What brand would you choose to build a custom eyeshadow palette from?
If I had to stick to just one brand, it’d be Sydney Grace – they have a massive amount of both matte and shimmer shades that I love.
— Christine
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If shipping and exchange were not issues, probably Sydney Grace.
I cannot agree more : I bought two custom palettes from Sydney Grace and I use them very often, despute having a huge makeup collection.
SG has a nice choice of rarer, more unique shades, that you sometimes have in premade palettes for brands but very rarely encounter in a standalone form.
MAC or Clinique
Lisa Eldridge. A bit out of my price range though. 😭😭😭
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…..
I, too, love Sydney Grace but I am allergic to their eyeshadows. If I weren’t, I would choose them. If I could time travel though, I would choose 2005 era UD. In the modern era, among brands I am not allergic to, I would say Chanel.
Natasha Denona, because I’d love to make my own personalized version of the Glam palette.
SG, what else? Made a great one. Did a CP also, but were I to start again, SG, obviously.
I think I would combine brands 😂 SG mattes with TerraMoons shimmers. But I’m horrible at putting together color stories, which is why I don’t mess with BYOPs and purchase palettes in the first place.
I had a hard time choosing between 2 brands as well (and picked Viseart) but if we’re allowed to cheat, I would definitely go with Viseart for mattes and Sydney Grace for metallics!
Sydney Grace
Now that they’re making multichromes, I’m with you on the Sydney Grace BYOP! If they hadn’t, then I know that it would have been Terra Moons.
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.
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.
I don’t buy palettes but have made my own with Sydney grace singles. Love their mattes and shimmers.
I already have put together a Sydney Grace custom palette of my own, and am now working on a second one.
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.
Without a doubt – SG as well. They have an enormous range of the sort of shimmery shades that I love in a variety of colours and hues. The very best quality too.
Sydney Grace, no question (frankly, my collection of their singles is, um, perhaps obsessive in its quantity).
Hands down – I want to personalize my own Pat McGrath palette.. I have thought about it to many times!
MAC or Viseart
Like others mentioned, Sydney Grace. Close second is Blend Bunny!
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. 🙂
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!!!
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!
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.