Urban Decay Vice LTD: Review and 3 looks

Hi everyone!

It was recently announced that the limited edition Vice LTD palette will be available at Ulta so I picked back up and started playing with mine again.

The Review: 

It is a very pretty palette and I remember being excited when I did swatches for an earlier post but then I tried to use it on my eyes and it just did not work well for me.

Things to consider:
1. It is very cool toned and only has a a few warm toned shades so if you prefer warm shadows this might not be the palette for you.
2. You might need a base for them. I have pigmented and oily eyelids and theses shadows are quite light and shimmery so they did not stay on my lids. I finally got them to work by using very creamy bases. Mac's paint pot in painterly did not work really well for me. I found that the Maybelline color tattoos and the ColorPop super shock shadows worked best for me. Once I started using those, I was able to create some nice looks with it.

Overall, I don't think this one is a must have.

Look #1

I used: 

Urban Decay PP

ColorPop Super Shock shadow in Girly 

Last Sin all on the inner half of the lid 

Backdoor on the crease 

Hodoo on the outer half

Laced above the crease to blend out Backdoor

Anonymous as a browbone highlight 

Look #2

I used: 

Urban Decay PP

ColorPop Super Shock shadow in Girly 

Crystal all over the lid 

Nameless on the crease 

Perversion on the outer v

Laced to bled out upper crease 

Look #3

I used: 

Urban Decay PP

ColorPop Super Shock shadow in Girly 

Chase on the middle of the lid 

Disco all over the lid (over Chase)

Deeper on the crease 

Perversion on the outer v

Laced to blend out crease 

Anonymous as a browbone highlight 

I am very happy with the looks I was able to do, so I am keeping the palette. I was able to do wearable looks appropriate for my work environment but also a fin look. 

Let me know if you have any questions!

xoxo Cynthia 

* I purchased all mentioned products. There are no affiliate links and this is not a sponsored post. All thought and opinions are my own. 

Urban Decay Vice LTD palette: Swatches and First Impressions

Hello all!

I was recently able to pick up the limited edition Urban Decay Vice LTD palette at the Newport Beach flagship store. You can pick it up for $58 at urbandecay.com

The palette: 

I have to say that the packaging is beautiful and much better than the Vice palette this year (just my opinion, sorry). I love the lime green color!

You get 20 eyeshadows and a double-ended brush. I know some people don't like the brushes that come with palettes but I always find a use for them :)

The Swatches: 

All shadows were swatched on my NC42 skin, without a primer. It's a rare cloudy day in Souther California, so a did have a light on but they are showing up true to color. I will name and describe shadows top to bottom. 

Chase: a satin gold 

Provocateur: a shimmery pink 

Crystal: a unique dual chrome light blue with gold

Nameless: a satin golden brown 

Last sin: a shimmery champagne 

Hoodoo: a satin lavender 

Goddess: a satin blue (swatches powdery)

Backdoor: a matte dark brown 

Roadstripe: a satin which with some pale pink in it

Freakshow: a satin purple (it looks like it might also have gold glitter)

Vaporize: a dual chrome, it looks like a taupe on the pan but it has brown and green and I am not sure what else. It reminds me of Girly by Too Faced. 

Deeper: a vibrant brown w/ gold shimmer 

Anonymous: a matter light peach

Junkshow: a satin pink 

Floss: a deep green with glitter 

Disco: shimmer gold

Laced: A matte light brown (blends into my skin tone)
Blitz: A shimmery yellow gold

Perversion: a matte black/gray

Heat: a shimmery orange/gold 

The Review: 

There are 4 matte colors , the rest are shimmery and satin so that it something to consider. There are a few blending shades and I am not sure how they will work on my skin tone. However, there are some really great unique shades. Only two shades swatched poorly: perversion and goddess. I will wait and see how they perform on the eyes but it's only two shades so it won't ruin the palette. I will play with it and come back with looks and a full review later in the week but over all I am pretty excited to play with this palette.

This one is not as well organized as the Vice palette this year and has more light tones shades. This worries me a bit. However it also has some fun and exciting shades that swatch with more dimension that they appear to have on the pan.

** All items were purchased my me. I have never been paid for a review or been sponsored and there are no affiliate links

xoxo,
~Cynthia

Urban Decay: NAKED On the Run palette review and swatches

Hello all,

I recently went to the Urban Decay flagship store in Newport Beach, CA where I got my hands on the NAKED On the Run palette.

