Swatchfest: Urban Decay Ocho Loco 2 Set

Urban Decay came out with the Ocho Loco 2 set as a part of their 2013 Holiday Collection. Along with the Vice 2 palette, I definitely wanted to grab myself one of these sets before they sold out!





The Ocho Loco 2 set contains eight full size (1.2g of product each) 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils (five of which are new and exclusive!) as well as a Double Barrel Grindhouse Sharpener and retails for $59.00. The pencils and sharpener come in a pretty sweet looking cardboard tray with a color gradient to match the eye pencils. Urban Decay really knows how to do packaging well.

Left to Right: Roach (deep copper brown shimmer), Twice Baked* (rich brown satin w/gold micro-sparkle), Crave* (deepest, darkest brown-black matte), Perversion (blackest black matte), Deep End (bright metallic peacock shimmer), Mars* (bright metallic green shimmer), Ultraviolet* (bright blue-violet shimmer), Tornado* (dark eggplant pearl)
-Color descriptions taken from the Urban Decay website-
*new and exclusive shade

Double Barrel Grindhouse Sharpener

Double Barrel Grindhouse Sharpener - Open

Left to Right: Twice Baked, Roach

Left to Right: Crave, Perversion

Left to Right: Mars, Deep End

Left to Right: Ultraviolet, Tornado

As always, all of the pictures were taken in natural lighting and the shadows were swatched on bare skin (no base or primer).

If you've ever tried Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils, you know how pigmented and smooth they are and the pencils in this set are no different. They glide on so easily and took some work getting off, which is awesome for an eyeliner. There are no duds in this set!

The Ocho Loco 2 set is an amazing value. One of the full size 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils retails for $19.00 and you get eight plus a Grindhouse sharpener (normally $10) for $103.00 off of what you would pay if everything was bought individually. The Ocho Loco 2 set can be found at Urban Decay and Sephora.

Do you have this set? What do you think of it?



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Swatchfest: Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette

Urban Decay launched their holiday 2013 collection in September and so far I've only bought the Vice 2 palette. Their whole holiday collection looks awesome, but I knew that this palette was the first thing I needed to buy and I'm so glad that I did.













The packaging has a gorgeous purple "abstract orchid" pattern with "UD" in 3D gunmetal faux crystal on the top and I adore it. The packaging seems to be made of a lightweight plastic that feels pretty stable. The button in the front with the brand name on it is used to open the palette. Once pressed, it's pretty much self-opening and it's awesome. The color names are also clearly labelled below each shadow, which as you know is a huge "must" for me. The Vice 2 palette probably has the best packaging out of all of the palettes I own (and I own quite a few). The quality and look of it is just fantastic.



The Vice 2 palette has 20 all new eyeshadows at 0.8g each and retails at $59.00. It also includes a generous mirror as well as a double ended brush (for applying and blending colors). There's a pretty good mix of shimmer, glitter, satin, and matte shades, as well as some having a duo-chrome effect.

Top Row: Smokeout (dark taupey-black satin), Lovesick (black matte with iridescent micro-glitter), Shellschock (bright metallic silver), Coax (medium metallic pink with golden iridescent micro-sparkle), X-Rated (baby pink satin)
Second Row: Prank (deep navy matte with turquoise floating pearl), Madness (bright metallic blue shimmer with blue micro-glitter), Strike (antique gold shimmer with silver micro-glitter), Stash (deep olive green shimmer with iridescent micro-sparkle), Poison (charcoal satin with iridescent micro-sparkle)
Third Row: Radar (metallic brown shimmer with iridescent micro-glitter), Damaged (bright metallic emerald shimmer), Voodoo (metallic purple shimmer with iridescent purple micro-glitter), Betrayal (bright purple satin with blue shift), Derailed (medium metallic taupey-brown shimmer)
Bottom Row: Dope (warm champagne satin), Toxic (metallic copper-pink shimmer with tonal micro-glitter), Habit (light nude matte), Ambush (metallic brown satin), Rewind (medium brown matte)
*Color descriptions taken from the Urban Decay website*































As always, all of the pictures were taken in natural lighting and the shadows were swatched on bare skin (no base or primer) with a finger. The only eye shadow that I was disappointed with is Lovesick. All of the other shadows, I think, are amazing and the Vice 2 palette is seriously worth the price.

If you're interested in picking one up, I would do so as soon as possible because since the palette is part of the holiday collection, it is a limited edition product.

What are your thoughts on the palette? Have you bought it yet? Do you plan on getting it?



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