TheBalm Nude 'Tude Palette

So I wasn't expecting a package the other day when I checked for the mail and when I opened the door there was a box. I looked and it was from TheBalm, I never even got a shipping email. It was a pleasant surprise. 

I opened the well packaged box, they even bubble wrapped the palette, I love bubble wrap. It saves so much hassle with broken items. By the way, my mailman hates me, he will literally throw my packages at my front door from the sidewalk because I get so many packages.

Anyways, I finally got the box open after some fighting with the tape.

They included a sample packet of face lotion, it will defiantly be more than one use because the packet is full. I'm actually looking for a new facial moisturizer, I am currently using Yes to Carrots SPF daily moisturizer and find it too oily for my combination/sensitive skin.
I tried the lotion already and can already say I will probably be switching to it, it smells awesome (like grapefruits) and absorbs into my skin really well, leaving no oily residue and only soft (break out free I must add!) skin.

Here is the palette, I also included the brush I used to do the swatches, the primer and eyeshadow base, because without those two the colors wouldn't have shown up too good on camera.

I did some swatches of the colors right away and was disappointed with the lighter colors as they barely showed up on my arm, but after some primer and base (which is what I would do on my eyes) I was quite pleased.

Here are the swatches.

Left to Right ===> Sassy, Snobby, Stubborn, Stand-offish, Selfish, Sultry, Sophisticated, Seductive.

Left to Right ===> Sassy, Snobby, Stubborn, Stand-offish, Selfish, Sultry, Sophisticated, Seductive, Sexy, Silky, Sleek and Serious.

Sorry for the lack of close ups of the darker shades, it just wouldn't show up right and I gave up.