Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani Blush Palette Swatches and First Impression

Hello all! So, I was super excited when I saw Gwen Stefani was collaborating with Urban Decay. I can't lie though the Eyeshadow palette wasn't calling my name. Then one magical day on IG I saw a sneak peek of the Blush Palette and was SOLD! I started seeing some swatches and then started to question if I really "needed" it, but now that I have it...YES is the answer! If you are a blush addict stop right now and grab this baby right HERE! Here she is in all her glory.

Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Blush Palette 01

OK, onto some stats! The Blush Palette retails for $45. It has six pans at .09oz, each, so a total of .54oz of product. For price comparisons a full size Urban Decay blush has .23oz ($26) and a Tarte Blush has .20oz ($28). In my opinion this palette is not only stunning, but a good value!

This palette contains:

Four Blushes:
Cherry - a light pink satin
Easy  - a deep rose with gold shimmer
Angel - a champagne-nude shimmer
Hush - a medium pink with gold shimmer

One Bronzer:
Lo-Fi - a soft bronze matte

One Highlighter: 
OC - a soft pink with peach shift

Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Blush Palette 02

Here are the individual pans:

Cherry

Easy

Angel

Lo-Fi

Hush

OC

I know these are all over the internet, but I personally love looking at multiple sources for swatches before a purchase. Its hard to get a great shot, so I took pics in as many different light settings I could. So here we go folks!!!

Sunlight

Natural Light

Artificial Light 01

Artificial Light 02

Flash 01

Flash 02

Artificial Light 03

Cherry is probably my least favorite. Nothing is wrong with it, its just personal preference, but a nice satin. Easy is stunning though. It has great pigmentation with beautiful gold shimmer, but no glitter. I'm not about the glitter blush life. Angel for me would be a really nice subtle highlight color even though its a blush. Lo-Fi is a beautiful bronzer shade and on swatch it looks almost matte. Hush again is a very pretty subtle shimmer blush. Now OC it is very very sheer. It is the only shade I had to use MAC Fix+ to get it to build up for a swatch. In any event it would make for a nice different highlight color. You can see in the flash the pink coming through. I think it would make a nice lid color too1

Overall I really love this palette, but I think it is more of a Spring/Summer palette for me. I don't care for glitter and there really is none in this palette just some nice subtle shimmer colors. I would say if you are on the fence go for it! I really grew to love it more the more I got to play with it. 

Thanks again for stopping by! What shade is your favorite?? Mine is Easy :)