NARS Scandal Eyeshadow Palette Review & Swatches
Scandal
NARS Scandal 6-Pan Eyeshadow Palette ($49.00 for 0.36 oz.) is a new, limited edition holiday release featuring six shades exclusively available at NARS. This palette will be most versatile when paired with your go-to neutrals, as the inclusion of both a deep brown and rich black made it harder to get anything but an intense, smoky eye out of it, though I gave it my best effort to use this palette and only this palette for a cohesive look! The quality was good overall with Stage Dive being underwhelming.
Ingredients
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Scandal
LELimited Edition. $49.00.
Stage Dive
Stage Dive is a bright, cobalt blue with strong, cool undertones and a matte finish. It had semi-opaque color payoff that was buildable to mostly opaque coverage but needed a primer underneath it to be opaque and even in application at full coverage. I was able to use it without primer and diffuse it enough that it appeared even, though not opaque. The consistency was soft and slightly powdery in the pan. It lasted well for eight hours on me before it started to fade on me.
Top Dupes
- Make Up For Ever M214 Ultramarine Blue (P, $17.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- About Face No Queen Blues (P, $16.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Power Platforms (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Sapphire #8 (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Chaos (P, $26.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Chaos (DC, $19.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Sugarpill Slow Dive (PiP, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Heroine (LE, $17.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- By Beauty Bay Lavish (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild I Don't Do Camouflage #3 (DC, $2.29) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
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Stage Dive
LELimited Edition. $25.00.
Break It Up
Break It Up is a medium, bluish-teal with cool undertones and a sparkling, frosted sheen. It had good pigmentation that was buildable to full coverage with less than half of a layer more. The consistency was soft, smooth, and blendable with a creamier feel but wasn’t too thick or dense. It applied evenly and blended out easily on my lid. This shade wore well for eight hours on me before fading noticeably.
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay Float (P, $19.00) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Fringe (DC, $19.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Hydroplane (LE, $6.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- L'Oreal Endless Sea (P, $7.99) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop LOL I'm Crying (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Cielo (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever D236 Lagoon Blue (P, $17.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Ibiza (LE, $6.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever D236 Lagoon Blue (DC, $21.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Flip (367M) (LE, $29.00) is lighter, brighter, warmer (90% similar).
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Break It Up
LELimited Edition. $25.00.
Filth and Fury
Filth and Fury is a blackened green with subtle, warm undertones and a sparkling, frosted finish. It had nearly opaque pigmentation but appeared a bit lighter–almost faded–compared to the pan. The consistency was soft, slightly dry to the touch, and had slight fallout when applied to bare skin. It did not blend out quite as easily as I wanted to, though it looked more blended in person than it looks in the photo. It stayed on nicely for eight hours on me before fading a bit.
Top Dupes
- NYX Jaded (P, $6.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Chanel Éclat Énigmatique #2 (LE, ) is darker (95% similar).
- Giorgio Armani Onyx (05) (DC, $39.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Chanel Tisse Venitien #4 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Morphe Diva (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- L'Oreal Gilded Envy (755) (P, $7.99) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Byredo Mysteres (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Clarins Garden Escape #2 (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Anastasia Peacock (DC, $12.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop That Girl (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
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Filth and Fury
LELimited Edition. $25.00.
Moshpit
Moshpit is a blackened brown with neutral undertones and a matte finish. The pigmentation was intense in a single layer where a little went a long way, while the texture was soft, velvety and smooth to the touch. It blended out fairly easily but I highly recommend using a separate, clean brush to diffuse to avoid over-applying the shade. It lasted for eight hours on me before I noticed signs of fading.
Top Dupes
- Buxom Unapologetic (P, $12.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- MAC Give a Glam (P, $20.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Estee Lauder Desert Dunes #3 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (95% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Rott #2 (PiP, ) is lighter, cooler (95% similar).
- Give Me Glow Dirt Road (P, $7.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Anastasia Deep Brown (P, $12.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- NARS Give In Take VI (LE, $29.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Pretty Vulgar All Nighter (PiP, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- Too Faced On the Grill (PiP, $16.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Glam (327CM) (PiP, ) is cooler (90% similar).
