Review: Shaaanxo x BH Cosmetics Palette Review + Swatches

Today I am bringing you all a review on the Shaaanxo x BH Cosmetics Palette.

This palette has only been out for the past month, and from what I have found there aren't too many reviews on this product. 

Who is Shaaanxo you ask? Well Shannon is a New Zealand Beauty YouTuber with a subscriber count of 2million +. She is honestly one of the most dedicated YouTubers with this subscriber count as she works her butt off to post 3 times a week, and also on her Vlog Channel (ShaaanxoVlogs)

Anyway, onto the Palette.

The packaging is pink, with white circles, The white circles describe the fairy lights she has in the background of, pretty much all her videos. Its kind of her signature look.

The packaging is also One Of A Kind on the BH Cosmetics website. It is their first palette to be double sided.

One Side is the Lipstick Side - I will not be reviewing this side as I have too many lipsticks too similar to this and I don't see myself reaching for this side. But from research they are pigmented and creamy. You can watch Shannon's video on her channel (Which I cannot link because I have very slow internet) Where she lip swatches all the shades and describes it in full.

The other side is the eyeshadow palette. I will go more into detail on this side soon.

Each of the 2 sides both contain a mirror, and Shaaanxo signature.

What I have also noticed is that the Lipstick side is more red-pink whereas the eyeshadow side is more white-pink. So you can tell which side is which. Incase you can't, it says on the outside of the palette on each side.

As I said, I won't be reviewing the lipstick side, but here is another photo of it. Some of the colours in the palette include a Nude, a Pinky-Nude, a Coral, a Red, a Hot Pink, a Wine and a darker winey vampy colour. (I cannot describe shades much but i tried okay?)

The eyeshadow side I love.

Though when I first swatched it, it wasn't what I expected. I think I had my hopes set too high.

It also may have been because, I don't know, but you know how there is usually a coating on new shadows and sometimes it takes a while to go through that filter? Thats what it felt like to me.

But lets talk about the scent. It smells STRONGLY of Talc (Baby Powder) and what is the first ingredient on the sheet? Talc. So if you are sensitive to scents or allergic to Talc, I would not recommend.

Once I got through the first few coats, the palette is quite pigmented. and is even more magical with Fix + From MAC.

The palette consists of 9 Neutral Shades. 3 Matte, 5 Shimmer and 1 Duo Chrome. 

Lets talk about the shades starting at top left and going across.

First we have that perfect matte brow bone, or all over lid colour.

Then a perfect champagne shade, which Shannon said is a lovely highlight shade and I agree.

Then a more rosey toned champagne shade. (This one is my favorite right now)

Then a matte mustard shade, which Shannon said is great in the crease. I use this as a crease base shade.

Then a nice neutral shimmery brown shade.

Then a matte brown, which is similar to Cocoa Bear by Makeup Geek (Which I don't own. So don't quote me on this)

Then a dark shimmery brown.

Then the beautiful duo chrome shade, which to me looks similar to Blue/Brown pigment by MAC.

And finally, a slightly shimmery, slightly matte, dark brown, almost black shade.

Here are swatches of the palette in fresh daylight.

And here is a look I created using the palette (Don't mind the brows I need to pluck them badly!)

Lips are ColourPop Lumiere 2.

Overall would I recommend this palette: Yes and No. Its a great palette, but it all depends on your personal taste. There are higher end palettes out there, and you can probably buy all the shades similar to this.

BH Cosmetics Party Girl Palette Review

Hey Beauties,

So I've had a lot of fun recently playing around with my new toy.

Isn't it pretty!

I recently bought this off Beauty Joint and I do not regret it. This palette is perfection.

It has a great range of shades ranging from bright to dark to natural, all with different finishes. Some are shimmery, some have a pearl finish, a few of them are matte, and there is even some metallic finish ones too.

The pigmentation on these shadows are pretty great too. The first colour I swatched was that delightful matte yellow there, and it just glided on so smoothly.

I'd say with these shadows you don't need a base, but like I said in my tutorial (Below) it works better with a base, as without, the shadows just mooshed together and didn't look as nice.

As you can see from this image there are a lot of non bright shades so the palette is perfect for a day to night look. The only thing I don't like is that the pale 'browbone' colour is shimmery. You may like it shimmery, but I prefer it to be matte.

Although this palette has a lot of shades similar in colour, its easy to create different looks with them.

The palette had no fall out when I used it, which was pretty impressive, and it came off easily and cleanly.

I absolutley love the range of shadows in this palette.

I think this palette is perfect. Although, I wish the colour range expanded wider, but I will probably buy another BH Palette in the near future.

The only downfall of this palette is although it is very slim, its not that great for travelling because its quite big. But if you have a huge make up bag, go for it.

All swatches shown above were done with NO primer.

VIEW VIDEO HERE

*All thoughts on this product were my personal opinions, BH did NOT ask me to review this product, nor do they know who the hell I am.....Hi BH if you read this :P

Keep Smiling,

xbrontie

Beauty Joint Haul/Review!

Hey Beauties,

About 2 weeks ago, I placed my first online makeup order. I decided to use Beauty Joint as I had heard some positive things about them and I must say I was very pleased with my experience there and that I will be a returning customer. Before I go into the review of the company, here's what I bought!

BH Cosmetics; BH Party Girl 40 Color Eyeshadow Palette -

Not going into much detail about this product as a review is coming up shortly. But this is my first BH Palette. I've wanted one for ages, and I was contemplating buying one off their official site, but when I looked on Beauty Joint, it turned out to be cheaper. I believe it was on sale for $13.40 or somewhere around that price. I deleted my email and I don't know the details to mums paypal so I can't quite find out!

But Beauty Joint has only just begun to start stocking BH Cosmetics Palettes, the whole range is not available, but there is a good variety to choose from. I also noticed the other day when I was looking that they are now also selling The Balm too. Which in my opinion, should be on Beauty Bay (Beauty Joint's affiliate site that sells more high end brands) because The Balm is not cheap. Its over $25. And I don't buy makeup for that cheap. Well, rarely anyway.

Jordana; Best Lash Extreme Mascara -

I bought this after Lauren Curtis raving about how great this is. And it was rather cheap too. I think under $4? And this mascara is one of my new favourites. Not saying why, but you'll have to stay tuned to find out why!

Overall

Postage at Beauty Joint is calculated by weight of the items you buy. My postage came to around the same price as the palette, and together it was like $31.06 or something. Which I thought was good, because I knew I would like the palette and I would pay close to $20 for a good palette and I just thought it was decent.

Also, when it comes to shipping you can choose the type. Standard USP, Express USP, and theres another one too which I can't remember (USP = United States Postal Service) Then, you have the option of paying for insurance on your package, just incase it gets lost. I took up on this offer (It was only $1.25 but I think it increases in weight?) because I have had experiences in the past with another company (Not naming who) when I won an eyeshadow, and never got it at all. This was because of postal screw up. And also, us Australian's know how lousy and pathetic Australia Post is, so I just got insurance incase it got lost or something. And it wasn't a crazy amount extra I had to pay, $1.25 is nothing.

The length of time to get to my house was faster than expected. I was thinking about a month for it to get to me, but it actually took 9 working days. How great is that! The parcel was also shipped the next day that I bought it too.

I definatly do recommend purchasing from Beauty Joint, and with this pleasant experience I will be a returning customer.

Have you bought anything from Beauty Joint or any other online store before? Tell me what you think?

I'm considering buying some Real Techniques brushes from iHerb next.

Keep Smiling,

xobrontie