Urban Decay Book of Shadows

I mentioned in my last posts that I recently purchased the Urban Decay Book of Shadows Vol. IV.
Why I bought this...I have no good enough reasons. But I now own 10 palettes my Urban Decay and for a very good reason too: I love their eyeshadows.

This palette features something different from the other palettes it includes a speaker to plug into your smartphone and a card with various QR codes, when encoded from your phone opens up videos on how to create certain looks with this palette. It also contains 10 new colours, as well as a mascara, liquid eyeliner and primer potion. It does come in at £46.00 which might seem a bit hefty but when you calculate the costs of the eyeshadows and extras its pretty cheap..and will last you a long time.

I feel like this palette has more usable colours than some of the others, the neutrals are really the key. Although I wish they hadn't included Baked (seeing as that is in nearly all of the palettes I own) The colours are pretty different and useful.  I love how this time rather than getting the Zero 24/7 glide on pencil you get the liquid liner instead, as I have many of the pencils from my previous collections. The Primer potion is also different in my opinion the formula has changed, its much thicker in consistency. I have tried the mini mascara and so far I like it but I wouldn't buy it over the Big Fatty Lash. It left my lashes curly but they had no volume whatsoever. Anyway here are  better pictures of the colours and swatches. :)

Left to Right: Baked (Rich Orange Gold), Cobra (Blacked Khaki Green with Gold Shimmer), Gunmetal (Dark Grey with Silver Flecks), Blue Bus (Blue/Purple).

 (With Flash below)

Left to Right: Hijack (Turquiose/Denim Blue), Lost (Chocolate Brown), Gravity (Rich Purple), Bender (Moss Green).

With Flash (Below)

Left to Right: Crystal (Pale Blue with Blue glitter flecks), Midnight Rodeo (Taupe with Silver Glitter), Sin (Pink/Peach), Midnight Cowgirl (Pale Gold with Gold Glitter).

With Flash below:

Top to Bottom: Bust (Taupe/Quartz), Missionary (Peach/Taupe), Skimp (Light Peach/Cream),  Zephyr (Cream/White Shimmer).

With Flash (Left to Right: Bust, Missionary, Skimp and Zephyr)

So I really do love this palette, it has some really workable colours and the Neutrals are almost as good as the Naked Palette. I have been using this non-stop since I got it. Below are some of the pictures of the other stuff included:

24/7 Waterproof Liquid Liner in Peversion, Supercurl Curling Mascara and Original Primer Potion.

Overall I would recommend this palette to anyone who doesn't own anything by Urban Decay, its a good introduction to the brand and the colours are richly pigmented. :)

How are you all today? Over the weekend I attended a Lush Christmas Products Launch party at their store, it was really good and I picked up some amazing new products. Which I shall mention in my next post.

Happy Monday everyone!

Ash xx

Friday Ramble...

Fridays are normally the ramble day for me... I feel like as it is the end of the week I need a good amount of time to just go on and on about my adventures over the week. :) Fridays are just a relief for me, its nice to have two days of doing nothing and relaxing and this week I have been so busy that I needed a little pick me up.

Hooray for Lush! As per usual my love for Lush continues. I picked up the Flying Fox Shower Gel (100g £4.50) as my friend who works in Lush recommended it to me.

I am in absolute love! This morning's shower was extra lovely as I got to use this. I love the smell and feeling of this showegel. It contains Hungarian, English and Greek Honey. As well as Jasmine, Ylang Ylang oil, Burdock Root, and Jasmine flower. It is so nourishing and softening on the skin, I was pleasantly surprised! The Honey works so well against the skin it feels like the product is just gliding along. I never really thought about the Jasmine and Honey combination but it works so well and the smell lingers on for hours. I am calling this new favourite shower gel it just made my skin so soft and the smell was intoxicating, I feel like I need to buy the solid perfume just to have it on me at all times! I would say to everyone to try this if you haven't already...I don't know why I didn't do it sooner, I have been missing out!

So that was probably my product of the week.
I am still working on my Urban Decay post and it will be up soon...I just need to add in the pictures of the swatches. I am thinking of starting a UD Palette post, dedicated to all the eye palettes I own as I have reached the magical 10!


Also on the Agenda:
~ Vampire Diaries; Season 3 is just amazing, I watched last nights episode this morning whilst getting ready for work...(I am THAT determined) I loved every second of it, definitely one of my favourite episodes.
~ MUA Cosmetics; My mother has bought so many of their products this week, she like me, is surprised at the price and quality of their products...that Chanel Lipstick of hers doesn't look so awesome now... :P
~ Blink 182; Their new album is amazing, so glad to have them back in the world...my punky playlist in iTunes was looking a little bare.
~ Imogen Rose Solid Perfume from Lush; Not good, I initially thought that the smell was amazing..but in reality I do not like this...I need to find a way to return it now... what a waste of £10.
~ Weather; Ok I love the summer (sometimes) but why is it here at the end of September...?
~ Travelling; I may be going on Holiday soon...I am unsure on what to take make up wise...I don't wanna take too much!
~ The Black Keys; I bought tickets to see them live in London today..soo excited as they are one of my favourite bands of all time!
~ Autumn TV; All my favourite US shows are (nearly) back on air! Boardwalk Empire, Glee, Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, House, Chuck, The Walking Dead, Supernatural, Two and a Half Men, The Vampire Diaries, Cougar Town, and many others. My week nights are now busy again..
And Finally....
STRICTLY COME DANCING.
Soooo glad to see it back on our screens, I have missed the fake tans, tantrums, fake lashes, journeys, jewelled shirts, skimpy dresses, harsh judges and Sir Bruce Forsyth. I cannot wait to have something to look forward to on the weekend.

