(Huge) Lodon haul! :D

First of all, I just want to say that I'm not posting this to brag or anything like that and I really don't hope it seems like it :/ I'm just a crazy makeup junkie who saved up for a shopping spree and wants to share her purchases with all her lovely followers!! :)

I wasn't sure if I should post everything in one big post or keep the things from each brand in separate posts, but I decided to just post the haul pictures of everything in this post, and if you're interested in seeing reviews on any of the products, let me know and I'll do separate posts with that :)

Zoffe's favorites: March '10

So, in this post, I asked you if you would want to see posts featuring my monthly favorite products.
Most of you said, that you'd like to see my favorites in a blog posts, some said that they'd like to see them in a video and a couple didn't care to see the favorites at all.

For this first edition of my monthly favorites, I've chosen to do both a video and a blog post. I'm not sure if I'll continue to do it this way or if I'll stick to doing just one of the things.
I'd love to know your thoughts on this! :)

Review: Urban Decay Book of Shadows vol. II

I did a video review of the Urban Decay Book of Shadows vol. II that I got in Canada.
I'll have swatches, pictures of the palettes, and more detailed thouhts on each colour up as soon as possible! :)

Review: Urban Decay deluxe eyeshadow palette

I finally got a chance to get this when I saw it in a makeup sale in a LiveJournal community and I was really happy when it arrived :)
We can't get Urban Decay here in Denmark so I've never had the chance to try any of their products before so this palette was a great way to try many of their shadows at once.

Packaging + applicators: 4/5
I like the packaging - it's super cute, sturdy and works great.
It has a mirror inside but I never really use mirrors in my palettes so that doesn't matter much to me.
The palette comes with two sponge tip applicators which I hate! I hate sponge tip applicators in general and don't like that palettes come with these. That's the reason people don't think they need brushes, lol ;)

Product: 4/5
I must admit that I love the eyeshadows! The pigmentation is great, they are easy to blend and there is a wide variety of colors in the palette.
There's just one thing missing: a light highlight color!
I mean, I have quite a few highlight colors already but I don't really think a palette is complete without one since I like the idea of having all the colors I need for a look in one palette so I don't have to bring anything but one palette when I sleep at someone else's house or wherever I bring my makeup ;)
The palette also comes with a mini Primer Potion which I was looking forward to try. I haven't had a chance to compare it to my other primers/bases yet but I will let you know as soon as I've had the chance :)

Overall: 4/5
I think it's a great product - especially for the price. You get to try several different colors and even the oh-so-famous Primer Potion without having to buy all the full sized products.
The only reason this isn't a 5/5 is because there isn't a highlight color and because of the useless spongetip applicators - it would have been much better to just not include any applicators at all.

Will I buy again?
Probably not but only because I don't think I'll ever use up all the coloros ;) If I use up one of the colors I will definitely buy it again but I think I'll just buy the full sized shadow then :)


Check out these looks to see what I've done with the palette so far:
Purple look using UD Ransom
Blue look using UD Peace
Orange look using UD Graffiti as liner


Pictures and swatches will be up as soon as I get home and have a chance to take pictures :)

Blue glitter look

Here's what I did today :)
It's pretty similar to the last look I posted. Obviously not the colors but the application :P





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I used:

Eyes:
ArtDeco e/s base
MAC Otherworldly p/p (LE w/ McQueen in '07)
UD Peace e/s
MAC Marine Ultra pigment (PRO)
Face Atelier transforming gel
MAC Crystalled Lime glitter
GOSH blue liner (dupe of MAC Blue Herizon lll)

Cheeks:
MAC Coygirl blush

Lips:
MAC Hue l/s
MAC Fulfilled plushglass

Face:
MAC Matte texture creme (primer)
MAC Studio Tech foundation
MAC MSF Natural

Orange-y look w/ glitter :D

I've bought some great new makeup :D
I bought most of it from people online and I've gotten:
- Urban Decay deluxe e/s palette (We don't have Urban Decay here so I'm really excited to try this!)
- MAC Acid Orange pigment
- MAC Emerald Green pigment
- MAC Crystalled Lime glitter
- MAC Crystalled Yellow glitter
- MAC Matte texture cream (whoaa, this stuff is amazing as a foundation primer! I'll make a post about it :D)
- MAC 226 brush (my favorite crease brush ever! Precise like the 219 but great for blending like the 217!)

I decided to do a look using some of the new things I got and this is what I came up with:







I used:

Eyes:
ArtDeco eyeshadow base
Orange from the Mehron Basic palette
MAC Acid Orange pigment (Not eyesafe!)
MAC Basic Red pigment (Not eyesafe!)
MAC Golden Lemon pigment
Face Atelier Transforming Gel
MAC Crystalled Yellow glitter
MAC Blacktrack f/l
UD Grafitti
MAC Nanogold e/s

Cheeks:
MAC Springsheen blush

Lips:
Random gloss
MAC Acid Orange pigment

Face:
MAC MSF natural Light (I just wanted to play around and didn't wanna waste my foundation ;) )



And on another note...
I'm going to update tomorrow, yaaaay :D