impressions: urban decay naked on the run

hi guys!!! so guess what came in yesterday! just like when the naked 2 basics palette was released, this palette was delivered the day after i ordered it! wow. or maybe not..lol. it shipped from mississippi to louisiana, and that's just next door. anyway, i'm super excited that i got my hands on one of these because the shadows are super prettyful. ~Lindsay-chan ^.~

i'll have to do eye photos some other time when i have more time to play with the palette and seeing the different shadow combos, etc.

eyeshadows swatched over milani eye primer

• dive: it's a slightly chunky glitter shadow, which is ok. it's reminiscent of buzz with the formula of dust (both in the naked3 palette).
• fix: this is probably going to be another go-to lid color since this, when applied gently, is pretty close to my lid color.
• resist: this was actually a poor choice for a crease color--for my eye look today; it's gorgeous, but the shimmer blends away to nothing if you use it in the crease.
• dare: i feel kinda like this is a lighter version of faint from the original naked basics palette..but idk... i'm not huge into the darker colors, but i'll try figuring out how to use it eventually.
• stun: this is so pretteh i can't wait to try it. super gorgeous coppery brown >w< !
• 5050: this is so pretteh. it has a pinkish-peachish tone with the pearl-ish shimmer
• 24/7 liner in stag: despite it's appearance, this pencil contains shimmer. while it's a pretty dark brown, it's an ok color, but it could very well have been black...

• sesso: this gloss doesn't really look like much on me, but i think it's a good choice for this palette (as far as the wide range of skintones).
• bronzer: the bronzer's orangey on me, but with a light hand, it's not too bad...
• blush: this is really freakin hot pink for my liking. i had a lot of trouble working with it because it's so pigmented. i barely dabbed my brush in and it was like bam!

sesso gloss

on me:

• estee lauder double wear light in intensity 2.0
• almay clear complexion concealer in light
• rimmel scandalEyes liner in black (upper & lower waterlines)
• naked on the run
• 5050 as brow & cheek highlight
• dive in the inner corners
• fix all over the lid
• resist in the crease
• stag as lower liner
• blush, bronzer, gloss, mascara
• benefit they're real push up liner
• anastasia brow wiz in dark brown
• skindinavia oil-control setting spray

today's fotd

hi guys! it's a neglect-responsibilities-like-schoolwork kinda day today! and it's been rainin. anyway, i wanted to try out my new ambient lighting blush palette..and mannnn. it's super easy to go overboard with luminous flush. ~Lindsay-chan ^.~

face:

• rimmel london stay matte primer
• covergirl 3-in-1 foundation in 825
• almay clear complexion concealer in light
• theBalm sexy mama
• too faced chocolate soleil bronzer
• hourglass ambient lighting palettes
• luminous flush (blush)
• incandescent light (highlight)
• skindinavia oil control setting spray

eyes:

• milani eye primer
• rimmel london scandalEyes pencil liner in black (upper and lower waterlines)
• maybelline 
• chromatics liner in turn on the teal
• brow drama in deep brown
• urban decay naked 2 basics palette
• skimp -- inner corner
• stark -- browbone
• frisk -- lid
• cover -- crease
• kat von d tattoo liquid liner in trooper
• eyeko skinny mini mascara in black (upper)
• [calvin klein] ck one mascara in black (lower)

lips: maybelline matte lipstick in touch of spice

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

fotd: ft. urban decay naked2 basics

hi guys! i've finally gotten a chance to post this. the original day i wanted to get this up, the lighting in the front room was no bueno and teh paul was sleeping in the bedroom...so all of my shots were fuzzy..like the one below. and i had to run to class and didn't have time to retake them before i got super sweaty. >.<
anyway, it's home game numero uno and we are gridlocked into the apartment, so it's a good time for me to work on the blog. without further ado, today's fotd and info are below the following photo. ~Lin-chan ^.~

8/28


today's fotd:

what i'm wearing:

