Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color Review, Photos, Swatches
Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color
Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color ($15.00 for 0.30 fl. oz.) is described as a “deep red with slight shimmer.” It’s a deepened, ruby red with very fine, subtle ruby shimmer that brightens and makes the polish look more cherry red in the light. With less light, the shimmer disappears and the color appears almost blood red. NARS Paros (P, $20.00) is less shimmery, lighter. Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Black Metal Dahlia (P, $10.00) is darker, more metallic. MAC Underfire (LE, $16.00) is warmer, less shimmery. MAC Get Noticed (LE, $16.00) is lighter. Dior Apparat (LE, $24.00) has gold shimmer. Chanel Rouge Fatal (LE, $27.00) is warmer, less shimmery. Le Metier de Beaute Dynasty (LE, $10.00) is cooler-toned. China Glaze Mommy Kissing Santa (LE, $7.50) is similar, more shimmery. China Glaze Merry Berry (LE, $7.50) is less shimmery. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
It was fully opaque after two coats, though it was nearly opaque after just one coat, but it looks more plush with two. It dries down slightly faster than the average polish, and it was easy to apply–no streaking, bubbling, or pooling along the edges of the nail. It has a naturally shiny finish, though not as glossy as a top coat would be, so you may or may not find a top coat a necessary step. The polish has a black cap, as compared to the gunmetal cap of previously released shades, as it is from the Pulp Fiction collaboration. Urban Decay’s formula lasts a full seven days on me with very minor tip wear but no chipping. One thing I noticed, though, was the brush seemed longer and narrower compared to the other shades I have, which made applying the polish a bit trickier, as the brush seemed too long.
Mrs. Mia Wallace
LELimited Edition. $15.00.
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Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color
Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color
Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color
Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color
Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color
Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color
Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color
Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace Nail Color
This shade looks ultra sophisticated. All you need is a cigarette between your fingers a la Mia Wallace (fake of course, smoking is bad.)
They definitely seemed to get close to replicating the look from the movie!
Very nice but such a dupable shade. I guess it’s all about the formula!
Red polishes are definitely dupable! The formula does well on me, but there are plenty of options that wear as long that are less.
Do you know if this is only going to be available on UD, or if Sephora will sell it too? Thanks Christine!
The hard copy press release I have says it will be at Sephora, ULTA, and select Macy’s and beauty.com as well, so it sounds like it will be released everywhere. I expect that UD will release it on their site first, then everyone else will follow a week or two later.
MAC need to take notes on how to do a LE collection properly… Love this! And all the rest of the collection.
Glad you’re digging the new collection, Georgie!
Very pretty!
It is!
thanks for the review hun
No prob, Rano!
I was a little disappointed in this collection (wow, another neutral eye + red lip), but I think I’ll pick up this polish and the lip liner.
(yeah, I get that that’s Mia’s look in the movie, but it just seems like neutral eye + red lip is so common and overdone. It’s so easy to find dupes I don’t want to pay extra for LE packaging.)
I totally understand! They’re all pretty shades, workable, etc. but they are also more dupable, so it’ll depend on what you already have.
Ok, that looks gorgeous.
It’s very rich but dark at the same time.
That is just gorgeous!
Will you be snagging one, you think?
I don’t usually go gaga over red nail polish, but the inspiration is what excites me about this! Pulp Fiction is one of my all time favorite movies and Mia might be my favorite character so I definitely need to pick this up!
Hope you love it!
I really like this polish but I find the collection a bit strange – the polish she wore in the film was famously Chanel Rouge Noir, and the original lipstick is probably well known too.
It is odd that they went so literal for just about everything except the nail color!
It’s a lovely colour and looks very classy but as far as I can remember, Mia Wallace’s manicure in the movie was much darker and deeper, more of a blackened burgundy that a cherry red.
I would have loved to see that sort of shade with some black and red glitter maybe…
That’s what I keep hearing!
I didn’t realize this was supposed to be the same shade as the lipstick. It looks darker and more maroonish to me.
They’re close, though not quite the same.
Nail polish doesn’t usually grab me, since I’ve got all the colours I’m likely to need or enjoy wearing. But this one – I can’t wait to pick it up!
Ooh! 😀 Enjoy, Mariella!
Love this color for fall and winter. I’ve never tried Urban Decay polishes so am excited to hear that this one dries faster than most!
I think it’s the shimmer in it – almost metallic-y!
Million dollar question. Do you think that the nail polish is the same color as the lipstick. I’m dying for the perfect matchy matchy look and I will run run run to get it if it’s true.
I showed it here – http://www.temptalia.com/sneak-peek-urban-decay-x-pulp-fiction-makeup-look-swatches
Even though reds are dupable this one seems to have an edge in the sophistication category most are missin’.
Will you be getting this one, Erin?
I thought all the hoo ha was about the fact she really wore,Chanel Rouge Noir, sparking a cult trend at the time!!
Sounds like this is a miss, then!
Common misconception. The original polish was MAC Dubonnet (which used to exist as a polish colour in addition to the lipstick). MAC, at the time, was not the powerhouse it came to be later on and Chanel was much better known and its PR department much better-funded. So beauty editors wrote up Chanel’s Vamp in the ubiquitous “get the Mia Wallace look” articles of the time. A craze was sparked and that’s how Vamp became the legendary polish it was, but actual credit goes to MAC. Check out the poster and swatches or bottle shots of old Chanel Vamp — not the re-release with shimmer in it. You’ll see, her nails are lighter, though still a blackened brick.
I really feel the nail colour should have been more brown-toned. It’s weird that they went totally 90’s with the rest of the line, only to rein it in and make something that looks like a million OPI releases. Too bad. Opportunity missed, Urban Decay!
A very good red! I hope I can get this, as there seems to be some kind of problem, sending nail polishes by mail these days.
Why we don’t have UD here is a mystery to me.
It’s surprising UD doesn’t have a bigger international footprint!
what a beautiful shade!
It’s very nice!
I LOVED Uma’s nails in Pulp Fiction when I was a kid! Definitely will buy, lol.
Enjoy, Kay!
I had to have this and the matching lip color. I wonder if mine came
from a bad batch the lipstick is gooey and sticky in texture and the nail polish
chips like crazy and I am light on my hands lately. :/
Whoa! Chips like crazy? That really sucks!
I know I’m commenting rather late (not entirely sure what to do when you suddenly find a dupe) but L’oreal’s red tote is a pretty good dupe for this, if slightly darker/less bright due to the lack of shimmer.
Thank you for sharing, Alla!
I found this at Nordstrom Rack today for $5! I went back and forth about buying it when it was out and when it was gone I regretted not getting it, I’m so happy I got it after all! Put it on right when I got home and it’s beautiful (and I say that as someone who doesn’t usually opt for red nail polish). I agree the brush is a bit awkward and challenging, but I really love the formula. It’d be cool if UD had a permanent line of nail polishes, but then again these limited edition releases are so exciting! 🙂
Niiiiice!