Urban Decay Summer Of Love Nail Polish Collection Swatches & Review
Morning!
Urban Decay’s new collection for summer 2010 is called Summer Of Love and I’ve got some special preview swatches to show you!
This is a collection of seven mini bottles of color that reflect the fabled summer of 1969, also known as the summer of love.
The formula on these was really good. A couple were a little sheer so I used three coats, but overall they were pretty great.
Let’s take a peek shall we?
Love Light
Love Light is a pale champagne/pink with tiny multi-colored shimmery bits. As you can see this is a very sheer color, so I admit, it wasn’t really my type of color. BUT I think it would make a great layering color. This was two coats.
Shine On
Shine On is a light copper metallic with green and pink shimmer particles. I don’t know what it is about this color, but it definitely looks 1969 to me for some reason and I like it. This didn’t have any streaking problems at all either. This was two coats.
Magic Bus
Magic Bus is a very bright, bordering on neon, orange creme. This is definitely one of the three colors I think of when I think of the 60′s (the other two are dark brown and avocado green). This was two coats.
Aquarius
Aquarius is a blue/green shimmer. It looks very mermaid-esque and reminds me immediately of the ocean. It actually looks a lot more green in the bottle than it goes on. It’s definitely a cross between blue and green though. It was on the sheer side so I used three coats.
Psychedelic Sister
Psychedelic Sister is a pink/red creme. It was pretty, but not one of my favorites, personally. I think I have quite a few colors like this. This was two coats.
Woodstock
Woodstock is a neon flamingo pink. This is A LOT brighter in real life than this pic shows. This was two coats.
Hashbury
Hashbury is a medium purple with a heavy pink flash. For me this was the winner in the group, though I do have a few others that are probably fairly similar. I just love this combo. Obviously the name is a play on “Haight Ashbury” the famous hippie area in SF and perhaps “Hashish”. Hmmm. Oh and I know a thing or two about hippies, my entire family is full of them from Berkeley, haha! This was also a little on the sheer side so I used three coats.
Overall I think this is a nice little collection. There is a wide range of colors and finishes and I like that they are mini-bottles. That way if there are a few you might not like as much, you aren’t stuck with a whole large bottle.
I’m not sure when exactly this is coming out or the price, but I’ll update this post if and when I hear. Update: These will be available on their website here tomorrow!
How do you guys feel about the Summer Of Love?
-VV
I really dig every color, especially Shine on!
Hi Elysia,
Yay glad you like them all!
Happy Monday! I love all of the bright colors and shiny colors (especially Aquarius) but I’ll probably pass on this collection – I feel like I have seen all of these in other collections
Hi Anne,
Aquarius is a really pretty watery looking one.
Hashbury is the only one I like from the collection. Last time I think I liked all the colors. I’m disappointed that they’re only selling mini-collections, as opposed to letting you purchase individually.
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Hi Phyrra,
Yeah I can understand that totally.
They will be available tomorrow on UrbanDecay.com! With the rest of the Summer collection!
Hi Kat,
Thanks, just updated the post!
I think this is a happy little collection. That being said, I think there are lots of dupes out there for each polish here. “Hashbury” is almost an exact dupe for $OPI’s “Screen Test.” Still, I’m glad these are something beyond pastel & neon. “Shine On” is the most unique to me, but I’m not sure it would work with my skin tone. Thanks for the swatches!
Hi SB_Sweetie,
Sure thing!
I don’t think this collection lives up to the awesomeness of UD’s old polish colors at all, which is pretty much how I felt about the last collection. I know the company is more main stream these days than it was originally, but most of the other products they have these days still have a bit of that original edge, where their latest venture back into nail lacquer doesn’t have that feel to me.
Yet again I am wishing that Urban Decay had brought back a handful of their original products, in original colors, as a 10 year anniversary collection… especially the polishes.
Hi auroragyps,
I agree. I am REALLY hoping they realize that their original colors are what people are dying to see back! I had a bunch of them but sadly tossed them like a decade or more ago
I am kind of bored & dissapointed … I mean, they’re OK, but 3 pinks, one of which is a sheer? Come on Urban Decay, what happened to “Does pink make you puke?” Maybe I’m just too old that I remember this slogan LOL, but when I think UD I think edgy, interesting – not something I feel like I’ve seen before.
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Hi Colette,
Yeah I think they pigeon-holed themselves a bit with that old slogan, haha. People still expect them to live up to it. I think pink can be fine, BUT I would also like to see more edgy “weird” colors in the mix.
I was so excited to see these and now that I have, I’m not impressed. I’m actually pretty bummed. UD use to have the most amazing colors.
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Hi Cindy,
Aww sorry you aren’t loving them!
I don’t care about the polish. But the bottles! The script they used!
Why aren’t they HUGE! I would buy them all – just for the bottles.
Back down to earth – A they are mini (no good) B I will never get these in the UK….;o(
HI Jen,
Ha, ha, yeah it is a nice font
I think Hashbury is my favorite!
Hi Jackie S.,
I like the name of it, it’s clever
I would buy most of this collection just for the names! The 1960′s is my favourite time period.
Hi Serena,
Glad you liked them! The names are cute
Oh I thought UD had stopped making nail polish! DO you know if this collection will be coming out in the UK?
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Hi Rebecca,
Yeah actually they came back last fall with a set called Apocalyptic, which was pretty great. This is their second set. They do have a UK website: http://www.urbandecay.co.uk/
I would buy this set just because of the names. My parents used to go watch the hippies in San Francisco in 1961.My mother was enthralled by their spirit,daddy,not so much. I always wanted to be a “flower child” but was born to late.
Hi starlight,
Ha, ha that’s funny. I am the opposite, grew up with a bunch of hippies and I am the total opposite of them all!
There’s a lot of these colors that I’m not entirely sure I’m wanting. Hashbury is definitely a color I’d love because of the name, and maybe Magic Bus too. Either way, I’ve never tried Urban Decay and would like to buy these so I can test out their formula.
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I really wanted to like these. I only like Hashbury and not enough to buy a mini collection. The packaging is cool and trendy and the name Summer of Love is very appealing. The bottles look fabulous.
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I like the names but not the colors. Really aren’t doing it for me.
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I like a couple of the colors, and if I could buy them separately, I probably would. Since it appears I have to buy the whole collection, I’ll almost definitely pass because there are several colors I would never wear.
I remember when UD first came out with their polish. This was way, way back and they were in long cylinder bottles. I wish they would release those types of colors again.
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What’s the deal with the obsession with the 60′s this spring and summer? Color Club came out with Poptastic and now this.
Too bad they’re all in a set, cause I like 3 of these. Not worth buying all of them for just the 3 that I like.
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For me, Aquarius is the star of the collection. Lovely!
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