You may just have to wet your brush first and do a lot of layering.Īctually, quite a bit - similar to Urban Decay’s eyeshadows. I don’t know if it’s something that companies do on purpose to cater to the drugstore makeup crowd, or if it’s just a consequence of a lower price, but it is still possible to reach the point where Nude 1’s shimmery eyeshadows shine bright like diamonds. It reminds me of the shimmers in the Maybelline Blushed Nudes palette. In fact, I feel like it looks pretty chunky on my lids. The shimmer also doesn’t seem anywhere near as pigmented or refined. It required more passes with my fluffy blending brush to get my gradients worked out than I could count, so if you’re going to invest in this palette and plan to give these mattes a daily workout, I highly recommend also having a cream shadow on hand to use as a base, along with a healthy dose of patience.Ĭompared to the shimmery shadows in UD Naked, Nude 1’s pearlescent shadows don’t shimmer as brightly, so I get more of a soft shine than a mirror. It seemed to help a bit, but things were still a tad choppy. Then I tried the mattes on top of a creamier base ( MAC’s Paint Pot in Soft Ochre), which I hoped would give the shadows a more slippery surface. The overall look turned out a little choppy. I layered the shadows on top of it, and I felt like I had to work pretty hard to buff out the edges and transition shades into each other. This first time I wore the Nude 1 palette, I used my trusty NARS Pro-Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base. Nude 1’s mattes, while fabulously pigmented, take longer to blend. La Palette’s shadows also last seven to eight hours for me.īut there a couple of ways in which I think UD Naked trumps L’Oréal La Palette Nude 1… Maybe there’s some crossover between the formulas, or maybe not and it just worked out that way. The shadows also feel silky and soft like Urban Decay’s, which I guess isn’t a big surprise, considering that L’Oréal owns Urban Decay. Like Naked, it has a good variety of matte transition shades (which are also highly pigmented! *thumbs up*), and a perfect balance between warm and cool color-temp shades. So, is La Palette Nude 1 as good as Urban Decay Naked? What is this compulsion I have to try all of the brown eyeshadows…? It must come from the same place that makes me want all of teh kittehs. □ Seriously, I’m the last person in the world who needs another neutral palette of brown and beige shades, but when I saw La Palette Nude 1 at Ulta last week, I had to go there. Yes, I can see your big saucer eyes from across the keyboard, ’cause that’s tempting stuff. The 10 shadows work out to $2 each, versus Naked with its 12 shadows, which work out to $4.50 each. L’Oreal La Palette Nude 1 on my eyesįirst, for me, the price. It’s available now online and at drugstores and Ulta. There are also four simple how-to tutorials for four different eye looks on the bottom/back. La Palette Nude 1 is one of two eyeshadow palettes that were added to the L’Oréal permanent line this spring, and it comes with a dual-ended brush with a sponge-tip applicator on one end and a small flat eyeshadow brush on the other. Seven of them are shimmers - a warm beige, a peach, gold, bronze, chocolate brown, silvery taupe and a cool-toned white - and three are matte browns - a medium taupe-brown, medium tan brown and a dark neutral brown. Well, it’s basically the Urban Decay Naked Eyeshadow Palette with 10 neutral powder shadows instead of 12. the $54 Urban Decay Naked Eyeshadow Paletteīriefly, what’s the idea behind L’Oréal La Palette Nude 1?
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