Urban Decay Extragalactic & Midnight Blast Moondust Eyeshadows Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Extragalactic
Urban Decay Extragalactic Moondust Eyeshadow ($21.00 for 0.05 oz.) is a dark, plummy burgundy with warm, reddish undertones and flecks of pink, copper, and plum sparkle. The Moondust formula is supposed to have “minimal fallout” that “feels like a cream, but goes on like a powder.” They can be used wet for “extra intense color payout.” The eyeshadow had mostly opaque dry and totally opaque coverage applied damp, but the big difference was in how much smoother the powder applied with a damp brush. It had a fairly soft texture, though there was quite a bit of sparkle to it, so I could feel that by touch (not rough… just sparkly). It applied decently to bare skin but is a shade I’d apply over a glitter adhesive or with a damp brush to minimize fallout and improve the overall longevity of the product (six and a half hours dry, eight hours damp with some fallout either way).
Top Dupes
- Huda Beauty Courageous (PiP, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Blitz Glitz (LE, $28.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Future Industries (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- NARS Calabria (LE, $24.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Sephora Go Wild (345) (P, $9.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Shockwave (DC, $20.00) is lighter, brighter (90% similar).
- NARS Pointe Noire (LE, $22.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Dior Destinee (875) (LE, $32.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Anastasia Drama (LE, $12.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Tarte Scarlet (LE, $14.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
Dimethicone, Triisostearyl Citrate, Talc, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Isododecane, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Polyethylene, Silica, Cetyl Dimethicone, Aluminum Calcium Sodium Silicate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Alumina, Tin Oxide, Aluminum Hydroxide, Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate. [+/- (May Contain/Peut contenir): CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 / Iron Oxides, Mica, CI 77163 / Bismuth Oxychloride, CI 77891 / Titanium Dioxide, CI 77007 / Ultramarines, CI 77742 / Manganese Violet, CI 19140 / Yellow 5 Lake, CI 77000 / Aluminum Powder, CI 77400 / Bronze Powder, CI 77510 / Ferric Ferrocyanide, CI 42090 / Blue 1 Lake, CI 75470 / Carmine, CI 77288 / Chromium Oxide Greens].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Extragalactic
DCDiscontinued. $20.00.
Midnight Blast
Urban Decay Midnight Blast Moondust Eyeshadow ($21.00 for 0.05 oz.) is a medium-dark, coppery brown with warm undertones and a sparkling finish. It had opaque pigmentation both dry and damp but the metallic and glittery finish came through more intensely when applied damp. The powder also combined and adhered better to bare skin when applied with a damp brush, though it was quite workable even dry (better than many shades in the formula). It blended out easily without having a ton of fallout. This shade wore well for seven and a half hours dry and eight hours damp with minimal fallout.
Top Dupes
- Pat McGrath Cyborg Relations (LE, $25.00) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Glaminatrix Second Skin (PiP, $8.04) is lighter (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Dawn Fawntasia (LE, $25.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- MAC Stardream (LE, $21.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Chanel Cuivre Lamé (907) (LE, $30.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Burn (Naked Reloaded) (PiP, $19.00) is less shimmery, more muted, cooler (85% similar).
- NARS Stricken (LE, $28.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Chanel New Moon (97) (LE, $32.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Viseart Jupiter (GPV2 #6) (LE, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Full Metal Bronze (LE, $28.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
Dimethicone, Triisostearyl Citrate, Talc, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Isododecane, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Polyethylene, Silica, Cetyl Dimethicone, Aluminum Calcium Sodium Silicate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Alumina, Tin Oxide, Aluminum Hydroxide, Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate. [+/- (May Contain/Peut contenir): CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 / Iron Oxides, Mica, CI 77163 / Bismuth Oxychloride, CI 77891 / Titanium Dioxide, CI 77007 / Ultramarines, CI 77742 / Manganese Violet, CI 19140 / Yellow 5 Lake, CI 77000 / Aluminum Powder, CI 77400 / Bronze Powder, CI 77510 / Ferric Ferrocyanide, CI 42090 / Blue 1 Lake, CI 75470 / Carmine, CI 77288 / Chromium Oxide Greens].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Extragalactic is gorgeous! I have some dupes already, will swatch in store to see if it’s different enough to justify getting
It is a gorgeous eyeshadow!
Gorgeous and gorgeous!
Glad you liked ’em!
Midnight Blast sounds like a real winner, not to mention the color is beautiful!
It was one of the best Moondusts!
These are very pretty, but not my favorite shades.
Darn!
Hi Christine,
Is there a glitter adhesive you recommend? TIA!
For something like this, I like Too Faced Shadow Insurance or Fyrinnae’s Pixie Epoxy (the latter is a bit easier to blend regular powders over, IMO). I also like Lit’s glitter adhesive for glitter in general!
Have you tried the Nyx Glitter Primer? I believe it’s either $5.99 or $6.99. That would be a lot easier to do than drop the approx $22 too faced version. I really need to get one with so many glittery, metallic, “foiled”, etc shadows being everywhere lately. No matter how much I tap, fallout happens.
Sorry, I haven’t.
Both look so lush and sparkly! I actually have 3 of the 85% dupes for Midnight Blast: CP Weenie, EE Swerve and L’Oreal Amber Rush, but none of these quite compare when it comes to how beautiful MB looks applied wet. Sooo…I may just *need* it?
Extragalactic reminds me of my pan of CP stereo for some odd reason?!? Yet different from the pan that I bought for my friend last year… weird!
Maybe try Amber Rush wet 😉
I immediately thought Extragalactic looked like my pan of Stereo also! These are both so pretty, and I love the way Moondust shadows look when I take the time to use them, but I typically don’t reach for them that often because I prefer something a little more “grab and go.”
These are stunning!
They are!
I love both though extragalactic would fit more with my current stash. I’d probably just use it in the middle of the lid as a pop.
It is a bit more unique between the two!
I love both of them ?. They’d look pretty with my brown eyes me thinks!
They would!
These are definitely sparkly shades to suit even the most sparkly of looks. The purple shade is perfect for night time glam.
Agreed!
Will they be available at Ulta or Sephora?
They already are!
Extragalactic! Love it!
Looks like one of the dupes is a Mac pressed pigment. It says permanent but i’m pretty sure those are discontinued now