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Master Mattes The Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette.

Makeup by Mario Master Mattes The Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette
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About this product

A matte eyeshadow palette featuring neutral and cool-toned shades designed to create everyday looks from subtle to smokey.

Full ingredients

Guru Score

91%

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5 experts · Moderate agreement
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What they liked

  • Blends effortlessly without heavy-handedness
  • A little product goes a very long way

What they flagged

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

    What the gurus are saying

    The shades blend so effortlessly that reviewers say they feel like pro makeup artists using it, and the palette's range of pale and midtone mattes lets anyone build looks from soft and natural to fully smoked out without the shadows turning too heavy or theatrical. The neutral-to-cool undertone works beautifully for those with fair to light skin or anyone who finds warm palettes unflattering, though the shade range suits most skin tones. Many reach for it daily because the colors are so foolproof and wearable that you can press them on quickly without perfect blending and still look polished.
    Synthesized from 5 expert reviews · most recent take April 2026

    What the gurus are saying.

    Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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    Yay
    "I love the Master Matte Neutrals eyeshadow palette. This is my most used like everyday palette. It's a great size. If you're somebody who has more neutral leaning cool tones in your skin, then these shades will really flatter you."
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    "I love the Master Matte Neutrals eyeshadow palette. This is my most used like everyday palette. It's a great size. If you're somebody who has more neutral leaning cool tones in your skin, then these shades will really flatter you."
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    "I'm telling you it is so good it's way better than the first palette. This is the Master Mattes The Neutrals palette from Makeup by Mario and I can't put it down. I think it's truly way better than the first one. This color is just slightly deeper than my natural skin tone so it's going to add like a really subtle shading around my eye and just kind of smooth out any pigmentation on the eyelid. Since this is a color that's pretty close to my skin tone I feel like it just looks very natural and it's so easy like if I was in a rush in the morning I wouldn't have to worry about blending it perfectly because it just looks good all over the lid. I just want a tiny bit of like pink right here on the outer edge and this is like my favorite color in the palette."
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    "One of my favorite palettes in general is from Makeup by Mario and it is the Master Mattes The Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette. This one is so beautiful and so versatile. If you have not tried this yet I highly recommend picking it up. It's only matte shades but that's why I love it so much. I think it's perfect for everyday and it's one of my all-time favorites and most used eyeshadow palettes."
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    "If you're like a matte eyeshadow only girly I would definitely look into the Makeup by Mario Master Mattes The Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette. This is another palette that you could definitely use all year round but specifically in Fall, I mean these colors are fall tones, they're so beautiful natural neutral matte colors. This is just the perfect palette for anyone who loves more matte looks. You could of course do several different things with this palette creating dimension with a lot of the colors, but for me for everyday, especially in Fall, I typically go for just one solid matte shade all over the lids under the lash line, and you can do so many versions of that with this palette. A lot of these look so good all over the eyes. You also get a matte black in here and then here's the lightest shade, so really the range is huge on this. You can do so many things. It's just a good palette to have in your collection, and if you're a working makeup artist it's also great to invest in something like this where you can just have good groundwork pieces for your clients for your eye looks. This is a really excellent palette to look into for fall but also all year."
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    "I have so many that I love but I got to tell you this one really does something to me and I don't know how I ever lived without it. I love this palette. This is the Makeup by Mario Master Mattes Neutrals. He launched actually the first round which was the original Master Mattes, these are more warm, but because I am more neutral toned, this flatters me more and I just wear it more. So I love it."
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    "My personal favorite, the Master Mattes the Neutrals palette."
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    "The new Makeup by Mario, it's the Master Mattes The Neutrals one. This is like that's my new favorite. This palette makes me think of you, it really does."
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    "This is something that I feel like everyone would love. I personally love it. The first palette is great too if you like more warm tones where you feel like warm tones flatter you more but this palette is more neutral leaning cool which is what I feel like flatters me. This is what I've got all over the eyes today. I'm wearing the gray mostly on the eyes which I think is really nice. This is such a fabulous staple product. You can pair this with eyeshadow toppers if you want more pizzazz in your eye look but having a full mattes palette is really great and this one is my favorite, it's so nice."
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    "If I were getting married today I would use the Makeup by Mario Master Mattes Neutrals palette. I have a neutral undertone and these matte tones are so great and very flattering. It's one of my favorites and I'm so in love with it."
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    "The Makeup by Mario Master Mattes eyeshadow palette would make an amazing gift for a beginner because it's just foolproof. A lot of people starting out don't want shimmers or metallics, so a matte palette is a really great place to start."
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    "The Makeup by Mario Master Mattes Neutrals palette was by far my most used palette from the year. The colors are so flattering, it's just perfection. I reach for it on an everyday basis and travel with it because the colors are foolproof. I love the more neutral to cool undertones in here."
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    "The Makeup by Mario Master Mattes eyeshadow palette, the original one, won best powder eyeshadow. This is such a great one to have in your collection. I mostly used this one because I had a shimmer I wanted to play with on top."
