FOTD First Play With My New Book of Shadows III

Hello Beautiful Readers! After yesterday's excitement at receiving my new Urban Decay Book of Shadows I thought today was the day that I should start playing with it, so I got up a bit early and began to experiment! Here is what I ended up with; If you'd like to know what I used, then please read on!


For my face, I kept it the same as what i've been using most recently:
That Gal Brightning Face Primer all over, Stay Don't Stray Primer, under my eye and over the eyelid, Erase Paste as my under-eye concealer, set with Powderflage, and Dandelion boxed powder for Blush; all by Benefit
MAC Mineralised Skin Finish Natural very lightly dusted all over, mainly on my T Zone
and Boots 17 Mirror Shine Lipstick in Belle on my lips funnily enough (I really like this lippy; is very sheer, but moisturising. Adds a bit of colour without being too overpowering, and is a great "handbag lipstick" which you can put on without using a mirror...great for touch ups throughout the day)
Now, for my eyes, which is obviously the focus of this post;
I predominantly used 3 of the shadows, which I think compliment eachother really well.
I used Bordello (warm shimmery pink) all over my lid,
Last Call (a shimmery grape type colour) in the outer corner and through the crease,
Rockstar (a shimmery aubergine/eggplant) a little in the outer corner, and under the eye,
....then, blend blend blend!
I also used a very little of Uzi (shimmery white/silver with glitter) on the inner corner to brighten.

I also used the 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero (black) to finely line the upper lid, and I also used it to tight line, which incidentally is nice and easy with this pencil, as it is so soft.

After curling my lashes I used Benefit BADgal Plum on my upper lashes and Maybelline Great Lash on my lower lashes. If you think this stange, I found this is the way to make BADgal Plum work for me... If I attempt to use the BADgal Plum on my lower lashes it some how makes my eyes look super red and irritated, and also like I might be getting some kind of eye infection. This is obviously not a look I am going for. Also, as the brush is so large (great for volume on the upper lashes btw) it is very difficult to coat the lower lashes without getting loads on the skin under your eye, which is then unusually difficult to remove withouth disturbing a lot of your make up. It is for these reasons that I only used BADgal Plum for a couple of times before consigning it to the drawer. However, one day I randomly used the Maybelline for the lower lashes and found it was a winner! This works for the following reasons;
1. Black on the lower lashes even with Plum on the upper seems to completely take away the irritated/infected look...excellent!
2. The Great Lash brush is actually a diddy ickle brush in comparison to a lot of mascaras, hence perfect for lower lashes without getting loads of mascara on the skin.
3. I don't really like Great Lash as a mascara all over...it was consigned to the drawer for this reason, but, with BADgal Plum on top and Great Lash on the bottom...they are perfect partners; their bad points offset each other to make one effect that i'm very happy with. Apologies...that was a bit of a lengthy tangent, but I wanted to explain my reason for the combo...what do you guys think? Do any of you have any random mascara combinations?

So, there you go...my first look with my new Book of Shadows palette. In general, this is a bit more heavy than I would typically go for a day look, but I think it works, and could easily be ramped up to a more dramatic look, with a bit more Rockstar, perhaps a touch of Perversion (dark matte charcoal) and a bit more eyeliner, or perhaps a liquid or gel eyeliner with a feline flick....hmm definitely one in the bank for laters I think! This would also look awesome on someone with green eyes. What colour combos would you choose from the new Book of Shadows for a daytime look? (photos of the full palette here)

Thanks for reading!
Mucho Love
Em xx