The formula itself is "loaded with nourishing ingredients. A yummy butter blend comforts, hydrates and enhances, leaving lips soft and conditioned, never dry. Aloe vera, jojoba, avocado and babassu oils nourish and soften lips. Illipe butter (derived from Malaysian illipe trees) provides long-lasting moisture. And Vitamin C and vitamin E provide a hit of antioxidants." They are housed "in a modernized, luxed-up version of [Urban Decay's] original lipstick case that looked like a shotgun shell... The faceted gunmetal case has a gold base and debossed lettering, and... features an embossed 'UD.'" Each lipstick comes with a shade-matched label that includes the shade name and finish that "makes it easy to find the right colour within the depths of your bag." They are scent-free with no discernible flavour. Each Vice Lipstick comes with a total of 3.4 grams of product, and retails for $21. It is available in stores and online at Sephora, as well as Urban Decay's website.
Backtalk is a medium cool muted mauve-pink in a Comfort Matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is cooler and more mauve than Urban Decay Rush, warmer and more brown than Urban Decay Violate, cooler than MAC Mehr, similar to Kat Von D Lovecraft, and lighter than NARS Anna.
Violate is a medium cool muted mauve-lilac with a soft sheen in a Cream finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is more purple than Urban Decay Backtalk, lighter and more muted than Urban Decay ZZ, more purple and shinier than Urban Decay Oblivion, darker and more purple than MAC Faux, and lighter and warmer than NARS Dominique.
Oblivion is a medium cool muted rosy taupe in a Mega Matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade, and is exclusive to Sephora. It has a slightly drier, firmer texture, but goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is more grey than Urban Decay Backtalk, lighter and more grey than MAC Whirl, lighter and more pink than MAC Stone, more grey than Kat Von D Lovecraft, and lighter and more brown than Bite Beauty Thistle.
Safe Word is a medium neutral mauve brown in a Comfort Matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade, and is exclusive to Sephora. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is warmer and more brown than Urban Decay Oblivion, cooler and more pink than Urban Decay Insanity, slightly warmer than MAC Viva Glam II, lighter than MAC Velvet Teddy, and cooler than NARS Barbara.
It's really ambitious for a single brand to launch over 100 lipsticks in one shot, but Urban Decay has done it and executed them incredibly well, too. UD's original Revolution Lipstick was one of my favourite formulas of all time, and the Vice formula has easily replaced it. Each shade here glides on ultra-smoothly with full colour pay-off, feels creamy and emollient without being too soft or slippery, and wears down evenly without the dreaded white ring around the inner lip. They are comfortable to wear, even the mattes, and have a great wear-time as well, with the creamier finishes wearing about three to five hours and the more matte finishes wearing about six to eight. The packaging definitely looks more luxe and more mature with the gold and gunmetal colour scheme rather than the old purple packaging of the Revolutions, but it feels lighter and flimsier and thus cheaper as a result. That having been said, the Vice Lipsticks retail for $21, which is $5 less than the Revolutions were, and come with more product, too (3.4 g vs. 2.8 g), so you are getting way more bang for your buck. In terms of shade range, variety of finishes, and price point, there was no brand that could previously compete with MAC, but the launch of the Vice Lipsticks has given them some stiff competition.
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