10 Best Eyeshadow Palettes
Happy Top Ten Tuesday! Today we’re talking all about eyeshadow palettes so I’ve got my picks for the 10 best eyeshadow palettes right now to share with you and my reasons for choosing them. I made sure to choose palettes that are available right now, or coming out soon, rather than sold out / LE / unavailable palettes, since it always drives me crazy to see a list of awesome products and find out that some are LE.
10 Best Eyeshadow Palettes
This post contains a mix of press samples and products purchased by me.
1. Urban Decay Spectrum
I absolutely love this palette! It’s perfectly set up to help you create monochromatic looks in teals, blues, purples, pinks and neutrals. You’re getting 15 full size eyeshadows for $55, which I think is a great deal. The eyeshadows are easy to work with and I especially love the purples, teals and blues. You can check out my full review here. It launches Oct. 20 at UrbanDecay.com, as an exclusive palette.
2. Urban Decay Electric
This is the brightest palette that UD has ever released and it is a blast to play with. I especially love Gonzo, Jilted, Urban, and Thrash. You’re getting 10 eyeshadows for $49, which is a pretty good value if you love brights. See my review.
3. Urban Decay Naked Basics
This is a staple palette that I use daily because of shades like Walk of Shame (a pale peachy pink base shade) and Crave (a deep warm black). It travels with me because it pairs with brighter hues in palettes like the Spectrum and Electric palettes. Plus it’s 6 full size eyeshadows for only $29. See swatches and more.
4. Too Faced Stardust
This palette is a beautiful collaboration between Vegas Nay & Too Faced and is extremely well thought out. It’s a mix of warm neutrals and some pops of pinks, purple and metallics. The colors work well together and it feels very cohesive. See my review.
5. Too Faced Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar
Filled with peach, copper, and chocolate tones, this is a perfect everyday work safe neutrals palette. I even figured out a great way to use Pink Sugar, which I initially felt like was a lacking shadow. It’s great for layering to add dimension to another shade or as a highlight. See my review.
6. Saucebox Forbidden Fruits
Fall is coming and right now I feel like this Saucebox palette screams Fall with its berry tones. It’s got a red with golden glimmers, a burgundy brown and a deep blackened plum, plus pinks. See my review.
7. Kat Von D Shade + Light Eye Contour
I had no idea I was going to fall in love with this staple neutral palette. It’s broken into neutral, warm and cool toned quads. The matte shades work with each other or with brights. The cool quad is my favorite in this one. The warm quad pairs wonderfully with oranges. The black works perfectly to tightline and thicken the appearance of lashes or to set eyeliner. See my review.
8. Japonesque Pixelated Color
This is a new palette that I purchased a few weeks ago. I have an upcoming review on it. It’s a gorgeous mix of baked eyeshadows with 4 satin-mattes and 6 fun colors that are ultra shimmery or metallic! The shades are super pigmented. My jaw dropped when I saw how these swatched on bare skin with my finger tips. I feel this is a beautiful, mostly cool toned palette.
9. Sugarpill Cold Chemistry
I was silly and bought all of these shades individually when I should have just purchased the palette. The colors are rich, dark and beautiful. See my review.
10. Sugarpill Burning Heart
One of the classic Sugarpill bright palettes, the yellow, orange, red and purple are beautiful and make me think of fall. See swatches of the Burning Heart colors and many more here.
What are your picks for the 10 best eyeshadow palettes right now? Do your picks change with the season?
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Such a great selection of palettes there. I have been hearing great things on the Vegas Nay palette.
It’s a gorgeous palette! Too Faced did a great job with it.
So cool that you chose the Spectrum palette. I agree that it would be great for creating monochromatic looks. This baked palette looks great too. I’ll be on the look-out for the review. 🙂
Yeah I love love love the Spectrum!
I’m looking forward to picking up the new Urban Decay palette.
I think you’ll love playing with it.
OMG I need that Spectrum palette!
Yes you do!
So many of these are favorites of mine – great picks!
Great taste 🙂
OMG that Urban Spectrum palette and Vegas Nay must be mine!
Between the two you would be able to create any neutral or bright look you wanted.
I just ordered the Vegas Nay palette!! So excited!
I bet you’ll love it Chelsea!
I am intrigued w/ that Japonesque palette, it looks so beautiful
I love it!
The Vegas Nay palette is sooo pretty!
It’s one of the most well thought out palettes I’ve seen in a while.
I’m curious about the Japonesque palette! Can’t wait to see what you think of it. I may end up getting that Kat Von D one, everyone seems to just love it.
The Kat Von D one is a great staple neutral palette.
I saw that Japonesque palette in the Ulta catalog and wanted it, glad it’s a good one!
Yes, it’s fabulous!
Just gorgeous choices. I am most surprised by how beautiful the Japonesque one is.
The packaging is very basic but inside it holds a treasure!
NAILED IT! Love so many of your choices.
So happy to hear it Laura!
The Electric is one of my most favorites!
I swear it never gets enough love!
Love the Spectrum and Saucebox palette. I also love my IT naturally pretty vol. 1 palette, Smashbox mega op palette and Kat Von D monarch palette.
The It Cosmetics is really pretty too!
I bought the Saucebox palette, it is really pretty. Thanks for sharing it!
You listed some really good ones! I love the Chocolate Bar palette too!
The Chocolate Bar smells so good too
I love the look of the Saucebox palette. Such pretty shades! The UD Spectrum is going to be a must have for me as well. And the Stardust….and and and… great choices! <3
The Spectrum is amazing!
Love the Spectrum palette – it is on my Christmas wish list for sure. And I would have loved the UD Smoky – if it had more grey shades than brown (sad face). I am interested in your review of the Japonesque palette. It looks fabulous. Thank you for your review here – it always introduces us to new brands.
You’re welcome! I always find that people love top tens like this 🙂
I love your selection of brights. I can’t wait for the UD Spectrum Palette!
Can’t wait to hear what you think of it 🙂
Beautiful picks, and a good variety. I can’t wait to see the review for the Japaonesque palette. I still don’t own any SugarPill or Saucebox. How sad. I’ll have to put them on my Christmas list. I’m in love with that Forbidden Fruits palette.
Out of these, I have both Naked Basics, Naked 3, Electric (yes!), Vegas Nay, and Semi-Sweet. I’m dead set on getting the Spectrum Palette.
The Spectrum is an awesome palette, definitely worth adding to your collection!
Great selection of different shades. I am now so curious about the Japonesque baked shadow palettes. I wish that Ulta carried Japonesque makeup in my local store. I’m psyched to read your upcoming review of it!
I’ve only seen the one palette from Japonesque but I am so glad I took a chance on it!
I want them all – I only have Semi-Sweet of these. Spectrum is on my wishlist.
Semi-Sweet is great!
That UD Spectrum Palette is gorgeous! Love!
Yay me too!
I love how I’m super neutral in the post and yours are ALL ABOUT THE COLOR OMG MORE COLOR! 😀
Yep, gimme color!