NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette Review & Swatches
Coral
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette ($24.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a new, permanent six-pan palette that featured two matte shades, three metallic shades, and one more satin shade. All six shades were pigmented, long-wearing, and were easy to work with. The shimmer shades had a creamier, more emollient texture but weren’t too slippery applied and still worked well with brushes.
The brand could be clearer about which shades were Pressed Pigments (and why) because they were marked as “Face” rather than “Eye” on the back of the palette. The following shades are considered Pressed Pigments: I Got You, Mandarin, Feelings, and Red Shape. Brands in the US typically market these products as “Pigments” (instead of “Eyeshadow”), and there is often a warning on the back of packaging or the label as the color additives are not approved for usage on the eyes by the FDA (but are approved for other areas for cosmetic usage), while these color additives have no usage restrictions in the EU (per CosIng) so they can be used on the eyes in the EU.
Coral
PPermanent. $24.00.
I Got You
I Got You is a medium-dark pink with a warmer, pink-coral base with flecks of pink-to-lavender shifting shimmer and sparkle. The texture was smooth, more like a cream-powder as it had some slip, but it picked up well with a brush and yielded opaque coverage in a single layer. It stayed on well for eight hours before fading a bit.
Top Dupes
- Colour Pop Sing-a-Song (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Givenchy Inattendue #3 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Morphe Sissy (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, brighter (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Meteor Crush (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Maids a Milking (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, brighter (90% similar).
- Chanel Rose des Vents (94) (LE, $32.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Dior Fusion (764) (P, $29.50) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Never More (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Kevyn Aucoin Laser (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Roy G Biv (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Isostearyl Neopentanoate, Mica, Dimethicone, Butyl Acrylate/Hydroxypropyl Dimethicone Acrylate Copolymer, Silica, Talc, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydrogenated Styrene/Isoprene Copolymer, Tin Oxide, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate. May Contain: CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), CI 77007 (Ultramarines), CI 15850 (Red 6).
I Got You
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Red Shape
Red Shape is a rich, medium-dark red with moderate, warm undertones and a satin sheen. It was richly pigmented with a smooth, blendable consistency that wasn’t too dense nor too softly pressed into the pan. This shade stayed on well for eight and a half hours before showing signs of fading.
Top Dupes
- Viseart Boundless (PiP, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Chanel Desert Rouge (36) (P, $30.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- NARS Singapore #4 (PiP, $19.00) is lighter, more muted (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Walk of Shame #4 (PiP, ) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- Colour Pop Drift (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- Milani Red Between the Lines (PiP, $5.99) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- LORAC Sunrise (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
- Huda Beauty Saffron (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Coloured Raine Love Love (LE, $6.99) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Urban Decay Attitude (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Dimethicone, Diisostearyl Malate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glass Beads, Zinc Stearate. May Contain: CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), CI 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake), CI 15850 (Red 7 Lake).
Red Shape
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Anyway
Anyway id a deep, dark brown with neutral-to-warm undertones and a matte finish. It had nearly opaque color coverage in a single layer, which applied evenly to bare skin and blended out without much effort. The texture was soft, lightly powdery but wasn’t prone to fallout nor sheering out too readily when applied. It wore nicely for eight and a half hours before fading visibly.
Top Dupes
- Chanel Contour Brun (34) (P, $34.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Cafecito (LE, $4.50) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- LORAC Hickory (LE, $19.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Zoeva Cup of Joy (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Dose of Colors Rock Bottom (PiP, ) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Tarte Edgy (PiP, ) is warmer (90% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild Not a Basic Peach #7 (PiP, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Played Out (LE, $4.50) is cooler (90% similar).
- LORAC Bark (LE, $19.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Smokey #7 (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$8.00/0.09 oz. - $88.89 Per Ounce
The brand has a few different powder eyeshadow formulations, and because they don't just differ in finish but in price, they're listed as individual formulas on Temptalia, but for ease, I wanted to keep the same overview available so it's easy to get a big picture overview of their powder eyeshadows generally!
Super Matte Eyeshadows are "highly pigmented, completely opaque" with a "full, velvety" finish. The Super Mattes have a more finely-milled, velvety, and more substantial texture compared to the brand's Soft Matte eyeshadows, and I also found that they were much more pigmented than the Soft Mattes, too. There was more fallout during application if I wasn't careful due to the Super Matte shades being so pigmented, though. If one prefers building up coverage, the Soft Mattes would be more suitable. The eyeshadows in this finish tended to wear seven to eight hours on me.