It is $54 and contains 5 shadows, a bronzer, a pink blush, and highlighter a NAKED lipgloss in Sesso, a 24/7 glide-on eye pencil in Stag, and the Perversion mascara. urbandecay.com

The Palette: 

 

The Swatches: 

From top to bottom: 

The eyeliner: a blackened brown 

The gloss: a neutral pink 

The highlighter in 5050

The blush 

The Bronzer: As you can see it is really light, however it is matte

Shadows from top to bottom: 

Stun: a glittery brown with some gold

Dare: Matte medium brown  

Resist: A taupe/shimmery silver 

Fix: matte light brown  

Dive: a pink champagne 

The Review: 

This is a nice neutral palette and does contain everything you need for a full face (except foundation). However, I am currently thinking about returning it because a lot of the colors are too light on me. I think I could justify keeping it, but I have palettes that are more satisfying. For $54 I really wanted this to work better on me. I will add that the quality of the shadows is good and no different from what we are used to from Urban Decay. 

I do love the pink blush, the 5050 highlighter, the mascara, and the lipgloss. That's what's stopping me from returning this right away. I also think this would be a great palette to keep at the office for touch-ups or at a significant other's house. If I keep it that is how it will be used but if like me you already have a good neutral palette and you are tan/olive skin toned or darker, I would skip this one. 

Two Looks: 

There are two looks I did with this palette, and while pretty they are not much different and I can get these looks from palettes that I already own. 

**I purchased all items myself and have never accepted money for a review. There are also no affiliate links.

xoxo, 

~Cynthia 

My Holiday Makeup: Makeup Geek and Mally Beauty

Hello all,

I just want to share the look I did for Thanksgiving because it was a festive look that I think will work for other holidays and for the holiday season :)

Keep reading if you are interested in how I hot this look:

Products List: 

Foundation: 

I used the Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra 24H makeup in 410 Bisque(w)- It's a full coverage, matte foundation which I prefer applying with a beauty blender. 

Blush: 

I layered all 3 blushed in the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush palette (Luminous Flush, Incandescent Electra, Mood Exposure)

Powder: 

Hourglass Ambient Lighting palette- I used dim light to set my undereye concealer ad Radiant light all over the face 

Concealer: 

Tarte BB tinted undereye corrector and Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser in Medium - I applied it under my eye in a triangle shape to help make it look more natural and highlighted, I used a the beauty blender to help blended in, the foundation on the beauty blender also helps it blend with the rest of the face

Highlighter: 

Doll 10 H2Glo HIghlighter in Champagne 

Brows: 

It Cosmetics Brow Power Universal Brow Pencil and Maybelline Great Lach clear mascara to help keep my brows in place. The brow pencil gives me put together but still natural looking brows. 

Lips: 

Makeup Forever lipstick in Rouge 

Eyes: 

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion 

Mally Eye Shadow in cooper rose (eye shadow stick)

Makeup Geek Vegas Lights Pigment 

Makeup Geen Vegas lights Eyeshadow palette

The Look: 

The Tutorial:

I primed my eyes and applied the Mally shadow stick, then went in with the star of the show: the Vegas Lights pigment. I applied it with a wet brush all over the lid and a bit into the crease. I then mixed Sin City and Roulette from the Vegas Lights palette and applied in on the crease and blended it up above the crease, the I used Mirage as a browbone highlight. For an extra wow factor I used casino on the inner corner and Sin City on the lower lashline, and Roulette on the lower lashline as well but on the outer corner. 

I hope this makes sense but let me know if you have any questions!

Disclaimer: I purchased every product myself and all thought and opinion are my own. I do not get paid for reviews and do not use sponsored or affiliate links

Urban Decay US Flagship Store: My experience and haul

Hello all,

So the Urban Decay flagship store just opened up in my area and I tried to resist it's allure but it was much to powerful. It is located in Fashion Island, New Port Beach, CA.

It is located in what used to be an Inglot store and I am quite familiar with the space, which is small. While the space is small, I thought they used the space well. The products are spaced out nicely and there is more than one display for many of them so you don't have to push and shove your way to the item you want.

I went during the day so as to avoid the crows, which I highly recommend. There were two associates there and both were super nice and helpful. Since I was the only customer there, I accepted the offer of a makeover. Usually I don't like anyone else touching my face but the associate offered to try the Naked On the Run palette. She did a lovely natural look on me that convinced me to buy the palette.

