Heavy Metal: NYX Suede Collection Palette Review + Swatches

The NYX Suede Collection Palette is a collection of 8 eyeshadows, each with a metallic or shimmery finish. The shadows are reminiscent of Stila’s: the texture is almost as soft, lots of pigment, easy to blend. Surprisingly no fallout. The palette is a great value; the whole thing is cheaper than one Stila shadow! (It’s $12 for 8 shadows x 0.06 oz. each; provided for consideration by NYX). Considering that I rarely do strong eye makeup (Safe is my middle name), this is an ideal palette for those few times when I want an eye-catching (har har) look. In the hands of someone more experienced (like Renee), this palette could have epic potential.

The shadows are packaged in a cardboard shell that stays closed with a hidden magnet. The top row contains the high shimmer and super metallic colors; the bottom row is less shimmery.

The full shiny, shimmery glory of this palette is revealed under the sun:

The shadows are best applied with a finger or a shader brush and then blended out with a fluffy brush. All but the white shade have multicolor shimmers, but the predominant shimmer that appears on the eye is noted below. The colors are:

Shimmery white pearl
Shimmery pale warm gray taupe with pale gold shimmers. Love this color! It mostly reads as a pale gold shimmer on the eyes, but the taupe base (just slightly darker than my skin) is visible in certain angles and lighting
Shiny warm gold metallic frost (suuuper pigmented with just one swipe)
Shiny “new penny” copper metallic frost (flashes gold at some angles; also suuuper pigmented)
Matte soft, warm black w/ gold microshimmers. NYX calls this “Olive pearl with gold shimmer,” but that’s not how it reads on the skin
Matte warm medium brown w/ gold microshimmers
Satin cool black base w/ blue microshimmers (flashes charcoal grey-blue sheen). Weirdly, NYX describes this as “Forrest green pearl.” First, I don’t think Mr. Gump is a big eyeshadow wearer, and second, it’s definitely blue. The blue does lean turquoise rather than cobalt. The shadow’s potential would probably be maximized using a black cream base, but a base is by no means required
Matte reddish brown w/ silver and copper microshimmers

Now for some FOTDs using a mix of the shades. (The only other eyeshadow used was a matte taupe to contour.)