 Natasha Denona has done it again in today's video I am going to be reviewing the brand new Natasha Denona Metropolis palette that just released So if you are interested in seeing my thoughts on this palette a tutorial for the look that I did today And then of course some swatches then just keep watching Say that this palette arrived today. So this technically is my first impression However, I would definitely consider myself to be quite knowledgeable about Natasha Denona and all her formulas and the quality of her products So though I have not fully tested every single eyeshadow in this palette just by swatching them and using what I've used thus far I think I have a pretty good handle on this palette. Let's talk about the major details This palette is available right now. You can order it online at Sephora. It is $129 which of course sounds like a lot, but if you know Natasha Denona's brand Actually a little bit more affordable believe it or not for 28 shades This will be available in store starting September 26th So that is coming up in the next couple of weeks online This palette is described as a palette with 28 brand new shades and two new formulas of Natasha Denona's iconic Professional quality pressed pigment eyeshadows in a never-before-seen midi size. So M.I.D.I. not many Midi so kind of in the middle because she does have her little mini palettes So these are the midi size just kind of also looking online. These are free of parabens It's cruelty free and they're hydrating and smooth for optimum texture and comfortable all day wear So let's talk about the packaging of course So this is one of her packaging where it's not the hard plastic It's one of the more soft touch palettes, which is like her full-size 28 pale palettes the lila palette the sunset palette Things like that. I think it is a little bit odd that she has two completely different types of packaging that she often goes for like One or the other it's like just random. You never know what you're gonna get. It's this beautiful kind of Really deep teal or forest green kind of shade very interesting And then you open it up you get a mirror and then of course you reveal the 28 shades So just you can see kind of pan size comparison and all of that good stuff So here is the other most recent sunrise palette from Natasha Denona And I just want you to take a look at the layout differences So the pans are much closer kind of jam packed in there, which I really like But it also causes for some cross-pollination of the pigments and also there is a plastic sheet on these like all of her Other ones, it's not on the actual palette and then also just so you can see based on the size Compared to the sunrise palette, which is one of her smaller palettes He's only a touch more little and then the lila palette just so you can see size comparison They are almost the same the Metropolis palette is just a touch smaller And I'm gonna show you the pan size comparisons the pans again are much more spaced out in this one And here is the sizes compared to this one And I knew from reading online that this was going to be a midi size palette I was interested to see if it would be full size and how exactly big it would be And then here is a another 28 pan palette that I have this is the blue-purple So this is kind of like the third edition because she's had the two 28 pans for such a long time in her line So I was really excited to see that she was adding another one So here's kind of the differences so similar layout just smaller and more jam packed Now obviously from doing my research online before purchase this, I knew it was a midi But before I did my research, I thought it was gonna be one of the big ones But I was so excited to find out that this was a midi palette So you can get the 28 pan palette for much much cheaper So let me do a quick price breakdown for you guys Just looking at the numbers that I pulled from online The Metropolis midi size is about half the size of the regular pans Found in the original 28 and the other classic palettes like the Sunset Lila and Safari The value per pan is close to equal So basically it's like they took her 28 pan palette and just cut the amount of product in half And literally cut the price in half as well Which Natasha Denona also did with the Sunrise palette and I gave her so much praise She made these amazing palettes before that had so much product but it was so expensive So it was great that you were getting a lot of product but you were also paying upwards of $200 a palette I mean and I know for somebody like me who just has a lot of eyeshadows for no reason There was no way I was gonna even use up a single pan So the fact that I get to pay less for less product and the value is still the same Is the best thing I think Natasha could have done for her brand I think even just from the Sunrise palette it really elevated her brand It opened people's eyes and people really felt good about purchasing that palette and supporting the brand So I think she's making a really great transition in her brand to making these still very high price But just a better quality without cutting corners and taking advantage of her customers I will say though where the value is bad and this is kind of unrelated She is coming out with another mini one The value is pretty bad in her mini ones these are 25 and you get basically little to nothing in here Again for me with so many eyeshadows I really don't care I think it's great But this is a bad value this is actually a very very fair value So like you know with this one she kind of tricked you a little bit and just gave you a tiny tiny bit of product And the value just isn't there this it is here. There's no tricking which is amazing. So enough gibber jabber Let's get into the actual palette itself So I already showed you what the palette looks like but let's talk about the individual formulations in here So looking at the palette we have three matte shades Ten creamy matte shades one duo chrome two high shimmers and 12 metallics Now the information that I was getting this from was actually from the names on this She right here and it says the name of the color But it also gives a number and an initial for the formulation So M is Matt Cm is creamy Matt DC is duo chrome So that's just kind of given the Natasha de nono formula names here difference between the matte formula and the creamy matte formula Is you can literally feel it in the pan There are three matte shades that are more powdery and then the majority of the matte shades in this palette They feel like cream. They apply like cream. There really isn't too much fallout when you're swatching There is a little bit of fallout on your eyes But you can seriously feel the difference in the formula and the powder mattes. They are creamy They're like a soft powder whereas the creamy matte formula is a little bit more dense and thick Just something to keep in mind as far as application goes because that matte formula is going to blend a