NARSissist Palette Review & Swatches

So here it is readers! It arrived in the post this morning and I tore open the brown box dying to get my hands on it. I've been snapping away all morning in order to get this post up the same day for you to enjoy and drool over.

You can see my original post here where I blogged about its release date and names of the eyeshadow shades.

The beautiful shades have both matte and glitter and range from light cream/latte colours to rose gold, brown, plum and black. I have three single eyeshadows by NARS already and are very blendable and stay on all day, so I know that these will be the same.

Close up swatches (please excuse poor lighting)

Top row, left to right.

Middle row, left to right.

Bottom row, left to right.

The NARSissist palette is selling fast due to being limited edition so grab it while you can. It is a whopping £55 and the size of the shadows are smaller than the standard single eyeshadows that NARS do. However, I couldn't resist this. You can buy directly from the NARS UK website which I did with free p&p when you spend over £50!

Have you got this palette yet? If so, what are your thoughts? If not, would you buy it? Please leave your comments below.

Thanks for reading.

Rachel xx

Urban Decay ~ Oz The Great And Powerful 'Glinda' Palette

When I first heard that Urban Decay had launched two palettes to tie in with the film 'Oz the Great and Powerful', I couldn't wait to check them out.

Unfortunately, my local Debenhams doesn't have an Urban Decay counter so I had to wait until I went to the big smoke to visit one that did.  I really wanted to see for myself how great they really were; and boy, I wasn't disappointed.  After looking at the two palettes, 'Theodora' and 'Glinda', I decided that 'Glinda' was the one for me.

The Palette has eight shades, as two of them are duo shades, and all are highly pigmented.

Each of the eye shadows applies easily, blends superbly and stays on all day, even without a primer.  It really is hard to pick just one favourite as they all are beautiful.

The palette also comes with a Super Saturated High Gloss Lip Colour (top) and a 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil.

Unfortunately, at present you can't buy the eye shadows singular, so if you use one more than the others, it can't be replaced, but you can add another colour to the palette from the permanent collection.

I have already worn the lighter shades in the day time and have had a lot of compliments, so I am keen to wear Tornado and South for a smokey evening look.

The palette costs £35 which I think is very good value for money, seeing as though a single eye shadow normally costs £14.

Which colour do you like the look of, and have you tried the Theodora palette?

Rachel xx