In light of the new Oz The Great and Powerful movie being released today, I thought I'd do a double makeup look post - Theodora vs Glinda palettes. They're just simple easy looks using only the eyeshadows from the palettes, nothing fancy but I hope you like!

Theodora look

Products used:
Eyes: 
> UDPP

> UD Theodora palette - all shadows except the gold in "Spell" (description of shadows here)

> UD Zero 24/7 eye pencil

> Daniel Sandler Jumbo Jet mascara

> Khuraira ACC in Light 

Face: 

> UD Naked Skin in 7.0

> UD Toasted Baked bronzer

> Sleek Contour Kit in Medium (matte brown shade only)

Lips:

> UD SSLC in "Theodora" (F-Bomb)

After applying UDPP, I followed the instructions on the instruction card included with the palette;
Broken was applied on the brow bone, followed by Bewitch in the crease and Beware blended in between the brow bone and crease. I also added a tiny bit of the black shadow in the Spell duo shadow to the crease for extra definition. West was used on the eyelid and then a bit of the light shade Broken on the middle of the lid. I then used Jealous duo shadow for the bottom lash line and Zero eye pencil to line the whole inner eye as well as top liner. I used the Daniel Sandler Jumbo Jet mascara and Khuraira concealer to finish off the eye.

For the rest of the face, I used Naked Skin foundation in 7.0 all over, with a bit of Toasted bronzer on the cheeks, and the matte brown of the Sleek contour kit in Medium in the hollows of the cheeks. For the lips I used the SSLC in Theodora:

Glinda look

Products used:
Eyes: 
> UDPP

> UD Glinda Palette - all shadows except Magic (description of shadows here)

> UD Rockstar 24/7 eye pencil

> Daniel Sandler Jumbo Jet mascara

> Khuraira ACC in Light 

Face: 

> UD Naked Skin in 7.0

> UD Flushed palette

Lips:

> UD SSLC in "Glinda" (Naked)

I initially followed the instruction card included with the Glinda palette but it looked a hot mess so I decided to do a different version that didn't include the pink shade Magic.
After applying UDPP, I applied the silver shadow of the Oz duo on the inner corner, then the gold from Oz on the middle of the lid, followed by South on the outer corner of the eye. Tornado was added to the crease of the eye and blended upwards, followed by the pink iridescent shade of the Aura duo on the browbone. I used a tiny bit of Illusion in between the brow bone colour and the crease, and rimmed the eye with Rockstar but not on the inner eye.
To finish the eyes I applied under eye concealer and mascara.

For the rest of the face I used the Naked Skin foundation in 7.0 followed by the Flushed palette as Glindas cheeks look highlighted. I used the "Glinda" SSLC on the lips:

If you read my review of the Theodora palette (here), you'll know I gave it a rating of 4/5; after receiving the Glinda palette, I have to say it gets a lower rating of 3-3.5 as the colours do not look the greatest on my skintone, however I do think on fairer skintones it would look quite stunning. My favourite shadows from the Glinda palette have to be the Oz duo and South but Illusion was a tad too chalky for me to use more heavily unfortunately. All in all I enjoyed playing with both palettes and love how great value for money they are!

Which makeup look did you like best? Will you be buying any of the palettes before they're sold out?

 

Urban Decay Newbies SS13 - Swatches & Review

Following my last post about the two new Oz palettes, I thought I'd do a review on the Theodora and Naked Flushed palettes. 

Naked Flushed Palette

In all my excitement for the new Oz palettes, I almost forgot that the Flushed palette was being released too. Luckily for me I managed to get my hands on one before it was released and I have to say it doesn't disappoint!

Continuing the theme of the "Naked" range, the Flushed palette consists of a bronzer and blush separated by a shimmery highlight.

The bronzer reminds me of my favourite bronzer by UD (Toasted) but seems more sheer to wear; great for lighter complexions! It's on the orangey-brown side though so really fair complexions should probably use with a much lighter hand.
The blush is more of a rose-colour but has the tiniest hint of coral; or mixed with the bronzer, the coral is more prominent. It's more pigmented than the bronzer.
The highlight is gorgeous, but super pigmented so I'd use it very lightly, I'm pretty sure it's the colour Sin (eyeshadow/eye primer) but in a highlighting format. Either way, I've used Sin as a highlighting colour on most complexions and find it works beautifully.

