“The term “EMPOWERED” encourages having the knowledge, confidence, means, or ability to do things or make decisions for oneself. ”
-Huda Kattan
The New Huda Beauty Empowered Collection is Holiday Ready. The Collection includes the Empowered Eyeshadow Palette. It is Huda’s 18 pan eyeshadow palette, Huda only releases one 18 shade palette for every holiday season. These 18 shade palettes are Huda’s best launches because these are the palettes where Huda tries out her newest formulas. This year, the Empowered Palette includes golds, coppers, and neutrals in matte, metallic, shimmer and gel-liner hybrid textures. Also the collection includes the Empowered Face Gloss, a highlighting dew, that gives you a dewy sheen and sheer shimmer, so you’ll get your glow on this winter. Last, a special Holiday lip kit, The Empowered Lip Trio, includes lipliner, lipstick, and a lip gloss. Are you ready to feel Empowered? Or, gift someone special with the gift of makeup that will empower them, by feeling good about themselves, inside and out.
The Empowered Collection can be found at Sephora, and on the Huda Beauty Website. The Empowered Eyeshadow Palette (0.59 oz./16.8g) costs $67. The Limited Edition Empowered Face Gloss (0.18 0z./5.8g) costs $39. And, the Limited Edition Empowered Lip Trio Kit costs $25.
The Empowered Collection Packaging is Holiday ready. The outer boxes for the Eyeshadow and The Glow Energy Empowered Face Gloss are FSC Mix, and recyclable. 
The boxes have a foiled design on a matte gold base.The writing is in black. Still, the outer box is so festive, they can be bow and go ready. 
The Lip Trio comes in a matte gold box that is the shape of lips. 
The packaging for the lipstick is also in gold. 
I love the presentation for the Lip Trio. And, when you are finished with the products, you will have this adorable gold box to put something in, and it is too cute to put in a drawer, leave it out on your vanity. 
The eyeshadow and Dewy Sheen Palette cases are simple lift up on the lid to open, and press down until you hear a click that means it is closed. 
Both the eye and highlighter palettes are plastic. 
And, both have really nice mirrors underneath the top lid. 
The eyeshadow palette shades are in three horizontal rows , six shades per each row.
Empowered Eyeshadow Palette Shades
The palette contains two ultra-pigmented hybrid eyeshadow-gel-creams; two mesmerizing shimmery metallics; two innovative wet metallics; two soft-shine metallic pearl shadows; and nine pigmented, velvety soft mattes.
Top Row Across (Left to Right)
PURPOSE , a black shade, has a hybrid gel liner finish.
COURAGEOUS, a multichromatic shade with pink sparkles, has a creamy metallic finish.
LIMITLESS , gold crushed flakes, has a metallic finish.
CONFIDENT a brown shade, has a velvety matte finish.
CHARISMA a pure Gold shade, has a wet metallic finish.
KEEP GOING a latte brown shade, has a velvety matte finish.
Middle Row Across (Left to Right)
BIG DREAMS a purply grey shade has a velvety matte finish.
MANIFEST IT! a copper shade has a gloss hybrid metallic finish.
BOLD MOVES! a white gold shade, has true gold metallic speckles.
DO IT! a copper shade, has a metallic finish.
POWER a beige shade, has a velvety matte finish.
GET IT! a soft orange shade, has a suede matte finish.
Bottom Row Across (Left to Right)
WORTHY a deep brown shade has a hybrid gel liner finish.
REBEL a burnt nude shade, has a velvety matte finish.
WINNER, a cool grey shade, has a velvety matte finish.
VISIONARY a bold and brown shade with a marble finish.
BEST-SELF a peachy shade has a velvety matte finish.
LEGACY a warm brown shade, has a velvety matte finish.
Empowered Face Gloss Highlighting Dew
GLOW ENERGY a sheer true gold has a dewy, sheer subtle sheen/ shimmer.
Apply the Highlighting Dew with your index finger, on top of foundation and on top of makeup, or skincare to add a dewy, silky, reflective glow. Press, don’t swipe, the highlighter into the skin. 
The formula is lightweight, not sticky, and features a dusting of ultra-fine yellow and rose gold flakes.
And it melts into the skin.
Empowered Lip Trio Kit
Lip Contour 2.0 Automatic Lip Pencil in shade Pinky Brown
An easy-to-use velvety matte lip pencil. It feels creamy, comfortable, and is infused with a nourishing blend of soybean and licorice.
Power Bullet Matte Lipstick In shade Interview
A pigment-packed lipstick that delivers great color payoff. The plush matte formula is silky-smooth. It comes packaged in a limited-edition gold case. 
Interview, a warm, peachy nude, has a velvety matte finish.
Silk Balm Illuminating Lip Balm In Shade Bold Gold
Bold Gold is a sheer gold shade.
The lip balm is hydrating, and illuminating lip. The balm is infused with gold pearls for a sheer, pearlescent shine!
Any one of the products in the collection would make an amazing gift.
Or, you could stuff a stocking with the Lip Kit Trio, or the Dewy Highlighter.
However, the star of the Empowered Collection is the 18 shade eyeshadow palette, for sure. The palette shades are gorgeous. There are shades to create both day and night looks. And the hybrid formulas are really fun to try. Manifesto stands out in the palette, as it has a “river” running through the middle of the shade. The shade is so creamy it feels almost wet. The two ultra-pigmented eyeshadow hybrid gel-creams, Purpose and Worthy, are great for underneath a powder eyeshadow. They don’t dry down completely, so you won’t want to use them as eyeliners, unless you set them with powder afterwards. The nine matte shades are creamy mattes with very little fallout. They are the work horses in the palette. The metallics, and hybrid shades are what sets the palette apart for anything you have yet to see. Even looking at the palette makes me feel like I’m looking at a beautiful, painting. Love it!
