The smoked palette comes with 10 colours, 4 mattes and 6 shimmer shades, the colour blackout you might recognise from the naked two palette. There are also a variety of neutrals and bright eye shadows however I noticed that the some of the brights have brown undertones but I'll comment more on that later. The palette also comes with a sample size primer potion and a full size 24/7 glide on liner in perversion( retails for £14.99 at debenhams, we got a bargain!) . The palette itself sells for £35 though I was fortunate and purchased it for 15% off. The packaging itself is beautiful inside and out,however I noticed the outside tends to get dirty pretty easy, the palette itself is opened and closed with a zip.
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| Kinky(matches my skin), Freestyle, Mushroom, Backdoor, Blackout, Barlust, Rockstar, Evidence, Loaded, Asphalt |
I'll start with Kinky and Freestyle as they are the basic and lets face not the most interesting colours in the palette. These colours are simple mattes, kinky is a plain white which is a perfect match for my skin tone and I use it all over my lids to cover any discolouration, freestyle is a light brown (more on the orange side of browns) which I use as a transition colour in the crease.However they are slightly chalkier and less pigmented than the quality I expect from Urban decay.
Mushroom: I have a lot to say about mushroom and I must admit I have mixed feelings (or lets say a love hate relationship with it) as in the pan it appears to be silver with slight brown undertones, I highlight the word slight because the actually colour you get from mushroom is most definitely brown as you can see from the swatch you only receive a slight silver shimmer. However the colour you do receive is still a very beautiful colour with great texture.
Backdoor and Blackout : these shades are again both matte however with much better texture than the other two. Again they are not very exciting a simple dark brown and black but they are essential for nearly every look and provide you with the options of deepening the crease and applying as liner.
Barlust: this is most definitely my favourite colour in the palette its a perfect bronze which I love to use as a sweep of colour all over the lids. Pigmentation is spectacular along with texture and I can think of a million looks to do with it. A must have!
Rockstar: this is the purple shade which you might recognise from my purple smokey eye tutorial it has great pigmentation however like mushroom it has brown undertones and as you blend it becomes more brown than purple, this might be good news for a lot of you if your not a fan of vibrant colours, I also find it useful as I don't need another colour in my crease, so I think this is an advantage rather than a minus.
Evidence and Loaded: Evidence is a deep beautiful blue that I haven't used but can't wait for the chance too, loaded is not as green as I would like it to be so I'm a little disappointed as the colour in the pan is absolutely stunning.
Asphalt: This is a beautiful silver colour again with great pigmentation and texture I love to use this on my outer v and is an essential in a smokey eye palette.
I give this palette 8/10 and I would repurchase.
Thanks for reading guys I'm sorry if I rambled on and I hope you enjoyed or learned something.
Lots of love
Geraldine xxx
Mushroom: I have a lot to say about mushroom and I must admit I have mixed feelings (or lets say a love hate relationship with it) as in the pan it appears to be silver with slight brown undertones, I highlight the word slight because the actually colour you get from mushroom is most definitely brown as you can see from the swatch you only receive a slight silver shimmer. However the colour you do receive is still a very beautiful colour with great texture.
Backdoor and Blackout : these shades are again both matte however with much better texture than the other two. Again they are not very exciting a simple dark brown and black but they are essential for nearly every look and provide you with the options of deepening the crease and applying as liner.
Barlust: this is most definitely my favourite colour in the palette its a perfect bronze which I love to use as a sweep of colour all over the lids. Pigmentation is spectacular along with texture and I can think of a million looks to do with it. A must have!
Rockstar: this is the purple shade which you might recognise from my purple smokey eye tutorial it has great pigmentation however like mushroom it has brown undertones and as you blend it becomes more brown than purple, this might be good news for a lot of you if your not a fan of vibrant colours, I also find it useful as I don't need another colour in my crease, so I think this is an advantage rather than a minus.
Evidence and Loaded: Evidence is a deep beautiful blue that I haven't used but can't wait for the chance too, loaded is not as green as I would like it to be so I'm a little disappointed as the colour in the pan is absolutely stunning.
Asphalt: This is a beautiful silver colour again with great pigmentation and texture I love to use this on my outer v and is an essential in a smokey eye palette.
I give this palette 8/10 and I would repurchase.
Thanks for reading guys I'm sorry if I rambled on and I hope you enjoyed or learned something.
Lots of love
Geraldine xxx
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