Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow Bronzed Nudes Palette 9 G

The All Nudes Eye Shadow Palette Collection from Bobbi Brown consists of three 5-pan color options. The options are Rosey Nudes, Smokey Nudes, and Bronzed Nudes which is the one that I have.

These 5-pan palettes come in a sturdy, weighted compact with a great mirror.  The palette has 3 matte shades (Latte, Pecan, Black Coffee) and 2 metallic shades (Sunrise and Iced Caramel). The metallics are easy to blend as one-and-done eyeshadows or in combination with each other.  I’ve also had no issues combining them with other brands, so that is good if you are someone who likes to mix and match with what you already have. The texture of these Bobbi Brown metallic eye shadows is slightly creamy and a little dense.  They are between a MAC frost finish and a Pat McGrath Metallic (not the special shades).  It has the firmer press of the MAC frost finish (I.e. amber lights, cranberry). Still, it has a similar creaminess and density that you would find in the Pat McGrath metallic formula (I.e. enraptured and metallics from the Bronze Borealis quad). Please keep in mind that this is just a point of reference, the Bobbi Brown metallic formula does not have the same level of shine or dimension as a Pat McGrath shadow (in my opinion). I would also say that the Bobbi Brown formula has more shine than the MAC frost finish and takes less building to get the opacity I want.

While I consider the mattes to be easy to blend, I do think some other formulas are even easier for me to work with.  Although not all priced the same, NARS, Charlotte Tilbury, and MAC mattes are all easier for me to blend.  This is not a bad formula nor hard to blend, again I just want to give you a point of reference.  Pecan is slightly creamier in texture than latte and black coffee but I still consider this matte formula to be on the drier side.