Revolution Reloaded Palettes in Iconic Fever and Iconic Division - Review and Swatches

Makeup Revolution London, a brand famous for its affordable dupes of high end products, recently went through a a bit of a face lift and now is called Revolution Beauty London. These two palettes are from their line of reloaded palettes .

Image taken from www.revolutionbeauty.com

There are 4 palettes in the line: Newtrals 2 (only one that is not a dupe of a high end palette), Iconic Vitality (a ABH Modern Renaissance palette dupe), Iconic Fever (Urban Decay Naked Heat dupe) and Iconic Division (a ABH Subculture dupe). As I don't own any of the palettes these are dupes for I will not be comparing the two but talking about the quality of shadows on their own merit.

Each palette contains 15 shadows that is 1.1 g each, so you get 16.5 g of shadows all together in a palette for 4.99 Euro /£4.00 or $7.00. They are vegan, cruelty free and gluten free. 


ICONIC FEVER

Iconic Fever is a warm palette and allegedly a dupe for Urban Decay Naked Heat. Shadows have no names but they are nicely pigmented and very blendable. The palette has 9 matte shades, one satin and 5 shimmer/metallic shades. As all Revolution shadows there is a bit of kick up so go gently into that pan. Matte shades are nicely pigmented and easy to blend while metallic shades have this almost creamy consistency. The first light shimmer shade (first shadow on the top from the left side) is less pigmented and a bit crumbly compared to others. Light shadow right next to it is a creamy satin shade that serves nicely as a highlight but it is not too pigmented. Those two are the least pigmented shadows in the palette for the rest pigmentation is superb. Palette has a nice range of warm toned shades and you can get get complete looks just by using this palette. It is a budget palette and packaging reflects that, it is practical but quite cheep feeling. 

Ingredients:
Mica, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Talc, Magnesium Stearate, Paraffinum Liquidum, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Polybutene, Polyethylene, Dimethicone, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, May Contain (+/-) CI 77891, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, CI 77510, CI 77007, CI 77742, CI 15985, CI 15850, CI 16035

All swatches were one swipe with a finger (except for the lightest shades those were built up a bit) and no primer was used.

First row swatches from right to left.

Second row swatches from right to left.

Third row swatches from right to left.

ICONIC DIVISION

Iconic Division is an interesting palette containing both warm and cool tones, but it is decidedly a grungy autumn palette with its selection of green, brown and orange shades. It is a dupe for infamous ABH Subculture palette,which got a lot of flack for being extremely prone to kick back and hard to work with. This palette, as all Revolution palettes, has a bit of kick back but nothing extreme and shades are pigmented and easy to work with. It has one satin shade, 12 matte shades and two shimmer/ metallic shades.The one satin shade (top left light shade) that looks like matte white in the pan but it is actually a satin off white shade that reflects pink,is quite chalky and not very pigmented and despite being very interesting shade I find it quite hard to work with. The green/gold metallic shade (4th shade in the second row from the left) is also not richly pigmented but it has the most beautiful sheen that gives this wet look to the lid. On other shades pigmentation is rich and they are easy to blend without going muddy. Packaging is serviceable but cheep (mine arrived cracked, probably got damaged in shipping).

Ingredients:
Mica, Talc, Magnesium Stearate, Paraffinum Liquidum, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Polybutene, Kaolin, Silica, Polyethylene, Dimethicone, Tin Oxide, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, May Contain (+/-) CI 77891, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, CI 77510, CI 15850, CI 42090, CI 19140, CI 77288, CI 16035

First row from right to left.

Second row from right to left.

Third row from left to right.

All in all these are great quality palettes for the money. Great palettes for those trying to branch out to more unusual colors or for beginners as they are easy to work with.