review: urban decay vice eyeshadow palette

i can't recreate the hyperventilation and yelps i did when i was presented with this baby in pictures.

but anyways...


look how it's beckoning me...
it's not my fault. can't fight it!


out of the paper box.
cue the hallelujah chorus.

okayy.
back to normal programming.
(warning: long post& lots of gushing ahead)

when opened, she shows her true colours...


gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous
baby's got 20 new colours (0.8g each) in 4 rows of 5 shadows each.


back of the box
pictures& names of the individual shades.

the following are swatches on the back of my palm with no eyeshadow primer and roughly 1 to 2 swipes each.

yesh. all 20 can fit in there.
big hands i have.


normal lighting.


with flash.

down to the review proper, i will talk about these babies row by row. n il give them nicknames for easier reference &becos i like it that way.

1st row: the antiques


top to bottom:-
desperation/ muse/ jagged/ blitz/
penny lane

desperation: purplish brown metallic taupe. a great taupe staple.

muse: dark chocolate brown with glitter. very buttery and pigmented.

jagged: antiqued (blacken) olive gold. experienced major fall out with this one and it is a little sheer, you need to layer on more product for a deeper colour. not impressed with this gritty mess although i had high expectations for this colour.

blitz: great shade of metallic gold that's not too light and yellow. very wearable gold and will look great with red lips.

penny lane: metallic light peach with copper tones.

my stand outs for the antiques:-
desperation, muse& blitz.
desperation and muse will be great for smokey looks especially muse (very easy to use for a brown smokey eye look).

2nd row: the mermaids


this is the row of shades that made me lemm for vice so bad.
one word: chaos. chaos!
and the shades are great marine colours that i always gravitate to.

top to bottom:-
junkie/ chaos/ occupy/ unhinged/ black market

junkie: dusky blue toned emerald. very nice jewel colour.

chaos: electric blue. reminiscent of rescue beauty lounge fan collection 'ikb 2012' nail polish colour. slightly chalky but that's expected for colours this intense and/or neon. more layering needed for even colour distribution.

occupy: graphite shimmer with silver glitter. if i can rename it il call it 'oil slick' cos im romantic like that.

unhinged: cool toned metallic teal. this colour reminds me of mermaids (ariel!)

black market: brownish black. very pigmented.

my stand outs for the mermaids:-
all. all. all.
chaos is a definite shoo-in fave (probably my most fave) and the reason many beauty junkies desire this palette so much.

i didn't think much of occupy at first but i love it now. looks like petrol under sunlight with its purplish sheen.

i love them all and i shan't gush anymore. next!

3rd row: the jewel tones


this row of colours is the next fave row after the mermaids.
they remind me of jem (of jem and the holograms) the 80s pink haired female cartoon character (i really wanted to be her even today heh).

top to bottom:-
provocateur/ rapture/ vice/ noise/ armor

provocateur: warm silver-ish lilac with pink tones and glitter. reminiscent of urban decay midnight cowboy. very buttery.

rapture: frosted grey-ish eggplant purple. great for a smokey eye.

vice: metallic royal purple with red tones, slightly frosted. pigmented.

noise: bright medium cerise pink (bright but not neon yet), a little chalky but who cares?
great colour.

armor: light olive taupe with silver glitter, slightly frosted.

my stand outs for the jewels:- rapture, vice& noise. of cos noise is a definite yes as it is the chaos of this row.

row 4: the age of innocence aka the barely-theres


ok, i admit. this is a little yawn inducing for me. reminds me of my ballet shoes and babies. don't ask me why.

this row of colours is like the white shirt/black dress in your cupboard. boring but necessary. darling, it's not like you can wear party clothes for every occasion....

top to bottom:-
nevermind/ echo beach/ anonymous/ freebird/ laced

nevermind: heh, immediate association with nirvana's nevermind. metallic medium
warm brown, slightly frosted.

echo beach: very frosted light champagne gold.

anonymous: it sure is. skin foundation tone (NC15?) great on the entire lid as base for bright colours like chaos and noise and it's great for wearing alone to brighten and even out natural lid colour. although nameless but useful.

freebird: light metallic rose gold with glitter, slightly frosted. pretty shade i admit.

laced: muted nude grey-ish brown, matte.

my stand outs:-
just becos it is such a useful& necessary shade - anonymous.
and laced becos it is understatedly beautiful.

overall thoughts:-
urban decay is a brand that i discovered when i was 17. my first product i got was a lip product called lip gunk in 'gash'.
goth like, i would wear gash on my lips with heavy eyeliner. as usual what's new...
fond memories of being 17.

heyy i really tried so hard to resist (& i did, this was gifted to me) but i think i lemmed the most for this palette even surpassing the naked palette.

why? becos the colourways can take me from day to night and i can really have fun playing with all the colours knowing i have use for all of them.

well and the last and most important reason that drew me in to this palette is chaos.
c h a o s

now im gonna talk about packaging...
this palette in ud's own words is 'gorgeously luxe' and it is with the jewel inlaid case and heftiness of the entire palette and im so happy it is not made up of cardboard (book of shadows...) and its texture is soft and suede to the touch.

great improvement and well thought out.

vice comes with a double ended brush. good but i kinda wish they gave a mini sized primer potion instead. but still im happy.

this palette is out at sephora at sg$88. grabbb it.

leaving you with one last pic of the beauty...