Witch City Salem Palette

I bought this on Black Friday, but I wanted to give it some time to write a review (and kind of forgot in the mean time). I love it, the mattes blend so easily and the shimmers are working great with my oily eyelids. my favourite shades are the purples and that beautiful blood moon red.
also, as someone who is not fond of orange as a colour (and that makes 3/18 shades in the palette), I surprisingly quite liked the first two orange shades ("WITCHING HOUR", "HAUNTED HAPPENINGS"). "HARVEST MOON" is a bit too intense for me, but I can incorporate it and make it work, even with my cool toned complexion.
one small UI/UX complaint: the text for "SPIRITS & SPELLS" and "OLD BURYING POINT" has a white font on a light orange background and is sometimes hard to read (depending on my lighting as well).

This is a LOOOONG ONE. Consider yourself warned. ;) When I saw this on my IG feed, I about had a heart attack! My bestie and I are GOING to SALEM this October. I had recently gotten rid of some old pallettes as well and I deserved this special treat. Nomad thought so too because they gave me a $10 off coupon. ;) Thanks Nomad! Anywho, as a longtime buyer of makeup of all kinds, this is the first time I have purchased from Nomad. I received my palette TONIGHT which was tracked the whole way here, let me know it was not going to be here yesterday as first expected, and also left Nomad almost as soon as I had purchased it (I want to say it was the next day, sort of, because I ordered this thing at Midnight. So some of us are Night Owls/Witches/Whatever...It arrived VERY carefully packaged to include a nice fat bubble wrap envelope. From the box to the palette itself, this thing is GORGEOUS! Love the Lenticular picture on the front, both come through SIPER clear and colorful. AMAZEBALLS with that. The ONLY thing I don't really care for about this palette, but yet understand at the same time, as Nomad, while a good sized company I am sure (because I HAVE heard of them for years), I believe they are still what is considered an "Indie" brand and so is not a "Big box" almost unlimited funds, company. Kudos to you for that Nomad. Anywho, I digress, I don't like that this is a cardboard pallete. That's for a few reasons, before anyone gets their "dander up." One is, I'm a messy person. Generally where I use my palettes is the sink area, and sink's and counters around them tend to get wet. Even if I did dry it, there is always the potential for water to be unseen somewhere and damage the palette. Another is, after some use, the inside of palettes tend to get a bit MORE colorful, meaning shadow gets on other parts of the pallete, and w/cardboard, this can be hard to clean easily. Also, for the price, and I have paid this for palettes before, I generally expect that nice hard plastic casing. However, due to the theme meaning so much to me and the fact that the colors were just VERY appealing to me, AND I feel they fit with the theme quite well, AND I received that $10 off (first time buyer), I couldn't pass it up. EXCELLENT Marketing Nomad! I WISH I could share pics here as well because I swatched this "Witchy Woman" almost immediately. Also for 2 reasons. 1. I was too excited not too. and 2. If I had left it alone long, I was afraid I would never touch it. The detailing on each color is so magnificent. Best on ANY of my palettes yet (And I HAD and have, a LOT of palettes). Now, mind you, I haven't tried this out on my eyes yet. Tune in tomorrow... :). Anywho, From swatching alone I discovered she is DEFINITELY pigmented. Both in the glitters/shimmers AND the mattes. So much so that I washed my arm THREE times to clean it off. After the first 2 washes, MOST of the color was still there from every shade. Then, I got smart. Hehehe. I'm a double cleanser, when I wash my face (As I mentioned, I'm a makeup wearer). So I used my oil based cleanser with the warmest water I could stand and really scrubbed it in good and MOST of it finally came off. This may cause SOME people to worry about it staining their eyelids. I, being 40 something tend to get creasing later in the day so I'm hoping the STAYING power of this formula will help with that. When I do need to take it off, I will gently rub in my oil based remover first, let it sit awhile, rub it in again with water, and rinse all off and then go in with my 2nd cleanser and I feel it will do just fine. If not, I'll be the test dummy and let yall know. :). If I had to pick a favorite color from this palette, I can't, I narrowed it down to 3 though. The Crucible, Seven Gables, and Witching Hour. All for different reasons. Obviously. Also, I mentioned earlier that I had heard of Nomad for years. That is true. I never heard anything bad either, I just was purchasing from a lot of other companies, both Indie and others, and I just couldn't add another palette by the time I found them. This time I was ready! Thank you Nomad for your marketing and cosmetic skills. I am already wanting others. Can't wait to try this one on for size. Last, though not least, how cool is it that Nomad And Panthera made it so easy to support a great cause like Panthera, simply by buying a palette?! Makes me feel great! First 3 pics are full swatches(excuse the bug bite, my other hobby is gardening 🤷‍♀️🤣) Last 2 are after washing twice. The program won’t allow more Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this. You Rock!

