For my first dive into the Huda Beauty Rose Quartz Palette, I ended up with this greyish purple cool toned look. I focused mostly on the first two columns on the left side of the palette and added in the pale matte pink. I wore this look for 11 hours. One eye was primed and the other was not. The primed eye lasted the whole day with little creasing but the unprimed eye started creasing about 4 hours in.
I started out with the two matte greys (Precious and Mantra) and was pleasantly surprised with their quality. Most greys I use don’t work as well as warmer shades and can be more patchy. The color applied evenly and blended out easily. These have purple tones that became more obvious as I used them. I applied Cherished to the inner part of the crease/transition area, layering it slightly over the grey. This shade is very light but I think it shows up pretty well. On the lid, I used Serenity and Aura, and topped them with Energized. When swatching, Energized looks and feels more metallic than the other shimmers. I applied it with my finger to get more shine out of it and then softened the edges with a brush. Using a brush alone with this shade gave more of a soft sparkly effect. It had a small amount of sparkle fallout. Quartz was less punchy than the other shimmers so I built it up to get what you see here.
So far I’m impressed. The mattes were plenty pigmented but easy to blend, the shimmers were buildable, adhered easily, and didn’t have very much fallout. Wear time is not really typical for me. Usually I wont have such a big difference in wear time with and without primer. I normally will see creasing around 4 hours in with most eyeshadows over bare lids. Primers will usually get me closer to 8 hours.
What I Used
Eyes:
- Alter Ego Eyeshadow Primer
- Huda Beauty Rose Quartz Palette
- Precious – Outer transition area
- Mantra – Crease
- Cherished – Inner transition area
- Serenity – Inner lid, lower lashline
- Aura – Outer lid, outer lower lashine
- Energized – Center of lid
- Quartz – Inner corner
- Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in 500 Boundless Bisque
- Huda Beauty Legit Lashes Mascara (curl and length side)
- Essence Make Me Brow Eyebrow Gel Mascara in 04 Ashy Brows
- Essence Micro Precise Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown
Base:
- Smashbox Primerizer
- Nars Soft Matte Complete Foundation in 3.5 Salzburg
- Bobbi Brown Corrector in Light Bisque
- Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage in SC-1 (lighter shade)
- Soap and Glory One Heck of a Blot Powder
Cheeks:
- LA Girl Just Blushing Blush in Just Because (contour)
- Physicians Formula Butter Blush in Rosy Pink
Lips:
- ColourPop Just A Tint Lip Crayon in Always Right
How I Did It
1. I started by applying Precious with a larger fluffy brush in the crease and transition area. 
2. I applied the same shade with a smaller fluffy brush to the crease to add some more depth. 
3. Using a pencil brush, I applied Mantra at the bottom of the crease to keep the color in a concentrated area. 
4. Without adding any more color, I used a small fluffy brush to blend around all the edges of Mantra. 
5. I applied Cherished to the inner part of the crease and transition area with a small blending brush. 
6. Using a small shader, I pressed Serenity onto the inner half of the lid. 
7. And with the same brush, I applied Aura to the outer half of the lid. 
8. I pressed Energized onto the lid with my finger to get more shine and opacity out of it. 
9. I used a brush to feather out the shimmer on either side of the lid. 
10. I applied Serenity to the entire lower lashline with a pencil brush. 
11. And then I buffed Cherished around the edges of Serenity with a small blending brush. 
12. To add more depth at the base of my lower lashline, I applied Aura with an angled brush. 
13. For an inner corner highlight, I built up Quartz with a small pencil brush.
Would you recommend Huda Beauty eyeshadows? I’ve heard so many mixed reviews and I had once swatched a palette a couple years ago and wasn’t super impressed. Your makeup is beautiful!
They are pricier than some other brands and I think you can get comparable quality of the eyeshadows themselves for less. If packaging and presentation matters to you, it might be worth that extra cost. Of all the ones I have, I like the overall quality of this one the best. The mattes are really nice and it feels like they found their footing with the shimmer formulas.
Thank you so much for your opinion! I feel like I’m going to have to give them another shot. I love the colour story in this palette soo much!