Nyx In Your Element Air Palette

Nyx In Your Element Air Palette

Today I’m sharing swatches of the Nyx In Your Element Air Palette. I bought this palette, as well as Wind and Water, from Ulta when they were on sale at Ulta. Air is a pastel palette. I bought Wind and Air because I’m a Gemini, an Air sign. While I bought my palette from Ulta, I don’t currently see it available there. I can only find this palette at Nyx’s website.

Where to Buy
Nyx Cosmetics

Price
$30 (though I paid less because I bought during an Ulta sale)

Row 1 – 1, 2, 3, 4
Row 2 – 5, 6, 7, 8
Row 3 – 9, 10, 11, 12

Nyx In Your Element Air Palette Swatches

1 – 8

1 – light peach shimmer
8 – light peach satin

2 – 3
12 – 9

2 – light yellow peach matte
3 – light peachy pink matte
12 – ripe peach satin mate
9 – peachy orange matte

7 – 6

7 – white shimmer
6 – pastel mint matte

10 – 5
4 – 11

10 – light purple shimmer
5 – sky blue matte
4 – light violet shimmer
11 – hot magenta pink matte

Row 1 – 4 – 10 – 7 – 12 – 2 – 1
Row 3 – 11 – 5 – 6 – 9 – 3 – 8

I like the marbled effect on the lid of the Nyx In Your Element Air palette. It’s cool. The back of the palette has each shade labeled with a number. I would always prefer for colors to be named and to have their name below each shade in the palette. That said, the Nyx packaging is very sparse, with no wasted space in the palette layout. Between the packaging, the palette layout and the lack of names, it doesn’t feel like a $30 palette.

The Nyx In Your Element Air palette eyeshadow quality is a step-up from the typical Nyx eyeshadow singles I’ve tried. The Nyx In Your Element palettes have better pigmentation. That said, they could still use more pigmentation. I feel like you really have to build up the colors. I do really like the mix of matte and shimmer colors in the In Your Element palettes.

I would not pay $30 for the Nyx In Your Element palettes, but they’re definitely worth picking up on sale if you like the mix of colors offered. I think the Nyx In Your Element Air palette is a great palette for Spring. I love the mix of pastels with the few bright pops of color.

If you’re new to eyeshadow and afraid of color, I think the Nyx In Your Element palettes might be a good choice to start with. Right now, the Nyx In Your Element Air palette is $15 on the Nyx site, which is a reasonable price. See swatches of the Nyx In Your Element Wind palette.

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