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For quite a while I
had been wanting to treat myself to a high-end eye shadow palette which didn’t
just contain every-day, natural colours, but I was pretty reluctant to pay the
hefty price tag most of them came with, especially with it being the run-up to
Christmas. I shopped around a bit, and eventually set my sights on the Urban Decay Vice 3 palette… and I was pretty quick to put it on my list. This isn’t a
makeup blog, but I thought I would share my opinions of the product because it
is something that hasn’t had as much hype as I thought it would, and I really
like this palette!
The aesthetics of
the packaging are a step above any of my other palettes, but its large size
means it is not portable; this wouldn’t be a product I would take out of the
home. However, the small bag it comes in has been really useful for when I don’t fancy the burden of taking a chunky makeup bag out with me. Vice 3 retails for about the £42 mark,
which I don’t think is too bad bearing in mind you do get twenty colours, a
double-ended brush and a makeup bag; the quality is fantastic, you do pay for what you get.
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| From top to bottom: Revolver Defy Angel Last Sin DTF Downfall Undone Truth |
There are two rows
of natural shades but the first row of colours has, so far, been my favourite choice
for everyday-wear. They are all cool-toned matte naturals so they’re pretty
versatile and buildable for a more subtle look or a darker, smoky eye. For me,
the selection of natural shades in the palette is pretty good because I have very
fair, cool-toned skin, but for somebody who tans well (lucky them) and has a
warmer complexion the availability of natural shades might be somewhat limited.
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| From top to bottom: Bobby Dazzle Reign Lucky Vanity Brokedown Heroine Freeze Dragon |
The vivid colours
in the palette are what make it a star-buy. Not one of the shades is tasteless
or unusable, even though the flash of Dragon might seem a bit garish at first
glance, and the palette opens up a variety of opportunities for clever
creations. My favourites are Lucky, which is pretty similar to Half Baked (as
seen in the original Naked palette and Naked 2), and Sonic, a beautiful
cranberry colour which could add a twist to the classic smoky eye.
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| From top to bottom: Sonic Bondage Alchemy Alien |
The look on the left was composed with some more of the vivid colours in the palette: I used Freeze on the outer half of Loyin's eye and through the crease, and Lucky on the inside. I blended the two and highlighted the brow using Bobby Dazzle and finished with a thin layer of my Stargazer Cosmetics Neon Yellow Liquid Eyeliner. I used a fairly translucent primer (No7 Stay Perfect Eye Base) to give an honest representation of the eye shadow, but I think you could achieve a greater pigmentation using a more opaque primer, such as a MAC paint pot.
For the look on the right I used Downfall all over the lid with some DTF in the outer corner and through the crease. I blended the eye shadow quite high above the lid using Undone and finally deepened the crease with some Defy. The eye also has a thin layer of Maybelline Master Precise Eyeliner and Maybelline Great Lash Mascara.
My only complaint is that the fallout of some of the darker
shades is quite bad and they seem to be more crumbly than other Urban Decay eye
shadows I have used in the past, however with a good primer this isn’t really a
problem. I have resorted to using the blending brush I got with my Naked 2
palette to apply the eye shadow; I would have liked to see a denser brush in
this product, as the fluffy end of the brush doesn’t really give you much
control.
Vice 3 is a great
product to purchase if you are looking to splash out on a good quality palette
that offers colours which can be used to create more interesting makeup looks,
especially for evening events. I’m definitely looking forward to using it
throughout the year for special events, as well as the odd daytime look!
