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Every so often, especially when I can’t find the makeup I’m looking for, I catch myself thinking, “Maybe it’s time to ditch all my products and start fresh.” It never actually comes to that, but if I were to start rebuilding my makeup stash, I know where I would start: multi-use makeup palettes.
Not only would makeup palettes de-clutter my makeup drawer and make packing a breeze, but they’re often the best of all worlds. There are options for eyes, cheeks and sometimes even lips. Most include bronzers, highlighters, blushes, eye shadows and contouring shades in various textures, like powders and creams. And thanks to their perfectly coordinated colors, you’ll be surprised at how effortlessly you can mix and match shades to create a look that’s uniquely yours.
Keep reading to shop 10 stunning multi-use face palettes that alone could easily replace the majority of makeup I own.
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This French face palette (“la palette visage”) uses coconut oil, jojoba oil and cocoa butter to create three nourishing blushes and three highlighters. You can wear each shade individually or mixed together, and it also looks gorgeous on the eyelids and lips.
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Explore shades of warm reds with CHANEL’s limited-edition matte and satin eye and cheek palette. Any shade can be used on the cheeks and eyes, plus the gold color makes an excellent highlighter on the cheekbones and in the corner of the eyes.
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There’s truly no makeup look you can’t achieve with this palette from Tarte. It has 12 eye shadow shades, two cream blushes, and a darker cream contour shade, all made with “skinvigorating” ingredients like maracuja oil (rich in essential fatty acids and brightening vitamin C), Amazonian clay, skin-softening minerals and antioxidant-rich vitamin E.
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Sculpt, highlight, illuminate, bronze, and add color to cheeks, lips and eyes with Stila’s do-it-all palette. The lightweight gel formulas build and blend beautifully, leaving your complexion with a luminous glow.
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Celebrity-loved makeup brand Kevyn Aucoin makes sculpting your facial features easier than ever with this powder face palette. It boasts three contour shades, two highlighters and the most stunning, multi-faceted blush.
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This cream palette is all the makeup you need—foundation, concealer, color-corrector, contour, blush and highlighter—in one travel-friendly palette. Harmony 1, or H1, is designed for light-to-medium skin tones, while Harmony 2, or H2, is meant for tan-to-deep skin tones.
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It’s not easy to include every piece of makeup you need in one palette, but Danessa Myricks comes incredibly close. The talc-free palette contains 10 flattering berry and mauve shades in two unique textures: creamy Velvet Pomade and oil-reducing Shape N’ Fix Powder. Use it on eyes, brows, cheeks, and lips.
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If a vacation tan could be pressed into a palette, it would look like the NARS Laguna Ultimate Face Palette. It features four eyeshadows, two bronzers and an illuminating highlighter that melt into skin, make skin look like silk and deliver all-day warmth.
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For the more amateur makeup appliers like me, I love Milani’s palette because it tells me exactly how to use it. (Not that you can’t mix shades, because with these richly pigmented colors, it would be stunning.) Featuring two blushes, three eyeshadows, a bronzer and a highlighter, you can’t beat this golden glow for under $20.
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Known for their high-quality, clean makeup, Well People knocks it out of the park again with a plant-based palette made with ingredients like grapeseed oil, jojoba seed oil and rice starch. With a powder bronzer, blush and highlighter, it delivers a soft-focus finish across the face for a youthful glow.
