What are your favorite makeup palettes? Past, present… list the ones you always reach for.
I liked theBalm’s Vol. 3 for a more recent palette, and then I have always liked Urban Decay’s palettes overall.
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The Pixi Lumi Lux eye palette and the .mark brand Flip for It kits.
Urban Decay, BH Cosmetics 120 palettes, Yaby and Eve Pearl for me.
The 120 palettes are made by a different China manufacture then the 88 and the quality is really top notch. Down side is they are not travel friendly.
Eve Pearls have a very nice consistency and you can throw them in your purse. Quality is far better then the one MAC puts out as well for the Holidays.
Yaby is my favorite over all since they are richly pigmented and you can pop them out to put them in to a smaller travel palette. The palette they com in are heavy as a down side due to the industrial magnets used.
There are three that I use by themselves and then mix with other eye shadows: BB Stonewashed Nudes; Chanel Enigma; and Dior Sunset Cafe.
Urban Decay Naked palette and NYX Champagne & Caviar palette.
I like Urban Decay Naked and Vegan palettes. I also like their palettes that have 3 neutral colors and one bright one. I love MAC Devoted Poppy palette and the eyeshadow palettes I’ve put together of neutral MAC shadows and pink/purple MAC shadows. Their Trip palettes that come w/ a pretty blush are also great for travel. I also like Too Faced palettes. The Too Faced To Go palettes are adorable.
Urban Decay Ammo and Too Faced Natural Eye 🙂
I like all three Too Faced palettes: Neutral Eye, Naked Eye, and the latest, Romantic Eye.
oooh UD Naked and the NYC Book of Shadows
My favorite e/s palettes are the following: Kanebo Coffret D’or 3D Lighting Eyes in 03 Silver Tones and 02 Blue Tones, CM Eyes in 02 Blue-Green Mix.
Urban Decay Naked (of course!), Wet n Wild Color Icon, and aerie Color (discontinued).
I absolutely love my TokiDoki Robbery palette for a good mix of eyeshadows and blush. I think Lorac has some eyeshadow+blush palettes. Do you know of any other products that offer those two? I refuse to buy anything with lipcolor wells! xP
I reach for my wet n wild palette in greed almost everyday, its just so easy and sometimes Im in a rush or indecisive lol
I love this,too.
Urban Decay Ammo
Favourite has to be the Naked Palette from Urban Decay (wearable, practical, high quality shadows that can also be pretty edgy and great value to boot) followed closely by Too Faced’s Enchanted Glamourland (great shadows, pretty blush and a whole lot more!)
Sugarpill Cold Heart Palette 🙂 Black, White, Blue and Purple = <3
MAC’s Devil May Dare from 2009 holiday collection.
shady lady 1 & 2, no bulk, no messy glitter, no dupes, superpigmented and they mix & match really well
UD Naked Palette 🙂
I don’t really buy palettes (don’t like/need all of the colours or they’re just not that great a deal), but if Urban Decay were sold where I live I would definitely go for at least a couple of theirs. The only palettes I own now are Inglot, which doesn’t really count since they’re all custom.
UD naked for sure, and I really like the UD sustainable palette also, except for the packaging. 88 shimmer by coastal scents is fantastic too.
MAC Smoking Eyes from the Smoke Signals collection.
I don’t really like palettes, I prefer to buy colors separately.
I do LOVE Wet N Wild’s new 8-shade palette in ‘Comfort Zone’, just for the quality of the eyeshadows & for the price (4.99). I’d heard so many good things about it I figured it was worth trying even if I don’t usually buy palettes.
The quality is just incredible! But I would rather have all eight as separate eyeshadows, and I have the feeling the actual palette itself is going to break before long- it’s very flimsy.
Bobbi Brown Day to Night Warm Eye Palette – this palette is seriously a must-have. They’re elegant, beautiful neutrals that can be played down or played up. I never have to think about using it – always turns out beautiful. If I could only use one eyeshadow palette for the rest of my life, this would be it!
Other than that I also really enjoy Visee’s Glam Hunt Eyes palette in g6 and I’m currently in love with the Wet ‘n Wild trio Silent Treatment and the 8pan Comfort Zone.
I like the idea of a palette but every time I buy one I am not satisfies with most of colors, so I keep it for a while and then end up giving/swapping it away. I prefer to build my own palettes that way I love each product in the palette.
Urban Decay Naked Palette, MAC Palace Pedigreed and Burmese Beauty Quad Palettes
Lorac’s Private Affair palette!
I love UD palettes. I have 5 and pick a fav.. So here is what I have : BOS II, Black palette, Naked Palette, Dangerous and Fun Palettes. I use Naked the most though. 🙂
All of my MAC palettes, my Wet n Wild color icons, my Naked palettes and all of my Urban Decay books of shadows.
My favorite two palettes are Too Faced’s Naked Eye & Too Faced’s Enchanted Glamourland 🙂
UD NAKED!
fave makeup palettes? anything by NARS. I discovered it at groovycorner.com