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Moshpit
LELimited Edition. $25.00.
Radical
Radical is a deep black with neutral-to-cool undertones and a matte finish. It had semi-opaque, buildable color coverage with a soft, slightly powdery texture that was blendable and easy to work with (all the things one wants in such a rich color!). This shade wore well for eight hours before it started to fade on me.
Top Dupes
- Anastasia Beast (LE, $12.00) (100% similar).
- Urban Decay Les (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- KVD Beauty Devotion (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Sephora Obsidian (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Atlantic Ave (LE, $4.50) is darker (95% similar).
- KVD Beauty Hard Magic (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- KVD Beauty Black Metal (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Dark Matter (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Dior Golden Day #5 (PiP, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Smokey Eye Beauty (Smoke) (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
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Radical
LELimited Edition. $25.00.
Creeper
Creeper is a bright silver with a sparkling, frosted finish. It had a chunkier shimmer to it, though it wasn’t glittery, but it was more textured/visible on my skin than a true metallic silver would have been. It had nearly opaque pigmentation with a soft, more loosely-pressed texture that had just a touch of fallout when I applied it to bare skin. This shade wore stayed on well for eight hours on me before creasing faintly.
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Star Struck (DC, $4.50) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Buxom Pure Platinum (P, $12.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Flatbush (LE, $4.50) is darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Thickems (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Chromatic (04M) (PiP, $29.00) is brighter (95% similar).
- Moira Treasure Trove (P, $8.50) is cooler (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Aluminum (10M) (PiP, $29.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Slush Fund (LE, ) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Viseart Tingle (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- MAC Just Chilling (LE, $21.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Definitely more team Provocateur. Thursday is going to be challenging.. Sephora to have Provocateur and then there is… Pat McGrath.. ?
Provocateur is really nice – easier to use overall, too, and I feel like it’ll play well on its own + with other palettes you own.
Sephora is getting Provocateur???? Oh, my giddy aunt! I wish I could swap out the red shadow in that palette for Filth & Fury (what a name!) but even so, I’m so glad it’s going to be available here!
That’s what I read on Christine’s release date post.. so hope it is avail in Big S Canada too. I just cashed in points for dollars on the Tuesday rewards dump.. fingers crossed ?
I love that red, but guessing I can dupe it. Use it in crease and lay it in a bit higher then notmal, run another crease colour on top so it is just slightly smoked out above.. no rabbit eyes! ?
I have the Pat McG bronze ambition palette and Jouer rose gold.. so this one could be overkill.. still.. it’s a sexy smoky palette.
This palette is so rock and roll, I totally love it. But I can effectively dupe every shade— 5 of them even within my own Nars shadows!
Very true! I feel like it was very true to the theme!
My first thoughts were, how pretty – with the teal and grey/green shade, but then when I looked at the palette more closely I realised how uncohesive it really is. A matte black and dark brown? Even the colbalt blue shade looks out of place, or the finish does. The only shade I thought was original was Filth and Fury.
I still don’t understand having the brown in this at all. I think a matte gray or cadet blue would have been a better choice.
That said, I’m living for your eye look here. Wow!
I could see going a bit lighter, maybe deeper than mid-tone but not quite as dark!
Yes, that would have worked.
Ooh, I’m loving the very punk vibes that this palette is putting out there! And that eye look you did: WOW! Other than Filth & Fury, I can easily dupe every last shade with what I have, so I won’t be getting it. Provocateur is more unique looking, although it really doesn’t have the punk feel to the degree this does.
Concur on the punk feel and that I prefer Provocateur, yet Christine worked her look magic and now I’m think, “Ahhh, maybe?”.
Ugh I love the look you got. Never even thought of trying to create a teal smokey eye
Looking at your look again, and you really make palette’s that I’d normally have no interest in worth getting. Really!
I like the color layout quite a lot, but I’d probably never reach for this palette if I had it.