W7 In The Buff Palette Review

I picked this palette up from Postie Plus a while back, thinking it looked gorgeous with a bunch of natural shades, and it isn't disappointing for the price! I think it cost me around $15, though I did see a bunch of these palettes on clearance at The Warehouse a while ago for only $3.50 (crazy right?!).

This palette comes in a tin style case - this reminds me of the Urban Decay Naked palettes, and I've heard these are sort of a dupe for them. I don't like this style of packaging, I prefer sleeker packaging (such as Morphe) but it is still nice. Inside you get 12 eyeshadows, with a range of shimmery browny-bronzy colours and a few mattes - a light yellow toned nude, a taupe brown and a black. You also get a flimsy little double sided brush/sponge duo, which doesn't do a good job at blending at all. The pigmentation of the shades in this palette is incredible though! The metallic/shimmer shades are super creamy and pigmented, and could easily be intensified by spraying a little setting spray on your brush. The mattes are good, I found the yellow toned nude and taupe were nice but the matte black fell short, though I would expect that from a 'drugstore' palette anyway.

This palette is really good for the price, but definitely not the best I've tried. Would be a good palette to take travelling if you're worried about damaging your more expensive shadows, but you would probably need a better brush to use with it.

I got this for $5 from the wearhouse. And excellent find. This pallette has nice natural colours. I like the look of the tin, it's easy to store away. The shadows don't have amazing pigment or The best colour pay off. They do blend nice and easily. And you can build colours nicely on top. On the bottom of the pallete there is a sticker with all the colours and all the names of the shades.

This is a great little buy for $14. This is a great dupe for the Naked 2 Palette in colour, especially if you can't justify spending so much on an eyeshadow pallette. It has reasonable pigmentation - I frequently use it without an eyelid primer - but it definitely doesn't hurt to use one if you want the pigmentation upped and to extend the longevity of the eyeshadows. These blend well, I've never had any problems with that. All in all I think this is a great little buy for the price.

I purchased this from Postie Plus for $15. I wanted something with a decent range of colours, so many palettes like this don't feature a good range. I find that this is great for doing a day time smokey eye look without looking like you've gone a few rounds with Mike Tyson :) It wears a lot better than others I have, usually if I put it on in the morning it's still okay by evening. I find it really handy to be in a tin and it's slim enough to pop in a handbag if need be.

Now called colour me buff, the packaging is still the same and the product is still similar/same.

I use this as an "extra" for when I really need to glam up my face. I love the variety of colours and how easy they are to blend, the glitter colours stay on strong and build up really nicely. I can wear this shade all day and night without primer and it lasts!!

the palette comes with with a blending brush and sponge in one which is great for on the go.

I keep this in my kit as it suits all skin tones and colour hair, it's a really great neutral palette to have that has a range of colours especially for such a cheap price!

For a relatively inexpensive eyeshadow palette, this is fantastic. I've brought 3-4 of these over time and they really are great for the price. The palette is very pigmented for starters with minimal fallout if any, they are a great dupe for the Urban Decay naked palettes, which I have also and even though I do prefer my naked palettes more, the W7 ones are only a little bit behind as far as performance and pigment etc.  They come in a nice looking metal case, the inside looks abit budget and flimsy where the actual eyeshadows are kept and the eyeshadow applicator is also abit budget, I never use it and instead use my own eyeshadow brushes, but the packaging is what is to be expected for the price. The only issue with the cases that I've had repeatedly is that the pin that hinges the lid on can slide out easily and the lid then comes off. It's abit annoying to keep fixing and I've had this happen with all the W7 palettes I've had.  I've had no issues with the eyeshadows creasing throughout the day and they seem to wear great with or without using a eyeshadow primer.  So i've found the actual eyeshadow product really good just the packaging leaves abit to be desired. Definitely worth buying however and a great cheap option for a eyeshadow palette to use daily and save some money!

Bought this as a dupe for the Naked 2 palette and received it about 2 weeks after I managed to grab the actual Naked palette off my friend. This was only 12NZD on ebay so for the price I really didn't expect much.

Packaging: This comes in a tin similar colored to the Naked 2 tin. However this is much more flimsy looking and somewhat resembled a pencil case. It also feels much lighter to hold. There was no mirror on the inside cover, which is a bit of a bummer because I quite like having a mirror with the palette because it means I can touch up if I want on the go. There was a really weird plastic smell when I opened the lid and that smell still lingers around. It's unpleasant but doesn't affect the shadows themselves.

Eyeshadows: They are much more powdery and had more fallout in comparison to the Naked shadows which were buttery and smooth. However on top of a primer these still blended out very well and looked very smooth. These were surprisingly close in terms of color. The closest are probably Foxy vs Buff, Blackout vs Onyx and Verve vs Silk. Although most of the colors are slightly different from the real Naked shadows, they're definitely much more similar than other dupes I have seen. My favorite out the palette are Onyx and Camel because they're extremely pigmented and feel the smoothest when used. I'm super impressed with the darker brown shimmer shades Topaz and Wave which are really sparkly but not obnoxiously glittery.

I didn't like the brush that it came with at all. The brush side was alright and I have used it for highlighting my browbone. The sponge side is one of those cheap applicators that are absolutely useless.

This palette is a really great dupe for the Naked 2 and I would definitely recommend to anyone who wants to try out the Naked 2 colors or be able to create similar looks without splurging on the real deal.

I'm not a big eyeshadow wearer but I bought this and the In The Nude palette from a makeup sale and I really like them. This palette has more browns and gray than the In The Nude palette but the shadows are pigmented considering it was really inexpensive. It is in a tin and the packaging is quite bulky but it has 12 nice shades.

I think the palette has a good combination of mattes and shimmer eyeshadows and I like the copper tones here too.

For someone like me that is still new/learning eye makeup, this is a good start.