Natasha Denona Citrus Diamond & Blush Palette Review, Photos, Swatches

Citrus

Natasha Denona Citrus Diamond & Blush Palette ($89.00 for 1.50 oz.) contains six shades–two cream formulas, four powder formulas–in an assortment of finishes, textures, and shades. The palette is designed to be layered, though they can all be worn alone. I really enjoyed the palette, but I don’t expect it to be the most functional or practical purchase. The top row has a clear, plastic lid that is supposed to keep them from getting powder in them; and the third shade (on the right), while powder, is very dense, so there wasn’t any excess product kicked up when I used it.

I really loved a lot about this palette and how it looked on the skin, as I did with Darya, but tthe texture of Golden Peach was different enough that the performance suffered and was not quite as good–at this price point, I really want near-perfection, you know? Golden Peach was still blendable, long-wearing, and did seem to get better with continued use (the powder seemed to soften). There could have been a little more variation between the Diamond Powder and the Glow Extreme (I think if the latter was deeper, it would make the palette more versatile).

Bronze

Bronze is a medium copper with warm undertones and a golden, pearly sheen. It had medium, buildable pigmentation (the brand described the coverage as “buildable”), up to mostly opaque, with a luminous sheen that stayed a touch dewy/wet but not sticky. The texture was lightly emollient without feeling greasy or heavy on the skin, and it picked up well with stippling brushes as well as a dampened sponge (the latter is what I tended to use per the brand’s instructions). The dampened sponge yields sheerer, buildable coverage, and a stippling brush tends to get more sem-sheer to medium coverage from the get-go. It wore well for eight and a half hours on me over bare skin. It applied well over foundation as it did not lift up my base.

Coral

Coral is a deep, pink-coral with warm undertones and a natural finish. It was richly pigmented and had a smooth, creamy consistency that was thin but not difficult to blend out or pickup with a brush or dampened sponge. The formula dried down as I diffused and blended out the color on my cheeks to a mostly matte finish but looked “skin-like” and not flat. When worn at sheer to medium coverage, it did appear pinker and less warm-toned on my complexion. It blended out well on bare skin as well as over liquid foundation. This shade lasted well for nine hours on me.

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Yellow-Green

Yellow-Green is a bright, light chartreuse that leaned quite yellow with a green-gold shift in its finish. It was metallic and shiny on my cheeks but did not accentuate my skin’s natural texture. This was particularly transformative and fun to layer over other products in the palette. The pigmentation was opaque in a single layer, while the texture was smooth, dense, and almost like a cream-powder hybrid. It was easy to pickup on my brush, and the powder blended out nicely along the edges on my skin. This shade stayed on well for nine hours before I noticed some fading.

(Note: I couldn’t find specific information about coverage, but the brand’s promotional swatches make it appear opaque, which I’d consider to be what they’re setting expectations as.)

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Medium-Nude

Medium-Nude is a light-medium gold with warm undertones and flecks of gold sparkle and pearl. It had semi-opaque pigmentation in a single layer that was somewhat buildable, but it was a bit harder to judge against my skin tone since it was close to my natural coloring. The texture was smooth, almost “wet” in a way, with a slight textured feel from the amount of sparkle in it, but the sparkles dispersed evenly across the skin and gave me a slightly warmer complexion. The finish was shiny and sparkly but did not emphasize my skin’s natural texture. It wore well for eight hours with slight migration of sparkle over time on its own, but it was better patted over one of the cream products.

(Note: I couldn’t find specific information about coverage, but the brand’s promotional swatches make it appear opaque, which I’d consider to be what they’re setting expectations as.)

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Golden Peach

Golden Peach is a medium, pink-coral with a golden shimmer. The powder felt smooth to the touch, but it almost seemed like it had too much silicone to it as it was dense and harder to get color payoff off of the surface. I noticed that the powder was easier to work with and more pigmented after taking off the first few layers of product (which I think is less than ideal, and at this price point, it’s annoying). It was definitely firmer and less pigmented compared to the same formula in the Darya palette, too. It started with more semi-sheer coverage, which became more medium to semi-opaque coverage after I worked through the top surface, and the product was buildable on the cheeks.

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Medium-Nude

Medium-Nude is a medium-dark gold with warm, brown undertones and a metallic sheen. It had opaque color coverage in a single layer with a smooth, moderately dense consistency that felt almost cream-like. I was able to use a more feathery brush to pickup less product without trouble, though. The powder blended out easily on my cheeks and had a very strong shine that did not emphasize my skin’s texture. On me, it wore well for nine hours before fading noticeably.

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