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I fear to announce...

This is even more beautiful in person than I thought it was going to be.

So I have the new Natasha Denona Tan Palette.

This one in particular I got in PR but I actually did Order it.

So my mom has already claimed it because she loves the look of this

But the new Natasha Denona tan palette is basically available at all retailers right now

if you're in the US the major retailers are gonna be Sephora Ulta Natasha Denona website.

I believe it's also on Beautylish.

I have a lot of swatches for you today I'm comparing this to a lot of other Natasha Denona palettes

and we will get a couple looks done today.

This palette is $72 it is the midi style palette

favorite it has 15 shades that are interchangeable

because this one just like all of the others has the little holes in the back

and this is made in Italy now what I immediately noticed

upon looking at it in person versus online I think this is a lot prettier in person

and I was worried that this was going to be very monotone

and not a lot of right I wasn't seeing a lot of writing

depth here I do think the palette overall is missing some really bright / light tones

but if you have a medium

or deep complexion you're gonna love this this is kind of starting at a mid depth level

and there are more deeper shades than I thought

so I'm happy to report not only does this look better

in person it looks like there's gonna be more opportunity for

the amount of looks you can create with this overall with it being named in the tan palette it

but I am still very very excited about this palette now

this is supposed to be for summer think bronzy sandy brown

neutrals is how they describe it this formula contains three creamy

mattes three slip cream mattes six metallics three sparkling foiled one of

which is like a sparkling wet formula there's only one repeat shade

which is going to be a soft spot this is just the perfect

footage in front of the window it is natural light on my iphone

so you can really see the dimension and the textures

and everything looked really beautiful with the swatches a couple notes

with how the palette swatched overall really lovely really creamy we have a couple slip cream mats

which would include sandal and dip and glide and i was a little bit worried about these these have

list but in the past they've proven to be harder to get pigment with with the swatches today

which would be right here and right here they swatched really lovely full of pigment

so i'm really happy with

that my biggest concern lies with the focal point of the

palette spritz right here now this is a sparkling wet formula

however i feel like it's very very piecey taking a look at my swatch

the skin and I don't know why my camera just switched lenses like that.

My worry with this is if you get it on the eyelid, you take a blending brush, it's just gonna fall all over your face.

So I'm thinking this one, wet your brush or have a good sticky base because those glitters are sitting on top of the skin, which I don't like.

But other than that, everything's swatched so, so nice.

And I'm telling you, this palette looks so much better in person than her marketing images.

I mean, this is right up my alley, you guys.

most that I needed to cover let's just get in with the looks get these on the eyes

because based on swatching I pinpointed I need to use the shade spritz

because I'm worried it's gonna leave a lot of fallout and I do want to make sure the slip cream mats

have enough pigment, but they swatched really well.

There really isn't too many shades I'm concerned about.

We're also gonna see, hopefully I can get a couple of different looks here.

Now that you're up close and personal, I do have two different foundations on that are very different shades from one another.

So one side of my face is darker than the other.

The things I do, I'm actually testing the Makeup Forever HD skin alongside their new foundation.

And the shades are super different.

But I really wanted to see how the two compare to each other.

So side note...

The new one is definitely more matte but smoothing.

The HG Skin has a more natural skin -like appearance.

That's what I'm noticing right away with those.

But that is not what we're here for.

I'm debating where I want to begin.

I'll have everything that I'm wearing as a base down below.

Just don't pay mind to the different shades.

We're doing what we gotta do here.

I did prep my base with the Thrive Cosmetics Eyelift Eye Primer.

So when I do...

My basic reviews of Natasha Denona palettes, I like to put two shades

that are close to one another next to each other to make sure they each serve their own purpose.

So as much as I want my looks to be pretty, I'm coming at it from more of a review standpoint.

And I will have more looks with this in future videos of ones that I would actually wear out.

So I want to see the shade Lazy right here.

And I'm gonna pop this in the inner half and of my crease.

This has a little bit of a peachy tone to it against my skin tone.

Okay, nice

and this as you can see other than the shade of Villa is the lightest shade in the palette

and it is only adding depth for me So

if you have a lighter complexion

if you need something to brighten you probably will need to go into a different palette

But I'm not that mad about it.

Let's see paddle paddles a little close to it.

Let's make sure I It has a little bit more of a tan tone.

It's a little bit less peachy.

Overall, you guys, when you were telling me your thoughts on this palette, just based on the visuals and the marketing that had been launched, a lot of you were worried that it was going to be too warm.

