Urban Decay Clearance Mini-Haul

I wanted to show you some things I got from Urban Decays clearance section on their website. Both products purchased were marked down beyond NOT indulging! So I did just that...with shipping included I only paid about $22 for both and it came with a cool free sample. So enjoy the pics to come...

What I purchased was the 24/7 Glide-On Pencil Duo (in Whiskey and Flipside) + The Grindhouse Sharpener and Matte eyeshadow in Chronic. The free sample I got was the Afterglow Glide-On Cheek Tint in Quickie smart card.

 

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 The Duo pencils in Whiskey & Flipside. Whiskey is a rich, chocolate brown, and Flipside is a bright, aquamarine blue thats kind of shimmery. These pencils work great for lining your lid to add color, as a base to add color and dimension to eyeshadow, and they even work great on your waterline. 

Originally this set was $29, I got it for $12. What a great deal since the sharpener sold separately is $10. Steal!

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The Matte Eyeshadow in Chronic is a lime green matte eyeshadow. In the pan, it looks like it has some light blueish green shimmer, but once applied I couldn't see it. Its very plush in texture, and very VERY pigmented. This swatch was on dry skin, no primer.  This was originally $17, I got it for $3!!! WHOA, I know...

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My free sample was of this cream blush. Its kind of funny I got it becuase for a few weeks I was pondering the thought of a cream blush, and I had never tried one before. After opening and trying it, I was hooked. At first, I was kind of shocked to see the color and thought "Wow, what am I going to do with this HOT PINK blush?!" But once I tried it, its a lot more sheer. With just a dab, I applied it over my foundation the last few days, and I'm in love. I want to buy this product full size, but in a peach tone. Its super easy to blend and buildable. Definitely some good marketing UD, you got me!

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EPOCH PHAIL!!!

Something happened to me a few weeks ago that I hope never happens to anyone else, frankly, because its super not cool. On this sad day, I was startled by something, and I dropped my 

Ben Nye "Ice" pigment. R.I.P. lost product.

It landed upside down on my sugarpill palette...

(which allowed me a way to salvage as much as possible)

 

FML!!!

T_T

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

OKAY MUA's, I know a lot,  A LOT, of us have tried and loved Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion. For most of us, its an instant hit! I know that first time I tried it, I wondered how I ever managed without it! From loving the awesome names UD uses for their products to the cutesy packing, they have been one of my favorite companies thus far. With all this said, when it comes down to the UDEPP, I have not only been let down once, but TWICE by packaging. I bought the original $18 genie bottle-esque p.p., came home and used it right away. Upon my first use, the top where the wand goes in and out snapped clean off, I was UPSET to say the least. Mostly becuase I really had no way to take it back since it had been purchased at an Ulta store 80+ miles from my house. After cooling my jets a tad bit, and coming to a realization that it was not the end of the world. I came up with a little solution to the problem, just pot the remaining product. I took an empty container that once held a sample of my FAVORITE MAC pigment of all time (helium).  After washing my hands and everything I was using, I emptied the bottle as best as I could.

 After doing so, I had really seen how much really fit in that skinny bottle. I had also come to find out, its way easier to gauge how much I really needed to apply. I took the box it had come in, cut the words off and tapped them to the lid.

 

A few months later, I was at said Ulta again, and had seen a "Professional Size" that came in a squeeze bottle with a lid! I was ECSTATIC! I was sooooo happy to see that Urban Decay came out with a larger size, but also that this packaging might not fail me like with my first bottle. 

I bought the $30 professional size and took it home and added it to my collection of primers in my case and didn't actually try it for a few weeks. When I finally did get down to using it, I removed it from the box and took the lid off and proceeded to squeeze a tiny bit on to my finger. After I did I felt something on the inside of the hand that was squeezing to find out the bottom on the tube blew out, and it was coming out from TWO ENDS!

I could not believe I was having ANOTHER issue with packaging of this product. Just like the first time, I ended up potting another batch of UDEPP.

 

 Granted I STILL love the product, and still use it religiously, I have just become acustomed to the fact, that maybe this will happen again (hopefully not) but it won't be the end of the world and with the right know how, you can (Just like Tim Gunn says) MAKE IT WORK!