Skip to main content

Brand Focus: Urban Decay

Hi Everyone!
I have been loving watching videos on Youtube about a different brands. My favorite Youtuber who does brand focus's is Essiebutton. Her first brand focus on Bourjois and I fell in love with the idea. So thank you Estee! SO my first brand focus is on Urban Decay !

Urban Decay is one of my all time favorite brands. Urban Decay is an American company that was founded in 1996 by Sandy Lerner, who is also the co founder of Cisco Systems.

Urban Decay became popular in 17 years ago when red and pink became popular in the beauty industry. They also added in nail polish and then in January of 1999, they launched Urban Decay.

When they first launched the company, they had only 10 lipsticks and 12 nail polishes. When they first came out with their first palette, they based it off of the urban landscape of California.

Urban Decay does not test on animals and also all of their products are vegan.

That's the gist on how Urban Decay started. Now I will tell you about the products I have:
 I have three of the Naked palettes. Naked, Naked 2, and Naked Basics. The Naked Collection is one of the most popular collections that Urban Decay has. I use all of my Naked palettes all the time. You can make any make up look you want. 
This is the Naked Basics and there are five matte shades and one satin shade. I use this palette a lot when I have to go to work. 


This is the first Naked palette and I love this palette. These eye shadows have warm tone eye shadows. Honestly these eye shadows can work with anyone with any skin tones and any eye color. 


This is the Naked 2 palette. This has more cool tone eye shadows in it. I use this palette more when I am going out or when I need a more dramatic look. I used this palette on New Years Eve on my cousin, Crystal, and I. 
Crystal had more of a smokey I than I did, but both make up looks looked amazing. 


Now these two palettes are amazing because they have extremely fun colors. 

The first palette I ever got from Urban Decay was the limited edition palette that was designed by Kime Buzzelli. He did the amazing artwork. 

 I used to love wearing the purple (Flash) and the turquoise color (Painkiller) because I was really into bright colors. Now, not so much. But I like using the bright colors as eye liners. 

The next palette I got was the Deluxe Shadow Box 

 I love how this palette is more versatile because it has both colorful eye shadows as well as bronze shadows.  


Now these three items are not essentials in my opinion. But I really wanted to try the Urban Decay All Nighter Spray. The thing is, this product really does work. But I think I might be allergic to it. The reason why is because every time I wear it, I get hives all over my face. So look at the ingredients just in case. 

The next product is Marshmallow Body Powder. Now this smells and tastes like marshmellows. Now I did say taste. This has a very nice shimmer to it and I think this is great for anyone who has prom or junior prom or weddings because it let's your skin has some shimmer. I like that you don't look like a disco ball. 

The last two items I have are brushes. These came with both Naked palettes. To be honest, I don't really like these brushes. One of the brushes is a flat ended brush. The double ended brush has a flat ended brush and then a fluffy brush. I love the fluffy brush. It is so easy to clean and blends nicely. The flat ended brush, I don't like so much. The reason why is because they are hard to clean and they do not pack on eye shadow so well.  Out of all the items I have, I do not recommend these eye shadow brushes unless they came with your Naked palettes. 

Those are all the products I have! I absolutely love Urban Decay! I hope you liked this brand focus. Please let me know any other brands you would like me to review. I really hope you have a great day/night!

Carpe Diem,
Sophia





Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Battle of the BB Creams!

Hello everyone! Now as you all can tell, I love the Battle of the series. The reason why is because I can review a bunch of products for you all in one blog post. Since it is summer and not many of you want to wear a ton of make up, I thought I would tell you my favorite BB creams. I also want to let you know that there might not be many blog posts in the month of July. The reason is because I am in college at the moment and I am super busy. I will try to put up as many as I can but I just want to let you all know! :) I hoped you all had a wonderful June! What is a BB cream?    Now BB stands for blemish balm. A BB cream is supposed to have a moisturizer, primer, concealer, skin treatment and foundation all in one. BB creams have been all the rage for a while now but not many people talk about them anymore.   NOW LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE! Round 1: This is the  L'oreal Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream . This BB cream was one of the first BB creams that ...

Shaving Essentials 101

Hi Everyone!  I hope you are all doing well! I have an exciting blog post to share with you all! For years, I have been trying to find the perfect shaving routine. Honestly, shaving your legs is extremely hard. You have to make sure you don't cut yourself, to miss a spot, let's just say it's a lot of work to shave your legs.  So for years I have been testing out different products and honestly I have found the perfect shaving essentials that will keep your legs nice and smooth but also minimize quick growth. Sometimes, there are times where I use a shaving cream or a razor and the next day I feel the hair is thicker and just not very appealing. So I am excited to share my shaving secrets with you all today!  The most important part of shaving is your razor. A razor is extremely important because honestly, if you have a bad razor, than you will have a bad shave and that is not so cute. I have tried many razors but the razor that I find is the best is the...

June Ipsy Bag 2015!

Hey everyone! I really need a better way to say hi to you all. If you have any suggestions, let me know! Today I am doing my June Ipsy bag! I am super pumped because whenever I get my Ipsy bags/ pouches I get to try different brands that I might not have ever heard about. I never look at a preview of what I am going to get because I always want it to be a surprise. So let's get started. Not going to lie, when I first got my Ipsy bag, I was a little disappointed. The reason why is because on the Ipsy Instagram page, they had so many products that I wanted to try like the Formula X nail polish and  the It Cosmetics brow pencil. But when I first looked at the products that I received, I was disappointed. The bag/pouch: This pouch is super simple but I really like it. This is the perfect pouch to keep all your make up in and throw it in your purse. I like how it is flimsy feeling but durable. Some of the Ipsy pouches are very sturdy and structured and I am not really a...