NUDEPOP Pro Eyeshadow Palette

4 Reviews

1. 

   bubblyPudding8

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   So yeah, this review is going to be scathing. But look, when I spend $57 + tax on a palette I expect it to perform better than shadows from the dollar store and that was not what I got. I expect them to be buttery, and blendable, and most of all pigmented (or at least buildable, ffs). These shadows are none of those things. I’m not exactly dark skinned, and even with a good layer of primer I could barely get these colors to show up on me. If I’d try to build or blend them they’d turn muddy and more closely resemble the colors in my Naked I palette than anything else. Even the shimmer shadows were poorly pigmented and lackluster. I’m just so deeply disappointed by this. I LOVE the colors in the pans – have been dying for a cool toned palette with these exact shades -, but I just cannot get these to translate to my skin. I’ve tried multiple primers, applying wet, etc., and nothing seems to really work. But honestly, with a palette that costs this much you shouldn’t have to resort to those kinds of things. Period.

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   yearningSalt8

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   I bought this with high hopes after seeing a few you-tubers declare this a beautiful cool toned palette and thought I’d take a chance. I’m also over my fear of metallics and glitters and thought it to be a great ratio of finishes in one palette.
   My first impression with palette in hand is it immediately reminded me of my neglected Tarte matte palette with the plum shades but has some welcome pinks and golds. There are no brown shades in this palette. The palette itself is pleasingly thin and sleek, I hate excess packaging and this in its box isn’t a space hog in my palette drawer.
   Right away I felt a bit disappointed as I had to dig into the pans to pick up any color on my brushes. Sculpt and canvas, the pink and peach mattes, are either ideal matches for my skin tone or just lacking in pigmentation because I am just not seeing them on my eyes. So ok, maybe I need to just use them as all-over “setting” shades. Also, hue and sketch, the rose taupe and grey plum mattes, need to be built up to see anything. So I dig, apply, blend and repeat… which blending does easily happen and just the 4 aforementioned shades alone make a great neutral daytime look with a touch of shade creation, a white gold satin. But who would want to stop here? If I want more depth in my outer corners and crease then I need to use shades design or mural, a smoky eggplant matte that is still modest or a raspberry plum satin that takes me outside of my comfort zone of just mattes in the crease.
   Shades surreal and portrait, champagne and peach gold satins, are disappointing, I just can’t seem to get anything but a very faint touch of color no matter what brush or finger I use. Do I really need to use these shades wet…?
   Which brings me to the 3 metallics… they feel chunky in the pan but smooth out when applied. And they gotta be applied with a finger, none of my brushes are picking them up. So far I favor masterpiece, the pink gold chrome, which again lacks color on my skin but brightens up my look. It has a lot of fallout. Mosaic, the copper gold, I find to be the oddball in the palette and so far neglected except to swatch, mainly because every tutorial I have seen on this palette uses this shade. All I’ve done with graffiti, the smoky rose gold, is lightly dab it in my outer corner, this color intimidates me because it is the only one which has color payoff. It leans more plum than rose.
   At this point I am underwhelmed with this palette, I really expected more from it. I am just not feeling the creamy texture nor seeing any color payoff, I feel like I have to really dig into the pans and they are too hard packed for something promising to be creamy. Is it possible I got a palette that has suffered from a little premature hard panning or is dried out or something?

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   annoyedCockatoo6

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   I seem to be a dissenter today. My last review everyone loved the product and I didn’t. On this one, the previous review disliked it and I LOVE it. We all like different things! Isn’t it great?
   So I have been feeling overwhelmed by my eyeshadows lately. Especially my singles. I just don’t have the brain space to put looks together for some reason. So I have been looking for a smaller palette that is simple and easy but a little different and fun. I got this sight unseen based off of Mel Thompson’s review on YouTube. I seem to have very similar eyeshadow tastes to her (her Safari palette review literally happened to me). When I pulled it out I was worried I’d hate it. She even mentioned a viewer told her they got it and returned it without trying it. I get why you might be tempted. And swatching was so so. Some of the shadows didn’t even show up in a swatch, the satins are especially bad for swatching. But then I put it on my eyes. And the heavens opened. Every shade is so gorgeous. It was crazy.
   So, the packaging is hard plastic. Sturdy, compact, no wasted space. Minimalistic. Love it. I didn’t notice a smell but I didn’t stick my nose in it either.
   The shades feel slippy, there must be a lot of silicone in them. Which I don’t always love so I was wary. But they blend so smoothly and evenly for me. I can build them up. I can blend them together. It’s like magic after some of the formulas I’ve tried lately. The mattes are phenominally gorgeous and smooth. The satins are interesting. They don’t swatch at all, but on the eye with a brush they apply really easily and the sheen is quite strong. They are what I wish Anastasia primavera and Vermeer were. Those disappear and fade and the sheen is chunky and blends weird into other shades. These are smooth and bright. And the glittery chunky looking shades, holy Hannah. Those are stunning on the lid. I use my finger for extra punch. You don’t need fix plus on any of these. They are smooth and have no glittery fallout/or glitter at all. These are like grown up statement eyeshadows. These are Stila glitter and glow all grown up and sophisticated.
   Using this palette is the opposite of what I thought it would be. I thought at first all the looks will be the same and I’m not sure how this cool purple goes with this bright amber. But then you play and suddenly you have countless incredible looks. This has been the best surprise I’ve had from a product ever.

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   wornoutSeafowl8

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   I was so excited to get this palette, the reviews on Sephora are mostly good and the colors looked perfect for fall/winter. Nothing unicorn, rainbow or super glitzy, just nice and wearable. The packaging is nice and upon first look I thought sure this would be a winner for me. Sadly, the mattes in this palette don’t blend as well as they should for the price, they ended up looking muddy and patchy despite careful blending and a very good primer. The metallic shades, which are supposed to be best applied with a finger pretty much stayed on my finger. I tried with a damp finger and a damp brush and the result was the same: undefined chunks of glitter that were impossible to move on the lid. There was much fallout that did not want to budge. The semi-shimmery shades fared the best, they went on silky, pretty much perfect. For $57 I want at least 90% of the shades in a palette to work for me. I bought this without swatching as none of the Sephora stores by me carry this line. My fault perhaps, but I expected so much more from Kevyn Aucoin I can’t even add a lippie for that. I returned this and will continue to seek a neutral palette that works for me.