Urban Decay Naked Palettes

Naked 1

Naked 2

Naked 3

Comments

I initially bought Naked 1 and then Naked 2 because I wanted to try doing a smoky eye.  As a newbie I wasn't all that impressed by these eye shadows.  I am not an expert with technique and I don't have loads of expensive eye shadow brushes so I can't blame it all on the eye shadows themselves.  I just thought that the shimmers worked well as highlighters or all over the lid colours packed on heavily but as soon as you try blending them out even slightly they diminish into nothing but a dirty looking colourless smudge.  

For a smoky eye you really do need the matt colours and although they have slotted in some matte nude colours that compliment the tones of the shadows in the palette, a balance for me would be 1/2 mattes with the rest beautiful shimmers and highlights to then use on top to compliment those shades as a finishing touch.   

You only ever hear such good things about these palettes so I was surprised at how underwhelmed I felt with them.  My main  complaint is how few browns there are in any of these palettes. It reduces their wearability so much! Most people's go to everyday nude look would probably revolve around browns.  Ideally I would swap all the nonsense colours pretending to be nudes for some really diverse browns. 

YDK is probably the best textured eyeshadow in all three palettes.  It is the most shimmery and creamy and goes on thickly yet it is almost colourless and unfortunately looks bland on. 

Naked 3 is probably the one I reach for the most because Liar is so lovely as an all over colour.  Although Mugshot and Factory are almost identical.

The thing is, in every palette there will be colours that you don't use that much.  But disappointingly, I can't piece together many looks I like with these palettes.