My Review on: Urban Decay Electric palette

For today’s review, I will be talking about the highly anticipated, brand new palette released by Urban Decay. Even though I personally love the Naked line from UD, a lot of people found it overdone and were dying for some colors to be brought back to the brand; well they didn’t disappoint with this amazing palette! And the great thing is, this palette is part of their permanent collection so there’s no need to run out and buy it asap! :D

This palette, from first glance, has the most amazing packaging I have seen in awhile. I don’t even plan on throwing away the box, that’s how pretty it is! The palette itself is a hard plastic casing with a magnetic closure. One thing people really like about the packaging on this one is that the mirror can stand up on it’s own (like the previous Vice palettes) so it’s easier to do your makeup when you take it travelling with you. The palette comes with a total of 10 bright, in-your-face colored eyeshadows and a double ended brush. The brush to me is great for a palette like this, the bristles are very stiff (but not to the point where they’ll hurt your eyes); the flat eyeshadow brush side is great for packing on the colors and the small smudger brush side is great for either smudging the color out or placing color in the smallest of areas (like your inner corner or lower lash line). 

For the swatches, I applied the shades over an Urban Decay eyeshadow primer to get the best color payoff possible; and it’s just one quick swipe down my hand:

Revolt is a bright metallic silver, this shade was in one of the previous Face Case palettes back from the holiday 2013 season

Gonzo is a bright sky blue. For some reason, I can’t help but think that this was named after the muppet Gonzo, which wouldn’t surprise me seeing as he is blue

Slowburn is a bright, firey orangey red. This is honestly my favorite shade in this whole palette! I know a lot of people have a problem with this eyeshadow (I don’t know why) but I’ll go into more detail about that later

Savage is a bright hot pink, another favorite of mine

Fringe is a deep teal with a slight light blue duochrome shift to it

Chaos is a bright, vivid cobalt blue. This shade was actually in the very first Vice palette. I personally loved that shade when I would use it from the Vice palette but found it hard to use. I feel like they changed the formula for it in this palette because it doesn’t apply as patchy, has less fall out, and is easier to blend :D

Jilted is a beautiful magenta shade that has a lovely blue-ish duochrome, this is another favorite of mine in this palette

Urban is another beautiful, deep blue toned purple that also has a slight duochrome shift to it

Freak is a bright, almost neon lime green with a slight yellow duochrome shift. I was really excited when I heard that they were coming out with this eyeshadow; the Freak 24/7 liner pencil is one of my favorites and I never thought that it would be turned into an eyeshadow

Thrash is a bright neon chartreuse. This is also another favorite shade of mine and it makes me think of margaritas

Now before I get into my final thoughts on this palette, I'm going to address the top 4 complaints that people are having about this palette....mainly because I really hate the fact that people are so quick to throw harsh complaints on a product they have only used once or twice.


First common complaint is that the palette is too blue toned. It personally doesn’t bother me that the palette is this way, the shades are all so beautiful and I feel they all work well blended with each other. The shades, even though they are blue in tone, all have a special uniqueness to them. I can maybe understand the complaint if the eyeshadows that were blue toned were all similar to each other or sucked terribly, but they’re all great and I don’t get why it’s a problem

Second common complaint is that there is no yellow or orange in the palette. People have been complaining a lot that shade Slowburn will be hard to pair with anything in the palette because it’ll either look to contrasting or holiday styled. I don’t agree at all. One of my favorite youtubers (Nijigasumi16) brought up a really great point in her video by saying that if you pay close attention to the actual design on the palette itself, they give you a hint on what colors to combine with Slowburn, for example: 

