Urban Decay XX Vault + $200 Sephora Gift Card Giveaway

Hey folks! I wanted to let you now I'm joining up with some awesome beauty bloggers for a EPIC giveaway on Instagram! You can enter to win the Urban Decay XX Vault plus a $200 gift card to Sephora! US only, 18+ years of age or parent's permission, please read all the rules before entering. Open until October 19th at 6pm EST.

Check out the giveaway photo for all the details - HERE

Good luck!

❤ Kellie

Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette: Swatches & Review

I don't usually do makeup reviews, but this one is pretty special so I decided to share it with you all. The Urban Decay folks came out with a limited edition palette for their 15th Anniversary including 15 brand new, never before seen eyeshadows. I am a sucker for packaging and this one is probably the cutest palette I've ever seen from UD which is saying something, as their packaging is out of this world all the time.

The palette rests in a velvet box for safe keeping, and itself is housed by a mirrored lid with cut out filigree designs on the sides. The UD on the front has a jewel-like appearance which I thought was gorgeous. The mirrored front collects fingerprints and dust like a magnet, but it also has a mirror inside the lid which is really useful because it's so large.

I mainly bought this palette because all the shadows are new and UD re-uses shadows to death so I was excited to see these. I've used a shadow from this palette almost every day since I bought it!

First column, pictured above: Midnight Rodeo is a copper taupe with silver glitter pieces (the fallout from this one is not as bad as Midnight Cowboy but just barely). Midnight 15 is a silvery pearl taupe, gorgeous. Vanilla is a nice yellowy white gold that is a fabulous highlight color. Flow is a nice light pearly peach. Chase is a vivid bronze that is really gorgeous and soft.

2nd column, pictured above: Tainted is a barely shimmery lavender pink. Junkshow is a magenta pink with a slight blue flash, really beautiful though I doubt I'll be wearing this one much. Omen is a medium lavender shade with a blue flash, gorgeous. Evidence is a metallic navy shade with a bit of that electric blue flash. Deep End is a peacock teal with the most pigmentation I've ever seen on a shadow!

3rd column, pictured above: Deeper is probably my favorite shade from the entire palette, a neutral with POW, a golden brown bronze. MIA is a gorgeous medium brown with awesome pigmentation. Ace is a gunmetal shade that leans a bit brown on me, which I adore--this is one of the standouts from this palette for sure. Blackout is a standard matte black, but the pigmentation on this one is lacking and it applies patchy. Half Truth is a shimmery purple with a greyed out finish.

I am happy to own this palette, it houses a fantastic range of shades and they all work really well together. They blend easily and with the exception of Blackout, have remarkable pigmentation. I got this at Sephora for $55. You should still be able to find it online and in select stores. I promise if I do more makeup reviews in the future to get better at color swatches haha ;)

Urban Decay Twisted

Urban Decay Twisted is a long ago discontinued polish from the past. I acquired this rare vintage gem from a lovely gal in a swap. I seem to be craving more "antique" polishes lately, so I apologize if I am giving you hard-to-find lemmings by showing them on my blog. Sometimes when I find myself aching for inspiration and feeling sluggish in wanting to paint my nails, I think about my rare beauties and it gets me all shook up inside and happy for lacquer again.

Twisted is a unique polish, sheerish (4 coats worth), sandy dirty antique gold with lots of shimmer that flashes brilliantly. I am in deep lust with this fellow. He shall be mine foreva. Urban Decay, bring back the gorgeous old polishes you used to spoil us with PLEASE!!

July Giveaway! - CLOSED

i've got a hankerin' to be generous right now or somethin' so let's do another giveaway shall we?? this one is a tad smaller than that last one, and there will be only one winner this time but that's alright isn't it? :)

prizes

Victoria's Secret Dream Angels Divine lotion

Victoria's Secret Angel makeup bag

Urban Decay jumbo bronzer brush

Sephora by OPI nail lacquer in Can You Keep a Secret? 

Essie mini lacquers in Knockout Pout* and Haute as Hello*

*i've swatched both of these once, so if that bothers you, please do not enter

and i might throw in a surprise or two :D

rules & guidelines

• you must be a public follower through Google Friend Connect, Blog Lovin', or subscribed by email
• you must enter only thru the link below and only once,  i have turned off comments on this post for convenience. if you have problems with the link, please email me.
• open internationally!
• open officially from now until noon on August 1st, 2010 (mountain time, USA, i will have a timer up when it gets closer to the deadline).
• optional +1 entry - follow me on twitter @kelliegonzo and tweet about the giveaway.
• optional +1 entry - add me to your blogroll, if i'm on yours already please remind me.
• optional +1 entry - blog about the giveaway/add it to your sidebar, please use one of the photos above (which is why i put up a square and a rectangular one, for your convenience).

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

good luck my friends! i hope you have fun entering, yay!