NEW! Urban Decay Full Spectrum Palette

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FAB or FAIL: Urban Decay Alice Through the Looking Glass palette

Urban Decay Alice Through The Looking Glass Palette

Urban Decay has once again teamed up with Disney to bring us the sequel to their original Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows set, and to celebrate the release of the movie Alice through the Looking Glass .

Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows Palette Set (2010)

Can I just say that Urban Decay has the best packaging in the makeup game. They put so much love into packaging design and it shows. I mean, look at this...

COME ON THAT'S BEAUTIFUL! I love the whole trippy kaleidoscope theme going on. And then you open it up and you get a 3D butterfly that flaps its wings when you open and close the "doors". Urban Decay packaging is #goals. OK I'm done gushing about the packaging lets talk about the actual product. Let's see what Urban Decay says.

"Each Eyeshadow features Urban Decay's Pigment Infusion System, the proprietary blend of ingredients that gives every shade its velvety texture, rich color, serious staying power and blendability. UD even included a double-ended brush for the perfect application.

This palette features colorful, kaleidoscopic artwork woven out of flowers and butterflies and includes several quotes from the film. Hits of embossing and gloss give the palette a luxe, dimensional feel. When you lift the lid and open up the doors inside, a three-dimensional butterfly springs up. Pull open the palette's drawer to reveal the shadows, which are arranged by character in columns from left to right: Alice, Mad Hatter, Mirana (the White Queen), Iracebeth (the Red Queen) and Time (a peculiar creature who is part human, part clock). "

I love the color scheme of palette, it's a great blend of "wearable" colors as well of a bunch of really interesting pops of color.

Shades by Column

All in all the shades are pretty good. There are some misses in there though. Most disappointingly, the shade metamorphosis. In the pan, it's this beautiful deep periwinkle-esque color with fine teal shimmer in it. I was super excited, it's so pretty in the pan but you have to build it up A LOT

Metamorphosis single coat (top), 5 FREAKING COATS (bottom)

Overall though I really like this palette. You get 20 shadows and a nifty dual ended brush for $60

9/10 (lost 2 points for metamorphosis, but gained one back for beautiful packaging) IT'S FAB

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FAB or FAIL: Too Faced x NikkiTutorials Power of Makeup Collection

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Too Faced x NikkieTutorials The Power of Makeup Collection

It's a match made in cosmetic heaven! One of the biggest names in makeup right now and the social media beauty guru sensation have teamed up to bring us one of the most anticipated collabs of the year!

YouTube star, NikkiTutorials, is most famous for her "The Power of Makeup" video. In this video she called out all the makeup shamers. Makeup is supposed to be fun, and you do it to make yourself feel good. not to try to impress or "fool" anyone. Nikkie did half of her face in full glam and left the other side bare, and she started a revolution. Almost every beauty guru on YT has taken on the challenge, Be proud to show that cakeface, it's beautiful!

Hearing that Nikkie got the opportunity to collab with Too Faced Cosmetics was super exciting. Nikkie loves high quality makeup, so we knew that this collab was going to be bomb!

Let's take a look at what Too Faced says

"Too Faced teamed up with global beauty megastar NikkieTutorials to create this limited edition collection, The Power of Makeup by Nikkie Tutorials, to celebrate the transformative power of makeup. Her exclusive collection features everything you need to create endless looks.

A $209 value!"

Honestly, I have a love/hate relationship with this set. Let's talk about.

1. The palette

Single pass finger swatches

There's been controversy regarding this palette. People have pointed out that the video where Nikki introduced us to this palette, was the only video where she has just showed us swatches instead of actually swatching. There have been some inconsistencies in swatches. For instance, above are my personal swatches and these are Nikki's swatches....

Whatever palette she has must have better formula's than mine, unless she was lying about the swatches, which some people have insinuated. I love Nikki so I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and say the blame falls on Too Faced for this one. I don't hate the eyeshadows by any means, I still use it.

It's a very Two Faced color scheme, and all the colors are wearable. I find the super metallic shades like Frosted Yum (bright silver), and Irresistible (gold) have fallout and you have to build them considerably if you're using them on their own. Wanted (Black), is crap. It feels rough in the pan and the pigmentation sucks. How do you mess up a black eyeshadow? Makeup and Chill (deep brown, gorgeous in the crease), and Wham Bam (purple) are my favorites. They both blend nicely for me and have good pigmentation. The others are good as well.

As a WOC, of course I can't use the cheek products as intended, so YAY! I HAVE 4 MORE Eyeshadows. But for those of you that can use the cheek products, here's what you need to know...

1. You get two Love Flush Blushes, They blend out nicelyand have good pigmentation

- I will always Love You (orangey peach)

-Justify My Love (bright pink with gold glitter)

2. You get a Chocolate Soleil Bronzer, a cult favorite

3. You get a highlighter in shade Champagne Truffle, which was originally an eyeshadow shade in the Chocolate Bar palette. It's super light, Beware!

2. The Set

The selling point of this set for me was the little goodie bag that comes along with the palette. It helped me justify that price tag (which is $56 USD btw). You get...

