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Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Singles Review and Swatches

Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Singles Review and Swatches

Today I’m sharing my Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Singles review and swatches with you. I’ve purchased a TON of the Anastasia Beverly Hills eyeshadow singles for this post. I haven’t really seen other bloggers review the singles, so I thought you would enjoy seeing them from me. I thought I had every single finish, but I seem to be missing sparkle. To be clear, I received no discount when purchasing these shadows.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Singles Review and Swatches

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Anastasia Beverly Hills is cruelty free.

Availability
Anastasia Beverly Hills, SephoraMacys, Ulta

Price
$12 individual pan, .059 oz (1.7 g)
$40 – 4 eyeshadows
$70 – 8 eyeshadows

I’ve been told that the following shades are vegan – Aqua, Deep Brown, Dragonfly, Emerald, Fresh Green, Glisten, Gold Bar, Legend, Metallic, Soft Gold, Teal Shimmer, Warm Taupe, Bone, Chai, Fawn, Gold Rush, Moss, Smoke, Stone, Victorian, Ash Brown.

Eye Shadow Formula Guide
Titanium – A highly-pigmented metallic shadow with a smooth texture and intense multidimensional shimmer. Apply wet for a pure liquid-metal finish.
Duo-Chrome  – A high-intensity formula with color shifting, prismatic iridescence.
Ultra-Matte – A blendable suede-like formula that provides a smooth, opaque matte finish.
Metallic – A rich, velvety formula that provides a high-shine finish.
Satin – A luminous formula that provides decadent color with a silk-like finish.
Shimmer – A light-reflective, finely-milled formula that provides a lustrous finish.
Sparkle – A smooth formula with light-reflecting particles that provide a dazzling finish.
Velvet – A weightless formula with a buttery texture and soft sheen.

Shadows Included In This Post

  • ULTRA MATTE – Day Rate, Soft Peach, Stone, Smoke, Rich Brown, Nude, Birkin, Ash Brown, Violet, Red Earth, Deep Brown, Blanc, Cream, Fawn
  • TITANIUM – Rosette, Wine, Midnight, Mermaid, Pink Champagne, Metal
  • METALLIC – Denim Smokey, Rose, Peach Sorbet, Star Cobalt, Labyrinth, Victorian
  • SATIN – Pose, Bling, Amber, Gem
  • DUOCHROME – Dragonfly, Opaline
  • VELVET – Dusty Rose, RTW
  • SHIMMER – Teal Shimmer

Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Singles Review

Row 1 – Amber, Peach Sorbet, Pink Champagne, Rose, Metal, Victorian, Bling
Row 2 – Deep Brown, Rich Brown, Smoke, Ash Brown, Dusty Rose, Birkin, Blanc
Row 3 – Red Earth, Fawn, RTW, Gem, Soft Peach, Cream, Nude
Row 4 – Stone, Day Rate

Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Singles Review

Row 1 – Midnight, Star Cobalt, Mermaid, Violet
Row 2 – Denim Smokey, Teal Shimmer, Dragonfly, Opaline
Don’t the eyeshadows in the 8 palette look gorgeous?

Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Singles Review

Row 1 – Wine, Rosette
Row 2 – Pose, Labyrinth

I swatched these eyeshadows on both bare skin and Coastal Scents Step One primer to give you a better idea of how the colors perform. Obviously, I always recommend using eyeshadow primer. I initially swatched these the old way, but then decided I’d go back and swatch them all the new way, so there was a whole lot of swatching going on! (Read that as I spent several hours the first and second time I swatched these.)

The left side of the swatch is on bare skin. The right side is on primer.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Wine Swatch

Wine
peachy copper (titanium)
Metallic copper with orange tones, super pigmented. I don’t feel like this color is aptly named. I don’t think of wine as being orange or copper. To me, wine is more burgundy – red or purple tones. Still, it’s a pretty color. If orange is your thing, this one is worth it.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Denim Smokey Swatch

Denim Smokey
deep blue grey (metallic)
Deep grey with blue undertone shimmer with decent pigmented. I think of denim more like denim blue jeans and this really doesn’t look like denim to me. That said, this color is really flattering with my eye color. This is a great accent or liner color.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dragonfly Swatch

Dragonfly
iridescent blue with purple (duo chrome)
Teal blue with smoky charcoal base shimmer. I don’t see a purple duochrome shift to it at all. This is a beautiful color, but it clearly performs better on primer than on bare skin. I would use this as a lid shade.

Anastasia Teal Shimmer Swatch

Teal Shimmer
peacock blue (shimmer)
Teal blue shimmer is a very pretty teal shade. However, the payoff is incredibly sheer on bare skin. There are many better teals out there. With as much as I love teal, this one hurt to swatch because of the lack of pigmentation.