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    "If there's one brand new eyeshadow palette I think you should check out, it's the Makeup by Mario Master Mattes Neutrals palette. I couldn't be more obsessed. It's especially good if you have fair to light skin, though it would work great for all skin tones, and it's great if you have a hard time finding palettes that look really seamless and natural and not too over the top. It's literally been my everyday palette. It's so good."
    Yay
    "I absolutely love this palette because it is so wearable. You can use this everyday. It's all neutrals. It's all matte shades. Any skin tone can use this. You can create so many eye looks with this, like smokey eye looks, just a little bit in the crease, whatever you want to do. You can use the darker shades as your liner if you really wanted to. It's just so universal and wearable and I feel like everybody should have a neutrals matte palette in their collection. If you're looking for something that's all matte and wearable shades, this is definitely worth looking into."
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    "I absolutely love this palette because it is so wearable. You can use this everyday. It's all neutrals. It's all matte shades. Any skin tone can use this. You can create so many eye looks with this, like smokey eye looks, just a little bit in the crease, whatever you want to do. You can use the darker shades as your liner if you really wanted to. It's just so universal and wearable and I feel like everybody should have a neutrals matte palette in their collection. If you're looking for something that's all matte and wearable shades, this is definitely worth looking into."
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    "This is honestly the only eyeshadow palette you would really ever need. It has all those neutral shades in here, they're all matte shades as well, and it doesn't matter what color your eyes are, anybody can use and wear these shades. You can create so many different smokey eye looks. A lot of the times I will use these darker shades for my liner and I will use them as that winged out look so that they look a little bit more softer. I do like eyeliner pencils and whatnot, but if you want more of that softer look, start using some of your darker shadows and start creating your winged out look that way. It just looks more softer and a little bit more natural in my opinion. I love this palette. I've been using it a lot. This has literally been my go-to."
    Yay
    "The usual brown that I wear is Makeup by Mario Master Mattes palette. This has lasted me, this is going to probably last me like 5 years because I put a little bit and a little bit goes a very, very long way as well."
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    "The usual brown that I wear is Makeup by Mario Master Mattes palette. This has lasted me, this is going to probably last me like 5 years because I put a little bit and a little bit goes a very, very long way as well."
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    "Makeup by Mario has their Master Matte eyeshadow palette; I tend to use the browns a lot."
    Yay
    "I'm going to grab the master mattes the neutrals palette from Makeup by Mario"
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    "I'm going to grab the master mattes the neutrals palette from Makeup by Mario"
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    "I was using the Makeup by Mario Master Mattes The Neutrals palette, so I'm going to pick up this shade right here, this nice taupey kind of color, and I'm going to cover my entire lid with this shade."
    Yay
    "The first Mario palette I bought was the Master Mattes The Neutrals. I bought this in the previous Sephora Insider event and I am a complete convert to the Mario eyeshadows. They are some of the best eyeshadows I've ever used as far as the blendability. You cannot make a mistake with these eyeshadows, they blend out so beautifully. This is like my everyday go-to palette, this is the one I reach for, and it has just such a nice variety of colors but it doesn't go too dark too fast. You know, it's my age-old problem with palettes, is they just get too dark too fast, and this one has so many shades that are really wearable. So your eyeshadow won't come out looking too heavy-handed, too overdone, too theatrical. The everyday palette would definitely be worth the money because you will reach for this every day and it will up your eyeshadow game exponentially in the blend and everything. It's really, really good. This is the one I would recommend for the vast majority of people."
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    "I'm using the new Makeup by Mario Master Mattes The Neutrals. It's such an Angie palette, a great essential palette for you. It's not overly warm, it's not warm at all. It's a nice neutral leaning cool. I mean, you can see it's like a beautiful palette filled with neutrals. These are all great tones for you."
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    "As a matte palette this is perfection. These are the best blending eyeshadows I think I have ever used. They are so good you get such a beautiful blend with these. Just using this palette I feel like my eyeshadow skills are so much better and they're really the same but it's this eyeshadow that makes me look like a pro makeup artist with my blending. I love this palette. The shades are gorgeous. There are enough pale midtone mats to do your crease, there's enough darker tones to smoke it out. It just gives you such a variety of warms and cools. There's even a true gray and a true black. It's really a special palette and if you don't have this already I would highly recommend picking this up."
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    "The first Mario palette I bought was the Master Mattes The Neutrals. I bought this in the previous Sephora Insider event and I am a complete convert to the Mario eyeshadows. They are some of the best eyeshadows I've ever used as far as the blendability. You cannot make a mistake with these eyeshadows, they blend out so beautifully. This is like my everyday go-to palette, this is the one I reach for, and it has just such a nice variety of colors but it doesn't go too dark too fast. You know, it's my age-old problem with palettes, is they just get too dark too fast, and this one has so many shades that are really wearable. So your eyeshadow won't come out looking too heavy-handed, too overdone, too theatrical. The everyday palette would definitely be worth the money because you will reach for this every day and it will up your eyeshadow game exponentially in the blend and everything. It's really, really good. This is the one I would recommend for the vast majority of people."

    What the evidence says.

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

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    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

    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 Makeup by Mario Master Mattes The Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette?

    A matte eyeshadow palette featuring neutral and cool-toned shades designed to create everyday looks from subtle to smokey.

    Is Makeup by Mario Master Mattes The Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette worth it?

    Yes. All 5 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 91%.

    What is Makeup by Mario Master Mattes The Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette's Guru Score?

    Makeup by Mario Master Mattes The Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette holds a Guru Score of 91%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

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