Beauties, I understand that Natasha has mentioned that she is not done with the retro theme. However, I still believe that this palette has nothing to do with the line and should not have been called retro. Again, these are just my opinions. Had she started with something that looked more like the original mini retro and then introduced a palette like this to add to the line, I think that would’ve been more understandable. It’s not typical for her to create more than one large palette based off a mini… I find it confusing. I still like this palette. These are just my thoughts and I mean no harm in speaking them ❤️ Love you all! Xoxox
I think your theory is correct because she hasn’t “continued” a collection past the one mini+midi… so yes, it would make complete sense that the actual retro palette is in the works and she slapped the name on this one in the meantime.
Hello Pretty Lady so what i have heard is that this New Retro ND is based off the blush shades in the minin Retro and there will be another addition added to complete the mini 😳 so i think the next will be based if the mossy greens 😳
I just got mine in the mail yesterday. Unfortunately, one of the shadows was completely missing from the palette. So bottom line, would you replace it or let it go?
My dear Mel, it has finally happened!!! Natasha Denona came out with a Retro Glam palette!!! And it’s exactly the color story that everyone (including you) was hoping for when the (bigger) Retro came out. You were the first person I thought of when it was leaked. I wish I could see the looks that you would have made with this palette. You are SO MISSED!!! RIP Angel
Miss you Mel! Natasha listened to you, the new Retro is basically your recreation. You would have been an excellent artistic director for a brand. You are sorely missed in this RU-vid space.
When Natasha D comes out with the next “retro” to the line, if it has greens, I’ll have to get it just because it’ll remind me of you Mel. Watching this again just to see your beautiful face and artistry. Missing you already.
I love how beautiful Mel looked in purple tones. Love her sweater and her earrings. She will always be a light. She was beyond talented. Still going to keep coming back to make sure I can follow her looks.
Hello Pretty Lady i miss your new videos immensely but i continue to watch your videos daily wish you were still here but also I'm grateful you left an imprint on youtube 💕
Watching this video again makes me miss you and your videos. Especially now that Natasha Denona has come out with Retro Glam, which would make your heart so happy because it looks way more like the Mini Retro. As I use that palette and the one Sydney Grace put together based on yours, I will forever think of you Mel. I hope you're having a wonderful time up there in heaven 🥰🖤
Ugh I love this color story it hits me- I’m not tethered to the retro name as everyone else is. Like any pallet if it’s a good color story and a solid formula that’s what I’m looking for.
I just find it fascinating that people put her into a box and feel the need to dictate what she releases. It's her brand and she can create what she wants.
@@auraj1125 exactly. Could you imagine the pressure of meeting the expectations and not delivering. Or sacrificing her artistic vision just to add a green to the pallet so it “deserves” the retro name. She could call it what she wants. What I love about this beyond the color story is how it is cohesive extension to the Glam and the Love.
RIP Sweetie, had to come back and watch the looks you created with this pallet, going to order it, last day for the Sephora sale. I miss you so much, your tutorials were amazing and the best.🙏🏻❤️🐝🐞
I am sure missing your Sephora VIB recommendation videos ❤️ I miss coming home from work and my bf telling me new Mel Thompson! I’d get all excited and he’d be happily setting it up for me to watch after putting my stuff away and washing up, we would sit down to watch 💗💗💗
Watching you now makes me so sad you are no longer here 😔 I wanted to purchase this palette for the Sephora VIB sale and had to come rewatch your video to hear your thoughts one last time. RIP Mel. If I do buy I will come back to recreate your beautiful looks ❤️
Mel you may not have been excited about this one but damn your looks are so freaking good. You’re talented you really are. You given me looks for events for YEARS. You’re my go to for what I’m going to do to my face to feel my best. That means something, and don’t you ever forget it.
No, the palette wasn't what I expected, but because mauves and berries are my thing, I loved and bought it immediately! If it had been the color story I was "expecting," I probably would not have bought it, as the colors in Mini Retro aren't good on me! Great looks, Mel! As always, I just love your tutorials.
