City Color Spice Me Up Palette Review and Swatches

May 12, 2015

City Color Cosmetics Spice Me Up Palette ($8.99) is a brand new release and City Color was nice enough to send it to me for review! I've been loving everything I've tried from City Color so I was definitely excited to review and swatch this one for you guys. Let's take a look...

City Color Spice Me Up Palette Review and Swatches

The Spice Me Up Palette contains 10 lightly-shimmery eyeshadows in beautiful spice tones.

This palette is super affordable at only $8.99 ($7.64 if you use my coupon code below) and is a great way to get your hands on a high-quality neutrals palette. I have so many but I still can't get enough! I guess it's because I wear mostly neutrals on a daily basis so I get the most use out of them. But I have to say...I tried to dupe some of these shades, and compared them to my Naked palettes, the Chocolate Bar, the Lorac Pro 2, etc and none of them were exact dupes! So really, this palette just added 10 totally new shades to my collection.

These shadows are all soft and buttery, some slightly more than others. In the top row, the standout shades are #1, #4 and #5. #2 and #3 were slightly drier in texture.

#1 is a gorgeous silvery champagne shade, while #2 and #3 are warm medium browns. #4 is a beautiful peachy champagne shade, and #5 is such a pretty copper.

In the second row, #6 is a rich, warm medium brown, #7 is a shimmery taupe that has that slightly less buttery texture, #8 is amazing! Not only is it a rich warm coppery brown, but it's the softest, most buttery eyeshadow I've ever touched and the pigmentation is everything. It literally makes the entire palette for me! #9 is a deep tan with warm undertones and #10 is a beautiful purple-gray.

Overall, the City Color Spice Me Up Palette is a welcome addition to my eyeshadow collection. Not only are these new shades for me, it's super affordable and great quality. I'm so happy to have found a brand that has consistently wowed me and doesn't break the bank!

City Color was nice enough to give me a coupon code to share with Budget Beauty Blog readers to get 15% off any order! It's BBBSAVE15 and will bring the price of this palette down to $7.64.

If you haven't seen my other City Color reviews yet, you can see them HERE.

**Disclosure- The product featured in this review was provided to me by City Color Cosmetics. All opinions are my own and I was not paid to write this review.**

5 comments

AnonymousMay 12, 2015 at 6:34 PM
Oh this is really pretty! I was already planning a City Color haul this week so I'll add this to the list. I also want to try those City Chic lipsticks you reviewed this week. On their website they have some pretty light pink and Nude shades. I have also heard great things about the matte blushes so I want to try those as well.
KellyMay 13, 2015 at 8:34 AM
Thank you for saying that you couldn't find dupes on this because I was instantly drawn to it but then I thought ' i don't need another neutral palette'. If the colors aren't the same as in my other palettes I have an excuse to buy this now! :)-
Rachel R.May 13, 2015 at 5:52 PM
Love shades 8 and 10. This looks like a very nice palette. I recently got the City Color Shine Palette, and I love it. It's always great to find quality at a decent price.

I love getting comments from you and hearing about your experiences with the products, whether you agree with me or not. It's the best way other readers can get the best information before they buy, so keep the comments coming! :)