I was supper excited when I saw that this palette was coming out! Its only sold at Ulta right now. But, bareMinerals’ Ready eyeshadows have probably one of the best formulas out there possible. The shadows are always very pigmented and the payoff is excellent. This palette comes with 20 different eyeshadows which retails for $42. Not too bad right? I am very weary when you can get these many eyeshadows for that kind of a low price tag. Normally the Ready shadows cost $40 for 8 shadows and the pans are typically a lot smaller.

The first thing I noticed was that this palette, even though it houses a lot of neutrals,leans very cool. Now, I have a warm skin tone. I wear cool toned shadows, but I find that warmer tones definitely look better on me. The mattes in this palette are not really really matte. They have maybe a 10% satin texture to it. I didn’t really like the color spectrum as well. The shadows looked quite taupey on me, and after a while blended out to be the same shade. The lighter shades which had some shimmer to them, had some glitter fall out. This typically does not happen with bareMinerals’ eyeshadows.

Hence, this palette went back. I didn’t like the cardboard packaging as well. Granted, it makes travelling a whole lot easier, it didn’t make the cut for me.

If you have never tried this formula before, or you want a whole lot of value for your money, or you just like cool toned neutrals, then don’t miss out on this!

I kept this for about 3 weeks and I just wasn’t motivated enought to keep this palette. Hence, it went back!

Hope this helps!

-K