Coastal Scents Hotpots

Quite a while ago now my lovely friend Becky was kind enough to send me a set of Coastal Scents Hotpots that she was sent a duplicate set of. (Sorry Becky I know I have been slow doing this post.)

Coastal Scents is an American online makeup company. They sell the famous ’88 Palettes’ along with a lot of other products including the Hot Pots.

Hotpots are individual eyeshadows, however as you can see I have put them into a MAC palette because I find it easier. I have been playing with these on and off since I got them and I really like them.

As I understand it Coastal Scents have their hotpots seperated into catagories:

M = Matte
ME = Metallic
S = Shimmer
B = Blush

While playing around with the Hot Pots I discovered They are quite soft in texture and there are some colour dupes for Mac Shadows.

I know some of these aren't quite 'Dupes' but they are kind of similar so you may feel that you only need one or the other.

Although the individual Mac Shadows are more expensive they are a lot easier to get hold of in the uk. You can order from the Coastal Scents website but shipping to the uk is quite expensive.

In Number order the 'Dupes' are

HPME 01 = No Dupe found as yet

HPMH 02 = Mac Smoke and Diamonds (This isn't a Dupe. It is a much lighter version of a similar kind of colour, some may prefer one to the other...Smoke and Diamonds is discontinued)

HPME 03 = Mac Amber Lights (Again this isn't a complete dupe HPME 03 is more red toned)

HPME 04 = Mac Hypnotising (as far as I can tell this IS dupe. Hypnotising is no longer available at Mac so if you missed out on this colour you may want to check out Coastal Scents.)

HPME 05 = No Dupe found as yet

HPME 06 = Mac Tempting (pretty much identicle in my opinion)

HPME 07 = No Dupe found as yet

HPME 08 = No Dupe found as yet

HPME 09 = No Dupe found as yet

HPME 10 = No Dupe found as yet

HPME 11 = No Dupe found as yet

HPME 12 = Mac Sushi Flower (Sushi flower looks to be more red toned...HPME 12 has a pink undertone which makes it appear lighter)

If you want me to do a seperate post showing pictures of the Mac dupes I mentioned let me know. I would have added them to this post but I need to retake them and I thought Becky had waited long enough for this post lol.

All in all I absolutely Love these eye shadows. Thank you so much Becky for sending them to me.