MW's Review: Urban Decay The Vice Palette

Hello my lovelies,

How are you all? 

I was a little cheeky and purchased 'The Vice Palette' by Urban Decay, and I thought I would share photos/swatches with you:

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The palette is a gorgeous purple shade, with 'UD' in a faux diamond raised kind of effect. Unlike the Naked Palette One (velvet) and Naked Palette Two (metal), The Vice Palette is made of a soft rubber texture, which is smooth to the touch. It looks very cool, although, I`m sure when it comes to putting the palette away, the raised logo will be an issue. The outer packaging was a simple cardboard box, which tried to imitate the faux diamonds effect for the 'UD' and again in the same shade of purple as the palette, itself.

The palette comes with a full size mirror, which is fantastic, as the palette is fairly large (18cm x 14cm).

In the palette, you also get a double ended brush, blending brush on one side and a crease brush on the other. It is smaller compared to the other Karma brushes that you can purchase or the ones that come with a palette, but the width is exactly the same. 

 You are greeted with 20 colours in this gorgeous palette, all of which cannot be purchased individually (as I was told by the UD sales assistant in Debenhams). The palette consists of a large spectrum of colours, where majority are shimmery, and two neutral mattes. Perfect for Asian weddings, mendhi`s, etc!

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1st row: (l-r) Desperation, Muse, Jagged, Blitz, Penny Lane

2nd row: (l-r) Junkie, Chaos, Occupy, Unhinged, Black Market

These colours are absolutely gorgeous! The eyeshadows, being true to Urban Decay's reputation are highly pigmented. My favourite from the first two rows are Muse, Blitz and Junkie - amazingly pigmented. I mean, look at Muse, that was ONE swipe! Love it! Unhinged was also a highly pigmented shadow, which I cannot wait to experiment with. Chaos looks SO electric and vibrant in the palette, but it seemed a little chalky when I swatched it and needed to swipe it a few times to build up colour, which I was disappointed with. 

3rd row: (l-r) Provocateur, Rapture, Vice, Noise, Armor

4th row: (l-r) Nevermind, Echo Beach, Anonymous, Freebird, Laced

Amazing girly colours. Provocateur, Armor and Vice being my favourite from the 3rd row. Again, highly pigmented shades. Noise was also disappointing like Chaos, where I needed to swipe it a few times to build up the colour for the swatch. 

I was further disappointed with the 4th row, where they had two matte neutral shades Anonymous and Laced, which like Noise and Chaos, were very chalky and not very pigmented. This also meant having to build up the swipes simply for the swatch. Besides that, Nevermind, Echo Beach and Freebird are gorgeous neutral shades, Nevermind being my favourite. 

RRP: £42.00

(but, currently on sale in Debenhams for £37.80!)

(Urban Decay can be purchased from Debenhams and House of Fraser)

Verdict: I think this palette is most definitely worth the money, simply because an individual UD eyeshadow is £14.00, weighing at 1.5g. This palette consists of 0.8g (which is a little over half) making each individual eyeshadow a little over £7. 

If we stick to the price of £7 for each eyeshadow in the palette, then 

£7 x 20 = £140. 

Lets not forget the make up brush, a blending brush is £17.50 and a crease brush is £14.50, making the average between the two, £16.00. As the brush is smaller, we`ll knock off a few pounds - and I`m estimating the retail price for this brush to be £14.00. Even then, that is included into the palette price! Making the full price for the palette to be £154.00, retailing at £42.00!
Amazing, right?

Most definitely a bargain for what you`re getting (and, yes, this is how I justify my purchases haha).

Will you be buying this palette? Do you already have it? What is your favourite colour from the palette?

xo

P.S. I think I need to work on applying swatches...couldn`t do it in a straight line.

MW's EOTD and L'Oreal Super Liner Perfect Slim Review

Whirlers!

New purchases from Superdrug:

Sleek Oh So Special Palette
Sleek Face Form Blush Contour Kit in Dark
L'Oreal Super Liner Perfect Slim in Intense Black
MUA Bronzer in Shade 2

And this is what I came up with:

I used: Gateau, Celebrate and Noir from the Oh So Special Palette, the L'Oreal Super Liner, the MUA Bronzer in Shade 2 and the Sleek Face Form Blush Contour Kit.

Foundation: Christian Dior ForeverSkin in Medium Beige 030
Concealer: Christian Dior DiorSkin Sculpt in Medium
Mascara: L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes
Eyeshadow Primer: UDPP
Eyebrows: HD Brows
Lipgloss: Lancome Juicy Tube in Blackcurrant

Scarf: F21
Pussybow Blouse: Primark

Also, I have to say, I was in the garden all afternoon and my eyeliner/eyeshadow didn`t melt off, which was really impressive especially with this current heatwave!!

Doodling with the Perfect Slim Pen on my hand.

Photo taken from: just-an-extra.blogspot.com

When it comes to eyeliners, I like the line to be thin and precise, which was definitely something achievable with this pen as you can see how thin the nib was, and at £6.49, I think its a great buy. The wear is fabulous, it didn`t smudge very easily, nor did it melt off in the heat, it wasn`t removable very easily with just water, but came off smoothly with face wash. The only downfall to this pen, in my opinion, was the lid. The lid wasn`t very secure, so I think I would have doubts to carry this pen in my make up bag, just in case the lid came off and leaked/ruined my other make up products and dried out quickly. Which is a shame, as I carry only a few items in my make up bag, and an eyeliner is definitely one. It would have been great if I could have the confidence of a secure lid in my make up bag with this eyeliner. So, I`ll have to apply at home and leave it at home and use a different liner to touch up if I have to. :(

So, L'Oreal, if you`re reading this, PLEASSSEEEE, make the lid more secure, and I will definitely repurchase this eyeliner, as everything else is perfect!!!

What do you guys think of my FOTD? Do you have the same palette? Which colour combo's have you tried? 

And, my beloved eyeliner, have you purchased it? What did you like about it? Did you also have a problem with the lid? Or, was mine just a manufacturing error? 

xo