Heart breaking

It honestly has broken my heart to not like this product. Anastasia Beverly Hills is my number one for highlighters, shadows and brow products , and the modern ren palette is one of my most reached for so when I saw the colours for subculture I was stoked. I grabbed it up immediately . First application was rough, I heard it was soft pressed and to dab lightly and I did. It had a lot of kickback still. Then, after choosing the mustard yellow and the nice blue teal and trying to blend out turned into a blue mess all over my face, and blended horribly if at all. I tried again and the two foiled shadows wouldn't even come out of the pan but just flaked off. I tried multiple times with different brushes, eye primers, methods, and still well it just sucks. I will be returning this with much heartache.