Sooo... I guess here it is! Anastasia Beverly Hills' very controversial Subculture Palette! I got this about a month ago but this is the first time I'm opening the box and playing with the colours. I guess I was in a Schrodinger's cat situation and I was kind of scared of how it's going to be. (Not a smart idea because it would have turned out bad, I wouldn't be able to get a refund at Sephora). That being said, you can probably guess that I already have a good experience with this palette!
Firt off the colours are gorgeous. It's unique, edgy, perfect fall colours! The pigmentation is just amazing!
Top row swatches
Bottom row swatches
People are saying that it's too pigmented which makes it hard to blend. But for me if it's too pigmented, that means I'm paying more for the actual pigment than fillers!
But then there is also the argument of it not having enough binding agent so the shadows are too powdery and have a lot of kick-up, which wastes a lot of product.
Roxy and Axis are the shadows that have the most kick-up, but with a light hand, it will minimize the kick-up. With this, I can see why people were saying that Norvina should have advertised this as loose pigment shadow. But for me, the quality is still good and I just can't get enough of the colours!
Considering the powderiness, there's not much fall out. Axis had the most fall out when I played with the colours.
I used Roxy as the transition, Adorn as a cut-crease liner, Axis on the lids, Rowdy and Cube on the lower lash line, and Cube on the inner corner. I used no primer and the shadows went on really well.
So there you go! Long story short, I'm really loving this palette!
