bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette Review, Photos, Swatches
bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette
bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette ($40.00 for 0.24 oz.) contains eight shades that were inspired by shades in bareMinerals’ loose eyeshadow range, and with the name, you can see that it’s a neutral-based palette. The quality is good overall, but the palette contains a lot of mid-tone eyeshadows, and I found myself really longing for one or two medium-dark to dark, satin-to-matte shades that would work to add more depth to any look. It is also a warm-toned palette, which there are many of on the market nowadays, so while lovely in many ways, it is ultimately a more dupable palette. I love the size of this style of palette that bareMinerals does, because each eyeshadow still has plenty of product (0.03 oz.), but they’re very compact and perfect for traveling. bareMinerals’ Ready eyeshadow formula is supposed to wear for 12 hours, yield “vivid, pure, provocative color,” and “resist creasing, fading, and smudging.”
Tan Lines is described as a “dark peach copper.” It’s a medium, warm-toned copper with a frosted finish. It’s not quite as overtly orange-toned, so it has a better balance of red and orange, which gives it a slightly muted quality. The texture was soft, smooth, and buttery with excellent color payoff and application. It wore well for eleven hours on me. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
Nude Beach is described as a “light, warm sand.” It’s a light beige with very subtle cool undertones and a frosted, somewhat metallic, finish. It had semi-opaque color payoff, though the texture was soft and smooth, it wasn’t as buttery or as dense as the Ready formula is in general. This shade wore well for nine and a half hours on me before fading. See comparison swatches /
view dupes.
Bare Skin is described as a “copper rose.” It’s a muted, medium copper-brown with a metallic finish and warm undertones. It had good pigmentation, and the texture was fairly soft and smooth. This shade stayed on well for ten hours before starting to fade slightly, though it never creased over the twelve hours I wore it. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
Pure is described as a “light, airy peach.” It’s a light, warm-toned beige with a matte finish. It’s almost too light and not quite warm enough to be considered peach to me. It had excellent color payoff, and the texture was incredibly rich and buttery. This shade wore well for just over ten hours on me before it started to fade. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
In the Buff is described as a “light golden peach.” It’s a medium, peach-orange with a frosted, golden shimmer-sheen. It had good pigmentation, and the texture was soft and smooth, while the color blended easily onto the skin and wore well for just over ten and a half hours before it started to fade slightly. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
Natural is described as a “light buttery peach.” It’s a light-medium, yellowed peach with a matte finish. It had good color payoff, while the consistency of the powder was soft, finely-milled, and smooth. It was a tiny bit powdery but almost unnoticeable during application. This shade stayed well on the eyelid for ten hours before fading. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
Santorini is described as a “burnished taupe.” It’s a medium-dark, golden taupe with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. It had good color payoff, while the consistency was soft and smooth, though not quite as dense as other shades. The eyeshadow wore well for eleven hours before I noticed some fading. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
Skinny Dip is described as a “light, iridescent pink.” It’s a cool-toned, iridescent pink-tinged white with a pearly sheen. It had fairly good pigmentation, while the texture was soft, blendable, but slightly powdery. This shade lasted well when I wore it for ten hours. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
The Nude Beach
LELimited Edition. $40.00.
Tan Lines
LELimited Edition.
Nude Beach
LELimited Edition.
Bare Skin
LELimited Edition.
Pure
LELimited Edition.
In the Buff
LELimited Edition.
Natural
LELimited Edition.
Santorini
LELimited Edition.
Skinny Dip
LELimited Edition.
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bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette
bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette
bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette
bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette
bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette
bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette
bareMinerals The Nude Beach Eyeshadow Palette
bareMinerals Tan Lines Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Tan Lines Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Nude Beach Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Nude Beach Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Bare Skin Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Bare Skin Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Pure Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Pure Eyeshadow
bareMinerals In the Buff Eyeshadow
bareMinerals In the Buff Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Natural Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Natural Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Santorini Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Santorini Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Skinny Dip Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Skinny Dip Eyeshadow
bareMinerals Eyeshadows: Nude Beach (inner lid), In the Buff (middle of lid),
Tan Lines (outer lid), Santorini (crease), Pure (brow bone), Skinny Dip (lower lash line),
Marc Jacobs Beauty Blacquer Highliner
bareMinerals Eyeshadows: Nude Beach (inner lid), In the Buff (middle of lid),
Tan Lines (outer lid), Santorini (crease), Pure (brow bone), Skinny Dip (lower lash line),
Marc Jacobs Beauty Blacquer Highliner
This is beautiful but I feel like I don’t need it since I have all 3 naked palettes.
