Review: Chi Chi Glamourous Eye Shadow Collection - BASES palette

It's the last week of uni and I've been stressing quite abit. So I made a trip to Westfield Carousel to destress... and boy did I do some serious damage there. The item I was most excited about was the 2 new Chi Chi glamourous eye shadow palettes that was recently released!! Their glamourous Nudes is super popular because it's a very close dupe to the original Urban Decay Naked palette. This line initially had 3 palettes, Nudes, Bronzes and Brights but Chi Chi has since expanded and introduced another 5 palettes, Bases, Classics, Oasis, Sultry and Rich Gems.

Chi Chi stand at Myer.

I picked up 2 of the new palettes, Bases and Rich Gems, since Myer was having a buy one get second 50% off for the entire Chi Chi range! In this post, I will swatch the Bases palette and share my thoughts on it.

As mentioned, I bought my palettes from Myer but Chi Chi is also available in Target, David Joness, Gloss and of course their website. Previously, the initial 3 palettes retailed for AU$19.95 but when I bought mine, all the palettes are now priced at AU$22.95. To be honest, I was quite shocked at the price increase and it did make me rethink my decision to buy it. However, I justified my purchase because they were new and weren't available back when the price was lower (and that's also why I decided to skip on the Nudes palette). You can watch Jodi's video to see her compare the Chi Chi Nudes palette with the original UD Naked. She gives a very thorough review as well as swatches so go check her out if you're interested!

As you can see, it comes in a plastic packaging without a mirror with 2 double-sided sponge tip applicators. Each palette is has its name printed on the clear plastic lid in silver and includes 12 light neutral shades. There are 2 matte shades(indicated by the white arrows) with the rest being shimmery/satin finishes. From what I can see, there are no glittery shadows in this palette.

Whole palette swatched.

I've included a close up for the swatches for a clearer view. There aren't individual names for each specific shade, but the pictures below show the shades from left to right on the palette.

Overall, I'm loving this palette because it has so many pretty neutral shades! I'm also quite glad there aren't any blacks and greys unlike the Nudes and Classic palettes because I rarely use black in my crease and outer corner. This is an excellent day-time palette or if you're like me and don't rock smokey eyes often.

The texture of these eyeshadows are pretty good quality for the price that you are asked to pay, but they definitely do not compare to the high-end brands like Urban Decay in terms of smoothness. They are all fairly pigmented except for a some of the skin-toned shades, but it's not a deal breaker for me. Even the not-so-pigmented ones still had colour show up with one swatch but it just looks lighter than in the pan. I don't think it's a problem because those shades are more suited for blending out other colours or just as a light overall lid colour.

I paid AU$34.50 for both palettes so each one came down to around AU$17.25. If 23 bucks is still over your budget, try waiting for it to go on sale like what I did. Target and Myer always have some kind of offer on Chi Chi products every now and then. Hope this review helps some of you out there and if you've tried these palette, definitely let me know what you think of them!

I will be posting my review of the Rich Gems palette soon, so stay tuned! Thanks for reading.. (: