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NAM Dazzling Desert Make Up Palette Review

By Maychiri's Thoughts - June 28, 2023

Obviously, the stand-out product in this mystery bag, this is the NAM Dazzling Desert Make Up Palette.

 
I’m not all that into these all-in-one make up palettes, though I can definitely appreciate how useful they can be in a pinch. So when I saw this palette in the bag, after the previous one turned out not to be good at all, I wasn’t too excited. Still, let’s see if this one is any better than the Wet Look palette!
 

 
Packaging: cardboard palette with a mirror inside. It’s got a wet look to it: a reflective bluish colour in addition to the droplets makes it look like rain. Which is actually exactly the opposite of a desert, no? Perhaps it should’ve been beige, instead? Anyways, the mirror is quite large and heavy. The pans are removable! So you can pick and choose which one you like and put them in an empty palette. 
 

Source: nammakeup.com

 
Ingredients: nothing nourishing but also no parabens. The scent is slightly soapy and chemical, but it is pretty subtle. The glitter has the most subtle scent, while the blush has the most intense scent. The expiration date is 12 months after opening.
 

 
 
Colours: mostly warm toned colours, with a champagne and gold shades. Starting from top left we have: gold multicolour glitter, champagne shimmer, carrot orange matte, tan matte, plum purple matte, peachy marbled slightly metallic shade, and a gold highly shimmery, metallic shade. The glitter, champagne shimmer and the mattes are eyeshadows, the marbled orange shade is a blush, and the gold metallic shimmer is a highlighter. 
 
 
 
 
All eyeshadows
The eyeshadows are nicely matched to make a purple/golden eye look. It is actually quite pretty when you put them all together! The blush and highlighter match perfectly; gold of the highlighter and the soft peach orange of the blush look great together. The orange and golden shades definitely evoke a desert in my mind, and the purple is like a sunset in the desert. And the orange blush is like the searing heat of the desert. Quite well thought out! I like the shimmers the most, especially the champagne shimmer.

The highlighter (left) and blush (right)

 
 
Pigmentation is mostly very good. The mattes have good pigmentation, the best pigmented matte shade us the purple. They are all quite even. The marbled blush has pretty good pigmentation. The shimmers have excellent pigmentation, and are very intense! By far the most pigmented is the glitter, but, come on, it’s glitter! Glitter is almost always extremely pigmented. The mattes and blush need only a few layers to get a good, perfectly even and pigmented look. The shimmers and the glitter are extremely pigmented from the very first layer. 
 
 
 
In terms of fall-out, the mattes, shimmers, and blush don’t have any fall-out. So, the only one that has fall-out is the glitter, and boy does it have a ton of it! It’s too coarse so it gets everywhere. It would’ve been much better if it had some creaminess to it, like Wet n Wild’s glitters do. It would make it much easier to apply. Speaking of which, the mattes are incredibly easily applied with brushes, and the shimmers can be applied with fingers or brushes, both look great. I love how easy the blush, highlighter and shimmer eyeshadow are to apply and how easy it is to get an even layer. I tried to use a brush to apply the glitter, but it’s much easier to just use your fingers. It sticks to skin, even without a primer. 
 

The textures are mixed: you have one glitter, two shimmers, one marbled, and three matte shades. The formula of the mattes is standard, not too powdery nor too creamy, so they are super easy to use. It’s quite a good formula! The glitter is far too coarse, it’s like it is loose glitter, so it is just difficult to use. The marbled Blush has a very nice formula that blends into the skin evenly and is so easy to use and is just very good in general! The formula of the champagne shimmer is really, really good! It’s almost creamy and applies so easily with fingers and is so intense! 
 
 
 
The gold shimmer, however, is coarser than the champagne one, and is just a tad too coarse for me. I prefer very finely milled highlighters that blend into the skin; this highlighter has particles that are a bit too large so it does slightly look like it is sitting on top of skin. It’s not very bad, and it still looks gorgeous, but it could be finer. Also, it’s really easy to overdo the highlighter because of how incredibly pigmented it is! The other products (minus the glitter) are totally buildable, so you can decide just how intense you want it to be. 
 
 
In terms of how easy they are to blend, the most blendable is the blush, by far. It is super easy to blend it out perfectly! The mattes blend easily. The shimmers don’t really blend too well, so you definitely have to be careful how much you apply. The glitter cannot be blended at all, it’s just far too dry and coarse. Finally, I will talk about how comfortable the products are. The mattes, blush, and shimmers are all virtually weightless so they are very comfortable to wear. But the glitter is quite uncomfortable: it’s sharp and due to the fall-out tends to get into my eyes, making them scratchy. 
 
 
It feels like plastic because of the lack of any binder that would make it gentler on skin and easier to use. I just really don’t like glitter.
 

 
 
Longevity is actually excellent! The blush and highlighter last pretty long on my oily skin, still having good pigmentation 6 hours later. The mattes seem to have a tiny bit of fading or creasing 6 hours in. The glitter has By far the best longevity. It had no creasing at all, which is so amazing given that it’s a glitter eyeshadow! Much better than the Wet Look palette!
 
 
 
 
 
Removing these products was incredibly easy. Well, everything aside from the glitter, of course. Use whatever you usually use to remove makeup, it will remove the mattes, shimmers and blush easily. However, the glitter tends to explode all over the face when you remove it. As glitter does. It is very annoying, and you will keep finding glitter on your face long after you’ve removed it. 
 
 
To sum up, this is actually a really good make up palette. It’s incredibly useful if you are pressed for time and want to be done with your makeup quickly as there’s eyeshadows, highlighters, and a blush inside this palette. The pigmentation is pretty good to excellent (the shimmer shades have excellent pigmentation). Everything is very long-lasting, even the glitter, and still looks great 6 hours later. The colours are nicely matched to make an orange/purple eyeshadow look with champagne shimmer and the golden highlighter complements it very nicely. The blush is far too orange for my pale skin; it should be good for anyone with light to medium skin. I love how easy everything is to apply and how nice and even it is, especially the shimmers and the blush. I expected this palette to be bad, just like its sister palette, the Wet Look Make Up Palette. But instead it is surprisingly good and the finished look is rather nice! The only product I don’t like from this palette is the glitter, and that’s only because I dislike glitter in general. So, you know what? I will in fact, recommend it! It’s not fantastic, but it’s still pretty good!
 
 
 
Rating: 7.5/10
 
 
Would buy again? NO (far too orange tones for my pale skin, it’s a great palette, otherwise)
 

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