Aloha Everyone!
I mentioned in my previous blog post that I have TheBalm's Nude'tude palette. Since everyone and their mother is coming out with a "naked" palette with essential neutrals, I figured it'd be a useful to do a review on this one! Let's start off with the packaging.
The Nude'tude has such adorable packaging. First off, it's super sleek, long, and thin, so it's super easy for travel. On the front their is a picture of an old-school, vintage room where I would imagine one would do their makeup & gussy up for a night out.
The actual shadows are strategically placed over a bunch of very glamorous yet very naked women. (haha!) Such a funny and cute idea. The back of the palette lists the ingredients, and has picture swatches of all the shadows which is a nice addition. The palette also comes with a double ended mini brush, one with a defined slanted edge for liner, and one for a softer, more blended look.
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| Swatches without flash and no primer. |
The palette features 12 neutral shadows ranging from light to dark. Top: 1-6 Bottom:7-12
1. Sassy- A frosty white. 7. Snobby- A shimmery yellow gold.
2. Stubborn- A creamy pink with sheen. 8. Stand-offish- A neutral pink with sparkle.
3. Selfish- A shimmery medium grey. 9. Sultry- A perfect, light matte brown.
4. Sophisticated- A shimmery medium 10. A shimmery version of sultry.
brown with a grey undertone.
5. Sexy- A matte burgundy/purple. 11. Silly- A deep matte brown with gold sparkle.
6. A standard matte black. 12. Sleek- An intense, super dark matte brown.
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| Swatches with flash and no primer. |
As you can tell from the pictures above, the pigmentation of these shadows incredible. These were swatched with zero primer, imagine how they would look with one! I was very impressed, as they are the first and only shadows from TheBalm that I have tried to date.
This palette retails for $36 on thebalm.com, but I got it for $18 on HauteLook. I would recommend this to those who love their neutrals, but also aren't afraid to wear darker looks. I say this because while yes you can get plenty of lighter looks with this palette, you wouldn't get use out of the other half.
I can definitely see myself repurchasing this because it is just a great staple to have in any collection. I would say go for it and pick it up! You won't regret it :)
Thanks so much for reading!
xoxo, Sam :)
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