I am very familiar with the MUA Pro palettes and single shadows but not so much the baked trios,
but the Chocolate Box trio really spoke to me - two cool toned neutrals with one warm pop of bronze.
Being a huge fan of baked products I simply had to snap one up and at £2.50 it was hardly bank breaking!
As with all the MUA Pro products this comes sleekly packaged in a black and transparent case,
admittedly it is plastic but so is most of the packaging on the high street at the moment!
I have dropped this case a few times and it has yet to shatter, same applies for the actual shadows
with is a first for the MUA line as the shadows are notoriously soft and shatter often!
Chocolate Box is of course a trio of brown toned shades,
as earlier mentioned it features two cool toned shades which are more taupe in tone than brown
and a bright warm mid toned orange based bronze.
If you have blue eyes this palette is your best friend as each shade really enhances the blue,
of course this will work with other eye shades I'm just speaking from personal experience.
On the back of the case they have given you a run down of each shades intended use
but you can utilize it any which way you see fit.
In my opinion this is a great little trio to stash in your bag as you can use it to take you
from to day to night in a quite application.
The formula of the baked trios differs very much so from the usual MUA eyeshadow formulas
be it the solo shadows or the large pro palettes.
The baked formula is much sturdier and firmer to the touch but they are just as pigmented
if not a little more so than than it's sister products.
They apply well and deliver a good dose of colour pay off without any effort
but if intense colour is not your thing they blend out equally as well.
As with most baked shadows these can be used wet or dry, neither method produces substitutional fall out.
The finish of this trio is metallic but without being overly shimmery and there is not any glitter in sight.
I found without primer these faired around the 5 hour mark before creasing etc on my oily lids
but with the use of primer they stayed put until I decided to remove it - around 8 hours.
Product Summary
Round Up - A great trio of bronze tones in a mixture of tones, warm and cool.
Best For - The pigment is good enough for me to recommend to all skin tones and the mixture of tones,
cool and warm so it is a good palette for all.
Pigmentation - (7/10) Really well pigmented.
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ReplyDeleteGreat review =) this looks very ,very similar to the Bourjois trio!
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DeleteYou are so very right and thank you :)
I saw these in store the other day and they looked really nice. I dropped one of my mua single eyeshadows in turkey and the floor was a funny colour 4 days later when we left oops!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope those roses have been demolished by now! They'd be long gone in my house haha!
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haha the poor maid, in fairness I have also done that but in a hotel that was pretty much all white...oppsy
Deletethese colours look beautiful, right up my street!x
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thank you and me too I love neutral :)
DeleteThey are crazily pigmented!
ReplyDeletearen't they just :)
Deletelovvvve this, great post :) xo
ReplyDeletethank you :)
DeleteThese colours look gorgeous! I wish my local superdrug sold this range :( Thanks for the lovely review
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Aww that sucks you can get them online if that helps?
DeleteIts when I see products like this that I kick myself for spending £7 on the Bourjois trio which is pretty much the same accept that the lightest colour is more of a highlight. As usual, I'm amazed at the pigmentation of MUA products. :)x
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more next time you know to hit the MUA counter haha :)
DeleteGreat review! This is a lovely trio and the shades look great. I really wish my Superdrug sold this brand.
ReplyDeletethank you lovely :) it seems that quite a few can't get the pro line which sucks!
DeleteStop posting sweets! You make me hungry :x I really, really like that second brown, it looks more nude-ish and similar to something you'd see in the Naked 2 palette. Might have to invest :)
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haha sorry I shall refrain from the sweets :)
Deleteyes it is like a tiny little naked palette haha :)
I have the Pink Sorbet version of this trio and they're the most beautiful shades...I'm a sucker for anything baked (actual cakes included(: ) xx
ReplyDeletehaha that makes two of us ;)
Deletegreat review i looked in my superdrug for this as they sell mua but no luck :) i want it xx poppymale.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteAww that sucks :( you can buy it online if that helps?
DeleteLove the shimmery shades but i think they should of put a matt colour in theeree xx http://stylecrazii.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeletethat would make a nice addition :)
DeleteHow does the rose gold foil? I can almost see it in my head! ; w ; It's beautiful in my head.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your review because of it im the proud owner of "Chocolate box" and i love it :) loved your review so much i just had to give you a mention on my review :) :) great review as always :) your so reliable and i trust your word 100% girl thanks again :)
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