My first real post after my long hiatus from blogging. Figure
might as well go all in with a product I recently purchased.
That product is w7's In The Nude Palette. Honestly, I was recently playing around
online. Just watching random Youtube videos and actually kinda doing a little
bit of research about Youtube as I consider making a channel. As I was looking
I started hearing about w7 and their product line. Now unfortunately these
product are not available in the United States, in fact this product line can
only be found in the United Kingdom. (Insert sad face here).
Anyway, thank you internet, a few clicks
later and I'm on Amazon ordering w7's palette, In The Nude. From all of the
reviews and such I've heard comparisons to Urban Decay's Naked palette line. I
leave my views on that till later in my review. Now lets move on to the
swatches and colors found in w7's In The Nude Palette.
The palette is cased in an aluminium
tin, the palette includes 12 pans of shadows and the palette itself weighs 15.6
g (or 0.55 ounces). I purchased this palette for around $8.50 and this included
shipping from England. Can I just say awesome, and holy budget friendly!!
Onto the contents of this palette:
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From Left to Right: Fashionista, Tokyo, Mud Slide, Coffee Cup, Bad Manners,
Alice, Sun Kissed, Copper Pot, Marilyn, Venice, Angel and Latte. |
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| Sun Kissed, Copper Pot, Marilyn, Venice, Angel, Latte |
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| Fashionista, Toyko, Mud Slide, Bad Manners, Alice |
Latte
Swatch:
It's a cream colored nude and didn't sow up too well in my
swatches in photo. It is also a complete matte so in photo, it just looks like
a skin color variation.
Angel
Swatch:
If you do not want a glittery product then Angel isn't for
you. There is a subtle pink powder to it but the glitter is just what this
"color" is. I love it though and it has the feel of a small cosmetic
glitter. A smooth consistency not chunky at all.
Venice
Swatch:
A light romantic pinkish rose hue with a bit of shimmer. Simple as that.
Marilyn
Swatch:
A light pinkish/purple matte. This is very light and
actually goes with my skins undertone. Thus, I don't know how much justice my
swatches do for this color. Also, this color made me think that there might be
some sort of coating on top of the matte colors. Such as a spray finish or
something that you have to work your way through, in order to get the true
color payoff from some of the mattes in this palette. This would be my number
one issue with this palette.
Copper Pot
Swatch:
I'm in love with the color payoff I get from this. This photo doesn't really do this payoff justice. It's name
fits the color. A copper tone color with shimmer.
Sun Kissed
Swatch:
Now this is a wonderful gold hue with shimmer. It's the
color I was most looking forward to from this palette. It gives off a very true
gold color, which can be hard to find sometimes. This is actually my personal
favorite from this palette overall.
Alice
Swatch:
This is a pale violet color and is also a matte. With this
I've had no issue with lack of color payoff. For which I am extremely happy.
Very romantic and feminine. It gives a depth in the richness of the color you
get.
Bad Manners
Swatch:
Bad Manners is a great color it's a taupe with a hint of
pink. It has a lovely blue and purple incandescent shimmer. I don't really know
if this photo shows that off. This incandescent shimmer provides this color
with some real depth and looks great on the eyes. This is one of the top colors
out of eye shadow that I own.
Coffee Cup
Swatch:
A light bronze shimmer, can be built upon to enhance the
look or a great neutral for day to day wear. The color can work from day to
night wear easily. Once again wonderful color payoff with or without a primer.
Mud Slide
Swatch:
This looks and feels like a slightly darker version of
Coffee Cup, it’s verging on a more chocolate type hue. It also has a shimmer,
but the shimmer looks more understated to me.
Tokyo
Swatch:
Once again this has even less of a shimmer to it then Mud
Slide did. This is a somewhere between a chocolate and a grey. Great for a less
traditional smoky eye.
Fashionista
Swatch:
A taupe with a red incandescent shimmer. Loving this color mainly
because you can actually get the red incandescence to show in the color when
you wear it. I have this type of hue in other palettes I own and this is the
first in which I can actually see that shimmer when I use the color and not
just in the pan, where it usually stays. This quality alone makes this my
second favorite color from this palette.
All of these colors have great color payoff, the mattes are
even good although some do have almost a chalky overcoat at first. Talc is the
main product used in this palette. The shadows feel smooth and come off pure
and true in color, to what you see in the pan, instead of cakey or streaky. At
$8.50, this palette feels like such a great steal, there are some who sell it
higher such as around $12.50 or have you pay shipping. Even then I still feel
this palette is so worth it. I’m really hoping to purchase more from w7
including the other palettes from this line, In The Buff and In The Night. Do I think this palette is better then Urban Decay's Naked Palette or a 100% dupe? No, however, I do think that it is a wonderful, comparable, and far more pocketbook friendly product.
Do any of you own any of these products? What are some of
your favorites either eyeshadows or w7 products? What color would you love to
have from this palette? Please feel free to let me know in the comments.