Anastasia Mermaid Swatch

Mermaid
shimmery deep teal (titanium)
Deep teal blue with a smoky grey base shimmer. It’s more green-toned than Dragonfly or Teal Shimmer, though I still consider it a blue-toned teal. I’d probably skip this one.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Star Cobalt Swatch

Star Cobalt
electric galaxy blue (metallic)
Cobalt blue shimmer with silver sparkle shot through, super soft in the pan. This one is on the sheer and subtle side for bare skin but really beautiful on primer. I think it makes a nice liner shade.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Midnight Swatch

Midnight
black with light blue sparkle (titanium)
Soft black with silver shimmer. There are much better blacks out there.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Violet Swatch

Violet
violet purple (ultra matte)
Slightly dusty deep purple matte, very disappointing on bare skin. This is one of the most disappointing purples I’ve ever swatched.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Opaline Swatch

Opaline
bright violet with magenta iridescence (duochrome)
Midtone plummy purple shimmer, with a hint of a soft pink shift. It has very weak pigmentation, very disappointing. You know how much I love purple and it pains me to see a purple like this.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Rosette Swatch

Rosette
rich burgundy (titanium)
Beautiful burgundy wine satin. This color had pretty good pigmentation. In the pan it looks much more like burgundy wine. On the skin it has a brown undertone more than a purple wine. I want to try this as a smoky eye shade.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Labyrinth Swatch

Labyrinth
smoldering deep orchid (metallic)
Light burgundy with brown undertone and slight pink overtone. This could be fun as a lid shade.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Pose Swatch

Pose
purple brown (satin)
Brown with slight purple undertones satin. This would make a good crease color or lower lid shade.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Bling Swatch

Bling
diamond white with light pink sparkle (satin)
Ivory white with pink tones and subtle sheen, on the sheer side, definitely meant to be a highlighter.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Blanc Swatch

Blanc
snowy ivory (ultra matte)
Ivory white with pink tones matte, on the sheer side, good for a matte highlight or to blend out the edges of other colors.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Nude Swatch

Nude
ashy nude (ultra matte)
Ultra light peachy-beige nude matte, almost seems to have grey tones to it. Good for a lid shade on my skintone.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Day Rate Swatch

Day Rate
nude pink (ultra matte)
Ultra light dirty pink matte. I’d wear this on the lid or use it to blend out colors in the crease.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Stone Swatch

Stone
light ash grey (ultra matte)
Ultra light taupe grey matte. I like this for a cool toned lid shade.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Deep Brown Swatch

Deep Brown
deep chocolate brown (ultra matte)
Deep charcoal brown matte, ultra pigmented. This would work to deepen the crease, as an accent or a contour shade for me.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Rich Brown Swatch

Rich Brown
dark ash brown (ultra matte)
Deep brown with slight grey undertones matte.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Smoke Swatch

Smoke
charcoal brown (ultra matte)
Brown with slight grey undertones matte, very pigmented. This is not at all what I picture smoke to look like.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Ash Brown Swatch

Ash Brown
ashy brown (ultra matte)
Deep cool brown with grey undertone satin-matte, ultra pigmented. This is an interesting shade for a brown. This would work as an outer lid or crease shade for me. It might make a nice liner if you like browns.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dusty Rose Swatch

Dusty Rose
light lilac brown (velvet)
Midtone nude pink matte. This would work as a crease shade for me.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Birkin Swatch

Birkin
warm beige mauve (ultra matte)
Midtone beige mauve matte. This would work as an outer lid or crease shade for me.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Amber Swatch

Amber
rich, multi-dimensional gold (satin)
Beautiful gold with slight peachy-orange undertone metallic, very soft in pan. A gorgeous lid shade. Definitely love this one.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Peach Sorbet Swatch

Peach Sorbet
sultry rose champagne (metallic)
Peachy gold champagne metallic, very soft in pan, I don’t see a hint of rose, but that’s ok. Perfect lid shade. Love it.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Pink Champagne Swatch

Pink Champagne
pink beige with shimmer (titanium)
Light gleaming pink rosé metallic shimmer, super gorgeous, soft in the pan. Very pretty lid brightening shade. If you only get one shade, I would pick this one.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Rose Swatch

Rose
rose pink (metallic)
Nude pink metallic, soft in the pan, great lid brightening shade. Almost makes me think of a nude rose gold. Another one with great pigmentation. I would wear this on my lid.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Metal Swatch

Metal
silver gold (titanium)
Light silver metallic with hints of gold sheen, great eye brightening shade. Nice pigmentation. I would wear this on my lid.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Victorian Swatch

Victorian
antique silver (metallic)
Dirty silver grey pewter shade. I would use this as a lid or lower lid shade.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Red Earth Swatch

Red Earth
deep red brown (ultra matte)
Brown with red tones matte. I would use this as a crease shade.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Fawn Swatch

Fawn
soft, neutral olive (ultra matte)
Medium brown with khaki undertones matte. I would use this as a crease shade.

