Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick & Liner

Last night I went to the launch of Urban Decay's Revolution Lipstick at the W Hotel, where the brand were showcasing their new range of 22 lipsticks and matching liners.

I immediately went over to the display stand and swatched as many as I could fit on my hand, and wow oh wow, I loved them all. They have a perfect range of colours from soft nudes to bold reds, and all others in between. The formula of the lipsticks is amazingly creamy without being stodgy, and they are all really pigmented and, even on the hand, look moisturising. On the lips, they feels great - they apply smoothly and leave the lips feeling hydrated while giving an amazing colour payoff. They contain jojoba oil, avocado oil, cocoa butter and shea butter, so you can imagine how gorgeous they feel!

The 24/7 Glide on Lip Pencils come in colours to compliment the lipsticks, with matching names, and the colour of the liner covering the pencil to make things a bit easier! All of the shades in the collection are brand new, with Ozone and Naked being the only pre-existing liners, but Naked's had a bit of a rework to make it even more fabulous. They can be worn as a liner, or all over the lip, alone, or under lipstick or gloss. The amazing thing is, these do.not.budge! It took a bit of elbow work to get the swatches of liner off my hand! Again, these are packed full of moisturising ingredients; they don't drag your lips and are super creamy and easy to work with leaving a velvet finish.

I took home with me Streak lipstick, Bang liner, and Obsessed liner and lipstick.

Streak is a beautiful coral pink, which is going to be fabulous for the summer - I love it! It's full of colour but is still fairly gentle and day-time friendly.

Bang lipliner is the perfect compliment to Bang lipstick - both, bright orangey-red colours - but I thought it would also be nice to use alongside Streak to pump up the intensity a little. Here I am wearing it alone, over the lip.

Obsessed is a bright, baby pink shade. It's the kind of colour I am always drawn to, and this one was no exception. Here's the lipstick...

And here's the liner, worn alone...

I had Anarchy, a bright hot pink, applied while I was at the event, and I loved that too. If they'd have let me, I seriously would've taken the lot, and got good use out of each of them. They're out on 5th August  from Debenhams (£14 for the lipsticks, £12 for the liners) - you must must must check them out and experience them for yourselves!

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencil - Perversion

I was first introduced to the 24/7 liners by Urban Decay in the original NAKED palette. In with it came a double ended pencil - 'Zero' on one end, which was black, and 'Whiskey' on the other, which was brown.

I'd never really felt an eye pencil like it before. They had a slightly oily texture to them, which meant that they really did glide on, and were really easy to work with. I had found my Holy Grail eyeliner!

Unfortunately, as it was double ended, in theory, I only had half a pencil worth of Zero, which has now run out... however Urban Decay recently released some new shades to the 24/7 liner range, one of them being Perversion, which is apparently blacker than Zero, which is, well, black! It sounded good - I purchased, it didn't take much persuasion (does it ever?!).

I no longer have my little stub of double ended Zero to compare Perversion with - but if you imagine Zero to be black, Perversion is the blackest blackness in blacksville. It's BLACK. I'd go as far as to say it's pretty comparable in finish to that of a gel liner, and quite unlike any other pencil.

I have swatched it on my hand along with some other black liners I own. From left to right (or from top to bottom, rather) we have:
The Body Shop 01 Eye Definer: Black, GOSH Velvet Touch Eye Liner: Black Ink, Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Pencil: Perversion, MAC: Smoulder.

As you can see, Perversion is definitely one of the blackest liners there - very similar in colour to Smoulder by MAC, but completely different to apply, and in finish. I absolutely love Smoulder, but it is very (for want of a better word) dry, compared to Perversion. With Smoulder you have to press down to get any colour, whereas Perversion needs the lightest of touches for the bold blackness to appear.

It claims to be waterproof - so I ran my hand under water, and all swatches remained.

Out came the soap for a proper hand wash. These were the results....

Evidently not as wash-proof as MAC Smoulder! It does, however, last all day, and the water running over it didn't seem to phase it.

Because it is soooo black, soooo sensitive, and soooo 'glidey' I think it's harder to work with than Zero. There's little room for error with this badboy. You have to be careful with lining the inner corner of your eye too - it will definitely transfer down to the lower inner corner, as I found out, and because of the ultra black blackness, it won't look great. With a little practise, we will soon be working in harmony (I hope).

I really love it, but don't think it can replace Zero. Although I thought I wanted a blackest-fantasticest liner, in reality it's a bit WOAH for neutral daytime looks, so I think I'll have to repurchase Zero too.

What do you think of Perversion? Have you tried it? Do you like it?!