Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadows in Glisten, Birkin, Fresh Peach, and Copper Shimmer

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Thursday, November 26, 2015

Since its launch late last year, Anastasia Beverly Hills eyeshadows have been getting more and more attention and really helping ABH expand out of their eyebrow and contouring categories. For those of us outside of the US, the ABH single eyeshadows are only available online to purchase right now; as it is, they're only available to buy in-store at select Macy's locations. When I went to NYC in September, I picked up a total of 16 eyeshadows in four quads. Like Makeup Geek, ABH only offers their eyeshadow singles in pan-form right now, so you will need a magnetic palette to put them in. ABH describes them as "finely-milled, highly-pigmented powder eyeshadow [that] is available in 84 hues and eight finishes for maximum versatility." Each eyeshadow contains 1.7 grams of product and comes in a standard size round pan, and retails for $12 USD. 

Top row: Glisten and Birkin
Bottom row: Fresh Peach and Copper Shimmer

Glisten, Birkin, Fresh Peach, and Copper Shimmer

Glisten is a light-medium warm muted peachy copper with a sparkly, metallic sheen in a Metallic finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, dense, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It denser and more copper than MAC Honey Lust, slightly more orange than ColourPop La-La, slightly brighter and more sparkly than Viseart Marais, more orange than Urban Decay Chopper, and lighter and more muted than Makeup Geek Roulette.
Birkin is a medium-dark warm muted peachy brown in an Ultra-Matte finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and less orange than Anastasia Beverly Hills Caramel, slightly lighter than MAC Soft Brown, lighter and more pinked than MAC Texture, slightly darker and cooler than Makeup Geek Crème Brulee, and slightly more pinked than Makeup Geek Purely Naked.
Fresh Peach is a medium warm coral peach with a subtle sheen in a Velvet finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, dense, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and more peach than Anastasia Beverly Hills China Rose, brighter and more orange than MAC Paradisco, more orange and less frosted than MAC Expensive Pink, slightly more orange than Urban Decay Freelove, and darker and brighter than ColourPop Cheeky.
Copper Shimmer is a medium-dark warm orange copper with bronze pearl in a Shimmer finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, dense, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation to opaque colour pay-off. It is brighter and more reddened than Anastasia Beverly Hills Wine, less red than MAC Coppering, much more muted and less metallic than Makeup Geek Flamethrower, brighter and more orange than Makeup Geek Goddess, and more orange than ColourPop Game Face.

Gorgeous, buttery textures with rich, saturated colour; Anastasia Beverly Hills definitely hit the mark with their eyeshadows, with a huge range of shades and a variety of different finishes to compete with some of the best shadows on the market (e.g. MAC, MUFE, Urban Decay, NARS, Makeup Geek, etc.). When these initially launched, ABH had provided both four- and eight-pan empty palettes for free when you purchased the shadows to fill your palette, and the more you bought, the better value it would be (if you bought four shadows, the four-pan palette was free and each shadow was $10, and if you bought eight shadows, the eight-pan palette was free and each shadow was $8.75). But it seems like this deal is different depending on where you buy it from: ABH's website doesn't even offer building your own palette anymore, whereas the Macy's location I went to had only the four-pan palette offer but not the eight, but the Macy's website (in the US only) offers both the four- and eight-pan palettes. (If you're outside of the US, though, forget it — you gotta pay for shipping and duties, too.) That's not to say ABH's shadows aren't worth ordering because they are absolutely worth every penny; it's just annoying that their customizable palette offerings aren't the same across all retailers. So, if you're in the US, or know someone who's in the US and is going to come visit you soon, definitely order from the Macy's website, where they consistently have stock, there's free US shipping for purchases over $50, and they have both the value palette options. 
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