A neutral eyeshadow palette from Rare Beauty's Neutral Eye Collection, combining matte and metallic shades in beiges, grays and browns for everyday and smokier eye looks.
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4 experts · Moderate agreementWhat the gurus are saying
Smooth, blendable mattes with hardly any fallout are the headline, and the formula feels more pigmented than the brand's earlier colorful palettes. Not everyone is dazzled: the shades are called basic and nothing new, though the grays, beiges and metallics can go cool and soft or warmer and smoky. Some gurus say it grows on you until it's the only palette they reach for.
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A neutral eyeshadow palette from Rare Beauty's Neutral Eye Collection, combining matte and metallic shades in beiges, grays and browns for everyday and smokier eye looks.
Yes. All 4 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 79%.
Rare Beauty Neutral Eye Collection Essential Nudes Eyeshadow Palette holds a Guru Score of 79%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.
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