And while there's a few shades

that have some warm tones to it with the nature of it being called the tan palette, honestly, it ended up being just more truly neutral.

Brown some shades leaning slightly more warm, but for me and my complexion.

I absolutely love love the tone of this palette.

It's like a true tan brown, not too warm.

And you'll see that compared to other palettes when I.. do that portion at the end.

For me, it's not too warm.

I know for those of you who are very, very cool toned, this will definitely pull more warm on you.

But if you're more neutral, it's Perfect.

The two shades are similar to one another, same depth level, slight different undertones, Probably not necessary to have both.

I'm gonna take some of Soft Spot, which is that pre -existing shade, and I'm just going to run this along the lower lash line.

For now, I love this shade.

It is the perfect transition tone.

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It added the perfect shadow here.

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But actually what I'm more curious about I was saying how

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I need to use these slip cream match just to make sure they perform in quality

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because in the past there's been inconsistent performance of this formula however it's gotten better over the years.

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Oh, this is perfect and it provides a great level of depth.

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The thing with these is it does provide nice pigment in the beginning,

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but it is a little bit more difficult to build up the pigment because it is so thin in nature. But...

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It applies nice and what is nice about these is you don't get any fallout.

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from them but you can't really build up a ton of pigment with it

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I mean I just have a lot of mush on my eye but everything is working out nicely.

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I'm going to demo Dip here which is another slip cream mat.

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we'll see you see how it stays pretty mess free especially for a shade this dark I do like that about this, for outer inner corner colors.

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and shading on the eye.

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I feel like it's been so long since I've done an eyeshadow review, you guys.

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Feels good to be back.

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Okay.

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Now my main focus for this look is to test this Sprint shade

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because this is the one that I was the most sus about.

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Everything else felt on par to what I'm used to with Natasha Denona, but this one...

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I pointed it out in the swatch, but the glimmers kind of sit on top of the skin, which makes me worry.

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their longevity I'm using a finger to apply this

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and not too bad I'm not getting any fallout actually I'm just making sure I'm massaging this into the eyelid

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and it is giving that sparkling wet effect That was the intention.

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So while the swatch was disappointing, It's looking really gorgeous.

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I am, for review's sake,

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I'm going to take my blending brush softening the edges to see if any of the shimmers fall on my Under eye.

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And honestly, no, I don't have a single...

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Glimmer Falling, and I just went like this.

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So obviously this did take some of the glitters off.

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So you're going to get the longest wear, the best wear, the sparkliest wear if you use a glitter glue or a wet brush.

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But hey, it's working great like this.

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Let me take taking a flat shader brush.

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I'm getting it in that spritz shade, which I'm getting kickback everywhere.

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That's okay.

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Just wetting my brush.

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And this will amp up the intensity as well.

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Very cool and it actually added more depth than I thought it was going to do.

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In Pan it looks like a brighter shade compared to the rest but it actually does have a pretty deep base.

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But hey, that's gorgeous.

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This is a beautiful kind of smoky eye.

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I think around this level of depth is what you're gonna get with a lot of shades from this palette

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because it is so bright.

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beginning and more of that mid -tone depth level so just keep

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that in mind let's see if i can do something a little bit brighter maybe more cool tone

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on the other eye i don't know maybe you can't get as many looks from this

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which has been the pattern with natasha denona palettes lately there's

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not a lot of variety in the shade you get 15 shades

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but you really only get like three or four looks

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that you can get from the palette so i am kind of feeling

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that way now we're not gonna get much variety here

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but i do like the mixture of like she calls them metallics but some of these shades are more

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satiny metallic and then other shades have more glitter so

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that will also help the variety i'm gonna take some of glide which is another slip cream.

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I do like this formula.

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I'm always scarred because I did have a very bad experience with the slip cream mats when they first launch.

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when they first launched but they are definitely a perfected formula now and this has kind of a murky color to it.

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Remember, there's not really a light shade option for me in this palette.

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But the slip cream mattes are fabulous for smoky eyes and halo eyes.

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It's a pretty mess free if you're somebody that does your face makeup first.

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Great formula for this.

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Okay.

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Bye.

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I'm just putting that on the outer half of the lower lash.

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I'm gonna take dip again.

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And this one I'm gonna do a little a little halo eye, Do something a little bit different.

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I think for my complexion, there's a good amount of one and done shades that will provide just a little bit of depth.

