It is always tricky to buy a new eyeshadow palette. How big should I go? How much should I spend? Are boujee palettes*really*that much more special than cheaper palettes?

Before I talk all things eyeshadow, I will say that for me eyeshadow primer is so important. My eyelids get very oily, and I like to know that the shadow I spent ages blending will look the same when I check the mirror hours later.

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My absolute favourite eyeshadow primer is the Smashbox 24HR Eye Primer, $33 - it is quite a heavy duty one and is yet to let me down.

In terms of application, I will squeeze a rice grain amount onto my finger and blend it from my lashes to the brow bone (anywhere that we want eyeshadow blended out) and then I’ll blend a little bit of it under my bottom lash line.

Since this primer is quite sticky, I’ll set it in place with a fluffy eyeshadow brush and a matte bone colour shadow or a translucent powder.

Now that we've prepped our lids, let’s go through my favourite palettes of all prices and colour stories.

Natural palettes.

A gorgeous bronzy palette is definitely a staple in all makeup bags.

The boujee choice: Pat McGrath Mothership V Bronze Seduction, $210.

This palette is the makeup collector's staple. It has your lovely go-to colours like some matte browns, some wearable shimmers, and those signature Pat McGrath special sparkles and duo chromes you get only from the queen of eyeshadow.

The versatile day-to-night: Anastasia Beverly Hills Soft Glam, $72.

This palette is an absolute staple! Think mattes (both cool and warm), metallics (bronzy shades, gold shades and rosy shades), and it has the shade range to be able to take a look from day to night easily due to its great range of mattes.

The travel friendly choice: Mellow Cosmetics Rhea, $44.

The Mellow Cosmetics Rhea palette really impressed me. She’s small, but mighty. Two mattes, two metallics. The pigment is quite lovely and easy to work with. A perfect little palette to throw in your bag and know she’ll get the job done.

The affordable queen: Morphe 9T Neutral Territory Artistry Palette, $12.

Morphe gets a lot of shade, but their more recent eyeshadow palettes are actually really lovely! This little cutie is a wonderful starter palette as it has a great range of mattes and metallics with different depths.

Bold palettes.

I personally LOVE colourful eyeshadow, and here are some of my favourites.

The boujee choice: Pat McGrath IX Huetopian Dream, $210.

An absolute DREAM of a palette. While you still get a couple more subtle shades, you get some beautiful duo-chromes, some cherry shades, and some purples. All of the colours blend like a dream, and you get the three signature Pat formulas.

The unique choice: Natasha Denona Triochrome Palette, $198.

A beautiful palette full of mattes and three duo chrome metallic shadows. What I love about this palette is how unique the shades are. I am yet to find any individual shade duped in any other palette I own (and I own*many*). The mattes are lovely and very easy to blend, and metallics are absolutely stunning.