Urban Decay Vice Lipsticks vs. Revolution Lipsticks Shade Comparisons
Urban Decay Vice Lipsticks
As promised, I went through and swatched both old and new versions of any shades that were still included in the Urban Decay Vice Lipstick range, and I’ve only included comparison swatches for the ones where there was any difference detected–the majority were very consistent from old to new in tone, depth, and color. The biggest difference is in the Comfort Matte finish, which is where the Matte Revolution formula was absorbed, and the Comfort Matte finish is not really matte–it is a true satin–and does an interesting thing where it seems to “melt” and appear more satiny as it is applied than just swatched. I just noted that most of the Matte Revolution shades were more matte than their Vice Lipstick counterparts. I will go over other details about how finishes and shades perform in future posts–this post isn’t intended to offer initial impressions or provide an overview/review of the Vice formula. Stay tuned! 🙂
You can find swatches of all 120 shades in our sneak peek post as well as in the Swatch Gallery!
- 714 | Vice version is very slightly less matte, a bit brighter, noticeably creamier.
- 1993 | Vice version is slightly lighter and warmer, less matte
- Afterdark | Vice version is brighter, less matte.
- Backtalk | Vice version is deeper, cooler in tone, less matte.
- Bad Blood | Vice version is brighter, not as dark.
- Bittersweet | Vice version has a much m ore noticeable sheen and appears a smidgen brighter/warmer.
- Carnal | Vice version is slightly darker, warmer, less matte.
- Ladyflower | Vice version is noted as a Sheer finish, and it is closest to the Sheer Revolution version, not the regular
- Revolution version (just to confirm) — no color difference.
- Liar | Vice version is slightly darker.
- Menace | Vice version is slightly darker, less matte.
- Mrs. Mia Wallace | Vice version is cooler-toned by a hair, slightly deeper.
- Naked | Vice version is cooler in tone, less rose/warmth.
- Rapture | Vice version is slightly darker, warmer.
- Rush | Vice version is slightly darker, warmer.
- Stark Naked | Vice version is less matte but only by a hair (this one seemed closer to the original Matte Revolution feel/finish).
- Streak | Vice version is cooler, stronger pink coloring vs. warmer, more true-coral coloring of the original — this was the largest, most noticeable change across all repeated shades.
- Temper | Vice version is less matte.
- Tilt | Vice version is less matte.
- Wonderland | I thought I’d throw in a comparison of the Vice version of Wonderland (which is the same as the version released in the Gwen Stefani collection) to Catfight, which didn’t get carried over–you can see Catfight is a bit warmer and has a stronger pink coloring, but they are relatively close.
Don’t see a shade listed above? That’s because I felt like it was exactly the same when I did rough side-by-side swatches and discovered many, many of the old shades were the same in color/undertone as the new one, so I only took photos when I could detect a difference (even if slight).
See more photos & swatches!
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — 714
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — 1993
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Afterdark
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Backtalk
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Bad Blood
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Bittersweet
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Carnal
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Ladyflower
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Liar
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Menace
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Mrs. Mia Wallace
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Naked
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Rapture
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Rush
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Stark Naked
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Streak
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Temper
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Tilt
Urban Decay Vice vs. Revolution Comparison — Wonderland vs. Catfight
Impressive! Seriously.. my eyes cannot detect difference (other than ladyflower and slight finish differences) .
And to think, these are the ones that had the remotest difference, LOL.
Hahaha. I thought the same thing. I couldn’t tell any differences except for Ladyflower, which became sheer. When I finally got to the end, I thought Aha! Finally, I see a difference, but that is the one pair that are meant to be different colors.
I think you might have missed Slowburn? I actually looked at them in your search tool when the new Vice swatches came out, I think the Vice version looks even better.
The color is the same – these are color comparison, not quality comparisons 🙂
Ohhh that makes sense! I missed that!
Oh man, I’m so sad that they didn’t keep Catfight. It’s one of my favourite lipsticks. At least there’s Wonderland but I might see if I can get a backup or two of Catfight. ?
Hope you can get a backup!
They have Catfight at Beauty.com! 5/12/16
Urban Decay Germany (www.urbandecay.de) still carry the Revolution lipsticks (incl. matte and sheer revolution) at the moment, including Catfight (which I just got and am totally mad about), and they are on sale, instead of the original 20 Euros they are 12 Euros (about 13,50$) … I don’t think they ship internationally, but maybe you know someone in Germany to buy them for you??
Ahhh so Wonderland is the new Catfight! Other than Streak looking pinker in the new formula, these are pretty close to 98% colour conversion….. I think I need to pick up Catfight tomorrow then…. lol
Just to be clear, these are comparison of the ones you felt had any shift in colour/finish?
So shades like Native, Anarchy, F-Bomb, Blackmail, etc……. were not a part of these swatches because they where 100% the same?
