review: urban decay naked basics vs. naked2 basics

hi guys! today i've finally got my comparison review of these two palettes. this review is mostly about my usage and preference of these two palettes. it's ultimately up to you whether you're interested in one over the other. ~Lindsay-chan ^.~

sidenote: just as a point of reference here, before the naked3 came out, i was gravitating more toward the naked2 than the original naked1 palette. in general, i found that the cooler-toned shades were easier for me to work with as far as my eyeshadow color preference.

as it turns out, the same feels true about these two palettes. i feel that the naked2 baiscs is easier for me to work with and that i generally gravitate toward the cooler tones. and after almost three weeks you can tell which palette i've been using more. i still haven't totally decided what to do with undone yet [and crave, for that matter]. like, i generally don't use eyeshadow as my liner or to set pencil liner, so idk. for the most part, i've been using the first four shades and occasionally the fifth of the naked2 basics a lot lately.

to see how i'd wear these two palettes, see the following fotd posts: 

naked basics fotd, original review post

naked2 basics fotd, original impressions post

swatched dry, one swipe/layer on the skin

fotd: ft. urban decay naked basics

hi all! since i posted yesterday about the naked2 basics, i realized i never posted a fotd with the original naked basics palette. so here ya go. review of the two palettes to come this week. ~Lin-chan ^.~

what i'm wearing:

• eyes:
• benefit lemon aid
• urban decay naked basics: foxy & w.o.s. (browbone), venus (inner corner), naked2 (lid), faint (outer corner/crease)
• rimmel scandalEyes liner in black (waterline, upper and lower)
• maybelline master drama chromatics pencil liner in turn on the teal
• milani eye tech liquid liner (gold tube) in black
• loreal voluminous miss manga mascara in blackest black (upper and lower)
• lips:
• eos lip balm in raspberry pomegranate (applied at the start)
• mac cremesheen lipstick in mystical
• face:
• dr. brandt pores no more primer
• mixed at 2:1
• urban decay naked skin liquid foundation in 4.0
• tarina tarantino pearl glow primer
• almay clear complexion concealer in light
• benefit hello flawless powder in me vain? champagne
• too faced sun on the run bronzer
• makeup geek blushes in romance, honeymoon (highlight)
• skindinavia oil control setting spray

naked palette shadow comparisons

hi guys! so now that i've got some free time, i've decided to do some swatch comparisons of the shadows that look fairly similar to one another across the four naked palettes. enjoy! ~Lin-chan ^.~

key: 1 -- naked1, 2 -- naked2, B -- naked basics, 3 -- naked3
all shadows were swatched dry, with no primer.

repeat shades across the palettes: foxy (2 & B), half baked (1 & 2)

creep (1), blackout (2), crave (B), blackheart (3)

naked (1), naked2 (B), faint (B), buck (1)

virgin (1), venus (B), bootycall (2), strange (3)

sidecar (1), ydk (2), mugshot (3), factory (3)

sorry, i started losing sunlight right about here...

toasted (1), ydk (2), liar (3) ... tease (2), nooner (3)

chopper (2), trick (3) ... busted (2), hustle (1), mugshot (3)

mua cosmetics undressed & heaven and earth palettes haul/comparison review to ud naked palettes

update: to see my review of naked2 vs. undress me too, click here.

hi guys! another review!! so in november, makeup academy (mua) hit 35k likes on facebook and offered 35% off and free shipping after £10. (they also have other offers for future fb milestones.) so i ordered 2 of both the undressed and heaven and earth palettes (1 pair as a gift); which are both considered dupes of/comparable to urban decay's naked and naked2. the naked and naked2 retail for $50 each. and mua's for £4 each, plus 35% & free international shipping, uhhh yes please. if you don't believe me, below is part of my invoice. now, with christmas and all, it took usps a month to deliver it--but, that could be their regular timing; i haven't ordered anything from the uk before, so i'm not sure.

naked (top) vs. undressed (bottom), over ud original eye primer

the shades in the undressed palette are certainly modeled after those of the naked1 palette. going one by one, they are arranged in the same order and it's very close. seen far away, there is no noticeable difference. up close, it's hard to tell too, but there are some textural differences in some and the amount of glitter/shimmer is slightly different. carbon copy? i think so.

naked2 (top) vs. heaven and earth (bottom), over ud original eye primer

as you can see, pan by pan, they don't match up to the naked2 but some shades are similar..if you switch them around. this isn't as exact as the undressed palette and i don't think that was the intention. i do think that the shades in heaven and earth are a very natural selection and can be used for smokey looks.

the verdict: i definitely think that if you're interested in the naked1 palette--and don't want to shell out $50, go ahead and try out the undressed palette. i mean, what do you have to lose? £4+shipping is very affordable. relatively, heaven and earth isn't exactly the same as naked2, but it's a very nice natural palette. both palettes come with a double-ended sponge-tip applicator "brush".

i can't say anything about mua's other products, but based upon comments on their facebook, people seem to really like them. me personally, i think they're the uk's wet n wild cosmetics: their products aren't completely the same, but their prices are very similar.

