Anastasia Beverly Hills Maya Mia Palette Review
Today I’m excited to show you the new Anastasia Beverly Hills Maya Mia palette. This is a stunning palette created in collaboration with Maya Janeska (@maya_mia_y from Instagram). I also compare it to the Amrezy palette, since they both contain some similar or identical colors.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Maya Mia Palette Review
Anastasia Beverly Hills is cruelty free.
Maya Mia is a press sample. I purchased Amrezy and the Catwalk palette myself. See my reviews of Amrezy and Catwalk. You can also see my reviews of the Lavish Set and Hypercolor Brow Powders.
About the Anastasia Beverly Hills Maya Mia Palette
The Maya Mia palette, designed in collaboration with world famous blogger and makeup artist Maya Janeska (@maya_mia_y) contains 10 shades that coordinate flawlessly. These refreshing neutral hues combine with two pops of color to create the ideal palette for summertime looks with a hint of mod style.
- Essential palette for makeup artists
- Wear wet or dry
- Intense color payoff
- Velvet-smooth finish
- Long wearing
- Blendable
- Cruelty free
Price
$29 for .025 oz each x 10
Availability
Sephora, Ulta, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Dillard’s, Anastasia.net
This palette says it may contain carmine, so it is not vegan friendly.
The Maya Mia palette comes with 5 ‘Get the Look’ cards. Please remember that you may not have the same eye shape as Maya Mia, so when you’re trying to recreate the looks, you need to take your own eye shape into account.
- Cut Crease Gold Bar – Uses the shades Vanilla, Caramel and Gold Bar
- Fresh Peach – Uses the shades Warm Taupe, Caramel, Sienna, Fresh Peach, Aqua and Glisten
- Deep Brown Taupe – Uses the shades Vanilla, Warm Taupe, Sienna and Deep Brown
- Warm Taupe – Uses the shades Vanilla and Warm Taupe
- Aqua – Uses the shades Aqua, Glisten, Sienna, Deep Brown and Caramel
All eyeshadows swatched on eye primer. I have hooded eyes and I never wear eyeshadow without eye primer.
Nude
light satiny peachy tan. this makes for a great soft crease shade on my skintone (less pigmented than I expected)
Deep Brown
deep brown matte, reminds me of the outside of a coconut (insane pigmentation)
Sienna
deep brown with strong orange undertone matte (very similar to Morocco from the Amrezy palette, but this shade has slightly less orange, super pigmented)
Warm Taupe
midtone taupe brown matte. I can see taupe lovers going nuts over this shade (nice pigmentation)
Vanilla
pale creamy vanilla with a hint of sparkle, this is on the sheer side (less pigmented). It’s perfect for layering with other colors, to highlight, or blend out shades (also from the Amrezy palette)
Aqua
light aqua shimmer (less pigmented than I expected, but still easy to work with)
Fresh Peach
gorgeous peach shimmer (less pigmented than I expected). This was actually a pain to build up to opacity on my lid.
Glisten
rose gold metallic (very pigmented, this also appeared in the Anastasia Amrezy palette, see my review)
Caramel
warm brown with slight orange undertones, matte (very pigmented, appeared in Amrezy palette)
Gold Bar
light yellow gold shimmer (similar to Legend from Amrezy palette, but Legend is more of a lighter shade, less pigmented than I expected)
You can see the Maya Mia palette on top of the Amrezy and Catwalk palettes. All three are gorgeous.
I do compare some of the Maya Mia and Amrezy shades for you.
Sugarpill Mochi is deeper in tone than ABH Aqua. It’s also more pigmented and more matte.
I created two tutorial videos featuring this palette.
My Aqua and Deep Brown Tutorial
My Peach and Deep Brown Tutorial
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The packaging for the Maya Mia palette is amazing. I thought the Amrezy palette was lovely but the Maya Mia palette is stunning. It’s my favorite packaging design that Anastasia has ever released (yes it even tops the Catwalk!). It’s just so gorgeous! I love the animal print. I also love that the palette has the names of the eyeshadows printed on the inside.
Anastasia has included a nice double ended brush. The bristle are soft. You can use one side to apply shadow to the lid and the other for the crease.
I find the colors in the Maya Mia palette to be more flattering on me than the Amrezy palette, but both are beautiful. Both work well together too, with so many useful matte shades! I have to say, I’m kind of in love with Deep Brown. And I really like Deep Brown paired with Aqua or Fresh Peach.
You’re paying $29 for 10 eyeshadows that are .025 oz each. A typical Urban Decay eyeshadow is .05 oz for $18. You’re getting .25 oz of product for $29. To get .25 of Urban Decay, that’s 5 eyeshadows and you would pay $90. For the same amount of MAC refill pans (which are $10 each) you would pay $50 for 5. So I feel that this palette is a pretty good deal for the price, even though some of the shades aren’t as pigmented as I like.
While I do note that a few of the shades have less pigmentation than expected, they’re relatively easy to work with and most of the shades have good to great pigmentation. Nude, Vanilla, Aqua, Fresh Peach, and Gold Bar had less pigmentation than I expected. To improve the pigmentation of these shades I would recommend using a mixing medium like Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy or Darling Girl Glitter Glue.
