Urban Decay XX Vintage Eyeshadows
To celebrate their 20th anniversary, the Urban Decay XX Vintage Eyeshadow collection features 12 shades from long ago. Some of these we saw more recently in Vice palettes, but some I don’t recall seeing for quite awhile (and some I’ve never personally seen). Here are swatches! 🙂
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I took a chance and bought Plague the other day and I’m glad I did! That swatch is nice.
I had Pallor when UD was still a pretty new brand. I recall it having a little more pink.
Thank you for these! I was excited for pallor, but the color of the swatch wasn’t what I was expecting! I’ll have to think a bit more on this now before I hit buy!
Love that they re released for us OGs I still have some of my tokens and most of these shades. However I will be picking up some backups of some favorites I doubt they are formulated as good as they used to be. Especially the really old ones.
I need Plague and Gash in my life.
Spare Change was the first eyeshadow I ever bought with my very own paycheck. I may need to get one just for old time’s sake.
Hmm, this looks like a mixed bag. UV-B looks like the same faded quality as in XX Vice Reloaded -not good. Frostbite looks like fallout city. Snow and Rush look interesting, could double as highlighters. Chains is the best by far here, but I think I have dupes. Even though I have Gash in Vice Reloaded, I ordered the single, and the swatch here looks more red, which I’m pretty happy about. I never had the original Gash, so I have no idea how close this one is.
Those are some great classics, though one of my favorites from Urban Decay was Mary Jane a silvery blue. Mine broke a while back I wish they would rerelease it!
Frostbite, Plague, and Gash <3 <3 <3
I hope they do a vintage lipstick series too. It's sad that UD was the king of unconventional colors, went "basic" and started reincorporating "weird" shades long after many other brands had repopularized them.
They are releasing vintage lipsticks as well (purple, blue, and brown shades)! There will be 9 total. I think they’re a part of the UD holiday 2016 lineup.
Those purples are something else. Pallor’s payoff is disappointing, though. That was the one I was most interested in.
I must say that acid rain is no where near the original acid rain ?
Really loving snow, rust, plague and frostbite!!! Although I’m sure frostbite will need a glitter primer. I’ll definitely need some of these!
UB-V has long been a favorite of mine. In my mind the original was a little less purple, but I still love it. I have always loved Roadstripe too. And Gash. And Plague. And Vapor. And Snow. And Spare Change. Sigh… I need them all
UV-B… I can’t type today!
Plague and Gash look so pretty
I counted eight eye shadows I NEED!!! I can feel my broke college student wallet shaking in its boots!!!
I am loving the swatches in that whole bottom row!
Super disappointed not to see ‘Fishnet’ and ‘SWF’ :/ literally the only 2 I need from UD
Both of those shades are in their permanent line up.
SWF is on the US site, but I hit pan on mine months ago and have been told it’s discontinued by Urban Decay when I contacted them- I can not get it anywhere in Canada – and I looked pretty hard. I guess it’s discontinued but they still have lots of stock in the states. I’m pretty sad as its my favorite eye shadow ever.
Unrelated: but we never got Aura either, and might not get these new/rereleases 🙁
They still have both of those shades on the UD website. I purchased both not long ago.
Gash, Frostbite and Snow have me sucked in! Probably Plague, too! This version of Gash looks more red, it seems, from the Reloaded Vice XX iteration, no?
Gash and rust are on my list. I may have dupes, and also will see based on reviews and in-store swatches
I think I’ll have to pick up Frostbite, Plague abd Vapor to start with.
Some beautifully sparkled and shimmery eye shadows here. Love Chains and Spare Change the best.
Frostbite and Gash look nice.
I like Plague and Gash but UD uses carmine in their shadows, which is a no-go for me. And something in their purples is an ingredient of doom for my eyes, too. So oh well.
Plague is my fave here!
oh my god i am such a sucker for stuff like this. and finally gash. yes. my favorite
Chains. Omg, makes me feel demented that I don’t recall it. Prob would not have worn it 20 ago. Maybe now. Will have to stash shop, once the dupes are up. Btw, pallor was pinker, but the lipstick wasn’t. Hope you guys are right about the l/s reissues. I liked the twist off two piece tokens. Real metal. Had more love for UD then than now. You’ve cited the reasons. Corporate buyout is prob behind the mainstreaming of UD. Glad they are recognizing us OGs, their original customer base.
Oh my Rust, Acid Rain, Gash, and Chains are drool worthy! LOVELY
Are any of these in the Mother Lode vault?
Oooh I spot some old friends. Very excited!
Hopefully I see these somewhere soon.
Will this re-release be available at Sephora?
Gash is my old school favorite eyeshadow of all time and my first eyeshadow that I have hit serious pan on. I have it in the super old metal tin that looks like a man hole cover. It is more than 13 years old. I don’t use it anymore bc of how old it is… but has a sentimental value to me.
It is an UrbanDecay.com exclusive!
I remember so many of these! Used to have a few too. Memories!
Are these sold only on urban deacy’s website or are they sold at Ulta and/or Sephora? Thanks!!!