Eyeshadow Palette

By CAROLYN 5 years ago.

This palette is beautiful and the shadows are very easy to place, blend and use. All of the shadows have a good level of pigmentation without being too heavily or lightly pigmented. I would say this is a very user friendly palette. As eassy as this palette is to use, I find the tones of the colors often clash, The pink tone nude has a completely different undertone than the bright pink, the same goes for the more yellow undertone brown and the bright gold. The undertones clash and make it difficult to do monochromatic looks and takes some practice with the palette to figure out what pairs together. I prefer palettes where any color can be matched with any other color and they can make a beautiful look, a brand that does this well is ABH. I think this palette is good, but even with a large variety of shades the number of looks you can actually create is more limited. However, this formula pairs well with other eyeshadow formulas so if you need to pull colors from somewhere else everything will be fine. Nothing flakes or fades and it is a great palette to create looks that last all day. The formula is drier than say ABH or dose of colors without being stiffer. The shadow is soft but because it's drier it doesn't kick up everywhere or blend into nothing. I recommend this palette, but if this is the first NABLA eyeshadow palette you've ever tried I would purchase it from ULTA so you can return it if it isn't your cup of tea. The packaging is stunning, sturdy, well constructed and supremely functional. It is well weighted and honestly a work of art.

By Josef 6 years ago.

Very soft, creamy metallic shadows that work best with fingers though I got it to work with a flat brush as well. The mattes are very stiff and dusty though it didn't seem to affect their blending ability. It's more of a cornstarch like powder, rather than chalk, if that makes any sense. The color selection isn't very versatile and some of the pink metallic shades look extremely similar, and at this price point I don't want a one trick pony. I would only recommend this if you have other colors that could go well with the pinks and purples, otherwise you're going to be constricted to the same two looks that this color story allows for.