You can buy this palette now at Ulta or at Sephora.
Pros
- Cruelty free
- Nice mix of colors, leans warm (but not as warm as Amrezy)
- Perfect for travel
Cons
- Mixed formula (some shades were great, some were less pigmented)
- Some repeat shades from Amrezy, so you may not want both palettes.
What do you think of the Maya Mia palette?
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Excellent in-depth review, thank you!
Hey! Great review! Between the amrezy and the maya mia palette which one would you recommend for someone with dark brown eyes, light skin (yellow undertones) and black hair? Thanks in advance!
Tough call, the purple in the Amrezy would look great with your eyes, but you might enjoy the greater variety in shades in the Maya Mia.
Love seeing these colors on you! This palette is just perfect 🙂
This palette was made for you ! It compliments your eyes amazingly , I really want the Amrezy palette and it’s a bummer how they have repeated shades.
THANK YOU! I was waiting for a review I trusted and I am loving the looks you created. thank you for being so detailed and doing comparison… I have the Amrezy and CatWalk palette so I was on the fence with regard to the Maya Miya. While I think it’s nice, I think I may pass and pick up that new Tarte palette 😀
You really got the best out of Aqua. Love that look!
Ahhhhh, yes, I need those
It looks nice and if it was available in Australia I’d probably get them all (because I’m a hoarder…) but they. are. so. ORANGE. Amrezy and Maya Mia, I’m fine with peachy shades but I thought Maya Mia might have been a cool-toned palette. LIkewise with their contouring shades…but like I said, it’s not available near me so unless I swatch it myself I can only speculate with the images I see!
Anastasia seems to favor very warm tones. Not sure why!
I hadn’t seen this one yet! I have to agree with you and say this is the best packaging so far. Well, the most appealing. Even though I am confident that her shadows are great, I’ve never been drawn to any of the palettes until this one. Beautiful.
I bought this as soon as I saw it was up on the ABH site! It’s supposed to arrive today or tomorrow and I am so excited! The colors look so pretty and the packaging is LOVELY. This one definitely appealed to me more than Amrezy. I’m a sucker for coral shadows! Thank you for the review, swatches and 2 look videos, Phyrra! You’re awesome!
This is very pretty palette! I have to add it to my wishlist.
I really want this palette.
This is so beautiful and I LOVE the look you created!
Thank you for the wonderful review! So thorough and helpful. I passed on the Amrezy palette because it didn’t swatch as nicely as the tarte rainforest after dark on my hand, but the colors in the Maya Mia seem more versatile so I just ordered it.
I definitely feel the colors are more versatile! Happy you liked the review 🙂
If you were to recommend between Amrezy and Maya to me, which one should I get?
I would recommend the Maya Mia over the Amrezy because I really like Deep Brown, Warm Taupe, Vanilla, Nude, Aqua, Fresh Peach, Glisten and Gold Bar. Amrezy has fewer shades that I like. I think you would look especially good in Glisten.
I’m glad you compared the palettes! Maya Mia is pretty, but a little too warm-toned for me (though the aqua and Glisten are gorgeous!) I actually want to get the Catwalk palette now.. lol
Loved that you pointed out price points. This palette is a good deal.
Glisten is gorgeous!!!
Okay, I am loving your looks. And you’re right. You DEFINITELY need a base. I should have known better.
I’m loving aqua and peach on you! Gorgeous comparison swatches. 🙂
I love the Maya Mia palette and the two eye looks you created with it. Both looks are gorgeous with your eye color1
I’m more drawn to the Amrezy palette but the Aqua shade in this one is so beautiful. Too bad it’s not that pigmented.
I’m in LOVE with the Aqua look you created!
This Maya Mia palette is calling my name!
Love the variety of color and pigment on this palette!
I was coincidentally watching your video on this in a separate window when I came across this post 🙂 I loove the variety of shades in this palette. So pretty
I need this palette for that mint alone!
I really like the peach with your eye color, so pretty!
Thank you Christine 🙂
It’s a pretty palette but very warm toned. I’d have some trouble using it but I love what you’ve done.
It’s definitely warm toned. I wish it were slightly more neutral. I’ve noticed all of her palettes are very warm toned.
This is a gorgeous palette! I think Nude, Fresh Peach, and Glisten would make a beautiful summery, beachy eye!!!
I can definitely imagine that!
Gorgeous packaging – love animal prints!
Me too! They did an amazing job with the packaging
Thanks for comparing all the palettes – so helpful!
You’re welcome! I know so many people wonder ‘do I already have this in my collection?’
Your product reviews are always so thorough. I love them!
Thanks so much Kristie!
I am obsessed with both looks! I can’t decide which is my all around fave but I really like what you did at the inner and outer corners of the second look!
Thank you! Me too! I think it’s very cool
Looks fabulous girl. Love both looks!
Thanks Laura 🙂
I absolutely love the looks you did!
Thanks so much 🙂