• eyes:
• milani eye primer
• benefit gimme brow in medium/dark
• chella ivory lace brow highlighter
• urban decay 
• naked2 basics: stark (browbone), skimp (inner corner), frisk (lid), cover (outer corner/crease), primal (outer v)
• 24/7 liquid liner in smog (upper) -- i haven't used this in a while..so it came out an uneven mess >.>
• subversion lash primer (upper)
• perversion mascara (upper & lower)
• rimmel scandalEyes liner in black (waterline, upper and lower)
• maybelline master drama chromatics pencil liner in plum persuasion
• lips:
• eos lip balm in raspberry pomegranate (applied at the start)
• revlon super lustrous lipstick in brazilian tan
• face:
• dr. brandt pores no more primer
• covergirl 3-in-1 foundation in 425
• almay clear complexion concealer in light
• theBalm sexy mama powder
• benefit hoola bronzer & coralista blush
• theBalm mary lou-manizer
• skindinavia oil control setting spray

first impression: urban decay naked2 basics

hey guys! i just wanted to get on here and say holy freaking crap. i ordered this gem yesterday morning around 7 CST and it was sitting on my doorstep by 3pm TODAY. anyway, here are my initial thoughts, i'll be testing this palette over weekend. and at some later time, i'll have a comparison to the original naked basics palette. ~Lindsay-chan ^.~

• skimp -- it's a really nice peachy off-white type color. it's probably a demi-matte..like venus is/was because it has some shimmer to it. it's very buttery and i got way too much when i first rubbed my finger across it
• stark -- i'm happy that this will show up on my skin (relative to the shades in the first naked basics)
• frisk -- a pure taupe! >w<
• cover -- i love how this is a burnt browny-tan shade; great for the crease or transitioning
• primal -- this is a nice chocolate/medium brown shade
• undone -- i really like how they didn't include another black. i'm not huge into using dark shadows as my liner, but this is a nice in-between for me.

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

 vs. 

 

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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birthday~ and a hyooj march haul

    

hey guys!

the day before my birthday: teh paul took me to cheesecake bistro, like last year, and i was depressed that they changed the menu! we haven't been since last year, and i wanted my usual croque madame..but apparently they took it off the menu a few months ago. >.> now there's no reason to go there anymore... regular copeland's is better.

on my birthday: my dad took paul and i to mosca's restaurant, which none of us had been to before. it's a local italian restaurant. apparently it was one of the restaurants of choice back in the 70s with mafias and stuff. lol. it was pretty good, we got crab salad, shrimp mosca, and oyster mosca, followed by a piece of homemade cheesecake with a candle in it. if you ever want to go, they're cash only!

the day after my birthday: my mom's family took me out to siamese, a local thai restaurant. again with the menu changes: i wanted their chow mein..and now it's gone! so i settled for their pineapple fried rice, which i'd known was a safe choice. afterward, we had a strawberry shortcake from whole foods! mmm!


and here are a few things that i got for my birthday! yayy~!

• for the soul: spare tire kit, trunk security cover
• tales of the abyss (3DS)
• kitchenaid flex edge beater (mixer attachment)
• apple lightning to 30-pin adapter--my phone will work in my car now! yay!
• mystic divine nourishing oil treatment -- from my hair stylist
• sigma gift card → spa brush cleaning glove in aqua (& free sampler of surrender, command, and publicize eyeshadows--swatched over ud original eye primer)
• amazon gift card → makeup geek dark raspberry damask z palette (shipping was $2.25 on amazon, but on the mug store site, it's $5.52? what?!) & they sent me a free, full sized mug eyeshadow in pixie dust! awesome! as you can tell, i've already filled the new palette ^^; ... the only complaint about this z palette is that the pattern is only on the lid and the rest is black, unlike other patterned z palettes. also, despite the discrepancy of the dimensions of this palette, it's the same as their large-sized palettes. as far as makeup geek, as a company, i really liked how they personalized a little handwritten thank you note for me. it's the little things that make people happy, and that's exactly marlena's goal.

march hauls:

L: tornado, aura, magic, illusion, oz, south--swatched over ud original eye primer, rockstar eyeliner,
R: glinda lip color (L), sweet beige lip color (R), watt's up (top)

sephora: urban decay glinda palette, sephora ultra vinyl lip pencil in sweet beige, benefit birthday gift (watt's up & they're real), living proof style extender sample, and clinique happy perfume sample---had to show this to you guys! i've never seen a card-style perfume spray before!

