These are the most pigmented and smooth shadows I have tried at the drugstore. They blend easily too. For example, the matte yellow-beige shadow is pigmented enough that I can highlight the inner corner of my eyes (I fall around NC 43 in MAC) with no base and only one pass and still get a very noticeable highlight. The reason I will not repurchase this palette or any of the Avant Pop ones is mainly because they contain Ethylhexyl Palmitate. It's a very comedogenic ingredient and without fail any product with it breaks me out. These shadows are no exception, and at the moment I have pimples on my frigging lash-line, lid, and browbone from it. If I use the light shimmery eyeshadows as a face highlighter I get breakouts where I highlight with them. It's a shame because they make beautiful highlight shades.Another CON is that the gorgeous deep olive shade has a lot of fallout, both while applying AND throughout the day which is mortifying because the shade is SO pigmented. When I used it with my standard lid primers (Maybelline Color Tatoo or Milani one) it didn't prevent the fallout. I could only wear this shade applied on top of a still wet application of the Nyx Proof it waterproof eye primer, so that the shadow would get embedded in the primer and thus not move. Shade wise, all the colors show up on my NC 43 skin-tone (olive-beige undertone) without using an opaque light base. The shades that best looked on my skin-tone were the deep warm brown, the deep warm olive, and the deep purple looked good as a soft/smoky outer V shade. The rest of the colors worked but didn't look as nice as those three. The worst shades for me were the light pink and light/medium peach shimmer shades (though the colors worked as cheek highlighters).I would ONLY recommend this palette to people with skin not prone to breakouts and that have (or are willing to get) a good eyeshadow primer. Concealer doesn't cut it.

Edit: I tried this again recently and I actually think pigment payoff on skin is decent when compared to the look of the color in the pan. Adding a star. -----------I am NC 30-35, olive skin, yellow undertones, and this palette, filled with colors that typically work on my skin tone, is not pigmented enough for olive or darker skin colors. (except for the charcoal grey/black), and it is too sparkly for me. Normally, lack of pigmentation is not characteristic of NYX; I have two NYX blushes and other NYX products, and you have to use a very light hand because of the rich, buttery pigment. But the reason for the two stars has nothing to do with pigment. There is a lot of fallout -really problematic with black on your cheeks when you are in a hurry -especially obvious because I prefer to use a brush rather than a sponge applicator. You think that you've shaken all the excess dust by tapping your brush and then shadow falls onto your cheeks from above. I try to mitigate these issues by applying wet with a sponge applicator since I want to use up what I have. I adore the colors in this palette and I am a fan of NYX generally, but in terms of texture and ease of application, I prefer WnW coloricon. (The smaller WnW shadow coloricon combos have more pigment and are longer wearing than the bigger palette). Also, it's a small thing, but I somtimes fumble in opening the bow latch. Note: NYX eyeshadow singles have higher ratings regarding both pigment and fallout.

the shades are not pigmented

I'm always on the look out for new eye-shadow palettes. I saw this one for 16 bucks in Target and picked it up. I really like all of the great colors especially the moss green, plummy color and silver eye-shadows. Of course it also comes with a few highlighter colors. Although most of the shadows are highly pigmented, I found the plummy color to be lacking the pigment to promote a really strong eye. I had to go over my eyes at least 3 times to get the color to pop. The one thing that I really did not like about this pallet is the amount of fallout is way to much. Even tapping your brushes before applying, I still had to clean up all of the fall out mess on my face. Other than that, this is a very economical palette to play with and it lasted throughout the day without having to apply a primer.

I purchased this over the weekend at CVS . It was really an impulse purchase. I have been looking for a nice nude drugstore palette and I think I found a good one. I am still trying it out but I do think it is great for travel. . I throw it in my makeup bag and my gym bag . I think the packaging is appeals to someone my age I am 35 and someone younger or older. I do like that there are a like combination of colors some of which are matte and some of which have a little shimmer in them. I also got it on sale 50% off so I paid less than $6.00 for this eye shadow palette . I think it is great if you want an alternative to a high end nude palette. I will not say that it is a dupe for Urban Decay or Too Faced but I would rather spend less than $6.00 and try it out. Maybelline has a nude blushed palette which I think have similar color. All in all I am liking this palette so far and I am wearing it today . I think it is great for a neutral smokey eye . I think I am going to get a lot of use out of this NYX palette.