And like she also brought up, a bright yellow or orange can be found in almost every bright colored palette out there so it’s nice that Urban Decay wanted to try something different. It’ll help you to start getting creative with your eyeshadow combinations and to get out of your comfort zone. Even though I love every single eyeshadow in this palette, if I did have to take out just one of the shades to replace it, I would take out Revolt (the silver) and replace it with a deep matte black. I still love that silver shade, don’t get me wrong, but I have their other silver shade from the Vice 2 palette and I think a black would complete this palette better than a yellow or orange.
Third common complaint is the fact that the shades Urban, Jilted, Savage and Slowburn are warned to not be used around the immediate eye area. If you look closely on both the box and palette themselves, you’ll see the warning printed on there. Now here’s the thing, those shades are APPROVED everywhere else like Europe and Canada but not in the US. Palettes like the Sleek Acid palette (also full of neon shades) are not approved here in the US but can be worn elsewhere. For the mere fact that the FDA here is so freaking strict, Urban Decay decided to call this a “pressed pigment” palette. Because “pressed pigment” is such a loose term (meaning they can be used as anything but eyeshadow) UD is allowed to sell this product here in the US, otherwise you would have to spend your time trying to find it on Ebay and have it shipped from overseas! And if you look really closely at the neon pigments that Sugarpill is selling, those are ALSO not approved by the FDA but approved everywhere else (jump on the fucking bandwagon america!)  I don’t personally know why neon eyeshadows are banned here, but I can tell you this, I personally have very sensitive eyes and have never had any problems using those shades around my eyes! Since I’ve received the palette, I have done 3 looks using nothing but the “banned” shades and they have caused absolutely no problems with me! I have suffered no irritation or swelling or none of that B.S so I really don’t think this palette will hurt anyone else ( I will say though that if you have INTENSELY sensitive eyes that ANY eyeshadows or cosmetics irritates them, then this palette will be no different for you).
Fourth and final complaint is that some of the shades will stain your eyes (like Slowburn, Savage, and Chaos). I personally feel that as long as you wear an eyeshadow primer or base, the shades won’t stain your eyes at all. And even if you didn’t, the eyeshadows will only stain your eyes just a tiny bit and it’s nothing that makeup remover won’t take off! Some of the Sugarpill eyeshadows stain my eyes and it doesn’t bother me. When you’re dealing with bright, highly pigmented eyeshadows, you’re gonna have to expect them to leave a slight stain. If that’s something that’s gonna bother you that much, then you should stay away from bright colored eyeshadows in general, I don’t mean to sound harsh but it’s true.

 Now for my final thoughts, I fucking LOOOVE this palette! I can not tell you how happy I am that Urban Decay came out with a palette like this and that it’s also going to be part of their permanent collection! The shades have amazing color payoff and blend like a dream! If you are someone who loves bright, vivid neon eyeshadows, you should seriously give this palette a try!

Me wearing the shades Slowburn, Savage and Jilted:

 Me wearing the shades Slowburn, Freak and Thrash:

 Me wearing the shades Urban and Jilted:

My Review on: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil Vault

Urban Decay, along with their Naked palettes, is very well known for their HUGE selection of eye liner pencils. For today's review, I will be talking about the pencil vault set that they sold for the 2013 holiday season. 

This set was limited edition and is no longer available but all the different shades of pencil liners can be bought separately!

Even though the set itself can no longer be purchased, the main reason I wanted to do a review on it is so you can check out all the different shades that Urban Decay has to offer. There's a total of 40 colors available in the liner collection so there's definitely something for everybody! The interesting thing about these liners, besides their amazing colors, is the packaging itself. Each cover on the pencils helps to inform you what kind of finish the pencil has. The pencils with shimmers have a glittery cover, the matte pencils have a matte cover, etc. Now onto the swatches!

