Nude and naked eyeshadow palettes are in abundance lately! Companies finally realized that they could capitalize on the market when they offered an entire palette full of wonderful wearable colors instead of mixing in some of the ones that only a select few would wear. I for one am happy about that. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy colored eyeshadow from time to time, but for my daily look I always stick to neutral, or nude, tones. theBalm really delivers to the masses with their Nude ‘Tude palette.
theBalm’s Nude ‘Tude palette features 12 eyeshadows in a thin/slim palette with a dual ended brush. One side of the angled brush is an angled eyeshadow brush and the other is a angled liner brush. I find the brush pretty useless and would prefer an eyeshadow base or eyeliner as the freebie; it could even leave out the brush altogether and save on space. This palette also features 6 nude ladies with their peek-a-boo parts neatly covered by their eyeshadows. Each eyeshadow is about .032 oz worth of product. It has a large, full length mirror and a magnetic closure. The palette is also encased in a thick cardboard sleeve with the same print as the palette.
Sassy is a soft, frosted true white.
Snobby is a medium-yellow with gold sheen.
Stubborn is a peachy-pink shade with a finish that borders sheen and frost.
Stand-offish is a pinkish-brownish-champagne shade with a high shine finish.
Selfish is frosted taupe, it shifts from brown to gray.
Sultry is a medium brown that has a weird orangish tone; it looks matte in the pan but swatches out with a satin finish.
Sophisticated is a dark, olive-brown with bronzed shimmer.
Seductive (a.k.a. Schitzo) is a golden brown with gold shimmer.
Sexy is a deep burgundy shade with hints of red, it has a matte finish.
Silly is a redish-brown with copper-like sparkle.
Serious is a dark matte black.
Sleek is a dark black/brown matte shade.
The swatches above are with the flash on and the swatches below are without flash. The shade labeled Schitzo in the swatches is the one in my palette named Seductive; in earlier productions of the palette it had a different name. All of these swatches are two passes of my finger over the shadow and onto my inner arm. Most were fine with only one pass, but two really gave a good representation of color.
All of the shades were really soft and buttery. I had no issues with any of them. Some of the eyeshadows are, in fact, so pigmented that they may actually be able to stain your skin (i.e. Serious and Sleek). I like the variety of finishes offered in this palette: ranging from matte to shimmer with everything in between.
A lot of people want to compare this palette to the Urban Decay Naked 1 or Naked 2 palette. I find that they are completely different in the colors that are offered (so feel free to own them all). The overall cost of the Nude ‘Tude palette is less than that of Urban Decay’s Naked palettes by 25% but you also get less product–making it about even. I actually purchased my palette during a sale on Hautelook so instead of paying the $36 MSRP I actually only spent half ($18 for those of you that don’t want to do the math). theBalm often pops up on Hautelook and always has a nice variety of products available.
My Favorite Shades:
They are all winners but my favorites are Sexy, Selfish and Stubborn.
Sexy is that gorgeous deep burgundy shade that is really a rare find. It has great pigmentation as well as a wonderful formula. This shade will absolutely be a go-to for me in the holiday months.
Selfish is taupe… YOU ALL KNOW MY OBSESSION WITH TAUPE. This gorgeous taupe has a soft finish and a beautiful shimmer/frost.
Stubborn is a shade that I also struggle to find. It is a perfect peachy pink for my eye. More peach jumps out than pink which allows you to wear it near your eye without making you look tired or sick.
theBalm Nude ‘Tude palette gets two thumbs up and 5 out of 5 stars. It is high quality at a low cost. It’s slim packaging and large mirror make it the perfect travel companion. I would purchase this palette time and time again. I feel that it has more actual neutral (meaning not cool and not warm, but in-between) shades vs. some of the other nude/naked palettes so if you struggle with other palettes for that reason give this one a try! I hope you found this review helpful and if you have any questions at all, leave them in the comments below.
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