THE NATASHA DENONA THREAD

[veronika23]

~ Updated Sept 8th 2019 ~

A place to discuss news and products from Natasha Denona. Share the LOVE! 🖤🖤🖤

Brand page: http://www.sephora.com/natasha-denona

WHAT'S NEW

The Metropolis palette for the holidays (Sept 10th online / Sept 17th stores)

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/metropolis-palette-P449064

Glow Gold Highlight Duo (Sept 17th)

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/glow-gold-highlight-duo-P450058

Mini Gold Eyeshadow palette (Sept 17th)

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/mini-gold-eyeshadow-palette-P450057

I Need A Nude Lipstick

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/i-need-nude-lipstick-P448848

Coral palette

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/coral-eyeshadow-palette-P448706

Chroma Crystal Liquid Eyeshadow Mini Set

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/chroma-crystal-liquid-eyeshadow-mini-set-P448154

 Glow Gold Highlight Duo & Mini Gold Eyeshadow palette - Sept 17th

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Metropolis palette for the holidays - 28 mini pans - Sept 10th online

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NEWS (old)

More duochromes shadow coming

More cooler toned shadow coming

Plans for pen form/felt tip liquid liners

Will consider making single shadows from the Star or Sunset palette if more requests

New shadows in 2018

Other innovations in 2018

When asked about blues and greens:

Mermaid colors are definitely going to be one of the trends in 2018. It won't be a five palette, but a new product.

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BT Chat link (now closed): http://community.sephora.com/t5/Ask-The-Experts/Live-Chat-with-Natasha-Denona/td-p/2777134 

[veronika23]

Cream eye liner - Feb 20th

[AMK721]

Love that brown color.

[veronika23]

Something new coming

[Anonymous]

I just got the Star Palette this afternoon and I'll be wearing some of the shadows tmr.  Oh, swoon, do they ever swatch pretty.  I resisted as long as I could but I finally caved and ordered this palette.  This is my first time using a ND eye shadow and I have all my primers and glitter glue ready to go.  

I've always had good luck layering primers with UD primer potion first, MAC paint pot on top of that and then glitter glue on the lid, so I'm hoping this combination will do the trick and lock on the shadows since they seem to have acquired a reputation for being difficult.  I will post pictures tmr afternoon to show how well it wore!  

[Anonymous]

I don't know, guys.  I'm conflicted on this one, so I'll break it down into pros and cons, at least based on my first impressions:

pros: the shadows did not fade or crease by the end of the day- though I think that had more to do with my primers than the shadows.  The mattes are very easy to blend and I was very pleased with the eyeshadow look.  It was as stunning after 10 hours of wear as it was at the first hour.  The metallic shades look freaking amazing- I can't wait to try Atria, Rhea and Bellatrix!  They are smooth and fine and look like they won't have fallout.

cons: those 'k' shadows are glitter bombs.  I used a glitter glue AND I put my eyeshadow on before my foundation and then cleaned up the fallout with a wipe and still, within an hour of wear my face was covered with glitter. This is NOT cool at all.  The glitter in the k shadows is large and chunky- not a lovely fine glitter at all.  And those are the shades that really sold me on this palette.  Galaxia is just what heaven is made of... until it ends up all over your face!  grrrr.... and spectrum and cosmo are so similar I really don't think there would be any noticeable difference on the eyes.  This is really weird to me.  What was ND thinking?

I will continue trying to make this palette work for me for a couple of weeks, trying different sticky bases and maybe attempting to brush off the excess glitter with a soft brush after application and I will report back.  The colors are gorgeous and I want to make it work, but if 4 of the 18 shadows in a 170 dollar palette don't work, that's unacceptable.

My morning pictures were awful so here's my eyeshadow after 10 hours.  (not that this picture is much better, sorry!)  I was impressed by how good looking it remained- as far as I could tell it looked exactly the same.

I used galaxia on the lid, diadem and vega in the crease and gemma in the outer v. 

[EvangelineDamon]

@Anonymous

I just had to chime in and say how lovely your complexion is with your beautiful curls.

