Review: Physicians Formula Murumuru Butter Eyeshadow Palette

Physicians Formula's website describes this product as "The ultimate must-have eyeshadow [palette]. Featuring 12 universally flattering shades to take you from Tropical Days to Sultry Nights. Incredibly soft and ultra-creamy texture can be applied wet or dry." The eyeshadows contain Physicians Formula's exclusive blend of "Moisturizing Tucuma, Cupuaçu and Murumuru Butter Blend and Conditioning Essential Fatty Acids".

The pans seem to be laid out in 3 "sections" (left, middle, and right), probably designed to facilitate creating a few different looks. Despite claiming to contain the same butter blend, these shadows have distinctly different textures. The smaller rectangular pans generally seemed drier and dustier than the larger pans with the signature PF "butter" pattern. Most of the shades had quite a bit of powder kick up in the pan. Despite that, most of the shades were absolutely gorgeous on application and blended beautifully on the lid, especially the matte shades with the "butter" pattern. The shades have names but they are also numbered on the back of the product as well.

The matte brick shade "Heat Wave" (shade 6) was the best of the bunch with a ridiculous amount of pigment and super blendability with no fallout. The first 8 eyeshadows plus "Island Hopping (shade 12) were lovely, but shades 9, 10, & 11 - "Ready for Rio", "Pier Pressure", and "Rolling Tides", respectively - were disappointing. They seemed to be a focal point of the palette and clearly the more dramatic shades, but they had very little pigmentation and were difficult to get out the pans and to blend. Even using my finger, I was barely able to get any real color out of the blue and purple shades. I literally dug in the metallic shade (9) and was unable to get more than a few little pieces of glitter because it self-sealed. The glitter that did come out was prone to fallout as well. None of these blended well either.

**I will provide an update soon about how they wear throughout the day.**


Here is a detailed breakdown of each shade:

1 Barefoot in Brazil
Matte cream, a lot of kickup in the pan and dusty on application but applied smoothly with no detectable fallout

2 White Sands
Matte off-white, some kickup in the pan, buttery application, easy to blend, no fallout

3 Coastal Chic
Matte pink-beige, some kickup in the pan, very pigmented, buttery application, easy to blend, no fallout

4 Tan Lines
Shimmer warm brown, some kickup in the pan, not as pigmented as I would have hoped, blends well with some effort, some fallout on application

5 Sightseeing
Shimmer warm beige, small kickup in pan, no fallout

6 Heat Wave
Matte brick, some kickup in the pan, VERY pigmented, buttery application, easy to blend, no fallout

7 Sand Dunes
Matte mid-brown, not as pigmented as I would have hoped, some kickup in pan, blends well with some effort, no fallout

8 Coco Loco
Matte deep brown, not as pigmented as I would have hoped, some kickup in pan, might be better wet for more color, blends well with some effort, no fallout

9 Ready for Rio
Metallic rose gold, ABSOLUTE FLOP, self-sealing, dug into pan and still got very little of anything, what glitter does make it out of the pan falls out terribly

10 Pier Pressure
Pearl deep purple, very light wash of color, no kickup in pan, doesn't blend easily, no fallout

11 Rolling Tides
Pearl deep teal, very light wash of color, no kickup in pan, doesn't blend easily, no fallout

12 Island Hopping
Matte dusty lilac, a lot of kickup in the pan and dusty on application but applied smoothly with no detectable fallout


Overall, this is a decent daytime palette, if you can accept that 3 shades won't be really usable. The colors are not really groundbreaking, so this palette would be easy to dupe. For $16.95, it may be worth it for some people, but those that are especially budget-conscious may want to look elsewhere for similar shades, especially if the blue and purple shades are the ones that draw your attention the most in this palette.

  TL;DR?

PHYSICIANS FORMULA MURUMURU BUTTER EYESHADOW PALETTE IN TROPICAL DAYS

Price: $16.95 on Physicians Formula
Pros: Mostly great quality daytime shades, especially "butter" matte shades.
Cons: A few shades that seemed to be focal points of palette are terrible.
Will I buy it again?: Maybe, especially if they separate some of the good shades out into quads.

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