The palette retails for $60 and is limited edition. It comes with 20 all new shadows and a double ended brush. The palette ranges from neutral to very bright. It really has a little bit of everything.
The top of the box is a beautiful 3D butterfly. This part of the package is strictly visual, but it is very pretty. I just love the quote on the top of this palette. It says, "I am not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours." I think this is such a great quote. I teach teenagers, and I wish they would remember that just because they are different they are no better or worse. Different is just different.
Now for the actual eye shadows. I know this palette has gotten mixed reviews. I actually think for the most part the eye shadows are great quality. Most of them are very pigmented. They are fairly soft so they do kick up a little bit of powder, but in my opinion soft shadows are easier to blend so I don't really mind a little kick up. I have worn the shadows since I purchased them and they last a very long time, pretty typical of Urban Decay.
There are some duds in the palette however. I think 80-90% of this palette is amazing, so I feel it is absolutely worth the money. There are some colors (2) that have no pigmentation and a couple more that are very light and might not show up on everyone. I have light/medium skin tone and a few of the colors are very light and would not show up if I was much darker. I can overlook the couple duds and I think I will try them with fixed plus or wet and see if I can get more pigmentation. The colors I did not love where: Dream On and Reflection. Dream on actually looks really beautiful in the pan so I was disappointed it did not translate on the skin.
Here are some swatches row by row. You can see that some are just very light. I love a couple light shades in a palette, so again it did not bother me, but if you are darker than me they may not show up. I also love that the colors are organized by character. There are colors for Alice, The Mad Hatter, Mirana, Iracebeth, and Time.
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| Metamorphosis, cake, chessboard, Royal Flush, Mirror |
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| Dormouse, Paradox, Kingdom, Salazen Grum, Chronoshere |
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| Reflection, Gone Mad, Duchess, Bandersnatch, Dream On |
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| Looking Glass, Hatter, Lily, Heads will Roll, Time |
The stand out colors to me are:
- Heads Will Roll (vibrant turquoise w/gold micro-sparkle)
- Salazen Grum (metallic crimson)
- Kingdom (copper-bronze pearl)
- Chronosphere (metallic deep bronze)
- Mirror (gray-taupe satin)
I could actually just list all the rest because I love them so much.
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