Melt Cosmetics Millennial Pinx Palette – a Major Miss? May 5, 2020
This past February, Melt Cosmetics released its Valentine’s Day themed Modern Love Collection. Within the Modern Love Collection, Melt Cosmetics released the two gel liners, four crushed glitter lip glosses, and the Millennial Pinx Palette.
Unlike most of the brand’s releases, the Millennial Pinx Palette was released to nearly universal hatred. But is Melt’s pink palette really that bad?
Keep reading for my honest review of the Melt Cosmetics Millennial Pinx Palette.
Melt Cosmetics Modern Love Collection
Melt Cosmetics Millennial Pinx Palette Claims & Packaging
The Millennial Pinx Palette claims to provide buyers with a refreshing combination of pink and modern grays. The matte shadows claim to provide opacity with a single swipe, while the metallics provide striking sparkle.
The Millennial Pinx Palette comes in a millennial pink (blush), studded version of the brand’s traditional 10-pan cardboard palette packaging.
Melt Cosmetics Millennial Pinx Palette Price
The Millennial Pinx Palette retails for $58.00. The price is on-par with the brand’s typical 10-pan palette price tag.
Is Melt Cosmetics Cruelty-Free?
Melt Cosmetics is Cruelty-Free, meaning that the brand and its suppliers do not test on animals. For more information on what it means to be a Cruelty-Free brand, check out my Cruelty-Free 101 recap.
Is the Millennial Pinx Palette Vegan?
The Millennial Pinx Palette is NOT Vegan. Mixed Emotions contains Carmine.
Does the Millennial Pinx Palette include any irritating ingredients?
Unlike many popular shadow formulas, Melt Cosmetics’ formula is talc-free!
Melt Cosmetics Millennial Pinx Palette Swatches
As always, swatches are not a perfect indicator of quality. However, swatches can provide a clue to a product’s pigmentation and ability to blend.
Melt Cosmetics Millennial Pinx Palette Swatches
At first, I panicked when I swatched this pink palette. Building up these swatches took a lot of effort. The matte shadows did not provide full opacity or pigmentation upon initial application.
Across the board, fans of Melt Cosmetics love the brand’s matte eyeshadow formula more than the metallic formula. In fact, Melt’s chunky metallic shadows crumble easily. However, the metallics shades in this palette were particularly difficult to layer. Additionally, the formula felt almost sticky. This made it hard to blend on the skin.
What is the application like?
Given how poorly this palette swatched, I was surprised at how well the shadows performed on the eyes. As always, the mattes were easy to build on the eyes and worked well with one another. The pink and red tones layered beautiful to create soft color gradients.
The matte shadows layered easily. Moreover, there were no signs of patchiness when applying with a tapered blending brush or dense packing brush.
Soft Pink Halo Eye created with the Melt Cosmetics Millennial Pinx Palette
Thankfully, the shimmer shadows performed better on the eyelids than they swatched. For the best pigmentation, I recommend using a flat shader brush ( wet or dry) or your finger.
My biggest issue with the this pink palette is the limited color range. Unlike many of Melt’s previous eyeshadow releases, this palette lacks depth. Many of the pink looks end up looking nearly identical to one another.
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What is the wear-time?
When worn over an eyeshadow primer, the shadows last on my eyelids for 10-12 hours without creasing or fading.
Where is the Millennial Pinx Palette sold?
This palette is sold internationally on the Melt Cosmetics website. Also, this palette is sold on Beauty Bay and is sold at Sephora (US/Canada).
Final Thoughts on the Melt Cosmetics Millennial Pinx Palette
Is the Millennial Pinx Palette as bad as everyone said it was?
Unlike many who reviewed this palette, I enjoyed this release. I did not face the same issues blending, layering, or building the shadows on my eyelids.
However, I agree with the sentiment that most of the looks created with this palette are similar. Millennial Pinx lacks the depth that is typical for Melt palettes. Moreover, I am unsure how this palette would perform on deeper skin tones.
Is this my favorite Melt Cosmetics Palette? No. But I don’t think it is worthy of all the hate it has received online. I recommend this palette to anyone who is a fan of Melt Cosmetics that enjoys creating soft, pink looks.
