I don't own either of the previous Vice palettes so I had no real anticipation of what to expect from Vice 3 - but I have not been disappointed. Vice 3 comes in a gorgeously abstract box, then in a neatly padded bag for the palette itself - the palette being a metallic, mirrored silver which the same abstract design across the front. It comes with a double ended brush, similar to that of the Naked Palettes but the same metallic style as the palette itself.
The palette contains 20 colours - 6 mattes & 14 shimmery, 6 neutrals & a range of brighter, bolder colours. Some of which have far better colour pay off than others - however if the Urban Decay Potion primer is used the pay off is better & the colour is generally better & bolder! The texture of the shadows is relatively smooth, with easy application although I find the matte colours slightly harder to blend than the shimmery or metallic shadows.
My favourite selection of colours by far are the pinks/reds - Alien, Alchemy, Bondage & Sonic. I love the combination of the four in addition to Lucky! I also need to mention that I love how the Urban Decay shadows are named.
The first quad of colours are the main neutral, matte colours - Truth, Undone, Downfall & DTF - they have been applied on my forearm with my finger on top of the Urban Decay Original Primer Potion. The colour pay off of Truth doesn't appear to be too strong but I tend to use of more as a base or a highlight due to it's slight pink tinged white. The colours are quite earthy with slightly warmer with the exception of DTF.
The colours below are probably the colours with the best colour pay off & as I said previously I find that the metallic, shimmery shadows have a better texture & easier to blend. Even Bobby Dazzle - a bright shimmery white tone - is visible on my translucent skin. Vanity & Lucky are my favourite shades out of this selection, the coppery Lucky is particularly compatible with the red tones coming next.
I feel that these swatches may not be quite as true to colour as the other swatches, in particularly the Bondage shade which appears to be slightly browner in colour whereas in reality it is more of an aubergine, slightly purpley colour. With Sonic being slightly redder, as opposed to orange. Last Sin is a shade I tend to use to layer over other shadows to add more of a shimmer & again a highlight.
Some examples of eye looks using only the Vice 3 palette shadows:
Overall I pretty much love the palette - I love the aesthetics of the palettes design, I love the quads of colours & how they are grouped, the general texture (although I would say the mattes could be a little smoother) & the brush is amazing too, with a blending end & the flat brush. Definitely a very good palette to own.
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