Maybelline The Burgundy Bar Reviews

I have mixed feelings about this palette. There is some good and some bad. I'll start with the bad, though it's not really that bad but it's the main reason why I wouldn't buy this for myself. There are too many similar shades! You could have this same palette with 4-6 pans and still have a great palette. I hate having palettes that aren't used much! And because the shades are all so related, even if you followed the instructions for a multi-shadow look , by the time you get half way through the day, any variation of this palette will look very similar to another. I was disappointed with the purple/copper pan 2nd from far right on the bottom. It looked like it would be a purple with copper reflect, similar to a popular Wet n Wild shade I loved once upon a time, but on my eye it looked like a copper. A very pretty copper, but not purple. The red one on far left is pretty true to how it looks. The others are basic golds and browns, all warm shades. One red shade isn't a reason to call it Burgundy Bar, maybe the author had drunk too much Burgundy when they named it haha!

Does anyone use the supplied brush anymore? I don't think they are necessary and the space could be better used to make a more compact palette or add a little mirror.

The good - it applies really well, a pleasure to use. I didn't notice any fallout to my cheekbones, though with my oily eyelids there was a slight fading around the crease. I always use MAC paint pot as a primer, and this stuck to it nicely, and let me blend it pretty well. The copper shades look lovely in person and as I have blue eyes, it looked really nice. On the back there are some tips about which shades were designed to be worn together, so you can use this if having a brain freeze when putting on your makeup.

I've used the Nudes and Blushed Nudes palettes from Maybelline before, and liked them, so was pleased to get this to trial.

Unfortunately, there are a couple of negatives, which I'll present first up:

- palette arrived broken. Two of the 12 shadow blocks had entirely escaped their pans, and one was snapped in half. Given that the package was bubble wrapped, this points towards a manufacturing flaw with the palette itself as one probable reason. - title is misleading. Of the 12 shades, ONE is any form of colour that could be called burgundy. It's more a copper/gold/brown shimmer palette with a couple of statement shades in burgundy, brick red and darker brown.

All that said, the colours are gorgeous. They have a good amount of pigment without being too much, and the shimmer is great - again, just enough for a shimmer effect without looking like a disco ball. There's a time and place for disco ball eyes, but not 'every day in a professional workplace', so this palette is a great every day one.

The pans are big but very shallow, which may have been a reason for them to not hold the shadows in transit. There are some really similar shades in the 12; personally I feel this could be kept to 6-8 shades without compromising anything.

I've been using 3-4 shades per day, and using darker ones as liner, accent and crease, with softer shades on the lid and the shimmerier ones on a damp brush as a pop of xmas sparkle. Every day I have tried a different combo but they've all come out looking similar. The shadows blend out well and wear beautifully - I do always add an 'insurance layer' of setting spray, but at the end of the day they are still intact and looking good.

The packaging is terrible imo - cheap looking, and the burgundy coloured plastic just highlights the lack of burgundy shades. The accompanying brush is the usual waste of time as a freebie - a sponge applicator that picks up too much product but is hard to use for application, and a brush that's too soft and lacking in shape or purpose.

All that said, I wondered when I received this palette if I'd use it much after trial, and can safely say that it's so easy to use to get a really nice look for a work, shopping etc day that I'll keep using it - with my own brushes - but that I can't take it away for fear that it will break.

I really liked this palette. The eyeshadow applied well and was buildable. The shades blended well. The only thing I found missing was a small mirror in the lid of the palette which would make this so much easier when out and about. The applicator did it’s job but I do have to say I would preference to use my own brushes for better application. This will definitely be added into my make up go to bag.

I haven’t purchased Maybelline eyeshadows for a long long time, I went for higher end shadows like Urban Decay, Anastasia Beverly Hills, etc. and I have to say I’m positively surprised at just how amazing and pigmented this palette is! All these shades are crazy pigmented, they look so amazing and pretty. The colours are beautiful and blend well together, they last the whole day for me, even though I work in a bakery, so working close to and opening ovens all the time, yet my eyeshadow game is still strong at the end of the day, I don’t really use a primer or base either, I just tap my powder foundation on my lids lightly with a brush and that’s it. This palette has 2 matte shades, a darker one on bottom right that’s perfect for my eyebrows and to smoke out my lower lash line and a medium brown colour to blend on the top right corner. Also one highlighter shade to go in the corners of my eye and under my brows, that’s on the top left corner in the palette. Depending on your skin colour you might be able to use the colour underneath this for highlighting as well though! The rest of the colours for me are all pretty eyelid colours and I love the darker shades to go all over the lid, if I’m feeling fancy I do half-half: darker colour on the outside half of my lids and a lighter one inside. I love how many different looks I’ve created already and I’ve only had this palette for about a week! Looks great with or without a black eyeliner on, I prefer without for day looks and liner for evening outings. I don’t really care for the brush that comes with the palette though, to small to hold comfortably, so I just use my own brushes. It would be great if there would be another blending shade like a medium rosey/plummy colour, because I’ll definitely use up that one matte blending shade first, but I’m not too mad about it as I have other palettes that have more matte shades that I can use alongside this palette. All in all, I highly recommend this palette, I think it’s great quality and if you like the look of the colours you will enjoy this palette a lot. I definitely should’ve given more attention to drugstore brands as I feel they picked up their game a lot in recent years!