Correct – any shades that existed in the previous Revolution line and now exist in the Vice line but AREN’T swatched were 100% the same to my eye. I went through and did smaller side-by-side swatches on my hand (kind of like rough swatches) and SO many were dead-on.
Awesome!
I went back and picked up Anarchy and Turn On yesterday. Catfight was sold out but I know I can pick up Wonderland instead in the future.
Catfight is back in stock on UDs website!
For the most part, the colors look very similar. Think I need to check out Streak, think it will go well with MAC Spring Flock blush
The majority of the shades were 100% the same to my eye – these were the only ones that I could even go, “Hm, that looks maybe a little different!” And in photos, a couple are even seen more minute there than in person!
Amazing Job, Christine ! Thank you so much , I hope that we’ll get the Vice version in Germany als well– although I got 4 Revolution Lipsticks on sale when I visited the US last week,I hope they will last for a while ( maybe..)
No problem, Carlotta!
If it isn’t too much trouble, I’d like to see comparisons between old and new jilted. And plaid too. I am really glad I have catfight already.
Hi Maggie,
For every single other shade that existed in Revolution line and is now in the Vice line but is not shown above is because it was exactly the same – I could not personally detect a difference by eye at all. I only did full comparison swatches of the only shades that I felt had any remote difference 🙂
Oh, OK! That makes me feel better. Thank you!
What about Anarchy?
For every single other shade that existed in Revolution line and is now in the Vice line but is not shown above is because it was exactly the same – I could not personally detect a difference by eye at all. I only did full comparison swatches of the only shades that I felt had any remote difference 🙂
I am so GLAD I picked up a b/u of Catfight! But, obviously, I now need to grab a few of Streak. It took me literally FOREVER to find a light pinky-coral that looked truly *just right* on my not so easy to pull light shades off skintone. Therefore, this very OBVIOUS shade change has me fairly unhappy! I think Liar looks close enough that even though it and MAC Marque are the best nudes on me, the difference is minimal enough to bear. Not happy that they messed with After Dark, either! But I definitely have a truckload of similar deep, bright plum-berry shades, so…I guess I’ll survive. ?
Yes, I was a bit surprised at the change in Streak! That was pretty obvious.
I have a lot of problems pulling off pink-corals lippie too (they seem to clash with my yellow undertones) , but find that pairing it with a blush in the same color family can work wonders. I’m thinking of pairing the new UD Streak lippie with MAC Spring Flock blush, which I think has enough pink-peach/brightness to help me pull it off.
Great minds think alike! I literally bought Spring Flock and Streak to go together! Streak was the replacement when The Fashion Flock wouldn’t work on me, no way, no how. I am going to try and get a hold of a Revolution Streak b/u or two. I agree with you, it must be our mutual yellowish undertones.
Aaaaaa thank you so much for your hard work! I’ve been debating whether I should be grabbing Rapture in the old formula, but I have a feeling I might like the new version more.
Oooh, bonus 😀
I’m a little bummed that the mattes are less matte, particularly After Dark. What drew me to the color was that it was mostly matte with a bit of a muted sheen. But I’m wondering if it would help to apply some translucent powder over a tissue. Hm.
Probably worrying for nothing, I won’t run out of After Dark for a long time!
You could definitely put a little powder on top 🙂
It seems so strange to leave Catfight out! Were there no differences in Venom?
I only did full comparison swatches of the only shades that I felt had any remote difference 🙂 If it isn’t here, I felt that it was exactly the same in color/undertone/finish when swatched.
Thank you for doing this, Christine. It’s very helpful. I’m glad the formula on 714 is creamier. The sample I got with the eye palette was so thick and stiff and dry. The new formula sounds like a huge improvement. I’m sorry the changed Streak so much. It’s still pretty, but it didn’t need a makeover, IMHO.
No problem, Rachel! 🙂
I know you haven’t done your review, but is it me, or do a lot of the new versions look like they feather quite a bit more? Hopefully that doesn’t happen on the lips, but it seems there’s a visible difference.
Based on wearing them, I expect that they might feather less, actually!
The lack of a true matte finish in this lipstick range make a lot of the colors seem redundant 🙁
They have Mega Matte in the new line, which is more matte than Comfort Matte.
I’m still bummed that they didn’t bring over the non-sheer Ladyflower. Try as I might, my tiny deluxe sample isn’t going to last forever, but they’ve never released it full-size.
It’s odd that they never released it in full!
Thank u so much christine! The colour streak that I want to try so much on the 5th is the most changed! I ordered the older version in sheer formula today as its on sale! So I will eventually have both old and new. Thrilled that like mac offer free shipping with establishment of act (register). Thank u for turning on to this brand!
Happy to help, Jolene!
To be honest, I have never been a fan of Urban Decay lipsticks. I have found the colors don’t stay true over the course of a day. I always feel like if I look at my lips 4 hours after application, the color doesn’t look the same as when I put it on. Overall, I thik the new formula shades are far and above better than the old formulas. The new formula shades look much fresher than the old. Out of the bunch, the only one I might consider is the Backtalk. What a difference the new formula makes!