little bit easier than the creamy Matte there is one duo chrome shade which is right here. It's a beautiful shade It's a coral with light greenish reflex and then there's two shimmers Which are a little bit more flat and then her 12 metallics which feel more wet to the touch and more creamy So the formulas are kind of explained. They definitely correlate to the palette. I definitely see it I feel it and that is what is so great about the Natasha de nono formula It's just the amount of texture and depth and all that good stuff on your eyes That is what makes her palettes very very special and I will say from playing around with this palette The quality of this is insanely good. I think that the creamy formula with a brush You do have to kind of add a little bit of extra work in but it does look so smooth on the lid And you can feel from swatching all of these shades that these shadows do almost feel really dense and thick But they swatch beautifully. They apply beautifully. They apply so pigmented It just is a pigmentation that you cannot get with a regular powder formula Especially with those high shine metallic shades I really can't go into do much more depth about the formulation other than it is fantastic They are so thick so creamy so pigmented and the palette is so rich and pigmented that it is going to look fantastic On medium to deep skin tone. I feel like for me There were a couple shades missing that I would have liked that were a little bit lighter But who cares about me. This is great on medium to deep skin tones. I think you will really like the colors in here They're going to complement your skin tone extremely well So now I want to get into the color story and my initial thoughts so online when I first saw it It didn't look that interesting to me the colors themselves look kind of boring and also I thought the layout was a little bit sporadic and random and it just looked a little bit messy and not as Uniform as a lot of her other palettes that I really enjoy. I was hoping that with her 28 p.m Palette she would come out with more of a theme like she had her brown green palette And then she has her purple blue palette I wanted kind of another similar color story like that and this one just seemed like a random bunch of colors Thone in here now that I've seen it. It's in my hands. I've played with it. I'm much more excited about it You can see the textures that just didn't show through in the photos So it is stunning I do still think that the layout is a bit weird and more sporadic than I would prefer And I still wish she had stuck with a color theme But this palette is much better and prettier than I was expecting it to be the palette runs pretty warm But you definitely can get some cool looks as well Looking at this, I think this palette is going to be absolutely perfect for fall It's just so warm and the colors the golds the browns this rich cranberry color They're just gonna be so beautiful in the fall. So I think this is a great palette to pick up So I did want to show you what colors I used to create this eye look today I of course wanted to go for a little bit more of the bold colors So that I wasn't doing a boring neutral look But you know what her neutrals are spot-on as well You get really gorgeous multi-dimensional kind of looks just simply using her neutral colors But I always feel like the colorful shades are the ones that are the true test So the first color that I went into and I'm not gonna say names I'm just gonna point because it just makes my life easier So the first shade that I used is this kind of mustardy shade right here And I use that as my starter color It would actually pulled a little bit more yellow on my eyelids than I was expecting I still think it's beautiful I wish it would have had a little bit more of a green undertone to it But it still is a really pretty it blended on like a dream This one seems to be more of that powder formula and then the next shade that I went into was this shade right here It looks like more of a mossy green now this one is that cream matte formula So you will notice it does have a shine to it that's another way to tell the powder formula from the creamy matte formula and You're not gonna get any fallout when you stick a brush in it I don't think it takes away from the pigmentation on the lid I actually think it controls it more so that yeah You might need to build a little bit more than you would with a powder shade But it's not as messy and then the next shade that I took was with a really small brush And I took this deep for screen shade again that creamy matte formula And I started putting that in the inner and outer corner of my eyelid That was really putting that creamy matte formula to the test which I really liked I liked how easy it was to blend and how easy it was to build and how not messy it was now If you do take your brush and you start to dig in a little more Yeah, you're gonna get follow it with that creamy formula But honestly, it's nothing like you would with a powder formula and then the next shade I took to add some more definition to the eye and also add a fun blue element to it because we were leaning very green Is I took this really dark navy shade right here now The only thing I don't like is I feel like the shade and the shade are unnecessary to have both They are different and you will see that through swatches, but on the eye they kind of play the same game You use them for the same purpose, but anyways this shade I was also very impressed with usually with really dark matte shades They're super powdery and they're super messy because this was that cream formula It really just added the perfect amount of depth to the eye And I did leave this little middle part of my eyelid blink And I used this gold shade with a little bit of a green in it And I just applied that into the center of my lid now like all shimmer eyeshadows from Natasha This doesn't work as well with a brush. It can get a little bit messy if you use it with a brush It does look beautiful applied with a brush. Your best bet is to use your finger That's how you're going to get the most out of this formula beautiful So buttery smooth creamy pigmented shiny everything you want in a shadow stunning So then I went on to my lower lash line I wanted to play with some more colors and we stuck very green on the top So I wanted to add a little bit more of a twist So I did just take this shade and this shade and I mixed them and kind of put it in the outer part Just so that it would be a really smooth transition But the next shade that I took was this kind of shimmery green shade right here very deep blue Teal green shade and I just applied that right to the center of my lower lash line really stunning This is going to make a really fire deep smoky eye color one day and then I took the lighter blue right here Which is still pretty deep but I did apply that to the inner part of my lower lash line And that's what added like a really cool blue element to this