Such a bummer about this palette. The colour scheme is my ideal and I could actually see myself using every shade (which is uncommon for me with pre-made palettes) but with that price tag and the conflicting reviews, I could never bring myself to paying $160 for a palette that half preforms. 

Don't feel guilty about returning it though. Its not your fault that it didn't work. And from what I've read, you tried many methods to get this palette to work for you properly.

If you want help finding dupes for any shade in particular, I'd love to help.

I've been wondering how MUFE's peacock would compare with the gorgeous green in this palette since it was released..

[Anonymous]

thank you @EvangelineDamon!  I fought my pale skin and curls during my teenage years but I've embraced them as an adult.

I actually ended up liking that duochrome Orion better than I thought I would.  I thought it would be like MUG Insomnia which looks hideous on me because of the reddish undertones, but Orion was something different all together.  It and Atria were my favorite colors in the palette.

I'm not sure which shadows are which on your swatches, but I think Orion was pretty close to the color on the far right of both arms.  I actually really like the last three on the bottom arm!

I wish I could say this palette was worth the price tag.  😞  I actually really liked all the colors too- I think it's pretty much the most beautiful palette I've ever seen-, but I guess I discovered I have a low tolerance for glitter fallout.  There are some people who've made it work for them though, so I guess it depends on your application style.  Do you have a lot of experience with glitter?  

Oh- and those two pink/reddish matte shades were very sheer for me, and that I know wasn't user error!

[EvangelineDamon]

@Anonymous

I'm glad you've embraced them cause they're super pretty and unique. You'll have to share your curly haired tips with me..

Orion was the one that I was thinking Peacock would be the dupe for.

I should've added the shade names in my swatches, ha ha, sorry about that.

Both pictures have peacock in them.

First picture, three swatches are all MUFE (M-540 Grey Beige, M-518 Nude & ME-302 Peacock)

Next set of swatches were all of my duochromes, as you can see, that particular shade is a slight obsession of mine. I can't recall the first swatches' order in that picture but I do know the last three shades in that picture..

(L'Oreal Infallible Gilded Envy, L'Oreal Golden Sage & MUFE ME-302 Peacock)

I'm honestly not a big fan of glitter either. The most I can handle is a satin or a shimmer, but glitter with fallout is the worst. (UD for me has the most glitter fallout of all my shadows.)

One thing I use, on top of my primer, is an eyeshadow stick. I notice that helps bind some of the particles to the lid. Its another step but it has helped make my Naked3 palette a bit more user friendly.(but once that's finished, I'm sticking to picking my own shadows.)

Pinks and reds (and purples) have a tendency to be a little tricky to formulate for some reason but it can be done. 

Its too bad the quality wasn't consistent because that is the most beautiful composition of a palette that I've ever seen. 

Also, ugh, Atria is so beautiful, too!

One similar shade is MUFE's Amber, ME-700.

I first thought NARS Himalia however its not as copper or metallic.

I'll still be looking for dupes, for the both of us and anybody else that might be interested. 

[Anonymous]

one week update:  It's not looking good.  There are a few shades in the palette that are just BEYOND gorgeous (the metallics, mostly, and the duochrome orion) and the mattes are very nice- though I find those reddish shades to be lacking in pigmentation.  But those glittery shades are a pill.  I've tried every glitter glue I have and nothing keeps those chunks of glitter stuck on your eyelids!  forget about it! They fall all over your face, get on your glasses lenses, in your hair, on your clothes... everywhere!

I'm starting to lean towards returning this.  I hate to return things but dang!  A 169 dollar palette needs to perform better than this!  

[Melstl]

I wanted to take the plunge and buy a ND palette and was on the fence on whether or not to purchase this one or spend the extra for one of the 28s. 

After reading a ton of reviews on BT and various blogs, I went with a 28 because most of the reviews of the Star palette were very similar to yours in that the glitter shades are hot messes and not worth the effort.

[Anonymous]

@Melsti how are you liking the 28 pan palette?  Which one did you get?  That green/brown palette is calling my name...

[Melstl]

I went with the purple/blue palette.  I figured my Sweet Peach / YSL palettes can hold me over on the nude shades til I can save up again and but the brown/green! 