Top Coat Wet & Dry Eyeshadows are supposed to give a "wet effect" and can be used wet or dry but are suggested to be used by "dabbing them on with your fingers" or "trying it wet." I found that these varied--some were really soft, blendable, and extremely pigmented with more fleck-like sparkle and others were drier and firmer with a thinner texture that was stiffer to work with. Most of them did apply best with fingertips or with a dampened brush over a dry brush. This finish is more interesting than the others, but I'd pay attention to the specific shades as there was some inconsistency. The wear time ranged from six to eight hours and slight to moderate fallout.
Satin Eyeshadows are supposed to have a "gentle sheen" with "the finest pearls" that will have "excellent adhesion" and be "long-lasting." They can also be applied wet or dry, and some shades did apply more smoothly or had better pigmentation when applied with a dampened brush, but the majority were easy to work with dry. The texture was smooth, firm but not too dense, and most shades blended out easily as the formula wasn't stiff to work with. Most shades lasted seven to eight hours.
Soft Matte Eyeshadows are supposed to give a "soft and delicate" effect while blending "easily." While the brand mentions "soft and delicate," the swatches they provided of the shades in this finish were showing opaque coverage in one layer, so the expectation would be for true, full color coverage, but a lot of the shades in the finish seemed more muted (which could be interpreted as "soft and delciate"). My experience was that the pigmentation ranged from medium to opaque but most shades were buildable, and I felt like buildable, matte eyeshadows are much needed and quite versatile--there's a huge difference in a poorly pigmented eyeshadow and one that can be pigmented, just requiring two layers--the latter gives one a lot of control over how it can appear in a look. The shades in this finish seemed to fade a little faster on me with six to seven hour wear on average.
Pearl Eyeshadows are supposed to "apply evenly, blend well" with "excellent skin adhesion" and "long-lasting" wear with high pigmentation. These are your m re typical shimmery, powdery eyeshadow formula with light creaminess, moderately dense textures, and are usually quite easy to blend out. Most of the shades had semi-opaque to opaque pigmentation that lasted between seven and eight hours on me. Some shades were very metallic and others were a soft frost.
Browse all of our NABLA Cosmetics Super Matte Eyeshadow swatches.
Ingredients
PTFE, Talc, Zinc Stearate, Polyethylene, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Silica. May Contain: CI 77491 - CI 77499 (Iron Oxides).
Anyway
PiPPermanent in Palette. $8.00.
Mandarin
Mandarin is a light orange with moderate, warm undertones and a sparkling finish. The eyeshadow had opaque coverage in one layer, while the consistency was smooth, lightly emollient and almost like a cream-powder hybrid as it felt firmer to the touch but still picked up well with a flat brush. The product applied evenly and blended out easily without resulting in fallout. It showed signs of fading after eight hours and had a smidgen of fallout over time.
Top Dupes
- NARS Outer Limits (LE, $25.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Side2Side (PiP, $6.00) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Starlight (P, $20.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Sphinx (P, $45.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- BH Cosmetics Club Tropicana #6 (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Burberry Shell (003) (P, $29.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- NARS Outer Limits (DC, $25.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- NARS St-Paul-de-Vence (Left) (DC, $25.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Colour Pop One by One (LE, $6.00) is darker (90% similar).
- MAC All in All (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Talc, Diisostearyl Malate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mica, Hydrogenated Castor Oil Hydroxystearate, Soybean Glycerides, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Unsaponifiables, Tin Oxide, Chlorphenesin, Potassium Sorbate, Tetrasodium Edta, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Citric Acid. May Contain: CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), CI 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake), CI 15850 (Red 6).
Mandarin
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Feelings
Feelings is a vivid, deeper coral with warm, orange undertones and a matte finish. It went a little more orange-red than pink when applied to my skin compared to how it appears in the pan. The texture was soft, smooth, and blendable without being too powdery nor too firmly pressed into the pan. It had rich coverage that lasted beautifully for nine hours before fading noticeably.
Top Dupes
- Colour Pop Slim Fit (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- Anastasia E4 (Norvina Vol. 1) (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Viseart Nectar (PiP, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Frose (PiP, $4.50) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Makeup Geek Nectar (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Coloured Raine Splash (PiP, $6.99) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Carnal Charm (LE, $18.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Too Faced Peach Punch (PiP, $16.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Juvia's Place Sokoto (P, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Juvia's Place Kogi (LE, ) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$8.00/0.09 oz. - $88.89 Per Ounce
The brand has a few different powder eyeshadow formulations, and because they don't just differ in finish but in price, they're listed as individual formulas on Temptalia, but for ease, I wanted to keep the same overview available so it's easy to get a big picture overview of their powder eyeshadows generally!
