While I’m unfortunately making you wait on my Urban Decay Naked Cherry palette review (sorry! Give me another week or so!), I can still give you a review on the lipsticks that launched with that collection. Say hello to the Urban Decay Naked Cherry lipsticks! These are brand new shades from their recent launch, but in their usual Vice formula and (specialized) packaging.

With the Naked Cherry launch, Urban Decay put out three shades for “lips like cherry wine”. While I agree that it applies to one of the shades, the description is a little bit suspect for the pink and more nude shades. It must be said that Urban Decay‘s interpretation of the colour “cherry” is very, very different than mine and it’s hard to remove myself from that. When I think of cherries, I think of deep red ones, bright red ones, and heck, even white cherries. What I don’t envision is mostly pink (which is one of the problems I have with the palette). I feel like Urban Decay tried to take a cool concept (cherries) and mash it up with their Naked range and it has mostly left me feeling confused.

Moving away from my feelings on the bizarreness of the Naked Cherry idea, let’s talk more about the lipsticks in depth. Urban Decay‘s Vice range is phenomenal – smooth. creamy, colourful, comfortable and easy to wear. The three shades in this collection are metallized (Juicy & Devilish) and cream (Cherry).

• Juicy: a light peach-pink with copper micro-shimmer (I actually see pink micro-shimmer but you get the idea)
• Devilish: a berry pink with tonal micro-shimmer (I have NO idea what tonal micro-shimmer is, but I see hot pink shimmer)
• Cherry: a deep berry wine (yep, bang on!)

Juicy is definitely the most “wearable” and nude of the bunch. But don’t let my face shot fool you – this lipstick is jam packed with shimmer and glitter and it is definitely noticeable once you get a bit closer up. I found that the lipstick predominantly wore away after a few hours and I was left with only glitter on my lips. The glitter isn’t gritty, but it definitely has more staying power than the actual lipstick (I’d classify the lipstick base as semi-sheer).

Devilish (oh how I wish this was RED!) is a medium pink with similar glitter particles as Juicy. Same thing here – the lipstick disappears over time and you’re left with glitter particles left behind.

Cherry is really heckin’ pretty. It’s a cream finish, which makes me a bit nervous in a colour like this, so I always made sure to pair it with a lip primer and a lip liner to ensure no bleed out. It lasted well through a drink at an event I went to, but since it is a cream formula with quite a high shine finish, you will need to retouch it every few hours.

Final Thoughts

Look, I love Urban Decay and I think the concept of the Naked Cherry lipsticks is a nice match for the shades in their palette (and I’m a huge fan of their Vice range) but I think these lipsticks are not really up my alley. The metallized formula is just so glittery! Which is not something I really want on my lips. And I don’t love how the lipstick itself dissipates but the glitter is left behind. As for the cream formula… there’s no denying how pretty that shade is – it wore well and didn’t move around, but I am PARANOID while wearing a dark lip that is creamy with a shiny finish. If you can get over the paranoia of always checking your teeth for lipstick or don’t have to worry about lipline bleedout, then this is a good pick for you since the formula is super comfortable to wear.

I’m not saying that there’s anything wrong with these lip products, but for ME… this just isn’t something I gravitate to at all. If they took the glitter out of the metallized lipsticks and made the Cherry shade a matte then my life would have been made. Regardless of my thoughts, I hope this has helped you in some capacity. I do highly recommend the Vice lipsticks overall though – they’re unscented and super comfortable on the lips!

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