Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette

When Urban Decay announced they were releasing the Vice 2 Palette, I was waiting with bated breath to see the shades. I am always impressed by all of the eyeshadows that Urban Decay comes out with, but 20 brand new and limited edition shades all in one palette that aren't all neutral? (There's a time and a place for the Naked palettes, but this ain't it.) And, of course, having been so impressed with the first Vice Palette, I knew I was going to get this regardless to add to my collection. So, when Sephora announced their VIB sale in November, this was the first thing I snatched up and put in my basket.


The Vice 2 Palette includes 20 brand new and exclusive shades of eyeshadow varying from light to dark and neutral to bright, and comes in several different textures including matte, satin, shimmer, and frost. Every shade contains Urban Decay's Pigment Infusion System, which is "the proprietary blend of ingredients that gives every shade its velvety texture, rich colour, serious staying power, and blendability." The Vice 2 Palette comes in a rubberized rectangular case featuring "a pretty-but-edgy, abstract orchid design that’s applied with a special process — so no two palettes are exactly alike" with Urban Decay's initials in a plastic "crystallized jewel" gothic emblem inlaid the centre, and has a dampened hinge so that the lid stands on its own when opened. Each palette comes with a large mirror encompassing the entire inside of the lid, and a double-ended Good Karma Shadow and Crease Brush. It includes a total of 16 grams of product (0.8 grams per eyeshadow), and retails for $68 CAD.

Top row (left to right): Smokeout, Lovesick, Shellshock, Coax, and X-Rated

Smokeout is a blackened sooty brown-taupe with a sheen in a satin finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more brown than Urban Decay Blackout, and warmer and more pigmented than MAC Carbon.

Lovesick is a blackened charcoal with silver micro-glitter in a matte finish. It has slightly drier, stiffer texture, and tends to go on powdery and somewhat faded with some fall-out. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is similar to Urban Decay Oil Slick, and more pigmented and more shimmery than MAC Black Tied.

Shellshock is a light-medium brightened silver in a metallic finish. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is cooler and more silver than Urban Decay Polyester Bride, and brighter and more metallic than MAC Electra.

Coax is a medium cool-toned cotton candy pink with soft gold micro-sparkle in a metallic finish. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and much pinker than Urban Decay Bordello, similar though slightly warmer than MAC Swish, brighter and cooler than MAC Da Bling.

X-Rated is a light-medium cool-toned baby pink in a satin finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is slightly darker and more matte than Urban Decay Heartless, darker and much cooler than Urban Decay SWF, darker and more pink than MAC Seedy Pearl.

Second row (left to right): Prank, Madness, Strike, Stash, and Poison

Prank is a dark navy blue with floating turquoise micro-glitter in a matte finish. It has slightly drier, stiffer texture, and tends to go on powdery and somewhat faded with some fall-out. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily, though the glitter gets somewhat lost in application. I can't think of any dupes for this shade.

Madness is a medium-dark vibrant cerulean blue in a metallic finish. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is less teal-toned than Urban Decay Haight, a little deeper than Urban Decay Radium, and more muted than MAC Freshwater.

Strike is a medium antiqued yellow gold in a metallic finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is brighter and more yellow than Urban Decay Blunt, cooler and less bronze than Urban Decay Half Baked, and more muted and less yellow than MAC Goldmine.

Stash is a medium-dark muted khaki-olive with gold and olive shimmer in a frosted finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer and more brown than Urban Decay Mildew, warmer and more golden than Urban Decay Snare, and warmer than MAC Greensmoke.

Poison is a dark warm charcoal grey with brown undertones and fine iridescent teal shimmer in a satin finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is much darker and cooler than Urban Decay Desperation, darker and warmer than Urban Decay Gunmetal and MAC Knight Divine, and more frosted than MAC Concrete.

Third row (left to right): Radar, Damaged, Voodoo, Betrayal, and Derailed

Radar is a medium-dark warm golden bronze with orange undertones in a metallic finish. It has a soft, silky, buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more orange-toned than Urban Decay Chase, warmer and more copper than Urban Decay Smog and MAC Bronze, and more golden than MAC Antiqued.

Damaged is a medium-dark cool-toned forest green with an olive-khaki base in a frosted finish. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more green than Urban Decay Loaded, cooler than Urban Decay Bender, and slightly darker and more vibrant than MAC Humid.

Voodoo is a medium-dark cool-toned purple in a frosted finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is cooler than Urban Decay ACDC, more muted than Urban Decay Gravity, and darker and cooler than MAC Nocturnelle.

Betrayal is a light-medium lavender with pink undertones and a blue-violet shimmer-sheen in a frosted finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more blue-toned than Urban Decay Asphyxia, darker and more purple than Urban Decay Grifter, and more muted and more pink-toned than MAC Beautiful Iris.

Derailed is a medium-dark warm taupe in a frosted finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer than Urban Decay Mushroom, more brown than Urban Decay Gunmetal, and more grey than MAC Satin Taupe.

Fourth row (left to right): Dope, Toxic, Habit, Ambush, and Rewind

Dope is a light warm pinked peach in a satin finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter than Urban Decay Sellout, lighter and more peach than Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy, more pinked than MAC Naked Lunch, and more shimmery than MAC Orb.

Toxic is a medium vibrant pinked copper with copper micro-glitter in a frosted finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more copper than Urban Decay Freelove and MAC Expensive Pink, and darker and more pink than MAC Mythology.

Habit is a light warm beige in a matte finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is less yellowed than Urban Decay ABC Gum, darker and more matte than Urban Decay Virgin, less peach than MAC Orb, and less beige than MAC Brule. 

Ambush is a medium-dark warm copper bronze with red undertones in a metallic finish. It has a soft, silky, buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more reddened than Urban Decay Lost, and similar to MAC Antiqued.

Rewind is a medium-dark neutral brown in a matte finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter than Urban Decay Fawn, darker and less yellowed than Urban Decay Buck, less reddened than MAC Soft Brown, lighter and warmer than MAC Charcoal Brown.

Calling all eyeshadow fiends — get this palette while you still can (especially if you missed out on the first Vice Palette)! With the exception of Lovesick and Prank, which are a little drier and more sheer (and even then, Prank is such a gorgeous, unique shade that it's forgivable that its formula is less than perfect), every shade was smooth, silky, buttery, and pigmented. I've always been impressed with Urban Decay's eyeshadows in general, and this palette is no exception. I love that this palette includes such a variation of colours and textures; they cover light to dark, and neutral to bright, so you can create a plethora of different eye looks. This palette is phenomenal for those who already have a variety of eyeshadows and are looking for a more unique, colourful palette to add to their collection. And, as always, it's a great value. Since Urban Decay's eyeshadows are typically $22, it makes the product worth $15.49 per gram. So this palette that retails at $68 here is technically worth $247.84, and that's not including the brush (which is worth about $25). If you like more than three of these shades, it's already worth getting.