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13 Best Makeup Palettes for a Flawless Finish Every Time

Discover the best makeup palettes for everything from contouring to creating smoky eyes
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Best Makeup Palettes: The Go-To for Daytime Eyes
Sephora Collection Colorful Eyeshadow Filter Palette in Sunbleached Filter, $28

This product lands a spot on our best makeup palettes list because it makes you look like you have your own personal lighting crew at all times, thanks to 10 soft shades inspired by social media filters. Almost better than the gorgeous shades (think: a bronze-y taupe, peachy shimmer and matte pinks) are the cheeky names like "Latergram," "#tbt" and "Selfie."

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Best Makeup Palettes: Soft By Day, Rock Star By Night
Maybelline New York The Rock Nudes Palette, $11.99

The best makeup palettes should make you feel like a rock star, and this heavy metal makeup palette has badass written all over it. With 12 different shadows to choose from, you can channel whatever edgy vibe you're feeling. Whether it be a heavy smoky eye created strictly out of the matte shades or a shimmering eye-opening look with the softer pinks and purple hues, day-to-night eye makeup has never been easier to achieve. The drugstore price doesn't hurt either.

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Best Makeup Palettes: The Contour-Friendly Choice
Smashbox #ShapeMatters Palette, $55

If the best makeup palettes provide shades that are as versatile as they are gorgeous, then this Smashbox pick is a clear winner. This palette contains everything you need to sculpt your face into supermodel perfection: nine enhancing, neutral eye shadows, three shades of contour powder, one highlighter, two brow powders plus a wax, a double-ended brush and cards to show you how to apply everything.

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Best Makeup Palettes: Everyday Essential
Sonia Kashuk Eye Couture Eye Palette in Eye on Neutral 02, $19.99

We have pretty high expectations for the best makeup palettes on the market, especially when they're eye shadows. They must be pigmented, apply smoothly, last all day and have minimal fallout -- just to name a few -- and this makeup palette meets all of those requirements. What's more? The product is basically free from any fear of buyer's regret, as the neutral palette complements any skin tone and age with its velvety matte finish and 12 colors to choose from. In terms of everyday essentials, this makeup palette is a must.

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Best Makeup Palettes: Keeping It Neutral
L'Oreal Paris Colour Riche La Palette Nude, $19.99

Who doesn't like going nude? At least in terms of this neutral makeup palette. Master your no-makeup makeup look using a combination of these 10 pigmented eye shadows. The light to dark range offers an array of shades that flatter any skin tone, and the makeup palette comes in a variety of finishes from shimmery satin to creamy matte to glowing sheen, to accommodate any eye makeup look you're trying to achieve.

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There's something about makeup palettes that turns us into giddy schoolgirls. The pretty packaging, the multiple shades, the travel-ready size ... the list goes on. Here, the best new palettes to add to your summer makeup routine, from Urban Decay's latest smokey eye shadow palette to a bronzer palette that's (almost) too pretty to use.
BY ALLIE FLINN | DEC 2, 2016 | SHARES
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