The biggest draw for me is that the store is currently carrying limited edition and not yet released palettes I was able to purchase both the Naked On the Run (to be released December 1, 2014) as well as the Vice LTD palette (to be released December 4, 2014). I bought both palettes and will be showing swatches and reviewing both shortly :)

The Flagship Store: 

The design is very Urban Decay!

Along with all their makeup, they also have other goodies! 

The Haul: 

The Vice LTD 

Naked On the Run 

I also got a couple of samples!

Parting Thoughts: 

If you are a fangirl/boy a visit to the flagship store is probably a must. If you are not, I would not go out of my way for it. On the other hand if you live in the area, I think it's worth a visit!

xoxox,
~Cynthia

Vice 3 swatches and review

Howdy all,

I don't own either of the first two Vice palettes but I really wanted to try the Vice 3 so I picked it up with my Ulta points :)

The palette: 

I HATE the packaging and I seem to be in the minority on this but the plastic feels flimsy and I don't like the design... However, packaging is not everything and I do really enjoy the color selection and overall quality of the shadows. 

The swatches: 

As a reference, I am NC42 in MAC foundations, though my hand is probably more tan

From left to right

Top row: 

DTF-its a brown/gray shadow that seems to have a sheen to it but shows up like a matte 

Downfall- a matte brown that's perfect for the crease 

Undone- a light brown that comes off almost nude on my skin 

Truth- is a light pink and perfect as a matte highlight on me 

Botton row: 

Brokedown- a metalic green/brown that is quite unique, but powdery 

Heroine- a matte blue! It is pigmented but I have not used it yet to see how it performs 

Freeze- is a gorgeous metalic teal 

Dragon - a grean with a bit of a sheen 

First row: 

Bobby Dazzle- a shimmery white

Reign- a brown taupe 

Lucky- a shimmer caramel 

Vanity- shimmery purple 

Second Row: 

Sonic- I am not sure how to describe this shimmery color, it has some peach, coral...

Bondage- is a deep purple/pink dual chrome, it has a lot of dimension

Alchemy- a deep pink shimmer 

Alien-shimmery pink 

Third Row: 

Revolver- is a dark blue/gray shimmer 

Defy- is a matte gray

Angel- is a shimmer taupe/gray 

Last Sin-is a beautiful champagne shimmer, i've used this all over the lid and comes off beautiful 

The Review: 

When I first got it, I was not at all sure how I felt. At first glance the palette looked nice but nothing really stood out to me. Then I swatched it and started creating looks with it and have grown to appreciate it. It is a VERY versatile palette. You can do all all matte or all shimmer look, you can do nudes or all brights, and there are tons of options. Is it s must have? Not if you have this kind of palette already but if you are just building your collection then this will make a nice addition. 

Let's use our ipsy bag items!

There is no point in having beautiful things if we're not going to use them so I set out to use as many of my ipsy items as possible. Actually I could have used all of them but today was a stay at home day and I did not want to use the lashes quite yet. I also thought a purple lip would look better so the Cailyn balm will wait. (Plus it's quite drying on me)

Here is the look I came up with!

                

Products used: 

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion 

City Color Mousse eyeshadow in White Gold as a base 

Smashbox Wondervision Mega Palette (limited edition): 

I used mint all over the lid, almond and fawn in the crease. Chocolate in the outer corner, maize in the inner corner and into the inner lower lashline and tourquoise on the rest of the lower lashline. 

Urban Decay 24/7 velvet glide -on pencil in black velvet (just a thin line)

Benefit lollitint in the cheeks 

MAC's Heroine on my lips 

It Cosmetic's Brow Power Universal Brow Pencil 

The Wondervision Mega palette is great but you can just as easily find browns in other palettes (ex. the Naked palette), the mint color is a lime green that not everyone might have in their collection, so here are some alternatives: 

L'Oréal Infallible  Eyeshadow in Golden Emerald, Golden Sage or Endless Sea 

Nyx Primal Colors Pressed Pigments in Hot Green

Nyx Baked Eyeshadow in Rebel  

Bonus picture:  

How cool is my t-shirt! Just saying...

Parting thoughts: 

- Let me know what y'all have been doing with your ipsy goodies! 

- There will always be stress in out lives, so let's not forget to take care of ourselves and enjoy our friends and loves ones.