Urban Decay: Dangerous Palette Review & Swatches
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Hey everyone! Today I wanted to share with you my favorite of the three Urban Decay limited edition palettes. I already reviewed the Fun Palette and Feminine Palette, which have the same zip-around compact format, but the Dangerous Palette is the one that I think hits it out of the park.
This palette comes in a black vinyl case with a simple print on the front displaying the iconic Urban Decay dagger. It also has a black zipper as well, which adds to the overall gothic look. By first glance, this is the least interesting of the three palettes and it also holds dust and finger prints.
Check out the swatches below:
Eyeshadows Top: Gravity / Loaded / Evidence
Lip Junkie Lipgloss: Naked
Eyeshadows Bottom: Deeper / Mushroom / Ace
Each shadow is 0.03 oz (compared to UD's full-sized shadows at 0.05 oz) while the adorable mini gloss is 0.11 oz (compared to full-sized Lip Junkie at 0.34 oz).
Loaded: deep, blackened forest green
Evidence: satiny navy
Deeper: creamy, medium metallic bronze
Mushroom: metallic silvery taupe
Ace: deep bluish charcoal
Gravity (purple) isn't the smoothest because of the micro-shimmers and Evidence (navy) needs to be built up to look spectacularly glowing, but wowee is this ever an awesome smokey palette! As you may remember, Loaded was in my "build your own palette" for Urban Decay (check that out plus my visit to Urban Decay HQ here) and if I had 7 spots I could fill, the 7th would have gone to Mushroom. Evidence, Deeper and Ace you may remember from the much-beloved 15th Anniversary Palette (my review) from last year.
There's no highlight shade included like the other sets, but this is definitely a palette that I would add to my travel makeup bag in a heartbeat!
Here is a swatch of the Lip Junkie lipglosses from the three palettes:
Midnight Cowboy (Fun Palette) / Wallflower (Feminine Palette) / Naked (Dangerous Palette)
Lip Junkies in general have an emollient, medium-sticky formula with a strong minty scent and cooling sensation. If interested you can purchase the full-sized Lip Junkie lipglosses here for $19.
If you are in the market for a compact smokey palette, this definitely comes with a high recommendation. I could see myself creating a variety of smokey eye looks just with this palette alone! The Dangerous Palette is available now for $36 at Sephora, Ulta, and beauty.com.
Hope you guys enjoyed this review! If you are interested, here is my review of the Fun Palette and Feminine Palette as well.
Readers, will you be picking up this palette? What do you think of Urban Decay eyeshadows? Let me know in the comments!
Disclaimer: This post contains product provided by the company's PR for consideration. For more information please see my review policy.
23 comments
Definitely the sexiest of the three.
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing all of these reviews, Jen!
Are you planning to do any tutorials with them?
I'm thinking about doing a colored smokey eye tutorial or something along those lines with this palette. We shall see! Let me know if you have a request. :)
Deletecan you do a tutorial using Deep End from the fun palette? I miss your non neutral tutorials like the ones with yellow, orange, blue, and green. I love how they're not your everyday colors but you make it so that they're very wearable!
Deletewow... it is just wow and amazing... waiting for your tut...
ReplyDeleteLove the palette, and thanx for the review!
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WOW! amazing palette <3
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wow, gorgeous colours!
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Those colors would make some beautiful smoky eyes! Evidence is my favorite color in this palette
ReplyDeleteIf I were going to splurge on a new palette, I would have definitely picked this one out of the three. I love the color combos from this palette the best! I love UD's eyeshadows! I love the texture and the vibrant color options they have. UD is one of my fave go to brands for eyeshadow but it is definitely not too friendly on my wallet so when I do get UD eyeshadows it's a treat. ^____^
ReplyDeleteUD is definitely medium-high on the pricey list, but I think this on top of the original Naked palette are a great set for a variety of everyday and smokey eye looks. I love getting "treats" and loving them until they hit pan! Feels rewarding somehow. :)
Deletethe colours are so pretty!
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very pretty colors! but I'm trying to stay away from palettes, since I never can use them up. I'd love to see you do a tutorial.
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Mushroom looks really pretty!
ReplyDeleteHello beautiful! I wasn't thinking about getting it, but thanks a lot! Haha :)
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very cool! I'd love to see a tutorial on these. I'm a huge cheapie, so if I splurge on a UD it's going to be one of the Nakeds instead.
ReplyDeleteI now have that Sir Mix-A-Lot song in my head when you mentioned "big buts" in your intro... LOL!
Thank you for the honest, detailed review!
ReplyDeleteLike some of the other commenters, I'm more into the Naked palettes, too :)
Really pigmented, looks very pretty!
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Awesome review!! Will definitely be on my Christmas wishlist this year :) speaking of, how about a holiday party smokey eye tutorial with some of the colors in this palette?
ReplyDeletei really like the vibrant metallic colors of the eyeshadow palette!
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This is my first time reading your blog and so far I'm loving it. I do think I've seen your YT videos before, though! This palette looks awesome and I can't wait to read more from you.
ReplyDeleteWow, those colors are Amazing! I love the entire color combo.
ReplyDeleteMushroom is such a playful name for an eyeshadow, but it looks very pretty :)
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