic as a blush.
I actually think that it may have something to do with how hard pressed this product was, when it was placed in the pan.
I've just found it rather difficult to get a decent amount of product applied to my brush without absolutely scrubbing the top layer of the blusher.
Which is disappointing, but mostly just a faff I can't be bothered with.
That being said, the blush does swatch decently, I just cant get the pigment to transfer, when it comes to blending on my face.
So, yeah, I don't think I would reach for this palette for it's blusher shade.
However, I have seen other reviews where people absolutely loved this product.
So maybe it's just a problem that I'm having.
And the third and final product in the palette is a highlighter called Cursed.
Now, for anyone who doesn't know, I am a massive fan of highlighting products, and usually can't resist purchasing them.
So I was super excited to use this shade.
Fortunately, I was not disappointed.
The highlighter is an almost icey shade, with very subtle pink undertones to it.
The highlighter has a lovely creamy smooth texture, that swatched beautifully and picked up easily on my brush, without any pan kickback.
It applied even and smoothly to my skin. And left me with a gorgeous, glow to my face.
I've also been enjoying how buildable this highlighter has been. As I've been able to build up the product on the skin, giving me the option of a very subtle or more blinding glow.
The highlighter didn't leave that weird strip effect on my face, and blended in well with the rest of my makeup.
The product, really is lovely, and has that smooth, wet glow effect, as opposed to some highlighters that are just straight up glitter.
All in all I'm super happy with this highlight.
As for my thoughts on the entire palette. I do kind of have mixed thoughts. I absolutely loved the Bronzer, and highlight.
But that blush shade really has irritated me when trying to use it.
For that reason, I might be slightly less tempted to recommend this product as a full face palette purchase. However, if it's something you'd feel would be a good purchase for you , then go for it, and please let me know your thoughts.
This palette is available on the revolution website for just £10.00
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