The first thing I’ll say about this palette is that it’s so so so pretty! The colours are so nice and actually quite pigmented. So wearable for everyday but then also there are pop of colours that you can use for a night out or event. The shimmery shades are gorgeous but there is a little bit of fallout. Most of the colours are super blendable and don’t go on patchy. Overall I would definitely recommend, the palette is quite small so you can use it as a travel one and it wouldn’t take up much room

I love palette selections like these you've got so many colours to blend and play with and i think they are such great value for money so i was delighted to be able to review this palette. Its a good sturdy size but not too big to fit in your makeup bag. I find each colour is a nice powdery consistency and like most eyeshadows the more you add on the deeper the colour. I don't like the small brush/applicator that comes with but I'm never a fan of those so i use my own eyeshadow brush. So much fun had with playing and blending colours and i find the staying power quite good and it comes off well with micellar water. This is a goody and most likely a staple in my life.

This is a really pretty palette, with some stunning shades and super versatile colour palette! The range of colours is really nice and means you're able to create a range of looks with this one palette, however I found that there was a bit of a performance difference between shades - the metallics are *stunning* and perform really well, whereas the matte shades are a little dry and patchy, and not as smooth and creamy as I might like them to be (and as the metallic shades are!). Overall a really nice palette, that I would absolutely purchase and recommend to a friend!

Now lets look at these exquisite colours for a second! so perfect for the christmas season! My pallet arrived with a few shades that had fallen out of the pallet, courier error i would imagine but were easy enough to push back into the pallet.

There are a few matte shades which i just ADORE! however i am a matte girl and despise shades that have too much SPARKLE unless they are for precised placing in the centre of the lid and inner corners. This pallet had a few too many shimmering shades for my liking but i love the colour schemes anyway.

They are pigmented to an acceptable level however using a bit of fix plus would up the anti on these just a bit more. Overall, great for festive events and glam nights out, not so much the office :P

This eyeshadow palette definitely kicked me out of my comfort zone when it comes to colours on my eyes. I tend to stick to neutral browns and creams, especially with wearing glasses I don't want anything too bright in behind my lenses! The palette has 10 shimmery shades and 2 mattes, I googled some burgundy tutorials to give me some different ideas/ways to wear these colours and experimented with quite a few. I took an instant dislike to the 'average' applicator they include with the palette, I thought the makeup world had moved away from the sponge tip applicators in this day and age? So I used my own brushes instead and am pleased I did. The eyeshadow glides on so smoothly and blends really well, I've had shimmery eyeshadows in the past that after the first initial use have lost their shimmer and it turns into a matte shadow underneath. These shimmers have not done that despite the amount of use they have had so far, they're still shimmery and still applying easily. The pigments are true to the colours in the palette and are extremely easy and smooth to apply In experimenting with the different colours I've branched out and have actually liked wearing colours other than browns. The eyeshadows are very long wearing and are still shimmery at the end of the day, not rubbing off or disappearing. The only colour in the palette that I'm scared of and won't wear is the one second from left on the bottom row. It looks quite dark in the palette but turned out a horrendous shade of a really bright dark pink on my eyes.... no thanks! Overall I'm very pleased with how this palette tested, and am going to be wearing more burgundy in the future.

I keep it pretty simple with eye makeup generally, so was really excited to receive this Burgundy Bar palette to review.

All the shades are beautiful warm shades - all with a little shimmer. They apply nicely. Not too dark, and not to light, and daytime wear they tend to not wear off too much. They blend really nicely together. The brush - is a dual brush with the sponge on one end, and a brush on the other. Neither were particularly good for applying the eyeshadows for me - and I tended to use my own brushes. The included brushes is handy if it's a palette you're going to keep in the handbag though

On the back of the palette are suggestions for application, using 2, 3 or 4 of the colours. For me, with little experience in elaborate eyeshadow looks, these guides were really helpful. I tended to use the duo suggestions for the daytime, and the trio and quad suggestions for a night out etc. That said - I'm wearing a quad combo today, and with the Colossal mascara to finish the look I'm feeling really glam.

My only negative on this palette is that the eyeshadows themselves are very dry and there was some fall when applying the eyeshadows, but it was relatively minimal. Mostly noticeable when using the darker colours of course. Because the eye shadows are quite powdery, the neat-freak in me found the messiness that the palette gets to a little distracting. One eye-shadow was broken on delivery, so I wonder if it isn't a great travel palette if the powders are a little more fragile - but I may have just been unlucky there.

It's a great palette for those that love nude colours but want the option to glam their look up a little.