Hopefully you like the new one, then!
I’m really happy to see no reported significant differences for Native or Gash, two of my all-time favorite colors. I didn’t have a chance to hoard any backups and I was terrified they’d do something to them!
I was surprised at how well UD matched the shades.
Now that’s interesting – these shades are pretty much the same as the old ones and some of them look very patchy both old and new. Maybe UD has just changed the labels…..
My guess is that they have decided to have a much larger lipstick range and want to categorize by finish, rather than have so many different formulas and different packaging – like they had Sheer Revolution, Revolution, and Matte Revolution. So this looks like they’re tried to condense into one formula and then vary by finish, though it looks like they may have played with the formula to some degree.
Thanks so much for the comparisons, Christine! It’s good to know if there are going to be any differences as I may like the older versions a little better.
Sure thing, Mary!
I’m impressed how similar the shades look between formulas. There are so many I want!!! This was a really helpful post, too! Thanks! 🙂
I was REALLY surprised! My original expectation was to swatch all the old and new shades together, but after testing them with rough swatches (smaller, more square-like), it was clear that many were the same in color/tone.
They look like the same exact pigments dispersed in a different base formula, for which I’m glad. Carnal was a big fav of mine
That’s what I was getting, too, Ginny – with the exception of a few shades, the “differences” are so minute that they could easily be explained by simple batch variance or, as you’ve mentioned, slight changes in the formula itself (more of this, less of that, greater emollience, etc.).
Good to know Wonderland and Catfight are pretty much the same! I probably wouldn’t notice the difference while wearing anyway. But I did buy a couple of backups before I saw this post, so I’m definitely covered!
I’d expect only some colorings to really see the difference applied, as they are quite close!
Thank you for this! I got thiiiiiisclose to buying Afterdark when it came out but couldn’t quite get 100% behind the formula I do have Bad Blood, which is okay and all… bury long story short, a just SLIGHTLY less matte version of Afterdark is really tempting to me!
Awesome! Hopefully you can check ’em out in store to see if it’s better/worse for your preferences!
I’m relieved most of these are close or identical to the originals. I can focus on the new colors! 😀
I was kind of impressed at just how identical the majority were in color. At this point, I’m not really surprised by very minor differences between batches, so to be identical? That was pretty cool.
Thank you for this, Christine! I was worried the shades were going to be too different, but they don’t seem to, at least in a huge way! Also, I’m happy that Wonderland is so close to Catfight, because everyone was going crazy for that one. However, it seems that they made the formula more creamy/with a sheen instead of going for a matte look with some, which is kind of disappointing in my book.
So glad I could help, Marta! No, I would say that the majority are not different! The Comfort Matte vs. Matte Revolution is worth noting, since some prefer a more matte finish, but the colors are pretty similar.
Great post! Thank you for this!
No problem, Michelle!
Fantastic! This will be a great help in deciding whether it’s worth picking up the same shade.
Happy to help!
Thank you so much for doing this!
You’re welcome, Helene!
Thank you for doing this!!! I’ve gotta go through my Revolution collection and see what I’ve got so I don’t replace it with Vice. But glad that many of the comparisons that you’ve done show that Vice is less matte. I can’t tell you how happy finding new lipsticks that are less matte makes me!!
Sounds like these might be right up your alley then 😀
I honestly can’t tell that much of a difference with the old and new formulas :/ I do like the shade Bittersweet.
Christine I know you said you left out the ones that were totally the same, but what about speedball?
The color is exactly the same – the post only looks at color/undertone/finish but not how it applies or how it looks on the lips!
These look pretty much the same to me.. 😀
Thank you so much for posting this!
Happy to share, Sarah!
I got sucked into buying Backtalk by a salesperson today. The new packaging Is beautiful but Backtalk is a bit too cool toned for my pale skin. Need to make it work somehow >_< ?
Try a lip liner 🙂 That usually helps a lot!
Hi Christine,
Big big thanks for swatching these – good to know what has become of my two favourite shades Streak & Catfight! 🙂 Now, I will go try them in stores.
To the ladies that have bought a big haul of Urban Decay Revolution (not VICE) lippies with the big discounts, please check your recent brand new lippies for any defects.
I bought 8 from Sephora when they were on 50% off and was shocked to spot a light coat of furry mould on a few of them. Even the Sephora saleperson was surprised, but they gave me a refund for them. Good luck!
Which colour from the Vice range do you think is most similar to “Turn On” from the Revolution range? I’m so upset that it was discontinued!!! Trying to look for a replacement from UD as well. Not too interested in the other dupes! Please help 🙂
These are the “closest” I would say – http://www.temptalia.com/swatches/?compare=230910,230902,230899,230896,230884