Urban Decay "Summer of Love" eyeshadow palette review

Hey my makeup junkies,

What I Bought:

• Urban Decay "Summer of Love Palette"
  

What it comes with?:

• 4 Eyeshadow Colors (Flash, Maui Wowie, Chopper, and Smog)


• A mirror


• 24/7 Eyeliner (Bourbon)


• Travel Size Sin Eyeshadow Primer Potion

From Left to Right: Flash, Maui Wowie, Chopper, and Smog

My Review:

"Chopper"(Coppery w/ silver microglitter): I love this eyeshadow color and I think it will look great on any eye color and complexion. However, my only qualms with this eyeshadow color is the glitter fallout. Pair this eyeshadow with a nice lig glosss and bronzer and you will have an amazing spring and summer makeup look.

"Maui Wowie" (Very light medium gold w/ silver glitter): This eyeshadow color is a little bit difficult to describe as in my opinion its a very neutral color that will look great on any skin tone and eye color. However, I would rather wear this color as an inner corner shade, eyeshadow base, or brow bown highlight. Speaking in terms of myself I don't really like "Maui Wowie" to much and don't see myself buying this color as an individual eyeshadow pot. I feel there is a technique to wearing this shade. I tried wearing this on my eyelid and then a darker color in the crease and it just wasn't for me. It does look nice against my eyecolor and skin tone, don't get me wrong, I just feel this is a color that needs to be paired and used with the right technique.

"Smog" (Deep Coppery Bronze w/ metallic shimmer): I am in love with this eyeshadow color!!! Why? Because this is an eyeshadow color can be used to create soft Summery smokey eye looks just by applying this color over the lid and "Maui wowie" in the inner corner of the eye to brighten the eyes!

"Flash"( Bright shimmery purple): This purple eyeshadow is a MUST have color for everyone!! It can be worn alone or whatever is cooking in that Urban Decay brain. It would really makes brown and green eyes pop and is great for all year round.

Swatches: From Top to bottom on my arm: Smog, Chopper, Maui Wowie, and Flash. There is the 24/7 eyeliner in the photo which I hate and gave away to a friend.

"Sin" Primer Potion (Champagne w/ metallic shimmers): As always Urban Decay's Primer potions do not diappoint! This primer dries on with some metallic shimmers. The primer potion that it comes with really does wonders! I've never tried the Urban Decay "Sin" Eyeshadow Primer Potion and let me say I am impressed! You can actually wear the "Sin" Primer potion alone or underneath eyeshadow. If u wear it alone it gives your eyes a natural shimmery look with a light sweep of eyeshadow, and if you wear it underneath eyeshadow it makes them look more shimmery. But beware, cause if you use this primer potion with a glitter eyeshadow like "Midnight Cowbody rides again" the glitter will turn into a New Years Eve night club party.

"Sin" Primer potion Swatch.

Would I recommend this palette? YESSS!!! I am in love with this palette and the individaul eyeshadow colors as this palette won't be around for long as its a clearance deal on a palette that was out last Summer.! I actually bought it because Urban Decay had it on sale for $15, and I have never tried those eyeshadow colors before. I have only been using their "Sustainable Palette" for the past year, and was also the only time I've ever tried Urban Decay before. The Palette is very travel friendly as the casing has a magnetic closing so you don't have to worry about your eyeliner falling out or it opening up in your bag.

Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner "Lucky" & "Ransom"

Hey Everyone!!!

I am finally back after my long holiday vacation and splendid New Years. I am starting off the new years with some really cool beauty products I bought from (Urban Decay). I finally got the Urban Decay 24/7 glide eyeliners in two colors "Ransom" and "Lucky"( My favorite color!).

This is the outer packaging for the eyeliners.

From Left to right: Lucky and Ransom. These colors are beautiful to look at, but don't adhere well to my eyelids.

Review:

Ok so lets get started...For starters this review may come as a shock to everyone, but this eyeliner is NOT for me. For some strange reason the color will not pick up well on my eyelids. I'm not sure if its because I have slightly oily lids sometimes, but this has NEVER happened to me before with other eyeliner pencils like NYX or other drugstore bought products. It's weird because before I bought this product I was searching online for some reviews on the urban decay eyeliners, and everyone had something good to say about it. Arrrgh! So why isn't it working for me?

From Left to Right "Ransom" & "Lucky".

"Ransom" has more of a metallic medium purple shade and "Lucky" is a very beautiful bright shade of coppery brown with specks of glitter in it. Honestly, my favorite color really is "Lucky" when I wore it today (after layering it numerous times) it really brought out my dark brown eyes.

I have swatched colors on my hands and the glide and pigmentation of the two colors were beautiful, but not on my lids. When I woke up this morning I even washed my face to make sure its not because of some makeup residue I had on my eyelids from yesterday. Then I tried to wear the eyeliner colors in "Lucky" and "Ransom" again on separate eyes and the color just will not pick up as to how it should. I waited until both colors dried on my skin then had to reapply/ layer it again in order to get the pigmentation that was promised to me. It's sad to say, but I will be RETURNING these eyeliners to get my money back!! I am super DISAPPOINTED and its makeup products like this that make me super skeptical on buying expensive cosmetics for like $17 only to realize its just not for me.

Pros:

• The glide is non tugging and smooth
• Waterproof
• Smudgproof
• Alot of colors to chose from

Cons:

• Don't think this good for people with oily eyelids
• This product doesn't have many cons, it just doesn't pick up well on my lids for some reason

Final Verdict: I would still recommend this product to a friend because just because it didn't work for me doesn't mean it won't work for anyone else. However, I still like Urban Decay, but will probably just stick to their eyeshadows and primer potions. My next product I'm going to try for colorful eyeliners is going to be Makeup Forever at Sephora.

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!

Hello everyone!!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful new years! I wanted to start the year off by updating my blog which I haven't made as much post as I wanted to lately. So I will be sure to get back on track this year. Secondly, every New Years most ppl make New Years resolutions, so this year I've decided to not make much.

My New Years beauty resolution is to:

• Take better care of my skin
• Keep my hair, and nails healthy
• Lastly, take more risks (what I mean by this is change up my routine a bit more, meet new ppl, and have fun).