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Hi All,
I bought this off Ebay sometime this January out of sheer make up craze. I’d heard so much about Urban Decay and wanted to add atleast one article from them to my kitty. And what better than a blush right? So after lots n lot sof hunting I found this blush and my antar-aatma told me to buy it and here we are 
Product Claim:
Housed in a petite compact, this blush can be perfectly paired with your dressy pearls or worn alone to recreate summer’s glow.
Delicate, fresh… Introducing Urban Decay’s first-ever powder blush… appropriately named Afterglow. Small enough to fit in your clutch, this blush can be perfectly paired with your dressy pearls or worn alone to recreate summer’s glow. Bronzed pinks and hints of gold are here for the taking. Available in several colors to enhance a wide range of complexions
Made with Chamomile — Nature’s best, with these properties:
- Healing/soothing effect
- Anti-inflammatory
- Relieves dryness
- Rich in B vitamins and minerals
- Suitable for all skin types, including very sensitive skin
- Price: $17
- Quantity: 3.8gms
- Ingredients: - Talc, Tricaprylin, Zinc Stearate, Lauroyl Lysine, Boron Nitride, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Potassium Sorbate, Ethylparaben, Butylparaben, Propylparaben, Isobutylparaben.May Contain: Mica, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 75470 (Carmine), CI 77742 (Manganese Violet), CI 77163 (Bismuth Oxychloride), CI 15850 (Red 6 Lake), CI 18580 (Red 7 Lake), CI 73360 (Red 30), CI 77007 (Ultramarines).
My take on Urban Decay Afterglow Blush in Quickie
- Packaging: The packaging for this blush is extremely sleek, yet compact. It comes in a circular flip-top pan which is in a metallic ink shade. Kit has a mirror which would help in touch ups, but no brush. I don’t mind the absence of a brush but I would have may be liked this to have a transparent lid which would make it easy to identify. But again I’m not too miffed at this coz they have a colored sticker on the back of the pan in the same color as the blush and also has the shade name printed on it. So it’s not totally inconvenient.
- Color: This blush is described as a cherry pink shade and I find it to be a very pretty candy floss pink. It has tiny shimmer particles in it which is like the USP of UD products. Most of their products have shimmer and thankfully they know when to draw the line so that its not too much. Honestly, the shade reminds me of a sheer version on Big Babool bubble gum!
- Pigmentation & Texture: This blush has a very soft and silky feel to it. The pigmentation is commendable and I need very little on the brush for a single use. This blush is buildable but I am very careful not to use too much or else it makes me look washed out. This blush doesn’t have any fallout and this is one of the many reasons I like it.
- Staying Power: It stays on me for about 6hrs or so. Not bad right? Although, the tiny shimmers do fade away much sooner.
Swatches of Urban Decay Afterglow Blush in Quickie
What I liked about Urban Decay Afterglow Blush in Quickie
- I luv this bubblegum shade lots!
- Glides easily and is not at all tough to blend out.
- Staying power is commendable
- The tiny shimmers give a glow to the face and who wouldn’t want that!
- The shimmer is not OTT and can be worn to work as well.
- Packaging is sturdy and easy to carry during travel
- It has a mirror which is super useful for touch ups.
- Its sheer and gives that light barely there wash of color which a lot of us like.
- Cruelty- free
What I do not like Urban Decay Afterglow Blush in Quickie
- Too pricey for just 3.8gms of product
- Contains loads n loads of Parabens
- would have preferred if the lid were see-through
very sweet shade zara………………… it will make ur cheeks more pinky pinky
Thanx Ani! it is very pinkie pinkie for sure
zara u will be shocked to hear that………………………….. i have only 3 blushes now……….i am lazy to spend for this……………. whenever i have need different shade i apply eyeshadow in cheeks… but soon buy 2………….. you influenced me..hihi.
only 3 blushes???
how can this beee????
but its gud that ur inventive with ur e/s also…which 2 r u plannin t buy?
onlyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…………………………. i want to buy pink and brown.. of lotus herbal.
by the way zara……………… that day u told that some stuffs of coloressence are good………….. which are they??????????????
their squa base is nice, then their shimmer is too gud..very fine and pretty…their NP and lipsticks r gud too..but never buy their glosses..they smell like cough syrup…yuck!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
seriously..so unpleasant it is..i havent used mine even once after smelling it..
i’ll buy their lippies , NP and shadows……………………………… blushes too
blushes r not too pigmented and some r a bit chalky…but do check it out..u may gt some gud ones..
