REVIEW: CoverGirl TruNaked Peach Punch Palette
More and more, we're finally seeing drugstore brands releasing larger palettes and I really feel like it's the right time because we're also seeing huge improvements in more affordable eyeshadow formulas. Very recently, CoverGirl released two new palettes - both of them scented - and I decided without question to pick up the CoverGirl TruNaked Peach Punch Palette. I'd only ever tried one of the TruNaked palettes before, The Goldens, and I was really overall impressed with both the curation and the formula so it was a no brainer that I'd want to try out this one.
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Now, obviously this palette has taken some inspiration from the Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette - always a favorite of mine - and since I have both I will get into the whether or not this is a dupe a little bit later in the review. For now, I want to talk about the curation of this palette. Because it is only 8 shades, they obviously had to pick and choose the shades for this palette and I feel like they did a good job. With four shimmer shades, three true mattes, and one matte with fine shimmers in it, I think you have a good selection of finishes and I also think that the shades that were ultimately chosen do make this palette quite versatile for being so much of exactly what it is - does that make sense? I feel like some palettes are going to stay close to one sort of vibe and not have a lot of versatility outside of that vibe and I think this is definitely one of those palettes.
If you look closely, you can see that this palette is literally divided into two quads - and I don't think that's an accident. You could easily use them as they're broken up and get really pretty looks. In fact, when you look at the right side of the palette and consider doing a really simple two shadow look using the matte shade at the end in the crease and any of the shimmery shades all over the lid, it's kind of a no brainer. With the left side of the palette, I think it would work best to build up the crease with the matte shades and then add the pink shade all over the lid for a look with more dimension. Either way, I think the way they laid out this palette was really smart - and not at all by accident.
I have to say, I really like the formula in this palette and I actually think it's an improvement on the formula in The Goldens palette. All of the shadows in this palette have a very soft, silky formula like the older palettes did, but I find that these ones are more saturated with pigment and stick to the skin better than the older ones did. To confirm this, I actually did do a look with the Goldens palette in the course of testing this and I found that I did definitely find this palette performed better. All of that being said, these shadows do still have some fallout and I would recommend using a primer to really maximize the colour payoff and staying power.
The shades in this palette don't have names unfortunately, so I'm just going to talk about them in order from left to right.
Shade 1 is a peachy cream shade that's a little too dark for the brow bone on my fair skin but works really beautifully as a transition for me. It's a little bit bunchy when swatched but applied with a brush it's really gorgeous.
Shade 2 is a gorgeous pink with a strong gold sheen that gives it more of a coral appearance when applied. It's really silky and smooth and packs onto the lid really beautifully - though I would recommend applying it wet to really get the most of the gold reflect.
Shade 3 is a deep, neutral matte brown that I think is necessary in this palette and helps make it a little bit more versatile if you're wanting to try some non-peach eye looks. It's really smooth, really pigmented, and blends out really nicely on the lids.
Shade 4 is a true peach matte base with really fine pink shimmers in it that disappear on application. This is one of those shades that, for all intents and purposes, is a matte. It's a gorgeous first crease shade and there's no doubt that you're creating a peachy look when you use this shade.
Shade 5 is a golden peach shimmer shade that is probably my personal favorite lid shade in this palette. It's got an absolutely beautiful shine to it and really brings light to the lid.The formula is really good, smooth and pigmented, but it definitely works best when packed onto the lid wet.
Shade 6 is a blackened berry shimmer shade that actually does maintain some of that berry if you pack it on wet. This type of shade isn't my personal favorite, because it doesn't end up with as much punch on the lids as in the pan, but it's pretty and it has a nice formula. It actually does maintain that shine and some of that berry as long as you pack it on wet and don't blend it out too much.
Shade 7 is your absolutely necessary bronze shimmer shade - midtoned and carrying a ton of shine. For me in the summer this is the kind of shade that I reach for a lot to apply all over the lid and blend up into the crease for a tried and true summer look. The formula on this one is great - really smooth, really pigmented. No complaints.
Finally, Shade 8 is a sort of reddish brick brown matte and it's an absolute stunner. To add some really warm depth into the crease, this shade works brilliantly. I would say this does have the most fall out of any of the matte shades and does kick up when you put the brush into it, but it applies and blends really smoothly with strong pigmentation.
As you can see below, these are pretty solid colour dupes overall, but there are definitely some differences. Shade 1 is very similar but a hair darker than Peaches & Cream. Shade 2 is very similar but a hair darker and a little bit more coral than Just Peachy, which pulls a little bit more pink. Shade 3 is a little bit darker than Charmed, I'm Sure. Shade 4 is most similar to Candied Peach, but it's still quite different. Candied Peach is has a lot more orange in it and is quite a bit more bold and saturated. Shade 5 is very similar to Bellini, though it's more of a peach shade while Bellini has more pink. Shade 6 is pretty much a bang on dupe to Peach Pit, though I actually find that it holds more of the berry tones in application. Shade 7 is another pretty much bang on dupe to Caramelized both in colour and in formula. And finally, Shade 8 is really similar to Summer, which is just a little bit deeper.
Before I compare the formulas, I feel like I absolutely must compare the scents. I'm just going to be really straight up - the Sweet Peach Palette with it's peach candy scent smells a lot better to me than the Peach Punch Palette, which to me smells like.... sort of a peach scented plastic toy or sticker. There's just something extra synthetic about it to me and I can't entirely say that I enjoy it. Still, it's a cool novelty and I don't find that it lingers once applied, so I'm fine with it. It's not a selling point for me personally, though.
I feel like you can tell just from the side by side swatches that there are differences in the formulas, even though a lot of the shades are extremely similar to each other. I think the differences are a lot less noticable in the formula of the shimmer shades, which both have a very soft, smooth texture and pack a lot of punch. I do feel like you can get away with using the shimmer shades from the Sweet Peach Palette dry and get a lot more impact though. The biggest differences for me are in the matte shades. In the Sweet Peach Palette, the mattes are more pigmented and have a lot more cling to the skin than in the Peach Punch Palette. I absolutely enjoy both formulas, but I do think that Too Faced does edge out CoverGirl for me - as it should, considering the price difference.
Overall, I have to say that I'm really, really excited about both this palette and this shadow formula. I really feel like CoverGirl is stepping it up with their new rebranding and new product releases and I'm excited to see what they come out with next. For now, though, I think this is a fantastic drugstore alternative to the Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette - at a much more affordable price point. It's solid in both formula and curation and I've really been enjoying using it.
The CoverGirl TruNaked Peach Punch Palette is becoming widely available now and retails for around $10-12CAD.
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