Artist Palette #1 – Nudes You Need

3 Reviews

1. 

   unhappyGranola3

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   Note: this review really should be 4.5 because there are some flaws but not enough to knock down a full lippie. Here’s my take:
   Cons:
   – The packaging is awful. The cardboard flap is so cheap looking (even if it is magnetic).
   – All shades are satin/shimmer. It is hard to do a “nude I need” look with just this palette because I don’t have a matte neutral to work with,
   – It is very cool tone and the color variations go from cool dark taupe to straight black. I would prefer for there to be a deeper gradation of taupe.
   – Without primer the colors don’t “stick” for more than 6 hours. They don’t crease necessarily and there isn’t any fall out. Rather they kind of fade away.

   That being said, here is why I LOVE this palette:
   PROS:
   – The colors are devine. I love the coolness of the palette, it is extremely wearable. And even though I have to incorporate a separate neutral, any one of these shades I can wear at work without looking like a mess.
   – NO FALL OUT. That’s pretty impressive in a palette that is 75% shimmer.
   – Extremely versatile given the mixture of cool/bronze shades.
   The quality of the shadows is excellent. There aren’t many palettes that can boast the majority of their shadows wear longer than 4 hours without a primer.
   – Texture is perfect. they have a lovely slip that is neither grainy nor powdery nor chunky

   This is my go-to nude palette and has pretty much kicked UD’s Naked palette in the teeth.

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   troubledDotterel2

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   The eyeshadows seem high quality but the cream to powder formula just doesn’t work well on me. The colors are very nice in the pan, the whole thing is nice to look at but it just doesn’t translate well on the the skin. Like previous reviews say the shadows lack depth. It’s hard for me to explain, but this palette should be my holy grail, should be the palette to end all palettes, and it just not. I have to use a primer, which I feel that I shouldn’t because the eyeshadows are almost creamy- like. I keep going back to my Naked 2 to play with. It works much better even though the MUFE palette seems much more high end.

3. 

   hushedKitten1

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   This palette is in general quite good, great value. The packaging is a bit sloppy, but it does come with a magnetic close, which is nice. But I can imagine it could easily pop open in my purse. It has colours from both cool and warm spectrums. 8 out of these colours are shimmery, the black one at the lower left corner is matte. These has a very unique consistency. They do have a cream + powder hybrid texture, however, I feel like they are a bit chunky going onto the eye. Luckily they blend out nicely, no chunky or glittery fallouts. Once blended out, these have beautiful shine and gorgeous finishes. They can help you achieve both subtle daytime looks, and also really intensive nighttime looks. The pigmentation is not something like the UD eyeshadows, but slightly more sheer and delicate, but it is by no means sheer. One pass of my brushes in the pan gives me plenty pigments. The only thing that bothers me somewhat, is the variety of colours in the pan. Like I said earlier it has nice ranges of colours in terms of warm and cool tones. However, in terms of the depth of colours, it is lacking a bit. I feel like many of the colours in the palette are in the same range in terms of depth, just a variety of colours with same lightness or same darkness. Other than that, everything is great. It is a great daytime neutral for me right now. If you like to see a visual review with swatches, please feel free to watch my video. The swatches themselves are at 6:15 in case you’re just interested in that!