Natasha Denona Love Cheek & Eye Palette Review & Swatches
Love
Natasha Denona Love Face Palette ($62.00 for 0.5 oz.) is a new, seemingly-permanent palette that includes five eyeshadows, one cream blush, and one powder highlighter. The cheek products also have a small, plastic lid that prevents powders from getting into the cream blush, which is always a nice touch. Overall, the eyeshadows were lovely to work with except for Esme, which I found oddly stiff/firm and thinner compared to most of the brand’s matte eyeshadows. Both the cream blush and highlighter performed as expected.
Ingredients
Love
PPermanent. $62.00.
Esme (473CM)
Esme (473CM) is a dark pink with cooler undertones and a matte finish.
- Semi-opaque, buildable coverage
- Firmer, stiffer texture, unusually so for the brand
- Picked up fairly evenly but not as blendable as typical
- Long-wearing (8.5 hours before fading)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Fan Fiction (LE, $4.50) is lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Glamverse (LE, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Too Faced Young and Free (LE, $16.00) is lighter (85% similar).
- Huda Beauty Amethyst #7 (LE, ) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- Too Faced Ready, Set, Bake (LE, $16.00) is lighter (85% similar).
- Urban Decay Scrunchie (LE, $19.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop Angel Eyes (PiP, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Huda Beauty Flamingo (LE, ) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- Glaminatrix Musk (P, $7.30) is lighter (85% similar).
- Linda Hallberg Cosmetics Unknown (PiP, ) is lighter (85% similar).
Formula Overview
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The majority of the brand's eyeshadows are quite pigmented, blendable, and long-wearing. The eyeshadows have improved over time, particularly with respect to longevity (without a primer). The original formula often creased on me within seven to eight hours, whereas the more current formula wears eight to nine hours with fading (instead of full-on creasing). The more matte finishes tend to be a bit more velvety, substantial, and less dry/powdery compared to prior iterations.
The metallic finish is often the creamiest, slightly denser in feel, but has excellent pigmentation, adhesion, and blendability. The sparkling shades can have some fallout, depending on how they're applied and how sparkly they are, so they sometimes work better with fingertips or a dampened brush; they can also run sheerer compared to other finishes.
Cream-Powders are the more unique formulation and tend to have firmer, almost stiff, consistencies and more semi-opaque, watercolor-esque coverage. They are longer-wearing, but they can take a few uses to learn how to use. This formula has also improved compared to when it first debuted--it is a bit more yielding now.
Browse all of our Natasha Denona Creamy Matte Eye Shadow swatches.
Ingredients
SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, ZINC STEARATE, MICA, DIMETHICONE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER, KAOLIN, SILICA, TOCOPHEROL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE CI 77891, CARMINE CI 75470, ULTRAMARINES CI 77007, BLUE 1 LAKE CI 42090.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Esme (473CM)
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Juliette (474CM)
Juliette (474CM) is a light-medium pink with cooler undertones and a matte finish.
- Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
- Smooth, velvety texture with light powderiness
- Applied evenly and blended out easily
- Long-wearing (8.5 hours before fading)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Natasha Denona Cotton Candy (363M) (LE, $29.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Viseart Cool Mattes 2 #3 (PiP, ) is warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop BB Girl (LE, $4.50) is warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop Of Quartz (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- Too Faced Peach Smoothie (PiP, $16.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
- ColourPop With Luv (LE, $4.50) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
- Give Me Glow Nude Rose (P, $7.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
- Huda Beauty Off Balance (PiP, ) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
- Huda Beauty Filthy (PiP, ) is warmer (80% similar).
- YSL Paris #2 (LE, ) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$29.00/0.08 oz. - $362.50 Per Ounce
The majority of the brand's eyeshadows are quite pigmented, blendable, and long-wearing. The eyeshadows have improved over time, particularly with respect to longevity (without a primer). The original formula often creased on me within seven to eight hours, whereas the more current formula wears eight to nine hours with fading (instead of full-on creasing). The more matte finishes tend to be a bit more velvety, substantial, and less dry/powdery compared to prior iterations.
The metallic finish is often the creamiest, slightly denser in feel, but has excellent pigmentation, adhesion, and blendability. The sparkling shades can have some fallout, depending on how they're applied and how sparkly they are, so they sometimes work better with fingertips or a dampened brush; they can also run sheerer compared to other finishes.
Cream-Powders are the more unique formulation and tend to have firmer, almost stiff, consistencies and more semi-opaque, watercolor-esque coverage. They are longer-wearing, but they can take a few uses to learn how to use. This formula has also improved compared to when it first debuted--it is a bit more yielding now.