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You can put it all over and blend it up into the crease.

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So that's really nice.

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There's a lot of options for that here, but You want to talk about performance here.

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And then I'm going to take some of Vila.

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Pop this in the center of the eyelid.

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I think it will be better with a finger.

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It applied fine with a brush, but I feel like I can work quicker.

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with a finger and then this is the bright shimmer shade in this palette.

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Very gorgeous.

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Taking that on the tip of my shader brush and just running it on the

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inner part i'm actually going to use a pencil brush for this

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inner part of the lower lash line and the tear duct area So you can get a glowing eye look with this.

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I think this would have been really gorgeous all over the eyelid without the deep shade to brighten up the eye.

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And that's a good...

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inner corner shade, Villa, and pop in right here.

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I'm gonna blend that right here.

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And now I'm taking some of Celeste, which has a little bit more reflect in there.

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and i'm patting this in the center of the eyelid it's gonna give a little bit more glam

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and i mean these are two very very simple looks nothing too complex about them now one thing

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that i did notice with just her looks online they looked

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very messy to me like just like a bunch of mush on the eyelid

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and i do feel like that's kind of the vibe on my eyelid as well.

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I think this palette is better served for more simple looks just with the amount of shimmers in this palette.

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It does kind of just look like dirt on the eyelid, not in a bad way, in like a pretty brown shimmery way.

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But normally with Natasha Denona palettes, when she releases a palette, there's like tons of variety in the looks.

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They look really awesome

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and I just noticed the looks in her marketing this time

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around it did look just like a bunch of Shades thrown onto the eyelid a little messily

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and that's kind of the vibe I'm getting as I'm applying

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this as well I just don't see a ton of opportunity here for a bunch of different looks.

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I was optimistic

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when I opened this palette You're gonna get like a mid -tone brown smokey eye with this

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and slight variety in that but not too much

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some eyeliner and lashes and you'll love the way the looks are

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but in terms of artistry and creating a lot of different looks

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Just as it's been with the most recent palettes from her brand, this is sticking in the one color family limited looks category.

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I mean this palette is the ultimate...

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smoky brown glimmery eye palette for looks like this where you have glimmers

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and special reflex on the eyes

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and the formulas everything with this palette makes it easy to create a look like this

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but you are kind of limited to looks like this

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and you'll see that even with the looks Natasha Denona creates herself

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but here's my thing I love this kind of look I feel so confident in this kind

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recommend this palette for you

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but I think you can get subtle differences with each eye look you create

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because of the different tones that she's offering in the shimmers

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and the different depths the different finishes

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so there will be slight variety in the looks

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but they're they're gonna kind of look like this right a pretty brown mush on the eyelids

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and I mean that in the best way possible

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and I've been trying to lay out the pros and cons of this palette but overall even the cons

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Simply love the tones in this palette.

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For me, some lighter shades are missing.

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Just for my skin tone, I can easily reach into other palettes that I have.

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But if you are medium to deep complexion, I really think that you will enjoy this palette even more than I already do.

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Now, obviously, this color story is nothing unique.

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It is yet another neutral palette.

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If you have collected a few Natasha Denona palettes over the years, you're gonna have these shades.

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within your collection so i'm gonna take you over to my swatch comparisons

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so hopefully that can help you decide if it's worthwhile for you so this is the i sculpt

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and dramatic on the left and I mean of course

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when it comes to the matte colors there's going to be some repetition maybe with a couple shimmers

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but overall I don't think there's too much overlap between these two.

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I thought it would be closer to Beba than it actually is.

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Again maybe some similar mattes but the Beba just has a much larger range of undertones

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and the tan palette stays a tan palette.

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I saw a lot of comparisons between the bronze palette and the tan palette and side by side they're nothing alike.

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Actually the bronze palette is so warm it's making the tan palette look almost gray and washing it out.

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Here it is next to the gold palette.

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The gold palette is much more yellow, has a lot more warm tones in there.

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So I'm loving how the tan isn't turning out as warm

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as I think a lot of people were commenting they thought it would be.

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Here it is next to the gold palette honestly these were

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more similar than I originally thought they were going to be

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but there's just a different selection of shades in the golden palette like there's a lot more lighter shades

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and the shades overall lean more yellow

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and in the tan palette they lean more I don't want to say peachy

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but take a look so golden palette's definitely more warm the golden is on the bottom

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and the tan will be on the top for the rest of these swatches

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so there are some similar mattes and some similar shimmers

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but there's not a one -to -one match up between the palettes

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and the shades definitely lean more peachy yellow in the golden palette so similar

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but not quite not close enough in my opinion here's the i need a warm in the tan palette

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and on first glance i really can tell the difference between the two

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But these have a closer one -to -one ratio when having a partner or a match.

