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Best Eyeshadow Palettes 2024
If you’re on the hunt for the best eyeshadow palette, we can help. The wardrobes of the beauty world, a great palette will let you go from subtle, smokey eyes one day to cut crease glam the next. Below, we’ve compiled a line-up of the best eyeshadow palettes to fancy up your lids and make your eyes pop.
How we choose the best eyeshadow palettes
When narrowing down the best eyeshadow palettes ever, we look for palettes that give real value for money, a variety of eyeshadow finishes for layering, and a versatile selection of colours. Pigmentation is also crucial - these eyeshadows all grant impressive colour payoff with long-lasting staying power.
By Sephora UK Makeup Editorial Team
Writers and experts
Updated: 12 January 2024
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Natasha Denona
Retro Mini Palette
Best for sensitive eyes
Free from talc, phthalates and allergens, this palette is carefully designed to minimise irritation - a huge tick for sensitive skin. Channelling 60s chic with its five dreamy hues, each colour is inspired by that soft, retro look that’s so symbolic of the era. The shades themselves? You’ve got a dazzling, neutral duo-chrome, a velvety, metallic grey, two creamy, neutral mattes, and a rosy pink metallic. With a compact size that slips easily into your bag, this one’s a perfect everyday palette for on-the-go lifestyles. Providing maximum colour payoff with minimal effort, prepare to fall in love with the rich pigments, buttery-smooth blend, and long-lasting staying power of each shade.
Tried and tested: “The reason I purchased this palette was that greenish shade, but when I started to use it, I fell in love with all of them. It really gives me that retro vibe, it is soft and stunning. The shimmery pink is exceptional!” - Angela, Customer Review
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Anastasia Beverley Hills
Modern Renaissance Eye Shadow Palette
Best for all-out glam
Racking up an impressive 1,900 average monthly searches, Modern Renaissance is arguably one of the most popular palettes ever and we can confirm that it’s more than worth the hype. Encased in a dreamy pink velvet case, you’ll find a spectrum of 14 warm pink and berry tones in both creamy matte and full-on metallic finishes. Plus, this one includes a dual-ended fluffy brush for effortless application on-the-go.
Tried and tested: “Neutral and berry tones are more popular than ever right now, and that's what this palette is all about. The sleek magnetic packaging makes it perfect for travel and the colour range works for day and night.” - Bustle
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Urban Decay
Naked Heat Eyeshadow Palette
Best for blue-eyed beauties
News coming in hot: 6,600 shadow-lovers search for Urban Decay eyeshadow every month. So, it’s little wonder this beauty caused a frenzy when it dropped back in 2017. A molten collection of 12 toasty hues ranging from ‘Sauced’, a soft terracotta matte, to ‘Scorched’, a deep red micro-shimmer, buff and blend out for some fiery looks. Although this one suits all eye colours and skin tones, it looks particularly incredible on blue eyes and will really make them pop.
Tried and tested: “While the original Naked palette has been laid to rest, there are still some great options to choose from in the Naked franchise; the most ‘glam’ of which has to be Naked Heat. With gorgeously rich reds, browns, and bronzes, these work amazingly well as liners as well as pure eyeshadows. Like with all of Urban Decay’s eyeshadows, each shade has an incomparable buttery texture that blends effortlessly.” - Evening Standard
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Charlotte Tilbury
Luxury Eyeshadow Palette Pillow Talk
Best for foolproof application
For easy, sultry eyes, look no further. With just four shades in a mix of shimmers and mattes, Charlotte Tilbury has made it easier than ever to make your lids the star of the show. Work your way up from the dusky rose ‘prime’ shade to the rose gold sparkle ‘pop’ for a romantic, wide-eyed effect. The best bit? This one has been specially designed to suit all eye colours, so the shades will look incredible on anyone and everyone. Pair with Charlotte Tilbury’s coordinating Pillowtalk blusher and lipstick to set off the whole look.
Tried and tested: “I am so pleased with this palette - I use all the colours exactly as recommended and find it so helpful that I can go from day to evening without starting again. The pink makes my blue eyes pop. Colours blend easily. For me, this is the perfect palette.” - Nina, Customer Review
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Natasha Denona
Glam Palette
Best for day to night
A versatile palette to take you from a day at the office to drinks after work effortlessly. Featuring 15 eye-enhancing shades, including rich taupe mattes, duo-chrome hazelnut, iridescent champagnes, statement silver, glowing gold and warm cocoa, so you can nail the ultimate smokey eye and a variety of extreme glam looks. We love the buttery, silky shades that glide and are long-lasting, ultra-pigmented and seamlessly blendable.
Tried and tested: “Ultimately, I think we’re all looking for that perfect neutral palette that we can get away with using every day forever more, and this is it. Not only is the quality and pigment impeccable but the selection allows a range of subtle and bolder looks that you will keep coming back to. My only concern would be refilling pans as I think I’ll keep this palette in my permanent collection. It’s a classic in the making.” - Lianne, Customer Review
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Anastasia Beverley Hills
Soft Glam Eyeshadow Palette
Best for all-out glam
Beautiful palettes are always quickly snapped up by makeup junkies, but we particularly love this latest offering of universally-flattering neutrals which are so easy to apply and blend. Including a mixture of matte and shimmer hues, this is the ideal way to transform your look from desk to date, and the high pigment formulas mean that the shadows won't crease or fade throughout the day.
Tried and tested: “Perfect for those who love subtle, more neutral looks with a slight pop of colour. As someone who tends to lean towards neutral shades, I love this palette as an intro to broadening my preferred shade ranges. It's very easy to work with and the shades apply and blend well." - Mayad53, Customer Review
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Too Faced
Born This Way The Natural Nudes Eyeshadow Palette
Best for skincare benefits
Enhance your eyes with this universally flattering palette. Think sultry metallic shimmer, a touch of sparkle for radiance and totally wearable mattes that add definition. Plus, each shadow is infused with a whole host of skincare benefits including Hyaluronic Acid, Coconut Water and Alpine Rose to keep your lids hydrated for a smoother finish.
Tried and tested: “Fabulous in every way. The colours can go from muted every day to dramatic, smokey and glam. It is so flattering. Much more than just a natural nude palette. The colours are pigmented and then they have the bright, shiny pops from neutral to warm. The mattes are creamy and there is very little fallout with the shimmers.” - Jane A, Customer Review
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Morphe
35O Supernatural Glow Artistry Palette
Best for glow-up eyes
Glam-packed with 35 must-have shades. Ranging from mattes, shimmer and glitter, this artistry eyeshadow palette is perfect for beginners and makeup pros. Go natural with soft taupes or amp up the drama with decadent browns and burnt oranges. Whatever your individual look, have fun and create a variety of captivating eye looks to suit every personality, mood and occasion. We like to add a touch of glitter to make eyes really pop.
Tried and tested: “What a fabulous palette. The colours are all so beautiful and I would definitely use each one for all kinds of different occasions.” - Samantha, Customer Review