1. A full size Sketch Marker in shade Deep Black. Its a fantastic eyeliner. You can read my full review on the Too Faced Sketch Markers Here

2, You get a mini 24 hour Shadow Insurance Eyeshadow Primer. I had never used this primer before purchasing this set, and I'm impressed. I may like it a little more than the UD Primer Potion.

3. A purple special edition mini Better Than Sex Mascara

4. A Deluxe Glamour Dust in shade Glitterly. I wish they had put a sifter on top of this. IT IS MESSY AS HELL!

You get 5 Items for $56

I give this set a 6/10. I still recommend it overall, especially if you're light enough to use the cheek products. Its Fab-ish

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FAB or Fail: Urban Decay Perversion Waterproof Fine-Point Eye Pen

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Urban Decay Perversion Waterproof Fine-Point Eye Pen

Just like Marc Jacobs Cosmetics has their signature black shade , Blacquer. Urban Decay has Perversion. Urban Decay has these products in that signature shade:

Vice Lipstick

24/7 Liquid Waterproof Eyeliner

Super-Saturated Ultra Intense Waterproof Cream Eyeliner

Mascara

Razor Sharp Water-Resistant Longwear Liquid Eyeliner

24/7 Glide-on Eye pencil

24/7 Glide-on Lip Pencil

This new eye pen is a part was a part of UD's most recent release. let's see what they have to say about it

"If you want to nail an eyeliner look that's perfectly exact, you'll enjoy total control with Urban Decay's Perversion Waterproof Fine-Point Eye Pen, a super-smooth, free-flowing pen that draws crazy-precise, waterproof blacker-than-black lines that last all day.

The pen's unique cartridge system allows for a constant flow of ink. Plus, its ultra fine tip glides on smooth without skipping or pulling, providing a smooth, controlled application. Easily create everything from fine lines to bold, thick lines. The waterproof formula lays down long-lasting black lines with ink that dries quickly and won't smudge, run or feather. You'll love the color payoff - it's intensely black (like all of Urban Decay's Perversion products).

Like the mascara that inspired it, Perversion Waterproof Fine-Point Eye Pen comes in an eye-catching, metallized black tube with pale purple artwork. "

This has become one of my top 3 liquid eyeliner pens ever. It performs great! It's super black. It's buildable and it doesn't even need to be.

single stroke

And it's waterproof all right. It's a little rough to get off, but that's good because it's not going to fade throughout the day. Like, I've slept in this, it never budged. I also love the tip of this.

It's very fine but, its firm. Sometimes the tip of felt tip eyeliners are flexible and it will dry out a little quicker. There will still be product in the eyeliner, but you wont be able to use the tip of it, I don't see this being a problem in the future.

You get 0.18 oz for $22

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I love this product. 11/10 IT'S FAB

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FAB or FAIL: Too Faced Sketch Marker Liquid Art Liner

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Too Faced Sketch Marker Liquid Art Liner

Sketch markers in shades sky blue, papaya peach, and black (left to right)

Eye makeup is my favorite makeup, and I especially live for eyeliner. Too Faced Cosmetics recently released this new edition to their line. Too Faced has a few eyeliners out, but they haven't received a lot of hype, so this is a huge deal for them. let's take a look at what Too Faced says

"Too Faced Sketch Marker Liquid Eyeliner is an advanced liquid eyeliner inspired by Japanese Calligraphy Pens. Its formula acts as an artist's best drawing ink, created to be exceptionally smooth, vivid, waterproof and ideal for lining eyes."

Honestly, the whole "it's unique" and "its like a calligraphy pen" thing is a little much. It's really just your "run-of-the-mill" felt tip eyeliner. That's not to say I don't like it. I have recently purchased three shades of the sketch markers to test out, sky blue, papaya peach, and black. I thought it was best to get a couple of light shades and a dark one to test out.

The tip on this product is very fine so that you can create a thin or thick line easily

The black shade has pretty decent pigmentation, while the lighter shades you need to build up 2-3 layers to get solid coloration, which isn't really a huge problem. It's actually pretty great that this product is buildable considering many liquid eyeliners tend to crumble when you apply more layers.

papaya peach and sky blue with 2 layers each, black with 1 layer

This product is very longwearing. I have tested each for over 12 hours and there was no fading. All-in-all this is a very decent performing felt tip eyeliner, which isn't super exciting, there's tons of them on the market and there are better ones. But the selling point of this product is the range of colors it comes in. The Sketch Marker come in 12 colors from deep colors to pastels. Each one has a cute little saying on it

Black "You're so too faced"

Charcoal Black "I'm that kind of girl"

Deep Espresso "Chocolate Chip, Honey Dip..."

Smokey Emerald "Let them be Jealous"

Deep Navy "Too Glam to give a Damn"

Candy Pink "Be a Flamingo "

Papaya Peach "Put it in the Burn Book"

Canary Yellow "Never Dim Your Light"

Deep Lilac "More Magical than a Unicorn"

Sky Blue "Soccer Players are Hot"

Steel Blue "Mermaids Don't Cry"

Pure White "She Told White Lies"

I love this range of colors, which makes me love this product. Colorful eyeliner has become my thing lately, And I will be purchasing the entire line of sketch markers.