Hi everyone,
Beginning of April I started doing makeup dupe blog posts which you all seemed to enjoy a lot (thank you for reading those posts by the way) and during that series I asked for dupes you wanted me to check out. There was a lot of readers who suggested looking at a Revolution dupe for the iconic Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk quad palette.
When XX Revolution released their selection of colour quad palettes I remember looking at the colour stories thinking they reminded me of the Charlotte Tilbury Eye Colour Correct palettes, £40.00 which clearly you all did too. In the collection there is a specific pink toned nude palette called XXposed for £10.00 that has similar vibes to pillowtalk so I decided today we're going to be comparing the two and see what we think.
Starting with the PIllow Talk eyeshadow palette, £40.00. This palette is a staple in all of Charlotte's eyeshadow collection, most people would say it is the most iconic which I would have to agree. This palette is the perfect selection of pink nude tones which consists of shimmers, mattes and eye topper glitter shade. I adore this palette and use it weekly to say the least. Obviously since this is the high-end option of the two it is more pricey than a drugstore palette but the quality of shadows is amazing and it really blends like a dream.
Now let's chat about the drugstore option. When you put the two palettes together I wouldn't say they are identical but they definetly have their similarities. Looking at the design of the palettes both are a 4 pan quad that start in the top left with the subtle shimmer and both finish on the bottom left with a glitter. While the matte shades definitely look similar, the glitter shades on the bottom left are different, in the Charlotte palette the glitter is more of a subtle glitter topper to go on top of the other shimmer shades. Whereas in the XX Revolution palette the glitter shade is actually more of a foil glitter that is more pigmented.
If you take out the bottom left shades, the palettes are definetly similar in terms of colour story and overall both palettes blend like a dream and really give you a gorgeous subtle pink nude eye look. I love using these palettes and comparing over Pillow Talk dupes I would say this palette is by far the closest you'll find. Personally I would say it's worth checking out because both palettes are totally gorgeous but a £30.00 price saving is pretty impressive if you're on a beauty budget.
If you have any other makeup dupes you want me to check out let me know below and I will happily look into it for you.
Lots of love
Bella x x
