So what do you think that is there on the front of the $26 Urban Decay X Kristen Leanne Daydream Palette?
Is it…
A. Cake frosting (*nods enthusiastically*)
B. Body lotion
C. Shaving cream
Because it looks like all three to me.
But if I can only choose one (Monday Poll flashbacks), I’ll go with cake frosting because — hi! — I’ve been watching The Great British Baking Show for five days straight.
Incidentally, that show is like chicken soup (with baked homemade crackers) for the soul. It’s almost a cure for the common cold, but I digress…
Isn’t this palette cute? When you open it up, there are five warm neutral powder eyeshadows inside.
Daydream is part of the new Urban Decay X Kristen Leanne collection, which is available now. It’s a collab between UD and spunky, cruelty-free makeup-loving YouTuber Kristen Leanne. In a nutshell, she has colorful hair, she loves rainbow looks, she’s got tattoos, and she owns a hair color company called Arctic Fox that’s all about mermaid and unicorn colors…so she’s all about color.
There are two eye palettes in the collection — a colorful one and a neutral one. The latter, of course, is the one I wanted to try first.
All-matte Daydream (which is $26) and Urban Decay Naked Basics fill the same niche, but while Naked Basics has six long-wearing matte powder shadows, all of which are on the cooler side, Daydream has five. But both palettes can be used in essentially the same ways.
With Naked Basics, you get several similar tones that are just distinct enough from each other that you can easily whip out beautiful, bad-@ss gradients with ease.
That’s also the case with Daydream. It has three similar shades near the middle of the palette — Daydream, which is a light warm tan; 12/12, which is a warm coral-y peach; and Subscribe, which is a mid-toned orange-brown something like MAC Saddle.
All three colors are close enough to create cohesive gradients with, but they’re distinct enough that you can still tell that they’re different colors.
Basically, they make it easy to do a gradient on your lids.
You can use the two other shades — beige Lucy and dark purplish chocolate brown Eight — to accent your looks. I use Lucy to highlight and Eight to line my lash lines (it looks really pretty layered with MAC Teddy, Prunella or Costa Riche liners, by the way).
The thing about these shadows, though… The “catch,” so to speak, is that even though they don’t exhibit fallout, and they’re so easy to blend, it’s very tempting to just keep going and going and putting on more and more, because they’re too much fun to blend! — so they tend to look a little heavy on my lids. Consequently, because I can’t control myself, the powders look obvious, like they’re just chilling on top, and my fine lines look bolder than I’d like.
But…I mean, if you have self control, which I’m sure you do, you’ll be fine.
The palette is $26, so it isn’t one of the most expensive palettes out there, but it isn’t drugstore either. It is, however, versatile. You can use it by itself and/or with any of your favorite colorful or glittery palettes and shades.
Also, if you wear orange-brown tones well, you’ll have tons of fun with it. It’s available at Urban Decay, Sephora, Ulta and select Macy’s now.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Happy hump day. 🙂
Lulle says
I really like the tones in this palette! But I’m not a fan of mattes that look powdery on my dry lids, so I’m tempted to try it in store before I decide to get it or not.
Karen says
Hi Lulle,
It’s fine if you don’t build it up. Two or three layers are fine. 🙂
Shannon says
So pretty! Love the warm tones… might need to check this out.
Ps, just got the Nars setting powder, per your rec… gonna try it out tonight at my show, where I will also be rocking my Tabby shirt!!
Karen says
Hi Shannon,
Break a leg tonight! I hope everything goes smoothly and that you have a wonderful show.
P.S. So glad that you got the powder. Please let me know if it works out. If it doesn’t, I can help you find something that you will hopefully love.
Maxine says
Wow Karen! Your hair looks amazing today, your make is on point too, but loving your hair.
Karen says
Hi Maxine,
I was afraid that it looked a little bit like a Snooki bump, so thanks for the compliment. Believe it or not this hairstyle was really easy to do, too (otherwise I wouldn’t have tried it, haha). One of my New Year’s resolutions was to try new easy hairstyles. 🙂 Did you make any resolutions?
LindaLibraLoca says
Cake frosting. Of course it is cake frosting!
Karen says
YES! Buttercream cake frosting.
Alix says
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Karen says
Hi Alix,
I got that email too! One of my fave Smith & Cult colors is on sale — The Bee Side. Did you pick anything up from the sale?
Maritza says
Definitely cake frosting!! Damn, my diet!
I think this palette is adorable, but definitely holding out for the bright colored one.
Karen says
I feel ya girl! I keep trying to eat healthy but the struggle is so real!