A few months ago I purchased The Balm's Nude' Tude palette from HauteLook. I had my eye on it for a few months but couldn't find it at a reasonable price anywhere in Canada. When I got the email the night before, I set my alarm for 8am to make sure that dang thing did not sell out before I could get my hands on it. The Balm's website lists the palette as $36, but I think I paid $18 for it (honestly I lost the receipt and email leaving me to do my credit card math manually) which is a complete steal.
I had first heard EssieButton rave about it in one of her old videos. If I'm being 100% honest with you, I'd want to buy anything that girl talks about. But this time I am glad that I am so easily influenced because this palette is a staple in my make-up collection. The colour range is great, we have matte neutrals (sassy, snobby, and stubborn), some more stand out matte neutrals (sultry--which is darker in person, & sexy-- which is an amazing auburn colour), and of course my favourites of any palettes, the glitters (stand-offish, selfish, sophisticated, seductive, silly, serious & sleek).
Top (Left to Right): Sassy, Snobby, Stubborn, Stand-offish, Selfish, Sultry.
Bottom (Left to Right): (a bit of Stubborn), Stand-offish, Selfish, Sultry, Sophisticated, Seductive, Sexy, Silly, Serious, Sleek.
These shadows are super pigmented, and creamy (in a powder formula obviously). They glide on your eyelid like an elegant ballerina. The colours pretty much all go together and you can completely change up which ones you use. Unlike the Naked 3 palette which I find there are a pretty set amount of variations that you can do or else it looks like a hot mess. That's why I think if you're going to spend the money on a palette, let alone a neutral one, this is the way to go. I've been testing these shadows out everyday this week and there really is no way to screw this up.
Stand-offish
I thought since I've been testing these beautiful babies out I would include my favourites so far. I knew the second I swatched it Stand-offish would be my #1 favourite. You can use it as a highlight under the brow, middle of the eyelid, and corner of the eye. As well as just as a general all over the lid shadow. Today I wore this with a bit of Selfish & Sultry in the crease and it made an amazing day appropriate smokey eye.
Seductive
The perfect sparkly gold. Forget a gold medal, give me this. I love that this colour could work so well with all eye colours. I have blue eyes and I found that it really made them pop. But I can tell that it would really standout on a brown or any other colour eye. You can totally play up this colour at night, or wear it as a light crease / outer V colour.
Selfish
Last, but oh, certainly not least we have selfish. Which pretty much describes how I feel about this entire palette. I don't want to share it with any of my friends. The camera does not do this colour justice. It is more of a taupe with some golden hues. If you're a fan of MAC's Satin Taupe, or have been looking for a colour like that, they are pretty much the exact same. Which is great because I've been lusting after Satin Taupe for a while, and now I have the best of both worlds!
The only negative thing I have to say about this palette is that I wish it was in my hands sooner. And if you notice in the swatches, some of the darker matte colours were a tidbit chalky and did not blend as well as the other colours. But they are still great colours and are definitely workable with a good brush (which is not the one that comes with this palette). I just threw out the brush because I knew I'd never use it anyways. I also would like to add that I did use Urban Decay's Primer Potion under all of the swatches in order to assure proper pigmentation. Now, I always use eye primer but if you do not then the lighter colours may not be very pigmented, but the darker colours shouldn't be any different. The Nude' Tude definitely packs a punch (hahaha that's kinda punny), and if you have the chance please accept this into your home and love her as your own.
xoxo
-A
PS- I'd like to thank my cousin for being my arm model for the night, she's a sweetie. You can follow her fashion blog here.
So the craziest thing happened yesterday - I found The Balm makeup products in Rexall/Pharamplus (if you have it where you live). My eyes lit up and was so happy they sell them here I thought I could only get them in the states. They are a bit pricy but I've been meaning to try out their products. I'll definitely take a look at the nude tude palette. thanks girl!
ReplyDeleteReally?! That's awesome! I do have them where I live, in fact there's one down the street! Thanks for the info! You definitely have to take a look at this guy, it's a must!!
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-A