urban decay naked3 vs lorac unzipped

hi guys! as promised, here's my side by side comparison of the urban decay naked3 and lorac unzipped palettes. the swatches below are what i think looked very similar, pan-by-pan. but as you'll see they're not as they appear! the only pan in the unzipped palette that didn't seem to be similar to anything in the naked3 was unbridled. enjoy! ~Lin-chan ^.~

unzipped, naked3 swatches -- over ud original primer potion

side-by-side swatch comparisons: (naked3/unzipped) -- all swatches below are dry

strange/undercover, burnout/unreal, liar/unbelievable

limit/unconditional, nooner/unspoken

factory/uncensored, mugshot/unattainable, trick/undiscovered, blackheart/untamed

oct - dec favorites

sorry guys for the delay on my favorites. the winter break was a bit too crazy-hectic for me. school's now started and there's been a lot going on that i haven't been able to keep up. ~.~ anyway, since the fall semester was super hectic--with 12hr days on campus, i don't really have that many favorites. but here's what i've got for ya! ~Lin-chan ^.~

naked3 palette, swatched over ud original primer potion

rosy lips, pepper, smog, underground, chapped hands remedy

• cnd (creative nail design) solar oil (purchased at ulta) -- this feels great! it's a little oily feeling until it's absorbed, which is maybe 5 minutes.. and it smells amazing because of the sweet almond oil. mmmmm.. >w<
• co bigelow chapped hands remedy (purchased at bath & body works) -- i first picked up this hand cream about 5 years ago when i was in art school. one of my classes (intaglio), involved putting printing plates into acid and washing it off, blah blah blah. and it was a fall semester class, with the cold and blehhhh. needless to say, my hands were chapped to the point that they were cracked, sore, red, and almost bled. this was the only hand lotion that didn't burn like hell and it healed my skin in the process. and i still love it to this day! (has a medicinal scent that might be a turnoff for some people, if you can use a tester before buying.)
• vaseline rosy lips -- since i bought this, i've used this nearly every single day. i just love the slight tint it gives, and the scent's not super strong but it's pleasant (and i'm anti-rose or floral scents).
• bite beauty creme lipstick in pepper -- i bought this lipstick because i've been wanting to try one of these forever. and after seeing a blog post by emilynoel83, who has basically the same natural lip color as myself, i was confident in ordering this shade. i was hooked after the first try. it's so comfortable and natural looking on my lips.
• urban decay
• naked3 palette -- this is such a pretty palette for my brown eyes. i think, of the three, this one has been given the most love..and that's pretty crazy considering i've had the other two for a couple years now.. favorites: burnout, buzz, trick, liar, factory, mugshot. i can't wait for these to be released as singles!
• smog liquid liner -- this is such a pretty brownish/greenish-golden shade and i love wearing this over the naked3 palette shadows as my upper liner.
• underground pencil liner -- this is an awesome metallic taupey/rose golden shade, i've been using this as my lower liner with naked3 looks

fotd: J's wedding makeup look

hi guys! here's my wedding look for J's wedding last weekend! i used nearly the same as A's wedding..but whatever. i also did J's makeup, which i'll also list below... ~Lin-chan ^.~

dress is from david's bridal in capri. this dress has pockets!!!

 
 

photo of L & i stolen from her fb.

products used:

