UD ♥ NYC
So the saga continues, and I am quite possibly one of the most inconsistent human beings out there. You see, Urban Decay recently launched their third Book of Shadows - a tribute to all what's good in New York City - and even though I was ready with my laptop, my PayPal and everything just when it launched, I missed it. Yes, I was planning on getting it despite of my earlier rant about the never ending duplicity problem with most palettes from Urban Decay, but alas.. it was completely sold out in about ten minutes, and the chaos was absolute.
Urban Decay did tweet asking their followers not to buy this palette on eBay, but since it had been launched in the UK before the US I couldn't see any harm in poking around eBay to find it. I mean, sure.. there are a lot of sharks out there trying to earn a few shitload of quick bucks - or the double, if possible - off a limited edition product like this, but when I found it on eBay being sold by a UK seller offering international shipping in addition to a reasonable price (retail actually!), I really didn't see the harm in buying it off eBay. This was in the middle of September.
When I went to the US in 2002 I visited New York City and it made a great impression on me. Still now, eight years later, I exclaim: "I've been there!" every single time I see Times Square on TV. I don't have the first Book of Shadows, but I did manage to get my paws on the second and the Alice in Wonderland one. The third Book of Shadows had to be mine, and I'm happy to announce that this palette has several colors - nine as a matter of fact, I say nine because two of them are Sephora exclusives - which are 100% new. Fantastic! These nine new colors are called: "Bordello", "Kush", "Loaded", "Money", "Radium", "Rockstar", "Suspect", "Haight" and "Psychedelic Sister" whereas the last two have been released in the US only.
Of course, as I've talked about before you're bound to get a few duplicates if you already own some of the previous palettes from Urban Decay. It's the same thing with those travel sized 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils, they come with every palette and you'll eventually end up with quite a few. This third Book of Shadows is no exemption as you'll get two eye pencils in "Zero" (black) and "Ransom" (purple) - and a little Primer Potion of the original kind. On the other hand, no matter how you choose to look at it you'll still have seven brand new eyeshadows and a awesome palette which lights up - yes, it actually lights up when you open it - and have detailed little cut-outs from the city of New York.
So, seven brand new eyeshadows from Urban Decay? Yes please! 
Photo © Urban Decay
Urban Decay Naked Palette
I sometimes happen to make a statement and then later change my mind, like when I said I wouldn't be buying anymore palettes from Urban Decay until they started coming out with some new colors. In a way I haven't really changed my mind, for both my newest additions from Urban Decay actually contain a few new colors - but is five out of seven really enough to justify the purchase? Anyway, "Naked" is something different than the usual palettes from Urban Decay. It's an amazing palette of 12 neutral eyeshadows in a sleek, velvety case - and one of the more extraordinary facts about "Naked" is that it actually contains mattes!
I love the colors, and I hate the packaging. Who on Earth came up with the idea of covering an eyeshadow palette with velvet? It contains seven permanent shades which most of us are quite familiar with from before, and five completely new shades: "Buck" (matte nutmeg), "Creep" (onyx with gold sparkle), "Darkhorse" (bronze patina), "Hustle" (plum brown satin), "Virgin" (satin chamois). I'll be the first to say how happy I am that they've left out those usual glittery devils this time.
You also get the same 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil as always, but this time it's double ended so you have the brown "Whiskey" on the opposite end. I originally thought that "Whiskey" was the same color as "Bourbon" - I mean, it makes sense - but I can see from their website that "Whiskey" is indeed a new color. And also included is the little travel sized Primer Potion. We're all familiar with that one now. Some people are also claiming that this palette contains full size eyeshadows, but that's not entirely true. Urban Decay's palettes usually range between 0.8g and 0.9g (the "Sustainable Shadow Box" is 0.56g while the "Deluxe Shadow Box" is the same as "Naked" with 1.2g per shade) and "Naked" is absolutely something else with its 1.2g per eyeshadow. A full size eyeshadow from Urban Decay is 1.5g, so as you can see it's pretty close!
"Naked" is a permanent item, and costs $44 plus shipping from Urban Decay.
Photo © Alex Gambardella
Summer Hauling
So guess who's been out hauling again? Yep, that's right. That would indeed be me. Or I haven't really been out, I've just used my precious Internet access to the rest of the (fabulous) world (of shopping). Lunacy? Maybe, but oh.. so fun! My collective haul has been sitting at MyUS, just waiting for my Converse Dr. Seuss All Stars to arrive so everything could be shipped combined, and today the glorious red and yellow box arrived!
