So, today I walked into the office to find a couple of packages on my desk (instantly making my morning slightly less depressing), and I am happy to declare: I am the proud owner of an Urban Decay NAKED2 palette! Yep; I saw; I bought.
[REWIND..] If you’re into your make up, you’ll no doubt remember the MAJOR hype behind the original NAKED palette. I, admittedly, was quite late jumping on that bandwagon, the price was much more than I’d normally wish you pay for an eye shadow palette. However, I can honestly say, it remains one of my best purchases so far. I even had a few friends try out mine and go out and got themselves one! The colours are so pigmented and wearable, I literally use this on 90% of my day or night make up looks. (Here is a pic of my slightly battered but ever trustworthy original..)
About a month ago, I started seeing and hearing about the NAKED2 palette, mainly by those few lucky Youtubers who got to test out the palette before it went on sale, I think. I didn’t expect it to be on sale in the UK until Feb, but when I spotted it in the Debhenams newsletter that they already had it online and it was in stock, how could I NOT have bought it? Especially after the original one was out of stock for so long and almost impossible to get hold of!
I have had a little play with it; swatched, blended, with primer, without primer, etc… and I have concluded: I love it as much as the original.
There is definitely a couple more matt shades than the previous, which is always a thumbs up! the colours are so wearable and suited to almost all skin tones. I'm still to do some actual looks with it, but I see it being another well used addition to the make up collection.
The colours:
FOXY, HALF BAKED (the only one that is also in the original NAKED palette), BOOTY CALL, CHOPPER, TEASE, SNAKE BITE, SUSPECT, PISTOL, VERVE, YDK, BUSTED, BLACKOUT.
My fave's are FOXY (a matt cream bisque) and CHOPPER (a copper-gold); this these may be my most used!
And last but not least; the double sided brush and lipgloss...
How can you not be chuffed with a double ended brush? Here you go, after spending that slightly obscene amount on an eye-shadow palette you also deserve, not one, but TWO brushes (in one), Urban Decay are on it!
Although, having had a little try out of the brush, I do feel the crease brush isn't very dense and I do doubt I will be using this much when I have my MAC 217 at hand.
The mini Lip Junkie gloss is so cute; it is in the colour NAKED (pinky/peachy) which 'COOLS & PLUMPS' as it says on the back. It smells minty, and provides a very neutral, glossy look.
All in all, I am very happy with the palette and can't wait to put it through it's paces. Yeh, I've also read its more suited to cooler-tone skin shades, and this may possibly be true, however I genuinely believe you can rock these whatever skin tone you are.
Comment if you have this palette/ like it/ dislike it/anything at all really. :)
Thanks for reading darlings!
Loves xoxo
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