Recently I had the privilege of previewing Urban Decays Summer collection, and as expected it was a colourful affair. This time around we have quite a hefty release. 32 products in total!
Collection consists of,
9 new Afterglow 8-hour powder blush.
14 Revolution high-colour lip glosses
8 single Eyeshadows
Ultimate ozone multipurpose primer pencil
My favourites as always are the eyeshadows. They are an UD speciality!
The 8 new colours released will be joining the permanent line. Good news for those who hate running to the nearest Sephora the second a limited edition collection releases!
Clockwise we have,
Backfire – a burgundy with a purple shift (it’s what i’m wearing in todays eye look)
Tonic – lilac with blue shift
Dive Bar – a royal blue with pink-purple shift
Fireball – a peach with pink shift
Lounge – a brick red with green shift
Sideline – gold with green shift
Riff – brown nude matte with micro sparkle
Beware – warm matte brown
All the shadows swatch beautifully and are well pigmented. I particularly liked the new matte shades, Beware and Riff. I believe this is the first time UD has released a solid matte, as they always seem to release shimmer colours. It was interesting to note that the matte shadows performed equally well when swatched.
As part of my press kit I received Backfire & Sideline and I found these to be of exceptional quality when put to use. They blend seamlessly and can be sheered out for a whisper of colour or packed on for an intense look.
Normally i’d experience some fallout with UD eyeshadows, but with both of these (which were a glitter free formula) I noticed none at all. Of course as always I used it over an UD primer potion to make sure they adhere well to the lids but that’s a standard practice whenever I apply my eyeshadow. It definitely helps keeping it on all day.
From the colours released i’d recommend the two matte shades, as well as Fireball and Lounge. They were lovely!
The Revolution high-colour lipgloss are a new formulation. They promise to be ‘high coverage’ and ‘ultra pigmented’, giving you the ‘colour you crave in one stroke’. There are 14 shades in total and come in two finishes, cream and sparkle.
My favourites were the nudes as always and also some of the brighter pinks. They are quite fun and flirty!
Left to Right we have,
Brickhouse – dark brick red
69 – bright red
Punch Drunk – bright orange
Scandal – bright pink
Savage – electric pink
Bittersweet – bright purple
Quiver – medium rose-pink
Failbait – light neutral pink
Liar – medium pink-nude
Big Bang – bright pink with glitter
Vice – dark purple with glitter
Assassin – candy apple red with glitter
Apocalypse – deep purple wine
*Missing here is Kinky, another nude.
On to some swatches (Click image for a closer view)
I found these to be quite good coverage. They aren’t opaque, but just under. If I had to compare, i’d say these are pretty close to the Hourglass lip glosses in coverage, with a slightly tacky formula.
Initially I tested out Scandal and Failbait. In comparison I noticed that the darker colours tend to bleed a bit. I suppose the lighter shades do too, just not as noticeable. With these I believe a lip liner is a must. But as far as wear is concerned, these do stick around for hours!
Now onto the most exciting part! The Afterglow blushes!
These are new to Urban Decays portfolio. And they came out with 9 shades!
Top row, left to right-
Crush – bright medium pink
Obsessed – a light candy pink
Score – medium peachy pink with shimmer
Fetish – medium pink nude with reddened undertones
Bottom row, left to right –
Bittersweet – bright purple
Quickie – bright blue based pink
Bang – bright red orange
Indecent – light peachy nude
Rapture – deep mauve with a hint of shimmer
Some (wonky) swatches,
*again my apologies for the blurry swatch pic, I was loosing light and also had to take these with my left hand after the glosses stained my whole left arm proving useless for any swatches to come. lol
So the formula of these are slightly onto the drier spectrum of things. They aren’t DRY per say, but almost! Hence why the swatches look a bit powdery. I wasn’t sure how much I was gonna like these blushes after my initial swatchfest, however once I tried them out on, I noticed the powderiness doesn’t translate to the cheeks! I would even go as far as saying that these looked like skin and never ‘visible’.
The colour payoff of these were intense and quite a lot of product gets picked up as it’s a fine, loose formula. However the blush applies quite sheer and the colour intensity was very easy to control.
So far my favourite has been Fetish and find it a great day to day blush for medium complexions. I also would recommend checking out Bittersweet! The first purple blush I have seen in real life! It’s quite unique and interesting, something you probably don’t have in your stash.
Overall thoughts
To me the best buys were the blushes, since they are something new from Urban Decay and are of very nice quality. I thought they were named appropriately too as the cheeks seemed to glow from within when applied. Like you are truly blushing.
The packaging is also very attractive with the signature Urban Decay grunge style and is sleek with it’s magnetic closure. As far as plastic goes, this one looked luxe. Only downside, it attracts fingerprints like nobody’s business!
The eyeshadows aren’t something new, although some of the colours released did look lovely with their duochrome finish. I can never have enough of these and they definitely make a nice addition to ones makeup arsenal.
The glosses though were slightly too sticky for my liking but it’s all up to personal preference, you might actually not find them as much a deal breaker as I do.
Finally, onto a look I created with some of the new products seen here. I used Backfire eyeshadow with a dab of Sideline (just in the middle of the lid for some extra dimention), the Fetish blush and paired it with Failbait for the lips.
Other Info
Afterglow blush comes with 6.8g of product, retailing at SGD39
Revolution lip gloss comes with 5.1ml of product, retailing at SGD33
Single eyeshadows come with 1.5g of product, retailing at SGD30
*All products will be available for purchase starting today at Sephora Singapore.
Lastly thank you for stopping by, and I wish you a wonderful day! xx
