Maybelline 'The Nudes' Palette Review and Swatch

Hi everyone,

Today I decided that I would review and swatch the new(ish) Maybelline 'The Nudes' palette. This palette is quite new to us over in Australia, but I have seen people reviewing this product from America over a year ago, but I though I would review this anyway as it is very new to me and my collection.This palette contains 12 natural shadows, 7 are shimmers and 5 are mattes. 'The Nudes' palette is the perfect size for on the go and travel, and has a very convenient packaging as you can see all 12 shades with the clear plastic on the front. It has all the colours you need in one, for a day to night look, as the colours vary from light champagne and as black and all the colours in between! Something else I also love about this palette, is that on the back, it has a handy quad, trio and duo shadow looks, and the steps for each colour and where to apply. That is 13, go to looks at the back for your convenience, but of course you can mix it up if you want. Now, for handy application on the go, it contains the standard sponge applicator on one end, but also a flat, square brush at the other end to mix it up. This does seem all well and good for $25 and for 12 shadows, both shimmery and matte, which would make it around $2 for each eye shadow, but we have to talk about the pigmentation. The colour payoff on some of these shadows is not the greatest. The lighter colours are barely seen on the swatches on my arm as they barely build up, and still, the darker colours don't show up the best as well. Luckily, you can build them up quite a bit and they blend out magnificently with a high quality brush, but I feel as though Maybelline could have done better in the colour pay off department. Another bonus is that there is no fall out, so you don't have to worry about doing your eye shadow first, then your foundation as it does not matter.

Apart from some of these colours coming across a bit on the dull side, this is still a fantastic palette for makeup newbies. I love the four shades in the middle, a champagne matte, shimmery chocolate shade, shimmery gold (my fav!) and a shimmery plain brown, to create a great eye look. I am really looking forward to the release of the new, 12 eye shadow palette by Maybelline called 'The Rock Nudes' which is made up of darker, smoker colours, coming this month, but one thing I didn't realise was that they had 3 more 12 eye shadow palettes all ready that I have never seen in Australia. These three are 'The Blushed Nudes', 'The Bright's' and 'The Smokes' all palettes that I would love to get my hands on, but don't know where. I am definitely going to try and get my hands on them, so I will keep you updated when I do.

Well, that's if for my review and swatches of the Maybelline 'The Nudes' palette. I would really love it if you followed my blog to be notified when I post a new one each Sunday. I hope you have been enjoying the new year, I know I am and I am also looking forward to the release of all the new makeup products to review for you guys,

See ya next Sunday! xx