I Heart Make Up "Death by Chocolate" Palette Review & Swatch

What better way to take a break from endless revision than to play with eyeshadow? I truly am the ultimate procrastinator.

Everyone knows that Make Up Revolution, and now their sister brand I Heart Make Up, are the ultimate go-to for high quality, cruelty free make up at, quite frankly, ridiculously low prices. They've also earned their crown for smashing out dupe after high-end dupe. And I am the proud owner of their Death By Chocolate palette. Oh mama - it's a good'un. 

The I Heart Chocolate palette was praised for being a pretty much bang-on dupe for The Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette. Not that I would know, it's £39 and bitch gotta pay the bills, yo. But I decided to go for the Death By Chocolate instead, and what a wise choice that was.

Firstly, can we just talk about the box??? It's a chocolate bar, like, look. Literally. It's adorable! It's surprisingly sturdy and heavy which feels more expensive than the £7.99 price tag. I also love that it comes with a huge mirror, none of this stingey bullshit that you can't even see your eye in. Props to the I Heart Make Up range, they may be a couple of pounds pricier than MUR but they are clearly paying attention to the packaging and presentation which I think is great because they really do look lovely on a dressing table.

The palette smells like chocolate which, although kiiiind of unnecessary (you're not going to eat it?), is a cute touch and makes it all the more dupe-worthy. The palette comes with a mix of matte and satin/shimmer shades, mostly very pigmented (with one or two exceptions), more so than the Iconic palettes in my opinion and I really love most of them.

L-R Break Me Up, Don't Let Go, White Light

L-R Consume Me, All Is Lost, Lick Me

L-R Fools Gold, One More Bite, Devour Me

L-R Tear The Wrapper, Love You To Death, Pray For Me

L-R Dipped, Tease Me, Set Me Free, Bring Down Angels

My absolute favourites of the bunch are Fool's Gold, Break Me Up (which I love in the crease for a natural look), and Love You To Death which I recently used in the outer corners in a smokey cranberry look, and it was hot. One More Bite, a warm chocolate brown, is also a favourite of mine.

I personally would have liked more matte shades but the shimmer shades aren't "glittery" so it's definitely okay with me. 

I was slightly disappointed in Set Me Free as I thought it looked so pretty in the pan but was far less pigmented than the rest. And, Lick Me didn't blow me away either, which is a shame as I like a nice dusty pink. The only other negative is the naff applicator. It's a cheap feeling double ended sponge which I know I will never use. BUT aside from those little niggles, I really really love this purchase and would highly recommend, I can't wait to pick a few of the others.

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