Mel, you can make any palette work and look absolutely beautiful! What you created was gorgeous but I think we all appreciate that you are so honest with your thoughts and feelings about a product so that we can make our informed decisions. Love you Mel!
Retro issue aside this is such a beautiful, everyday friendly palette and personally I'm glad some of the shades need to be built up as opposed to too much on the first go. Love it 💜
I agree! I have glam and sunrise as well. I don’t feel like sunrise is something I would ever wear to a work setting. Glam is gorgeous but most metallics would be too much for where I go. This one doesn’t have a single shade that feels like too much. I can wear all the shades comfortably.
I just bought the Natasha Denona glam , bronze , sunrise and retro palettes and felt a little eh once I opened the retro palette but Mels looks made me more excited for it as they are STUNNIINNNNGG!!! I’m so heartbroken we won’t get any more videos because even now they are helping me so much 😞
If she will create a line with different retro inspiration... Like a Renaissance palette, a 50s palette, a baroque palette for example... That's cool. But I think that she told us that the retro isn't done, just because of clients disappointment
I still come back and watch your videos Mel. Your lovely face and new videos are so missed, so I come and watch your videos and get my fix of seeing you and talent. If I'm thinking of buying any high end make up or doing a new look - I always search to see if 'Our Mel' has advised on the product first.
I miss you so much Mel, i hope your reading my comments from where ever you are, i do love this palette i no people wanted more greens but i just love this colour story ❤
I'm not confused at all. This is a dream palette for me. I love the color story. It's so beautiful in person. I will be wearing this through Fall, Winter and beyond ignoring all of my other palettes.❤️❤️❤️
Yessssssssssssss. I couldn't agree more with you! I saw it as a cheap and underhand way of pushing this palette out there. I understand she has said it's a companion palette to the Glam palette and that she hasn't forgotten that we want (demand 😉) the greens. But she's known for quite some time that we want greens, so why push this one out AND call it Retro? Which means, when the greens DO come, she can't call the palette "Retro" - even though it would be more fitting. I'm not buying this. I can get these shades from the Huda Naughty palette and it's not a colour story I'm interested in. I bow down with respect to you. Thank you so, so much for being strong enough to be honest, 💗💞💗💞💗💞💗
I would love to see someone use the midi and mini pallets together. Would be interested to see the ways they could potentially be complimentary to one another.
She mentioned the greens & greiges are coming, that she wasn’t finished with the Retro line. I still don’t see this palette as being anything close to the mini retro. It does fit well within her line overall, we don’t have many of these burgundies/mauves from her …..and all those cream to powders are much appreciated, I feel for that formula what people feel for PM special shades …lol
This is more like a Love 2.0 than a Retro. I do wish she had waited and released something else. I do hope, for the sake of all dissapointed people out there that she does come with greens and greiges!
I was thrilled when this launched. Is it different than the mini? Yes. However, I'm a sucker for cool-toned taupe and mauve, so I was still absolutely thrilled about it. I think she'll come out with another Retro that focuses on the greens in the mini (which I will also be thrilled about because I'm also a sucker for green) so I'm not getting pressed about a Retro that focuses on the pink from the mini.
@@kariw.160 I heard that on her IG too. I don’t really want to buy another palette to create a complete look. That is just my opinion though. In the scheme of the world I don’t really mind any of this. 🤷♀️
Thanks alot for the brave honest review❤❤ ...I feel like most youtubers are so hesitant to speak their real opinions when it comes to natasha denona 🤷♀️
I honestly don’t care about what the name is. I just got mine yesterday and LOVE IT! I was the only person in the world who actually decluttered the mini retro. 🤣
I have this palette and find it to be both beautiful and extremely easy to work with. I've had to make myself use other palettes. It's much more beautiful in person and I feel inspired when looking at it. Warm rose, cool rose, taupe, they're all there. The cream to powder formula in this palette is the best yet.