 

lace, nutmeg, blitzen, ember, pinecone, shiver, satin sparks (all swatched over ud original primer potion)

• sally's: hair chemist macadamia oil hair serum & purple tangle teezer ($10 off $20 bday coupon!)
• bestbuy.com: apple lightning cable (with $5 from reward zone & free shipping!)
• groupon*: skylark by elle and blair snowkissed cashmere eyeshadow palette
• first impressions: this is an awesome, very pigmented palette. only complaint is the price (the full price--$40, not the groupon price--$17), and satin sparks shadow: why is it so huge?! why is it so crumbly? to me, it's very reminiscent stila kitten, which is interesting because i'm pretty sure elle said she didn't like that about kitten.... and pay-off for shiver was ok, it needed to be built up a bit to get it to this swatch. the brush, both ends are very dense, haven't used it but it feels great!
• zpalette.com: aqua/yellow 4u palette -- i love this size! the magnetized area is approximately the same size as unii palettes.

shadows (swatched over ud original eye primer): rock, snatch, bordello, bb cream

polishes (2 coats): steel my thunder, ivy thyme, for shay, flaming berries

• haulerdeals.com*: skylark by elle and blair shiver shades nail set
• first impressions: i don't feel that this set is in any way unique as far as the colors. i do like the pigmentation, but only steel my thunder came out awesome in one coat, while the other three were streaky. got this set on sale for $15+ship vs. $30 on blush.com
• urbandecay.com: rock palette, snatch & bordello shadows (plus walk of shame from the original 6-pan palette)
• beauty.com: urban decay naked bb cream, [something for hub hub for our anniversary (really early...)], and richard chai rory bag (click the link to get yours: free with $100 beauty.com purchase)
• Shaveworks® The Cool Fix™ Targeted Gel Lotion
• Stila® Stay All Day® 10-in-1 HD Beauty Balm
• Go Smile® Touch Up Smile Perfecting Ampoules
• Nuxe® Masque Crème Fraiche de Beauté 24H Soothing & Rehydrating Fresh Mask
• ARCONA® Hydrating Serum, Replenish AM/PM
• Joanna Vargas Skincare Daily Serum
• Caudalie Premium Cru The Ultimate Anti-Ageing Cream
• PHYTO® Phytopolléine Scalp Stimulant Universal Elixir
• Murad® Acne Clarifying Cleanser
• Peter Thomas Roth® Mega-Rich Body Wash
• H20 Plus™ Targeted Care Hand and Nail Cream
• The New Black Full-Size Nail Polish in Gold Grenade (see notd post here)
• bareMinerals® Stroke of Light™ Eye Brightener in Luminous 4
• Beauty.com® $10 Gift Card

swatches: pink in the afternoon, teddy bare, brandy

• sally's: finger paints hoppy go lucky, i spy-der, basecoat (buy 2, get basecoat & ring free), palladio rice powder in translucent
• first impressions palladio rice powder: i've removed the shrink wrap on this (haven't actually started using the powder), but this is not a travel-friendly package. the lid just slides right on and off.
• cvs: milani color statement lipstick in teddy bare, lip pencil in brandy, revlon super lustrous lipstick in pink in the afternoon, sally hansen salon effects french mani (pink)

makeup geek/amazon: beauty blender 2-pack & free eyeshadow in prom night (swatched dry)

~Lin-chan ^.~


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