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

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?

Review: Mac Prolongwear Concealer

Every woman and her dog and her dog's best friend has heard of this concealer, I see every blogger and youtuber speak about it highly. At first I was a bit dismissive because I thought it wouldn't work around my dry eyes but then various blogger/vloggers with dry skin reviewed it and didn't seem to find that an issue so I thought I'd bite the bullet and buy it.

Mac Prolongwear Concealer-£17.00

 When I was choosing what shade I was going I wanted to go for something a bit lighter than my skin tone so that I could use it as an under the eye highlighter. The shade I got was NW20 and my foundation shade is usually NW25, I like the shade I got but I reckon I could have gone with NW15.

This is a very light consistency yet gives such great full coverage, and I haven't noticed it looking cakey or creasing. It lasts pretty much all day and I'm pretty much head over heels in love with it. I can't understand how I went so long without this.

I did read some reviews that the pump releases too much product, I would agree with that but after a couple of uses I found a way of just getting a little bit out. The key is to press very slowly and gently. Once applied I blend it out with my finger or a damp beautyblender and then later set it with a little powder. I like to press my powder onto my face because I find sweeping moves my make up out of place

I think this is a new staple product to my make up collection, although I would like to try the new Urban Decay concealer, so maybe I'll try that next. Are there any other good concealers out there that I might like?

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