Sephora Collection Rebellious Rosey Nude Mega Mix Palette Review

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The Sephora Collection Rebellious Rosey Nude Mega Mix Palette is a soft, warmer, pink-themed palette with several shimmer textures, a cream-powder matte, true powder mattes, a matte with fine sparkle, and a true self-adhering glitter.  

Visually to me, this shade selection stands out from the other palettes in the collection but I didn’t love it as much with actual use. The shadows worked well enough but the quality wasn’t quite as good as what was in the Fiery Warm Nude Palette. The shimmers were nice and there was less sparkle fallout than I got with the Fearless Cool Nude Palette but color payoff from the mattes was somewhat lackluster.

Price: $18
Availability: Sephora

Swatches

The shades are not named but are numbered 1-9 starting with 1 at the top left corner and 9 at the bottom right corner.

1 – Cream-powder hybrid. Pale pinky nude with a mostly matte finish.
2 – Pale sparkly nude. LOTS of sparkle, less emollient than the other shimmers.
3 – True powder matte. Deep reddish brown.
4 – Medium matte rose pink with micro fine sparkle. Sparkle isn’t visible on the eye.
5 – Pale nude (almost white) shimmer with a smooth sheen. Mostly small shimmer particles.
6 – Cranberry pink self-adhering glitter.
7 – Medium rosy pink shimmer with a subtle silver sheen. Mixture of fine shimmer and sparkle. Feels more emollient.
8 – True powder matte. Light warm pink.
9 – Burgundy shimmer with a little bit of larger sparkle. Feels more emollient.

In general the mattes were not that impressive to me in this palette. The creamy-powder in this palette, as with all the other palettes in this collection, sits heavy and textured-looking on my lids. The true powder mattes showed up okay but I found myself having to continuously build them up during application to maintain color vibrancy. They were too easy to sheer out while blending or while applying the shimmers nearby or over top of them. Using a primer can help solve this issue, however, I have been using primers less lately because my lids have been dry.

I liked the shimmers more in this palette than the mattes. Most had some level of sparkle fallout but I generally didn’t find it as annoying as the ones in the Fearless Cool Nude Palette. They all showed up easily, adhered well to the lid, and had a nice amount of shine. The only one I’d say needed the help of a setting spray or sticky primer was Shade 2. 

Shade 6 is the lone true glitter. This is one of the best glitters across all the palettes. It sticks to the skin better and I get very few stray specks falling down onto my face. It takes some effort to maneuver it around if you don’t place it just right at first, but it’s doable. I prefer that over one that doesn’t adhere well and gets everywhere. 

Looks

Look 1:

• No primer or any type of base product on the lid
• 8 – Transition (most visible in the center part of the crease)
• 3 – Outer crease, also added a TINYYYY amount to outer lower lashline to deepen the pink
• 4 – Inner crease, outer lower lashline
• 6 – Inner corner
• 2 – Outer edges of the glitter
• 5 – Center of the lid
• ColourPop Graphix Ink Liner in So Winey
• Loreal Voluminous Noir Balm Mascara – Upper lashes

Shade 4 didn’t go on as evenly as I would have liked but I felt that maybe my skin was just too dry. I’ll have to try it again. I had some spots that looked more sheer and I tried to build it up in those spots but it resisted layering over itself. It has ultra fine reflects within the matte powder but it doesn’t really translate as visible on the eye and it doesn’t give the finish any type of sheen either. It just looks like a regular matte.

Shade 6 is a self adhering glitter. It really sticks and wasn’t super easy to move around once I placed it on the skin.

I liked shade 5. Nice fine shimmer with a soft glowy finish and semi sheer opacity. 

Look 2:

• 3 – Inner/outer lid and crease
• 8 – Transition (used very lightly around the edges of shade 3)
• 2 – Center of lid, center of lower lashline (dry brush, wet brush)
• 9 – Inner/outer lower lashline
• 1 – Very inner corner
• 5 – Inner corner (layered over previous shade), brow bone
• Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in Dimensional Dark Brown – Waterline
• Elf Lash It Loud Mascara – Upper lashes

I was going to do this on both eyes and I started out with Shade 3 on an unprimed lid and immediately regretted it. I started later in the day and my lids were a bit oily and this shade very obviously deepened in areas that were more oily. After trying to apply more to build the color up, it just wouldn’t build up. I gave up on that eye and tried again on the other eye over an eye primer. It went on WAY better. No clinging to oil/moisture, even color payoff, nice blending for the most part. I was able to move this shade easily but it needed a little bit of help from a lighter shade for a very smooth gradient around the edges. I also was not able to build it up a whole lot on this eye, so I think that’s just an issue with these mattes in general.

Shade 2 has small/heavy sparkles that fall out easily to an almost annoying level. They stick to the skin kind of firmly as well so it’s not the fastest thing to clean up afterward. It adhered mostly fine to the lid though and showed up nicely as a very noticeable sparkle with a dry brush. It didn’t stand out as much as I wanted when used on the lower lashline, so I applied it again with a wet brush there and then went over the lid with another layer using a wet brush as well. This shade gives off somewhat of a wet look though it doesn’t feel creamy or emollient.

Shade 9 had fine shimmer and sparkle but not much fallout. Very nice color payoff, shimmer/sparkle shows up well too, adhered well.

Shade 5 is more of a regular shimmer with smaller particles. 

Look 3:

• No Primer (small amount of concealer on lid)
• 8 – Crease, lower lashline
• 7 – All over lid (dry brush, fingertip)
• 1 – Inner corner, brow bone
• Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in Boundless Bisque – Waterline
• Elf Lash Out Loud Mascara – Upper and lower lashes

Shade 8 was lighter and a bit sheerer than I thought it would be. I ended up packing it on heavily to get it to what you see here.

Shade 7 applied fairly well with a dry brush but I amped it up some more by pressing another layer on with my finger. It had moderate sparkle fallout and took some effort to clean up, sticking a bit to my powdered foundation. 

Shade 1 is a cream-powder. Looked a little heavier and more textured on my lid than the true powders.

Look 4:

• No Primer (small amount of concealer on lid)
• 4 – Crease, lower lashline
• 9 – All over lid (dry brush)
• 7 – Inner corner (dry brush)
• 1 – Blended around edges of matte pink with this
• Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in Boundless Bisque – Waterline
• Loreal Voluminous Noir Balm Mascara – Upper and lower lashes

Shade 4 picked up and transferred easily, initially seeming to have good color payoff but it ended up dusting away easily when I applied the deeper shimmer nearby and while blending. I kept adding layers in the deeper part of the crease to build the color back up. Hardly any fallout from either the matte or sparkle portions of the shade.

Shade 9 has a slightly thicker/creamier feel for a shimmer. It also picked up easily on a brush and adhered well to the lid with minimal fallout. I didn’t have to layer it that heavily for it to show up well.

Shade 7 was also on the creamier side for a shimmer. I applied this to the inner corner with a dry pencil brush and had minimal fallout but this gave me a sheer application of color. To get it to pop more, I switched to a thick eyeliner brush, which gave me much more color payoff off but also increased sparkle fallout to be more on the moderate side.