Anastasia Beverly Hills RTW Swatch

RTW
peachy fawn (velvet)
Medium peach with brown tones satin-matte. I would use this for the lid or outer half of the lid.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Gem Swatch

Gem
soft peach brown (satin)
Light peach with beige undertones satin. This is a pretty eye brightening lid shade. I would use it for the entire lid or inner half of the lid.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Peach Swatch

Soft Peach
nude coral peach (ultra matte)
Ultra light peach beige with a hint of coral undertone matte. Good for a matte lid or blending out other colors.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Cream Swatch

Cream
peachy ivory (ultra matte)
Ultra pale peachy ivory matte, on the sheer side. Good for blending out other colors.

Comparison between (top to bottom) Dragonfly, Teal Shimmer & Mermaid
Comparison between (top to bottom) Dragonfly, Teal Shimmer & Mermaid

Below, the top swatch is on primer and the bottom is on bare skin.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Swatches
L to R – Wine, Denim Smokey, Dragonfly, Teal Shimmer, Mermaid, Star Cobalt
Anastasia Beverly Hills Swatches
L to R – Midnight, Violet, Opaline, Rosette, Labyrinth, Pose
Anastasia Beverly Hills Swatches
L to R – Bling, Blanc, Nude, Day Rate, Stone
Anastasia Beverly Hills Swatches
L to R – Red Earth, Fawn, RTW, Gem, Soft Peach and Cream
Anastasia Beverly Hills Swatches
L to R Deep Brown, Rich Brown, Smoke, Ash Brown, Dusty Rose, Birkin
Anastasia Beverly Hills Swatches
L to R – Amber, Peach Sorbet, Pink Champagne, Rose, Metal, Victorian
Wearing Star Cobalt as Liner
Wearing Star Cobalt as Liner, Blanc all over and Bling as highlight
Wearing Birkin, Red Earth, Deep Brown, Nude, Pink Champagne
Wearing Birkin, Red Earth, Deep Brown, Nude, Pink Champagne. See the look.
Wearing Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Singles
Wearing Anastasia Beverly Hills Eyeshadow Singles

My experience with customer service and shipping is that my eyeshadows shipped fast, every time. I never had any issues so I didn’t have to reach out to customer service. All products arrived with enough packaging to keep them from being damaged in transit. They shipped from different places each time, not really sure why, but it worked out well.

While I prefer to use my Z-Palettes for their storage, with the last batch I bought I included the ABH 8 pan and 4 pan palettes to check them out. I dislike these palettes because it’s not easy to get the eyeshadows out, plus they have a lot of extra wasted space. I did find it easier to remove the eyeshadows from the 4 pan vs. the 8 pan. I recommend sticking to Z-Palettes, but it’s definitely a personal preference.

Some of these eyeshadow shades were very soft in the pan, while others were hard. The neutrals are definitely where ABH shines. Almost all of her brown eyeshadows have excellent pigmentation. The Titanium/Metallics are some of the prettiest of the bunch.

I do think that the Anastasia Eyeshadow Singles are, in general, higher quality than the Anastasia Beverly Hills eyeshadow palettes.  You do get a discount with ABH shadows. If you buy individually they’re $12 each. If you buy 4, you spend $40 ($48 value). If you buy 8, you spend $70 ($96 value). Plus, like I mentioned above, you can choose to get 4 or 8 pans, so you get whatever value you would assign those empty palettes.

As far as the formula guide from Anastasia is concerned, I don’t personally feel like all of the colors adhere to that guide. I found the Duo-Chrome and Shimmer formula to be most disappointing. I think the Titanium is the most impressive. Most of the Mattes were good. I liked the Satin and Metallic. The Velvet was ok.

I would skip the following, as I just wasn’t really impressed with their pigmentation on bare skin.

  • Teal Shimmer, Midnight, Violet, Opaline, Rich Brown

I would maybe recommend

  • Denim Smokey, Smoke, Mermaid, Star Cobalt

I would recommend

  • Wine, Dragonfly, Rosette, Labyrinth, Pose, Bling, Blanc, Nude, Day Rate, Stone, Deep Brown, Ash Brown, Red Earth Dusty Rose, Birkin, Amber, Peach Sorbet, Pink Champagne, Rose, Metal, Victorian, RTW, Gem, Soft Peach, Cream

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66 Comments

  1. A how – to ? for you. Typically i would put primer on, then foundation and then lightly powder my face. When would I put my eye primer on? Over my powder? Or just set the under eye concealer w/ powder and then apply the eye primer. ThankQ for your help!!!

