NYX Ultimate Shadow Palette Smokey & Highlight

I am giving this palette 5 stars because it's awesome. I love the formula of these eyeshadow. They're buttery and blend very well. There are 16 shades that all work so well together to create such nice daytime and nightime looks. They don't flake or crumble when you touch the shadows with your brush and they don't fall down onto your cheeks when applying. For an affordable product this is value for money and something I have recommended a lot already. Love it so much. NYX make really nice products.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion. ] I use the Nyx Ultimate Warm Neutrals daily. The 16 shades have everything from base colours, neutral tones, medium and darker fines from nudes to brown and glitter too. The shades are lovely and buttery to apply, there’s little to no clean up once on my eyelids. The eyeshadow feels comfortable and lasts all day when I am wearing it. The eyeshadows are also easy to remove which I love when I am done for the day I use my cleansing balm twice and it all washes off. I was recommended this palette from a friend and have been recommending it to my my friends and family too. I would definitely repurchase this great all rounder day to night palette.

I am a firm believer that NYX consistently raises the bar and challenges what we’ve come to expect from “drugstore” products. That said, this palette has been in my collection for over a year, and I have (sadly) only managed to reach for it once or twice. I thoroughly enjoy playing around with my eye lewks and was super eager to dip into this particular collection of colors, but I have mixed opions based on my experience thus far. As someone who *needs* pigment and payoff, I personally felt as if several of the “everyday” shadows left a bit to be desired. Specifically, though the palette’s matte options seem fairly saturated when finger-swatched, the actual application is surprisingly sheer. There *is* redeemability in the fact that these particular shades are ... MoreI am a firm believer that NYX consistently raises the bar and challenges what we’ve come to expect from “drugstore” products. That said, this palette has been in my collection for over a year, and I have (sadly) only managed to reach for it once or twice. I thoroughly enjoy playing around with my eye lewks and was super eager to dip into this particular collection of colors, but I have mixed opions based on my experience thus far. As someone who *needs* pigment and payoff, I personally felt as if several of the “everyday” shadows left a bit to be desired. Specifically, though the palette’s matte options seem fairly saturated when finger-swatched, the actual application is surprisingly sheer. There *is* redeemability in the fact that these particular shades are easily buildable (smooth, not “patchy”), but I found that I often prefer to simply avoid the extra time and effort altogether and reach for another palette instead. Fortunately, however, this critique does not apply to the various metallic shadows. On the rare occasion I end up whipping this baby out, I am 100% living out my earth sign fantasy. Green doesn't tend to be the most popular color for eye lewks, but this palette makes rockin’ it an easy and fearless task. Sure, the matte shadows aren't groundbreaking, but this palette may ultimately be worth the buy for the metallic shades alone. There aren't many products on the market that are bold enough to say, “Green? Yeah, put that s**t on your eyelids! It's time to shine, baby!” That’s a serve in my book, for sure. Overall, this might not be an everyday palette, but it may be worth adding to your collection for those random days when you're looking to switch things up with a lil fun.

I purchased this palette to have fun with, something different that was only $20. I am pleased with the pigmentation, the colors go on good with a little more fallout than I like. To help insure that the vivid colors stand out an eyelid primer really helps. I don’t often wear vivid colors but this is a fun palette to achieve some really intense looks with. The shades are highly blendable and soft, the payoff is mostly good. The shimmers are not as strong as the mates, and the payoff isn’t as good, but I don’t find that to be to big of a problem where they are really blendable. There’s also a black shade that I can use to line my bottom lid with. I just don’t often wear this color story, Festive is more of an adventurous going out palette, than everyday at work for ... MoreI purchased this palette to have fun with, something different that was only $20. I am pleased with the pigmentation, the colors go on good with a little more fallout than I like. To help insure that the vivid colors stand out an eyelid primer really helps. I don’t often wear vivid colors but this is a fun palette to achieve some really intense looks with. The shades are highly blendable and soft, the payoff is mostly good. The shimmers are not as strong as the mates, and the payoff isn’t as good, but I don’t find that to be to big of a problem where they are really blendable. There’s also a black shade that I can use to line my bottom lid with. I just don’t often wear this color story, Festive is more of an adventurous going out palette, than everyday at work for me. I also have this in Warm Neutrals, which I like better and wears better. I mean it’s an ok palette, but I won’t ever be purchasing another one ever again.

ALLERGIC REACTION!