I hear ya! Too many neutral palettes, lol! Many are nice, but once you have a few, they’re easier to resist.
This is my new favorite palatte! 😀 So glad to see a review at last! 😀
What are your favorite shades, Lotus?
Santorini & Skinny Dip! 😀
The Bare Minerals eyeshadow palettes are always so well planned and put! I really like that no-fuss matter-of-fact packaging to more frills!
I love the size of their palettes!
I wonder how they compare to their loose counterparts.
Wish I could tell you, but I don’t have the loose colors.
When / where is this available? Not on bareminerals.com, etc..
QVC
This pallete seems to be a good deal but colours are too light for my like
Aww, that is too bad!
Sigh…sigh….BIG SIGH! I already have The Power Neutrals and a whole lot of other “nudie” palettes but I very much want this beauty. Christine, how would you say this compares to The Power Neutrals – better/worse? It looks cooler but still very neutral. It looks so wantable!
Also, Bare Minerals has their original loose shadows in the shades Bare Skin and Nude Beach but I think they’re quite different from these. I can’t wait to check in-store to compare (as I have both loose shadows but loose shadows are so annoying to travel with or work with if you’re in a rush so that won’t deter me). I’m going to have to call Sephora and ask them to phone me when this is available.
I have all the Ready 8 pan palettes and about 300+ of the original loose pots. The colors in this set that share names with their earlier configs are pretty close to spot on. The only color name that I don’t have in loose is Santorini, so that one I can’t speak to. Do keep in mind that most of my loose pots are very early, so there may have been other changes. I am beyond pleased to have some of my original favorites, like Bare Skin, in Ready form.
Also, Iagree with Christine regarding this palette vs. Power Neutrals- PN is more beigey matte taupe leaning, while NB is peachy pink coppery shimmers. I love both.
I’m replying again and I do apologize for that, but I did have another thought. The deeper color they should have included and duped from their loose shadows was called Madras, or perhaps Cashmere, or even Pebble if looking for a matte. I used to wear those with Bare Skin, Nude Beach, and Tan Lines all the time. Don’t even ask me if I want the original set of the 4 queen name shadows in Ready. You’d hear me scream three states away.
Power Neutrals is cooler-toned and less frosted – more satins in it than this one, which is fairly frosted!
Pretty palette but i can skip on this some of the colors won’t show up on my skin tone sadly. Plus there’re so many nude palettes on the market, at this time of the year I would think companies would change up the colors in the palettes they release.There is such a thing as too many nudes (in my opinion of course) Thank you for the swatches
P.S. Bare skin is a great color!
I’m wondering if this was an attempt to go for a warmer set of neutrals, since The Power Neutrals was a little bit cooler-toned (though I wouldn’t say all cool-toned).
From what I understood during the QVC presentation last night, this palette was just a way to put 8 of the most popular, best-selling loose shadows in pan form. It *can* be used as a “grab & go” palette for those wanting a soft wash of color, or as a “base” palette to be used with other shades (particularly shades one may feel is a bit too much); this also explains why it lacks a broader range of shades.
Thanks, Amy!
Oh nice! I would have really loved 1 or 2 darker shades. But still a nice set. 🙂
I know! A darker shade would have been fantastic to include.
Pretty colors, but I have Naked 3, so this is a skip for me.
Good idea!
This looks like something i’d like! When does it come out?
All I know is that it is on QVC – no official info from bareMinerals, so all the info I have is what was posted on QVC for customers. Sorry!
Tan Lines, Bare Skin and In The Buff are so pretty!
They are!
Hehe, Snap! Those are my favourites from this palette too 😀 Especially Bare Skin – *such* a lovely shade…
ooohhhh pretty but i dont think i need this considering i just bought the new naked eyes from toofaced
Sounds like you’re good on neutrals for the moment! 🙂
I like this a lot more than their last 8-shadow palette, but about half of these would be highlighting shades (inner corner or brow bone) for me. Still, it is a really, really pretty palette. Tan Lines and Bare Skin are just gorgeous. Undecided. . .
