Thursday, May 31, 2012

Review and Swatches: Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil liners

So, for the longest time, I've been wanting to try some of Urban Decay's 24/7 eyeliner pencils. Checking out their site rather recently, I saw they had 2 travel sets on sale; The "Naked" set and "Electric" set.

These were actually part of the HauteLook order I had made, but it never arrived OTL
So after getting a refund, I repurchased it from the actual site for about $19 per set.
Each set comes with 5 travel-sized eyeliners, all of which fit the theme of the set's name.

NAKED 24/7 set
- Zero: soft black
- Demolition: matte deep brown
- Bourbon: milk chocolate brown with gold shimmer
- Underground: metallic taupe
- Stray Dog: deep grey-ish taupe

ELECTRIC 24/7 set
- Perversion: matte blackest black
- Ransom:bright iridescent purple
- Woodstock: hot pink with silver shimmer
- Radium: shimmery bright/electric blue
- Junkie: forest green with green and gold shimmer

Left- Naked: Zero, Demolition, Bourbon, Underground, Stray Dog
Right- Electric: Perversion, Ransom, Woodstock, Radium, Junkie
(natrual light)

Left- Naked: Zero, Demolition, Bourbon, Underground, Stray Dog
Right- Electric: Perversion, Ransom, Woodstock, Radium, Junkie
(with flash)

The pigmentation of these pencils are great, though Ransom and Woodstock are a bit uneven. In order to get a fully opaque line, you'd have to build them up a bit (Ransom more-so). Otherwise, they are very pretty.
As far as staying power goes, they certainly last. You'd have to rub the dried product pretty damn hard in order for it to even smudge.

Overall, I like these pencils. The Naked set was a bigger hit with me, simply because each of the colors had amazing pigmentation, as well as a nice variety for natural looks. The Electric set is certainly fun, but the Ransom and Woodstock colors were a tad bit disappointing as far as opacity goes. As long as they're buildable, though, I'm ok with them.

I'd like to pick up more of their 24/7 pencil liners, but the full sized ones are about $18 a pop. So I might wait until they come out with another set like these >A>;;

Have you guys tried any of the other colors? If so, what are your thoughts?

'Til next time~
Stay beautiful, both inside and out~ <3

x~PhantomRose~x


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