REVIEW: NYX Ultimate Shadow Palette in Brights
I've been really keen to get this review written because this product honestly really excites me.
The Ultimate Shadow Palette features 16 shades, three of which are pressed pigments. All shades are talc based which is not ideal as someone concerned with ingredient safety. The palette is made in China, safe for 24months after opening and each shade contains 0.83 grams of product (a tiny amount, half the standard single shadow) for 13.28 grams total. I bought mine from feelunique for £16 plus £5 shipping and a further £11 worth of brow products. In AUD it cost $54.89 total.
This palette is by far the brightest I've ever used with the exception of a bright Coastal Scents palette which I decluttered and sold long ago. Obviously this means I have limited experience with bright eyeshadows and also limited experience with cheaper shadows as I generally only purchase mid range eyeshadows.
If you're in a hurry to justify your purchase or want a quick answer, here it is: I really like the palette. If you want to know the ins and outs and ups and downs of my experience with it (as well as full arm swatches), keep reading.
Per the name you may have guessed this palette is a spectrum of bright colours. The top two are warmer with red, pinks, oranges and purples. The lower two cooler with blues, greens and yellows.
The first time I used the palette I experimented with pink and purple and actually got a few complements on the look.
Then I tried greens and blues. Less popular with the crowds but I still like it.
The day before Halloween I went wild with asymmetrical rainbow eyes. My favourite look.
Then I did a simple soft cut crease with peach and orange.
I found the shadows quite easy to use, they blended really well and simply required more building in some cases. I found they were nice on primed but nude skin or on top of a white cream base. The base does make them much harder to remove so be aware if that bothers you.
Here now are the arm swatches. To one side you can see I primed with NYX's Milk Jumbo Pencil. I applied here with fingers in patting motions and built two layers up for each shade. Next to that I have just swiped onto bare skin once. I thought this could show the ability or inability for each shadow to build as you applied it in reality.
You can see the red, first pink and last purple were the most lacklustre for pigment. The lilac on the end doesn't bother me as much because I can use it to transition and as you see it will build up on the white base. The second orange by the purple is quite patchy in the milk swatch but it applied nicely when I did my cut crease look.
The cool tones I was much more impressed with. Standouts are the first blues and the lighter teal as well as the lime chartreuse. Really the only one struggling here is the pale yellow which builds really well on milk.
OVERALL: A suoer exciting palette (for me) from a cruelty free brands which has generally solid pigmentation and lovely blendability. 4.5/5
I hope this review was interesting or helped you out, have a nice day,
Cassy
The Ultimate Shadow Palette features 16 shades, three of which are pressed pigments. All shades are talc based which is not ideal as someone concerned with ingredient safety. The palette is made in China, safe for 24months after opening and each shade contains 0.83 grams of product (a tiny amount, half the standard single shadow) for 13.28 grams total. I bought mine from feelunique for £16 plus £5 shipping and a further £11 worth of brow products. In AUD it cost $54.89 total.
This palette is by far the brightest I've ever used with the exception of a bright Coastal Scents palette which I decluttered and sold long ago. Obviously this means I have limited experience with bright eyeshadows and also limited experience with cheaper shadows as I generally only purchase mid range eyeshadows.
If you're in a hurry to justify your purchase or want a quick answer, here it is: I really like the palette. If you want to know the ins and outs and ups and downs of my experience with it (as well as full arm swatches), keep reading.
Per the name you may have guessed this palette is a spectrum of bright colours. The top two are warmer with red, pinks, oranges and purples. The lower two cooler with blues, greens and yellows.
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| The colours here are slightly darker/less vibrant than in real life. |
The first time I used the palette I experimented with pink and purple and actually got a few complements on the look.
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| On the lid I used a satin cream colour and in the crease I had the deep purple and fuschia, blended out with the lilac. |
Then I tried greens and blues. Less popular with the crowds but I still like it.
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| I used a lot of different shades here, the light aqua in the lid and the green in the crease with the pale yellow above to blend. I also added 'Teal Green' from Coastal Scents because I wanted more depth but I wish I'd taken black instead. |
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| This obviously features the most of the shades. Left: Deep purple in the brow, chartruese on the inner corner then green then deep teal then the almost purpley blue on the outer edge and the bright blue on the lower lashline. Right: Pale yellow on the inner followed by the orangey yellow and then the true bright orange and finally the red on the outer corner. On the lower lashline wsa the pink from next to the lilac and in the brows the pink next to the red. I blended very lightly with clean blenders for each side. To apply I used one shader per eye and wiped on a cloth in between colours. |
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| Sorry for the odd lighting. Here I used the last unused shade, the burnt orange from the corner of the palette. I blended with Inglot's 312 eyeshadow and had to build the orange into the crease a bit. |
Here now are the arm swatches. To one side you can see I primed with NYX's Milk Jumbo Pencil. I applied here with fingers in patting motions and built two layers up for each shade. Next to that I have just swiped onto bare skin once. I thought this could show the ability or inability for each shadow to build as you applied it in reality.
You can see the red, first pink and last purple were the most lacklustre for pigment. The lilac on the end doesn't bother me as much because I can use it to transition and as you see it will build up on the white base. The second orange by the purple is quite patchy in the milk swatch but it applied nicely when I did my cut crease look.
The cool tones I was much more impressed with. Standouts are the first blues and the lighter teal as well as the lime chartreuse. Really the only one struggling here is the pale yellow which builds really well on milk.
OVERALL: A suoer exciting palette (for me) from a cruelty free brands which has generally solid pigmentation and lovely blendability. 4.5/5
I hope this review was interesting or helped you out, have a nice day,
Cassy
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