Worth every penny!

The pigment is bendable and intense! Such good palette :).

Dissatisfied with how the product was packaged. The eyeshadow palette came in a large box with very little cushion to prevent damage. Due to the poor packaging, an eyeshadow arrived broken. I have ordered from Nomad in the past and have never experienced this kind of negligence with packaging.

Perfect and beautiful

Love the color story and the packaging is so cool. The shadows are beautiful quality.

Really love the pigment on the shades and they last all day. I am really happy with the was they look and obsessed with the glittery shades

les fards lumineux sont magnifiques, plusieurs possibilités de makeup, on ne s'ennuie pas. Palette qui stimule la créativité. les makeups peuvent être simples ou recherchés, ils peuvent être neutres ou colorés. 'apprécie énormément cette palette

I've been wanting this palette so bad that I ordered it even though I live outside the US. Couldn't wait till my trip to Boston. This palette is an absolute jewel! From the packaging to the color story and formula! Also the color story is peeeerfect as a transition from summer to fall! I am absolutely in love.

I absolutely love nomad! Is officially one of my new favorite brands? I can't even explain how many pallets I have bought from them. But also, they make some of the coolest packaging, this one. In particular, the which city Salem? Oh, my gosh, just wait till you get the pallet. It is crazy looking, it is one of the coolest ones Directive, cam, yet they do everything they've got the best pigmented colors.The Aurora cruise is an amazing palette, but I've got plenty of my.It's hard not to buy them all l o , l , but thank you nomad cosmetics!

All of the shadows in this palette perform beautifully. The pigment is strong and they blend together nicely.

I LOVE this pallet so much. I’m a Halloween fan so when I seen this pallet I had to get it! The colors are amazing and fit right into the theme. The shimmers are gorgeous. I love love love how they look on my eyes!! The hocus pocus color is just so good and the formula is so smooth and easy to blend. The packaging is such an art piece I could just go on and on. I am holding out for an all purple theme at that point just take all my money! Lol

I ordered the Witch City palette after looking around for a versatile one that works for punk/goth looks as well as everyday looks that aren't boring. I love it so much! The greens are much more wearable than I thought they'd be, and the spooky fall color story is so great. The mattes apply very nicely, and the shimmers are rich. Definitely curious about other palettes now.

Very nice palette!

Love the pigment on this, so hapoy they restock these palettes for a full year bc ive been waiting to grab this one. Love love love!!!

I absolutely love this palette. It's beautiful and blend perfectly

I see shades for all four seasons, there are combinations for any for spring, summer... The shades are spectacular, I really love it!

Absolutely gorgeous! From the packaging to the shadows. Incredible.

I've been craving this gorgeous palette for months. I've seen so many beautiful looks done with it online, so I just has to grab it when I bought the Aurora palette. I love the variety of colors, but especially the deeper saturated colors. I never have trouble with blending or longevity, and I get lovely results no matter what look I come up with.

This palette is soooooo pretty!!! I’m in love best pallet I own now !

I love this palette!

I wore this palette every day for a week after receiving it and I am so happy I finally purchased it! The mattes are beautifully pigmented while remaining buildable and blendable, which is what I am used to from Nomad mattes. The shimmers/chromes are beautiful and work perfectly with the mattes and are the formula and quality I am used to with some emollience and softness but not crumbly or too squishy; I have hooded lids and need to use glitter glue or wet my brushes to keep them smooth for full work days (12 hrs. minimum). I do appreciate how they apply so well with brushes or fingers. The color story is unique to my collection but it is not limiting at all; once I began working with the palette it became clear there are endless options for creative combinations. Dark demons (the almost neon green) was the only matte that I initially had trouble applying and building; I had to build it more slowly and press it into my eyelids to avoid blending away the color but once I figured out a technique I received beautiful payoff that lasted all day.

Beautiful

Highly recommend

These eyeshadows even held up to a roller derby game!

The colors are so beautiful in this palette.