Beauty Legacy Palette by Maxineczka

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   Like with my other Revolution collaboration palettes, I’d never heard of the influencer that they’ve worked with, so having a certain name on the palette means nothing to me [for this palette they partnered with a YouTuber who goes under the name Maxineczka, who is from Poland, I believe]. In the Beauty Legacy palette you get three face powders; Pure Glow [champagne micro-shimmer highlighter], Love’s Hue [matte apricot blush] and The Grand Tan [matte tawny bronzer]. In addition you also get nine eyeshadow shades, in four different formulas; Canvas [bone satin eyeshadow], Ash [matte dusty taupe eyeshadow], Brick [tan brown matte eyeshadow], Crystal [champagne pink metallic eyeshadow], Copper [bronze metallic eyeshadow], Petal [matte wine eyeshadow], Orchid [purple with blue shift duo-chrome eyeshadow], Smoke [matte deep cool brown eyeshadow] and Night [black matte eyeshadow].

   This palette doesn’t contain the most exciting shades, but it was designed for tossing in a work or gym bag for on-the-go touch-ups to looks and taking with you whilst traveling longer-haul, so that’s how I’m going to look at it – a do-it-all pretty ‘n polished kit. You get nine eyeshadows that go from everyday neutrals, deep smoky neutrals, three berry toned colour pops, a low-key champagne shimmer highlight, a light not-too-warm bronzer/contour shade and a blush. The face products are formulated to be good for use on the eyes, the sheerer satin bone toned eyeshadow is nice for setting my under-eye concealer, the matte taupe and brown eyeshadows make good brow shades and the matte black shadow makes a great liner when applied with a damp brush. The packaging is also different for this palette; instead of the brand’s usual plastic palettes, Beauty Legacy has a sleek thick card palette. It looks and feels much nicer than Revolution’s standard cases.

   The matte shadows are the smoothest and most pigmented ones that I’ve found by the brand; a special shout-out to the black one, as I have tried over half a dozen ones from other Revolution, Revolution Pro & I Heart Revolution palettes, and this is the best one by far. The two metallic shades look and wear great, but do feel a bit chunky – no big deal, just be aware of his when applying them [finger application is best].

   The only downside for me is that the eyeshadow shade Orchid is thin and clings to the brush/finger, so takes a fair bit of foiling and building; I’m a sucker for violet shades, so will happily work with it since it looks great when applied satisfactory – but yeah, next to the great quality of everything else in Beauty Legacy, the iffy quality does stand out. A shame as that’s the only eyeshadow shade that prompts me to pick up this palette for everyday purposes, as the other shades/finishes are the rather basic, easily duped types that palettes collectors have countless dupes of.

   I reach for this palette pretty often for the blush & bronzer, and to use the shades Ash & Smoke to fill in my brows – and then since the palette is out and open, I’ll usually go ahead and set my undereye concealer with the Canvas eyeshadow. The highlight shade isn’t intense enough for my personal preference on the face when I’m using more colourful eyeshadow shades, but it does make a nice browbone highlight – nothing wrong with the product quality, it’s purely personal preference. When I get up late and need a quick “can do it all” palette, this is a reliable option, and if/when I’m going away I’ll happily use this palette as I favour simpler two-shadow eye looks in neutral colours on my downtime – and there’s no need to take separate blush, bronzer/contour, highlight, eyeliner, brow powder or setting powder, as it’s all here in one sleek compact. On a day-to-day basis I do get enough use out of the Beauty Legacy palette to justify the rather small price-tag – blush, bronzer, brow powder, setting powder and a duochrome shadow for £10?!