What are you looking forward to this weekend? :)

Happy Friday Everyone!
Ash xx

Another day, another time to haul. :)

Hello all,
I hope you all had an amazing weekend, mine was just too tiring and I had no rest :(

So let's get started, my shopping addiction continues as per usual. On Saturday whilst in Peterborough I managed to get the Red Suede flat pumps that I had on my wishlist for soo long! FINALLY a store that had them in my size. These were £25.00 but I got mine for £15.00 because I had a £10 gift voucher. I loveee these the detailing is lovely and the colour is so vibrant. :D

Today I picked up a few things from the Primark in Luton, my work is in Luton so today I had time to do a bit of bargain shopping. Things include: 2 leggings (one white and one black), some plain black socks, more socks, plain black pumps, 2 rings and a pair of earrings. Everything was priced £4 and under so I am happy with these purchases.

I also managed to find the Sleek Make Up Nude Collection Blush in Suede. £4.30 I couldn't find it in my local Superdrug but they had it here, I lovee this colour its the perfect nude blush and it suits every skintone! I normally don't go for powder blushes but this one was like velvet when I swatched it, so I decided to give it a try.

For my inner Grunge Girl I bought Nirvana's Special 20th Anniversay Deluxe edition of 'Nevermind' from HMV. I already have this album but I owed it to the band to buy the special one. I also picked up some Sony headphones as mine were going a bit crackly, I totally got the blue ones to match the 'Nevermind' cover...honest...

I got this my Urban Decay Book of Shadows Vol. 4  Package in the post today, more will be said about this in my detailed post tomorrow. :)

Hope that you are all well. I might need to start putting my September Favourites list together...I have just used too much stuff this month!

Ash xx

Today's Haul.

Sorry that I haven't posted in a few days...I didn't have much to say! 

I had a day off work today, so I went shopping with my mum and picked up a few things!

Firstly I went over to TK Maxx for a quick browse. I feel like you really need time for this place, which most of the time I do not have. I just hate looking through every rail for items of clothing or shoes and it's not organised either so I try to avoid doing that most of the time. I did find a couple of things though.

Firstly the TIGI Rockaholic Groupie Texturizing Spray Pomade.  I got this for £3.00 in the Clearance. I wanted a texturising spray because my hair is naturally curly but the curls have become really lifeless. So I thought why not give this a try, I use a lot of TIGI products, from their dry shampoos to their Curlesque range. I love the smell of this spray, it smells like Piña Coladas :P

I also got the Sally Hansen Gentle Plumping Lip Treatment in Playful for £2.99 I really don't know why I bought this, but when I applied it, I felt an instant plump! So this will be interesting to use in the future, it doesn't really have a colour, even if it looks like it does in the tube.

I found this awesome Taschen Movie Icons book on Marlene Dietrich, for £1.00! I lovee Taschen books and this one is of one of my idols so I had to have it! :)

From Boots I decided to take up the 3 for 2 offer they had going on Make Up.

I bought two 17 Nail Varnishes from their New Collection in Sulk and Revenge. At £2.99 each.
I saw these in the store and picked them up instantly, they are really distinctive colours and I love the metallic finish to them! I have also seen that a lot of people have blogged about them too... I lovee Sulk it is a lovely peacock green colour and Revenge is a Pinkier version of Chanel Paradoxal. I am impressed with these colours because I only applied 1 coat and I had an amazing colour pay off. So if you are visitng Boots this weekend I recommend you check these out! :)

I also picked up a Prestige Cosmetics Lipstick in Beautifully Buff for £3.24 as well as being 1/2 price it was also in the 3 for 2 offer. This is another one of those Nude Pink colours I love so much. It is a lovely colour and so good for my work days :D I think I have an addiction going on....

Tomorrow I am off to Peterborough to visit some friends, it will be awesome. I love weekend adventures around the country...the bus journey is 3 hours though... :/ but it will be worth it. On Sunday I have to attend my cousins graduation party...so I might post a make up look on here...any thoughts to that?

Hope that you are all well...and FINALLY its the weekend! :D

Ash xxx




P.S. I was sorting through my make up/organising it and I came to realise that I own 9 eyeshadow palettes from Urban Decay.. NINE! AND I have just ordered the new Book of Shadows... oh dear...I think I need help... :P