Advantages: Long lasting, intense colours, beautiful packaging, everything!
Disadvantages: Expensive

..., and leave with a rainbow coloured hand after I have smeared the free samples all over it! The other good thing about Urban Decay eye shadows is that there are other products you can get to make them even better! There is a primer potion, which you use as a base for the eye shadow to make it last even longer, a potion you can use to turn your favourite colour into a liquid liner or liquid shadow, and liquid and glitter liners to match too. I am a complete convert to Urban Decay - I know their products are expensive, but they have always served me well. The new shadow box is one of my most anticipated Christmas presents every year. If you are into cheap eye shadow, like I was, give a shadow box a go, I can almost guarantee you will never go back (and I promise I'm not a salesman, just enthusiastic!).... Read review

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Advantages: Rich in pigments making the colour look great
Disadvantages: its quiet expensive

...I bought the Urban Decay eye shadow from Debenhams for £11.50 for 1.5g. It took me ages to decide whether to buy the product or not as it seemed expensive for just one eyeshadow, My friend nattered me to death to buy it as its a lovley electric teal colour and would go perfectly with one of my dresses for new years. Its one of Urban Decays best selling items, and I can see why. Your probley woundering why you should spend so much money on just ONE eye shadow, well this kind of eyeshadow is pigment-rich, Urban Decay load their eyeshadows with so much colour and very few binders (there the things that hold the shadow together) So the eyeshadow looks amazing on the eyes. Its defaintly one of my favourite eyeshadows, before buying this product I was sick to death of buying eyeshadows that didnt stand out, even the colours you... Read review

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Advantages: enhances colour, prevents creasing!
Disadvantages: price, for the sake of putting a disadvantage

...The Urban Decay Eye Primer Potion truly is one of my make up staple products, it does exactly what it says in the product description and enhances eye makeup to the full! The potion retails at approx £9.50, i bought mine from boots.com therefore receiving 4 points per pound using my advantage card, so i received 40 points. It is available from an abundant amount of online retailers as well as from urban decay boutiques located within stores such as fenwicks and the larger boots stores. The packaging is very quaint with the bottle being shaped as a potion, almost in a genie type genre. The bottle remains small enough to be carried in a handbag, although i find the primer never needs to be applied more than once so you probably wont need to carry it all the time. The applicator is similar to that of a lipgloss applicator, it isnt... Read review

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Advantages: Gorgeous metallic sheen, doesn't crease, lasts well, stunning colours
Disadvantages: PRICE is way too high!

...I was so excited when I received my latest e-Bay bargain through the post. Urban Decay’s Liquid Metal Eyes, an ‘extra-metallic eye color’ it promised. When I first heard of this on Ciao (thanks WeepingWillow!) it seemed to be just what I had been looking for, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. * * * The Packaging It arrived in a smart matte silver cardboard box with trendy graffiti-like urban Decay branding just below the top. The ingredients were listed on the back, starting with ‘femininity, danger, fun’, which appealed instantly! Inside the box, the tube containing the product took up about half the width of the outer packaging. I was presented with a silver plastic tube about 11.5cm long, as pictured above. The lid was matte silver with shiny silver writing and a silver band around the centre of the tube... Read review

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Advantages: Easy application, long lasting, quick removal
Disadvantages: All my friends want to borrow it!

...Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Pencil Eyeliner I first tried Urban Decay last year ( I can't believe it took me so long) and was generally impressed with the quality of the products and the range of colours available. I had been hooked on Boots Botanics eyeliner for years when suddenly, they stopped making it! I jumped from brand to brand, trying about 5 or 6 different eyeliners until I found this gem from Urban Decay. The eyeliner comes in 12 different colours, but I opted for Zero, which is basically black. It cost £9 from Boots, and you can also buy online. The first time I bought this product, I lost it on a night out and I was genuinely upset, over an eyeliner! I went right out and bought another. The application of the liner is generally foolproof. After you apply it to the eyes, it stays 'moveable' for 30 seconds, meaning... Read review

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Advantages: Pay for what you get!
Disadvantages: Bit expensive

