Maybelline The Nudes Palette First Impression

Its finally here!!! I am soooooo excited!

I have been waiting to see this in drugstores since I saw a review done by one of my favourite beauty bloggers in May before it was released in stores.

My first look at it I was surprised with how small the packaging is. Its very sleek and compact. I love that you can see the shades with the packaging shut. Im not a big fan of the mirrors in palettes I never use them so the lack of mirror in this does not bother me at all.

I got mine at Shoppers Drug Mart and it retailed for $14.99 CAD. For 12 shadows this is a steal! Some reviews said that this palette has matte shadows. I have found sparkle or flecks of glitter in every colour so I think they have been mistaken. Some of the shadows are more shimmery then others. Theres about 6 shadows that have minimal sparkle. It doesn't say on it how large each shadow is it just says 0.34 oz on the back of the palette.

Maybelline went the extra step with this palette and included a strategic placement of each shadows to either make them a duo, trio, or quad. I love this concept because it takes the guess work out of which colour combinations to use. 

Here are the swatches!

As you can see some of the lighter shades do not show up as pigmented as the darker ones. I feel like they can be build able. I would highly recommend using a shadow primer with these. The very last shade of the palette the Black colour looks extremely dark in the palette but does not swatch as a dark black. I love this because I could use it with a light hand to get a more smokey black instead of an intense black. For drugstore shadows Im loving the quality. I find them to be nice texture but not as buttery as the Maybelline Eye Studio Silk Shadows. I wish that Maybelline would have made them the texture of that line of shadows. These ones feel more like the Expertwear Shadows.

This palette would be great for travel. I always feel super nervous that my high end palettes will break. I actually dropped this palette on my kitchen floor before writing this and none of the shadows broke. It withstood a good fall.

I definitely recommend that everyone have this in their makeup collection. It is a good price for what you are getting and for drugstore shadows they are great quality. Im crossing my fingers Maybelline comes out with more colours in a 12 shadow palette like this.