I really went outside my comfort zone trying this new palette from Urban Decay but sometimes you just want a little oomph in your makeup routine. This lovely palette add a bit of sparkle to my makeup world.
What It Does
Take glittery eye looks to a whole new level with eight otherworldly shades of sparkily shadow in Urban Decay’s first-ever Moondust Eyeshadow Palette (Sephora.ca)
Price
$70.00 CAD. I personally think this is pretty expensive for eight shadows that are only 0.02 oz each. With the amount of times I’d probably use this palette, I could have just purchased one or two single glitters.
Packaging
Urban Decay really knows how to package shadows and this one is no exception. The outside is silver glitter with a slight rough texture and “Moondust” is cut-out lettering exposing a mirror backdrop. The palette has a strong magnetic closure and houses a large mirror. The palette is only about 4″x 6″ which makes it great for travelling or storing. The pans of glitter pop against the matte black inside.
Application
The shadows are really soft and super pigmented. Except for the lightest shade, specter, I only needed to do one finger swipe on my hand to produce clear swatches. I was expecting this to feel gritty and maybe scratchy but it’s nothing like that at all. They apply as easily as you’d expect an Urban Decay shadow to.I had a lot of fall-out when applying these eyeshadows. I assumed this would happen so I did apply the shadows before the rest of my makeup. I did have to use a makeup wipe to remove the fall-out though.
For my look first I used my Naked2 Basics palette to build a base on my eyes then I added some Too Faced Shadow Insurance on top and covered my whole lid with lithium. After, I mixed vega and galaxy and placed that on the center of my lid and finished it off with specter mixed with element on my lower lash line.
Wear & Longevity
I love the way these looked on. The look I created is fun but wearable in my opinion. I wore this for about 10 hours and found that it wore off the most on the edges of my eyelid, probably because that’s where I had the least primer, but for the most part it still looked good. The colours did start blending together which I wasn’t too happy with but I think maybe a glitter glue would have helped keep them separated. One thing I was most impressed with is how little fallout I had throughout the day! I was expecting glitter to be everywhere but it actually wasn’t. Of course my primer did help.
The Breakdown:
Pros
- Variety of shades
- Easy to wear glitter look
- Long lasting
Cons
- Price
- Fall out with application
- Colours blended together
My Thoughts
With holidays around the corner, I’m going to try to incorporate more glitter shades and use this palette more because I do like the way it looks on but for the price I think it’s just not worth it because it’s not a palette I would personally use everyday. However, if you’re a fan of Urban Decay and love collecting their Palette’s I would totally say to get this because the formula of the shadows is fantastic.
What do you think of this palette? Would you get it?
Lots of Love,
Dal
The colors are really pretty and fun! Too bad there’s a lot of fall-out. With glitter shadows fallout is expected but too much is not good. Great review! Xx
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It’s a colourful palette which is great – I think I may be able to lessen the fall-out with a glitter glue and not just a primer. Thanks for reading!!! Xoxo
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Very pretty! A glitter glue primer will probably help keep them in place, but at the same time, I find that it can make some shadows difficult to blend.
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It’s very true! Although in this case I really don’t want the shadows to move. Maybe I can research primers that are a bit more tacky and find a happy medium. 🙂
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To me, this is a “looker” type of palette. I like colourful things and would gravitate toward this but I would never use it. So much glitter and fall-out too! You might try glitter glue / bases with these. Too Faced makes one called Shadow Insurance Glitter Glue Glitter Bonding Eye Shadow Primer.
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I’m with you, I would never usually pick up a palette like this, but I was a bit tired of what I had so I thought I’d step way out of my box! LOL
I think I have a sample of that primer…somewhere….haha!
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This palette is so pretty! I keep eyeing it up on Sephora lol.
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It’s pretty nice if you want a whole bunch of glitter in one palette. Its really soft and easy to apply, just beware of fall -out 🙂
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I loooove shimmery eyeshadows…I don’t think I could bring myself to spend that much money on eyeshadow! 😦 I love to look at it though!
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I played with this and my eyes went straight to lightyear and lithium and so on.. haha love the packaging but hhmm not sure if I will take them home with me.. but! If someone will buy me that oh yeah! 🙋🏼🙋🏼 I won’t say no.. haha
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I always start adding things on my Xmas & Birthday wishlists wayyyyyyyyy in advance… just a suggestion…
Lithium is my favourite colour in this whole palette!
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I agree! It’s just a beautiful shade.. and ohh my birthday is on January I guess I have a reason to make a wishlist now right? Haha.. i have a few items in my Sephora cart now.. so tempting.. lol
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My birthday is in February and I’ve already started a list haha!
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Hahaha gosh.. i need space.. lol
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