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Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette Review, Photos, Swatches


Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette

Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette

Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette ($45.00 for 0.30 oz.) contains six shades of eyeshadow designed to take you from day to night with shades on the warmer side of the color spectrum.  Each eyeshadow has 0.05 oz. worth of product, so the palette’s total weight is 0.30 oz. of product.  It does also include a short-handled eyeshadow brush with actual bristles–it’s surprisingly nice, workable, though I don’t think it’ll replace any full-size brushes you may own, but it is one of the better included brushes I have seen this holiday season.

This palette includes: Ivory (creamy white), Oat (soft mocha beige), Espresso (dark chocolate brown), Burnt Sugar (deep golden brown), Velvet Bronze (warm golden bronze), and Black Plum (deep black plum).

  • Ivory is a creamy, muted white with a very rich, smooth texture.  It’s surprisingly pigmented–not chalky at all–and it’s not a stark, bright white, so it’s more wearable.  It has a nearly matte finish.  This is a permanent shade (and a popular shade that Bobbi Brown has used often in her palettes).
  • Oat is a light-medium brown with an extremely subtle sheen that barely glints even under flash photographer.  It’s smooth, nicely pigmented, and would work well on both warmer and cooler skin tones.    This shade reminded me of MAC’s Soft Brown.
  • Espresso is a darkened cool-toned charcoal brown with a touch of satin sheen.  It has good color pay off and applies smoothly.  Espresso is very reminiscent of MAC’s Brun or Showstopper eyeshadows, both cooler browns.   This is a permanent shade.
  • Burnt Sugar is a golden-toned warm medium-brown with a glinting, metallic gilded gold sheen.  It has a smooth texture with rich color pay off with a metallic finish.  This is a permanent shade.
  • Velvet Bronze is a medium red-toned brown with a soft golden sheen.  This was the least pigmented shade within the palette, but it was still nicely pigmented (just worth pointing out that it was a bit softer).  It has a metallic finish.  The color itself is similar to MAC’s Texture, but Velvet Bronze has a brighter sheen.
  • Black Plum is a smoldering, deep brown with flecks of bronze shimmer.  It is a really nice, smooth textured brown, which leans a bit warm, but it is rather neutral overall.  It has a shimmer wash finish.  This is a permanent shade.

I think this palette is a good mix of neutrals that do tend on the warmer side, but the palette is closer to neutral-warm than one with very strong, warm under tones running through it.  These shades are classic–they will serve one well when it comes to creating office-friendly looks or smoking those looks out for something a touch more dramatic in the evening.  I am particularly pleased with the pigmentation level of the palette, as everything was nicely pigmented and five of the six were excellent in pigmentation.  The texture is soft and smooth, with all of the shades applying evenly.  I also appreciate that Bobbi Brown often mixes finishes within her palettes so that users can create a variety of textured looks.

Bobbi Brown’s Eyeshadows retail for $20.00 (for 0.08 oz.), Metallic Eyeshadows retail for $20.00 (for 0.10 oz.), and Shimmer Wash Eyeshadows retail for $20.00 (for 0.08 oz.).   In this palette, you are receiving $37.50 worth of Eyeshadow, $20.00 worth of Metallic Eyeshadow, and $12.50 worth of Shimmer Wash Eyeshadow.   This palette thus contains $70 worth of eyeshadows for $45.  FINALLY! a true value-oriented palette for the holidays!

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  • Product: 29/30
  • Value: 10/10
  • Ease of Use: 4/5
  • Packaging: 4/5

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Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette


Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette


Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette


Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette


Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette


Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette


Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette


Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eyeshadow Palette

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Vanessa Avatar

you have one warm palette you have em all… lol this doesnt look any different than all the other palettes that come out with neautrals and its very pricey.

Shameca Avatar

How do you think this compares to the urban decay naked palette as far as the color payoff of the shadows. I know the naked palette has more shadows to choose from but this palette looks nice as well

CeeBee Avatar

Wow, the picture on the back of the box looks nothing like your photo of the actual palette – I had to scroll back up to make sure I was looking at the right thing.

Christine, you’re right, that does run pretty neutral, not so much warm!

AshleyD Avatar

I’m a bit confused – why does the picture at the top and on the box not match the pictures at the bottom? the bottom has grays but the top has browns?

Ru Avatar

I feel like for that price, you get triple the amount of shadows in the Urban Decay Naked Palette that are versatle no matter the skin tone, and have a wider range of neutrals and night time colors….