~Lin-chan ^.~

review: ud naked basics palette

another review of the naked basics palette! because there aren't enough out there! yeah, right. =P as many probably already know, this is urban decay's new matte palette, for the naked line. two of the shades, foxy and walk of shame (w.o.s.) are repeats. foxy is in the naked2 palette and walk of shame, in the 6-pan build your own palette. the palette itself is coated in a rubberized texture but not to the point where it will have things sticking to it or the coating will come off when scratched. maybe it's the same texture as the vice palette? i don't have it, i'm not sure. it is about the size of an iphone 4; it's smaller than my 5. next to the 5, if you hold it aligned with the bottom of the phone, it reaches the top of the screen. one complaint about this palette is that the naked and naked2 each came with a brush and an eye primer or lip gloss, and have 12 shadow pans each, at $50 each. naked basics has 6 pans, is $27, and is just the palette; no primer, no brush, no-nothing! annnnd in the midst of everything; the naked basics did not sell out on the first wave, unlike last year's naked2--which sold out on the second and few successive waves. basically; the week that this palette was released, it was announced that l'oreal was buying urban decay. the beauty community's problem: l'oreal does animal testing, urban decay does not. even though ud assured all of their die-hard fans that they will continue to not test on animals, the fans were pretty upset that their new parent company does, and a good number of them are basically boycotting now. we'll see what happens with that i guess.

anyway, back to the palette. venus is a pretty, shimmery ivory. yes it's a matte palette, they call this a "demi-matte"... it's nice to put in the inner corner to brighten it up. for me, foxy and walk of shame are highlighters or clean-up shades--for lighter skin tones. they're great to lighten up an area or to help blend out a harsh or dark shadow mistake. annnnd you can't see either of them on me. lol! naked2 is a really nice, light taupe color and looks great on skin tones across the board. faint is a medium brown and a great transitioning color. crave is a browned black (compared to my other black shadows; like ud blackout and thebalm serious). it is very dark and unless you hold it up to other blacks, you won't notice that it's brown-toned. i'm not sure how often i'd use this as i'm not a huge into smokey on myself, but it's a great color to set eyeliner.

swatches over ud original eye primer

the verdict: overall, i really do like this palette. like i said above, i do think they should have included something else with this palette, considering the price and what they've done for the other naked palettes.

~Lin-chan ^.~

an update/haul

 

i feel like i've been posting hauls too much and not so much product reviews. so today, i'll just list the items i've gotten since i've dismantled everything's packaging last hauled and eventually i'll get around to posting more reviews. ~Lin-chan ^.~
ulta

• tarte smolderEyes eye catchers pencil set
• maybelline eyeshadow quads in green with envy & give me gold
• macadamia natural oil healing oil treatment (free; used my ulta points)
• too faced triple threat set
• 5 for $5: 3 eye pencils, chi silk infusion, and ulta hide & go sequins polish
• zoya aurora
• butter london fairycake

sephora

• urban decay ocho loco pencil set
• nars satellite of love blush/luminizer
• 500pt nars deluxe sample set (eye & face primers, lip pencil in new lover, orgasm blush)
• perfect formula clear gel coat
• lasting impression it kit (free w/code)
• clinique clarifying lotion 3 (16.5 oz)
• too faced
• perfect collection
• hot cocoa collection
• eyeko skinny mini set
• caudalie cleansing & lip duo
• benefit high flyin glosses set

sigma

• p82
• p86
• e05 (free for spending $30)

urban decay

• de slick xl spray
• naked basics palette

elsewhere online or in-stores

• glam-rx touch up palette (order here)
• macadamia natural oil deep repair [hair] masque (8.5 oz)
• skylark by elle and blair ava & sophia lip gloss set (from blush.com)
• theBalm mary lou-minizer & hot mama (from hautelook*)
• bobbi brown black pearl nail polish
• revlon
• colorburst lipstick in pink sugar
• super lustrous lipstick in sassy mauve
• just bitten kissable balm stain in smitten
• photoready concealer in light medium
• covergirl
• intense shadow blast in beige blaze & brown bling
• lashblast clump crusher in very black
• trublend pressed powder in translucent medium
• l'oreal
• color riche quad in snooze addict
• infallible le gloss in blush
• infallible eyeliner in black
• wet n wild blush in pearlescent pink
• real techniques brush sets -- starter kit (purple) & core collection (orange)
• 24-piece brush set (from widget love, via living social coupon)
• white barn "thanksgiving" candle; a 3-wick candle sleeve
• lush: candy mountain bubble bar, melting snowman bath melt, north pole soap, sandy santa scrub, cinders bath bomb

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