look so it starts off green and then the bottom is blue here But it doesn't look so random like it looks like it belongs and there is a flow This look was so easy to create because of the amazing formulas in this palette So Natasha Denona she has a reputation for kind of being a little bit inconsistent sometimes. This is good This is a thumbs up stamp of approval one of her better palettes formulation wise if you ask me I just think she really hit the nail on the head with this one So I think that this palette is going to be great for somebody that doesn't have a ton of Natasha Denona palette once just a good staple and Natasha palette to have in their collection that they can create a lot of looks with This one is pretty good for the everyday person if you ask me if you like your neutrals and sometimes want to amp it up Every now and then this is fantastic. I mean you guys know who you are You know what types of colors you would use but I definitely see an everyday person who wants to dive into the Natasha Denona world with an actual palette not just one of her minis This one is a good way to go and I do believe it is a limited edition. So Just saying now I saw online. There was a lot of people talking about similarities to other palettes Now I'm not gonna do it swatch comparisons just because when you swatch it There's a lot of shades that you think would be the same but they're just slightly different So I'm just gonna kind of pinpoint what palettes have similar Families in them and not do actual swatch comparisons because you know what every palette needs to have browns That's just the way it is and Natasha likes to incorporate a lot of browns in her palettes So yes, every palette that has a brown probably is gonna have a similar brown in here So there is that the comparison. So I do just want to talk about the general ones so I'm going to lay this right next to the Sunrise palette and Very similar colors. I do notice so we have some of the warmer tones Now I wouldn't say there are any dupes as far as mattes goes just looking at it the Sunrise palette It just has a little bit more brightness whereas the Metropolis palette has a little bit more neutral shades So again same family, but a different vibe over all you do have a raspberry shade That is very similar and some of the more goldy kind of neutral colors again very similar So I would say these do have a lot of similarities to them But the Metropolis you're just getting a lot more colors So it doesn't seem to be quite as warm as the Sunrise palette because this one has a color theme I think that the Metropolis has more pops in it. So comparing it to the purple blue palette Yeah, you can pick out one or two colors that are similar, but actually these palettes are completely different So if then the Metropolis palette was a full size I definitely wouldn't straight away from purchasing it because it's like my other 28-pam palace because it's really not And laying it next to the brown and green palette. You can pick out some browns that are similar Maybe a blue shade that's really close, but when you swatch them, they really are different from each other So again, I just think they're not the same you can pinpoint some colors that are similar But those colors are the same colors that are in all of the other palettes as well because you know Natasha does repeat herself Sometimes the Lila palette just you know, I think that these are probably the two most different palettes Maybe one brown shade that's similar, but super different the star palette just pulls much more cool If you ask me compared to the Metropolis palette, which pulls a little bit more warm So again pretty different a couple of those Goldie shimmery shades are Similar, but the vibe is different of the palettes the baby palette is surprisingly close Just taking a look because of all those neutral colors even the neutral leaning warm colors very close I do think though the baby palette is just designated for a certain type of person It's just so neutral whereas the Metropolis isn't super neutral You have a bunch of different things going on there as well So these palettes are still for two different types of people But yeah, I can see some colors in the same family But I don't really see any dupes kind of eyeballing it right now the safari palette Again, you have that rich kind of orange family in there that is working together But nothing too similar what the safari palette has some lighter cream colors Which I think are more suited towards light skin tones that the Metropolis just doesn't have a few similar colors But obviously you're getting much more dimension and texture and all of that good stuff in the Metropolis palette Now the gold palette was one that people had a lot of This is similar and I actually did personally go through and kind of swatch colors side by side There was one gold that was pretty close to another gold in this palette and a brown here and there was close But maybe not quite the same but honestly, I find these palettes to be pretty different I would say of all of the palettes Maybe these two are probably the most similar or have the most amount of similar colors Which I would say this palette and the mini sunrise are the two most similar palettes But they're still so different the two blue shades in the gold palette are very different from the blue shades in The Metropolis palettes from swatching them side by side earlier today. So those are different I would say that the golds are more similar than the blues are and then finally the sunset palette This one is just way too warm The sunset palette really goes there as far as the warm thing goes where the Metropolis palette does not Similar shades similar families, but different vibes between the palettes and different purposes So that's just me kind of taking a quick look at comparing one palette to the other Obviously, you know if you have every Natasha Denona palette There are going to be some dupes and some similarities such just the way it works There are so many different shades She's still trying to sell it to people who are actually going to use it Like she has a market that she needs to sell to and people like browns people like gold So that's why she's repeatedly putting them in these palettes and that's just the way it is So I definitely feel like this palette is great for somebody who doesn't have a large Natasha Denona collection And even for myself who has a large Natasha Denona collection. I really like this one. I really really do I wouldn't say it's my favorite and then I'm super excited about the color story here I do really really like it. Hopefully this video was helpful. I know it ran a little bit long I'm sorry. I just wanted to get all of the information out there for you guys and all of my thoughts That's all I have for today's video. Thank you guys so much for watching Let me know what you think of this video and this palette and I will see you guys in my next video. Bye guys Have a good one