We miss you Mel ♥️ I went in to Sephora today thinking this palette was pretty and of course searched it on RU-vid and you came up first! I was blown away that 7 months lady my lady Mel was still here to review the palette I was thinking about. Fly high angel xx
Mini retro is one of my top favs of all time and I totally felt the same way as you...!! You always had the same favs/tastes as me! Team mini retro, star aura, coco mirage... Miss you so much mel!!
Thanks based Mel's awesome assessment and stating how the pinks are more Fall deep that sold me. I think it is a pretty palette especially for Fall! Sending Love!!
*Im so pissssed. I don’t love that color story on me. I wanted a RETRO pallet. I agree with your theory. Hopefully she makes it right and gives us a REAL retro. Let’s hope. I still want those tones in a big pallet!*
I feel your thoughts. She has Cupid trademarked, no Retro Midi. So it looks like because of the high demand she named it Retro now instead of Cupid. Good business strategy though (sucks for us who were waiting for a REAL retro midi).
Really???!!! This would make total sense! I completely looks like a "Cupid" palette. Or a Love 2. Or Retro Love. Or Glam Love - because for me it looks like the baby of Glam and Love. I personally think this should have been released for Valentines Day! For me it is not Retro at all.
These eyeshadow colors looks fantastic on you Mel! I would buy it but still have the Violette pallet from another brand you recommended that I I haven't used yet. Miss and love you. RIP. You were the best MUA RU-vidr.
Agree with you, it’s a beautiful palette but with different vibes of the mini retro. I love your reviews because I learn with the different looks you do. My favorite is the second 💜Love you!
Missing you 😢 Bought this palette during the Sephora sale this year (I take my time before I commit) and I just needed to hear you talk about it. Again. 💔
Just came across my Retro palette and realized that I’d nearly forgotten about it. When to the search bar on RU-vid to get some inspiration and found your old tutorial. My, how you are missed, Mel! I hope that you are at peace and pain free in heaven. 😢❤️🙏🏻
I just got my palette and I love it!!!! I am not concerned at all that it does not look like the smaller retro palette. I am going to enjoy mixing the beautiful colors for fall!
I totally agree with all your opinions regarding the palette. Thank you for your candidness. By the way, I love all the looks you created; I intend to try to recreate them on myself. Thanks again!
How I miss you… Knowing you are at peace and out of pain brings me comfort and with that being said, I still miss you dearly, you will always be in my mind and in my heart.😢💜😢💜
I’ve been waiting for this review. It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just not green. I wanted green. Half the pallets I own have been mauve and berry. It’s been done.
I got this in the mail fairly quick and since I received it I’m obsessed and can’t put this palette down. Everyday I’m able to create very different looks and every look has gotten compliments from strangers. I love this palette a lot and I want to see what the 2nd retro looks like, the green shades were my favorite in mini retro. I highly suggest getting this palette if you’re looking to have soft/dramatic looks with one palette.
Name doesn't matter to me and I watched several other influencers who loved the palette and how it went on, so I love the color story so I'm wanting to buy! It looked good on you too!
I've been waiting for your review of this since you have been dying for a big Retro pallette! It also threw me off how different it is from the mini, but it's still a good color story 🤷♀️
I like how you use a darker shade at the end to kind of create an eyeliner. I'm going to try that today, I actually have the same little Rephr pencil brush you're using! It's so tiny but so useful!
Omg Mell you just created the most gorgeous eye looks I’ve ever seen…,,, and I’ve been watching videos from others creators and let me tell these are the most beautiful ones!!!😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰 I want to give this pallet a try and see if works for me…. I have mature eye lids but they’re not too wrinkled yet lol 😆
I totally agree with you...it doesn't look much like the mini retro...it actually reminds me of modern renaissance 2021...lol..i need a new one🤔...so I guess this one will take it's place...im still waiting for mine...i can't wait to try it...i love the colorstory for fall/winter... I trust your opinion...so I guess we shall see🌹
I will get the retro pallet only now because I had to use my older ones first. Of course, I had to come and revisit you and your video about it. ❤️❤️❤️
