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When I open the new UD Gwen Stefani Eyeshadow combination by metropolitan Decay as well as see all of the neutrals, I begin getting ideas… My interior makeup monologue kicks in, as well as looks begin running with my head.

They begin simple, however that doesn’t last long. “I’ll just do a quick laundry of color with one or two matte browns on my lids,” I’ll think, “then black winged liner with a red lip. just like Gwen!”

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But then I’ll think, why stop at just two browns? I should add a third one in the crease.

Ooh! — or why don’t I do a grayish brown smoky eye instead? perhaps with a touch of blue on my lids? since that’s so Gwen!

BUT then I’ll keep in mind that I almost fail to remember about glitter! exactly how might I fail to remember about the glitter!?

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Girl, you understand exactly how it goes. What starts as a five-minute look spirals into 35.

It’s not me though. It’s not my fault. It’s since of all the inspiring neutrals in this palette.

Yup, this is one of those palettes, as well as to truly feel the magic in the makeup (shout-out to No Doubt’s Return of Saturn!), you have to appreciate the beauty of browns as well as beiges.

I see this as almost an extension of the metropolitan Decay naked combination family, except with the addition of a few brights, so if you’re the type of woman or guy who’d rather wear electric teal shimmer, you may discover the neutrals right here a bit underwhelming.

Not me though. When I see browns as well as golds as well as mattes (and there are so many in this!), I get excited.

In the unlikely event that you were cryogenically frozen in 1993 as well as are only now asking yourself, “Who’s Gwen Stefani?” she’s a pop singer, fashion designer as well as present vocal coach/judge on The Voice.

I’ve always admired her laid-back So Cal punk style as well as great woman vibe, as well as I youngster you not, I was hell bent on being her in 1995.

I even designated a section of my wardrobe for my “Gwen Stefani” outfits. My preferred was a pair of baggy navy blue pants with light blue stripes going down the sides, which I’d pair with a infant blue sleeveless crop top as well as infant blue stick-on bindis.

OH, LAWD!!

Pop, Harajuku, Danger, 1987 as well as Blackout

Gwen’s had a longstanding connection with metropolitan Decay (the brand’s likewise from So Cal), as well as she’s likewise a makeup junkie, so with this eyeshadow palette, she basically had a hand in everything, from the packaging to the colors to the finishes. All dream colors she would have liked to have in her makeup bag.

Baby, Anaheim, Stark, zone as well as Serious
There are 15 powder shadows total, with 12 totally new colors, including a pale beige with pink iridescent shift called Blonde, a pale beige with golden pearl called Bathwater, a medium increased with metallic gold shift called Steady, a matte reddish brown called Punk, a metallic great increased called Baby, a matte light taupe-brown called Anaheim, a matte medium brown called Zone, a smoky gray with iridescent pearl called Serious, a pale coral with iridescent shimmer called Pop, a metallic blue pink with iridescent micro shimmer called Harajuku, a deep metallic royal blue with blue micro shimmer called risk as well as a bright metallic yellow gold called 1987.

There are likewise three of Gwen’s preferred re-promoted UD shades in pale nude satin Skimp, nude pink matte Stark as well as matte black Blackout.

Swatches from the left: Blonde, Bathwater, Skimp, steady as well as Punk
The colors in this combination make sooo much sense when you see Gwen on The Voice, on the red carpet or in her videos. I can truly see her personal makeup style in the colors. She’s usually either using a neutral lid with black winged liner as well as a strong red or pink lip, or smoky eyes with a touch of blue, gray or sometimes gold.

Yeah, I’m not a Gwen stalker or anything!

OK, perhaps a little…

Wearing Stark, Anaheim, Zone, Punk, Steady, Skimp as well as Blackout from the metropolitan Decay Gwen Stefani palette
In addition to the abundance of neutrals in the palette, I likewise like the number of mattes.

GIRL, there are five mattes up in this beyotch! FIVE. When do you ever see five matte eyeshadows in a palette? There are usually just one or two, as well as one is almost always a barely practical random brown, so you end up having to provide your own mattes to truly flesh out whatever look you’re doing.

But there are three different matte browns, a matte beige as well as a matte black here, as well as I believe every one is useful, since I’m always needing several shades to shift as well as produce gradients in almost everyeye look I do.

Leave it to me to get excited about matte neutrals…but the ones right here are so incredibly useful! It type of blows my mind that palettes such as this don’t occur more often.

Even the neutral shimmers in this combination are colors I’ll wear, as well as you understand exactly how in most palettes there’s usually one tepid shimmery beige that is supposed to work as a lid, an inner corner as well as a brow highlight shade?

This combination has a number of light shimmers with different levels of shine, like a increased gold, peachy gold — heck, even the one called Blonde, the somewhat typical shimmery beige, has an undercurrent of pink in it.

It’s definitely a combination with an aspect of surprise.

The bottom row is where we discover the “fun” bright shades, like blue, gold, pink as well as coral. I haven’t used the brights yet, however based on the swatches, Harajuku (the pink), risk (blue) as well as 1987 (gold) are pigmented as well as soft.

The only one I don’t believe I’ll like is the coral called Pop, mainly since of the chunky glitter… It gets around the location (although it should assist to wet your clean when working keeping that color).

And speaking of stuff getting around the place…you have to expect a specific degree of fallout, since this is metropolitan Decay we’re speaking about.

Yes, the shadows are extremely pigmented, simple to blend as well as last all the time long, however they’re likewise hella messy, even when you’re truly cautious about tapping off the excess from your brush.

But it’s an simple sufficient issue to solve if you do your eyes first, then clean up, as well as then do your skin tone makeup after. That’s what I do when I work with metropolitan Decay eyeshadows. If you comply with that workflow, you should be fine.

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If you get terminated up about neutrals like I do, I believe you’ll like this palette. It shows up November 22 at metropolitan Decay as well as choose Macy’s stores, Sephora, Ulta as well as the UD website.

Your friendly community beauty addict,

Karen