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Urban Decay Sustainable
Shadow Pallette 04/13/11
First a little introduction: I don’t wear make-up everyday. Somedays I leave the apartment with nothing on my face except maybe Clinique Line Smoothing Concealer on the under eye and red areas. But I think of makeup as fun, and playful. And apply “the face” when I’m in the mood. My aim is to make my usual rolled out of bed look more polished.
I had been lusting after the Book of Shadows palette over the holidays at Sephora and the Urban Decay site, but it was always sold out. Another palette caught my eye, the Sustainable Shadow Box. It’s a sweet palette with 10 shades. The packaging is made of bamboo and has an artistic design on the cover that swings over to cover the palette. Did I mention I love purple! So I’m officially in love with the interior of this pack. However, I wouldn’t recommend this as a palette to travel with because the cover can easily get dislodged open. I tend to leave it at home instead of being in my makeup bag. But a solution to this problem would be a smaller tightly packed makeup bag.
It comes with Eyeshadow Primer Potion. I’ve never used primer before. It looks a lot like a light concealer and using it before you put the shadow on makes the colour appear bolder. I do recommend it for the sparkly shadows, otherwise you can end up with sparkles migrating to your cheeks. Although, if you’re dancing the night away you might not mind that.
Overall this palette is very glittery. The shades in the pack are: YDK, Flipside, Grifter, Uzi, Twice Baked, Midnight Cowboy Rides Again, Flash, Oil Slick, Kiddie Pool, and Half Baked. The warmer shades are the ones I use more often. YDK is very glittery bronze with a little bit of gold. Twiced Baked is a rich brown with glitter. Midnight Cowboy Rides Again is a nice sparkly light gold. It is great for a base with Twiced Baked in the crease to define and YDK to highlight. Half Baked is one of only shades sans glitter, but is still bright bronze shimmer. It can be toned down with Midnight Cowboy. Flash is a very pigmented purple. I have eyes that can’t make up their mind between being blue, grey, and green. Purple brings out the green. Uzi and Oil Slick are respectively glittery white and black. Uzi works as a highlighter, but don’t use too much. Whereas I find Oil Slick works best applied with a brush to create smokey lines. I’m undecided how I feel about Flipside, I’ve tried using this bright pine green on my light fair skin, and it looked trashy. I think it would look better with darker skin tones. Grifter and Kiddie Pool remain on the fence. Maybe in the summer I will be drawn to the pink and blue shades… but not yet.
It cost $36 American, I think it came to about $45-50 Canadian including shipping from Sephora. Urban Decay is only available online at Sephora (at least in Montreal).
Rated: 4/5
Verdict: Mostly wearable. But not travel friendly. Would buy another palette.
Lisa de Grandpre
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