Maybelline The Blushed Nudes Eyeshadow Palette Review

I had been considering getting the Naked 3 palette because of its gorgeous rose gold/copper themed eyeshadows and raving reviews. I happened to see this on trademe for like $5 so I bought this just to try out. The shades seem similar and there's definitely that rose gold, shimmery theme going on.

Now a good eyeshadow needs to be buttery, pigmented, and long staying. This scores 0/3. Its glitter is slightly on the chunky side, and has a gritty texture when applied with my finger. It doesn't pick up on my brush and by the time I transfer it to my eyelid there may as well be nothing on the brush. Even my trusty primer potion couldn't save this. I tried spraying the brush with a little bit of toner before really digging into the shadow but that made it look messy and hard to work with. As for staying power, because it's so unpigmented I really can't even comment on how well it stays. Another thing I'm quite annoyed about is how similar a couple of shades look, namely the lighter ones which both come of as 'barely-existant-white'

It does have one shade out of the 12 that I really like, and it's the coppery shimmer shade in the bottom left. It's very similar comapred to chopper from Naked 2. And surprisingly, the pigmentation and payoff is really gorgeous on this one!

The feel of this palette just can't compare to higher end palettes like Urban decay or lorac. Heck, even some wet n wild palettes I've used had been better than this. Definitely glad I didn't pay $20 something for this. I've decided to depot just the copper shade and add that to my diy palette and just chuck the rest of the palette in the back of my makeup drawer. That's another day's worry!

This is the second Maybelline Nudes palette I have bought and the second one that I loce. I have actually panned 4 colours in this and another two colours are close.

The selection of colours in this palette are super cute, especially if you love soft,subltle looks for your eyes. There is a selection of mattes and shimmers with a hint of rose gold. So pretty.

You can create many different looks with the colours, I would say mainly soft looks as the colours lend themselves to that look but there is a couple of colours that you could do a not so subtle look. While these colours are pretty you really do have to use quite a decent amount to get a good coverage. I have used a wet brush which gave me a better colour pay off and also using an eye primer helped the colour last all day

While I do love this palette I probably will not repurchase it as I feel for a little bit more money I can get a palette that is a bit more pigmented and one that you dont have to do so much to get a good colour pay off.

I was given this, and it's super pretty in the palette, but I'm more of a brights and bolds fan and so I've not used this anywhere near as much as my more dramatic options.

The packaging looks a little cheap to me, with a peachy plastic outer and a clear window to see the product through. The pans are a decent size, but I've had the shadow come loose from two in a bit of a brick, which shouldn't really happen.

Colour payoff is subtle but pretty, and the shades complement each other. They're relatively fine milled and blendable, but very much rosy nudes for a 'lil bit of makeup' look.

Pretty, just not for me.

I have this pallet but i do not use it often, the colours arnt very pigmented and can be quite dull and muted. The pallet looks so pretty with the packaging and the colour combination, but thats about it. Doesnt look that great on :( . Would rather spend a bit more money to get colours i know will actually show up. Can be good if you've got very pale skin and only like sheer shadows

Has lovely subtle colours that if you are trying to achieve a supernatural look is easy to work with. However, I found that they were not pigmented enough to achieve the looks I was going for. Also, need a good setting spray as I found it to fade quite easily. Good to have a play around with techniques but I will not be racing to use again

This palette is good one for a a Maybelline palette. When I think of Maybelline I mainly think mascaras and face products this is what Maybelline is good at. I have alot of makeup and many eye shadow palettes it's not my favorite however I think this would be perfect for a more mature person that is not familiar with alot of other makeup brands, I do think there are some flattering colours and textures in there that aren't to dark for a mature person to get a beautiful look out of and the shades do blend quite nicely. However for myself it's just not how I would like a palette to perform on my eyes, I would prefer my mattes to not have glitter in them and my shimmers to be alot more buttery and have more of an impact, this palette would be more of a go to if it did have a few more Matte colours and less of the glittery ones and even just 1 really good shimmer.

For me this was too plain but for some one with fair skin it is okay if you have dark skin I think some of the shades might not show up as they lack depth. A couple of the shades are glittery but not foiled or amazing shimmers there is the type of formula that is sort of a satin a matte with some glitters. None of the shades stand out for me as very likeable but those who like soft looks could enjoy this for everyday. This one is like a copy of the urban decay naked 3 but the naked 3 is far better in terms of pigment and has more true matte shades and the shimmers have more luster. The Maybelline has only like one true Matte and its a very pale shade. I would not re purchase this one but that is more because I am very drawn to some pops of bold hues. I also like shimmers very boldly pigmented like foiled pearly I don't really like loose glitter particles falling out.