As women are now more adventurous than ever with their makeup — mainly because of the awareness through social media and the prevalence of makeup tutorials online — many have fallen into the trap of makeup hoarding.
Eye shadows are one item that we tend to hoard more than others, with women looking at those single tubs of bright blues and purple pigment thinking, ‘maybe I’ll wear it one day’ – or maybe you won’t!
Good news is, the days of only buying single and duo shadows are long behind us and now we have quads and palettes galore, with stunning neutral palettes becoming best sellers (with good reason) so that you can invest in products you really use, and getting rid of those you don’t.
These recently released modern day eye palettes, ‘the daily nudes,’ will give your makeup bag an instant update and will actually be used time and time again….
Bobbi Brown Telluride Eye Palette
Bobbi Brown sure know how to do palettes well; I have so many in my kit. Bobbi always finds the perfect balance between matte and metallic and shades that make you just want to put on makeup.
This Limited Edition palette is so on-trend giving the perfect nude, contoured look to the eye, then with a dab of one of the metallic shades on the mobile eye lid, your look is instantly dressed up. I love to build and layer these shades from a soft neutral to high drama at night.
RRP $95 (On Counter 5th of July)
YSL Couture Variation No2 Palette – Tuxedo
The ultimate night palette and the perfect season for it – winter!
This luxurious palette consists of ten rich-pigment, smokey shades and ranges from matte to metallic to really bring focus to your eyes.
Inspired by fabric swatches, each shade tells its own story, but when layered from dark to light, keeping the metallic pops on the mobile eyelid the eyes will have added chic drama.
RRP $129
Covergirl 4 Kit Eye Enhancers
Sometimes four is enough, especially if you are a low maintenance girl, the idea of a large palette could scare you!
Every palette should have a balanced amount of highlight and shade, even better when they have a mix of matte and metallic – this will guide you on where to place the shades easier. Matte should be more of the base, depth shades at the lash line and/or socket, metallic on the mobile eyelid.
All palettes in the range are designed to use each shade alone, or layered together so your look can go from day to night.
RRP $13.95
Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Shimmering Nudes Eye Shadow Palette
You know when you have Bronze Goddess in the name of your eye shadow palette that you are on the right track.
Bronzed eyes are great for any eye colour as it contrasts perfectly against blue and green eyes, but with the flecks of golden tones that bronze contains, this also can contrast with deep brown eyes, more so than a flat brown shadow – win win!
This palette contains five shades of nude, great for basic daywear to add highlight and shade for that perfect contoured eye and then 3 metallic shades – the perfect day to night palette with an overall golden bronze vibe to the eye!
RRP $100
Urban Decay Naked 3 Eye Shadow Palette
The palette of all palettes and one of three in the range, I love the Naked 3’s rose gold hues…
If you love choice and options from day to night, you will love any of the Naked palette range, as they consist of twelve high pigment shadows that deliver in colour, and long lasting with no creasing.
These Rose Gold hues can suit any eye colour, especially green and brown for contrast and with a great mix of matte and metallic, the possibilities are endless – a definite staple in my makeup kit.
RRP $78 (Mecca.com.au)
