Finding a budget dupe for both the Pat McGrath Subliminal Palette and the Smashbox Double Exposure proved a little more difficult. The colour story just exudes luxury with is always harder to find with budget makeup.

It offers the same colours plus loads more, like some blues and more shades of pinks, beiges and greens. The shades are mostly metallic with a few mattes for the neutral colours that you would use for a base or eyeliner, which is very useful to have as mattes. Coated pigments – A double coating technology, one coating to impart a soft-touch, ultra-smooth and cushiony feel and a second coating to create a transformation from powder into liquid cream. To use, start from the inner corner of the upper eyelid and draw a line as close to the lash line as you can. TALC, MICA, POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE, SILICA, DIMETHICONE, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, DIISOSTEARYL MALATE, HEXYL LAURATE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ZINC STEARATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, HEXYLENE GLYCOL, DIAMOND POWDER, [+/- TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), CARMINE (CI 75470)]. If you’re looking for vibrant, alluring, magical, and mysterious and want to stand out from the crowds then you need one of these eyeshadow palettes!

There are those people that are all about the bright and flashy colours that rainbow palettes have to offer. The colours are fun and different and nowadays anything and everything goes! The expensive brands often put more of the good stuff in like pigmentation and the cheaper brands cut corners there. However, this is no rule of thumb. There are plenty of affordable brands that have highly pigmented eyeshadows that last extremely well. The colours are workable and have a thoughtful mix of shimmer, matte and satin finishes. It’s a palette that can be worn every day throughout the year and for any occasion. The shades are eerily similar for a fraction of the price. The quality isn’t quite as good as the Natasha Denona palette and the Melt Cosmetics palette, but for the price, it’s well worth it!

Start by outlining your lips using the Lip Cheat lip liner in Pillow Talk. Fill in the lips to help the colour stay on for longer. The funny thing with these dupes is that the W7 really cheap palette has more similar colours to the Natasha Denona pricey palette than the mid-range palette. One negative about the palette is that it doesn’t come with a mirror, however, for the price of the palette you can’t really complain.MICA, OCTYLDODECYL STEAROYL STEARATE, TALC, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAISOSTEARATE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, PHENOXYETHANOL, MAGNESIUM MYRISTATE, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, HEXYLENE GLYCOL, DIAMOND POWDER, [+/- TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491), YELLOW 5 LAKE (CI 19140)]. Coated pigments – A powder coating technology where pigments are coated with a mix of silicones and emollient oils. The colours are almost identical with the layout being the same too. The Makeup Revolution palette has a bright yellow, whereas the Pat McGrath palette has more of a pastel yellow. CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, MICA, AQUA/WATER/EAU, DIPHENYLSILOXY PHENYL TRIMETHICONE, CETYL PEG/PPG-10/1 DIMETHICONE, HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL GLYCERIDES, SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIMETHICONE/PHENYL VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, SORBITAN STEARATE, DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE, HYDROGENATED PALM GLYCERIDES, SILICA DIMETHYL SILYLATE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, LAURYL METHACRYLATE/GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, CERESIN, PROPYLENE CARBONATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, POLYACRYLAMIDE, GLYCERIN, SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE, DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, C13-14 ISOPARAFFIN, SILICA, LAURETH-7, TOCOPHEROL, ASCORBYL PALMITATE, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, [+/- TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77499)].