I snagged this in a moment of weakness: I was trying to find something else on NYX’s site, and I was browsing the sale section to see if any recent faves were there. They were not…but this was. Instead of $22, I got it for $11. The colors appealed, so I thought: sure, I’ll treat myself, look it’s half price! (Never mind that I don’t use palettes very much.) This is the only item from NYX’s entire Midnight Chaos line that I got. There were eyeliners and lip colors, but they didn’t interest me very much - largely because they were all “offbeat” colors, and were all trying to be duochrome. Thus, the appeal varied.

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The colors don’t necessarily apply as rich as they appear in the pan. They are fully pigmented, they just lose a little bit of oomph. The colors on the bottom row - the mattes - appear closest to how I’d expected them. One of them appears to change color quite significantly - the lighter, brighter green went a bit grey-based, with the green only appearing as an interference shimmer. The individual shadows aren’t too dry, so while there may be some initial fallout when you load your brush, it’s a bit better than other palettes in this price range. My two favorites are the evergreen matte (lower right corner) and the medium bright red shimmer (upper left, 2nd in.)

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