I've used the palette once since buying it about 2 weeks ago and I loved it. The colors were really nice and blended really well (problem I've had in the past with shadows).  I didn't use a primer at all since I was in a hurry, but the color stayed for over 4 hours looking just like I had put it on. I'm really excited to try it out more! 

[Tamara76]

@Anonymous

Thank you so much for the honest, detailed review and updates!   I have been eyeing this one for a while, but I really don't need another palette.... Your insight is helping me resist (at least momentarily).  🙂

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sorry I got this one because I feel guilty returning things.  I guess I thought since I have a lot of experience with pigments and glitter glue that I would have an easier time with them?  (ha ha, now I'm laughing at my arrogance)

[Libellules]

@Anonymous Bummer - I'm sorry! I remember being really sad when this one didn't work out for me. Orion is quite gorgeous, and several of the others are pretty too. They just don't perform well :/.

It's not you - it's the palette! It's definitely the palette.

[Anonymous]

I think my main emotion at the moment is just confusion.  Why would ND put out a palette like this with the claims she did (no primer, no fallout)?  I would think that she really needs to put out solid gold products for the price she sets, you know?  It's got to be pretty much full marks across the board to justify 170 dollars for a palette, yet I found that about half the shades did not perform as well as a Makeup Geek or a ABH shadow.  So I'm very sorry to lose about three or four of the shadows, but this is going back.

 I'd definitely try another ND palette, but I will NEVER buy a palette with more of those awful chroma crystal shadows (or whatever she calls them)- and that's from someone who is pretty comfortable using loose pigments and glitter glue. 

So thank you, @Libellules, for letting me know it wasn't just me!

[kiwi79]

Not sure where I saw it, but Natasha was saying that you need to use a glitter glue or primer with the chroma crystal shadows, as they're essentially pressed glitter pigments. It was either on her instagram page or youtube. Only saying this because I remember ordering a glitter glue around the same time I ordered this palette. She was saying that you will get fallout with them. If you check out A Glittery Life on youtube, she talks a lot about this palette and how to use it. I myself have had it since its come out, and honestly, with a glitter glue, the fallout is minimal. I love this palette and use it all the time (I'm a lunatic and have all of her shadows). 

[Anonymous]

may I ask what glitter glue you use?

 I've used Too Faced glitter glue, Fyrinnae pixie epoxy and even tried my Inglot duraline and haven't had a lot of luck.  It really bothers me to get flecks of glitter on my glasses and on my cheeks- I'm like, yo, I'm too old for my entire face to be covered in glitter, lol.  

I read a review where someone said Lit Cosmetics glitter glue worked well for those shadows but I got to thinking about it and it's hard to justify buying an extra glitter glue to make a 169 dollar palette work for me, you know? 

there are a few of those shadows that I'm having a very hard time parting with though... do you know if she is planning on releasing these as singles?  

[kiwi79]

I do my matte shadows, and then use the Too Faced glitter glue. Just pat it on, and then I pat the chroma crystals (whatever the heck she's calling them!!) on my lid. I'm also too old for glitter face (38!). Haven't had a problem like this. 

I can totally understand not wanting glitter in your glasses!

Have you tried just doing  your eyes first? 

No idea if she's releasing them as singles, although as everything else is a single, dunno why she wouldn't!

[Anonymous]

@kiwi79 hmm, strange.  That's pretty much the method I use too.  I'm messy so I always put on my eyeshadow first before my foundation, but maybe I'm being too picky?  There were perhaps a dozen pieces of glitter on my face, which to me is about 11 more than I'm willing to put up with, lol. I'm not anti-glitter exactly, but I guess I have strong opinions about them migrating.

I've sent it back, but I'm delighted you made it work for you!  It's such a beautiful palette I could almost justify keeping it just to open it up and admire it every now and then.  😄

[StyleLynn]

@kiwi79 I use the same method for applying her shadows and have had no issues and absolutely adore them. I put on the matte shadows first and then apply the Too Faced glitter where I want my shimmer. That has worked for me with no fallout issues