Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

I knew that the OZ palettes from Urban Decay were going to be released. I had no interest in looking at the Glinda palette. Mainly because it would be light and pink and I'm more drawn to darker bolder colors. When I looked at the Theodora palette, I was so disappointed and I wasn't impressed.

Now, a few weeks later on a shopping trip I walked up to both palettes that were displayed and fell in love with one particular color. South jumped out at me and the love only grew when I swatched it. My cousin pointed out Aura and so I swatched the lighter of the two, once I saw that white color with blue duochrome on my finger I knew I had to have this palette. I happily walked away with the Glinda palette even though I feel horrible for liking the good witch!

On with the review...

The palette itself isn't too much to write home about, it's cute packaging though.

And opened...

As you can tell from the above picture, Aura and Oz have two separate shades in the pot. I've swatched each color separately.

Let's meet the cast of characters:

Tornado: (right) A deep dark purple with a light purple/pink sheen frost. Applied smooth and silky. Color was very easy to get on and the above swatch was done with two swipes.

Aura: (middle) The two highlights that I adore! Perfectly split down the middle of the pot in the palette. The white side has a blue/violet duochrome that I can not wait to play with. Gorgeous and build-able. The other is a peach/pink duochrome.

Magic: (left) This color reminds me of a pink/lavender color. It has a golden sheen to it but doesn't look or feel and luxurious as Tornado (or South).

Illusion: (left) I was excited to have this color since I don't have such a nice golden color already. I have already completed a look with this color and it is the first one I reached for in this palette after bringing it home. I'll post the look at the end of this post.

Oz: (middle) The other pot with two colors. This pot is actually mislabeled in my palette as "South". I've thought about contacting UD to see if they can at least send me the correct label. Here you find a gold and a silver. the gold has micro gold glitter in it. Wasn't as easily applied as I would have wished and I have other golds in my personal collection I'll go to other than then one. Probably my least favorite. Now the silver on the other hand is one of the silkiest silvers I own. Love the way it swatched. It has a rich texture.

South: (right) I love this color! I bought this palette because of this wonderful dark taupe color. This picture does not do it justice. Applies smoothly, nice buttery texture. This will be one of my go to's.


This palette also comes with an Urban Decay eyeliner and lip gloss stick. I have not used the eyeliner but did wear the lip gloss and I'm very pleased with it. I swatched both.

Top is the lip gloss called "Glinda". It is a pink with gold frost on the lips, looks to have a beige undertone when I swatched it. It is slightly tacky on the lips.

Bottm is the eyeliner called Rockstar. It is a nice eggplant color. Don't know how much I'll be using this liner but once I do, I'll do another review.

Well that is it. Do I recommend this palette? Well, if I could have bought South and Aura separately then I wouldn't have bought it. I was pleasantly surprised with Illusion so it has made it worth it to me. Otherwise, I would hold out.

Here is the look I did with Illusion: Illusion is on the inner corner, light blue from a 2012 sephora palette I have, outer v is Occupy from the vice palette.

Shiro Cosmetics and me!!

Well, here we go folks. My first blog. I was tempted to post a blog telling you a little about myself but had second thoughts. I wanted my readers to get to know me over time and see the wide range of likes and dislikes I have with my make up addictions. So on to my first review...

I got really excited when I found out that Shiro Cosmetics released a hobbit collection and I made sure to order 3 of the colors that stood out to me the most with my first ever order from Shiro Cosmetics. I am pretty pleased with the shipping. She did warn that there was a 2 week delay due to the new collections release so I wasn't in a hurry to check the mail box every single day hoping for my package of new goodies. They arrived on the 2nd week and I did receive a notice that they had shipped but unfortunately it had been sent to my spam folder.

Here is my haul, yes I only ordered samples:

I am very happy with the colors that I choose. I have two that I will be ordering full size jars of and possibly one more once I get a chance to do a look with it.  I was also happy to find a perfect dupe of a color I had ordered from Lime Crime last year since Lime Crime no longer carries it.

First up: There and Back Again: A Hobbit Collection

I'm pretty impressed with the collection although I find that there are a lot of browns in this collection and while brown is my go to for a normal everyday look, I love to see lots of color options. 

There and Back Again: (left) Listed as an emerald green. I can agree to an extent but it looks more of a grassy green to me. It's very pretty and will work great for my St. Paddy's look.

Attercop, Attercop: (middle) I really really wanted to like this but no matter what I do I can't seem to find a matte black that appeals to me. Love the deep blue. Would probably be more appealing to me foiled.

The Wandering Wizard: (right) I am in love with this matte grey! It has a cool blue undertone and I can not wait to create something wonderful with this color. Will be ordering a full jar of this one.

HOWEVER I did find something exciting!! There and Back Again is an almost dead on dupe for Lime Crimes Mischief Managed! There and Back Again has a little less sparkly sheen but I'm actually pretty okay with that. Not only did I find a color that I think has been discontinued but even if it wasn't I would buy from Shiro. Check out the comparison below!

So stoked about that one!

Now, the not so new samples I ordered:

The Fullmetal Collection:

The Truth: Listed as a creamy opaque white, I some what agree and can be build-able to that but I will probably apply this lightly for a highlight.

Equivalent Exchange: I am in love with this color! This will be a full jar color for me. Looks much darker in the baggie but I was not disappointed once I swatched it. It's a grey-purple with some purple blue sparkles. Good slip! So excited for this one.

Last but not least...

 From the Badger-Mushroom-Snake collection I purchased the Mushroom sample. I am loving this color for fall and while it's only March I will be putting that one off until August or September. It is such a gorgeous orange red color and has some yellow sparkles. It's not as copper as I thought it would be but I'm loving it.

I received a free sample from the Tributes Collection. Huntress- I actually expect some fall out from this one. It had good slip but felt heavy when I swatched it. It has bright silver sparkles. I'll be playing with this one because I haven't decided if I like it or not. I'll update on it later.

Well that's it folks. My first blog, my first review, and the first time I get to introduce myself. I hope it's been pleasant. :)  I have so many more reviews floating around in my head and will hopefully get the chance to put fingers to keys soon.I've included the link to Shiro Cosmetics below. They have some amazing colors and I will be ordering more samples when I order my full jars of the colors I've fallen in love with. If you buy, please tell her I sent ya! ;)

Shiro Cosmetics