You Don’t Need Every New Palette: Here’s Why I’m Skipping These

The new ND Roxa and Makeup By Mario Ethereal Eyes Moonlight palettes are beautiful but do we really need them? I've decided to skip buying them and in today's video, I'll be sharing my thoughts on the color stories, formulas and shopping my stash for dupes in my own collection. What are your thoughts?

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Hi, my name is Jen I am 44 and live in Connecticut with my husband and 8 year old son. I am a stay-at-home Mom and full-time YouTuber with a degree in business with a focus in marketing. Before leaving work when my son was born, I was a commercial lender at a bank. I also worked at Sephora and Macy's doing visual merchandising.
I have dry skin with some hyperpigmentation and fine lines. I love natural makeup looks but occasionally go outside my comfort zone a little bit. On my channel you'll find lots of videos about drugstore makeup and drugstore dupes (those are my favorites to film!) but I also review high-end makeup as well. I hope you enjoy my channel and if you do, please don't forget to SUBSCRIBE & leave me a comment!

[luvzdogz]

Just because a pallete (or a lipstick, a blush, a purse, shoes, dress...) is pretty that doesn't mean we have to buy it. It's ok to appreciate something and say "oh, that's really pretty or cool, but I don't need or want to own it myself." I do that ALL the time. 😉

[heidiv]

Well DANG! You talked me right out of the Mario palette! My wallet thanks you!

[oracularp]

I'm disabled and therefore on a tight budget. I have to be extremely careful of my spending, and I'm very glad to be deinfluenced from purchasing the Roxa palette. Purple is my favourite colour, and I have green eyes that are complemented by purple shadows, so I was drawn to it, but it's expensive for me. I really am glad you talked some sense into me. I have the All Amethyst palette and Juvia's Place's The Violets palette, so I should play around with those. Maybe ND will put out a mini with some Roxa shades in the future!

[christinamoller]

I love purple, but cool-toned purples, not warm-toned, so that ND palette is a pass. And you're right, it leans too pink for me too - and all the actual purples are so dark. I'm liking the "voice of reason" videos you've been making.

[YuniLyrics]

Thank you for your honesty Jen and for not saying all the time you are obsessed with every single make up launch as many others say. Looove your channel and your personality 🥰

[kathleenkaffeine]

thank you for comparing Roxa to Love and for pointing out how many pinks are in Roxa! Companies are not dumb - they put palettes in certain packaging for a reason. The dark packaging is distracting from Roxa being more pink leaning! I actually decluttered Love, so between Viseart Violette, ND Retro and Huda Rose Quartz, I'm good for purples/plums!

[LenaSheppard]

Oh I'm so glad that you did this. I'm always just so impressed with your powerhouse knowledge & your willingness to share; so that we can be sensible & not give in to fomo. Eyeshadow palettes just make me swoon but I'm not getting either.
I appreciate you so, so much !

[AmyKaylasVegas]

The purple palette is pretty, but pinks and reds on my eyelids are not my friends. Hard pass.

[stephaniechapman]

I can’t believe you don’t get complimented daily on your eyeshadow! I always love it!

[amyhadley]

As soon as I saw that Mario palette, I knew I had seen something similar, and then I saw your post last night.

[Саорёшка]

Thank you for showing us alternatives to those highly anticipated eyeshadow palettes 🙏💕 This was so helpful😌

[ironicallyfit]

Natasha and that packaging 😮 its stunning from the outside, but I know I'd never end up opening it up to use the shadows 😂

[nicolesproductreviews]

The Doll Squad Eyeshadow Palettes are amazing from the pigmented shades, to the blend ability of the mattes and shimmers, to the really beautiful high shinning shimmers that don’t contain glitter. The Doll Squad Palette Formula and Eyeshadows are one of My favorite formula’s! I have all 3 of the Doll Squad Palettes and I highly recommend them as well.

[dawnr]

Hi Jen, I agree: Viseart doesn't get the hype it deserves. My looks are always beautiful and effortless when I use Viseart. I love how many I can pack in my makeup bag.

[queenbunnyfoofoo]

I'm glad to hear someone else say the MBM shadows faded on them. I bought one of the older pallettes and returned it for that reason. It was too much $ for it not to perform well. I miss the days when the drugstore brands had a huge selection of singles for sale. I usually only use one or two colors at a time. Thank you for showing so many alternatives to the two new palettes!

[caitrinabbott]

I'm skipping the Mario palette, but I'm not skipping the ND palette. It has a whole new matte formula that I need to try. That special pour duochrome that looks funky, I need to know what it looks like on. Plus there's one wet effect shimmer in this one and I love that formula plus I don't mind that it's pink. I also am dying to see the whole palette in normal lighting to see what is up with the fushia shade that everyone keeps calling red. I really just can't wait to get my fingers in all the colors and play with them. So the ND is at the top of my list of things to buy this month ❤

[stephanietruax]

I started taking a more critical look at new releases especially eyeshadow palettes. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted a palette but then realize I have those colors (most in Stone Cold Fox)!

[wendykaybroschinsky]

My very first thought when I saw pictures of the new MBM palette was that it looked like Colourpop’s Of Quartz. If you wanted to have a few more options you could of course add in some colors from That’s Taupe. Personally, I have fallen in love with navy blue eyeshadow, not to use as shadow but to use it as eyeliner and it makes my eyes really pop! Love the video as always!

[Michellemabelle]

Omg I just saw this as I was sitting here thinking “but do you *really* need another $65 palette?” Thank you for offering alternatives - yea these colours have been done before for cheaper so save some $$$!

[fizzie.lizzzie]

Appreciate your thoughts on these. Also, your hair looks lovely!