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Feeling Hot Hot Hot // Fenty Beauty Moroccan Spice Palette Review

It feels pretty fitting to be writing a post on one of this summer's hottest eyeshadow palettes whilst simultaneously melting due to Britain's current heatwave situation! So Fenty released the Moroccan Spice palette back in July and honestly I have been lusting after it ever since! I probably wouldn't have ended up getting it (it retails for £42 and I would have had to pay postage on it as I don't have a Harvey Nichols near me back home in Suffolk) however while I was in Italy earlier this summer I had a few Euros left over and the Sephora in Lucca happened to have it in stock - it worked out a bit cheaper to buy it over there as well and to be honest that's all the convincing I needed!


The palette came out as part of a new launch from Fenty that included a liquid eyeliner, an eyeshadow primer and two new eyeshadow brushes. For £42, you get 16 shadows (7 matte and 9 shimmer/glitter) so it is more on the expensive side when I compare it to the other palettes I've got:
  • Mo'Rockin' Ice - a white shimmer shade, I've been loving this as a highlight for my tear ducts and brow-bone.
  • Mirage - a pinky champagne colour.
  • Ca$ablanca - a pinky/gold shade.
  • Marrakush - this is another gold shade, however, it's got more of a yellow shift to it than Marrakush.
  • Shisha Smoke - a matte purple/grey.
  • Sahara Stunna - a metallic hot pink shade, this also has a slight golden shift to it.
  • Quicksand - an orangey/pink colour, this one has more of a satin finish to it.
  • Desert Baked - a metallic brown shade.
  • Evil Genie - this is my absolute favourite shade in the whole palette, it's a really stunning metallic blue.
  • Fez Up - a matte plum colour, I really like this one for my outer v and for adding more definition around my eyes.
  • Saffron - another fave of mine, a beautiful matte pinky red shade.
  • Cumin Get It - a warm matte orange/brown shade, this has been a really great transition colour.
  • Souq It 2 Me - on the website it's described as a metallic navy, but I'd say it's got more of a green shift to it!
  • Nuts N Dates - this is basically a metallic version of Fez Up and the two really complement each other well.
  • Henna Sea - a deep matte brown shade.
  • Spice Trip - this is a really nice burnt brown shade and it's definitely one of the ones I've used the most!
I'm pretty happy with this palette to be honest! I was a bit worried I would struggle to create a lot of looks with it, but I think it's got enough of a variety of shades to use it as a standalone palette, or even with some others that I've got. My only criticisms of it would be the price and that a couple of the shades are ones you could very easily find in other palettes. However, I think the formula is really easy to work with and those shimmer shades are absolutely stunning!


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