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Penny Avatar

Since you have already mentioned the great Sydney Grace, I’ll go with Natasha Denona for the same reasons…..they have a multitude of both mattes and shimmers….Although PML has fantastic shimmers, her mattes are lacking in selections. Natasha has pleanty of both and great quality…..

Cara Avatar

That’s a really hard question! Ever since discovering Sydney Grace around 2019, they’ve become one if my top 5 favorite eyeshadow brands but Viseart is still my number 1 so I’d probably pick them.

Alissa Avatar

My first instinct was going to be Natasha Denona over Pat McGrath, just because I am always wanting more variety from PML’s Motherships. But upon second thought, PML has my overall favorite formula, and there are certainly enough palettes available from which to create a custom palette, so I’m going with Mother Pat.

Nina Avatar

The little four pan I already made and it’s all MAC shades. For some reason MAC shadows have always been great on my sensitive eyes.

Lacey Avatar

Natasha Denona! I would love to combine six or seven shades from Metropolis with shades from the blue-green palette into a more manageable 15 or 18 shades. I’m fine with smaller pan sizes just give me the formula and color saturation that ND does SO well. 🙂

Bren Avatar

Me too! I am constantly creating palettes using my Sydney Grace shadows. They are everything! And I really love your On The Horizon and Mel’s Tiny Marvels. I wish I could do eyeshadow looks all day long. I have re-created so many of your looks here using SG shadows. I have a database of many of your looks – duping them. So so fun!!!

susan Avatar

sydney grace mattes for sure…….I am not loyal to any brand for shimmers…… I love them from across the gamut of brands! But I also love ND mattes, SG has shades I just can’t find anywhere else……she is deep in the neutral range and ya know what I own them all with backups just in case! Love love love her mattes! I do also agree with another about the older UD…. still use my palettes from 2012 from them….. I know some of you might think that is a no no……I don’t care….. I’m fine with it and they still perform great! Don’t use often though just here and there for specific colors to pull a look together. But SG is my jam for sure!

Jane Avatar

Okay, I feel bad after reading a few of the comments, but I’m being honest. I have quite a few Sydney Grace singles and for some reason, I rarely if ever use them. Yes, I confess! Since I stick to my palettes, I tend to forget about them. Also, I bought them early on and tend to choose colors because I liked the color over, do I wear the color. So after confessing that, I’ll say that I’d probably want to avoid any singles no matter who they were from. They’d be costly and forgotten. 🙁

And with the off my chest, I think I’m going to focus on the SG singles some and see what I’ve been missing.

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