Reviews: Fortune Favors the Brave Palette by Makeup Revolution

By M.C. -
"Fortune favors the brave" is a common translation of a Roman proverb. It's also the name of a very versatile and beautiful eyeshadow palette by Makeup Revolution. I bought this palette on a whim about a month and a half ago from Ulta. I'm not sure if it's new, if it's permanent, or if it's limited edition. However, I can give you a review of it, in case you're interested in picking it up.

The palette comes with 30 shades (13 matte shades and 17 shimmer shades) and an eyeshadow brush (although the brush isn't very good quality, and I would recommend using your own eyeshadow brushes). You can buy the palette from Ulta.com and Makeup Revolution's website. In case you're unfamiliar with Makeup Revolution, it's a British cosmetic brand that makes low-cost, affordable makeup. I'm a big believer in the quality of Makeup Revolution products. In my experience, Makeup Revolution delivers great value for your money, and this palette seems to be no exception.

First of all, this palette has a great variety of useable shades. As you can see in the picture, this palette has some nice, dark smokey shades, a few pops of color for more adventurous eye looks, and a lot of nice, neutral browns and pinks. Plus, it has a lot of really pretty highlight shades. Personally, my favorite shades are Drama Queen (which is a dark, matte red), Golden Coins (a shimmery, bronzy gold), and Pink Diamonds (a shimmery pink shadow).  New World is my favorite highlight shade. I think this would be a great palette for someone who doesn't have a lot of eyeshadow and wants to get a palette that will cover all their bases. You certainly couldn't find a palette with more shades for the price of this palette ($15). You could create basically any eye look with this palette. You could do a bright, colorful eye with the blue, green, and purple shadows. You could create a neutral look with the browns. Or, you could do a smokey eye with the darker browns, purples, reds, and blacks.


In terms of the quality of the shadows themselves, they seem to have a fairly good formula, but they do have some drawbacks. As I said above, I think that Makeup Revolution makes great quality products for the price. However,  you can't expect these shadows to live up to the quality of brands like Urban Decay, Too Faced, or Lorac. Obviously, it's possible to create stunning looks with this palette, but you have to be willing to work with the shadows a little more than you would with a high-end brand. First of all, I notice that these shadows are a little dry and "dusty" (for lack of a better word), which means that you can get quite a lot of fall out, especially with darker shades. It's also important to use a really good eyeshadow base with this palette in order to make the shadows really stick to the lid. However, I don't think this affects the "blendability" (for lack of a better word) of the shades; they all seem to blend very nicely. Most of the shadows are also pretty pigmented. However, some of the darker shades do leave a bit to be desired in terms of pigment, and you really have to build them up.

My biggest complaint about the formula of the shadows is the smell. They have a really strong chemical smell that reminds me a bit of glue. I haven't noticed this with my other Makeup Revolution shadows, so I'm guessing that it has something to do with the formula of this particular palette. However, the smell seems to go away once the shadow is on your face, so it's not a huge problem. So, in general, these shadows have a nice formula, but you have to be willing to work with them a bit.

My biggest complaint about this palette is the packaging. The palette is plastic with a "click" closure. The plastic feels a bit cheap. But, honestly, the palette is cheap, so you get what you pay for. The shadows also don't have their names printed on the packaging, which really bothers me. If you want to know the names of the shadows, you have to keep the plastic insert that comes with the palette, which I find annoying. For your reference, I created an image of the palette with all the shadows labeled (which you can see below). Hopefully, this is a more convenient and useful way to look at the shadows. However, the palette does come with a nice big mirror, if you care about/use such things.


Overall, this palette is a great buy for the price. As I said above, it's only $15, which is a great deal for the value of the palette. The formula of the shadows isn't perfect (and the packaging leaves something to be desired), but, if you don't mind doing a bit of extra work, you can create some really beautiful eye looks with this palette.

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