These were just a quick couple of swipes on my bare hand:

Perversion is a deep, dark blackest black. This is one of the best black pencil liners I have ever used. The only thing that sucks is that I can not wear it on my waterline. Because of the high carbon pigment, it can be really irritating so keep that in mind if you have sensitive eyes. I still wear this on my lower lash line every single day and have no issues so that's great

Zero is another black, but this one is a little lighter, especially when compared to Perversion. Now this pencil is great for when you still want a nice black on the waterline that won't irritate your eyes. This one doesn't make my eyes tear up or anything

Oil Slick is a dark grayish black with sparkly silver micro-glitter

Uzi is a shimmery dark gray

Smoke is a deep, matte dark gray, I love pairing this liner with my Naked 3 palette

Desperation is similar to Smoke but just a few shades lighter

Demolition is a dark, cool toned grayish brown

Whiskey is a deep, golden, warm chocolate brown

Bourbon is another warm chocolate brown but has a slight golden shimmer to it

Roach is a light warm brown with a reddish duochrome to it, this is one of my favorite shades in the whole collection. Definitely reminds me of the color of a roach's wing

Smog is a dusty, cool toned bronze

Underground is a warm toned taupey brown

Mushroom is along the same lines as Underground but leans more on the cool toned taupe side

Hustle is similar to Smog but is a little more of a darker brown

Scorch is a bronzed cool toned copper 

Goldmine is a bright, light yellow gold

Stash is a swampy green with a slight yellow duochrome, does the name make you think of anything?

Mildew is a deep forest green with a light green duochrome

Loaded is a deep, blue toned forest green

Corrupt is a warm brown with a hint of red micro glitter

Invasion is a dark, deep green undertoned blue

Mainline is a gorgeous dark teal, this is another favorite of mine

Junkie is a super beautiful deep sea blue that has a slight yellow duochrome and also has light green micro glitter. This is possibly my favorite shade in the whole collection!

Freak is another gorgeous bright neon-like lime green with a yellow duochrome to it. I know this a favorite shade for a lot of people and it isn't hard to see why

Deep End is a bright teal

Electric is a satiny, light baby blue

LSD is a deep blue with bright blue micro glitter

Sabbath is a gorgeous deep, dark inky blue. another favorite of mine

Abyss is similar to Electric but just a few shades darker

Chaos is a striking cobalt blue

Ether is a light gray with purple micro glitter, it's a strange but beautiful color

Rockstar is warm, reddish toned dark purple 

Empire is a deep, dark royal purple, very lovely color

Delinquent is a dark grayish purple with pinky/purple micro glitter

Vice is a warm eggplant purple with tiny pink micro glitter, looove this shade as well

Psychedelic Sister is a blue undertoned purple with very faint pinky micro glitter

Asphyxia is a beautiful light pinky purple with a blue duochrome and light blue micro glitter. I love using this shade as a base for the eyeshadow Trick from the Naked 3 palette

Woodstock is a warm hot pink 

Cuff is a bright metallic silver

Yeyo is a creamy, satiny white

Out of all the pencil liners I have ever tried in my makeup wearing life, these are by far my favorite pencil liners ever! They go on very smooth and creamy and once they set, they will not budge! I also found that these work amazingly as bases for eyeshadows and some of them can even be used as a lip liner if you're into crazy colored lipstick. 
Some of the shades are on the more sheer side (Freak, Asphyxia, and Ether are more sheer than the others) so they may need to be applied a little bit more to get full color pay off and coverage; but they're still amazingly gorgeous colors! And if you do also plan to wear them as a base for your eyeshadow, I highly recommend doing one eye at a time! Because these pencils set so quickly, if you do both eyes at the same time and try to blend them out, it will be extremely difficult to! And I'd recommend doing the same if you're wanting to smudge out your liner as well!
Amazing quality, great color choices, I definitely recommend that you try some of these if you haven't already! Hope this review was helpful
Me wearing the shade Asphyxia with the eyeshadow Trick from the Naked 3 on top and with my eyes lined with the shade Smoke (used for my eyebrows as well):

Me wearing the shade Perversion as a base with a black eyeshadow on top:

Me wearing the shade Mushroom for eyebrows and as a base for my cut crease:

My Review on: Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette

When it comes to Urban Decay, one of the biggest things that people identify them with is their ever popular Naked palettes. The first Naked palette was geared towards the warm, bronzy side of the neutral spectrum and Naked 2 was geared towards the cool, taupey side of the neutral spectrum. Almost everyone thought that there could be no way possible that you could expand on the neutral range, but boy were we wrong! For this review, I'll be talking about the new(ish) Naked palette from Urban Decay....the Naked 3 woo!

