Review: Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette

Last review of a Christmas gift, promise!

Today we look at the new pride and joy of my collection: The Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette.

This was, just like the Black Market Set, part of last years holidays collection by the brand and probably the most popular of the holiday releases. It is no longer available at Sephora or through Urban Decay, but other online retailers do still carry it. At release it sold for $59, which I feel is a lot for a palette, but you get your moneys worth with this baby.

Let's start with the packaging, can we just like... Take a moment to admire this? URGH! SO PRETTY! The UD logo is this beautiful jeweled 3D gem... Looking at it just melts my little girly heart. Purple and silver are the brands colours and I think this is just absolutely captivating. I love it!

 

When you open the palette (which is completely automatic, might I add!) you see these 20 beautiful eyeshadows and a huge mirror in the lid. The mirror is literally the size of the whole palette. It is supposed to stop at an angle so you can use it when sat on a table, but the openening function in mine unfortunately broke in transit. It still opens, but it doesn't stop when it's supposed to. Annoying, but not a complete tragedy. You also get a dual ended brush with the palette, which is decent. The blending side of the brush is a little too flimsy for eyeshadows for my taste, but perfect for concealer and the like. So it's okay, but I don't use it a whole lot.

On to the swatches!

L-R: Smokeout, Prank, Radar, Dope.

Smokeout is a dark charcoal-taupe with a satin finish. Great pigmentation.

Prank is a beautiful deep teal-navy colour with teal and green micro-glitter. Great pigmentation. The glitter doesn't show up great when applied, but if you use a stickier base, it will.

Radar is a warm, medium brown with gold micro-glitter shot through. It is a metallic finish. Great pigmentation.

Dope is a peachy-pink champagne with a frosted finish. Great pigmentation.

L-R: Lovesick, Madness, Damaged, Toxic.

Lovesick is a matte black with multicoloured glitter. A little dry, pigmentation wasn't amazing and the glitters pretty much just fall out instantly.

Madness is a bright metallic blue with blue micro-glitter. Great pigmentation.

Damaged is an absolutely beautiful metallic emerald green. Great pigmentation.

Toxic is a copper-pink with a metallic finish. Slightly dry, great pigmentation.

L-R: Shellshock, Strike, Voodoo, Habit.

Shellshock is a bright, metallic silver. Amazing pigmentation.

Strike is a light metallic gold. Slightly less pigmented than the other metallics in the palette, but not by any means bad.

Voodoo is a shimmery purple with iridescent purple micro-glitter. Great pigmentation.

Habit is a matte nude/light beige. Great pigmentation.

L-R: Coax, Stash, Betrayal, Ambush.

Coax is a metallic medium pink. Great pigmentation.

Stash is a metallic olive green with gold micro-glitter. Great pigmentation.

Betrayal is a bright purple duo-chrome with a blue shift. When blended out it does go a little sheer, but still nice pigmentation.

Ambush  is a warm metallic brown satin. Great pigmentation.

L-R:  X-Rated, Poison, Derailed, Rewind.

Extra swatch of Rewind since my skin was not working with me in the first picture. This is a much truer swatch.

X-Rated is a light baby pink with a satin finish. Good pigmentation.

Poison is a charcoal-green satin with teal micro-glitter. Glitter barely shows up, but great pigmentation.

Derailed is a medium to dark warm taupe metallic. Amazing pigmentation.

Rewind is a matte, medium brown. Great pigmentation.


Conclusion: This palette is amazing! There's like one or two colours I feel it could do without (Lovesick and Strike) but other than that everything in here is great! They all blend like a dream, most have a very buttery, smooth texture and great colour pay-off. It could have used a few more matte shades for blending out, but in general I highly advise this to other make-up junkies. Obviously it should only be a choice for you if you feel comfortable with the colours in it, it is not a palette for people who only wear neutrals. I am very happy with this palette and will keep in my collection for years to come!

I will do some looks soon using this palette. Neutral and bright!

Pros:

• Amazing quality eyeshadows.
• I feel it is MORE than well worth the $59.
• Packaging is durable plastic and absolutely gorgeous.

Cons:

• To some the pricepoint might be, although I feel it is fine.
• It's not a really -complete- palette, I would need some a few more mattes for that.
• Availability. By now strictly online.

Do you have this palette at home? Any of the Urban Decay palettes, Naked, Books of Shadow or Vice? Let me know down below!

Thank you for reading and untll next time!

XXX