This eye shadow palette isn’t just your average ordinary palette, nope, for me it is THE palette. It was also featured in my cravings 2016 but since it is just a little bit pricey, I wanted to take my time, read as many reviews as I could and see if I still want this precious thingy. After some time had passed and I made sure that I 100 % want and need (but, to be honest: who needs 16 eye shadow palettes?) I placed my order on Beautylish last year and haven’t regretted it for even a single minute.
Natasha Denona* provides a huge range of makeup products and is now also available at Sephora. If you like some colors but don’t want to splurge on the whole palette, you can get them individually. What you get in this palette are
four duo-chromes
nine mattes and
fifteen metallics
The shadows are highly concentrated, rich of pure pigments, contain a large quantity of real crushed pearls and are based on Mica°.
The texture of the eye shadows is buttery and easy to blend; they are water resistant, long lasting and provide full coverage. For the application I like to use a fluffy or not too flat brush to get the best results of the product. When I use the duo-chrome ones I apply the color with my fingers - Natasha recommended this method as well.
If you call a Z-palette your own, you can take your desired shade out of the ND one (but be very careful) and you can easily stick them back in the original palette. I compared the size of the shadows with other ones from different brand’s palettes and I could not find one with a shade more than 2 g (0.07 oz), where the size of the ND one is 2.5 g (0.008) each piece. So you get quite a lot of product.
I know that the first examples of her palettes included Parabens but they’ve changed the formula and people were irritated that Talc is listed as first ingredient on some shadows. That’s a fact that doesn’t bother me because if you look on the ingredients list of e.g. MAC’s, ABH’, Urban Decay’s eyeshadows Talc sometimes is listed first as well. Furthermore I’ve once read that due to the European law it needs to be listed first, if Talc is included because it can cause sensitivity. (I’ve searched on the website of the E.U. as well but could not find any information about that).
The swatches speak for themselves - the mattes don’t have that full-coverage pay-off you’d expect but I came for the metallics and duo-chromes and their color pay-off is amazing. I know that some people complained that there are no transition colors, but you can use cool plum 70P, satin skin 75P, golden rose 60M and piggy 80M instead. Depending on the look I want to achieve I use the matte blue tones for transition as well. Sure you have fall outs, especially when it comes to the metallics or duo-chromes.
Like I said: I am a big fan of this product even if I don’t use the matte shades often but I knew that beforehand. Would I recommend this palette? Yes, IF you are a makeup artist or a makeup junkie like I am. On the other hand: If you don’t use makeup on a regular basis or are not keen on experiments, you won’t be happy because the price will not pay off. The Purple Blue & the Green Brown palettes retail for $ 239 dollars, excluding shipping and possible customs charges, so if you break it down on each shadow it’s $ 8,43 a piece. A foiled eye shadow from Makeup Geek retails for $ 10.
Made in Italy
Paraben Free
Not Tested on animals
*Natasha Denona is an internationally renowned makeup artist and trendsetter. Natasha launched her career in makeup in 1996, forming her own modern style and innovative approach. […] Always the inventive entrepreneur, Natasha went on to develop the original Natasha Denona Makeup Line – comprising advanced products of the highest quality, noted for their exceptional user-friendliness.
°Mica is a group of silicate minerals that are widely distributed in different types of rock. Mica often occurs as flakes, scraps, or sheets, and has been used by humans since prehistoric times. Because Mica come from the earth it may contain trace amounts of heavy metals. The levels of heavy metals in Mica are regulated by the FDA, and the small amounts that may eventually be in cosmetic or personal care products do not pose a risk to human health. [http://www.cosmeticsinfo.org/ingredient/mica-0]
Natasha Denona* provides a huge range of makeup products and is now also available at Sephora. If you like some colors but don’t want to splurge on the whole palette, you can get them individually. What you get in this palette are
four duo-chromes
nine mattes and
fifteen metallics
The shadows are highly concentrated, rich of pure pigments, contain a large quantity of real crushed pearls and are based on Mica°.
The texture of the eye shadows is buttery and easy to blend; they are water resistant, long lasting and provide full coverage. For the application I like to use a fluffy or not too flat brush to get the best results of the product. When I use the duo-chrome ones I apply the color with my fingers - Natasha recommended this method as well.
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| 70P Cool Plum, 75P Satin Skin, 40M Lavender Gray, 32P Deep Slate Gray |
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| 49M Vintage, 23P Smoky Plum, 28V Electric Violet, 82V Nina's Orchid |
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| 63M Oxide, 51M Rosewood, 22M Maroon, 24V Aubergine |
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| 52M Golden Beige, 60M Golden Rose, 80M Piggy, 05 Calypso Blue |
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| 09M Quick Silver, 11V Steel Blue, 11M Metallic Steel Blue, 65V Smoke |
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| 03V Deep Pacific, 84V Powder Blue, 92M Petroleum Blue, 89V Koh Tao |
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| 12M Glaze, 38M Gray-Brown, 04M Chromatic, 01V Navy |
I know that the first examples of her palettes included Parabens but they’ve changed the formula and people were irritated that Talc is listed as first ingredient on some shadows. That’s a fact that doesn’t bother me because if you look on the ingredients list of e.g. MAC’s, ABH’, Urban Decay’s eyeshadows Talc sometimes is listed first as well. Furthermore I’ve once read that due to the European law it needs to be listed first, if Talc is included because it can cause sensitivity. (I’ve searched on the website of the E.U. as well but could not find any information about that).
The swatches speak for themselves - the mattes don’t have that full-coverage pay-off you’d expect but I came for the metallics and duo-chromes and their color pay-off is amazing. I know that some people complained that there are no transition colors, but you can use cool plum 70P, satin skin 75P, golden rose 60M and piggy 80M instead. Depending on the look I want to achieve I use the matte blue tones for transition as well. Sure you have fall outs, especially when it comes to the metallics or duo-chromes.
Like I said: I am a big fan of this product even if I don’t use the matte shades often but I knew that beforehand. Would I recommend this palette? Yes, IF you are a makeup artist or a makeup junkie like I am. On the other hand: If you don’t use makeup on a regular basis or are not keen on experiments, you won’t be happy because the price will not pay off. The Purple Blue & the Green Brown palettes retail for $ 239 dollars, excluding shipping and possible customs charges, so if you break it down on each shadow it’s $ 8,43 a piece. A foiled eye shadow from Makeup Geek retails for $ 10.
Made in Italy
Paraben Free
Not Tested on animals
*Natasha Denona is an internationally renowned makeup artist and trendsetter. Natasha launched her career in makeup in 1996, forming her own modern style and innovative approach. […] Always the inventive entrepreneur, Natasha went on to develop the original Natasha Denona Makeup Line – comprising advanced products of the highest quality, noted for their exceptional user-friendliness.
°Mica is a group of silicate minerals that are widely distributed in different types of rock. Mica often occurs as flakes, scraps, or sheets, and has been used by humans since prehistoric times. Because Mica come from the earth it may contain trace amounts of heavy metals. The levels of heavy metals in Mica are regulated by the FDA, and the small amounts that may eventually be in cosmetic or personal care products do not pose a risk to human health. [http://www.cosmeticsinfo.org/ingredient/mica-0]
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