The Norvina palette. Aka, perfection. I have been a sucker for Anastasia Beverly Hills eye shadow palettes, like many other people have, ever since I tried the Modern Renaissance palette in 2016. I was late to trying it out, I got it for Christmas that year, but I fell instantly in love. The Anastasia eye shadow formula has been my absolute favorite ever since, and I cannot resist buying their new palettes whenever they are released. The latest addition to the lineup is a collaboration with Anastasia's daughter herself, Norvina.
The palette is $42, which is the same price as the other palettes in the line. It is my understanding that purple is Norvina's signature color and that is reflected in her palette. The outside packaging is the same soft suede material as the others, but a light purple hue, which hints as to what the color scheme will be when you open the gorgeous thing up.
The shades are organized much to my liking in this palette. All the shimmers and metallic shades are in the top row and all the matte shades are along the bottom. It makes it easy for me to get creative and pair different shadows together to come up with a variety of looks when a palette is laid out like this.
Although the outer packaging is purple, and the over all vibe of the palette is purple, there are only three true purple shades included: celestial, drama, and soul. Celestial is a stunning, perfect for all over the lid, warm purple shade. Drama is a deep, vampy purple that can be used all over the lid for a smoky look, but my favorite way to use it is in the out corner of my eye to add depth and "drama" to the look. Although it is a metallic shade, it still blends easily in the outer "v" and holds its pigmentation enough to add the desired deepness to any eye shadow look. I especially like that this shade was included because none of the mattes are truly deep enough to give that depth. Lastly, we have soul. Soul is a very blue-toned purple and is my least favorite shade in the palette. It does blend well and the texture is very soft and bendable, but the color is just not my personal favorite on my skin tone, I feel it can very easily come off looking like a bruise on my eye rather than an eye shadow.
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Left to right: Celestial, Drama, and Soul |
Every single shade in the top row is a metallic or shimmer shade and they are all absolutely stunning and unique. The color dazzling in particular stands out to me. It looks gorgeous paired with dark matte shadows as the perfect all over lid shade for a smoky eye. Rose gold is very noteworthy as well as it is a very different, yet still gorgeous type of rose gold than what we are used to seeing on the market lately. Out of all the shimmer shades, wild child was my least favorite. It is a very light pink shade and, although beautiful, it doesn't pack as much of a punch as the other shades did. It seemed less pigmented overall and was slightly difficult to work with.
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Left to right: Dazzling, Rose Gold, and Wild Child |
It is so hard to compare all of the Anastasia palettes because they are all so breathe taking in their own way and I love them all so much. But when it comes down to it, I really think this may be my favorite palette they have done so far. It is just such a gorgeous palette. Almost every shade is stunning and easy to work with. I feel that I have every thing I need in this one palette to get a neutral, every day look but I also have room to get creative with color. If this was the only palette I took with me traveling I would be perfectly fine. When I reach for this palette my eye shadow is done in about half the time it normally takes me because they blend so easily. I'm simply obsessed. Now whether or not that means you need to buy it, that's up to you. If you love metallic shadows and fun pops of color than I say go for it. But if you already have the modern renaissance and the soft glam palette I don't think you NEED this one, but if you want it you should still get it!
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Comparing Modern Renaissance (top) to Soft Glam (middle) and Norvina (bottom) |
I cannot wait to try their new palette for the Holiday season "Sultry". I will keep you all updated on my thoughts of that one!