Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette Review

 

Yes I've gone and done it. I said I wouldn't buy it but lookey here. I remember when I first saw the pictures floating around Instagram of this, I didn't like it. I thought it was tacky looking. Obviously I was quite wrong. It's completely amazing and beautiful.

My only gripe with this palette, I wish they would have changed the packaging. I mean, I can dig the metal case it's quite secure and everything. But I think it would have been neat if it differed from Naked 2. It's just not my favorite. But that's just me. The first Naked palette was warm toned, second was cool, and this is more rose-gold toned shadows. This of course comes with 12 new awesome shadows. All excellent quality, highly pigmented. A mixture of shimmer, mattes and sparkles. A dual ended brush, and samples of all their eyeshadow primer potions. A crowd pleaser all around.

Strange, Dust, Burnout, Limit, Buzz, Trick.

Nooner, Liar, Factory, Mugshot, Darkside, Blackheart

I also thought it might have been nice if they named the shadows something with more of a romantic theme.. Idk just spitballing here.. I still love this with all my being..

 

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The only shadow I'm not so sure about is dust. It felt a little chalky to me. But none the less, it's pretty.

My favorites: Limit, Buzz, Nooner, Liar and Blackheart. Blackheart is like no shadow I've seen.. Black with tons of red sparkle. Amazing. Something else I noticed about these shadows, I didn't get a ton of fallout! I usually do get fallout with the shimmery UD shadows but from what I've seen, I have a lot less with this particular palette.

The brush included is the one on the bottom. I wanted to show you a comparison between the other brushes they've included in palettes. On top we have the vice 2 brush and the middle is Naked 2. As you can see, the right side has a small shader brush pretty much identical to the Naked 2 brush. The left side is more of a flat blending brush / large shader. It's really multipurpose if you ask me. I really like the fact that they changed the brush up! These brushes are always amazing quality!

So this palette is a definite winner in my book. I'm so glad I bought it, when I was checking out at Ulta, the lady behind me said she loved it so much! I was so excited to get home and play with it! I was not disappointed. I'm hoping to get a tutorial up with this palette soon, if the lighting cooperates with me! I hope you all enjoyed this post, thank you so much for reading!!

--Nicole xox

 

Lorac Pro Palette Review & Swatches

 

Merry Christmas everyone! My post today is going to be on a palette I'm sure everyone is quite familiar with, the Lorac Pro palette. It has been out for quite while, but I neglected buying it. "Why do I need another neutral palette?" Well I'll tell you why, it's amazing. If you want to see swatches and my review, click below:)

FOTD 10/18 & Ulta Haul

Hey guys! Today I wanted to show you my makeup for the day, and an impromptu Ulta haul. Funny story: I drove 40 minutes away from home to a specific Halloween store and they didn't have what I wanted.. Of course. They had just built an Ulta in the same plaza and you can't not go to Ulta when it's right there.

So from Ulta I got Urban Decays single eyeshadow in Naked. This is my most used eyeshadow I believe. I'm almost out of it in my Naked palette. I'll have to purchase Buck soon too! Next is the Murad Oil Control Mattifier Lotion. I've heard good things about this, it was expensive. Like, I can't believe I actually paid 40 dollars for a lotion, what the hell was i thinking. If it works I'll be forever greatful. If it doesn't, taking it back! Finally I got the Anastasia Brow Genius Kit in Brunette. This was kind of a whim buy. I had seen a couple people use it in videos and I wanted to try a new brow product. What got me is that it's waterproof. I'm an oily girl so I thought this would be a good product for me. It's kind of a process to apply. But so far I like the results. I plan to do a review and demo of this soon! It's a very different product.

Onto the face.

I wanted to use the Lipslick in Tanzanite I got from Oslo Cosmetics, so I kept the eyes neutral and simple. I started with Buck from the Naked Palette in the crease, then used Tease from the Naked 2 palette on the lid. I highlighted my browbone with NYX White shadow. Then smudged Urban Decays Perversion liner on the lower and upper lashline, setting it with a matte black powder. I added a little Tease under the black on the lower lash line. I used Eyelure 100 lashes.

For the face I used my LOreal Ture Match foundation, Rimmel Stay Matte powder & NYC Sun n' Bronzer. I also used the Brow Genius Kit. And finally the Lipslick in Tanzanite. The color on my lips is from one swipe, so these are greatly pigmented!

I hope you enjoyed this post! Happy Friday everyone! Thanks for reading!

--Nicole

 

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