Bright Eyes w/ UD 15th Anniversary

Still playing with this palette! :)

UDPP
Junkshow on inner half of lid
Omen on outer half of lid
Flow on browbone & in tearduct
Half Truth in crease
Perversion 24/7 Liquid liner tightlined on upper lashes
Zero 24/7 liner on waterlines

Bronzed Thistle w/ UD 15th Anniversary

I thought this turned out awesome!  I have never done a color combo like this before and I really love the way it turned out.

UDPP
Vanilla lash to brow
Tainted on lid
Chase on outter half of lid (over Tainted)
MIA in crease
Wasteland 24/7 Shadow stick on waterlines, upper & lower lashline

Smoked Teal w/ UD 15th Anniversary

I am always trying to find ways to tone down bright colors.  I am also always trying to find ways to use matte black shadow, since I have like 19 of them.  It seems they come in every palette from UD, KVD & the like :)  This look kinda merged both of those quests.

UDPP
Deep End on the lid
Ace on the outer corner & on lower lashline
Vanilla on browbone & inner corner
A few grains of Blackout in the crease
Perversion 24/7 liner on waterlines
Uzi 24/7 liner on upper outer lashline

Neutral Taupe w/ Urban Decay 15th Anniversary

I love how the shades in this palette can be manipulated by layering them.  By using Midnight 15 as a base, it sofetened/lightened the depth & pulled both the brown/bronze shades into a taupey look.
UDPP
Midnight 15 lash to brow
Deeper on the lid
MIA in crease
Midnight 15 on lashline
Virgin (f/Naked) on browbone
Wasteland 24/7 Shadow stick on lower lashline & waterlines

Vamped Out w/ Urban Decay 15th Anniversary

I was feeling the dark broody thing...

UDPP
Midnight 15 on browbone & inner 1/3 of lid
Half Truth center of lid
Ace on outer 1/3 of lid
Evidence in crease
Binge 24/7 liner on waterlines & lower lashline
Sabbath 24/7 Liquid Liner on upper lashline

Soft Neutrals w/ Urban Decay 15th Anniversary

This was my first look with the palette.  I have always loved UD's neutral shadows, in fact I always thought neutrals were boring and bland on me until I discovered Mushroom in the Book of Shadows! :)  Anyway here's what I used:

UDPP
Midnight 15 lash to brow
Chase on the outter 2/3 of lid
Deeper in the crease
Rehab 24/7 Shadow Stick on lower lashline, waterlines & upper outer 1/3

Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette Swatches

I just love Urban Decay's eyeshadows and this palette is a knock out. They are all incredibly pigmented & soft.  Here's swatches!

Left to Right:
Midnight Rodeo~ Metallic light taupe w/ glitter, it doesn't have terrible fall out & is actually easy to use
Midnight 15~ light metallic nude w/ microfine gltter, virtually zero fall out
Vanilla~ ivory w/ yellow gold pearlized sheen
Flow~ pale peach with white sheen
Chase~ light sunlit bronze, just as rich as Baked, but the base color is lighter, less yellow
Tainted~ medium thistle matte that developes a slight golden pearl when buffed.  This color is crazy unique and awesome!
Junkshow~ hot pink w/ blue pearl.  This color is fairly sheer but easily buildable. I love it! 
Omen~ Medium lavender w/ blue pearl.  This looks like the pressed version of Morphine 24/7 stick.
Evidence~ sooty black base with blue shimmer finish.
Deep End~ Incredibly rich teal w/ blue green shimmer

Left to Right:
Evidence
Deep End
Deeper~ Dark golden brown shimmer
M.I.A~ Deep bronze brown shimmer
Ace~ Charcoal metallic shimmer
Blackout~ Black matte, this one is a little stiff, but applies well
Half Truth~ gorgeous cool toned purple w/ silver metallic shimmer

I have a boatload of looks that I've been doing with this palette to post later this week :)

On Trend w/ Allure: Hot Pink Peepers

I saw in last month's Allure magazine that hot pink & red shadows were all the rage on the Spring runways.  Definately not a run of the mill spring look and totally outside of 90% of the general public's comfort zone.  Since I'm a freak and own a hundred eyeshadows in every color of the rainbow just cuz I think they're pretty, I gave it a go :)

Original UDPP, MAC Shroom lash to brow, Urban Decay Woodstock applied in a gradient of wash of color on the lid getting heaviest on the outter > & crease.  Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Perversion on lashlines & waterlines.  Maybelline Falsies Black Drama topped with Cover Girl LashBlast Length in Very Black.

Delinquents like Morphine & Shrooms

I recently picked up the new Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencils.  Of course the first ones I just HAD to play with were the purples, Morphine & Delinquent.  These shadow pencils are absolutely unbelievable!  I have very oily lids, thus you will see that I always use a primer.  These little wonders actually lasted about 7 hours on my lid before creasing WITHOUT PRIMER!  With primer, the wear time is ridiculous.  It was still there until I took it off with make up remover 24 hours later!  They're super creamy and pigmented, but don't offer much play time for blending.  I found that with this particular combo the best blending method was to use the pencil itself to smudge into the other color, kind of layering them on that blend line until it looked good.  Is that vague enough for you?  LOL  Morphine has some serious blue flash/duochrome that made this really difficult to photograph!

UD 24/7 Shadow Pencil in Morphine on entire lid, UD 24/7 Shadow Pencil in Delinquent on waterlines, lower lashline, outer lid & crease.  The Morphine base really put a blue shift to Delinquent.  Delinquent on its own is a royal purple shimmer with plum glitter in it.

Direct sunlight showed the colors better




Pic caught me mid blink but the colors look accurate LOL

 

Going Bold w/ Urban Decay Book of Shadows 3

I'm a huge Urban Decay fan and I was lucky enough to have a friend pick one up during the presale at Sephora New York in August!  So I've had a long time to play with this baby :)  Here is one of my favorite looks using this glorious box of shadows:

Original UDPP. Kush on the inner half of the lid, Radium on the outer half of the lid, Perversion lightly in the crease.  UD 24/7 Liner in Binge on waterlines.  MAC Blanc Type on browbone.  Bare Escentuals Buxom Mascara in Blackest Black.

Metallic Smoky Eyes

This was the look I did for my best friend's 30th birthday party.

Original UD PP. MAC Blanc Type lash to brow. MAC Pro Pigment in Platinum on the lid.  Urban Decay Matte Perversion in the crease.  Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Perversion on waterlines.  Maybelline Falsies Black Drama mascara topped with Cover Girl LashBlast Lenth in Very Black.

An Ode to the Sun

The sun finally decided to show its lovely face again and it inspired me for this look.  I was dying to find a way to use my MAC Paparazz She shadow!  Here's the skinny on what I used:

Original Urban Decay Primer Potion as a base. Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencil in Lit all over the lid. MAC Straw Harvest on lid over UD Lit. MAC Paparazz She in the crease. MAC Pro Pigment in Copper in outer corners & dragged into crease a little.  MAC Femme Fi to highlight browbone & blend.  Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Lucky on lower lashline & waterlines.