The current Urban Decay bronzers are priced at £20 each and the cream blushers and cream highlighter in Sin are both £18 each, so a palette that holds all three products in one is pretty nifty rather than reaching for 3 different products, or handy for travelling.

FrootiFactor: The Naked Flushed palette is one of my new favourite cheek products to use, so expect to see it in future makeup looks! I'd give it a 4.5 out of 5 as the only thing I can fault it on is the blendability of the blush:

The Flushed palette is available at Debenhams and House of Fraser stores as well as their online counterparts, but also at HQhair.com and LookFantastic.

****HQ hair are currently offering a 48 hour flash sale on their site for Urban Decay products, just enter promo code "LOVEUD" for 10% off all Urban Decay products, until February 13th at midnight****

Theodora Palette

L-R; Top: Broken, Beware, Bewitch
Bottom: West, Spell, Jealous, with Zero eye pencil and Theodora SSLC

Broken – pale cream satin
Beware – warm brown matte
Bewitch – dark charcoal brown satin
West – deep metallic brown shimmer
Spell – 2 shades in 1: black satin with green and gold shimmer/gold metallic with tonal glitter
Jealous – 2 shades in 1: pale green pearl/dark green pearl
 
The palette comes with 5 full sized eye shadows (RRP £14 each) as opposed to the smaller sized eyeshadows that come in other ready made palettes. The difference with these are that they're mostly new eyeshadow colours, with magical names and also two 2-in-1 shadows that cannot be bought singularly.
The SSLC is F-Bomb but named Theodora with the Oz logo (I swatched both F-Bomb and "Theodora" below to make sure!).

As you can see, the most pigmented are the gold colour from the Spell duo and West. The shadow that looks like its the least pigmented is Bewitch.
As with all palettes/sets, they work out better value for money; the Theodora palette alone is worth around £105 in total - £14 x6 eyeshadows, £14 for a full size SSLC and around £7 for half a normal sized eye pencil (usually £14).

FrootiFactor: I'd give it a 4 out of 5 as I always love a limited edition palette, think it's great value for money when you think about how much each individual product costs and also the fact that the quality is pretty much still the same!

The palette is priced at £35 and available from Debenhams and House of Fraser online and in stores.

 

Urban Decay Oz Palettes

Just a quick post about the new Urban Decay palettes that are inspired by the new Disney "Oz The Great And Powerful" movie (which I must say I'm very excited about and totally want to see!).
The last time Urban Decay collaborated with Disney was to produce the Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows which sold out like crazy (and that I luckily managed to get!).

There are two palettes in the Oz collection - Glinda & Theodora aka good witch vs bad witch.

The Glinda palette includes:
Tornado – vibrant deep purple shimmer
Aura – 2 shades in 1: iridescent white with blue shift/iridescent white with red shift
Magic – pinkish purple with a golden shimmer
Illusion – pale peach satin
Oz – 2 shades in 1: gold with gold glitter/silver with silver glitter
South – warm pale gray shimmer with silver micro-glitter

Rockstar 24/7 eye pencil and Glinda SSLC which I'm guessing is either Lovechild or Naked from the existing range of SSLCs.

The Theodora palette includes:
Broken – pale cream satin
Beware – warm brown matte
Bewitch – dark charcoal brown satin
West – deep metallic brown shimmer
Spell – 2 shades in 1: black satin with green and gold shimmer/gold metallic with tonal glitter
Jealous – 2 shades in 1: pale green pearl/dark green pearl

Zero 24/7 eye pencil and Theodora SSLC which looks like it's the existing F-Bomb SSLC.

Out of the two palettes I'm veering more towards the Theodora palette as I love my dramatic smokey looks and the colours look right up my alley!

Both palettes are priced at £35 each and are currently exclusively being sold at Debenhams, but will be released in House of Fraser this Sunday (3rd February).

Will you be buying any of these limited edition palettes? Which one catches your eye?