Emily Avatar

You’ve convinced me to buy Bobbi Brown eyeshadows after thinking about it for a while. What a great looking palette! Thanks for the great review.

Annick Chantal L. H. Avatar

Why not this palette for christmas. You can have these colors from mac or Urban Decay (I need to check before confirming it but the naked palette…). But, I love Bobbi Brown products, so it’s a must-have. Let’s test it….

Jeanne Avatar

My mother used to use Bobbi Brown products in the ’90s and I remember she said that the textures would change and they would go bad very quickly. Have you also found this to be true of Bobbi Brown products?

Skybluesky Avatar

Sigh. This is beautiful! I really would never use the white or the black colors, but everything else is totally what I love using on my eyes. I’m just not the biggest fan of palettes. Thank you so much for reviewing this, as I was on the BB website looking at it recently.

I really wish Oat was a permanent shade, I would buy it instantly!

Do you have a recommendation color (it can be any brand) for an all-over eyeshadow color for my NC-35 coloring (Asian, yellow undertones)?

Lisa Avatar

Wow! I absolutely LOVE these colours! And the brush is so nice compared to some of the other ones. However i still havent gotten the naked palette (ugh) so ill just wait for that since they are both very similar…

Anna Avatar

What is it about neutral shades that I just HAVE TO HAVE IT in the same color from every brand…so frustrating. It’s an illness, I tell ya!

VivaGlamVI Avatar

Hey Christine,

Can you do a tutorial/look using this palette and how to wear it from day to night? I think many of us would really appreicate that!! Hope you consider it! Thanks so much!

em Avatar

Thanks for reviewing this! I’ve been eyeing it and the cool palette – are you going to review that? I was originally leaning toward the cool but now that this looks neutral enough (I don’t usually like warm), hmmm…

Tavia Avatar

I do love the color combination although I’ve seen these shades before. I’m concerned more about the price if it’s 45$ in US I’m sure it will be much more expensive in Europe and I don’t think is worth it. 🙁

Liliane Avatar

I considered buying this palette instead of the Dashing Lassie from MAC – the colours are really vibrant, but a bit too dark for me, also I’m not really into matte shades, which is why I eventually went for the MAC palette.

Otherwise I think this makes a perfect present – even if you already have a lot of neutrals, it’s just the perfect travel palette. <3

roxanne Avatar

Christine, I would love to see you do a look with this palette. Thanks for showing us this, I have never bought Bobby Brown eyeshadows before but I think this might be my first one!

Serene Avatar

This is quite a good neutrals palette, but still can’t beat the UD Naked palette in the value for money aspect. I don’t know if the comparison is unfair or not, but as a consumer, I’ll go for the UD one.

BethM Avatar

This is nice and has convinced me that I need a neutral palette. I’ll be getting the UD Naked palette, though, when it’s finally available again.

AshleyD Avatar

2nd I thought the same thing but I think it must be lighting/flash/our monitors making the browns look more like gray in the close up shots of the pans

Rosa Avatar

I was thinking of buying Dashing Lassies from the Mac A Tartan Tale collection, but this palette looks so much better. I would buy this one just for Oat! Gorgeous!

Diane Avatar

Bobbi Brown usually does put out quality eyeshadows with excellent pigmentation. I actually find her eyeshadows to be among the best there are! Her palettes, however, are usually a big disappointment. Over half the shadows in her palettes of 4 or more are typically repeats of colors from previous palettes (though that does save me money, becuz I refuse to buy them). OR, her LE palettes are mostly filled with eyeshadows from her permanent line, and she just throws in one or two LE colors. I can’t see spending $45 (or more) on an eyeshadow palette 3/4 full of eyeshadows I already own, just to get those one or two LE colors unique to the palette. At least with MAC palettes, you usually get a majority of new, LE colors… and sometimes one perm color or repromote thrown in. I think MAC is better marketed, because having mostly LE eyeshadows in a palette are worth spending the money on. Who needs BB ivory and espresso in every eyeshadow palette they own? I know I don’t…

JJ Avatar

I hear you… I am a huge collector of Stila cosmetics, but stopped getting the palettes because they would release the same 2 or 3 eyeshadows in a palette each time.

I have just started looking into Bobbi Brown, and this seems to be the perfect starter palette to get a taste of her line of cosmetics.

I got this palette, and I love the colors and finishes. Though, I hate the included double-ended brush. When I saw the palette at Macy’s, they had apparently swapped out the actual brush with a different brush, and I wasn’t told, so I was disappointed by the brush that this palette actually came with when it arrived in the mail.

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