This quad was on sale via Douglas, and I’ve wanted it for ages, so I snapped it up! I had completely forgotten that the eyeshadows in here were set into pans and are not the same eyeshadow formula as the initial Ombres G launch from the permanent range. If you look at marketing images, they look like baked eyeshadows without a pan, but only the original releases are this way. It’s a big deal for me because the non-pan eyeshadows are a more special texture and typically cost more to make. The baked gelee formula helped make the hefty price more palatable, so when I learned the newer launches weren’t the same, I said I wouldn’t buy them. Oops!

The colors are pretty, though very soft, muted, and natural on me. Shade 2 doesn’t really show on my eyes. I hoped Shade 1 would give me more dramatic depth. Shade 4 is quite pretty. Even though I have to be in a specific mood to want to wear pink, this is at least one of the types of pink I like. Shade 3 is pretty, but I can’t help but compare it to Shade 1 in the Royal Jungle palette that I love way more! It’s because the color in the Royal Jungle palette has a lot more pigment and sparkle. Wetting it makes it even more intense. Shade 1 from Wild Nudes is a satin and I will almost always prefer a shimmer over a satin.

Because the colors don’t show up intensely on me, I can’t really get much variety. I’m actually okay with that because I don’t expect too much from a quad. If I can get one very pretty look and wear that repeatedly, that’s fine with me. The unfortunate aspect is that Royal Jungle does that for me already, so I should have just stuck to using that one.

Guerlain Royal Jungle Compared to Wild Nudes

In terms of this eyeshadow formula, it’s a very smooth, finely milled powder. I definitely like this more than Tom Ford’s standard powder formula. However, I do still like Tom Ford’s wet/dry formula over Guerlain’s baked gelee one. I also still prefer Guerlain’s first release of permanent eyeshadows over the more normal powder one. My original review of Royal Jungle can be found HERE.

The Wild Nudes eyeshadows blend easily. They are opaque, though with a medium amount of pigment that’s slightly buildable, but not by much. They are soft to the touch, but not creamy and doesn’t have slip to them, so I don’t have to worry about creasing. There are no longevity issues either.

When I did an eye look combining shades from both palettes, I realized that other than the pink, the parts I liked about it were mainly from Royal Jungle. It’s only the black shade that is a bit of a dud in my quad. So, I also get some use out of having Wild Nudes to be able to use the dark brown matte even though I’d prefer if it was deeper.

Overall, this palette is nice, but not entirely worth the price I paid for it (even on sale). However, eyeshadow minimalists might love this one. For those wondering how I feel about Royal Jungle since my last review, I can say that I still enjoy it and that one was at least worth the discounted price.

As a bonus unofficial review, I wanted to mention that I’m wearing the Tower 28 MakeWaves mascara in all the eye photos. I purchased a travel size mini six months ago, but only started using it a few times within the last few months. It was such a hyped up mascara in 2023 that I could only deal with FOMO by stating I’d get it when it released in a smaller size.
I have to say that I was not impressed. The formula was on the dry side, or rather, I couldn’t get much product on the mascara wand and had to dip in repeatedly. And then in order to get my lashes to look how they did in photos, I had to build up three layers (which I normally stick to one or two at most). Even with the extra layers, the end result wasn’t better than what I can get with my other mascara favorites in terms of length and volume. Granted, it’s possible that the full-size gives better results if the stopper isn’t so tight on that tube or perhaps mine partly dried already. Some mascaras in the travel size can perform differently than the full-size. I won’t be investing more money to try and investigate further though. I give allowance to the possibility that it could be different, but I’m personally going to treat this as an accurate representation of the full-size.
On the positive side, I give credit for it not clumping or flaking, even with extra coats. Plus, the brand states that this mascara is intended to give “amped-up, natural-looking lashes” when I prefer more dramatic lashes. Influencers are the ones that hyped it up to be more my style. For those that want length and volume while also looking more on the natural side, I recommend Benefit Cosmetics Bad Gal Bang. It’ll give similar (but even prettier to me) results in less coats.

That’s all for today! Thank you for reading!

-Lili ❤