The Perfect Palette Tag is one of my favourite tags going around YouTube and various blogs. So what makes my perfect palette? Let me tell you!

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Best Packaging

Hands down, the best packaged palette goes to Sleek and their 12 pan eyeshadow palettes. While I do have one of their brightest palettes pictured below (Mattes V1), there are also a myriad of other palettes to own that have different colour combinations in the exact same packaging.

So what makes this palette packaged so perfectly? For starters, there’s not a lot of wasted space (aside from the slot for the eyeshadow sponge that comes with the palette). The packaging as a whole is rather slim and compact. It clicks shut, so you know it’s definitely closed and won’t pop open if you happen to be carrying it around. There’s also an overall feeling of sturdiness to the case, which, given that it’s a drugstore palette is pretty outstanding. Not to mention the mirror is absolutely huge! To give you an idea of size, it’s about 60% the length of Urban Decay‘s Naked palette and half the height! It’s super thin and if you have multiples of these, they stack really nicely.

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Best Colour Payoff

 

While this palette is new to me, it’s shown me just how good the quality of Laura Mercier‘s products can be. The Artist 2 palette has six matte and 6 shimmery shades, making it one of the easiest palettes to throw a look together quickly. The mattes are soft to the touch and blend smoothly (they remind of MAC’s Matte2 finish). The shimmery colours are intense – the dimension in the shade African Violet is especially impressive.

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Most Versatile

 

This one was kind of an obvious choice for my most versatile palette. Sephora‘s Smoky Studio 2 has the biggest colour range out of all the palettes I own. It even has a set of lip colours underneath the shadows. However, because the palette is so large, it doesn’t make it particularly easy to travel, despite how versatile it is.

(As a note, it does come with a pop-out packaging for travel where you can pick out sets of three sets of 3-eyeshadow columns and insert them into the package for travelling.)

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Best for Travelling

 

The original Urban Decay Naked palette has come with me on every vacation and every long weekend I have gone on since I got my hands on it. It’s been to France, Ireland, England and the US, to name a few. And not once has it failed me!

I’m finally starting to hit pan on some of the shadows and I will definitely repurchase this if I were ever to run out. I do usually need to bring a few colourful shades to balance out the complete neutrality of this palette but this is definitely my pick when it comes to travelling with a single palette.

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Biggest Regret

 

Maybelline‘s quad eyeshadow (does this count as a palette?) is probably my biggest regret. Although that really isn’t saying much since this palette was only about $10. While the colours in the quad have lovely pigmentation, I was honestly suckered in by the name (Irresistible Ivy) and by the lovely green shade. Unfortunately, the reality is that I have a dupe for each of the shades in the palette.  It’s not the end of the world really, but it’s kind of a bummer.

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Best Colour Names

Tarte‘s Off The Cuff palette is a very recent purchase for me but I still adore the names. And truthfully, it goes for all of Tarte‘s blushes – I just love the simplicity.

The palette above has the shades Crave, Dazzled, Darling, Dollface and Park Avenue Princess. While you could say the shades are not all that ingenious, I just think they’re really sweet! In particular, the name of the bronzer, Park Avenue Princess, has held my fancy for quite a few years now. Plus the actual palette is called “Off The Cuff“, and it came with a cuff bracelet (not pictured). Come on now – that’s way too cute! (Or obvious, take your pick! 😉 )

(An honourable mention has to go to Too Faced‘s A Few Of My Favorite Things palette which I don’t actually own (yet), but with names like Whiskers on Kittens, how could you NOT love it?!)

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Least Used

 

Right back to Maybelline‘s Irresistible Ivy quad for least used. Too easily dupable, and not something I reach for very often.

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Most Used, Most Loved, “Desert Island” Palette

 

This almost feels too easy. Like Urban Decay‘s Naked palette should’ve had to work harder for this namesake.

Honestly, I feel like it’s a bit of a weird choice for me. In general, I prefer brightly coloured eyeshadow, but if I’m going by the namesake of the question, which is “most used, most loved”, then it has to be this one. This is the only palette I’ve actually hit pan on a few of the shades (Virgin, and Hustle has the faintest whisperings of pan) and the one I always bring on vacation. So just for that alone, this is definitely the one I reach for the most.

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The Perfect Palette Tag was created by iluvfaces1042 on YouTube. Be sure to check out their video to see where this tag all started!

I’d love to hear about your favourite palettes! If you have a blog and did this tag, link it below so I can check it out. Or if you don’t have one, just let me know which palettes you own you feel best suit each category in your comment. Thanks for reading!