NYX Prismatic Shadows Reviews, Photos, Swatches (2018)
Bewitched
NYX Bewitched Prismatic Shadow ($6.00 for 0.04 oz.) is a bright, light-medium chartreuse green with warm, yellow undertones and a frosted sheen. It had opaque pigmentation, though I swear it was a bit faded applied than it appeared in the pan. The texture was soft, a little powdery, but blendable and easy to use on the lid. It wore well for seven and a half hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Zoeva No Added Spice (LE, ) is darker (95% similar).
- MAC Lucky Green (DC, $17.00) is brighter (95% similar).
- CoverGirl Lime Light (310) (LE, $4.99) is lighter (95% similar).
- Too Faced Fireflies (LE, $16.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Green Clean #2 (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Viseart Alien (GPV2 #13) (P, ) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever #304 (DC, $20.00) is less shimmery, lighter, brighter (90% similar).
- Coloured Raine Green Valley (LE, $6.99) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Kylie Cosmetics Mojito (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever ME338 Acidic Green (DC, $17.00) is lighter, brighter, cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
Magnesium Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Alumina, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Octyldodecanol, Tin Oxide, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol. MAY CONTAIN / PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Carmine (CI 75470), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Ultramarines (CI 77007), 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.
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Bewitched
PPermanent. $6.00.
Gilded
NYX Gilded Prismatic Shadow ($6.00 for 0.04 oz.) is a rich, medium-dark yellow with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. The eyeshadow had fantastic pigmentation that applied evenly and smoothly on bare skin. The consistency was smooth, soft enough to pickup easily with a brush, but firm enough to have some substance and good adherence to the skin. It lasted for eight hours before fading a bit on me.
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Centerstage (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- MAC Ever So Yellow (LE, $21.00) is brighter (95% similar).
- BH Cosmetics Foil Eyes #26 (PiP, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Entranced (LE, $6.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Clionadh Beehive (P, $4.80) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Floating (LE, $6.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Bright Sunshine (DC, $17.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Shatter (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Faline (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Makeup Geek Lemon Drop (DC, $6.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Ingredients
Magnesium Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Alumina, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Octyldodecanol, Tin Oxide, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol. MAY CONTAIN / PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Carmine (CI 75470), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Ultramarines (CI 77007), 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.
Gilded
PPermanent. $6.00.
Glass Slipper
NYX Glass Slipper Prismatic Shadow ($6.00 for 0.04 oz.) is a bright, pale aqua green with subtle, warm golden shimmer, though it read a bit “cool” on me overall. It had nearly opaque color payoff paired with a soft, lightly powdery texture that was still blendable and didn’t have fallout during application as long as I pressed and patted it onto the lid. This shade lasted for eight hours before noticeably fading on me.
Top Dupes
- Buxom Room Service (P, $12.00) is brighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Play It Cool (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- MAC Zestful (LE, $20.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Essence Be My Cosmolight (P, $4.49) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Dior Mellow Shade #1 (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Zoe (P, $8.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Sydney Grace Green Mist (P, $6.25) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Juvia's Place Chefchaouen (P, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Viseart Coy #2 (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Sephora Julie T (LE, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Ingredients
Magnesium Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Alumina, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Octyldodecanol, Tin Oxide, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol. MAY CONTAIN / PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Carmine (CI 75470), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Ultramarines (CI 77007), 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.
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Glass Slipper
PPermanent. $6.00.
Rose Dust
NYX Rose Dust Prismatic Shadow ($6.00 for 0.04 oz.) is a rich, medium-dark copper with warm, rosy undertones and a metallic finish. The eyeshadow was richly pigmented where a little went a very long way. It had a soft, almost cream-like texture that wasn’t too dense nor too loose in the pan, which made it extremely easy to apply, helped it go on smoothly on bare skin, and blended out effortlessly. It wore well for eight hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay 16th St (LE, $19.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Chanel Splendeur et Audace #1 (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Tarte Citrine (LE, $22.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Copper Sunrise (LE, $34.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Love Glow (Enhance) (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (95% similar).
- ColourPop Short Circuit (P, $9.00) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Love Glow (Enhance) (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Roulette (DC, $6.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop So Stoked (PiP, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Djali (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Ingredients
Magnesium Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Alumina, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Octyldodecanol, Tin Oxide, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol. MAY CONTAIN / PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Carmine (CI 75470), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Ultramarines (CI 77007), 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.
