Urban Decay Mariposa Palette

I enter lots of competitions on youtube, other blogs and on other websites too and a few weeks ago I got a message on youtube from TheBlushedBeauty saying I had won her giveaway for the Urban Decay Mariposa palette! I recieved the palette last week and have been having a play around with some of the colours. I had never tried any of the Urban Decay eyeshadows before, as urban decay is only stocked in House Of Fraser in the UK and there isn't one near me so obviously I was quite excited to recieve this palette and share my thoughts with you.

The first thing I loved about this palette is that it's in a tin which means it is really easy to travel with, it's not going to get scuffed in your bag and nothing is going to come out if one of the eyeshadows shatters. Plus the tin has a gorgeous butterfly design embossed on the top!! Also the tin doesn't show fingerprints really which is great because when you are working with makeup, most of the time there are grubby fingerprints on your palettes which isn't a good thing! There are 10 eyeshadows in the palette and it's a really nice mix of colours with some neutral shades and some more colourful ones! The really colourful ones will probably not be used a lot really, but that is only Haight and Rockstar, the other shades are all really nice. The pigmentation is really good and the texture of the eyeshadows is quite good too. It comes with a small travel size brush which is actually a really nice brush; Normally I just throw away the applicators that come with palettes but this one is actually really good quality. My favourite shade from this palette is mushroom which is a really pretty greyish brown, perfect for the crease!

This palette retails for £28 on Beautybay which to be honest I do think is quite expensive, although I do like this palette, the eyeshadows are quite small in comparison to other palettes I have like the Stila 'In the Light' palette which is £25 for 10 eyeshadows which are bigger than these ones and an eyeliner. If I hadn't won it, I probably wouldn't have bought it for myself but I will use the eyeshadows and I really do like the colours and quality of the product.

What do you think of this palette?

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