Maybelline The Nudes Palette Review

I bought this palette after lusting after it for MONTHS, and I only finally bought it because it was on sale!

I had SUCH high hopes for this palette, its got such gorgeous colours in it, and its beautiful!

Unfortunately, when I went to use it, the pigmentation left me so disappointed and let down. There is no power behind any of the shades, to the point where you can't tell you've put anything on, and there's SO MUCH FALL OUT!

If I could go back in time and not buy this palette, I would.

There are SOOOOO many better palettes out there than this. It's chalky, dry eyeshadow with terrible pigmentation and formula. For $30, it isn't worth it at all. The only pro I can think of is that it it's easily available at Farmers or other local stores. There are way better dupes for the Naked Palette that will trump this. It's not worth it, don't buy it.

I'm on the fence with this product. I think thrmatte shades are lacking pigment. It's in nice packaging, but I prefer to use matte eye shadow and this just doesn't do it for me. It's good as a back up.

Nice nude colour selection but it is not very pigmented. Takes quite a lot of effort to biuld up coverage. I agree with the previous reviewers. Great for first timers who are looking to experiment with eye looks. The shade range and mix of matts and shimmers can take you from a more natural day look to an ultra glam evening look and good for all comfort levels.

There is a light pinky colour in this pallete that is very pretty would make a nice brow bone highlight or inner corner it is sparkly and the actual pretty pearl doesn't show up on light skin. Most of the tones in here are not very pigmented or just lighter and darker versions of the same colours. They are powdery or can blend out to a mess or nothing. I'm not the best at using mattes anyway I like strong shimmers or metallic pigments and so this pallete isn't for me or one that I will buy but I did have a little play around as my youngest sister has it. There are shades in there that just remind me of cheap crappy eye shadow palletes like there is a glittery brown. There is a nice decent metallic Goldy / bronze though and you could use the mattes to fill in your eye brows but yeah I think it's just a common pallete of browns basically and for me certainly not worth 30 dollars. At least you get a variety of matte satin glitter and metallic finishes.

My first impressions of the palette is that it looked very sleek & elegant, no unnecessary bulk or packaging. It was love at first sight but the first time I used it I was disappointed there was no mirror as I prefer to use a hand mirror when applying eye shadow. At first glance I thought the colours of the shadows were gorgeous & a good variety for creating a lot of neutral looks. I really loved the narrow ends of the sponge brush which I used to smudge the eye shadow to create a smokey effect & helped to intensify & add definition on the lower lash & inner eye area.

I liked the "how to use" duos, trios, quads demonstrations on the bottom of the palette which I thought would be really helpful for beginners and for those people who aren't really familiar with using more than 1 eye shadow, it's really good to have that direction of what to do. Also the placing of the eye shadows in the palette is a very well thought-out concept of mixing & matching.

Due to the fact that the eye shadows aren't highly pigmented or glittery I can't recommend using an eye shadow primer enough, it'll help bring out & make the colours last a lot longer. However something to think about & maybe the direction where Maybelline was heading with this product... Do you really want over the top sparkles with a nude palette? After all when I think of "nude" it makes me think of a product that enhances your natural beauty not a product that is designed to dress you up as a Vegas showgirl.

I found most of the shimmery shades to be creamy in texture but sheer once blended (again, not highly pigmented), the downside is that the matte shades were a bit difficult to blend, they were chalky/powdery and were a bit more challenging to get the desired look. I did find using a more dense brush in a patting motion worked a little better but still had to work at blending more than I would have with any other palette. I didn't like the black in the palete, it's not the blackest of blacks.. more like a ashy black/grey.

I am some what impressed with this palette, it's great having a variety of colours where you can be creative while enhancing your natural look however I do not think it is worth $30. No mirror, a little stiff & awkward to open and the textures of the eye shadows didn't perform as well I would have expected from Maybelline.

This palette is tricky, as I've stated in the title. Sounds weird - but it's true. Here, let me explain. The Maybelline The Nudes palette is a stunning set of 12 nude coloured eyeshadows (surprise surprise) and beautiful colours at that. There are overall 6 mattes (including a trusty matte black) and 6 shimmers - which is a good, even selection.

Why I call this palette tricky is because as you swipe your finger on the product, most of them (the mattes and a few of the shimmers) feel satisfactorily creamy however, as you lift your finger up to look after a few swipes, to your despair you can still see every line on your finger - which is a sure sign that the product isn't very pigmented. I was super excited for the matte black however I found that the product was very chalky. Most shimmery shadows were worst in terms of pigmentation, the mattes up next. One of the best eyeshadows in the palette in terms of pigmentation was the bronze metallic/shimmer the fourth one on the top row - which is very pigmented, swatches nicely, applies nicely onto the eye as well. In fact the two colours, 4th accross in each row, are the best in the palette. I'd say the darker colours (apart from the black) are the best of the palette in terms of pigmentation and application.

The eyeshadow wearing power is average and doesn't last on my poor oily eyelids the whole day (without a base) however the metallic shades (4th across in each row) do last you most of the day and are perfect for a bronze smokey eye. The quality of each individual eyeshadow is honestly hit and miss. Some of the eyeshadows (particularly the light shimmers and mattes are poor in pigmentation and are often very powdery. Don't be completely fooled by the smooth feel of these eyeshadows. I found the overall pigmentation of this palette disappointing as I was only properly happy with 2 of the 12 shadows in this palette. Pity, the colours are gorge. Maybe I'm biased? I'm a owner of a Sleek Idivine.

I loved this palette when I first got it. But as time went on, I realised the product isn't pigmented very well in the lighter colours, you have to the colour up.

I loved the range of colours in this palette, but the darker shades are actually darker then they look in the palette? Its weird. Its still a great product for those who don't want to splurge on a more pricey eyeshadow palette!

Im not sure about this palette, I am drawn to some of the shades they are really pretty in the pan and it had so much hype when it landed here in NZ but the colour pay off is just not there for me. I find the shades really hard to get from pan to brush a few are really chalky or really under pigmented. BUT when i use my finger to apply the shades the payoff is a little better. I want to like it but its just not doing it for me.