Urban Decay Book Of Shadows IV Review

This is my very first Urban Decay and I am really excited to to do a review of this eye shadow palette. Book of Shadows IV is a limited palette consisting of 16 gorgeous eye shadows, a travel size mascara in black, water proof black eyeliner in Perversion, primer potion in original, and a speaker.

Before we discuss further the contents, let's talk about the packaging first. It comes in a sturdy box. When you flip open, the first thing that will captivate your eyes are the butterflies. I love butterflies and of course was happy that it was filled with these beautiful creature. It also includes a mirror so you will guided on how you look. Now to help the newbies in creating different looks, Urban Decay also included 5 QR codes that leads to a link of a useful video from purple cat's eye to naked and everything in between.

The eye shadows are enclosed in a pull out drawer type of box. Let's start with the primer. This little potion does wonder and keeping the shadows in place the whole day. I used it in the office and it stays in place even when I arrived home. The mascara is also good in achieving thick lashes. Although other brands will stand out but this one can also make a statement. The liquid eyeliner is heavenly good. It's difficult to apply at first but the good thing is that it can last for long hours without smudging.




Here are the swatches:
From left to right: Blue Bus, Gun Metal, Cobra, Baked, Bender, Gravity, Lost & HiJack
From left to right: Midnight Cowgirl, Sin, Midnight Rodeo, Crustal, Bust, Missionary, Skimp & Zephyr

There are a lot of good things that I can say about this palette but let me list down some of the aspects that can still be improved. First, the packaging is so bulky. Obviously you can't bring it with you since it will take up too much space of your bag. Second, I think the speaker is really cute and this caught my attention but for make up lovers it will be more meaningful to include something useful like a mirror or perhaps a blush. Lastly, the color selection could have been better if they stick to pigments that one can really use. Having one shade of Purple is fine but two or three is more than enough. What they can do is have one shade of blue, purple,pink and other rarely used colors. The palette can have as many neutrals as possible as we used it everyday. Aside from these points, I can say that everything is good.