Hi there! My name is
Sarah (also answers to “Mike” to avoid confusion when there are a few Sarah's
around!) & when Sarah asked me to do a guest post on her blog I jumped at
the chance as I am trying to get some blogging practise in so I can start up my
own blog – something I have wanted to do for ages – and as Sarah’s blog is just
awesome what better place to throw out a post & get feedback?! So thanks so
much to Sarah no.1 as I like to call her, it’s a brilliant chance for me,
you’re a wee gem m’lady!
So, for my guest post
I am going to be reviewing the Urban Decay palette that was out for Holiday 2012 season – the VICE PALETTE!!
Just look at this
beauty – even the packaging is so swish & swanky (I am a sucker for nice
packaging!) Also, what I love about it is that it is a sturdy, hard cased
palette, so flimsy cardboard in sight, which makes it travel proof, added
bonus! PLUS, the mirror is the full size of the palette, which is awesome as
pokey wee mirrors are just more hassle than they are worth. Cherry on top of an
insanely tasty cake? Urban Decay kindly include one of their Good Karma brushes!
I love this as them flimsy sponge applicators in palettes are actually AWFUL at
applying shadow. But the brush here is actually pretty decent quality! Now, I
would be sticking to my trusty Sigma brush but for travelling its handy to not
have to pack my Mrs Bunny’s!
Then, what we all want
to see really right – the GOODS!! Just look inside this baby!! All new colours,
not one shadow is a copy or repromote from another palette. I love this, as I
am a HUG E Urban Decay junkie, with
more UD palettes than you can shake a stick at but UD has this habit of repeating
the old & having very little new till NOW! So yay for new-ness!!
So the shadows… the
first thing that hit me was the quality of them, so creamy & butter smooth,
super pigmented and no chalky effect (no one likes looking like a blackboard
after all!). Urban Decay managed to have a good mix of colours in this palette,
and different finishes too –from the matte Chaos (the AWESOME cobalt blue!) to
the shimmery shades we know & love UD for –Penny Lane comes to mind here- that
stunning shimmery copper.
Here is a quick break
down of the shadows in this wee beauty –
Desperation – a taupe
brown with a satin finish
Muse – a deep brown
with a sparkley finish
Jagged – black with
HUGE chunks of red glitter
Blitz – a metallic
gold that has a shimmer finish to it
Junkie – a turquoise shadow
with a slight golden shimmer
Chaos – cobalt blue
Occupy – metallic
steel grey with multi coloured sparkle
Unhinged – a
silver/baby blue
Blackout – matte black,
great to use as liner!
Provocateur – a light
metallic pink/mauve with pink & white sparkle bits!
Rapture – a dark
grey/purple
Vice – a dark matte
purple
Noise – shimmery
fuchsia with gold sparkle (GIRL POWER!)
Armour – a light
metallic grey with small silver glitter
Nevermind – a frosted
metallic bronzy brown
Anonymous- a matte
almost-white shadow – can only describe this shadow as an ivory shade
Freebird – a pale pink
shadow, baby pink, with a tiny bit of gold sparkle & a metallic finish
Laced – A matte pink-beige shadow
If I had to find fault
with the shadows here in this palette it would have to be that some of glittery
ones had some fallout, I am looking at Jagged especially when I say this!
However, since Urban
Decay redeveloped their shadows, their glitter shadows have definitely improved
in staying power. Also, a really good eyeshadow primer will help this problem
dramatically!
Which shadow is my
favourite you ask? I am actually adoring Blitz – haven’t seen such a shimmery
gold in a long time, it’s the shadow of queens!
So, there you have it!
My quick low-down on all things Urban Decay & Vice! Thanks again to my
lovely lady, Sarah no.1 for having me on her Adoreabubble blog! (bad pun I know
I know!) You, are a LEGEND!
If anyone has any
questions or comments please don’t be afraid to give me a shout – tips on
blogging are always welcome too!
My blog is a shell at
the moment but you can follow me on Blogger – RaraGiggles
My Twitter is
@RaraGiggles
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Great post Sarah (mike) I really want this now
ReplyDeleteGreat post Sarah! :) Both Sarah's good work!
ReplyDeletethanks ladies :) xx
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to convince myself that I don't need this..!!
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