Urban Decay Clinic 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencil

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Yes, Urban Decay Clinic 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencil  is an intense emerald green. It has a sparkly metallic finish that might be a bit too much on days you're not trying to bring out your inner leprechaun, but I saw it a few months ago at Ulta when Urban Decay first released the 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencils and Clinic was too pretty to resist. Have I mentioned it's green?

The 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencils have the smoothest and softest texture imaginable from a shadow in pencil form. It glides on effortlessly and gives you a short window of opportunity (less than a minute) to blend it before setting and becoming indestructible. The color doesn't smudge, budge or crease and you can trust it to stay there from early morning until bedtime. I find that it cooperates nicely with powder eye shadows so I can actually use this Urban Decay color as an accent color in an otherwise neutral, well-blended normal people's look.

I really enjoy this pencil and would probably consider adding other colors to my collection, but allow me a fuddy-duddy moment to complain about Urban Decay's habit of using drug-related terms to name colors. It's not cool, not funny and doesn't make me feel warm fuzzies towards the company or it's product, as fabulous as they might be.
/end old nerd rant.

Bottom Line: Kiss me, I'm Irish

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencils ($20) are available from Ulta and Sephora, in-store and online.

All photos are mine.

Urban Decay Retrograde Stardust Eyeshadow

This was obviously a gift-with-purchase. There's no chance I'd buy a glitter purple eye shadow while being of sound and disposing mind. I may be color-curious, but I also like to look pretty. And sane.

Obviously, this shade of medium-deep purple we see in Retrograde is not flattering to my face. It makes me look sickly and zombified. It also brings out the worst color undertones, blood vessels and dark shades under my eyes. Too bad, really, because as far as glitter eye shadows go, Stardust has a lot of potential. The texture is softer than I expected, application can be sheer or more pigmented when used over a cream base (if you're looking for rock star drama, a damp sponge applicator is the best tool). There's minimal fallout and the glitter is not very chunky. It's still not an everyday product and probably a lot more suited for clubbing-oriented crowd, but Urban Decay is on to something here.

Bottom Line: Would make a nice gift for a young loved one.

Urban Decay Stardust Eyeshadow ($20) is available from Sephora.

All photos are mine.