I feel like on me they kind of run together, since they’re mid-tones and I’m medium 🙁
I really love the first nude palette from bareMinerals, so this is one of my next tries for sure! The packaging is always a win with them too!
Yay! 🙂 Hope you can check this out, Erin!
Pretty! I would almost buy this but it doesn’t have anything that grabs me. My daughter would love this as she’s early into the makeup world (but doing fine reaching into my drawers!).
LOL! The question is does she return what she uses or do you have to go hunting? 😉
I have to hunt. But I’ve also learned what she’s going to take so I just hand it over and go look for it if I “need” it. No point in fighting over it….I’ve got plenty!
It’s nice that you have someone to share it with, too 🙂 It’s always fun to see others get excited about makeup!
wish it had like one dark brown! then i would be all over this. too bad, but still beautiful!
It would make it more versatile for sure!
This palette is so beautiful! Never tried Bareminerals eyeshadows before so I think I need this in my life haha. When will it be available for purchase? Thanks for the amazing review Christine!
Hi Jaclyn,
I bought mine last week on QVC.com!
Thank you!! I just bought it off there 😀
You’re welcome! Enjoy!
Hey Christine! I love your swatches, always, but I think it would be nice to see the whole palette swatched together at the end, just to give a feel of how the shadows look altogether.
Is that something that you could consider including in future posts?
You can see them altogether in the Swatch Gallery! 🙂 The whole point of individual swatches is to allow you to pretty much look at whatever swatches you want when you want, on the fly!
http://www.temptalia.com/swatch-gallery/?sg=166519,166518,166517,166516,166515,166514,166513,166512
Luckily, there’s always something for everyone – I know some are still hunting for their dream neutral palettes!
When will this be available for purchase on the BM website?
Hi Monica,
Unfortunately, I don’t always get information from the brand – I’ll just find a new or interesting product available for sale at retailers like Nordstrom, Sephora, etc. and share the news and/or purchase myself and review. I bought mine off of QVC last week, so I don’t really have any additional information or insight beyond it being available at QVC right now! I’m not seeing any “exclusive” tag on the product listing on QVC so it might roll out at other retailers as well, but I really don’t know.
Pretty eye look but you’re right that it would be well served to include a couple of darker shades and different finishes. How refreshing not to be lusting after a new product!
Your wallet is happy for once 😉
I love the pop of Skinny Dip along your lower lash line. Looks great on you.
Thanks, Phyrra! It was an unexpected shade to find in the palette.
I ordered this and shipped it back already…the colors all looked too similar on me – there was no way I could have a complete eye look with this palette without using additional shadows and i feel that is a deal breaker for me
Yeah, they are all very medium in color 🙁
Cute but Pass .. these colors are similar to the Lorac Pro and Naked palettes
There are definitely similarities!
Yes.That’s calling my name.I knew this palette was going to get an A.Bare Minerals eyeshadow is one of my favorite formulas.I would dare to say that I like BM eyeshadows over Urban Decay.Underrated, for sure.Definitely picking this up in the next few months.
They do a really good job in general! 😀
I do love all the coppery and bronze shades, but I just got Lorac’s unzipped palette because I found Naked 3 to be too cool toned for me. So I think I have dupes for any of these that I would use. It would be nice to have them all in one place, but probably an unnecessary expense. I just saw this palette on QVC this morning at 9AM, and wished they showed the colors better. Your timing is amazing! They showed a very nich brush set and a large size of their primer/BB cream, I hope you get to those too, because I found them very tempting!
You’re probably covered if you have Unzipped! 🙂 For once, I was on time, lol! Usually if I’m buying a product myself, by the time it arrives, I photograph/swatch/test/write (even if I started as soon it arrives), it’s late.
Looks like an excellent pinkier supplement to the Naked 3.
The rose gold shades look like they out-perform trick.
Am I the only one that wanted more rose-goldish colors in their Naked 3?
I’m sure you’re not the only one!
