Urban Decay Naked Palette Swatches and Initial Thoughts

Hey dolls. I'm chillin' before the second wave of hell passes by this month. Goodness knows my freedom doesn't last for over two days. So I decided to offer up a swatch post before I do my look tomorrow :D

I'm at my mum's so I thought I'd take advantage of the better lighting to get better shots in :)

As you can see I just washed my brushes so now I'm ready to go with this! And it's actually great that I took shots when I did. The sky's getting dim and is significantly dimmer than it was just when I decided to start blogging. Phew!

So there's a new shot of the palette. It's not so accurate but it's another look at it :p Sun exposure was a little too much, methinks.

So, onto the swatches + some descriptions in case you'd like to find dupes in your collection :)

L-R: Virgin, Sin, Naked, Sidecar, Buck, Half Baked, Smog

L-R: Darkhorse, Toasted, Hustle, Creep, Gunmetal

With the swatches, because of the overexposure (sunlight's fault :p), they were washed out a little and the sparkle isn't apparent, so keep in mind that they are slightly darker (and significantly richer) than they appear here. Photos were taken on a MacBook Pro, so that may give you an idea on photo quality vs a real point and shoot cam :D

• Virgin - With the reviews I've seen and all, this seems quite popular as a lid color and highlighter. In the palette, it seems to be a low shimmer sort of beige but has some pink tones to it when swatched (on my skin at least).
• Sin - This one's a pinkish champagne. What you see in the palette is what you get. This one's a lovely lid color, no doubt.
• Naked - One of two matte shades that is definitely a breath of fresh air to those who've followed UD's palette range. It's one or two shades darker than my skin tone. I could use this for contouring around the nose actually. It's a beautiful almost cool medium brown that would make an awesome transition shade :)
• Sidecar - a shimmery medium bronze
• Buck - the second matte in the palette. It's a beautiful warm brown that's a little on the darker side.
• Half Baked - a frosted copper bronze shade.
• Smog - a richy brown-y bronze
• Darkhorse - shimmery ashy dark brown bronze color.
• Toasted - a BEAUTIFUL plummy bronze.
• Hustle - plummy chocolate shade.
• Creep - a dark dark gray with a lot of fine shimmer of different shades (depending on the lighting
• Gunmetal - WOAH. This color is seriously beautiful metallic blue-gray gunmetal color! You really need to see it to know just how beautiful it is.

Aaaand almost forgot!

The 24/7 liners in Whiskey and Zero. Whiskey is a beautiful chocolate brown with a red base and zero is your typical flat black.

Initial thoughts:

The shadows are definitely beautiful and unique (to me at least). I know the price seems steep, but I promise you, for the amount of product you get (I think each shadow is like a full size one) and the quality it has, you'd definitely get your money's worth, more than even, if I may say so myself. They're all soft, rich, and in comparison to my Kat Von D palette, they're not as crumbly, though the Kat Von D shadows I have are almost buttery. I have always admired the Urban Decay line from a distance because I could not just be sold on all shimmer, or worse, shimmer + glitter alone. I'll be honest, when this baby came out, I was like "what's the big deal?" because everyone seemed excited about it. I guess I was in the color phase. But somehow things changed. And now that this palette's with me, I'm crazy happy.

I'm also quite excited to try their liners that have definitely been a crowd pleaser. I used Whiskey the other day and I must say, even though I was sweaty from the heat and I'd rub my eyes by accident on more than one occasion, it never budged.

So there's that.

Hope you're all keepin' well :)

What do you think?

What's your favorite palette?

'Til then,

Love muchness,

Ciao!