Going Bananas, Lime, Sassy Grass, Zingy, Atlantic Blue, Crazy Cool, Shock-a-holic, Louder Please
Urban Decay Vegan Palette
Some time ago I did a quick look through my Urban Decay palettes to see which shadows I actually owned, and which ones I'd like to add to my collection. I got some disturbing results which made me so disappointed in Urban Decay that I didn't even post it back then. I even decided not to buy any more palettes from them until something changed, so I skipped their "Summer of Love" palette even though I absolutely loved the adorable hippie theme.
This fall Urban Decay launched another limited edition eye shadow palette, and for the first time it's exclusively vegan. Rejoice! It's simply called "Vegan", and the artwork is immensely cute. I'll happily admit to the fact that I need this mostly because of its packaging. I mean, there's a little Chihuahua on the lid - and how am I supposed to resist that?
The palette contains: "Minx" (blue-green shift w/ glitter), "Urb" (metallic celadon w/ lots of silver/gold microglitter), "Gunmetal" (gunmetal gray w/ silver glitter), "Twice Baked" (brownie brown w/ gold glitter), "Smog" (deep coppery bronze) and "Half-Baked" (subtle lustrous bronze). You also get the regular travel-sized 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in "Zero" and a tiny bottle of Primer Potion in "Sin". The three first colors are all new and luckily enough to justify the purchase to me. 
I did notice that Urban Decay have raised their prices slightly, so the price is now $34 for six colors, a mini eyeliner pencil and primer potion - which would be about 204,- NOK with today's exchange rate. Not too bad for a cute little palette with good quality eye shadows! Once again I'm sorry to inform you that Urban Decay doesn't ship out of the US, but hopefully the adorable "Vegan" palette will be available from one of the international webshops soon.
"We don't do animal testing.. How could anyone?"
Photos © Musings of a Muse
Multiple palettes from Urban Decay?
If you are anything like me, you feel kind of spellbound every time Urban Decay launches a new palette. I'm usually taken by their gorgeous packaging, but ever since I first tried Get Baked Shadow Palette I became a complete sucker for UD palettes, and they kept accumulating. I was actually just about to order their newest addition to the UD family, Summer of Love Shadow Palette, until I suddenly realized that the names of the shades sounded familiar. I decided to cross-check with my other palettes, and guess what I discovered? I already owned all four shades.
As of now I own six palettes from Urban Decay: Book of Shadows Vol. II, Ammo Shadow Box, Get Baked Eyeshadow Palette, "Alice in Wonderland" Book of Shadows, Preen Shadow Box and Deluxe Shadow Box, and I've listed the names of all the shades within these six palettes below. First is the name of the shade (I've listed the actual names of the ones in the "Alice in Wonderland" box), then how many duplicates I have, and lastly the name of the palette where you can find the shade.
- Perversion (BoS II)
- Gunmetal (BoS II)
- Ecstasy (BoS II)
- AC/DC (BoS II)
- Nylon (BoS II)
- Sellout (BoS II)
- Mushroom x2 (BoS II, Alice in Wonderland)
- Sphynx (BoS II)
- Half Baked x2 (BoS II, Get Baked)
- Twice Baked x3 (BoS II, Alice in Wonderland, Get Baked)
- Midnight Cowboy Rides Again x2 (BoS II, Alice in Wonderland)
- YDK (BoS II)
- Jinx (BoS II)
- Flipside x2 (BoS II, Get Baked)
- Homegrown x2 (BoS II, Alice in Wonderland)
- Misdemeanor (BoS II)
- Flash x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Preen)
- Painkiller x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Preen)
- Baked x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Get Baked)
- Last Call x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Ammo)
- Chopper x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Ammo)
- Polyester Bride x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Ammo)
- Maui Wowie x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Ammo)
- Grifter x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Ammo)
- X (Alice in Wonderland)
- S&M (Alice in Wonderland)
- Sin x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Ammo)
- Oil Slick x2 (Alice in Wonderland, Ammo)
- Smog x2 (Ammo, Preen)
- Mildew x2 (Ammo, Preen)
- Shattered (Ammo)
- Snatch (Preen)
- Toasted (Preen)
That's a total of 33 different shades whereas 18 of these have duplicates in one or several of the other palettes I own. Rather depressing, don't you think? I don't know about you, but I seriously hope Urban Decay stops pushing out palettes without adding at least a couple of new shades in each new addition. I guess this means I won't buy anymore palettes from UD until something changes then.
Disappointed? Hell yes.
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