...Never do I really buy expensive make-up. I was at my sister's house and she ranted and raved about her new eye shadow set she bought. I wasn't quite interested until she brought me upstairs and put some smokey, dusty, brown colour on my eyelids. It did not look how other eye shadows looked on me, it really made my eyes stand out a lot more which made me quite happy as I have small eyes and always dreamt of having that extra something to make them stand out. As I was so excited about this, I wanted to go out and buy it and asked about the price, at first I was shocked at how expensive it was however this is the first eye shadow make-up that has made my eyes look really nice so I thought I would spend the cash. This Urban Decay set has 9 different colours to chose from and they all look so nice depending on what look you are going... Read review

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Advantages: intense colour, long wear time, edgy packaging, silky texture
Disadvantages: maybe the price

...I'd been a make-up junkie for years and still no hint of the cosmetics brand Urban Decay had ever entered my cosmetics collection. I was due for my fix so last Summer whilst in America I bought two eye shadows "Half Baked" and "Eldorado". The Colour Half Baked - A brilliant, bright gold it looks like powdered gold leaf. When applied it is striking - making my blue eyes gleam like sapphires imbedded in a sea of gold. This colour is so versatile that it would look amazing against all skin tones. It is my favourite eye-shadow to date. Eldorado - A more tarnished yellowy deep gold than its Half Baked counterpart perhaps more complimentary to olive skin tones Urban Decay is a highly experimental make up brand offering up colours that no other brand would dare. There are of course shadows which are far mellower yet still long... Read review

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Advantages: Lasts a long time
Disadvantages: Very pricy

...Urban Decay - Heavy Metal Glittery Eyeliner (Glam Rock) **WHAT IT DOES** This is an eyeliner, which is glittery. It has a small brush so you can line your eyes with glitter with precision. **PACKAGING** It comes in a very sturdy small tube, which is waterproof. This tube can fit into your handbag very easily and is not much bigger than a lipstick. It could withstand being dropped and knocked around a bit without breaking. You can see the silver glitter instantly once you look at it and this is what attracted me to it in the first place, as the plastic is clear and see-through. On the front if you look closely there is the Urban Decay logo with a picture of a guitar all in grey, it is hard to notice with all the glitter in the background. There is a grey screw off lid, which is also a small brush to apply the eyeliner. It has... Read review

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Advantages: Animal friendly, excellent quality, loads to choose from
Disadvantages: Not widely available in the UK

...a dramatic and high impact metallic wash. Colours vary from Uzi (a shiny silver, loaded with silver micro-glitter) through to Oil Slick (a dramatic black, loaded with rainbow-coloured micro-glitter), and unlike cheaper brands the glitter doesn't go everywhere or look "tacky" if you know what I mean! I own these 2 colours and they complement each other really well. There are colours to suit everyone, and better yet, are suitable even if you have sensitive eyes. I think that the names are great too, as this brand is totally unlike any other in that they stray away from your typical shades of pastels and "pukey" pinks, with names describing the many shades available such as Stalker, Envy (a gorgeous metallic peacock-green-blue) and Gash (a deep, metallic red). The one and only downside to Urban Decay is that the products are a bit more... Read review

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Advantages: The most fantastic range of colours something for everyone
Disadvantages: Does have a tendency to crease and wear off easily

...When I go out I like my eyes to get all the attention, being my best feature they look their best when played up with a really brightly coloured eyeshadow. I usually go for cheaper make up to be honest but have been hankering after some of the Urban Decay Eyeshadow for quite a while after I was admiring a friends eyeshadow and she told me it was Urban Decay and also after I spotted what gorgeous colours they do in their range. At approximately £10.50 for a 1.5g tablet though I had felt they were quite expensive and couldn't really justify spending that amount of cash on them. However at Christmas I got a large amount of Boots vouchers as a present and decided I would splash out on a couple of these eyeshadows - I opted for Kiddie Pool an Ocean Blue colour with iridescent glitter and YDK a mocha colour with gold glitter. It took me... Read review

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