Apparently, I have been remiss in keeping up with my gossip/pop culture blog reading, because I had no idea what a trap queen was.
Do you? Because when I saw this new Vice Liquid Lipstick from Urban Decay, I was like, “What the hell is a trap queen??” Is she the queen of setting traps? Does she hunt? What’s the deal?
Well, apparently, it’s a song, and it’s about a bad-@ss chick.
So there you go. It’s just a glimpse into my future. I can see it now… Connor Claire will throw out pop culture references, and I won’t get them.
The new Urban Decay Vice Liquid Lipsticks
Trap Queen is one of 30 brand new $18 Vice Liquid Lipsticks, a new line coming soon from Urban Decay. (To find out exactly when they arrive, you can sign up on the Urban Decay website, and they’ll let you know.)
Most of the 30 shades are mattes, and there are also a few metallics. Not all of the shades will be available everywhere, either. Some of them will only be available on the Urban Decay website and at freestanding UD stores (there’s a list below).
I hope you don’t mind if I break these up into a couple of posts, because Baby Girl is due for lunch (a chicken-apple-sweet potato puree), and she can’t wait for mommy to finish swatching two dozen liquid lipsticks for hours (she’s actually “talking” about it right now, a.k.a. “baby talking really loudly,” and I can’t hear myself think).
The oranges and reds
She did, however, allow me to swatch the reds, and I can already tell this much about this line: they look breathtaking in pics! Like, if I just slept in a chaise lounge all day long while people snapped pictures of me, and I didn’t have to eat or drink or interact with anyone ever, my matte lip game would be SO on point.
Of this first batch here, Flame (has a metallic finish) looks like a hot mess up close, with vertical lip lines galore, but somehow it still looks AMAZING in pics.
Pigment = YASSS
These are intensely pigmented (you don’t need to apply much), and the unscented, unflavored formula isn’t drying.
What about the wear time?
I wore shade 714 for about six hours today, by which time I’d finished two meals and two big jugs of water. I also went through several tissues filled with nasty green snot (sorry…I’m getting over a cold right now), and kissed the back of my hand approximately 50 times to simulate approximately how many times I would have normally kissed Connor, and 714 didn’t hold up well.
The color around the edge of my upper lip and in the middle area had all but disappeared. Most of the color on my lower lip was still there, but it was hanging out with my lip flakes, so I’m not sold on the wear time of these yet. I don’t think they last as long as the MAC Retro Mattes, but I’ll keep you posted as I keep playing with them.
What’s the take-home message so far?
Even though I don’t think these will last as long on my lips as some other liquid lipstick formulas, they look AMAZING in pics when they’re freshly applied. If I were wearing them and living that paparazzi life, kickin’ it with the Kardashians…
Wait — forget that. I wouldn’t want to do that. Kanye looks like a handful, and I’d be that one person in the crew constantly rolling her eyes.
But I digress… 🙂
The shades that will be exclusive to the UD website and freestanding UD stores
- Disturbed, a deep brick red
- Double Crossed, a deep berry
- Pandemonium, a bright purple
- Twitch, a soft purple with blue undertones
- Crank, a bright berry fuchsia
- Flame, a bright orange with golden micro-glitter
- Tilt, a bright orange
- Brat, a warm baby pink
- Naked, a nude pink
- Rapture, a dusty Rose
Shades exclusive to the UD website and UD counters
- Time, a gunmetal-navy with silver shimmer
- Studded, a metallic grayish brown
- Conspiracy, a plummy bronze shimmer
- Blackmail, a deep berry wine
- Purgatory, a deep berry with pink sparkle
- Mad, a bright purply shimmer
- Firebird, a deep fuchsia
- Menace, a medium fuchsia-pink
- Big Bang, a bright pink sparkle
- Tryst, a reddish fuchsia
- WSM, a rosy pink
- ZZ, a soft pinkish purple
- Trivial, a pinkish nude
- Backtalk, a mauve nude pink
- Amulet, a brick rose
- 1993, a medium brown
- Rock Steady, a deep wine red
- Crimson, a rich red
- Trap Queen, a bright red with golden shimmer
- 714, a bright red
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Speaking of songs (from when we were talking about Trap Queen?), I heard this one by Kelis for the first time in ages. I had iTunes set to “random,” and it came up while Connor and I were doing our daily dose of mommy/baby dance time.
It got me thinking about how you just never know what you’ll be doing in life the next time you hear a certain song. Like, the last time I heard this song was probably 10 years ago, because I used to have the CD in my car, and I’d listen to it when I’d drive to my job at the literary agency (a.k.a “the place where I got stuck behind a fax machine for 15 minutes one day”).
I had no idea way back then that I’d still be blogging in 2017 and listening to the song again while dancing with my daughter. Life is crazy, huh?
Rachel R. says
These look great! I love Flame.
Karen says
Hi Rachel!
I hope Flame works better for you than it did for me. I tried a few more of the metallics today and they much easier use than that particular shade. I’m hopeful!
Happy *almost* Thursday. I’m looking forward to working out for the first time in over a week tomorrow. Say hi to the bunnies for me. 🙂
Gina says
OMG!!!!! That palette!!!! George!!! No you are not the only person who has favorite trees!!! I love trees!!! Great post, and even as much Mac as I just got I’m so jealous of your Chanel!!! Dang girl those eyes are beautiful. I’d TOTALLY MAKE THE DRIVE FOR MY HAIR!!!!! But I’m cray like that about my mane!!!! Growing mine out and it’s horrendous!
Hope you are well, happy as can be – live life to the fullest Karen!
Grace and much peace to you (and yours)
Gina & Gracie
Karen says
You do the same, Gina! Hugs to you and Gracie. 🙂
jonirae says
Wait, so these won’t be at Sephora or Ulta or Macy’s or whatever?? Like… at all, or just not right away? That’s kind of a bummer; I’m a big fan of touching before I buy!! gaaah! Interesting, though, because I hadn’t heard anything about these yet! Thanks!
Karen says
Hi Jonirae,
They will be available at Urban Decay counters and Sephora. There are certain shades which will be exclusive to urbandecay.com and the UD freestanding stores. Let me know if you have any other questions!
jonirae says
Oh! Okay, that’s good, then, that sephora is in there… I get confused by the UD “counter” thing, because I’ve never actually seen a UD counter! oops!
Karen says
No worries! By “counter” I mean the section designated for Urban Decay at stores. 🙂 I guess you could also call them displays. Did you know they carry UD at Macy’s? They have counters — the traditional kind!
Pav says
So pretty! What do you have on your eyes Karen, some warm, bronzey magic?
Kiss & Make-up says
I’m so jealous of how well you wear reds! Very pretty!
Tanya Dufour says
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these. Can’t wait to see the other colors! I think wear time is important given the price.
Erin says
I’ve seen some mixed reviews of these so far. I’m not a fan of liquid lipsticks to begin with so I’m not sure I’d like them. About as close as I’ll get is NARS Velvet Lip Glides.
Jen says
Did you notice much shimmer with Trap Queen? I’m not seeing a ton in the various pictures I see. I want sparkle with that one!