Palettes for Beginners

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If you're new to makeup or trying to find a gift for a makeup newbie, here's a great place to start! Sephora has everything you need, including makeup palettes for beginners. Find eyeshadow, cheek, and even lip palettes to help elevate your skillset.

Anastasia Beverly HillsMini Embers Eyeshadow Palette

Size: 0.04 oz/1.11 g·ITEM: 2905339

11 Reviews

$43.50

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It’s creamy and bendable. Easy to work with, beginner friendly! The green and blue shade gives you a bit of color in this adorable little palette....I compared to my Mario palette and this is extremely dull in comparison...Cheaper version of a Abh palette

What it is: An essential mini eyeshadow collection featuring nine full-pigment shades, from warm neutrals to rich, bold tones in matte and metallic finishes.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. These products are also cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: The Embers Mini Eyeshadow Palette contains nine full-pigment shades ranging from warm neutrals to rich, bold tones in matte and metallic finishes. This essential mini eyeshadow collection features ABH’s highly pigmented, easy-to-blend formula and offers a versatile color range for creating everything from subtle to dramatic eye looks.

Anastasia Beverly HillsMini Sugar Eye Palette

Size: 0.03 oz / 0.98 g·ITEM: 2799732

75 Reviews

$43.50

Beautiful palette! I usually like warm tone palettes but this one I was unique to me. ...Cute little palette!...I really like the price of this little palette, and I was drawn to this color story. This I think would be an excellent beginner palette or make a nice gift.

What it is: An essential mini eyeshadow collection featuring nine full-pigment shades, from cool-toned neutrals to icy pastels in matte and metallic finishes. 

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. These products are also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This palette contains nine eyeshadow shades from soft neutrals to bright sparkly tones, in five mattes and four metallic finishes. The full-pigment formula delivers high color payoff and buildable intensity.

This Palette Contains:
- 9 x 0.03 oz/ 0.98 g Eyeshadows in A1 (matte nude pink), A2 (matte taupe beige with sparkling reflects), A3 (matte greyish brown with sparkling ref

ONE/SIZE by Patrick StarrrCheek Clapper 3D Blush Trio Palette

Size: 0.38 oz·ITEM: 2738680

Color: Gworly Pop - Bright Hot Pink Fuschia Berry Trio

700 Reviews

$53.00

Loving this palette!...One of the prettiest palettes I have ever seen and used. Love the play out of all 3 formulas. ... this blush is so amazing I do highly recommend it’s good for beginners. It has a cream powder and a glitter it is so pretty so creamy and rich product that been into this I highly recommend

What it is: An award-winning, three-in-one ultra-pigmented blush palette that blends and blurs beautifully—wear each shade alone or layer up for the ultimate 3D pop.


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Dragon Fruit Extract: Helps grip and extend wear.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: This palette can be used to create any blush look, from a subtle wash of color to a high-impact pop with a smooth, silky finish that lasts all day. Use the Flex Cream shade to underpaint and overpaint, the Matte shade to blur and build intensity, and the Hyper Sheen shade for an eye-catching glow.

HourglassCurator™ Eyeshadow Palettes

Size: 4 x 0.12 oz/70 g·ITEM: 2887594

Color: Minimalist - matte neutral beige, matte muted taupe beige, matte charcoal brown, matte deep brown

429 Reviews

$92.00

I’m obsessed with this pallet because it’s so beginner friendly. I’m not a beginner but at the same time I’m not a professional. ...This is a very pigmented eyeshadow! Love the color, palette, and how there was very little fallout! Very easy to blend and easy to work with especially for beginners!

What it is: An artfully curated eyeshadow quad with velvety-matte, satin, shimmer, and metallic finishes offering buildable, multidimensional eye looks.


What Else You Need to Know: These highly pigmented shadows are formulated with talc-free, finely milled powders for a smooth texture, seamless application, and exceptional blendability. Highly versatile and buildable, from subtle- to high-pigment payoff, these shadows offer comfortable, nondrying, and all-day wear.