1 aur hauling bhi to hogi…………………..
haha…true..Happy hauling dear…
heheh….
ur antaraatma told u to buy?? waah waah…LOL
Poornima recently posted..Pre Wedding Skin Care – Homemade Ubtan
haha! honestly re Poorni…I just saw it and i heard this voice from inside saying ‘BUY! BUY! BUY!’ on hindsight now i think it may have been the devil in me! haha!
the excuses girls give for shopping…
God tussi great ho!!!
Poornima recently posted..Pre Wedding Skin Care – Homemade Ubtan
btw…is SWitty the pet name for Upasana?
Poornima recently posted..Pre Wedding Skin Care – Homemade Ubtan
Yup Poornima… thats Zara’s pet name for Upasana
yaaa she is OOps , switty and hot legi…Poorni
haha1 she has so many names…its hard t keep track…we also call her Upsi..
btw, i think Switty has the most pet nams here na? no1 else has so many..
right said …call her anything she wont say anythig
yes..Reselient Switty! i wonder how her paper went tday..
hot legs??? hahah…but why? if i may know
Poornima recently posted..Pre Wedding Skin Care – Homemade Ubtan
coz she has the hottest legs we’ve ever see nPoorni..sach me..
haha! i kno ya..we gals never need an excuse to shop! any small thing is enough.. if we feel sad we shop and even when vr happy we shop…
hahaha that’s true! we have time, we shop, and when we don’t have time, we quickly shop
haha! so well dsaid Paddy..heehee..
too pricey>>>> but super cute color <33
parudude recently posted..Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick BARE, review and Swatch
Hi Paru…yep..its a such a lovely color and the main thing being that the color is so uplifting..
i too wish they were cheaper and easily accessible..
colour is just so drooooling
heehee..yes..thats y i pounced!
The moment I read BLUSH I knew its a review by Madam Zee
Nice review gurl and the color is super cute….. very girly
But what I LOVE the most is the name… Man they sure have some ‘creative’ ppl in UD with a good sense of humor
haha! itna vishwaas??
Haan this is a totally feminine shade…something that one doesn’t have to think about b4 using..
Their names r certainly very creative Mals..but hav u heard NARS names for their products? super titillating!
OMG Zee…. i am loving NARS I say
I want their ‘sexual healing’ lippi and I am sure that’ll go with this Quickie blush :smoke:
Sexual Healing !!!! what a name these guys keep finding…
haha! i agree..such funky names…pata hai for reviews posted on such names, my office bans us from opening them..we cant view them coz of ‘Questionably Content!’
‘Questionably Content!’ on lippies.. :jittery: :jittery: jst because of a name
parudude recently posted..Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick BARE, review and Swatch
yes..i can never read such posts at work…all banned..
hehe..so weird to ask for such things…btw, orgasm is very shimmery na?
ya it is…
i only wear it if i am going for a wedding or smthing…. 
lucky lucky you Misha
haha…A quickie sexual healing
sounds hot to me…
haha! thats for sure..
hahha haan i guess there must some MALS type people there….how is INS studies coming up??
haha! they r so creative ya…it must have been quite a risk…it wud never work in India i guess..just imagine how many of us can go to acounter and ask for sexual healing or deep throat??? i think thats y they dont enter indian markets..
HE hehe… I know rt!! Imagine asking SA.. can I have a quickie pls
I am soooooooooooo lossing my brains :wallbash:
hoooooooooooooooooooo
SA will be more than obliged lolz
haan mom will ask what did u get ..and r reply will be Sexual healing
haha! poor Mumma!
Ana… meri jaan, mat poocho!! I opened my lappie to study but took a detour to the blog and now I am busy searching for ‘the perfect foundation’
hahhaha Mals this will be the first time u will be giving paper with yur eyeliner on
i hope all mom and hubby don start just hating me
not a chance ever!
heehee…no…Switty, Ani, Swati n all made me flaunt! BLame them!!
such a big blush flaunt she is …
khi khi khi..
