Showing posts with label urban decay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban decay. Show all posts

Monday, February 25, 2013

Urban Decay Vice Palette



This review is a little late to the game, but hey it's better late than never. Let me just start by saying I have yet to find another brand of shadows as pigmented as Urban Decay. I personally prefer to buy the shadows in palettes because I love to have every color possible just in case. I mean you never know when you're going to need bright pink shadow. This is more of a going out color scheme compared to some other products on the market. A lot of the colors are absolutely gorgeous, and I personally bought the entire palette just for Provocateur because it is unlike any shimmer solid I have ever seen. The fallout of this particular shadow is terrible; it literally crumbles when you dip a brush into it and barely adheres to anything, even with primer on. If you can do it right it looks pretty, but not nearly as nice as in the actual palette itself. The palette comes with a total of 20 shadows, 17 of which are shimmers. 

From left to right: Desperation, Muse, Jagged, Blitz, Penny Lane, Junkie, Chaos, Occupy, Unhinged, Black Market.


From left to right: Laced, Freebird, Anonymous, Echobeach, Nevermind, Armor, Noise, Vice, Rapture, Provocateur.

As you can see from the swatches, the colors are beautiful and very pigmented, especially when paired with a shadow primer. Unhinged is an amazing teal that goes on smooth and stays on for a while. Muse is one of my favorite colors because it is a dark, rich, shimmery brown that can be layered to get a more intense effect. Noise, which is the bright fuchsia, is beautiful but for some crazy reason I have just not had the opportunity to wear it yet. I do not use Anonymous or Laced because both remind me of matte concealer colors aka boring. All in all this is a great palette, and for $65.00 it wasn't a bad buy, as long as you're into the shimmery foils.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Urban Decay All Nighter

Urban Decay

This product is wonderful. I usually use it more than once throughout my makeup regimen. I start out applying my face makeup then spray, and proceed by applying my Makeup Forever HD Powder, eye makeup including brow color and spray again. I don't really know if applying these items and spraying twice actually makes a difference but it's worked for me so far so continue I will. Moving on to the actual product; if you want something to literally hold your makeup in place all night, this.is.it. I have accidentally fallen asleep after a night out without washing my face (EW) and woken up the next day with my makeup PERFECTLY set. I wouldn't go as far as saying this stuff lasts 16 hours but it comes pretty close. This also seems to be pretty good with my somewhat sensitive skin because I have been using it for several weeks now without any breakouts. Ringing in at $30.00 for a 4.oz spray bottle is a little steep but considering the amount you will need to use, and the actual power of the product, it's totally worth it.