Sleek i-Divine Acid Palette versus Makeup Revolution Acid Brights Palette!

Hi all

So you may have seen my post a few days ago about the Makeup Revolution Acid Brights Palette. The shades are good, but the pigmentation less so. I heard it is a dupe of the Sleek i-Divine Acid Palette and I thought I'd compare the two!

Makeup Revolution's version is only £4. The packaging looks nice, but has no mirror and is a bit flimsy. I like the long, thin shadows though- they look cool!

The shadows are quite powdery and the matte ones are not very pigmented at all. this is a general problem with mattes, but particularly in this palette! You could use the shadows wet and using a white base will help too.

The Sleek palette feel very sturdy and has a mirror, plus traditional round pans of shadow.

Overall, it is a little smaller than the Makeup Revolution version...

The shadows have a nicer formula and feel smoother and less powdery. they apply better and have better pigmentation, in my opinion.

Here are swatches side by side. The row on the right is Makeup Revolution. You can see that some shades are definitely bolder in the Sleek row of colours! 

Colour wise they are very similar, although the second darkest shade is a shiny dark grey in the Sleek palette and more of a silver in the Makeup Revolution offering. The shimmery light blue has more depth in the Sleek shade, too.

Overall, I would say that it's worth forking out the extra money for the Sleek palette for the better formulation and pigment!

What do you think? Do you have either palette? Or both?

Amanda xx