Urban Decay: Oz Palette in Glinda

*first impressions*

Palette, Super Saturated Lipgloss in Glinda, 'get the look' card

When I first saw the Urban Decay Oz collection I all but swooned and on the day of release headed straight to the Debenhams website (they are exclusive to Debenhams) to order one. After half an hour of deliberation between Glinda and Thedora I opted for Glinda. It's more cool toned which I prefer and the colours in the palette are more Spring/Summer and it's made me very excited for the warmer months! 

All the colours in the palette are exclusive and it contains two duos which is a new concept for Urban Decay. The two duos are Aura and Oz. Aura (which in the picture below does not photograph well I found) is a pearlescent duo of a surprisingly bright pink and a gorgeous cornflour blue. The pigmentation of this duo is the  worst of all the eyeshadows in the palette but not poor by any means. It would look great as a inner corner highlight when a bit of pazazz is needed. The other duo, Oz, is the biggest surprise in the palette for me! Great pigmentation, super sparkly and magical. A shimmering rose gold and a sparkling silver these are so lovely. It's love.

Next up there are two highly pigmented shimmery colours. Tornado (the purple top left) and South (a bronzey colour bottom right). Tornado has very slight shimmer, in some lights it looks matte! It's so pigmented and super soft and think it would be great in the outer corner for something a bit different. South is probably my favourite in the whole palette. It's like a toned down YDK from the Naked 2 but a lot more bronze. I love it lots!!

Next up, Magic (a soft pink top right). Glittery and sheer and think this will see me through Spring nicely. It's different to all the other colours I own and a nice alternative to the smokey brown I wear almost daily. 

Last but by no means least Illusion (soft peach, bottom left). This is very sheer but I won't hold it against it as I think if it was highly pigmented it would detract from the soft, girly colour. I think a couple layers of this would be lovely for a easy, weekend eye that looks beautiful with minimal effort.  

L-R TOP ROW: Tornado; Aura (duo); Magic
Travel size 24/7 Glide on Eyeliner in Rockstar
L-R Bottom ROW: Illusion; Oz (duo); South

L-R: Tornado; Aura (duo); Magic; Illusion; Oz (duo); South; Rockstar
eyeliner; Glinda lipgloss

 The eyeliner pencil is one of the 24/7 ones, which I've tried before (I actually think I have this same one upstairs...hmm). Regardless, they are fantastic quality and really long lasting! I've started to step away from the black eyeliner look a bit so it'll be nice to try out this dark purple for something a bit different!

The Super Saturated High Gloss Lip Colour in Glinda (what a mouthful!) is a nice concept. Think Topshop lipstick but glossy as opposed to matte. This is nice but I'm not sure the colour is really me. I'll give it proper go of course as I love the consistency!

Glinda Super Saturated High Gloss Lip Colour

This palette comes in at £35 which I think is a TOTAL bargain!! The Urban Decay Build Your Own palette is £14 and comes with one eyeshadow. A single Urban Decay eyeshadow is also £14 so to fill one it costs an almighty £84!! A super saturated lip gloss is £14 and an 24/7 eyeliner is £14 (hum..I see a trend) so for everything you get in this palette comes in at £112, and they're selling it for £35!! Wow!! Now all I need to do is resist buying the Theodora palette, the Naked Blush Palette and the Naked basics...this is going to be tricky!!