Browse all of our Natasha Denona Metallic Eye Shadow swatches.
Ingredients
SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, ZINC STEARATE, DIMETHICONE, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER, MALTODEXTRIN, SILICA, TOCOPHEROL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE CI 77891, YELLOW 5 LAKE CI 19140, CARMINE CI 75470.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Juliette (474CM)
PiPPermanent in Palette. $29.00.
Aiko (475CM)
Aiko (475CM) is a darker eggplant purple with muted, warm undertones and a matte finish.
- Opaque pigmentation
- Smooth, velvety texture with minimal powderiness
- Applied evenly and blended out easily
- Long-wearing (9 hours before fading)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Natasha Denona Nina's Orchid (82V) (PiP, $29.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia Big Wig (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Royal Affair (LE, $4.50) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Glaminatrix Nectar (P, $7.30) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- Anastasia B5 (Norvina Vol. 1) (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Filtered (PiP, $4.50) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Out Late (PiP, $4.50) is lighter (85% similar).
- Sydney Grace Over It (LE, $5.25) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- Ace Beaute Dusk (DC, ) is lighter, cooler (80% similar).
- Sugarpill Undone (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
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The majority of the brand's eyeshadows are quite pigmented, blendable, and long-wearing. The eyeshadows have improved over time, particularly with respect to longevity (without a primer). The original formula often creased on me within seven to eight hours, whereas the more current formula wears eight to nine hours with fading (instead of full-on creasing). The more matte finishes tend to be a bit more velvety, substantial, and less dry/powdery compared to prior iterations.
The metallic finish is often the creamiest, slightly denser in feel, but has excellent pigmentation, adhesion, and blendability. The sparkling shades can have some fallout, depending on how they're applied and how sparkly they are, so they sometimes work better with fingertips or a dampened brush; they can also run sheerer compared to other finishes.
Cream-Powders are the more unique formulation and tend to have firmer, almost stiff, consistencies and more semi-opaque, watercolor-esque coverage. They are longer-wearing, but they can take a few uses to learn how to use. This formula has also improved compared to when it first debuted--it is a bit more yielding now.
Browse all of our Natasha Denona Creamy Matte Eye Shadow swatches.
Ingredients
SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, ZINC STEARATE, MICA, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, DIMETHICONE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER, KAOLIN, SILICA, TOCOPHEROL, IRON OXIDES CI 77499, CARMINE CI 75470, ULTRAMARINES CI 77007.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Aiko (475CM)
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Affinity (476SF)
Affinity (476SF) is a bright, medium-dark rosy copper base with lighter, brighter pink sparkle and pearl that gave it an intensely-shiny metallic finish.
- Opaque pigmentation in one layer
- Smooth, lightly emollient, dense but not stiff
- Applied evenly and blended out without fallout
- Long-wearing (9 hours)
Top Dupes
- NARS Copycat (LE, $19.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Sydney Grace Half Moon Bay (Deep) (PiP, $6.25) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Feeling Flirtatious (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath Life on Mars (LE, $25.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Hourglass Aura (P, $29.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Throwback (LE, $4.50) is darker (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Dream Eyes (Prime) (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Irresistible (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Midnight Stunner (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Laura Mercier Strike a Rose (P, $29.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Ingredients
CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE, MICA, ZINC STEARATE, C30-45 ALKYL DIMETHICONE, STEARYL DIMETHICONE, LAURYL DIMETHICONE, SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE, POLYSORBATE 60, CELLULOSE ACETATE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, TIN OXIDE, TRIACETIN, SILICA, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-t-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, TOCOPHEROL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE CI 77891, IRON OXIDES CI 77491, ALUMINUM POWDER CI 77000.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Affinity (476SF)
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Giddy (477CM)
Giddy (477CM) is a dark peach with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish.
- Opaque pigmentation
- Smooth, velvety texture with some powderiness
- Applied evenly and blended out easily
- Long-wearing (9 hours before fading)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Sydney Grace Adore Me (P, $5.25) is lighter (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Love Eyes (Smoke) (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Dominique Cosmetics Strawberry Milk (PiP, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath Naked Blush (LE, $25.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Hangover (LE, $4.50) is lighter (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Demure (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Sistina (PiP, $8.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Independent Together (LE, $4.50) is lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Style and Grace (LE, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Dose of Colors Berry Chic (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Formula Overview
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The majority of the brand's eyeshadows are quite pigmented, blendable, and long-wearing. The eyeshadows have improved over time, particularly with respect to longevity (without a primer). The original formula often creased on me within seven to eight hours, whereas the more current formula wears eight to nine hours with fading (instead of full-on creasing). The more matte finishes tend to be a bit more velvety, substantial, and less dry/powdery compared to prior iterations.
