Are You Tired of Makeup Palettes?
My reader Lana commented today and said, “Will the palette madness never end?” and it really got me thinking about makeup as it was in the old days. Does anyone remember a time when color collections were much more popular than palettes? Makeup palettes were reserved more for the Holidays versus being a standard seasonal release. Seasonal releases for Fall, Spring, and Summer typically included individual product launches or color collections but palettes were not something that played a huge role in those releases unless it was the Holiday season.
I remember Spring was always a time for Japanese brands to concentrate on many of their core collections but in the US it typically marks the time for newer base products such as concealer and foundation as well as skincare. Fall was always a hard hitter for new color products in the Western market.
Lana has such a point though doesn’t she? It really has been palette madness for the past several years. It’s one palette after the next after the next and after a while you realize, “Hey, I already have these shades in the dozen other palettes I already own!”
This is why the question, “Are you Tired of Makeup Palettes?” begs answering.
I’m actually silently nodding my head at the moment. Yeah, you know what. I am kind of tired of palettes. I’m actually a huge palette person particularly eyeshadow palettes. I love them! But thinking about it now I wouldn’t mind some solid color launches from a brand. Maybe we can start saving palettes for the Holidays again and instead focus on creating some solid core color cosmetics.
The endless round of palettes is not only tiring but also, as we’ve all been victim to, quality suffers in many of these endless mega palette releases.
Maybe brands can start concentrating on releases a few shades of eyeshadow, some blush, and other items versus throwing it altogether into one mass palette release.
Thoughts?
Are you tried of makeup palettes?
Would you rather start seeing color collection releases?
I think it might just be a refreshing change!