As you can already tell, Models Prefer released a 10 Shades Nude Eyeshadow Palette - FINALLY, catching up with the rest of the beauty industry in coming out with Nude eyeshadow palettes, a trend that was originally introduced (or rather, hyped up) by of the Urban Decay Naked Palette. The beauty world has since evolved, and a cosmetic brand is simply not complete without their own Nude eyeshadow palette - which acts as a competing product against other brands, thus sustaining the brand's share of the market.
Enough talk about the marketing!
Here are some pics/swatches, along with my thoughts about this product...
The Models Prefer Nude Eyeshadow Palette has a nice and sturdy, black plastic packaging - not cheap-looking at all! As you can see from the way I was holding this palette up for a quick snap, it is also quite small and compact, which makes it great for travelling. The print on the front is simple and elegant. The back of the compact oh-so conveniently provides you with a 3 step process to creating a smoky nude eye, which also suggests that you can wear this palette in 3 different ways ranging from light to dark.
On the other hand, the shades of this palette initially (and strongly) reminded me of a nude eyeshadow palette I already own - can you guess? - THE TOO-FACED NATURAL EYE PALETTE!!!
Yes, the main reason I even picked this palette up (other than the fact that it was such a great value for money) was due to its colour resemblances to my adored Natural Eye palette by Too-faced. What sold me were the yellow-ish gold in the centre of the top row, and the nice mixture of cool taupes and warm colours. I was quite convinced that this was an exact dupe for the Too-faced palette, but later realised that they were actually very different from one another (Silly me!) I must say the shades are certainly from the same colour families as the ones from the Natural Eye Palette - although I might even prefer the shades from the Models Prefer palette because they are relatively warmer in comparison, and thus look more flattering on my olive skin tone.
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| Shade Names (L-R): Bare, Sand, Golden, Glisten, Earth |
- Bare is a matte off-white - your essential brow-bone highlight shade
- Sand is a shimmery light taupe - perfect as an inner corner highlight or an all over the lid shade
- Golden is a shimmery light yellow gold (bordering on yellow) - super pretty lid/inner corner shade
- Glisten is a beautiful, shimmery dark-chocolate shade (it's just gorgeous!)
- Earth is a matte black-brown - perfect for deepening up the outer crease or applying definition to the eye
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| Shade Names (L-R): Bliss, Natural, Desert, Nature, Willow |
- Bliss is a shimmery white - very pretty!
- Natural is an interesting, matte clay shade - a nice alternative to light brown as a transitional/blending shade
- Desert is a shimmery olive-toned taupe (is that even a real colour!!? Oh well, at least I tried!)
- Nature is a matte chocolate shade - another great outer v colour
- Willow is another blackish brown (more brown) with purple shimmer - stunning.
The quality of these shadows are brilliant, especially for the price you pay. The palette retails for $12.99 at Priceline, and you get 10 reasonably-sized eyeshadows. I love how consistent the quality of these eyeshadows are for a drugstore brand - which is truly a rare find! The quality of these shadows are certainly up there with the more expensive brands, and this goes for Models Prefer eyeshadows in general. I use my Too-faced eyeshadows as an exemplar to set the bar on the quality of my eyeshadows, and these Models Prefer shadows actually reminded me of them! They're not as buttery smooth or fall-out-free as the Too-faced shadows, but they certainly feel like high quality makeup - and note that they're only a couple steps down from my beloved Too-faced shadows! The shadows contain the perfect amount of pigmentation - so don't expect crazy, crazy pigmentation where you'll pick up a ton of product by simply tapping the brush. Like blusher, higher pigmentation does not necessarily equal to a better product. Unlike Too-faced shadows, these ones give you a little more time to play with your look without worrying about over-doing it, or packing on too much colour all at once. These shadows highly resemble Clinique shadows in terms of pigmentation.
All in all, at such an affordable price, the Models Prefer 10-shades eyeshadow palette is a must-have for all lovers of nude/natural eyeshadows palettes. The colours work beautifully together to create endless natural looks for both day and night, and the quality is exceptional to the say the least. That wraps up this very exciting product review, which I should add, is really starting to sound like an advertisement! (Oops)
Until next time,
Ethereal. <3
