Aura is a light cool icy pink with an iridescent shimmer-sheen in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. 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 cooler and more iridescent than MAC Lightscapade, cooler than Anastasia Beverly Hills Crushed Pearl, lighter and cooler than TheBalm Cindy-Lou Manizer, lighter and cooler than Makeup Geek Starlight, and warmer and less shimmery than Laura Mercier Devotion.
Sin is a light warm golden beige with an iridescent shimmer-sheen in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. 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 golden than MAC Soft and Gentle, lighter than Anastasia Beverly Hills Bubbly, more shimmery than Becca Moonstone, lighter than TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer, darker and more golden than Anastasia Beverly Hills Starlight, brighter and more metallic than Hourglass Brilliant.
Fireball is a medium warm peachy-orange with an iridescent pink-to-copper shift in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It has more pink shift than Anastasia Beverly Hills Peach Nectar, darker than Anastasia Beverly Hills Hard Candy, darker and more pink than Anastasia Beverly Hills Mimosa, more muted and more shimmery than MAC Show Gold, more pink than Makeup Geek I'm Peachless Duochrome Eyeshadow, and lighter and more muted than Makeup Geek Mai Tai Duochrome Eyeshadow.
Again, I realize this post is really overdue because I bought these in March when they initially launched; I don't really have any good reason, but I think I bought so many highlighters that I didn't really get around to using these ones and then they just lay by the wayside while I tested the dozens of other ones I got. For whatever reason, these Urban Decay highlighters don't get as much fanfare as many other highlighters out there. Aside from when they launched, not a lot of people have talked about these. I was trying to figure out why, because these go on really beautifully — they're smooth and silky and finely-milled with nice colour pay-off and blendabililty — and what I think it comes down to is just the colour range. Aura is lovely for our fair skin friends, and there's actually not a lot of true icy pink highlighters out there, making this one more unique than most. But I think because it's so light and so pink, a lot of people with darker or warmer complexions will avoid this type of colour for fear of it looking too light or ashy. Sin is the most universal colour of the three and also happens to be the most pigmented, but because so many companies have this kind of champagne-beige colour in their ranges, it is the most dupeable. Finally, we have Fireball, which looks stunning with its duochrome finish, but because of the depth of colour, it's going to end up being a blush topper or sheer blush colour on the majority of skintones. It's a pretty unique shade, but it's not universally flattering as a highlighter. That having been said, I really appreciate that UD came out with highlighter shades that are different from other brands while still keeping the integrity of their quality. They sit beautifully on the skin and, as claimed, wear well for at least eight hours before starting to fade. The shades aren't going to be for everybody, but they're well worth checking out.
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