• eyes
• urban decay
• original eye primer
• naked3 palette: strange (highlight)
• liquid liner in smog (upper liner)
• pencil liner in underground (lower liner)
• rimmel london eyeliner in nude (waterline)
• loreal telescopic shocking extensions mascara (lower)
• benefit gimme brow in med/dark
• chella brow highlight
• J:
• loreal infallible eyeshadow in bronzed taupe, amber rush
• armani eyes to kill mascara
• urban decay liner pencil in crave (fill-in for brows)
• L:
• urban decay naked3 palette: burnout (inner corner), liar (lid), mugshot (crease)
• cover girl bombshell mascara (upper)
• lips
• em michelle phan pillow plush lip balm in sorbet (applied before makeup)
• benefit posie tint
• (applied after posie tint dried)
• J: revlon lip butter in sugar plum
• L: bite lipstick in pepper
• face
• too faced original primed & poreless
• covergirl 3-in-1 foundation in 825
• em michelle phan the great cover up concealer in light/neutral cool
• rimmel london stay matte powder in translucent
• theBalm 
• instain blush in houndstooth
• mary lou-manizer (highlight)
• makeup forever hd setting powder
• urban decay b6 & de slick sprays
• (J: opted for no bronzer)
• L:
• too faced chocolate soleil bronzer
• benefit rockateur blush (lightly placed over houndstooth)

tuesday's fotd

hi all! so i posted a fotd of myself to my instagram on tuesday but i felt like posting about it here too. so here you are. ~Lin-chan ^.~

products used:

• eyes
• urban decay 
• original primer potion
• naked3 palette:  burnout (inner corner), liar & trick (lid), mugshot (outer v), strange (highlight)
• pencil liner in underground (lower lash line)
• liquid liner in smog
• rimmel london pencil liner in nude (waterline)
• elizabeth mott it's so big mascara (2 coats upper)
• loreal telescopic shocking extensions (1 coat upper & lower)
• covergirl clump crusher (1 coat upper)
• benefit gimme brow in medium/deep
• lips
• bite beauty lipstick in pepper
• face
• maybelline fit me stick foundation
• revlon colorstay concealer
• benefit rockateur blush
• nyx hd setting powder
• urban decay b6 & de slick sprays

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)

urban decay naked 3 palette (pic heavy)

 

i couldn't help it..and caved. thankfully, i had some opinion outpost* points that i was able to redeem and use toward it. so after tax, i paid $40 instead of $54. sadly, i thought that they'd ship immediately and it would arrive at my in-laws while we were there for thanksgiving, but they didn't. (they went on sale the thursday before thanksgiving and it didn't ship out until monday!) so i snuck a drive home yesterday to get my hands onto it. >.< ~Lin-chan ^.~

the naked3 palette comes packaged with a fairly generous sampler of four of their primer potions (original, sin, eden, and anti-aging) as well as a dual ended shadow/blending brush. the naked3 is packaged similar to the naked2 in shape, but the exterior case is a gorgeous rose-gold color, with ripples (kind of...i think it's weird...) on both the front and back. 

[the naked1 originally came with a dual ended eyeliner pencil (zero & whiskey), but now it comes with an eye brush and a mini of their original primer potion in the vintage bottle---for, at the time $50 (now $52). the naked2 comes with a dual ended shadow/crease brush and a mini of their lip junkie lipgloss in naked--also previously $50 (now $52). and the naked basics palette $27 comes with 6 shadows and no extras.]

update: click here for shadow comparisons post

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left: naked1, 3, & 2 flat-side brushes; right: naked2 (round) & 3 (flat) blender-side brushes

upon opening the palette, i was, to some degree, disappointed that a few of the pans were loose--maybe the result of rapid mass production? so i pulled out the hot glue gun and glued them back in with no problems.

onto the swatches!!!

naked1 shades: virgin, sin, naked, sidecar, buck, half baked, smog, dark horse, toasted, hustle, creep, gunmetal

naked3 shades: strange, dust, burnout, limit, buzz, trick, nooner, liar, factory, mugshot, darkside, blackheart

naked2 shades: foxy, half baked, bootycall, chopper, tease, snakebite, suspect, pistol, verve, ydk, busted, blackout

swatches: 1, 3, 2 all over ud original primer potion -- photos taken outside in the 38° cold!

i think my favorites or most used will be: burnout, liar, trick, factory, mugshot

foxy and walk of shame are extremely close to my skintone; i promise i swatched them!!

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