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Let me show you.

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I'm actually quite surprised at how similar these palettes are to one another.

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Obviously, I Need a Warm is much more warm.

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And there are differences between the shades that I swatched against each other.

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But the general vibes are very similar, just with slightly different tones.

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But for you, that could make all the difference.

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Here is I Need a Nude against the Tan Palette.

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that you'll get a lot of similarities.

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Now the mattes between the two palettes are a lot more different.

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The mattes in the I Need a Nude are much more gray

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but I feel like there's a lot of similar shimmers

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and transparently I feel like the shimmers in the I Need

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a Nude felt creamier than the I Need a Tan

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and sometimes it takes going against one another to be able to tell that difference but it's weird.

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In the I Need a Nude some of the mattes are much more pink and then

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gray there's no in -between neutral which the tan kind of fulfills

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that but the shimmers there are some pretty similar shimmers final comparison with the glam palette

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and there's a lot of close colors

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but not quite you'll see the tones in the glam are

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just a bit different the tan palette is more brown

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so there's the comparison you can see there are some similar shades a couple shades from

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because there was a couple of different shades they could have matched up with.

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So it's not like one -to -one ratio here.

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But they're close, but they're different.

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You know what I'm saying?

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You can see the tan palette's just a little bit more monochromatic in the brown family.

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I hope that this video was very helpful for you.

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Overall, quality of this palette is super duper nice.

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Lacks in variety.

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It's very monotone as it's been with the last previous palettes.

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But I personally love, love, love these tones on myself.

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I can see myself using this palette quite often

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and you definitely will be seeing the looks I create with this palette in the next few videos

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and then I will circle back

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and let you know after creating many more looks how I feel about this palette

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but overall someone who is very very experienced with Natasha Denona

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and her formulas and all of her palettes I can say this You will love it.

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Natasha Denona simply has one of the best formulas on the market and I think you will really enjoy it.

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So let me know if you have any questions down below.

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I might do some more in -depth shorts, so maybe I'll answer some of those in the shorts.

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And I will say get them on the next one.

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Bye guys, have a good one.

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Context & Background

The video discusses the new Natasha Denona Tan Palette, detailing its features and qualities while exploring the excitement of the speaker as they experience the palette in person. They mention having previewed it online but express that the actual product surpasses their expectations. Throughout the video, the speaker shares their thoughts about the palette's usability, including swatches and comparisons to other palettes, making it a trustworthy source for beauty enthusiasts. This informal yet informative style can be an excellent way for English learners to practice listening and comprehension.

Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication

This is even more beautiful in person than I thought.
My mom has already claimed it because she loves the look of this.
I'm happy to report...
There’s only one repeat shade.
This looks so much better in person.

These phrases can be useful in conveying your excitement about various subjects or discussing preferences with friends and family in daily conversations. Integrating such phrases into your vocabulary can enhance your fluency and make your communication more engaging.

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To effectively use this video for improving your English skills, consider leveraging the technique of shadow speech through shadowing apps or dedicated shadowing sites. Here’s a structured approach:

Watch the Video: Begin by viewing the video without any subtitles, focusing on the speaker's pronunciation, intonation, and emotions.
Listen and Repeat: Use a shadowing app to listen to short segments of the dialogue and repeat them out loud. Pay close attention to nuances in the language, such as stress and rhythm.
Practice Phrases: Take the top phrases listed above and practice them repeatedly until you can say them naturally. These are common in conversational English.
Record Yourself: Using a microphone or a voice recording app, record your attempt at shadowing the speaker. Listen back to evaluate your pronunciation and fluency.
Engage with the Content: After practicing, try discussing the Tan Palette with a friend or writing a review. This will help reinforce vocabulary and expressions learned from the video.

By following these steps, you can effectively enhance your command of English while enjoying engaging content. Integrating these shadowing techniques will enrich your learning experience and make it easier to communicate confidently in your everyday life. Remember, consistent practice is key to mastering any language!

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The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has already claimed · they've proven · there's been
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	Spot, which is · here which is · skin, which makes
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is made · being named · had been launched

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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