NYX Nude on Nude Palette

When Noodle Arms was choosing palettes for me to road test for my 'shopping my stash' project the NYX Nude on Nude was a special request of hers, as she is quite taken with the daintiness of it. I decided to try it out on my first day in my new job - not that I particularly need to be neutral and "work friendly", since all my colleagues, including my team leader and manager, are based interstate, but you always like to look a bit spiff on the first day, don't you?
 

 

Crease: centre colour. Lid: Bottom row centre colour

These colours are quite highly pigmented, but very fine and powdery - it's kind of messy trying to get enough on the brush, especially given that they are so tiny, and I had to tap off quite a lot in order to avoid getting fall out everywhere. They apply smoothly and are easy to blend. I was in a bit of a hurry (and you can tell - man, it looks like I put this on in the dark, which I practically did - it was 6am), so I just slapped on the shimmery gold colour for the lid, and the shimmery bronze in the crease.

The second picture is from the end of the day - I think this one held up pretty well, not really any creasing, and only a bit of fading. The pigmentation of these shadows is better than most of the NYX Trios, but not as good as the singles - I'd say it's comparable to the 10 Color palettes. However, the fine, powdery quality of them makes them a bit more difficult to work with than either the trios or the 10 Color palettes. I like the colors of this palette quite a lot - it's a very practical set of neutrals and I could see myself using pretty much all of them - but I doubt I'd bother buying any of the others.