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Rose Dust
PPermanent. $6.00.
Savage
NYX Savage Prismatic Shadow ($6.00 for 0.04 oz.) is a medium, bluish-teal with cool undertones and a metallic finish. The color payoff was opaque in a single layer. It had a soft, lightly dusty texture in the pan, but I didn’t have trouble with fallout as long as I tapped away the excess prior to applying the eyeshadow to my lid. It applied evenly and blended out with ease without primer. This shade stayed on nicely for eight hours before it started to fade noticeably.
Top Dupes
- Sephora Pizzazz (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Autumn Breeze (DC, $6.00) is darker (90% similar).
- NARS Deep End (LE, $29.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Gallerina (LE, $17.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Flow (377M) (PiP, $29.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Too Faced Dusk Teal Dawn (LE, $16.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Shaley's Shimmer (PiP, $6.25) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Juvia's Place Yara (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop Flower Shop (LE, $6.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- NARS Moskova #1 (PiP, $19.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
Magnesium Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Alumina, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Octyldodecanol, Tin Oxide, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol. MAY CONTAIN / PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Carmine (CI 75470), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Ultramarines (CI 77007), 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.
Look Using this Product
Savage
PPermanent. $6.00.
Volatile
NYX Volatile Prismatic Shadow ($6.00 for 0.04 oz.) is a bright, medium purple with warm, pink undertones and a metallic sheen. It had nearly opaque color coverage that applied evenly and smoothly on my skin, but this was a shade that I felt really sang if I used it with a dampened brush as the texture was just a bit more powdery than ideal. The eyeshadow lasted for eight hours before fading a bit on me.
Top Dupes
- Lethal Cosmetics Enigma (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, brighter (95% similar).
- NARS Rage (LE, $24.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop Ripple (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Calypso (P, $8.00) is more muted (90% similar).
- Viseart Interstellar (GPV2 #25) (P, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Too Faced Jingle Berry (LE, $16.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Juvia's Place Faso (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Viseart Calypso (GPV2 #15) (P, ) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Magenta Dreams (P, $6.25) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Upload (LE, $4.50) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
Magnesium Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Alumina, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Octyldodecanol, Tin Oxide, Silica, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol. MAY CONTAIN / PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Carmine (CI 75470), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Ultramarines (CI 77007), 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.
Oh wow, I want all of these, especially bewitched. It’s so rare to get cheap good quality eyeshadows easily available here in the UK.
I’m so glad to see you review these! NYX single shadows are so underrated.
Gorgeous shades and fantastic value too. I love your eye looks Christine. Savage is such a beautiful blue, a perfect shade for summer and Glass Slipper is so elegant.
I love those two shades too Genevieve especially Savage and it would love fab with your hair and skin tone!! x
Shocker: that icy aqua just made it on to my wishlist! Even though I do have CP Flower Shop from when it first launched, idk what sort of shape it may be in. Plus, it doesn’t have the same intensity.
Same goes for Rose Dust. By now, CP Weenie might be drying out. If so, this shade is its replacement!
Good show, Nyx! Esp appreciated since they jacked up the palette prices and everyone’s fuming! A $50 Nyx mega palette, not so much. Decent singles, definitely. Wow, I think I like the Savage swatch more than Venice! Hope you had fun with your parents this w/e. Has to be tough being at once so busy and so distant.
Ah, I saw these were available online and I wondered if they would be any good! Thanks for the review and the beautiful looks. The mattes look good too.
Wow!
Tree of these went immediately to my wish list. Volatile, Savage and Gilded. I have a hard time resisting anything purplish, Savage is one of the first teal-y e/s I’ve seen that might suit me, and Gilded is such an amazing golden yellow.
Well done NYX! And thanks for reviewing them!
I really like Gilded and Savage, so I’m glad they did well. I’ll pick them up soon, thankfully they’re permanent.
These look incredible! I want them all. At that price point coupled with that quality, how can you go wrong. Your swatches look fantastic as do your looks.
I use Nyx base products such as the eyebrow pencil and the eyeshadow primer quite regularly but haven’t yet tried the eyeshadows.
Oooh, so pretty!!! And great quality, too. Why couldn’t Sephora do the same with their singles?
Oh wow, the gold/yellow is GORGEOUS.
I love my other Prismatic shadows. I’ll have to get these shades!
I died! Loved that yellow. It doesn’t have talc! I’m so getting this.
Thank you for reviewing these! I appreciate when you review older products.