The metallic finish is often the creamiest, slightly denser in feel, but has excellent pigmentation, adhesion, and blendability. The sparkling shades can have some fallout, depending on how they're applied and how sparkly they are, so they sometimes work better with fingertips or a dampened brush; they can also run sheerer compared to other finishes.
Cream-Powders are the more unique formulation and tend to have firmer, almost stiff, consistencies and more semi-opaque, watercolor-esque coverage. They are longer-wearing, but they can take a few uses to learn how to use. This formula has also improved compared to when it first debuted--it is a bit more yielding now.
Browse all of our Natasha Denona Creamy Matte Eye Shadow swatches.
Ingredients
SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, ZINC STEARATE, DIMETHICONE, MICA, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER, SILICA, TOCOPHEROL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE CI 77891, IRON OXIDES CI 77491, IRON OXIDES CI 77499, CARMINE CI 75470, YELLOW 5 LAKE CI 19140.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Giddy (477CM)
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Love (Blush)
Love (Blush) is a medium, cotton candy pink with very cool undertones and a mostly matte finish once it dried down.
- Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
- Lightly tacky, slightly thicker but not heavy
- Picked up well with fingertips or brush
- Applied evenly and blended out well
- Long-wearing (8.5 hours)
Top Dupes
- MAC Peony Petal (LE, $24.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Giorgio Armani Ecstasy (52) (P, $38.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- By Terry Tan & Flash Cruise #3 (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Dior Pink (001) (P, $37.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Flowerescent (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Mykonos (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Too Faced Chocolate Covered Strawberry (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Too Faced Justify My Love (P, $26.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Velvet Bloom (LE, $80.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Sydney Grace Pink Lemonade (LE, $9.00) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
Ingredients
ISODECYL NEOPENTANOATE, HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER, MICA, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, SYNTHETIC WAX, DIMETHICONE, POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE, MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX(CERA MICROCRISTALLINA), COPERNICIA CERIFERA(CARNAUBA)WAX[COPERNICIA CERIFERA WAX], SILICA, SILICA DIMETHYL SILYLATE, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-t-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, ALUMINA, GLYCERIN, BHT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE CI 77891, CARMINE CI 75470, YELLOW 5 LAKE CI 19140.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Love (Blush)
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Love (Glow)
Love (Glow) is a light gold with moderate, warm undertones and a smooth, metallic sheen that didn’t emphasize skin texture.
- Nearly opaque pigmentation in one layer
- Smooth, emollient to the touch, no powderiness
- Applied evenly with a brush
- Long-wearing (9 hours)
Top Dupes
- Chanel Duo de Camelias (Left) (LE, $80.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Star Brite (P, $10.00) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Anastasia Summer (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Lightgasm Highlight (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- LORAC Star Reader (LE, $23.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia Vegas (P, $25.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Morphe Lit (P, $14.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Becca Vanilla Quartz (P, $38.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Drop a Pin (LE, $10.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Dior Gold Pearl (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
Ingredients
MICA, DIMETHICONE, OCTYLDODECYL STEAROYL STEARATE, SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, BORON NITRIDE, ALUMINUM STARCH OCTENYLSUCCINATE, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, TIN OXIDE, SORBITAN TRISTEARATE, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-t-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, TOCOPHEROL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE[CI 77891], IRON OXIDES CI 77491.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Seeing that PMG Labs Rose Gold 005 is a dupe for Affinity, and that I already have that in a palette, this Face Palette is a no-go for me. Besides, I do already have her Love Mini, Retro Midi, and other similar enough shades that fill that niche for me just fine.
This palette has quite a cohesive colour story and I can see how the shades would work well together.
Affinity is a beautiful metallic shade. I do think that the blush shade is a little too candy pink and that colour wouldn’t work well on all skin tones – and that could be a deal break for some who would otherwise like the rest of the palette.
I would buy the blush if it was a single but I’m so over these very warm gold highlights that ND somehow claims are universal; if it’s not released as a single, it’s included in a palette.
I think for those who like pinks that this would be a very nice travel palette. I particularly like the Love (Glow) on you and I think it would suite me as well.