Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliners Reviews, Photos, Swatches (2013 Relaunch)

Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliners ($19.00 for 0.25 fl. oz.) have relaunched in new packaging–but the formula is the same as before–and two new shades. The brand describes the formula as a “water-based, buildable liner [that] contains super-fine glitter in a clear base that dries down quickly and really stays put … without any fall out.” Worth noting is the brand recommends removing the wiper (or the little black piece that fits in the opening of the tube) if you want more product on the brush.

ACDC is described as a “bright purple glitter.” It’s a medium-dark purple glitter with reddish tones.

Amp is described as a “light blue with iridescent glitter.” It’s a mix of lighter blue, darker blue, green, and teal glitter.

Distortion is described as a “iridescent glitter.” It’s an iridescent mix of glitter, so it flashes greenish-gold, fuchsia, pink, and blue.

Glamrock is described as a “silver glitter.” It is silver glitter and nothing but!

Junkshow is described as a “bright pink with iridescent glitter.” It’s a mix of fuchsia, dark pink, and a few bits of gold glitter.

Midnight Cowboy is described as a “beige glitter.” It’s a warm-toned, golden beige glitter.

Spandex is described as a “deep blue-black with iridescent glitter.” It’s a mix of black, fuchsia, bluish-teal, and navy blue sparkle and glitter (seems like multi-sized to me).

I haven’t reviewed that many glitter eyeliners, so I wasn’t able to come up with dupes, unfortunately!  The formula is very long-wearing and does dry down fairly quickly, but the time it takes to set really depends on how much product is applied–if you go for a fully opaque coat, it takes about thirty seconds.  Once it dries, though, it stays put.  If you scratch or rub at them, clumps will come off, but if you don’t fuss with your eyes, I only saw a few stray sparkles underneath my eye after eight hours for each shade when I wore them.

If you actually want a really bling-tastic glitter eyeliner, you absolutely have to remove the wiper. This results in the brush and wand getting totally loaded in glitter, and like you might apply nail polish, you’ll want to run the plastic wand (not the brush) along the inside of the opening so it’s not also coated in glitter. Sometimes you can get too much this way, though, but it is a lot more efficient and effective at applying more opaque color. It is most practical to pick your method: either live with a few sparkles and keep the wiper in, or remove it and have free access to it. You might use a separate eyeliner brush to apply a sheerer layer, as the brush itself does get completely loaded with product. The wiper takes me about a minute to remove (I just squeezed my nails underneath the wiper’s edge and the opening of the tube), because it fits tightly into the opening (as it should)–but it may not be practical to remove it each time. For reference, I used two pulls (and everything on each pull) to create a 1.5 inch line for the swatches.

If you keep the wiper in, it can be difficult to achieve a nice even line of glitter, because the glitter applies initially as you sweep the brush across the area, but it doesn’t pull all of the initial bits across, so you get uneven coverage. I would say you need five or so pulls of the product to get a semi-sheer to semi-opaque covergae for layering that is also even. Overall, I wish that the wiper had a larger opening so there could be more product on it but not quite as much as the brush gets when there is no wiper in place. I think this would enable the best of both worlds: the ability to layer, and then ability to build-up to more opaque coverage with two layers.

Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay ACDC Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay ACDC Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay ACDC Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Amp Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Amp Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Amp Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Distortion Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Distortion Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Distortion Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Glamrock Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Glamrock Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Glamrock Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Junkshow Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Junkshow Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Junkshow Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner (1 pull with wiper, 1 pull without wiper)

Urban Decay Spandex Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Spandex Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Spandex Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner

Urban Decay Eyeshadows: Habit (inner lid), Toxic (middle of lid), Ambush (outer lid),
Smokeout (outer crease), Midnight Cowboy heavy Metal over Crave Eyeliner

Urban Decay Eyeshadows: Betrayal (inner lid), Shellshock (middle of lid), Madness (outer lid),
Prank (outer crease), Distortion Heavy Metal over Ultraviolet Eyeliner [over NYX Milk]