Maybelline The Nudes Palette.

Maybelline The Nudes Palette 

I love a good nude eyeshadow palette, so when I spotted this new one from Maybelline, I had to try it! A lot of the drugstore palettes can be a bit disappointing, but not this one! It has 12 shades including 5 mattes (which I've used in the photos above) and all of them are really pigmented, blend well and are easy to apply. There's also a mixture of warm and cool undertones, which is nice but the shades are mainly cool-toned. 

The palette does come with a little applicator which I never use, but other than that the packaging is good. It's nothing fancy or special, and it doesn't have a mirror. The palette is £9.99 which is a good price for an eyeshadow palette. The shades are all really wearable and the quality is also very high.

Overall I'm really pleased with this little palette and I'm sure I'll get a lot of use out of it! 

Marc Jacobs - The Dreamer palette.

Marc Jacobs The Dreamer palette 

You may have already spotted this beauty in my Sephora haul video, but I couldn't resist taking some photos of it before I used it to share with you all! I'm a big palette fan, something about them just makes you want to buy them and I do have quite the neutral palette collection. One thing I didn't have though, was a lot of warm toned neutrals, so this palette has very nicely filled that gap. 

The shades are absolutely beautiful, especially the shimmer shades. The matte creams and dark brown are very 'normal', but ones that are so useful to have in a palette. The peach and gold shades are beautiful, and definitely my favourites. I've been using them a lot (tutorial video coming on Sunday) and I am really loving them, especially for spring and summer! 

The formulation of these shadows is a bit odd. I find that some of them can apply a little unevenly and some are a little difficult to blend. They aren't bad at all, but do take a little more work than Urban Decay shadows for example. The shadows do last very well and are really beautiful but it's not a palette I'd reach for if I was in a rush. 

I love the warm tones of this palette, and I can see myself getting a lot of use out of it in the warmer months (where are you weather?). It was expensive, and you can only get them at Sephora, which means for us in England, you can't swatch them. I'm happy I bought this, and I do think it's worth the money. The packaging is stunning, and very compact so it would be perfect for travelling too. 

If these shades aren't doing it for you, there are lots of other options! 

Have you tried any Marc Jacobs beauty?