Super Matte Eyeshadows are "highly pigmented, completely opaque" with a "full, velvety" finish. The Super Mattes have a more finely-milled, velvety, and more substantial texture compared to the brand's Soft Matte eyeshadows, and I also found that they were much more pigmented than the Soft Mattes, too. There was more fallout during application if I wasn't careful due to the Super Matte shades being so pigmented, though. If one prefers building up coverage, the Soft Mattes would be more suitable. The eyeshadows in this finish tended to wear seven to eight hours on me.
Top Coat Wet & Dry Eyeshadows are supposed to give a "wet effect" and can be used wet or dry but are suggested to be used by "dabbing them on with your fingers" or "trying it wet." I found that these varied--some were really soft, blendable, and extremely pigmented with more fleck-like sparkle and others were drier and firmer with a thinner texture that was stiffer to work with. Most of them did apply best with fingertips or with a dampened brush over a dry brush. This finish is more interesting than the others, but I'd pay attention to the specific shades as there was some inconsistency. The wear time ranged from six to eight hours and slight to moderate fallout.
Satin Eyeshadows are supposed to have a "gentle sheen" with "the finest pearls" that will have "excellent adhesion" and be "long-lasting." They can also be applied wet or dry, and some shades did apply more smoothly or had better pigmentation when applied with a dampened brush, but the majority were easy to work with dry. The texture was smooth, firm but not too dense, and most shades blended out easily as the formula wasn't stiff to work with. Most shades lasted seven to eight hours.
Soft Matte Eyeshadows are supposed to give a "soft and delicate" effect while blending "easily." While the brand mentions "soft and delicate," the swatches they provided of the shades in this finish were showing opaque coverage in one layer, so the expectation would be for true, full color coverage, but a lot of the shades in the finish seemed more muted (which could be interpreted as "soft and delciate"). My experience was that the pigmentation ranged from medium to opaque but most shades were buildable, and I felt like buildable, matte eyeshadows are much needed and quite versatile--there's a huge difference in a poorly pigmented eyeshadow and one that can be pigmented, just requiring two layers--the latter gives one a lot of control over how it can appear in a look. The shades in this finish seemed to fade a little faster on me with six to seven hour wear on average.
Pearl Eyeshadows are supposed to "apply evenly, blend well" with "excellent skin adhesion" and "long-lasting" wear with high pigmentation. These are your m re typical shimmery, powdery eyeshadow formula with light creaminess, moderately dense textures, and are usually quite easy to blend out. Most of the shades had semi-opaque to opaque pigmentation that lasted between seven and eight hours on me. Some shades were very metallic and others were a soft frost.
Browse all of our NABLA Cosmetics Super Matte Eyeshadow swatches.
Ingredients
Talc, PTFE, Zinc Stearate, Polyethylene, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Silica. May Contain: CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491 - CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 15850 (Red 6, Red 7 Lake).
Feelings
PiPPermanent in Palette. $8.00.
Coral Amber
Coral Amber is a brighter, medium-dark copper with strong, warm orange undertones and a metallic sheen. It had opaque pigmentation with a smooth, lightly creamy texture that was more firmly-packed into the pan but wasn’t difficult to pick up and had a lightweight feel on my skin. It applied evenly, blended out easily, and lasted well for eight and a half hours before fading visibly.
Top Dupes
- Colour Pop Ditchin' U (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Sugarpill Penelope (P, $13.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Wild One (LE, $4.50) is darker (95% similar).
- BH Cosmetics Foil Eyes #27 (PiP, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Volcanic (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Too Faced Gingersnap (LE, $16.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Copperized (LE, $25.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Trax (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Diva (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Suspicion #3 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (95% similar).
Ingredients
Mica, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Zinc Stearate, Hydrogenated Polycyclopentadiene, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Talc, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides, Isododecane, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Silica, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides, Tin Oxide. May Contain: CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491 (Iron Oxides).
Coral Amber
PiPPermanent in Palette.
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics I Got You Metal Foil Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics I Got You Metal Foil Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics I Got You Metal Foil Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Red Shape Satin Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Red Shape Satin Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Anyway Super Matte Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Anyway Super Matte Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Mandarin Celestial Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Mandarin Celestial Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Mandarin Celestial Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Feelings Super Matte Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Feelings Super Matte Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Amber Fluid Metal Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Amber Fluid Metal Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Cutie Palette
NABLA Cosmetics I Got You Metal Foil Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics I Got You Metal Foil Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics I Got You Metal Foil Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Red Shape Satin Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Red Shape Satin Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Anyway Super Matte Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Anyway Super Matte Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Mandarin Celestial Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Mandarin Celestial Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Mandarin Celestial Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Feelings Super Matte Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Feelings Super Matte Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Amber Fluid Metal Eyeshadow
NABLA Cosmetics Coral Amber Fluid Metal Eyeshadow
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