I have to say, when I first heard that there was going to be a Naked 3 palette, I flipped my shit! The thing that separates this palette from the first 2 is that this is geared more towards the rosey/pinky neutral spectrum.This palette comes with 12 eyeshadows to choose from, along with a double-ended brush (which is actually a very good quality brush) and a sampler set of all their eyeshadow primer potions. The packaging on this palette is gorgeous! Urban Decay never ceases to amaze me with their packaging. It's the same kind of plastic casing as the Naked 2, but it has a rippled effect at the top and is rose gold color instead of taupe. I even found the box that it came in lovely, so lovely, I didn't even throw it away! You get a great mix of different textures in here; you have your mattes, satins, shimmers, etc.

Now on to the swatches! These are just a quick swipe down my hand (they are applied over UD's primer potion for the best color payoff):

Trick is a gorgeous pinky/orangey copper shade. I love applying this eyeshadow on top of their eye liner pencil in the color Asphyxia, looks beautiful! 

Buzz is a dusty, shimmery pinky/rose

Limit is a lovely, light, dusty rose toned brown. This is one of my favorite shades in this palette, it goes with my skin tone perfectly and blends out flawlessly

Burnout is a light rosey pink shimmer

Dust is a very pale pink shimmer. This one has the least amount of color payoff and can be a bit powdery when applying it. I find that applying it over a white base (like the NYX jumbo pencil in milk) really helps it to stand out more. It's everyones' least favorite shade in the palette but I like it

Strange is a milky pink-toned beige, this makes an amazing brow bone and inner corner highlight for the eyes

Blackheart is a beautiful deep brown-ish black laced with red micro glitter, this is another favorite shade of mine!

Darkside is a deep, cool-toned taupey brown 

Mugshot is a rosey, grayish bronze

Factory is a pink undertoned rosey brown shade, very pretty as well

Liar is along the same lines as Factory but is a lighter brown that leans more on the light pinky side

Nooner is possibly my favorite shade in the whole palette. It's similar to Limit but is a deeper, dusty rose brown matte. Loooove this color!

I have to say that the mattes in this palette are by far my favorites! They're so buttery and smooth and blend like a dream. All the colors, to me, are gorgeous. As I said, Dust is really the only shade that needs a little more tender loving care, but it's lovely regardless! Urban Decay never fails to give great quality to their eyeshadows. This palette is great for every day looks, date nights, and would even be lovely during those gray, cool winter days. I also found that pairing these shades with a gray liner works beautifully and really brings out the pink/rosey tones in the eyeshadows. 

I know a lot of people have tried to say that the Naked 3 is similar to the Naked 2. I'd have to disagree if I'm being fully honest. The undertones to the shadows are completely different and of course, the color choices are different too.

This is seriously my favorite palette out of the entire Naked collection. It's great for lighter skin tones with pink/rosey undertones to their skin (the other Naked palettes are great as well, but a lot of people with light, pinky undertones found them to be too warm for their skin type). To be honest, I'm really not too sure how well this palette will hold up for darker/warmer skin tones. Only reason I say is because these shades are very light  and pink toned and may not have great color payoff for warmer skin tones. But of course, you can always try it out anyway, and who knows, it might work for you (I'm very pale and I still love using the first Naked palette) :D . 

And for those who are curious, here's a comparison photo between all 3 of the Naked palettes so you can see the color difference:

 From top to bottom: Naked 1, Naked 3, Naked 2 (photo not mine, taken from here ) 

Hope this review was helpful guys!


me wearing the Naked 3 palette:

My Review on: Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette

Before I do get into this review guys, I do want to announce something very important: IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO COCOA, PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS PALETTE! ALL THE EYESHADOWS CONTAIN 100% COCOA IN THEM!

For spring 2014, Too Faced has been coming out with a few new products that are heavily inspired by chocolate. For this review, I will be talking about the Chocolate Bar palette: 

The palette has 16 eyeshadows total and also comes with a small little tutorial booklet containing 3 different eye looks you can create with it. 

