Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Surprisingly few pressed makeup palettes contain wearable matte shadows--although I love brands like Urban Decay, all their palettes tend to contain shimmery or glittery eyeshadows. Mattes seem to be a little harder to pull off that shimmery shadows--cheaply made mattes tend to be chalky or poorly pigmented. These shadows, on the other hand, are richly pigmented, long-lasting, easy to blend, and very much wearable. This palette contains a versatile array of 16 shadows--7 matte, 9 shimmery; they are as follows: White: a pure white eyeshadow with subtle glitter (shimmery) Cream: a more natural, skin-toned highlighter (matte) Taupe: a light brown (matte) Lt. Pink: a pale, rose-toned pink (matte) Mauve: a mauve taupe; looks brown in the palette, but has purple undertones (matte) Sable: a richly saturated earth-toned brown (matte) Espresso: a veeryy dark brown, almost indistinguishable from black except that it has brown undertones (matte) Black: a nicely pigmented black, with grey undertones (matte) Nude: a lovely white-gold shimmer (shimmery) Champagne: a slightly darker, pinker shimmer (shimmery) Gold: a rich copper shimmer (shimmery) Lt. Bronze: similar to champagne, but slightly darker with less glitter (shimmery) Pewter: a deep greyish-brown (shimmery) Garnet: a rosey, dark brown (shimmery) Deep Purple: an almost black shimmer with deep purple undertones (shimmery) Slate: a deep bluish grey (shimmery) This makes for the PERFECT everyday/nude palette, with enough gorgeous shimmery shadows to pull off more than a few dramatic looks. The shadows are long-lasting enough on their own, but the included primer really makes these shadows stand out. Overall, it's a must-have makeup set! (the palette itself is very slim and compact, measuring at 7.5" by 3" by 3/8". Each shadow measures about 3/4 square inch. The included primer is .19 oz.)