Amrezy x Anastasia Beverly Hills Palette

It’s been getting somewhat tedious with the sheer amount of palettes that have been released by Anastasia Beverly Hills in the last few months. At one point it was literally three weeks between the drop of a palette before the next. As someone who is a huge fan and collector of these, especially the limited editions, I felt a surge of desperation from the brand to try and stay relevant. I feel that certain palettes such as the Jackie Aina launch was completely overshadowed by the drop of the Norvina Pro Palette. I didn’t even realise that Carli Bybel had a palette with ABH. The decision wasn’t taken by me in that I had to stop to being a collector, it was made for me and spending £46+ on a three weekly basis was not going to happen. Then Amrezy happened.

Fans of the Anastasia Beverly Hills brands will remember the original Amrezy palette, which came around the same time as the Mario palette and Self Made. The original Amrezy palette was a bit meh when you look back at it. 10 shades of neutrals with a purple pop of colour. Seeing the 2020 launch of Amrezy has made up for it and oh my days, this palette is to die for.

Unusually for Anastasia Beverly Hills, the palette features 16 shades as opposed to the usual 14 and retails at £49 instead of £42. Slightly longer in length, it doesn’t quite fit snugly with my other palettes but I can forgive that as it is so god damn gorgeous. The outer packaging is a Barbie dream; a pink bubblegum box with a foiled logo which opens up to reveal a glittery, sparkly over the top palette of dreams. As with all other palettes, the inside holds a double ended eye shadow brush and a large mirror for easy application.

Within the palette, a mix of completely wearable day to day shades are cleverly combined with pops of colour and glitter shades. I do think that this colour story is literal perfection and although it looks like a crazy OTT palette, it’s actually extremely easy to work with without having to slap on the glitter – which also isn’t a bad thing. In terms of the glitters, there are a few shades which are advised not to be used around the immediate eye area; Litty and Gemini. I’ve used them on the lid with no issues but I wouldn’t apply them anywhere near the waterline or inner corner. As with previous palettes, the use of pressed pigments also means that the immediate eye area should be avoided due to staining and irritation. The shades to be careful with are Cupcake, Rezy, Semsa and Yugo. It’s also worth noting that whilst Dragon doesn’t come with any warnings, the ingredients list for this shade does show the use of PET glitter albeit quite far down the list.

I do need to spend a lot more time creating more looks but for the few that I have tried, I’ve been very impressed. The warm toned mattes blend like a dream and the smallest amount of product goes a long way. I’ve fallen for Barb for the perfect pink lid shade and I have a lot to say about Leo, an electric blue that screams look at me!

I do want to try and get some IGTV videos up soon and hopefully this will be featured in one. Have you picked up Amrezy? What do you think?