Urban Decay Fall Collection 2009: Urban Decay Ink for Eyes Review and Swatches

Ahh Urban Decay you sure do please this Fall with your incredible new collection! It's such a thrilling time for Fall Collections this year and I can't begin to tell you how exciting it is to see them all pop up and about. Urban Decay did a particularly incredible job this year with it's Fall Collection and I'm quite excited to see the release of many, many new items. I was slightly worried that many brands would make subtle little releases due to poor consumer spending so it's an utter relief to see so many great releases.

One such release is the Urban Decay Ink For Eyes that totally floored me with it's innovative packaging, likey!


Check out the review and swatches after the jump!

Urban Decay Ink For Eyes is housed in a slick slim line case decorated with a pretty peacock, no one can say this packaging isn't ace. Loving all over the packaging for a few reasons. I love that I can tuck these easily away for quickie touch ups as they are so small and slim it's easy to travel with them. I love that they include dual ended brushes for application. Line eyes with the flat brush and smudge with the smudger sponge. Love the mirror tucked inside each case too! It's just a really unique take on cream liner packaging and quite interesting, adorable really.














The liner inside each case was at first a disappointment because they had shipped in the heat and ended up quite soft and melty. I sat them in my fridge for about an hour and proceeded to fall in love soon after. The formula is creamy and richly pigmented. They smudge quite nicely too which is always a plus. I do find potted liners sometimes smudge crummy but these really smudge nicely which lends a mysterious look to eyes and will be ideal for smoky eyes. The liner doesn't smear during so one line application and you're done, of course build it up for a more dramatic look by all means. Formula is paraben free plus Urban Decay doesn't test animals which should appeal to our green makeup lovers.






The liner comes in six shades so far but knowing Urban Decay I imagine you'll see even more brilliant shades released in the not so distant future. You can go with potted liner anywhere really but if you're wanting to step it up with bolder shades, Urban Decay is your girl.

The shades released thus far are:

• Demolition-brown
• Binge-deep midnight blue (almost looks purple
• Empire-dark purple
• Loaded-forest green
• Pyrotechnics-iridescent glitter
• Zero-black

My fav shades are Zero, Demolition, and Loaded. Pyrotechnics is simply a clear base with a hint of shimmery glitter so you won't get big color payoff with this but I find that a dab in the inner corners of the eyes and a bit lined under the eyes brightens things up nicely. It's one of the only colors I didn't swatch successfully as it didn't show up too well in a photo but don't overlook it, it's actually a very nice little shade.

All in all if you're a fan of UD you're going to want to haul these or if you're scared of liquid liners and aren't too keen on pencils, cream is definitely the way to go for ease of application. The slick, fun packaging is an interesting take on boring old potted liners!

Likey!

Anyone hauling these?

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