Trick and the matte rose/plum shade were the only shades that I liked in Naked3, and Trick did not show up well, and I have very fair skin. That’s why I returned it and got Lorac’s Unzipped. Those shades are light too, but a little warmer. If I had seen this before I got Unzipped, it would have been a no brainer. Even if I need to add the darker shades, I can add those of my choosing, and these are the basic lid colors I use since they are great redhead colors. And the darker colors in Unzipped were a litle disappointing, the version of the matte rose/plum color that I loved in Naked3 is much lighter in Unzipped. Christines’ review today of MAC’s warm purples showed me that Mac has that color in HAUX. If I had all this info two weekes ago, I would have definitely gotten this Bare Minerals palette and maybe supplemented it with a few darker colors perfect for me instead of settling for those in a palette. But I don’t think I can return Unzipped now, so I may have to pass on this (although don’t keep me to that ! ), and supplement with the MAC shade!
I just looked at your swatched again and I may have changed my mind. I think I would love to have 3-4 shades of peach/copper in one place. It is my number one eyelid shade (over a matte base color). The light bronzes are nice too, the only one that does not appeal to me is the shimmery pink/lilac, too cool. But I could use it to highlight, too many great choices in palettes this year!
Skinny Dip is also one of those transformative shades, so you could blend it with something warmer too!
This looks like a really gorgeous palette. I’m fond of all the colours.
Ooh, that is awesome!
I think this is a lovely palette for warm toned ladies, however a few light greys would not go astray. If you hadn’t bought yourself a naked palette or the lorac pro palette, this would be good for you. Alas, too many dupable shades and there are lots of neutral palettes in the beauty market now.
Yup! So many neutral palettes, just a matter of which ones you already have!
Looks really nice on you, Christine!
Thank you, Trudy!
This is great for the fair-skinned ladies, I’m a light-medium, but for me it’s a pass. I have too many neutral shade palettes already. And I’ve found my holy grail dream palette for nudes. So I’m gonna pass here.
What’s your holy grail palette, Lizzi?
Ohh, I remember a few years back when Nude Beach was super popular (too bad this version isn’t quite as smooth). I think Bare Skin was another one that people raved about. It’s a pretty palette, though I wish there were a few richer shades. Maybe a darker gold or a deep brown. But overall it’s nice, definitely worth considering
I’m with you – even just one darker shade would have been helpful!
Oooooh this is great for everyday work looks! I love love love Skinny Dip!
Skinny Dip was a surprise to me! Didn’t expect it at all.
Thanks for the review! I’ve been looking for my first eyeshadow palette for so long, this might be it!
My pleasure, Septhyneriadi! 🙂
I was so excited to see this!! I sadly
will have to pass on this one, though — some of those shades won’t show up well on my skintone. I think they’ll look beautiful if you’re super pale or on the tanner side.
Have you seen The Power Neutrals? Maybe that one would work better for you!
Pretty shades. A really interesting palette for me would have one matte ivory, one iridiscent ivory, a darker gold, a satin or frosted turquoise, a spring green with golden shimmer, a golden duochrome coral pink, a very dark satin chocolate brown and a dark petrol blue with gold and copper duochrome 😀 I have those shades from different brands but mostly as monos 😀 they’d look so cool together, tho
One day, it will be made!
Love this! This is definitely my kind of palette – and I really like the beach theme.
Yay! 🙂 Will you be getting it, Danielle?
Great swatches! I love palettes like this. They are surprisingly versatile and a great value. I could even do with half the colors.
Happy to hear this is the type of palette you like, Amy!
Oooh, I like this better than Naked 3. Hopefully it will be available here.
Fingers crossed!
I LOVE the look of this palette! It is so pretty 🙂
It is!
This is exactly the sort of palette that calls my name, but I’m going to have to pass over it with sadness. I put myself on a no-more-neutral-palettes ban around the time Narsisst came out because that was when I realized that every brand is going to release some version of a neutral palette, and I could end up spending waaaay too much. At some point, beautiful as it all is, owning a million neutral palettes becomes overkill. 🙁
Kind of reminds me of a Naked palette but without all the oversparkle/frost
All my ‘loves’ I already had the dupes for! XD Thanks for this site. You have no idea.
Great neutral palette and I love the size of these! I like it more than The Power Neutrals one they put out because this one is warmer.
Man.. It sold out! And it’s been discontinued on QVC. SO BUMMED!!!!! If you know anyone who has a Nude Beach palette that’s sitting unused and wants to return it.. please send it to me! I will buy it.
Aww!