URBAN DECAY LOOSE PIGMENTS - COMPLETE 12 SHADE SWATCH AND REVIEW

Everyone who's a close friend or a regular blog reader (Thank you!) then you'll know my undying love for anything Urban Decay. New UDers are probably going 'Oh new Urban Decay?!' and us who have been with Urban Decay a few years are nodding our heads whispering 'I remember these!'. These are some of Urban Decay's earlier products and I love them. I wanted to give you all a really detailed product review and swatches so you know what you're missing out on! You can still find these on Debenhams online, but you can get them for a quarter of the price on Ebay, Amazon and discount stores. I was very lucky and at a place I worked at got given 2 of each colour for £2.40, and I snapped up all 12 colours! These little tubes look beautiful and feel amazing with their sleek metal casing and plastic window to showcase their gorgeous colours. Also as a bonus the lid has a high quality brush which serves its purpose well, but the tube is big enough to use your own brush too.

ASPHYXIA

Asphyxia is a gorgeous pink with thousands of blue shimmer.

Once swatched it looks like a beautiful pink,

but when in the light you can really see the stunning 

iridescent shimmer.

The colour payoff is a little more sheer compared to the others,

but once layed a few times this is stunning, and works well 

if applied lightly as a highlighter to pink, 

blue or purple eyeshadow looks.

X

X is a gorgeous soft gold packed with gentle

golden pink/coral shimmer.

I adore this shade and looks beautiful all over the lid

with liquid eyeliner and mascara. This really is

so pretty. The pigment to this colour is

perfect and works a treat.

SHAG

Shag is more of a nude, beige shimmer. Although it

glitters like gold - All things that glitter are not gold!

This is gorgeous all over the lid,

and teams up perfectly with Smog in the crease. This is super

pigmented and appears to have slightly larger chunks of

shimmer in comparison with the previous

shades. Nevertheless it's still a beautiful colour,

perfect for adding a bit more glamour

to the everyday eyes.

BAKED

Baked is a pretty rich bronze shade full of shimmery goodness!

Baked is pretty much the same as its colour 

in eyeshadow form. It's also very similar to 

Half Baked but has a more gold finish

than the bronze that you see here.

This is perfect for adding some shine to your eyes,

this colour reflects light beautifully.

SMOG

Smog is one of my favourites. Not only is it a luxurious

deep chocolate brown, this also packs

a great amount of colour. I love using this as a crease

colour and I suspect that now I've found 

these babies again that I'll be using the shade

a lot. It's just a gorgeous colour that delivers a beautiful

golden shine in the light. It's perfect to me!

GUNMETAL

Gunmetal is a deep slate grey with a low shine shimmer, 

but is packed with micro silver glitter! 

I love using this as an alternative to

black when doing the smokey eyes.

This gives my eyes a softer look, and blends so

well to create the perfect smokey eye.

Big thumbs up from me.

ROCKSTAR

Rockstar has a deep purple almost black matte base,

but is then packed full of silver, purple

and blue micro glitter. As you can see 

this looks so stunning!

The glitter stays on the lids surprisingly well, but this

is a pain to apply. And guess why?

Fallout.

That dreaded fallout! Unfortunately many UD shadows have this problem so I did expect one or two to be like it.

GODDESS

Purely because of how it looks in the container,

Goddess is my favourite.

Its matte black base keeps the eyes on the electric blue. navy, teal 

and purple glitter. As soon as I opened this

up for the first time I was in love.

Again it has the same problem as Rockstar, so much fall out.

But the glitter isn't actually so bad on the lids and

stays put, but not as much as you wished it could.

PROTEST

Protest is a matte dark green with a small amount of 
iridescent micro glitter.
Again this is a good alternative to the smokey
eyes, and is a dream to blend. I love how much of a 
unique colour it is, I've never seen anything like it.
At first glance this does look black,
but it's a gorgeous deep green.

GRAFFITI
Graffiti is a teal/green with a crazy amount of 
gold shimmer. This is a perfect green for me,
not too bright but still carries
enough colour to make a statement.
I love how this looks on the lids too,
exactly how it looks on the brush and in the tube.
A winner for me!

SHATTERED
I love this colour. Shattered is a true bright blue with 
green tones and pretty subtle gold
and green shimmer throughout. This baby is serious
pigmented, and delivers so much colour. Not sure
if I'll wear this much but this does look pretty under the eye.
I can't wait to try more looks with this shade.

YEYO
For some reason I expected Yeyo to be much
brighter than it is swatched.
However it worked in its favour.
This is a fantastic corner eye colour,
and even a highlighter when applied subtly.
I was really surprised how much I used this despite
originally being disappointed with the pigmentation.

There we have it! All 12 shades swatched, reviewed and broken down. My favourites are Smog, Goddess and X. I will continue using these beauties for some time to come, so glad I rediscovered them!! Any colours you like the look off? Have you actually tried them? What is your favourite all time Urban Decay colour? I'd love to know!! Thank you for reading!