Today I will comparing Anastasia's Powder Contour kit to Make Up Revolution's equivalent. I really enjoy Make Up Revolution products, I use a lot of their products in my Make Up kit to use on others. It is an extremely affordable brand so when I saw this palette I knew I had to pick it up and try it.
Anastasia is one of my favourite make up brands, I have never disliked any of their products that I have tried. I have been using their Contour Kit for a while now and I love it. As you can probably tell by the picture above, Banana and Fawn are my most used colours. Banana is the perfect under eye highlight and Fawn is the best more cool toned contour shade that I have tried.
Anastasia Contour kit retails for £39 and the Make Up Revolution Ultra Contour Palette retails for £8. This is a huge difference in price! With the cheaper alternative, you get 2 more shades to use, so you are getting even more for your money.
I will now insert swatches of both the palettes to show you the colours and how they compare.
Make Up Revolution will be on the top and Anastasia on the bottom.
These are the highlight shades, they are a little hard to see but both palettes are are really similar. The banana shade from the Revolution palette I find is slightly more yellow, but this doesn't show on the face as I have used this on clients. The shimmery highlight at the bottom is a lot more white/bright in the Revolution palette which I do like. I don't get much use of this in the Anastasia one as it is so subtle - and I like a strong highlight on my cheekbones!
These are the contour shades. I am extremely impressed with how similar all 3 of these shades are. I have nothing to fault with the colours, they are definitely colour dupes for the Anastasia product. The only difference is the quality although Revolution is great quality as well. There really is a tiny difference. I personally think the Anastasia shades are slightly smoother and blend a little nicer on the skin. The Make Up Revolution palette is definitely worth picking up, it's an exact dupe!
Here are the two extra shades in the Make Up Revolution palette. These are clearly for highlighting. They are quite metallic and shimmery so I personally would use something different for a cheekbone highlight although they are extremely pretty. With a very light hand and a fan brush, these would apply very nicely to add shimmer to the cheekbones. I also think these would be great for eyeshadow instead, the top one especially for an inner corner highlight. The bottom shade would be a lovely highlight for darker skin tones. As you can tell, these shades are extremely pigmented which is amazing for the affordable price tag!
Overall, these palettes really are almost the same. Even down to the size of the pans, I'm 90% sure you are getting the same amount of product with each pan. The Make Up Revolution palette also comes with a mirror which is a bonus. I do wish the Anastasia kit had this. I prefer the Revolution packaging as a whole, it is very sturdy and sleek looking, plus the mirror is really big which is great for travelling and on-the-go. Also, all the Revolution palettes have the same Rose Gold writing on the packaging which is beautiful.
I love both of these palettes a lot. Definitely buy the Revolution one first if you don't have either, there really is no need to spend the £39 on the Anastasia one, it isn't necessary. You can purchase Make Up Revolution at Superdrug and on their own website. You can purchase Anastasia Beverly Hills on their own website and on beauty sites such as BeautyBay and CultBeauty.
One more thing, I have just got a job at MAC Cosmetics in London, I am so excited to be working with Make Up. This is such an amazing opportunity for me!
