MUA Glamour Days Palette First Look (Swatches)

Hello Lovelies! Another day, another post... actually, I haven't posted in a while. Sorry!

Recently, I was told that I had won one of MUA's competitions. I was surprised, especially since I had obviously forgotten I had even entered a contest, but pleased as well. I mean, who isn't happy when winning a contest? It means you have a chance to try a new product, and believe it or not, I have never tried this palette before, so this was a great opportunity for me to get my mitts on it and see what it's like!

The palette that I have won is the Glamour Days palette, a palette that I have never used (as previously mentioned). This seems to be the sister palette of the Glamour Nights version, which has much darker colours. I'm glad that I won this version, because I prefer more neutral colours as opposed to darker, flashy eye shadows, so nice win there!

All MUA palettes like this one retail at just £4 each, so even if I hadn;t won the competition this would have been a bargain in itself.

 

It's a very pretty palette, but not something I would pick up myself if I was looking for something new to try out. I like colour, but I tend to play it safe and choose what I know suits me, but I think this is a nice little palette to have in your collection if you want something that has both neutrals and colour in it.

You also get a nice mix of shimmer and matte colours, something which I was surprised by when I first saw the palette after opening the envelope it was hidden in. There is a gorgeous skin toned, rather pinky matte shade, a lighter brown shade and a dark brown nearing on black shade which are the matte colours. I also found the purple colour to be less shimmery as well in this palette, taking on a more metallic sheen as opposed to glittery.

Top Row

The colours themselves are pigmented nicely enough. I found that some I needed to swatch more than others, with the hugest swatch disappointed being the purple shade. However, once used with a primer, these shadows go on nicely enough in my opinion.

Bottom Row

Sadly I suck at swatching, especially when it comes to the bottom row. I had a hard time taking the picture too, so it's darker than I want and isn't angled correctly. But that's what I get for using my left hand known full well I am right handed.

I have done a quick eye-look with these shadows, using the gold-ish colour from the bottom row as my inner lid colour (beside the matte dark brown) and the reddish-purple wine shimmer colour from the top row for the outer shade. I used the matte light brown from the top row as a crease colour, and then added the shimmery brown shade on the bottom row to my crease as well. I finally used the light gold/cream colour on the top row as a highlight for my brow bone. I found these colours to be quite Christmassy and very pretty.

They are easy colours to work with and blend nicely together. The shimmer isn't in your face, and the colours are very pretty and I think you can do an assortment of looks with them all. I still need to do some playing around with this palette, but I quite like it and find the mix of colours fun and pleasing.

You can purchase this palette through MUA's online store, or purchase it at Superdrug!

Have any of you tried out this palette yet? If so, then what are your thoughts and do you like the pallete?

Until next time, lovely people.