NYX Butt Naked Eyes Palette Review, Swatches, Photos
I admit the first thing I thought off when I saw the NYX Butt Naked Eyes Makeup Palette was Will Ferrell in Old School, “We’re Streaking, We’re Streaking!”
But listen, the Butt Naked Eyes Makeup Palette is a hell of alot classier than Will Ferrell’s azz! For serious.
Let’s take a peek!
Here she is, a selection of 15 soft, delicate eyeshadows in matte and shimmery finishes, four natural blushes, one bronzer, and two face highlighters to create a natural, dare I say, butt naked face look!
NYX Butt Naked Eyes Makeup Palette is a selection of shades to enhance your own natural beauty without overdoing things. These are very soft shades of color and in some cases almost pastel-like. Darker skin beauties might not find the joy here but if your fairer or medium toned you should be able to create some very pretty, natural looks for work or day. I think the palette should appeal to the minimalist makeup users as well since these shades simply enhance rather than create bolder, vibrant looks.
I’ve embraced more and more of my natural side lately so I was quite eager to try this one out but I did head into the review knowing how bad I am with taupe application and how unflattering it looks on me. The palette has a dominate taupe theme with super soft shades of pink, cream, white and beige thrown in.
NYX thankfully left cream products out of the mix here so things are nicely packaged in a chunky two tier palette that should travel easily. Needless to say don’t toss it around but it should be portable enough to go along with you on a trip without being so delicate that things might break. It comes with a full size mirror, a tier of eyeshadows, and a second pull out drawer that features your blushes, bronzer, and highlighters. All in all it’s a little bigger than a CD case but not square in size, it’s a rectangle.
The shadows have a variety of finishes and color pay off so it’s a mixed bag but overall every single shade I tried produced promising results. I’m not a matte fan but these mattes offered a soft, easy to blend formula. Most of the mattes had a sheerer color pay off but they managed to create a very nice, brightened up eye look. The shimmery finishes aren’t really shimmer in the traditional sense but more of a velvet-y, Stila-like formula (a little lighter than what you’d expect from Stila). The entire mix of shadows on a whole felt buttery smooth, almost velvet-like to me. I thought they blended very easily and contrasted well together without going muddy. They wear time is something to be concerned about as I felt they faded and creased badly if you didn’t use a proper primer with them. So do prep well prior to keep your shadow in place all day. When I look at the shades I think of the ballet for some reason…the cool shades of silky pink, cream, and taupe remind me of a ballerina.
In contrast with the tame shadows, the blushes turned out to be a bit more vibrant. There’s a NARS Super Orgasm-like shade included here which is a peachy pink concoction with golden shimmer. Other shades include a bold, true pink, a light pink, and a dusky peach. The blushes had a nice formula with plenty of pigment however they do fade a little bit towards the end of a long day. The bronze is a typical muddy beige and my least favorite part of this palette. And finally two shades of shimmering highlighter in pale peach and white gold complete the palette. These higlighters add a nice little sparkle to cheeks and face.
Sorry, the look I created with this isn’t exactly polished but lord knows I’m no expert at makeup application plus I don’t play nice with taupes as I said above. Apologies! But I did want to include some look so you can get a feel for what you can create using the palette.
Overall, the NYX Butt Naked Eyes Palette is probably the nicest selection of natural shades you’ll find with a rather beautiful formula at this price ($25) plus it offers an easy way to create office/work related looks without over doing things. I think the palette makes an ideal pick for more mature eyes as well since the softer colors brighten up eyes without emphasizing finer lines, puffiness, dark circles, etc…!
As for me? I need alot more practice with this little guy to get things down right because I can’t help but stare at it and just love the color selection…I just wish I can apply them correctly!
It’s available now at www.nyxcosmetics.com
Will you be hauling it?