Essential Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette
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Rare Beauty's Essential Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette features eight shades (five matte, three metallic) in a compact, mirror-included case. Several creators praise the pigmented, creamy formula that blends easily and lasts all day, with professional makeup artist Risa Does Makeup calling the shadows "creamy and long-wearing" and the shimmers "stunning." Alexandra Anele notes minimal kickback and fallout, though she mentions the pigment builds more gradually than some might prefer.
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Positive
- “I think this color story will work for a variety of skin tones”13:50–13:57
- “It is far far better than the original eyeshadow palettes put out by Rare Beauty”14:00–14:05
- “Used it, fell in love, find myself reaching for this a lot, especially when I travel”14:18–14:22
- “The shadows are just creamy and long-wearing, and the shimmers are stunning. You don't need to dampen them. You can just apply them with a finger, and I love everything about this”14:22–14:30
- Source: Best new makeup of 2026 so far - Jun 29, 2026
- “This palette is truly a very basic eyeshadow palette”12:17–12:22
- “I just love how pigmented this is”
- “This is a very pigmented palette that adheres to your lid”12:40–12:48
- “This truly lasts all day long”13:43–13:49
- “The more I used it, the more I really fell in love with it”13:50–13:57
- “It's very basic, it's very neutral, it's everyday, and there's only eight eyeshadows that make things very easy”13:54–14:01
- “This palette, this one for me was like very surprising how much I liked it”14:45–14:52
- “That pigment, that creaminess, and the way it just adheres onto your lid, girl, so good”14:58–15:04
- Source: 5 eyeshadow palettes that last all day on oily lids - Jun 5, 2026
- “This is the palette I used. It's not Sephora”16:42–16:47
- Source: 12hr sweat proof base: my sephora staples - Apr 16, 2026
- “This is like a perfect everyday palette. The formula is really good. The shadows are very creamy. I love this palette”23:01–23:09
- “I love using it and I love my look every time that I use this palette. It's really excellent and the price is so good”23:06–23:15
- Source: Best Makeup of 2026 So Far - Jul 18, 2026
- “Start the eye look with the Essential Neutrals eyeshadow palette”0:06–0:10
- “It has eight beautiful shades”0:10–0:13
- “Five matte shades and three metallic shades”0:12–0:15
- “Do an everyday eye look or you can do a smokey eye with this palette”0:13–0:16
- “This palette is so versatile and it's so compact”0:15–0:19
- “You can take it anywhere and it has a mirror”0:18–0:21
- “These shadows are so pigmented, but they're also so easy to blend, making this the perfect eyeshadow palette for literally anybody, beginner or pro”0:19–0:23
- “There isn't a lot of kickback when I dip my brush in, which I always appreciate seeing”3:12–3:19
- “Seems relatively easy to blend”5:11–5:15
- “Does feel quite soft on the skin”5:34–5:39
- “This eyeshadow formula is going to be really good for those of you who tend to go in with a heavy hand”6:10–6:14
- “If you want to build up pigment really really fast, you might need to work a little bit harder to build up this pigment a little bit”6:46–6:51
- “I'm a little bit more amenable to shadows that need to be built up a little bit more than something that you need to be really really careful and precise with”7:05–7:08
- “That is quite nice. I like that. It's very soft”15:53–15:56
- “It's sort of like somewhere between, it's like a soft metallic, you know? It's not too, it doesn't have that thick pearl in it”15:56–16:07
- Source: Rare Beauty new neutral eyeshadow palette review - Mar 15, 2026
Mixed / Negative
No negative reviews yet — creators have only had good things to say.
What creators say
- Consensus
- 4.6 / 5 from 5 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- Features
- Easy to use (4) · Creamy (3) · Matte finish (2) · Blendable (2) · Pigmented (2)
- Value
- Value for money (3)
Product details
Details
- Type
- eyeshadow palette
- Finish
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- Key ingredients
- Mica, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Magnesium Myristate, Silica, Dimethicone, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Octyldodecanol, C10-18 Triglycerides, Decylene Glycol, Synthetic Beeswax
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