for my birthday I got both the sapphire and emerald huda obsession palettes and I know many of you were interested in those so I owe you an actual review. here is my quick review: in general I’d say the green is worth it and the blue is not, but if the mattes in either are the main draw for you I’d say skip it and get dupe singles from like coloured raine or cp if you can find them, more expensive per ounce but a better buy I think. the blue is especially not worth it if you’re looking for...blue. I’m not @ ing that yellow-green shade (which I think is genius), I’m just noting that the world is a coward and teal isn’t blue. but of course, I knew this going in, and I would never expect huda of all people to not be a powder blue coward, right.
I will also say that I was flat-out shocked that the green palette, in my hands, is full of fairly unusual greens. I had really talked myself out of wanting it because I have so so many greens, but not much of it is dupeable in my collections. ymmv but I think it’s worthwhile for a lover of greens and olives.
ok. temptalia finally posted a review of the sapphire one, and everything was as I expected (I thought it was gonna be a B-) except for that glitter one. well, it doesn’t surprise me: christine is firm about silicony foiled/chunky shadows that are so popular/that huda does so many of, especially if brands claim that they can be multi-use and they end up usable in only one way. she didn’t particularly like them in desert dusk, which is the palette that even other huda-negi commenters tend to like.
I didn’t expect this to happen, but that silver glitter is the shadow I’ve worn most out of either palette, and is totally unlike anything else I have: it is both muddy and extremely glittery and glistening. I tend to look for glitters that have a lot of color variation, scattered sparkle, potential translucency but with unexpected (or flat-out ugly) colors. it layers weird because it has a pewtery base, but that just makes it more interesting on its own. I put it on my lid with my finger on top of a glitter glue. fallout isn’t any worse than a glitter would be in that situation. I like it! not for everybody. christine reviews based on claims and with an industry standard in mind. it got an F based on its claims, but I can’t find any other glitter like it out there (maybe in loose pigment mixes, but certainly not pressed) so I feel okay about it.
I feel like it’s dumb to keep the palette for one glitter, buuut I’m also thinking the navy is going to be big for me in winter (a B+ isn’t that bad for a navy matte tbh, only viseart has done better in her dupe library). I’m also invested in the yellow-green even though, like every yellow-green before it, it isn’t precisely yellow-green enough and it isn’t great. (the long search continues.) the shimmery teals and pool blues are all duped like ten times in my collection, even though I’d say these ones are are some of the most luminous I have, shimmery teals and pool blues are my least favorite color and there is one in every palette and I’m really pretty irritated about it. the world deserves no more shimmery teals or pool blues ever. the matte teal isn’t great but I’ve had a really hard time finding something like that, so it is unique in my collection and hopefully will scratch that itch when I want it (it’s only something I’ve been looking for because it had a trend moment this past summer and consuming beauty hurus has rotted my brain, and anyway on the rare occasion that I don’t have a color I have to pursue it.) the cobalts are... underwhelming, which is pretty sad given how much cobalt has done this year. I’m still gonna get a single in that shade, probably coloured raine. if you’re drawn to those, there are a million others out there.
so I guess the palette might actually be worth it if you’re a real lover of shimmery teals, but if you’re a real lover of shimmery teals I might suggest instead... the entire universe of other colors out there!
