Urban Decay Through The Looking Glass Palette Review

 So it has been several months since my last blog post (sometimes life just gets in the way) and i thought what better way to bounce back with a new release from Urban Decay.

The above palette is the new Through The Looking Glass palette which is in collaboration with Disney's release of the new Alice in wonderland film: Alice Through The Looking Glass. It is also a sequel to the original palette Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows.

 The eye shadow palette is current retailing at £43.00 on various sites including Selfridges (where i purchased mine) and Debenhams.

So lets first talk about the packaging which is what initially drew me in to wanting to buy this palette. The palette is covered with colorful, kaleidoscopic artwork woven out of flowers and butterflies and includes several quotes from the film. It has many textures varying from gloss and embossing which shows alot of work went into this. One thing that could be a slight downfall is the fact it is all cardboard and can damage easily but for me it's nice to see that Urban Decay have taken it back to their older products.

 The palette contains 20 ALL-NEW shades varying from soft matte shades to bold,bright shades which feature on the different characters such as the Mad Hatter. It also features the standard UD double ended brush for application.

 Each Eyeshadow features Urban Decay's Pigment Infusion Systemâ„¢, the proprietary blend of ingredients that gives every shade its velvety texture, rich color, serious staying power and blendability.

• Shades included:
• Alice shades: Looking Glass (pale pink demi-matte), Reflection (soft peach matte), Dormouse (warm brown matte w/floating gold micro-sparkle) and Metamorphosis (vibrant periwinkle blue w/micro-sparkle)
• Mad Hatter shades: Hatter (vibrant green w/tonal micro-sparkle), Gone Mad (aubergine w/pink iridescent pearl), Paradox (vibrant orange w/gold pearl) and Cake (saturated blue-pink w/silver micro-shimmer)
• Mirana shades: Lily (opal pink pearl), Duchess (peach w/pink shift and micro-sparkle), Kingdom (copper-bronze pearl) and Chessboard (medium brown matte)
• Iracebeth shades: Heads Will Roll (vibrant turquoise w/gold micro-sparkle), Bandersnatch (deep teal matte), Salazen Grum (metallic crimson) and Royal Flush (pale beige shimmer)
• Time shades: Time (black-navy satin w/soft iridescent micro-sparkle), Dream On (metallic purple-silver), Chronosphere (metallic deep bronze) and Mirror (gray-taupe satin)

I have to say I love every shade in this palette and i don't really own many other shadows which are like these. I found with this palette that the shades containing more glitter are a lot more sheer compared to the metallic like shades which are insanely pigmented.

Overall I am looking forward to creating some bold looks with this product and I am glad I have added it to my collection.

Please leave your thoughts below!

Jess xx

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Mac Warm Neutral Palette Review

 It's been a month since my last review as i wanted to really test something thoroughly and make sure i can give you guys my best opinion on something that everyone has mixed feelings about: The Mac Warm Neutrals Palette!

 This Palette retails at £65.00 & includes 15 eyeshadows - Seems pricey but you are actually saving a total of £100 compared to building your own Mac palette! So if you went out and purchased the Cool Neutral palette along with this your still saving!

 This palette is made up of lovely warm neutral tones with a mixture of mattes, shimmers and pearl shadows. From left to right: Hey, Warm Breeze, Gingersnap, Dark Brew, Dance in the Dark, Brule, Vanilla Extract, Honey Lust, Amber Lights, Saddle, Lemon Tart, Butterfudge, Creative Copper, Unwind and Divine Decadence.

 So what did i think of this product? Well honestly i love it! The colours are perfect and there is a great range from light to dark. The eyeshadows themselves are nice and pigmented maybe only needing a couple of layers to get maximum colour, the texture is nice and creamy not too loose and i didn't find there was much fall out with these shadows.

The packaging is also ideal as unlike old Mac palettes, this one has a clear lid and is also a lot easier to keep clean! (Heaven to Professional makeup artists). The only downfall is that you cannot take the eyeshadows out as they are glued in, maybe with some elbow grease you could but in my opinion you shouldn't need to change this palette at all. Finally the eye shadows last a really long time, and so they should considering they are still pricey! 

The idea of the warm and cool palettes is so the colours suit the correct skin tones, for example warm for warmed tone skin- this is one thing i like but also think it might limit people to buying what they think is right, meaning im a cooler toned skin but the colours look great on my skin tone and with my eye colour, so dont let that put you off buying it!

All in all a great investment!

What do you think of the Mac palettes?

Jess

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