Supernova 18-Color Baked Eyeshadow Palette

4 Reviews

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   grudgingEland3

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   Super pretty and great for Smokey eyes. Pigmented even with a dry brush

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   needfulPiglet4

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   Bought this palette for my 11 year old daughter. The price was right for what you got and it wasn’t manufactured in China (I’m cool with Chinese manufactured products, just not makeup at this point.) the pigmentation is amazing! I liked my daughter’s so much that I purchased the Solar Flare palette for myself.

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   wakefulBaboon5

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   I don’t know why this doesn’t have more reviews because it is a phenomenal palette! The colors are gorgeous and metallic without being chunky or glittery, they work well together and blend beautifully. There are both warm and cool colors, though it does lean more cool toned, which is great for my skin tone/eye color. The staying power is fantastic! The only colors I don’t care for are the first two on the 2nd row but I don’t own a single palette that I like all the colors, including Modern Renaissance and Chocolate Bon Bons. BH is underrated and I hope more people start paying attention to this brand because they have excellent products at great prices!

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   superiorSnail3

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   In just a few short months, I have become a huge fan of BH Cosmetics, specifically their eye shadow palettes and brushes. This palette was the first one I bought from BH. They have a handful of space themed palettes, Galaxy Chic, the new Solar Flare and this one. I also have Galaxy Chic which I really enjoy and has bright, vibrant colors. This palette contains more darker colors, more jewel toned and neutral colors which are more age appropriate for me. While I really like the Galaxy Chic palette, many of the shimmery pastel colors are difficult for me to pull off, where if I was twenty years younger I would have had a heyday with that palette.

   Here is a brief description of the colors in the Supernova palette:

   Phoenix – golden color, nice for the lid (dry texture though)
   Leo – golden bronze color, slightly darker than Leo
   Vega – shimmery medium brown
   Capricorn – shimmery moss green
   Pisces – emerald green
   Lyra – deeper green (forest green)
   Pegasus – glittery white (dry in texture)
   Libra – shimmery white (dry in texture)
   Stella – shimmery pink, lighter plum color
   Nova – shimmery medium blue
   Gemini – shimmery medium gray
   Scorpio – shimmery darker gray
   Aurora – shimmery pinky champagne
   Celestial – shimmery light to medium bronze
   Neutron – shimmery medium plum
   Aries – shimmery medium plum, slightly darker than Neutron
   Nebula – shimmery medium purple
   Luna – black

   I tend to migrate towards the warmer tones more, such as the golds, bronze, pink and plum colors. I like the variety of greens as well though I only use darker colors minimally such as on the outer corner and blend with the lighter lid color. The jewel toned colors are very nice, I don’t use them a lot but they are nice to have regardless. The whites are pretty but I don’t use these much at all, they are very glittery and chunky. The grays and blacks are nice to have to use for eyeliner.

   Some of the shades are difficult to work with. My favorite shade in the palette, Aurora is very hard to get out, you have to use a damp or wet finger to apply which is fine since I only use this as a lid shade. But it’s rather annoying. And there are some shades that are quite similar to each other. You have two whites, and Neutron and Aries are pretty similar as well, one being slightly darker than the other. My favorites are Aurora, Celestial, Neutron and Aries. Stella I will use here and there but honestly I can take it or leave it, it’s just okay for me.

   I do like this palette, I paid $12 for it on sale which is quite a bargain. You get nice pigmentation with these colors, applying them damp would make them more intense. Aside from Aurora I don’t find it necessary to do that. I do wish Aurora was easier to apply though. In comparison to the Galaxy Chic palette, Supernova is not quite as shimmery as GC, but I do find there are similar colors between the two palettes, the darker berry plummy colors (Aries and Neutron), plus there are golds in the GC palette as well. The main difference is that Supernova has more jewel toned colors, and GC has more light pastel shades. While I like both palettes, I probably prefer GC a hair more because I like the golds and berry colors just a little more than Supernova. But, Supernova is nice for me to have because I can tone the shimmer down which is more age appropriate for me.

   Would I purchase again, I probably would. I will give this one 4 and a half stars. It’s a very nice palette which I have used quite a bit already and will continue to do so. Plus it’s cruelty free and vegan which is a nice bonus as well. One last thing, the shelf life is 24 months so I will have these shadows for a while as well.