Beautylish dropped a secret 36 hour sale and with shipping rates at 1 1/2 days flat, I had to haul a Natasha Denona Eyeshadow Palette ($48) for my own. I had seen the brand mentioned (with great urgency toward purchase and praise) on YT, blogs, reviews, etc.
But um.....those 5 eyeshadows better be the BEST goddamn eyeshadows ever at this price! I had reservations due to the new name on the beauty brand-wagon "hype" that usually surrounds most releases and the minimal packaging. You can indeed fit your own brush in the pan; I stuffed my Chiku flat shader inside.
I think they could be a bit cushier since the formula is soft.
The dimly lit cavern I call an office had the worst lighting in the world. These shadows are vibrant but wearable colors in real life.
OBSERVE! Their beauty glistening in the sun. I need a moment to that middle shade by myself.
Deeply...inhale...gold....glitter.....
From left to right, one swipe, no primer: 12M Glaze, 43P Smoky Quartz, 60M Golden Rose, 47P Dark Sepia, 52M Golden Beige.
Right off the bat I can give you a lot of pros:
- PIGMENTATION.
- After an initial hard crust on the top, you get to dig into very firmly packed soft pigment. The texture is divine.
- These 5 pans are great grab and go color combinations that come in loads of choices. I got #8 and plan on picking up many (okay, all) of their warmer combos.
- Incredible weartime on the lids and stays vibrant after 10 solid hours.
But also some cons:
- Blendability. These are kinda funky to blend and not similar to traditional most methods I've ever used. You sorta have to pack on color because it's a soft formula that leaves (a little) fallout if fluffed about irresponsibly.
- Thus, too much circular blending leaves your look too blended/melted/one glittery mess.
- No mattes hm? I could do a complete look because I'm a glitterhoor, but most people would benefit from at least ONE matte neutral. I believe other quints have a matte option, but many have said buy the shimmer or pass.
Under flash. You can purchase these in singles on her website (with exorbitant markup, tbh) or buy the GIANT WHITE $$$$ PALETTES! Delicious, but not customize-friendly. I think palettes built by taste at discount would boost her sales, but the quints will do for now.
This is natural light. I think this is neutral enough for both warm and cool skin tones! I absolutely adore the entire palette as an entire entity, but I can always use this palette with a silkier matte formula such as KVD Shade and Light Eye Palette.
One last look.
Here's a look with my Desio Desert Dream contacts. As you can see, I had some trouble blending the edges of color where my eyes slant upwards. Perhaps these are better layered light to dark horizontally?
Thanks for reading!
xo Be