I just adore the packaging of this palette! It's a tin casing with a magnetic closure and it looks just like a hershey bar, very cute! Also, all the eyeshadows are made with real cocoa powder! I have never in my makeup-wearing life encountered something like that before and I was really excited to try it out when I first heard about it. The palette also has a lovely chocolate smell when you open it....and I hate to admit it, but the shadows actually taste kind of like hot chocolate mix (a friend of mine asked me to taste them lol). 

The only thing I will say that kind of sucks is the little clear plastic film sheet that comes inside with all the names of the eyeshadows on it. The names of the shadows sadly aren't printed anywhere (except for the box which most people don't keep) so I know to a lot of people it's very bothersome. Because the names of the shadows doesn't have a lot of use for me personally, I just leave the sheet inside my makeup drawer. It's not that big of a deal, but I know it's a common complaint and I can understand why.

And now for the swatches, I just swirled my finger a couple of times and did one big swipe down my hand. Now I do have urban decay's primer potion underneath but it's only to show their full color potential:

Triple Fudge is a very deep, dark brown, it's actually the darkest shade in the whole palette. I did notice that this one does apply just a tad bit patchy but it's still a nice color

Black ForestTruffle is dark brown with a plum undertone to it; it also contains some lovely silver and pink micro glitter in it

Milk Chocolate is just a nice warm chocolate brown (kind of does remind me of the color of melted milk chocolate)

White Chocolate is a very light beige color, great for a brow bone highlight. I have heard though that it is a little too yellow toned for people with fair complexions that have pinky undertones so keep that in mind

Gilded Ganache is a dark greenish brown shade with golden shimmer, I really like this color

Candied Violet is a beautiful blue toned purple with pink micro glitter in it, this is another one of my favorites and looks amazing when used on top of Psychedelic Sister eyeliner pencil from Urban Decay

Strawberry Bon Bon is a very, VERY light milky pink. The pinkness, on my skin, sadly doesn't show up that well and looks more white, but I do love putting this color in the inner corners of my eyes

Semi-Sweet is a lovely, deeper milk chocolate brown. It's along the same lines as Milk Chocolate but just a few shades darker

Marzipan is a gorgeous shimmery peachy gold color

Salted Caramel is a light, orange/peachy undertoned brown, works great as a transitioning color. The shade does remind me of the color of caramel  

Champagne Truffle is a very light, shimmery white/gold color, works amazingly as an inner corner highlight

Cherry Cordial is a deep burgundy brown with pink micro glitter. I do kind of wish that this shade was a little more red, but it's still beautiful nonetheless

Haute Chocolate is a shimmery golden brown color

Creme Brulee is shimmery, deep bronzy gold 

Hazelnut is a very warm nutty brown shade (as the name suggests lol)

Amaretto is a coppery brown with a slight red duochrome shift to it

This palette contains a good number of different eyeshadow textures to choose from; in it you have a mix between mattes, satins, and shimmers which is great for creating all kinds of eye looks. 

Some of the shades do apply just a little bit patchy, I found that Triple Fudge and Cherry Cordial were the shades that I had the most difficulty with. But I recommend just taking your time and packing the eyeshadows on instead of swiping them back and forth to get the best color payoff. Also, if you are very sensitive to sweet smells, you might not like this pallete. The smell for me isn't too bothersome but hardly any cosmetic smells bother me. I think this palette would've been awesome to have during the fall for deep, chocolaty neutral looks but I think it's great for spring as well. I really like that they added a few colorful shades in here so the whole palette didn't just consist of brown colors. All in all, I really like this palette, the packaging is adorable and I really like the eyeshadows that come in it. I would definitely say give it a try if you're a big fan of chocolate and makeup ^__^


me wearing the chocolate bar palette:

me wearing the shades Cherry Cordial, Black Forest Truffle, Triple Fudge and Salted Caramel along with some Sugarpill eyeshadows: