Urban Decay Vice Lipstick Palette Has Endless Options for Lips!
The Urban Decay Vice Lipstick Palette are coming your way this September with the Urban Decay Holiday 2016 Collection and will be available in two limited edition shade selections entitled Junkie and Blackmail that pack in 12 shades of lipsticks per palette. These are probably the best way to actually experience the Vice formula without breaking the bank because let’s face it, who hasn’t walked by the Vice Lipstick display without popping like five or more shades in our cart as we shopped. I know one day I was at Ulta and proceeded to pop 10 of them in my cart. TEN! I chalk it up as a serious retail therapy sesh.
Check my review and swatches after the jump because these little lipstick palettes pack in endless options for your lips!
Urban Decay packed these lipsticks into a slick as hell gunmetal gray mirrored compact with gold accents that pretty much match up with the full size Vice Lipstick packaging. It is stunning compact but dude, it’s such a magnetic for fingerprints. Inside you’ll find a full size mirror as well as a flip cover that reads “Lipstick is my Vice!” They also include a retractable lip brush for easy application. Apparently the wells were created with a stepping stair effect that gives you the ability to wipe off excess lipstick without getting it all over your compact. Honestly, that doesn’t prevent things from getting messy but it does keep the shades in the well and not all over the compact. One thing to take note of is neither palette is marked as Junkie or Blackmail. You can only tell the difference between the two if you keep the outside boxes otherwise, there is no marking to say which is which and they look identical.
I’m really not a lipstick palette kind of girl but I can’t deny these pack an incredible amount of variety but I wouldn’t say there’s a ton of value to be had here. You get 12 shades which are 0.02 oz each for a total of 0.24 oz of product. Typically a single shade will set you back $17 for 0.11 oz which means if you purchased two shades you’d be paying $34 where as this compact contains 12 shades for $35. The total size versus the $35 price tag evens out to purchasing two full size lipsticks. Mostly, you’re paying for the variety versus the actual value if that makes any sense. Personally, I don’t mind and I think if you ask a lot of people, “Do you want two large sizes of lipstick or twelve smaller shades for the same price?” They’d like choose variety every single time.
And I think that’s what makes these palettes appealing! I don’t like lipstick palettes but I do like the endless options that one like this gives me. You’re not going to go out tomorrow and purchase every single shade of Urban Decay Lipstick because let’s be honest here, the catalog of colors is massive! When Urban Decay released Vice Lipstick they went BIG with plenty of color options. These two palettes give you the option to try 24 of those shades without breaking the bank! Plus you get to try all the finishes in the range which include Mega Matte, Comfort Matte, Cream, Metallized, Sheer, and Sheer Shimmer.
Here’s the break down of what you get!
Urban Decay Blackmail Vice Lipstick Palette shades:
- Sheer Shame (berry) (sheer)
- Firebird (deep fuchsia) (comfort matte)
- Big Bang (bright pink sparkle) (metallized)
- Disobedient (medium pink) (comfort matte)
- EZ (bright red-orange) (comfort matte)
- 714 (bright red) (mega matte)
- Vanished (pale neutral nude) (sheer)
- 1993 (medium brown) (comfort matte)
- Ex-Girlfriend (nude rose with pale shimmer) (sheer shimmer)
- Amulet (metallic brick rose) (metallized)
- Conspiracy (plum-bronze shimmer) (metallized)
- Blackmail (deep berry wine) (comfort matte)
Urban Decay Junkie Lipstick Palette shades:
- Disturbed (deep brick red) (comfort matte)
- 714 (bright red) (mega matte)
- Carnal (medium warm nude) (comfort matte)
- Safe Word (neutral nude-pink) (comfort matte)
- Studded (metallic gray-brown) (metallized)
- Whip (soft pink with gold iridescent shimmer) (sheer shimmer)
- Wraith (metallic red) (metallized)
- Big Bang (bright pink sparkle) (metallized)
- Firebird (deep fuchsia) (cream)
- Vanity Kills (lavender) (mega matte)
- Speedball (deep vibrant purple) (cream)
- Junkie (metallic green shimer with gold micro-sparkle) (metallized)
I think both palettes have a great range of shades but I think Blackmail was the more wearable palette as it didn’t contain some of the more bolder, vibrant shades like green and purple that the Junkie Palette did!
The formulas vary across the board on all the shades and I won’t get into that here because I’ve reviewed Vice Lipstick in another post more fully! Check my archives for that review as you’ll get a better feel for each finish of the lipsticks and how they perform. I wouldn’t say the formula was any different here than what you’d get in a full size lipstick so, there was no variation during the transition from bullet to well. All the shades, needless to say, pack a good deal of pigment with the shimmer sheers being the exception.
So, are the Urban Decay Vice Lipstick Palettes worth your buck? Absolutely. It’s a great way to experience the Vice Lipstick range for yourself as it offers a wide variety of finishes and formulas to play with and mix and match to create new shades. This is a great way to see which finishes will work for you and later on if you love that particular shade or formula you can haul it in a full size when the well runs dry!
I like these! It’s a lipstick palette with endless options for lips!
Urban Decay Vice Lipstick Palettes arrive mid-September exclusively at Sephora and Sephora.com.
Will you be indulging?