Hey guys, I decided to write a quick review on this palette. I feel like everyone has been talking about this palette, so why not? I've been really busy lately, so I apologize for not posting often!
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| Urban Decay & Gwen Stefani Palette |
The one thing that grabbed my attention was the packaging of this palette. Like, how gorgeous is this palette?! It looks and feels so luxurious! There's a nice weight to it and it's not too big, so perfect for travelling! Even the box for this palette is fancy, like I honestly CAN'T! The palette comes with 15 eyeshadows with 1.4g each. It retails for $70CAD. It's quite expensive and that's why I was a bit hesitant on buying this palette. You can purchase it at Sephora or the UD website!
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| Both the palette and box are gorgeous! |
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| A close up of the palette. Stunning right?! |
In terms of shades, I find Gwen Stefani did a good job picking out the shades! There's neutrals and a few bold pop out colors. I find this can easily be a everyday palette or perfect for a full glam! It's suitable for any skin color! There's a right amount of shimmers and mattes! There's also a nice mixture of neutral, warm and cool undertones!
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Another close up
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Here are the swatches of the eyeshadows on my medium skin (Starting from the first row, left to right)
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| Really nice colors! |
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| The middle shade is light for my skin, but it would be gorgeous on light skin! |
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| The bottom row is more pigmented! They're absolutely stunning! |
Let's talk about the formula. These eyeshadows are so smooth and pigmented! The only eyeshadow I find that's a bit patchy is Pop, other than that, they're all really nice! I find they all blend out really nicely, minus Pop. I've experience just a bit of fallout, but not too much. Now, here's the disappointing thing. I just don't find these eyeshadows last long. The first couple of hours (about 1-3 hours), my eye makeup looked flawless and after that, the eyeshadows just started to fade away! I always use the same products and technique to prime my eyes and for some reason, these just don't last long! I feel like I've tried everything! Even drugstore eyeshadows last longer! I also had this problem with the Naked palettes (besides the basics!) and that's why I rarely use them. I thought this palette would be different, but no. Like I don't know, am I the only one?! Like, the Basic palettes (1&2) don't fade away as quickly, it's weird. Even the Moondust eyeshadows last a long time, but just Urban Decay's regular eyeshadows! For that reason, I'm turned off by this palette!
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| Another look |
I honestly love the shades and packaging of this palette! I also love the texture, pigmentation and blendability of these eyeshadows, but I just wish they lasted longer! I think this is more of a "collector's" item for me. I definitely won't be using it everyday, but days or nights that I don't need to keep my makeup on for long, I'll reach for this palette. It's just too bad, because I had high hopes for it and I really wanted this palette to work! Let me know if you guys had this problem! Other than that, I hope you're all having an amazing day and I'm trying to get more posts up!
I must say that I love it, unfortunately I have not been able to make the purchase
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty expensive, I was hesitant about it! However, it's stunning! I just wish the eyeshadows lasted longer on me!
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