Tempera is a light warm peachy beige in a matte finish. This is a new and 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 can be layered and blended out easily. It is similar to Anastasia Beverly Hills Blanc, brighter than Anastasia Beverly Hills Vanilla, and lighter than MAC Orb.
Golden Ochre is a medium cool muted earthy yellow in a matte finish. This is a new and 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 can be layered and blended out easily. It is slightly darker than Anastasia Beverly Hills Custard, lighter and more olive than MAC Soba, and lighter than Makeup Geek Desert Sands.
Vermeer is a light warm brightened shell beige in a metallic finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is peachier than Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Gold, warmer than MAC Phloof!, and slightly peachier than Too Faced Satin Sheets.
Buon Fresco is a medium-dark cool muted mauve in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade, and is also available individually. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is cooler and more purple than Anastasia Beverly Hills Dusty Rose, more purple than MAC Quarry, and cooler and more grey than Too Faced Almond Truffle.
Antique Bronze is a medium-deep warm plummy bronze in a metallic finish. This is a new and 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 can be layered and blended out easily. It is more plum than Anastasia Beverly Hills Comfort, similar to MAC Mulch, and lighter than Too Faced Dark Truffle.
Love Letter is a medium-deep cool vibrant berry pink in a matte finish. This is a new and 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 can be layered and blended out easily. It is brighter and more matte than Anastasia Beverly Hills Rosette, cooler and more pink than Anastasia Beverly Hills Venetian Red, and darker than Make Up For Ever M842 Wine.
Cyprus Umber is a deep dark cool brown in a matte finish. This is a new and 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 can be layered and blended out easily. It is cooler than Anastasia Beverly Hills Hot Chocolate, darker and cooler than MAC Mystery, and similar to Makeup Geek Americano.
Raw Sienna is a medium warm muted camel brown in a matte finish. This is a new and 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 can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer than Anastasia Beverly Hills Warm Taupe, darker than MAC Wedge, and cooler than Too Faced Mousse.
Burnt Orange is a medium-dark warm orange brown in a matte finish. This is a permanent shade, and is also available individually. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter than Anastasia Beverly Hills Caramel, more orange than MAC Saddle, and darker than Makeup Geek Crème Brulee.
Primavera is a light-medium warm peachy gold in a metallic finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter than Anastasia Beverly Hills Surface of the Sun, more muted than Anastasia Beverly Hills Peach Sorbet, and darker and peachier than Ardency Inn Sunday.
Red Ochre is a dark warm burnished red-brown in a matte finish. This is a new and 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 can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more red than Anastasia Beverly Hills Red Earth, more brown than MAC I'm Into It, and darker and more red than Makeup Geek Cocoa Bear.
Venetian Red is a dark cool burgundy red in a matte finish. This is a new and 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 can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer and more red than Anastasia Beverly Hills Love Letter, darker and more matte than Anastasia Beverly Hills Sangria, and brighter and cooler than MAC I'm Into It.
Warm Taupe is a medium-dark warm taupe-brown in a matte finish. This is a permanent shade, and is also available individually. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer than MAC Coquette, lighter than MAC Charcoal Brown, and and lighter and cooler than Makeup Geek Latte.
Realgar is a medium-deep warm muted burnt orange in a matte finish. This is a new and 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 can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more orange than Anastasia Beverly Hills Caramel, darker and more brown than Anastasia Beverly Hills Morocco, and more orange than MAC Brown Script.
I'd never been that interested in Anastasia's eyeshadow palettes — not because of the quality of the shadows, but because I didn't love any of the colour combinations — so I always ended up opting to build my own palettes with her single eyeshadows. But Modern Renaissance is a game-changer, not just in Anastasia's own range but in the palette world as a whole. The colours, which mix both warm and cool neutrals along with pops of rich, jewel-toned reds, all somehow work cohesively together to create a variety of eye looks from soft to dramatic, elegant to punk-rock, and classy to sultry. The pinks and reds have enough depth to them so they never look too bright; they turn out saturated but not garish. Most palettes are neutral or bright or a really random mish-mash of both, but Modern Renaissance combines neutrals with berries in a very deliberate way so that there is no mistaking the colour story and theme.
The quality of these shadows seem to be even softer and more pigmented than Anastasia's single eyeshadows, which are already impressive to begin with. A light dab of a brush into any given shadow is enough to get full saturated colour pay-off even without primer. But what's even more impressive is that every shade has flawless blendability, even the most matte shades. They never skip and they never look patchy. This palette isn't going to be for everybody and it's going to intimidate some, but it makes it easy for anyone to wear reds on their eyes, and it will flatter almost everybody from fair to dark and cool to warm. My only complaint with this palette is the exterior packaging; as with Urban Decay's original Naked palette, the Modern Renaissance is covered with a velvet material that grabs on to dirt, makeup, and dust like nothing else, and is notoriously difficult to clean. But it's a small price to pay for the glorious gems inside. If a palette could ever be described as sexy, it would be this one.
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