After Urban Decay Naked and Naked 2 Palettes, I stumbled upon yet another great product, theBalm Nude’tude Eyeshadow Palette.
theBalm Nude ‘tude Nude Eyeshadow Palette
The Nude ‘tude Nude Eyeshadow Palette comes in theBalm’s signature cardboard packaging with a large mirror, twelve eyeshadows and a dual-ended eyeshadow/liner brush on the inside. There are two variations that contain the same eyeshadows – “Feeling Naughty” has nude women with body parts covered by the shadows and “Feeling Nice” (the one featured in this post) does not.
The shadows come in a variety of textures and colors that go very well with one another. All the shades also have names beginning with “S” and are not available individually.
* Sassy is a frosty white that is similar to MAC Forgery.
* Stubborn is a frosty light pink/peach.
* Selfish is a frosty grayish taupe.
* Sophisticated is a dark brown with bronze shimmer and similar to Darkhorse from the Urban Decay Naked Palette.
* Sexy is matte burgundy.
* Serious is a black with matte finish.
* Snobby is a shimmery yellow.
* Stand-offish is a frosty/metallic light brown.
* Sultry is a satiny warm medium brown similar to Buck from Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette.
* Schitzo is a golden bronze.
* Silly is a reddish brown with flecks of copper sparkles.
* Sleek is a dark brown with matte finish.
This was my first time trying theBalm eyeshadows and I was really blown away by the quality. The shadows all applied with a smooth, buttery texture and superb pigmentation except for Snobby and Silly, which were slightly dry and powdery and require a bit of layering. I was also most impressed with the mattes. They were neither too stiff or chalky (a common problem with matte eyeshadows) and handsdown the best I have seen in a while.
Onto the swatches!
Sassy, Stubborn, Selfish, Sophisticated, Sexy and Serious
Snobby, Stand-offish, Sultry, Schitzo, Silly and Sleek
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theBalm Nude ‘tude Nude Eyeshadow Palette is available as part of the Four-Piece Ultimate Nude Color Collection at ShopNBC.com or you can get it on its own at thebalm.com for $36.
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04/16/2012 at 6:18 pm
Hi Phyllis,
Do you prefer this or the UD Naked palettes?
04/17/2012 at 12:44 am
Hi Charmaine,
I *think* I prefer the Nude’tude palette mostly because it comes in a wider range of colors and you get more matte shadows.
But price-wise, you get more bang for your buck with the UD (you actually pay more per shadow with the Nude’tude).
04/16/2012 at 10:07 pm
Hands down the best out of the Nekkid, Naked, Nude me too palettes this past year. I love the mix of light to dark and matte to shimmer. Definitely one I’d like to pick up
04/18/2012 at 8:01 pm
What amazing photos!!!! The best I’ve ever seen of this palette! Thank you so much – I’m SOLD!
04/18/2012 at 8:33 pm
You’re welcome Barbara
04/29/2012 at 2:24 pm
I just came across your website and I love it!! Very helpful. I was wondering for this palette where did you get it. I checked out the Sephora website and it’s not there. I love the different colours they have compared to both Naked palettes.
04/29/2012 at 4:00 pm
Hi Marcela,
You can find the palette at ShopNBC.com and thebalm.com.
07/06/2012 at 10:10 pm
This looks like a great product! I think I might buy it…I have UD Naked and I love it! Your photos are very sharp and clear. what kind of camera do you have? Thanks !
07/08/2012 at 9:45 am
For this set of pictures, I used Canon Power Shot SX130 IS but I have upgraded to Canon EOS Rebel T3i recently and it’s much better