Urban Decay's LE Gwen Stefani Palette

 

Urban Decay's Gwen Stefani Palette

Hey loves hope you are enjoying your summer. So recently I don't know if you may have seen post or announcements of the urban decays collaboration with Gwen Stefani palette has gone on sale. When it first came out earlier this year the palette was $60. Now it has gone down more then half price to $25. That is a big steal. (Ill leave the link here.) So of course I did not want to miss out and picked one up for myself. You can find them at Sephora, urban decay, ulta, or macys. In store and online as well. She not only created a palette of eye shadows but she as well made a palette of blushes and highlight and a few lipsticks. None of which I own but the lipsticks I have still seen on sale on the Sephora page.  The packaging is adorable and stunning as well.

I will begin with the packaging because for the price this palette has a heavy and very well thought out packaging. Its a stunning gold underneath and around. The top lid contains a sort of clear glass with a patterned circle design that is incased. It has a magnetic closure that makes closing and opening so easy and mess and hassle free. The inside contains a huge mirror with a quote engraved "Magic's in the makeup". The eye shadows are round and seem to contain a lot of product. they sit surrounded by black packaging that gives the palette a very luxurious look.

As for the eye shadows them selves. You get 15 shades. On the UD website it is listed that 12 are new and three are from the UD shadow collection. I am not sure which three they are. There are 8 are shimmer shades and 7 are matte. To me when I first opened this baby up I though of it to be a more neutral everyday palette with the bottom row being more exciting to create more dramatic and glam looks. Overall a few shades swatch very similar so that is a little bumming. But if your someone who likes to stick with neutral you will definitely love this palette.

(Look created using Danger, 1987, and blackout)

(Used Anaheim and Stark to create this look)

Now finally as for the quality....well the eye shadows perform sort of eh. They go on really nicely, they blend well, and they feel very soft to the touch. But now the lasting stay on these sort of sucks because they tend to combine, fade, or look like a mess by the end of the night. In my opinion that happened to me with the darker shades. The lighter ones were not so bad. I used my UD primer  before applying. As for the shadows when you drip your brush in, a few colors did have a lot of fall out and can create a slight mess.

(Swatches of most shades in the palette without primer)

So overall this palette is not worth the $60 but its is worth the $25. The packaging is stunning. It's a great Limited Edition palette to add to your collection and who doesn't love Gwen Stefani. Anyways have a great day beauties and thanks for taking your time to read my post today. Hope it is helpful in helping you decide if you will grab it or skip it.