Hello everyone, you may remember me yearning for an Urban
Decay Naked Palette in my ‘10 Best Beauty Buys Under 10 Pounds’ blog post, well…
*drum roll please* … I gave into temptation and bought the Naked 3 Palette! So
I thought I’d post a review for you in case you were wondering if it lives up
to the hype and is worth the hefty price tag. Enjoy :)
About the product
This is one of the bestselling eye palettes ever and it’s
easy to see why – the colours are so wearable, there is a good mix of matte and
shimmer shades and the pigmentation is excellent. In case you have been living
under a rock for the past decade and have never heard of the Urban Decay Naked
palettes, there are three palettes available, each with 12 neutral eye shadow
shades. The Naked 3 palette shades are rose-hued neutrals. One of the reasons
that the shadows are so excellent is their staying power, these shadows do not
budge even after 12 hours of wear. However, if you do have particularly oily
eyelids Urban Decay also sell a range of eye primers, this palette actually came with 4 free primer samples (pictured above). The shadows are also very blendable which makes
creating an everyday smokey eye extremely easy (I simply apply a matte shade to
the eye crease and blend with a Mac 217 brush). This particular palette has
also been rated 4.7 stars out of 5 on the House of Fraser website by customers
so don’t just take my word for it…this palette is loved by literally everyone!
Texture
The shadows in this palette are velvety smooth and feel
lovely on the lid, one of the things I love is that the shimmery shades do not
have big chunky glitter in, the shimmer is very finely milled which makes them
just as easy to apply as the matte shades. The texture is so buttery soft that
you can easily apply the shadow to your lid and blend with your finger if you
don’t have an extensive brush collection. This also makes that palette great
for younger girls who are just starting to learn about makeup application,
because the shades are so natural and easily blended that you can’t really go
wrong!
Affordability
Although I’m sure you could find this product slightly
cheaper on sites like ebay, I bought mine from House of Fraser which cost me £38!
This is definitely a makeup product to treat yourself to, and not an everyday
purchase. However, I really do think it’s worth it, I use this palette most days
and the colours are so pigmented that you really don’t need to use much so this
will probably last well over a year.
Packaging
As someone that loves
everything rose gold, I think the packaging for this palette is beautiful!
Unlike the original Naked palette which has velvet material exterior, this
palette is metal which feels much more expensive and high quality (and is also
wipe clean unlike the first Naked palette). The palette also has a really big
mirror on the inside which is very useful for touch ups when you’re on the go
and means that the product great for travelling as you don’t have to pack a separate
mirror. Moreover, the palette comes with a double ended brush, one side for
packing shadow on the lid, and one side for blending. Most of the brushes that
come with eyeshadow palettes are absolutely useless but this one is lovely and
soft (the blending side is still not as good as the Mac 217 though).
After buying the Naked 3 palette I’m now addicted and am
thinking of buying the first Naked palette too, so leave me a comment to let me
know your thoughts on the original Naked palette.
Tam x
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