Ultimately, I ended up decluttering this palette within a month or two of buying it. In the end, I realized that the Millennial Pinx Palette would never be picked over similar pink palettes in my collection. Passing this on to someone else made me happy.
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Have you tried the Melt Cosmetics Millennial Pinx Palette? What do you think about the color story? Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
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oliveunicorn says
May 5, 2020 at 6:37 amIt is a really pretty palette and I liked your looks . I wanted a few of the gel liners from the collection.
The Newbury Girl says
May 5, 2020 at 6:37 pmThe gel liners were my favorite release from the whole collection!!
oliveunicorn says
May 5, 2020 at 10:52 pmThey’re definitely on a my long wish list lol .
PoojaG says
May 5, 2020 at 1:57 pmI love the colours they’re so pretty!
The Newbury Girl says
May 5, 2020 at 10:15 pmI really enjoyed using some softer pink tones for a change!
Mimi says
May 5, 2020 at 4:04 pmThe swatches are quite crumbly but the look you created is so pretty!
The Newbury Girl says
May 5, 2020 at 10:17 pmlol I feel like you could just see my struggle with these swatches through the photo. I’m glad that they applied better on the eyes, but I ended up giving this to someone else since I knew I’d likely reach for my other pink palettes more.
Mimi says
May 6, 2020 at 7:09 amThat’s smart, I love pinks but I don’t have a good palette (I used to be obsessed with the Naked 3 but mine is so expired is not even funny)
The Newbury Girl says
May 12, 2020 at 1:34 pmI was thinking about pink palettes to recommend, but nearly all of the pink palettes I have are from US brands (ColourPop, Midas, Persona, Lime Crime), so I’m not sure what the shipping / customs would be like for you. I enjoy the Huda Neon Pink Palette and the New Nude Palette, but I know that not everyone loves the Huda formula.
Nabla has some pretty pink/purple/coral palettes in their Cutie Palette series, as well as in the original Dreamy Palette. However, I’ve only tried the Dreamy 2 and Coral Cutie palettes, so I’m not able to provide complete thoughts on those other palettes.
Mimi says
May 12, 2020 at 1:53 pmThey all look nice but I still haven’t found one that stole my heart! Maybe is not out yet ahah
molly rose says
May 7, 2020 at 5:46 amFirstly, I love the look you created! Using shades of pink on my eyes is my absolute favourite thing. I can see what you mean when you say that a lot of the looks you could create with this palette would be really similar, its a shame as I really like the idea of this palette and what they were trying to go for. Also this palette is quite pricey, I’m you can get a palette with way more variety for that price and cheaper! Great review as always xx
The Newbury Girl says
May 12, 2020 at 1:29 pmThank you so much, girl! Even though Melt is one of my favorite brands, I always want to be honest with the thoughts that I share in my reviews. If the palette had a little better range, I think this could have been great though!
Castles and Hurricanes says
May 8, 2020 at 7:34 pmThis does look like a pretty palette, but upon first glance, it doesn’t look like it has a wide range of shades. The look you created does look really pretty though-I’m glad to hear the colors applied well around the eyes even though they were not as successful when you were swatching them!
The Newbury Girl says
May 12, 2020 at 1:13 pmLooking back, I think I got sucked into the hype of this palette. Not only was this the first color story like this from Melt, but at the time the brand was releasing a new lip gloss formula, too. Needless to say, I got sucked into the hype. While I was happy that this performed well on the eyes, I ended up passing this palette along to someone else who would surely reach for it more.
Simone | Beautymone says
May 11, 2020 at 10:50 amThe swatches of the palette look great, as well as the look you’ve created! I really need to start playing around with the palette, but I have to take photos first lol.
The Newbury Girl says
May 12, 2020 at 10:57 amLiterally photos are the struggle when it comes to reviewing products. Like its literally the reason why some things sit unused for so long. I ended up passing this palette along though – so I’m super curious to hear your thoughts on this!
themillennialdatingdiaries says
July 17, 2020 at 3:20 amLove the look you created!
The Newbury Girl says
August 15, 2020 at 5:33 pmThank you so much!