Recently, its been all about the Urban Decay Smoky Palette when it comes to eyeshadows, however I think its time for some colour. Urban Decay and I seem to be on the same page with this as they have two amazing new palettes coming out over the next few months.
First up is the newest Vice palette incarnation, the Vice 4 palette. This is similar to others in the Vice range in the sense that its a multi-use bomb of colour. A lot of sequels make you wish the artist had quite while they were ahead, but Vice is different. The long-awaited and limited edition, eyeshadow palette contains twenty, gorgeous, never before seen shades.
Vice 4 comes housed in a really cool looking case as well as a matching bag. The palette comes with a large mirror and a double-ended brush similar to the brush included in the Naked Smoky.
There really is something for everyone in Vice 4, whether you like deep jewel tones, smokey mattes, or shimmery neutrals its easy to create a multitude of looks. I have my eye on the entire bottom row, especially the brick shade Bitter. Urban Decay eyeshadows are insanely pigmented and feature their Pigment Infusion System which means the colour stays put and the formulas are buttery soft and easy to blend.
The shades are;
Bones - Oyster Satin with Pearl
Grip - Taype matte with irredecent micro-glitter
Deadbeat - Black satin with iridescent micro-glitter
Beat Down - Deep Metallic violet with blue micro-glitter
Pandemonium - Metallic Plum with iridescent micro-glitter
Framed - light neutral matte-satin
Fast-Ball - Metallic peachy pink with pink micro glitter
1985 - Metallic fuchisa with fuchisa micro-glitter
Underhand - burgundy-brown satin
Harlot - metallic lavender
Discreet - softy dusty mauve matte
Grasshopper - Metallic emerald with green micro-glitter
C-Note - Frosted green with micro-glitter
Arctic - bright teal with tonal sparkle
Robbery - deep metallic brown-gunmetal
Bitter - reddish brown matte
Flame - bright orange with gold micro-glitter
Low - brown matte with iridecent micro-glitter
Crowbar - black metallic pearl and micro-glitter
Delete - deep chestnut brown matte-satin
Vice 4 Palette (£43.00) will be available late October online at the Urban Decay Website
If you had told me a year ago that I'd be excited and constantly raving about a neutral palette I'd have thought you were nuts. I'm a massive fan of colour in makeup but the Bobbi Brown Greige Collection has got me confused about my eye-dentity (see what I did there *cringe* I'm here all week).
The collection introduces a range of Bobbi's favourite neutral shades that deliver a classic, chic, "Bobbi look" which was inspired by the shade range Bobbi discovered while mixing paint during a home project. The beautiful Kate Upton is the face of the new Greige Collection.
For the past month all I've worn is a smoky eye, I can't get enough! Containing eight shades, the Bobbi Brown Greige Palette (£52.00) is seriously beautiful and has a nice, balanced mixture of mattes, shimmers and even a few glitter eyeshadows.
The palette allows you to create a multitude of makeup looks for both daytime and evening, I've had shimmery neutral eyes as well as full, blown out smokes. I created this smokey eye look and added a pop of colour underneath with a aqua blue eyeshadow and some glitter liner.
The shades are; Ivory, New Brown Haze, Twinkle, Slate, Greystone, Earth Metal, Greige & Fog.
The palette comes in a sleek, silken case which has an almost slate-like finish (It does seem to attract makeup residue though) magnetic closure and has a good sized mirror. It's sturdy enough to knock around the bottom of my handbag.
The Greige Collection is available now in stores and on the Bobbi Brown website.You can find Bobbi Brown concessions in Glasgow's House of Fraser, Debenhams Silverburn and John Lewis.
