Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Loaded Review

Ever since I swatched the 'Smoked' Palette in Sephora

I knew that the only shadow I'd buy it for

was Loaded, so instead of shelling out the

$49 I just bought this eye shadow in it's single

form. (Honestly, so many of the shades in Smoked

have been released in other palettes I have

and/or are duped by shades I own already.)

I have mixed feelings about this purchase for

my complete review and swatches follow the jump.

First, why I was in lust with this product:

Look at this gorgeousness!

The color in the pan is stunning! A peacock blue

with green shift, it shines to beautifully in the light.

But when it isn't under direct sunlight?

So, SO black!

I really dislike that. I wish it didn't have as much of a

black base to it. Plus the application is not as smooth

as the shadows that made me fall in love with Urban

Decay. If you see my pinkie in the picture above, I

accidentally touched the pan and that's how patchy

it adheres. This kind of eye shadow definitely needs a

black base to really bring it out. 

Usage is hard for me. I don't have much occasion

to really rock a smokey green eye, especially

because this color would need

lighter hues in the same color family (which

I have a lack of) to really pull together a cohesive

look. What I end up using it for is either to

pat it on top of a black base on the lower 

or upper lash line for a pop of color.

Below is a EOTD where I did just that

Just a hint of that peacock blue!

Overall I wish I had thought through

more how much usage I would actually

get out of this product. But for people who rock

the smokey eye more often than I, they may

fall in love with this because it does work

well as long as it's given a good base to work

with. I would give this product a B because

of the application issues when worn

alone.