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

Friday, February 24, 2012

Urban Decay Feminine Palette - Review, Photos, Swatches

If you're looking for a palette that offers soft pastels with shimmer and neutrals for definition, then the Urban Decay Feminine Palette is for you.


Urban Decay Feminine Palette
Urban Decay Feminine Palette

Top View

Side View

Mirrored 6-shadow palette with a pencil and primer

The palette is composed of 6 eye shadows: Stray Dog (taupe), SWF (frosted light pink), Midnight Cowboy (champagne with glitters), Aquarius (shimmery aqua green, kind of frosted), Darkhorse (dark chocolate bronze-y), Ecstacy (frosted purple); an Urban Decay 24 / 7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero (matte black), and a mini Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden.


Closer look


Stray Dog

SWF

Aquarius
Midnight Cowboy

Darkhorse

Ecstacy

I've always been a fan of Urban Decay eye shadows. I love the variety of colors and it's quality. I have sensitive eyes; almost all eye shadows I've tried left me in tears because of irritation.

Everything is pigmented. The texture is smooth and they glide on smoothly
Stray Dog and Darkhorse are perfect for defining the outer V, the crease, and the lashline.
SWF and Aquarius are buildable colors (especially the latter). You can wear it sheer or just apply more to have it really pop. My least favorite colors are Ecstacy and Midnight Cowboy. I don't have anything against Ecstacy, I'm just not a fan of purple eye shadows. Though here, it works well in blending Aquarius and SWF together on the crease. As for Midnight Cowboy, I just don't like glitters on my makeup because fall outs are such a bitch to remove.


Swatches with flash
 (Left-Right) First Row: Stray Dog, SWF, Midnight Cowboy
(Left-Right) Second Row: Aquarius, Darkhorse, Ecstacy

Swatches without flash
 (Left-Right) First Row: Stray Dog, SWF, Midnight Cowboy
(Left-Right) Second Row: Aquarius, Darkhorse, Ecstacy


Urban Decay Primer Potion (mini) in Eden

Eden - yellow-ish matte base

The primer that came with the palette is in the shade of Eden. It's a yellowish base that's matte. It's perfect for covering discolorations on your lids. Don't be scared of it's color , it doesn't look yellow on my lids. Just blend them out properly. The pencil that came with it is in Zero, a matte black color. I'm not soo crazy about this pencil.  (Click HERE if you want to see a better and cheaper alternative).

Urban Decay 24 / 7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero

Swatches without flash
Swatches with flash


PROS: 6 high-quality eye shadows, 1 pencil, and a primer in 1 package? That's a great deal, considering this is a high-end brand. The cute packaging gives it extra points too.
CONS: I can live with the purple shadow, but glitters? NO WAY. It's a limited edition palette and is only available online.


VERDICT

  I will repurchase, when I don't find something better.



Where To Buy:
Urban Decay Feminine Palette, EBAY
2000php


FTC: I paid for this product with my own money. I am not getting paid to make this review. I am not affiliated with the said brand. Photos above are taken/owned by yours truly.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette - Review, Photos, Swatches

Roller derby - a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track." (via Wikipedia)


What's the hottest part of roller derby? Rollergirls.  Before, whenever I hear rollergirl, the first image that pops in my head is Foxxy Cleaopatra; the character played by Beyonce Knowles in Austin Powers in Gold Member (2002).


Today, the only rollergirl that I think of is the Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette.


Urban Decay Roller Girl Palette
Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette

UD Rollergirl Palette (top view)

UD Rollergirl Palette (back view)



The Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette includes 4 eye shadows (Woodstock, Verve, Suspect, and Darkhorse), 1 24/7 Glide-On Pencil (Whiskey), and a Lip Junkie (Crush)


Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette

Woodstock is a buildable fuchsia pink. It's also found in Urban Decay Fun Palette.
Verve is pale, shimmery taupe. This is an exclusive shade for this palette.
Best for highlighting the brow bone and inner corner of the eyes.
Suspect is a champagne gold shadow, best applied all over the lid.
Darkhorse is a dark bronze-y shade perfect for defining the outer V or for creating smokey eyes. 


The textures of these eye shadows are perfect. They are highly pigmented and velvety-smooth.
No glittery shadows too, so I love it. :)

closer look

Woodstock and Verve

Suspect and Darkhorse

Woodstock, Verve, Suspect, Darkhorse
Swatches with flash

Woodstock, Verve, Suspect, Darkhorse
Swatches without flash

The Urban Decay 24/7 Glide0On Eye Pencil is in the shade Whiskey.
This is my favorite brown eye liner. It's so much better than the black one (
Zero).


Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-One Eye Pencil in Whiskey
Whiskey swatch with flash

The Lip Junkie that came with this palette is in the shade Crush. 
It's a tinted gloss (medium pink) that claims it plumps the lips.
It tingled a little bit, but I don't think it really plumped my lips.
Maybe it's the mint ingredient that did it (I am not really sure).
I really don't use it since I'm more of  a lipstick girl.

