Maybelline The Burgundy Bar Reviews

I LOVED this. It made my eyes dazzle for my christmas work function. Its quite a loose 'powdery palette' so you need to make sure you are tapping away the excess product before applying to your lids.

Theres a wide range of colours to create both bold and natural shimmery looks. I am a massive fan of golds as they look super flattering on most eyeshapes and make the inner of my eye POP.

There were no nasty smells either and the palette comes with a cute brush- easy to pop in your hand bag and touch up throughout the day.

Durability was great, generous pans of the product would make a great christmas gift for someone. So much prettyness !

This is a good palette for something you can use day and night! The shades are so pigmented and a nice texture but I did find they were slowly coming off my eyelids during the afternoon. The colours blended extremely well together too. Using an eyelid primer would help so I will be trying that next application. For the price of this palette I think it’s a great all rounder eyeshadow palette for keeps in the makeup bag!

Burgundy themes are one of my fave colour schemes for eye makeup so I was extremely giddy when I found out this would be included!

First off, the brush - I haven’t used these kinds of brushes in years, and I know it’s the standard one that most, if not all, drugstore brands include in their eyeshadow palettes. I don’t know if it’s a compulsory rule that says they need to have it, but I think we can all collectively agree it should be left out; even in a rush I think our fingers can suffice and/or do a better job. When I first tried doing an eye makeup look I used the allocated brush, but found it really does not do a satisfactory job in application (harsh blended lines) so I had to abandon that immediately. It’s definitely not a dealbreaker though as we’re all here for the colours anyway.

The colours themselves range from champagne to gold to plum to burgundy (of course!) and on an aesthetic level are so pretty to look at. When I swatched them all on my arm, the shimmers completely stood out, but the 2 matte browns were a little muted.

On application I love how there’s barely any fallout. I think one of the most annoying things about using certain eyeshadow palettes is when all the pigment seems to be falling down to your cheeks rather than staying on your actual lids, so I'm pretty pleased about that.

Overall I think it’s a pretty solid palette with some beautiful shimmers and 2 classic matte brown shadows for basic transition colours. However in terms of purchasing it myself, I would sadly pass just because the colour payoff isn't as pigmented as I expected it to be for the price.

The eyeshadows in this palette are a really high quality for the price with very minimal, if any fall out when used. I don't usually have big expectations for palettes in the lower-medium price range but this one really was a surprise. I felt personally this palette wasn't far off the same quality as my Urban Decay ones. All eyeshadows lasted super well throughout the day although I always use a primer underneath each time so I am unsure how they wear alone. There are two matte shades and the rest shimmers which personally I really loved! One shade did get hard pan after a couple of uses but it still seems to be fine to use and another eyeshadow pan lifted out of the palette and broke so perhaps the packaging could be better? Overall though the eyeshadow colours are so amazingly beautiful and I know I will get use from every shade. For the price I definitely recommend picking this one up!

The colours available are well matched to each other and a great range of light and dark. The shadows go on very easily and last all day. I work in a hot sweaty environment and my eyeshadow is still as perfect as when I put it on. I love that there is enough sparkles for a special look and matt for a more natural look. I didn’t really like the provided applicator but was happy to use my own.

Thank you BR for allowing me to review this product.

I really like this maybelline burgundy palette so much! It's perfect for every day and night time wear. The eye shadows are quite pigmented and blend nicely. The brush that comes with the palette is pretty average, i just ended up using my own brushes as that's what i prefer. Id say the only down side to this palette is that it needs more matte shades. This is so affordable. Overall id buy this for a gift and for my self if i needed to again!

Firstly, thanks Beauty Review for the chance to trial this palette.

I was excited to try a new palette, I own quite a few but I think you can never have enough. There are 12 different colours giving you some good options for different looks to create. The colours were a mix of quite nude and pinkish tones which work well together. There is a small amount of shimmer which I love so that made me happy.

There are tips and suggestions on the back of the palette to help you if you are a bit of a novice, always nice to see what others can do with the same make up.

It comes with a brush, which has a brush on one end and a sponge on the other end. I actually dont enjoy using the brushes that come with palettes, I prefer my own.

I found that using a primer helped the shadow stay on for the day, I feel if you were going out after work you would need to freshen it up before you went out, but good for the day. A good point was there was no fallout, phew! That is the worst thing.

Overall I feel this is a good palette, easy to use. I dont think there is a lot of product in the pans, they seem a bit shallow but with make up having expiry dates that is probably a good thing, you may end up using it all before it expires.

Maybelline's Burgundy Bar is a 12 shade palette, with 10 shimmer shades and 2 matte shades (1 light, 1 dark). Of those 12 shades, 2 are shades of burgundy (1 purple, 1 red based) while the rest are varying shades of beige through to brown. Personally, I love the shimmer with the nod to matte base shades (though perhaps there should have been 4) but am disappointed there isn't at least one more burgundy shade. It really feels like a nude palette with a pop of burgundy.

To more positive things, the shades blend beautifully and the shimmer looks lovely. They last all day with only a small amount of fallout and have a decent pigment which is buildable. Despite other let downs of the product, it looks good on which is the most important thing.

The packaging is cheap plastic and the supplied applicator needs some work. I also had a whole shade sliding around the palette instead of in it's pan. I like the burgundy color of the packaging, it makes it stand out. I just wish there was a little more burgundy and a little less brown in the palette itself. I also really liked the suggested shade combinations on the back of the palette.

All in all, the shadows were really nice, but the packaging and branding set an expectation that it perhaps couldn't meet.

Thank you for allowing me to review this product BR.

I was crazy excited to be trying this eyeshadow palette because all the colours are me to a T! What beautiful shades!

This palette has twelve gorgeous shades that you can wear during the day right through into the night. Some are matte and some are shimmer . The Perfect Combination.

These eyeshadows have amazing staying power and no fall out at all. All of the colours blend in beautifully together and I've received so many compliments since trialing this palette.

You only need a small amount as the pigment is strong. I would highly recommend an will definitely purchase this palette again as I love the shades and it's made me also want to try and more Maybelline eyeshadows.

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.