Make Up For Ever HD Skin Essentials Palette.

Eye Makeup

About this product

A multi-use eyeshadow and face palette featuring versatile shades that can be used on eyes, cheeks, and as highlighter for a fresh, dimensional look.

Full ingredients

Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Mica, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Methicone, Cera Carnauba (Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax), Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Silica, Dimethicone, Tocopherol, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Alumina, Parfum (Fragrance), Propanediol, Aqua (Water), Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Sucrose Palmitate, Evodia Rutaecarpa Fruit Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Glyceryl Linoleate, Benzyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Tin Oxide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Ci 19140 (Yellow 5 Lake), Ci 77491 (Iron Oxides), Ci 15850 (Red 7)

Guru Score

83%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

What they liked

Highlighter gives fresh glow without greasiness
Multi-use across face and eyes

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

What the gurus are saying

The palette's highlighter shades earn praise for creating a fresh, glowing finish without the greasy feel of cream highlighters. Gurus appreciate its versatility as a multi-use palette, with shades that work across eyes and face for a cohesive look.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take September 2025

Type

Eye MakeupPowder

Key actives

Hyaluronic acidVitamin E

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

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Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs

✓Yay

"For me, I would be going for the Makeup Forever HD Skin Essentials Palette. In fact, it looks almost identical. It is a little bit pricier, but I know it's a good brand."

Allie Glines

829k subs

✓Yay

"The best multi-use palette according to Allure is the Make Up For Ever Skin Face Essentials palette. I took a highlighter color from it on my sponge as my highlighter, and it makes the skin look super fresh, but it's not like a greasy cream highlighter. That's pretty."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Make Up For Ever HD Skin Essentials Palette?

A multi-use eyeshadow and face palette featuring versatile shades that can be used on eyes, cheeks, and as highlighter for a fresh, dimensional look.

Is Make Up For Ever HD Skin Essentials Palette worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 83%.

What is Make Up For Ever HD Skin Essentials Palette's Guru Score?

Make Up For Ever HD Skin Essentials Palette holds a Guru Score of 83%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.