Each Palette Contains:

Realist 

- 4 x 0.3 oz/1g Eyeshadows in matte neutral peach, satin dusty rose, shimmer bronzed rose with gold pearls, metallic bronze


$57.00

cute palette...best colour corrector pallet for beginners. I love the concealer too. will buy again....I love this color correcting palette. I have dark circles and this palette has the only balanced “red” that blends with my concealer and foundation.

What it is:
A pro-formulated color correcting cream palette with curated shade ranges for a perfectly even, primed complexion with long-lasting wear.

What it does:
Each Ultra HD Underpainting Color Correction Palette was developed by MAKE UP FOR EVER’s pro artist teams and tested on a wide range of skin tones to ensure precise and undetectable color correction—ridding skin of unwanted darkness, redness, and dull areas. As with the other Ultra HD products, a signature combination of coated pigments, powders, and a blend of emollient oils provide a second skin, seamless look and feel.

$43.00

this is sooo pretty and it blends like a dream, so beautiful. this is a perfect shade for a beginner...perfect shade and great for beginners!

What it is: A pocket-size blush and highlighter palette for glowing, lifted-looking skin and pretty, blushed cheeks.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Silky Squalane: Glides onto skin for an even glow that is never patchy, dry, or cakey.
- Smoothing Emollients: Perfect and hydrate the skin for a visibly smooth texture.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. These products are also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Housed in a stunning mini compact inspired by Old Hollywood glamour, it's the per

SEPHORA COLLECTIONBlush Blush Blush. Cream & Powder Palette

Size: 0.26 oz / 7.7 mL·ITEM: 2870897

Color: 01 Candy Lover - fresh pink blush palette

92 Reviews

$24.50

I think it’s perfect for beginners and people who don’t do at lot of makeup. ...I m in love with super affordable and beautiful Blush Blush Blush Cream and Powder Palettes. The shades are amazing and suit me well.

What it is: A trio of blushes with three different textures and finishes that can be layered and transformed for a multitude of possibilities.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan. 


What Else You Need to Know: This cheek palette lets you Create infinite blush looks by combining or layering them in any order. The palette contains a trio of highly pigmented, monochromatic formulas: a cream blush with a radiant finish, an intense matte blush, and a shimmery powder with a pearly effect. It’s pocket-size and equipped with a removable mirror.

HUNG VANNGO BEAUTYColor Story Eyeshadow Palette

Size: 8 x 0.06 oz/1.8 g·ITEM: 2903235

Color: Wonderful Warm - Coordinated mix of warm neutrals in light, medium and rich tones

89 Reviews

$72.00

Perfect neutral palette...Adding this to my faves among Mario and Natasha palettes....I would describe this as sticky - you do get high pigmentation, but it's nearly impossible to blend, so to get the look you really have to pack on the shadow and once its on, it doesnt move, or blend, or work well with others. This palette is not for beginners.

What it is: An ultra-pigmented eyeshadow palette featuring four unique finishes and high-impact shades expertly coordinated in wearable color families.

Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Carnauba Vegan Wax: Improves wear and helps the formula set to a smooth finish.

- Skin Conditioners: Provides comfortable blendability and wear despite high level of pigments and pearls.

- Vitamin E: For antioxidant protection.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragran

$178.00

The quality of the shadows & the innovativeness of the packaging are just 2 of the amazing qualities of this palette! You are getting 3 palettes in one. Everything is magnetized-like the Indie palettes you love so much. ...The textures are smooth, blend beautifully, and the pigmentation is perfect.🤩 As a beginner, I find this palette super friendly to use.

What it is:

A magnetic, stackable, all-over face palette blending iconic pigments with everyday artistry and wearability.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. These products are also vegan and cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: This is the past, present, and future of Danessa Myricks Beauty captured in one palette. Lightwork 7 celebrates 10 years of artistry, community, and innovation with iconic pigments reimagined for today.

$119.00

Fantastic blush and highlighter palette...I think the formula is perfect for beginners but would also work for those who are experts. ...This palette is perfect for beginners, since the colors are easy to build and layer.

What it is: An easy-to-use cream palette with universal blush and highlighter shades that softly build to your desired intensity for endless glowy, colorful looks.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. These products are also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and come in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This 12-pan palette elevates your cheek game. It includes six multi-finish blushes and six sheer, shimmering highlighters. The lightweight formula delivers a natural, lit-from-within glow that

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