    1. So here’s what I would do – 1. eyeshadow primer (let it dry) 2. apply your base eyeshadow shade (a skintone shade to help things blend easier) 3. apply your eyeshadow look. 4. then apply your face primer. (let that dry) 5. apply your foundation. I wouldn’t put foundation on the eyes unless you’re skipping eyeshadow.

  2. Whoops, when i went to “see this look” you listed everything you are wearing there. We both wear the same foundation, but I think it looks better on you! LOL

    1. I typically wear Cover FX Liquid Foundation in N0 (or I have to mix white in with N10 because N10 is too dark). That’s my favorite foundation. I’m also a fan of Too Faced Born This Way Foundation in Snow. I have dry skin. I like to mix in Paula’s Choice Hyaluronic Acid booster into liquid foundation to help my skin.

  3. Wow – Great post – Sephora sells these now, and when you get a discount it’s even better!!! Your skin looks gorgeous! I have super fair (dry in the winter) skin. Can you recommend a foundation?

  4. Hi, thanks for these swatches. Couldn’t find such an extensive swatch post anywhere else. Could you also shed some light on the list of ingredients of these shadows? Thanks again!

    1. Here’s what I can find online Mica, Triethylhexanoin, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Boron Nitride, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Magnesium Stearate, Tin Oxide, Zinc Stearate, Phenoxyethanol. May Contain: Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Carmine (CI 75470), Chromium Oxide Greens (CI 77288), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Manganese Violet (CI 77742). *Contains Carmine As A Color Additive.

  5. So loving these rose shades on you, espec the Pink Champagne, nice highlights on you too! I have a lot of mattes already but do want to try their ultra mattes, metallics, and velvets!

  6. Love the colors! I got the ABH Shadow couture and Pink champagne is beautiful!
    I remember you said once on one of your videos that you don’t look good with brown eyeshadows but I have to differ! You look amazing with those colors! I think all colors look great on you!

    1. Thank you so much Elena! I just don’t feel comfortable in browns and I feel like I have to work harder to make them look good on me because they want to go muddy.

  7. Those blues and greens are gorgeous – but many brands have trouble getting them right. There are lots of beautiful colours but I love Metal and Mermaid the best. Love your eye looks.

    1. Thank you Genevieve! I feel like indies like Fyrinnae and Darling Girl tend to do blues and greens much better than niche brands like ABH, but I’m not really sure why. Maybe it’s that brands like ABH are afraid to commit to ‘unusual colors’ and don’t worry about their formula as much as staple shades like brown.

  8. Oh my lord… those nudes and wine/rose colors have me on cloud nine!! I could live in this palette!

  9. This post is the reason you should use primer. The swatches are so much better when you used them. I love these shades best: Amber, Peach Sorbet, Pink Champagne, Rose, Metal, Victorian. I’m so surprised to see how many neutrals you bought, that’s not the Phyrra I know! 🙂

    1. I didn’t buy all the colors with my personal use in mind. I bought many of the colors thinking they would be the best of Anastasia (since she favors, browns, neutrals, warms). The titanium and metallics are awesome.

  10. Wow, so many swatches! I really love peach sorbet, pink champagne, rose, metal…those are all my kind of lid shades. I’m surprised by how poorly some of the darker shades performed!

  11. You know I am totally into browns/ /neutrals! I love the LOTD you did on your eyes, looks amazing.

  12. THANK YOU for this post! I’ve been thinking about adding ABH eyeshadows to my collection, and this helps me narrow it down (or grow my list!) 🙂

  13. I’m so glad you swatched and reviewed these. I never seen them reviewed, either. Just the palettes. I only have singles of Blushing and China Rose, but I think they’re really good. I bookmarked this page to reference the next time I buy some.

  14. I could stare at your swatches all day! I’m totally drooling over them!

  15. Oh my goodness I love these, you always make everything look better..I would wear it and it would just be blah 🙂 I love these swatches!

  16. Thanks for the swatches! I have so wondered if the formula was the same from palettes to singles! I will have to pick a few up! I love the looks you created!

  17. What gorgeous swatches! So many shades that would work for me. Your photo of you wearing the shadow is stunning. Which lipstick are you wearing in the photo?

  18. Such gorgeous shades! The formulas look great. I know that they have vegan options, but I will have to try and find out what they are.

  19. I’m sad that those purples are such duds. :/ And the dark browns are kind of a yawn for me. But those golds, roses, coppery, peachy shiny shades are absolutely gorgeous.

    1. Yeah the purples were so disappointing. I was surprised by how similar most of the browns turned out to be. I expected Smoke to be different. The shimmery shades are gorgeous 🙂

      1. Agreed — at least 2 of those browns look identical in the swatches. Both Wine and Smoke are definitely badly named. It’s weird how 1 company can be inconsistent between colors, because the shimmers and metallics are awesome.

  20. oh my gosh! Those are beautiful! I love those orange/wine/purple shades. I’m going to definitely check these out! Beautiful!!!

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