Pretty shae..i’m sure you GLOW in it…
Haha! I sure do Mits! Do u have a similar shade?
Dont know Ze….i’m bad at relating colous until i actually SEE yhem..
heehee…itna colorblindness????
ur a liner girl or lippy gal Mits?
lovely write up Zara.
Y does my antar aatma always pricks me when I buy something?
Hi Madhu…
my antar aatma also pricks me..but i shrug it off and STILL buy..heehee…and then i promise myself i wont buy anything again and feel better…and then break this resolution after 2-3 days
Zee resolutions are meant to be broken that too before we get wrinkles
i agree..warna wheres the fun in life na
Mads trust me we all feel the same
Zara.. what would be the best blush to begin with (for a newbie like me)??
blush to start with? well that wud depend on ur skin tone really…i had started with max factor powder blush in classic pink and i luv it till this day..in fact i have even bouthg the 2nd pan for it..
its all bout finding the right shade for u…
agar blush khareedne ki baat ho to only zara ki antaraatma bata sakti hai to buy a BLUSH!
or not 
haha! i AM totally blush crazy i admit..but wot can i so? control hi nahi hotaaa!
m totally not a blush person!
lolzz
isliye meko to samajh hi ni aata =))
not a blush person?!?!?!
not at all? not even 1 teeny weeny wala blush?
it must be like ho wi am with e/s..
nai yaar..
meko sab blush colors same lagte hai! LOLZ
and i dont even use blush daily!
hahahhaah u shld take this as a challenge
shayad i will be a blush person soon!
kaahe ka challenge? i feel so nice when i wear blush…diff diff colors n all…androni khushi!
haha!
maybe u will..u never kno..until a year back, i thought i was exclusively an eyeliner person!
well m in eyeliner person phase since yearsssssss.
and last one year was NO MAKE UP time
no makeup at all? not even liner?
ive always been an eyeliner lover…but i dunno kab kaise blushes wheedled their way into my life…sigh….i want more blushes!!!saare duniya ke blushes mujhe milna chaiyye!
omg zara needs help!
koi iska ilaj karwao!!
illaj me blushes de do!
Very nice review Zara
i love reading your reviews 
pretty pretty
Antar Atma lol
Btw i love the color
Thanx Misha!
The colors is so gorgeous na! makes me think of cake icing..hehe..
Zara today u’ve made antar aatma as a discussion topic
haha! i swear..who knewit wud get so much focus!
That is a nice shade – it seems to have a lavender undertone to it na, in the swatches?
Meri bhi antaraatma says go shopping all the time, but I think my hubby’s antaraatma disagrees.
tanveer recently posted..Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss – Review
yep..it does have a lavender undertone too! Uv got quite the eye ya…i hav such a hard time describing a shade
All hubbies antaratmaa’s are pre-programmed not to like shopping i gues
so pretty shade Z!!!
oh Megha u look so different all the time
i agree…after seeing every pic i keep thinking i can figure out how she luks but Alas!
Thanx Megs! u like such shades?
Zee u know now UD is on strawberry.net rash told me about it..so there it will be lot cheaper.
haan kya??? will go and check it once m at home..
Z!!! Another pretty blush review…its like you alternately review lippes and blushes….
and you have UD!!! You lucky lucky girl!
heehee..Thanx Swati!
i myself feel lucky too..but i do wis such products wud be easily available to us?
zara..am so so jealous..u have so many many lovely blushes
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haha! come here t pune…we’ll use all our blushes collectively…my Ud and ur pink topaz!
luks like nice shade zara…but it suits to ppl who have very fair skin tone like u….
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Hi Krupa..Thanx..m glad u liked it
Lovely shade and color pay-off seem to be awesome.
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Oh yes Eesha..its very well pigmented and the color is so beautiful with the teeny weeny shimmers…
Superb review Zara!
This seems exactly like the shade I was searching some time back- ghot pink kinds!
U created another lemming
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Thanx Viva! Haha! I kno ya..whenever we see such lovely stuff we get this inner yearning for it…as of now, my heads still ringing from the paintpits A had posted..
Hiya Zara,
Hope weekend was gr8, very pretty shade as well as it’s name, will check it out for sure, thanx! : )
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thanx Priyanka! glad u liked it..UD does have some really nice stuff