We developed everything in the limited-edition UD | Gwen Stefani collection in close collaboration with Gwen. Wende and our product development team spent countless hours at Gwen’s house, talking makeup and working with her on every detail of the collection.Gwen even directed the packaging design, which was inspired by her love of black-and-white graphic prints and antique gold accents. We created everything with Gwen, filling a void by developing all of the perfect shades she always wished she had in her collection. And with these products in your arsenal, you’ll have all the essentials to recreate her signature looks for yourself.
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BLUSH PALETTE
We developed everything in the limited-edition UD | Gwen Stefani collection in close collaboration with Gwen. Wende and our product development team spent countless hours at Gwen’s house, talking makeup and working with her on every detail of the collection.
Gwen even directed the packaging design, which was inspired by her love of black-and-white graphic prints and antique gold accents. We created everything with Gwen, filling a void by developing all of the perfect shades she always wished she had in her collection. And with these products in your arsenal, you’ll have all the essentials to recreate her signature looks for yourself.
Shades:
Cherry - light pink satin
Easy - deep rose w/gold shimmer
Angel - champagne-nude shimmer
Lo-Fi - soft bronze matte
Hush - medium pink w/gold shimmer
OC - soft pink w/peach shift
Price: $45
Size: 6 x 0.09 oz.
The UD | Gwen Stefani Blush Palette retails for $45 for 6 blushes each containing 0.09 oz of product. This price is typical for blush palettes in the lineup of mid-end cosmetics. You are getting 6 shades in this palette for the price of less than 2 full sized blushes from Urban Decay.
The UD | Gwen Stefani Blushes are housed in a hinged white plastic palette with a golden multi-circle cutout design in the lid. There is also a faux brushed metal plate secured on the front of the palette with the UD x Gwen Stefani logo.
Inside there is a large sized mirror in the lid with "Magic's in the Makeup" written in gold at the lower right-hand or left-hand corner - depends on how you view it really. There are 6 blush shades arranged in 2 rows of 3 on a shiny black insert. Each blush shade had the name printed in pink at the top.
The palette is kept closed by a magnetized tab at the front on the palette. On the back of the palette is a label with product details.
"Get her glowing, contoured skin with six shades of blush, bronzer and highlighter that are versatile enough for any skin tone. Our extremely blendable, finely milled Afterglow formula goes on sheer and provides eight long hours of wearable, streak-free color. Luxurious and lightweight, it has a soft, creamy texture that always applies beautifully and feels amazing."
COLORS/SHADES
The UD | Gwen Stefani Blush Palette has
6 shades that are meant to be used as blushes, bronzer and highlighters. These are very subtle and subdued shades that would suit the neutral lover out there.
However, these shades are NOT versatile enough for any skin tone as the product information states. These are best suited for light to light-medium skin tones rather than the full spectrum. On darker skin tones these will translate mostly as highlighters and perhaps not the most flattering on warm undertones.
TEXTURE & FINISH
The UD | Gwen Stefani Blush Palette includes various finishes from matte to satin and shimmery frost shades. The shimmery shades have visible glitter particles so I wouldn't say they are particularly finely milled.
PIGMENTATION
The UD | Gwen Stefani Blush Palette features the Urban Decay Afterglow formula which declares a sheer blendable finish and I find this to be spot on....it is sheer and takes quite a few layers for the shades to show up on darker skin. This is not necessarily an issue since when it comes to blush colors less is mostly best. However, these are again best suited for light to light-medium skin tones rather than the full skin tone spectrum.
APPLICATION & WEAR
The UD | Gwen Stefani Blushes are decent shades with sheer color payoff and are blendable without being overly
patchy. They wear well for 5-6 hours without fading and then fading is minimal thereafter.
The UD | Gwen Stefani Blush Palette is a decent blush palette in gorgeous packaging. I am not particularly impressed by the shade selection of the formula of the palette. This one is a potential skip unless you are in love with the subtlety of the shades and/or are of light to light-medium skin tone.
UD | Gwen Stefani Blush Palette
Cherry - light pink satin
This is a pale blue based pink with a satin finish. It is sheer but can be build up smoothly. Definitely not a flattering shade on tan to deep skin.
Easy - deep rose w/gold shimmer
Easy is a rosy medium pink shade with sheer color payoff that may be the most versatile of the 6 shades. There is silver shimmer so be mindful.
Angel - champagne-nude shimmer
This is a shimmery champagne highlight shade that works decently when applied lightly to high points of the face.
Lo-Fi - soft bronze matte
This shade is meant as a bronzer for light skin. As you can (or cannot) see it barely shows up on my skin. It is a matte skin tone caramel shade that would work for light skin only.
Hush - medium pink w/gold shimmer
Hush is a shimmery pink champagne shade that can be used as a subtle highlighter on tan skin or as a frosty blush on lighter skin.
OC - soft pink w/peach shift
This is a beautiful shade. It is a light pink with a a peachy gold duo-chrome shift that works well as a highlighter.
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