Revlon – Not Just Nudes in Romantic Nudes Palette Review & Comparison

Lately drugstore brands like L’oreal and Maybelline have released makeup palettes and now Revlon has jumped on the wagon. I’m going to give you my overall review of the new Revlon Not Just Nudes palette in Romatic Nudes and since I also own Maybelline’s The Nudes Palette I will be able to compare both at the end for those of you that are debating which to purchase. Unfortunately, I do not own any of the palettes by L’oreal so I can’t include it into the comparisons. Without further ado let us continue with the review.

Review of Revlon’s Not Just Nudes Palette in Romantic Nudes:

This palette contains ten different shades with four of them being matte and the other six being shimmer. When I first opened the palette, I found a duo ended brush which to my surprise is pretty good for applying shadows in the crease and lid. The flat shader part of the brush could be stiffer but overall it isn’t bad and the most important thing is that it isn’t scratchy. Good job Revlon! All the shadows are pretty buttery except the matte brown.

In terms of pigmentation, the most pigmented are the shimmer shades; however, the matte shades can be easily built up. I want to say that most of the neutral shades in this palette lean more on the cooler side and only one of the shimmer shadows is warm. The pop of color of this palette is definitely the purple and it isn’t too bright which means you can easily wear it for work or school if you wanted to. The one thing I really loved about the shadows is how great they blend and retain their color. Sometimes you buy palettes with beautiful colors but when you start to blend them they get muddy and they all end up looking the same but these shadows don’t do that.

I wore the shadows with primer one night and they started to fade in a small area near the upper lid and the crease after the four hour mark but the rest of the look was nearly perfect. The next day I wore the shadows again but with no primer and they lasted over six hours. I do not have oily lids so your mileage may vary.

Overall thoughts: This palette is probably for someone who likes neutral shades and doesn’t like to experiment a lot with color or for someone who is just starting out with makeup. The shadows are pretty good quality and blend well. The only thing I would add to this palette is a deeper brown shade because the matte brown that comes in the palette applies a bit lighter on the eyes than when it’s swatched on the arm. This palette retails for $14.99 which I think is pretty fair considering it comes with the duo ended brush. If you wait for a sale or a coupon you can get it for less.

Comparison between Revlon’s Not Just Nudes in Romantic Nudes Palette and Maybelline’s The Nudes Palette:
To begin with, Not Just Nudes by Revlon is more expensive than The Nudes by Maybelline which retails for $11.99 according to my local Walgreens & CVS. Revlon’s palette has larger pan sizes with more product (.5oz/14.2g total) but brings ten shades meanwhile the Maybelline palette brings twelve (.34oz/9.6g total). Some of the shades are similar in both palettes like the matte brown and cool grey.

Maybelline’s The Nudes palette has a few deeper shades and even includes a black. Nevertheless, to my dismay the black shade in the palette has incredibly poor pigmentation and instead looks like a light grey. The only way to get most of the shades to be pigmented is if you keep building up the intensity by just packing on a lot more product or by using a base. Out of the 12 shades, I honestly only found three of the shimmer shades impressive with good pigmentation on their own. The rest of the shadows were duds in my opinion. Also, when you blend these shadows they are very muddy and they tend to look like one color unlike Revlon’s palette.  This palette does come with a duo ended foam applicator which I tried using and it didn’t really help with application or pigmentation. The only reason I ever reach for this palette is to grab the beautiful bronze shimmer shade. I do like that in the back of the palette Maybelline indicated how the shadows could be used as quads, trios, and duos.

So which palette should you buy? Even though Revlon’s Not Just Nudes has less shades and is a few bucks more I think it’s an overall better buy than Maybelline’s The Nudes palette. Had Maybelline executed better in pigmentation and in blending ability  of their shadows than both palettes would be pretty equal in my opinion.

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