This is horrible! I bought the warm, neutral eyeshadow that i used it twice and noticed each time my eyes would burn. Nyx needs to stop making eye products. I got an eyeliner from them as well, and it caused me to be unable to see for a full minute! I washed my face and eyes off. This eyeshadow was worse than the eyeliner. This eyeshadow left my eyes inflamed and red puffy for a week!!! I have worn makeup for 18 years now and never had this kinda problem ever! Please be very careful using these products on your eyes.

About the eye safety warning

Okay so I own every nyx ultimate palette and I have used the "not eye safe" pigments on my eyes multiple times with no problems or irritation and I have very sensitive skin if that helps. The reason the certain pigments in question have warnings is because of a superficial reason entirely and that's because they can temporarily stain the skin which for some people with allergies or certain skin sensitivities it could potentially irritate the skin. But the odds of that happening are extremely slim it's all very circumstantial honestly, they just have to label it so your conscious that those pigments could do that. But again as someone with sensitive skin who HAS used the pigments with warnings on them I can say with confidence they are perfectly fine to use on my ... MoreOkay so I own every nyx ultimate palette and I have used the "not eye safe" pigments on my eyes multiple times with no problems or irritation and I have very sensitive skin if that helps. The reason the certain pigments in question have warnings is because of a superficial reason entirely and that's because they can temporarily stain the skin which for some people with allergies or certain skin sensitivities it could potentially irritate the skin. But the odds of that happening are extremely slim it's all very circumstantial honestly, they just have to label it so your conscious that those pigments could do that. But again as someone with sensitive skin who HAS used the pigments with warnings on them I can say with confidence they are perfectly fine to use on my eyes I haven't experienced any staining except for some minor stains from a bright red and dark blue but the staining was gone literally after a shower and I was perfectly fine. So when you read the warning just be conscious that it could stain or in extreme cases with allergies it could potentially irritate the skin but if you're fine with potential staining that can disappear after a shower or don't have extreme cosmetic or skin based allergies YOU WILL BE FINE so I hope this clears up a LOT of some of the unnecessary aggressive reviews I've seen on these palettes.

Affordable and awesome

I am giving this palette 5 stars because it's awesome. I love the formula of these eyeshadow. They're buttery and blend very well. There are 16 shades that all work so well together to create such nice daytime and nightime looks. They don't flake or crumble when you touch the shadows with your brush and they don't fall down onto your cheeks when applying. For an affordable product this is value for money and something I have recommended a lot already. Love it so much. NYX make really nice products.

NYX Professional Makeup Ultimate Eyeshadow

Marketed as NYX Professional Makeup Ultimate Eyeshadow, I thought I was buying bright eyeshadows. I've been wanting to add more color to my collection, but then I noticed outlined squares on some of the eyeshadows. When I looked at the tiny writing, (which I had to take a picture and blow up) it said face pigments are not to be used on eyes. Why would I put the brightest colors on my face! I'm not a clown or a performer so I found these to be unusable to the average consumer. Make a face pigment pallet do not mislead consumers to think they are buying eye shadows by adding face pigments something they are not going to be able to use for everyday makeup routines.

No common sense here

I bought the vintage jean baby ultimate color palette as the colors are beautiful and geared towards those who need/want cooler neutrals which are hard to find nowadays. However, upon getting magnifying glasses to read the size 2 font on the label, I was disappointed to find that 5 of the 16 colors are not to be used on the eyes....! In an eyeshadow palette?!?? I don't mind having colors dedicated to the face included, but they should CLEARLY be in a different shape and NOT intermingled within the eyeshadows ! Did this not go through an end-user testing process? Are there no customer safety and risk management people on the team?? There's no rhyme or reason as to why the face pigments are placed in the pan they way the are. Makes no sense. Otherwise, you all ... MoreI bought the vintage jean baby ultimate color palette as the colors are beautiful and geared towards those who need/want cooler neutrals which are hard to find nowadays. However, upon getting magnifying glasses to read the size 2 font on the label, I was disappointed to find that 5 of the 16 colors are not to be used on the eyes....! In an eyeshadow palette?!?? I don't mind having colors dedicated to the face included, but they should CLEARLY be in a different shape and NOT intermingled within the eyeshadows ! Did this not go through an end-user testing process? Are there no customer safety and risk management people on the team?? There's no rhyme or reason as to why the face pigments are placed in the pan they way the are. Makes no sense. Otherwise, you all should've just used pigments in safe amounts for all colors & let customers use them as they please.