Greetings, everyone.
It’s widely known that I’m a huge fan of Natasha Denona’s offerings, especially her metallic and shimmer eyeshadows, which I consider top-tier. Recently, her Sunset and Lila Palettes have garnered massive praise and buzz, but the palette I’m about to review has received far less attention, with opinions split. Despite the mixed feedback, I decided to buy it because the Natasha Denona name alone often convinces me. Today, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the Natasha Denona Star Eyeshadow Palette.
Price: $169 Product Description: Featuring 18 New Shades, 2 Never-Before-Seen Textures, and an innovative concept designed to simplify creating diverse eye looks, Natasha Denona’s Star Palette is truly out of this world!
18 New Shades – 4 Crystal Eyeshadows, 9 Creamy Mattes, 3 Metallics, and 2 Duo-Chromes • REAL CHROMA CRYSTALS – a new type of sparkling shadow made with crushed diamond pearls for exceptional reflection • INTRODUCING THE NEW ND MATTE FORMULA – a cream-like powder shadow with zero fallout • NEW METALLICS & DUO-CHROMES – Natasha’s beloved Metallics and Duo-Chromes in fresh, dazzling hues
Properties: • Unprecedentedly soft texture • Extremely buildable and blendable • Long-lasting with intense color payoff due to a very high concentration of pure pigments • Cruelty-free • Paraben-free • Talc-free
Natasha Denona Star Eyeshadow Palette: A Detailed Review
My Personal Experience with the Natasha Denona Star Eyeshadow Palette
Packaging: The packaging is stunning. It features a flip-top magnetic closure with star motifs. Inside, a plastic sheet separates the shadows from the mirror, listing shade names. True to the theme, the shades are named after stars and galaxies.
Texture and Finishes: Overall, I was quite let down by how user-friendly this palette was, which fell short of my expectations for a Natasha Denona product, especially at this price point. Several mattes lacked pigmentation and were tough to build up, while some shades were purely glittery with minimal binders, causing significant fallout. Most shimmer shades shed particles onto my cheeks during wear. I found that standard eyeshadow primers weren’t sticky enough for these shadows; a stronger base like glitter glue was necessary for optimal results.
Application: The shimmer shades performed best when applied with fingers; using a brush led to much more fallout.
Shades: The abbreviations in the shade names are as follows: 1. CM for Creamy Matte, 2. M for Metallic, 3. DC for Duochrome, 4. K for Chroma Crystal.
Spectrum 101K – a dirty olive shade loaded with golden-green shimmer. The shimmer particles were moderately chunky and caused fallout during application. Pigmentation was opaque when applied with the fingertip.
Earth 102 CM – a deep, dark matte chocolate brown. A versatile shade ideal for deepening the crease and outer corner. It had a smooth texture and blended easily with buildable pigmentation.
Bellatrix 103 M – a stunning metallic rose gold with a silver sheen. It offered good pigmentation and was easy to use and blend with minimal fallout.
Diadem 110 CM – a muted matte rosy taupe. It was very smooth, easy to work with, and blended seamlessly without losing intensity. It works wonderfully as a transition shade.
Vega 111 CM – a matte warm-toned peach. It had good pigmentation and was easy to use.
Galaxia 112 K – This shade was a huge letdown. While it looks pretty in the swatch, it’s essentially pure glitter with hardly any binder to help it stick. It produced an insane amount of fallout, and unfortunately, it ruined my already-applied base makeup, forcing me to start over. My eye primer was useless; it couldn’t keep this shade on my lids, and I saw glitter migrating across my face all day. You’ll likely need a glitter glue to make it work.
Flesh 104 CM – a deep orange-based brown with good pigmentation and easy application.
Orion 105 DC – This shade is a showstopper. It has a reddish-brown base with a teal-green shift. It applied with full, opaque pigmentation when used with fingers.
Gemma 106 CM – an earthy reddish-brown with a satin finish. It’s not as matte as described. It worked well as a crease shade and looked nice as an all-over lid color too.
Pheonix 113 CM – a deep raspberry red. It had poor pigmentation that became patchy during blending and didn’t build up well.
Supernova 114 DC – a beautiful rosy copper. It had excellent pigmentation, was smooth and easy to work with, and made a stunning all-over lid shade.
Electra 115 CM – This shade was a major disappointment. If the swatch looks bad, it performed even worse on the lids. In the pan, it’s a lovely pinkish-red, but the pigmentation is terrible. I’ve had $3 drugstore palettes that performed better. The more I blended, the sheerer it became, losing intensity. (See EOTD)
Both red shades in this palette are among the worst-performing eyeshadows I’ve ever used—something I never thought I’d say about a $100+ palette.
Atrai 107 M – a beautiful metallic coppery gold. It was one of the best shades in the palette—very eye-catching and intense. It applied with full, opaque color and showcased the quality I know and love from Natasha Denona shadows.
Titania 108 CM – a medium warm brown. An excellent crease shade with equally excellent performance.
Cosmo 109 K – a beautiful olive green with a golden metallic finish. This shade was easier to use than its sibling Spectrum because it lacked chunky shimmer particles. At first glance, they seemed similar in the palette, and disappointingly, they both produced a very similar look on the eyes, so you don’t really need both.
Polaris 116 K – a champagne gold metallic shade with random chunky silver shimmer that caused quite a bit of fallout. It looked pretty on the lids and had good, opaque pigmentation.
Atik 117 CM – a warm orange-brown. While it had great pigmentation and blended effortlessly, it looked very similar to the shade Flesh on my eyes. I’d argue for the second time that you don’t really need both.
Rhea 118 M – a beautiful metallic rosy copper shade. My favorite in this palette. It’s simply stunning as an all-over lid shade, though it did have a little fallout.
The texture of the mattes and shimmers was quite thick, so they might pose a problem for textured lids.
Staying Power: Once applied, the shadows didn’t crease on me and lasted about 6 hours before fading.
Bottom Line: Most (but not all) mattes in this palette exceeded my expectations, as I wasn’t a big fan of the mattes in her 5-pan palettes. The shimmer and metallic shades were an absolute pleasure to use, as I’ve come to expect from this brand. However, most of the chroma crystal shades were a disaster due to excessive fallout. They required a lot of effort and glitter glue to work, which took the joy out of my makeup routine.
So, overall, this palette is a mixed bag, and given the price, I wouldn’t recommend it.
Advantages of the Natasha Denona Star Eyeshadow Palette
• Beautiful shade range—from metallics to mattes to crystals • Most mattes have a wonderful creamy texture and perform excellently • Long-wearing and crease-proof on me
Disadvantages of the Natasha Denona Star Eyeshadow Palette
• Very high price • Some shades produce heavy fallout during application and throughout the day • Several shades look too similar • Some mattes perform poorly • Not beginner-friendly
IMBB Rating: 3/5