Urban Decay Lip Junkie

Lip Junkie without  flash
Lip Junkie with flash


All in all, I love this palette. Everything is wearable and could go from day to night. I also love the eye pencil that came with the set. The lip junkie? I can live without. I only wish it has a matte shadow to balance out the frost and shimmer. But hey, it wouldn't be a rollergirl palette if it's not shimmery and frosty, right? ;)


PROS: high quality, wearable, and pigmented colors, awesome eyeliner, handy and light packaging (that comes with a built-in mirror!). Not a bad deal for a high-end brand.

CONS: a bit pricey. only available online.

VERDICT: 5 out of 5 CHILIS! Yes, it is a bit expensive, but for a set that includes this much product? It's worth it. (and it's URBAN DECAY!)



Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette
1300php-1500php, EBAY



FTC: I paid for this product with my own money. I am not getting paid to make this review. I am not affiliated with the said brand. Photos above are taken/owned by yours truly. 

Monday, February 6, 2012

FOTD: MAC Lady Danger and UD Rollergirl Palette

It was pretty cold this morning, so I wanted to wear my red-orange sweater; and because I'm O.C. with my color scheme, I chose to wear MAC Lady Danger with neutral eyes.


It's so refreshing to wear a lipstick other than my reds and pinks. <3


Face Of The Day


 What I'm Wearing:

Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette - Verve and Suspect
Milani Liquif'Eye Metallic Eye Pencil in Black
Milani Baked Blush - Luminoso 
MAC Studio Fix NC25
MAC Lady Danger 


MAC Lady Danger

Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette


Please watch out for my individual reviews on Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette and MAC Lady Danger. :)

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Urban Decay Fun Palette - Review, Photos, Swatches

Shimmer, hints of glitter, and bold choices of colors; do these sound like your cup of tea? Then Urban Decay Fun Palette is for you.



Urban Decay Fun Palette

Urban Decay Fun Palette

Urban Decay Fun Palette

Urban Decay Fun Palette
Urban Decay Fun Palette


The palette is composed of Woodstock (fuchsia), Baked (bronze-y gold), Uzi (metallic silver white with glitter), Sin (champagne pink), Flipside (aqua teal-ish), and Psychedelic Sister (purple). It came with the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Oil Slick (black with glitters) and a mini Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original (nude).

Urban Decay Fun Palette


Woodstock

Baked

Uzi

Sin

Flipside

Psychedelic Sister


Everything is highly pigmented. The texture is smooth and they glide on smoothly.
Woodstock and Flipside can be intimidatingly bright on the pan, but when you apply them, they're pretty buildable. You can go as sheer or as dark as you want to.
My favorite shades? Baked and Sin, especially the latter.
I can wear Sin everyday. It's just a nice shimmery champagne pink color. 
Shades I'm not obsessed about? Psychedelic Sister and (most especially) Uzi.
I wouldn't buy Psychedelic Sister on its own. I just dont think it suits me. 
But it works well with the other colors on this palette, as a definer (for the outer V).
For Uzi, I just don't like glitters on my makeup. 
It causes fall outs and I think it's only meant for teenagers. 
Same reason why I don't use the pencil that came with the palette. 
If you can rock it, be my guest. It's just not for me. :)


Swatches without flash
Swatches without flash

Swatches with flash
Swatches with flash

Oil slick swatch
The primer that came with the palette is in the original shade: nude.
So far, this is my favorite eyeshadow primer. 
It works better with my extremely oily lids compared to 2 of the previous ones I used (ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer and Too Faced Shadow Insurance).

Urban Decay Primer Potion Original (mini)

The packaging is made of lightweight cardboard with a magnetic flap enclosure.
The crazy artwork is pretty and cool. 
Inside, it has a built-in mirror and awesome fun prints like skulls, strawberries, and chains.

Urban Decay Fun Palette

I also love and appreciate the fact that Urban Decay condones animal testing: "We don't do animal testing. How could anyone?" Well said, Urban Decay. Well said.


PROS: 6 high-quality eye shadows, 1 pencil, and a primer in 1 package? That's a great deal, considering this is a high-end brand. The cute packaging gives it extra points too.

CONS: 1 shade is glittery (hello, fall outs!) and the pencil has glitters too. It's a limited edition palette and is only available online.

VERDICT: 4 out of 5 CHILIS! The pencil with hints of glitter, I can live with. But UZI? Sorry, that's just the deal breaker for me. If you're not afraid of fun, bright colors (and glitters), this is definitely your palette.



Urban Decay Fun Palette, EBAY
2000php



FTC: I paid for this product with my own money. I am not getting paid to make this review. I am not affiliated with the said brand. Photos above are taken/owned by yours truly.