forget vivid shades and garish colours, the latest eyeshadow craze is to go nude — earthy and pink tones that mimic the natural colour of our eyelids they make eyes look bigger and flatter older skin as they don’t crease or highlight wrinkles the duchess of cambridge is a fan — last week she revealed her favourite eye make up is urban decay’s naked palette here, alice smellie puts the latest nude eyeshadows to the test  kate’s make up  naked palette, urban decay, £38, urbandecaycouk  shades of nude: twelve rich shades from deep cream to charcoal are presented in a fabric case with a mirror they are applied with a double ended, scarily large brush application: the cream looks startlingly white on my eyelids, but the bronze shades are easy to blend though thick, both ends of the brush are delicate enough to apply to my lids without dropping product onto my face the thinner of the two ends draws a thick, dark line above and below my lashes i look in the mirror and my eyes are smoky enough to hang out in a jazz club, but not overly gothic, and it lasts through a dog walk with a sprinkling of sleet, which is impressive 9/10  metallic magic  la palette nude rose, l’oreal, £1499, bootscom  shades of nude: a slender compact with ten shades, from beige through rosy tints to a dark purple six have a subtle metallic sparkle application: you can’t go wrong with these! the shades are sheer so you don’t need a steady hand to apply it and can layer them on confidently the darker shades look menacingly gloomy in the compact, yet they are so sheer on the skin that i end up using a dark brown rather than a bronze the final look is age appropriate for me in my early 40s, and it is light enough to wear in the day when i catch sight of myself in changing room mirrors while out shopping, i look ten times less tired than usual 8/10  neutral tones  mini eye palette, no 7, £11, bootscom  shades of nude: eight farrow & ball style shades: a deep cream, four similar looking browns and three shades of grey application is via a double ended brush application: the lightest shade looks mask white on my eyelid a lot of powder comes away as i swirl the brush over the eyeshadow i find the brush too thick to apply a line along my lashes and it gives me a bruised look under the eyes the result is messy 4/10  eyeshadow pro  full exposure palette, smashbox, £37, smashboxcouk  shades of nude: there are 14 daunting looking colours with a double ended blending brush application: i am amazed at how easily the brush swoops over my eyelids i play around with three shades of bronze but then i get over confident: i attempt to draw a line with the charcoal and end up looking as though i’ve been up a chimney 6/10  portable touch up  eyes uncovered nude palette, collection, £399, superdrugcom  shades of nude: the budget option: the case is cardboard with no mirror the applicator is double ended, but consists of just two flimsy  feeling foam pads there are six matte colours, ranging from nude to charcoal application: as i smear the brush around the powder, i gouge a chunk out of the charcoal the powder sinks into my wrinkles it looks as though my six year old applied my make up not for me 3/10 
the duchess of cambridge urban decay alice smellie femail
the latest craze is said to make your eyes look bigger and flatter old skin . the duchess of cambridge is a fan and reveled urban decay is a favourite . alice smellie has put the latest nude eyeshadows to the test for femail 