Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani Eyeshadow Palette

I wasn’t expecting to love this palette as much as I do, I saw loads of hype about it from US beauty bloggers and I had just decided I needed to try to work with colour a bit more. Of course when choosing any great eyeshadow palette you go with Urban Decay.

I was deciding between this one and the Vice 4 but I chose the Gwen Stefani one because it just seemed to have more pros than the Vice 4 did. I like that it has a few matte browns for blending, it has some great glittery shadows, a couple of bold colours and well Gwen Stefani helped design it so it just felt that bit more special!

Stark and Anaheim are the blending colours I seem to reach for the most in the palette, they are lovely ,slightly cool toned browns. Punk is also a great shadow for deepening up your crease and in the outer v, it’s an unusual burgundy brown that looks great on the eye.

The bright colours are brilliant for a bit more of a statement eye, I’ve used the blue a few times under my eye. I’ve only used it on it’s own but I think it’d look great if I used a white or blue liner as a base underneath. I haven’t tried the other bright colours properly yet but I’m looking forward to having a play around with them.

I will quickly mention that whilst very buttery and pigmented, they do have a small amount of fallout so I like to do my eyes first. It happens mostly with the shimmery/glittery shadows but it's nothing you can't easily fix with a cotton pad.

If you are still thinking of getting this palette then I would definitely recommend it! Even my mum said it looked awesome, I can't wait for the rest of Gwen Stefani's collection to be released. I'm definitely eyeing up the blush palette and some of the lipsticks.

Let me know what you think of the palette or are you going to be getting something from the newer pieces of the collection?

xoxo
V

Makeup Revolution Haul First Impressions

Lip Lava- Makeup Revolution-£11.96 for all 5

Ultra 32 Shade Eyeshadow Flawless Matte- Makeup Revolution-£8.00

So I recently made an order from Makeup Revolution, I'd never bought anything from them before but they have lots of good offers on and they have some lovely palettes. I like that they have lots of colourful eyeshadow palettes for really decent prices, I love doing colourful looks but don't always want to spend loads on eyeshadows.

I bought all of the lip lavas because they were doing a special package deal, I love the pale neautral shades for everyday and the red is also something I would wear. The purple one is a bit more out there but I quite liked using it for this post. I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to wear it out. 

I also got the Ultra Matte Eyeshadow palette which is really useful to use as transitional colours with some of my other palettes, they are a little chalky though and they do have a bit of fall out. I used a couple of the shades on my eyes for this look but I mainly used the Iconic Pro palette. I forgot to take pictures of the palette but I used most of the brown shades for my crease and then some of the grey/ taupe shades for my outer v.

I haven't ever done a make up look for my blog before do you like them? Let me know what you think down below

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette-£56.00

I adore these Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powders and this palette is to great to try out more than one shade and to get to know the powders before maybe buying a full version. It's also a great palette to travel with because you can use the different shades for different parts of your face.

The shades from left to right are Dim Light, Incandescent Light and Radiant Light. My favourites are Dim Light and Incandescent Light, I use Dim Light more all over my face whereas Incandescent Light is better to highlight. The Radiant Light Shade is almost like a glowy bronzer and I don't use this as much as the other two but occasionally if I fancy a bronze glow I will use this powder on top of my contour.
My Incandescent Light powder has a serious dent in it and I can imagine I would buy the full size of this because I love how it brightens my under eyes and can also be used as a highlighter on the high points of my face.

The texture of these powders is so dreamy and buttery, they may be glowy powders but they don't have chunky pieces of glitter just a light, beautiful sheen.
I would definitely recommend trying out this palette, especially if you haven't tried the Ambient Lighting Powders before.

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Review: Collection Eyes Uncovered Palettes

Collection Eyes Uncovered Palette-Nude Grey-£3.99
Collection Eyes Uncovered Palette-Nude-£3.99

These little gems are the new edition to the Collection family, these eyeshadow palettes include a few matte shades and also some shimmer shades. Here I have the Nude Palette and also the Nude Grey Palette, there is one more in the collection but I wasn't as keen on the shades and I really didn't need three new palettes, heck I didn't really need one but that's besides the point.

Both palettes come with one of those applicators we all hate and usually ditch in the bin, these are no different, they just aren't as good as make up brushes. I have kept mine and used them and found they aren't bad at applying eyeshadow into the inner corner of my eye and also placing eyeshadow under my eye and smudging it out.

These palettes are great and even better they are so affordable, usually the high street brands struggle creating good quality matte eyeshadows so tend to stick to shimmer but these matte shades are great. There is a bit of fall out but even my favourite, expensive Urban Decay eyeshadows do that. The packaging isn't the best, it's cardboard which isn't very durable and includes a brush that we all could do without even though I've managed to make use of it. I think it'd have been great if there had been a little mirror because it's so small and compact to great for travelling but you would need a seperate mirror.

Overall I think this is a fantastic budget buy, great for those starting out with eyeshadow and want to get something cheap to begin with. It'd be great for travelling with but you'd just need an extra mirror and just be careful of any fall out falling onto your face. Definitely worth checking out.

Have you tried these palettes or do you have any budget buys you think I should try?