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

...I always used to be the girl that would buy the cheapest make-up I could find. I don't tend to wear much make-up, but I've always loved eye shadows. I kept buying my cheap eye shadows, which would look great when I'd just applied them, but by the end of a night out it would all disappear and you could barely tell I'd put any on in the first place! One day, I was reading an interview with Davey Havok, the singer of AFI (my favourite band), and a question asked about how he got his make-up to last while getting all sweaty on stage. I knew he wore Urban Decay make-up, so thought that if it lasted sweaty rock stars, it should last me for a while! Urban Decay is a company which makes cosmetics in alternative colours, and does not test on animals (some products are vegan too). Their product philosophy is that as well as choosing... 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: does not crease
Disadvantages: comes without an applicator

...Urban decay have a wide range of colors in this range of eye shadow, almost 50! They are sold individually and cost around £11 pounds each. I have found these eye shadows in boots stores and many online shops. The range includes some great colors (most of which have glitter in them) with wierd and wonderful names such as "acid rain" (a greeny yellow), "stalker" (an intense lilac with glitter) and "shotgun" (a brownish pink). The shadow can be used dry for a soft look or wet for more dramatic eyes. They come in a round silver tin with a clear circle on the lid which allows you to see the color of the shadow inside. The particular shadow I am looking at is "Oil Slick". This is a black color with silver glitter. The first thing I noticed was that the shadow comes without an applicator. This is a bit of a hastle if you intend... 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: 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: Great selection of colours, funky pacakging, long lasting and soft
Disadvantages: You might end up only using certain colours

...Although I have not owned my Ammo box for very long, I would like to review it because of its range of colours/value for money. First things first. This box retails in the UK (from the 'net, larger Boots and most Debenhams) for approx £20. I bought mine brand new off ebay for £15, but the included applicator was missing. No worries. It comes in a plastic sleeve with a card showing colours and information such as ingredients and the big Urban Decay winner for me..NO ANIMAL TESTING (then again, I won't even look at a brand till I know that they don't test on animals) The compact is just that, but I was dismayed because it was much smaller than what I was expecting (it measures roughly 12 x 9cm) but I guess this makes it handy to shove in a make-up bag and especially good if you are travelling. The box is super funky. Smooth... 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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