I am so excited to share this product today! It is the Chi Chi Glamorous Nudes eyeshadow palette. I have been hunting this down for quite a while and my friend Yasmin managed to find it and pick it up for me. Thanks so much! It has been so scarce because it is an intentional dupe of the famed Urban Decay Naked Palette and has been sold out everywhere for the past month! Almost all the shades are very similar and even the layout of the shadows is copied! As I don't own the Naked Palette I can't compare them, but Mishelle has a wonderful post here and this video from Gooroo beauty is a very in-depth comparison.
The packaging is plastic with a black base and a clear lid with 'nudes' written on top in silver. It clasps shut very firmly so the packaging definitely isn't flimsy. It includes 2 double-ended foam applicators.
Just for reference, here are the UD Naked palette shadows:
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Very similar huh? Anyhow, the shades consist of a good range of light, medium and dark neutrals, mostly warm toned. The only thing that I wish was that it had more matte shades. The two matte browns included in the Chi Chi palette are very similar (Buck is darker than the corresponding shade in the Nudes palette), but other than that the colours are beautiful. Everything you would need for daily wear or night time smokey eyes is provided in this palette!
The shades don't have names so I've just numbered them 1 through to 12.
1 is a light, shimmery, pink-toned off-white shade
2 is a more metallic, darker, champagne compared to 1
3 is a matte light brown
4 is a metallic light bronzey brown
5 is a matte mid-tone brown, only slightly darker than shade 3
6 is a very warm metallic coppery gold
7 is a deeper bronzey brown shade
8 is a deep, shimmery, taupey brown
9 is a warm metallic mauvey-brown shade
10 is a shimmery purple-taupe
11 is a dark gunmetal grey with shimmer
12 is a metallic steel blue-grey shade
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| L-R, 1-6 |
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| L-R, 7-12 |
All of the shades have really amazing formulas! They are smooth and pigmented, even the mattes. A few of the shades are slightly powdery but nothing too annoying! Of the shades I've tried, they apply really nicely to the eyelids with a brush. Having never tried any Urban Decay shadows, I can't compare the formulas of the two brands, but on its own, the formulas of the Chi Chi shadows are very good!
Overall, this is a really good and cheap alternative to the UD palette and I highly recommend it! It was $19.95 for 16g of product, but Chi Chi is often on sale. There are 2 other colour variations of this palette; Bronzes and Brights. I'm very happy to have added this to my collection! Now for the Naked 2 palette...
I am glad you picked up this palette, it is such a good dupe!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad too! I'm happy I have it because the colour selection is just amazing!
DeleteWow such a good dupe! i wish i could have kept it...
ReplyDeleteHaha! You should have picked up one for yourself!
DeleteI have been searching for this but everywhere I go it is sold out. One day... :)
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Don't give up hope! Like I said it took about a month for the store to restock, but it's permanent so once the hype dies down I'm sure it'll be more readily available!
Deletei have yet to see these in stores! they get sold out really quickly!
ReplyDeletethese definitely look like a great alternative to the infamous UD naked palettes :)
xo; L&M
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They are flying off of the shelves! Keep an eye out though because it is a really good palette!
Deletethe design totally reminds me of the naked palettes!!
ReplyDeletebut the nude colours look great. how is the quality?? do they stay on well??
The quality is actually really good! This was my first time trying Chi Chi but the shadows are pigmented, smooth and last really well with a primer.
DeleteI've heard that this Chi Chi palette is a dupe for the Naked palette which is awesome! The shades look so pretty- I'm a sucker for neutral shades and the pigmentation looks great :) I was looking for this palette around though but couldn't find it :(
ReplyDeleteIt is such a good palette for the price! Don't give up, I'm sure it'll become available soon!
DeleteI've seen this like three times on a 25% off sale but I'd rather get the real thing- I know when I get the real thing I won't touch this so I'm trying to be good and refrain haha.
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