Urban Decay Naked 2 : The Sequel everyone’s been waiting for

Paris B 55 Comments

If I had an award to give for the most boring name for a sequel, the award would go to Urban Decay for Naked2. Its not even Naked 2 : Return of the Neutrals or perhaps Naked 2: Because once just isn’t enough. Its just Naked 2.

urban decay naked 2 eyeshadow palette

But what a sequel! It literally had everyone on the edge of their seats waiting with bated breath as news about Naked 2 was leaked out. There were rumours it would be a cooler toned palette – right up my alley! If I had a complaint about Naked (The Original) it was that it was too warm. There were also rumours it would be more matte. But I didn’t hold out for that. What is Urban Decay if not shimmery and sparkly?

And then the photos of the palette leaked out and I felt a little crestfallen. At a glance, it looks just like the Original palette. It wasn’t cooler in tone, and neither was it more matte. It just looked … the same. And really, there is no real reason why you need two palettes. One is enough so just choose either since they are both permanent.

I got my hands on this one a little while ago through a friend in the USA, but have taken a while to blog about it because I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. Also, I knew it was coming into Malaysia – I just didn’t know when. So it gave me a great excuse to sit on things. However, The Naked 2 palette launched here over the weekend so its probably an opportune time to tell you about the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette 🙂

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Lipstick Bandit on the loose! Raise a (NARS) Manhunt!

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Ladies,

I’m not one to advocate joining gangs – makes me want to don a baseball cap back to front and wear massive bling. But I have recently been invited to join one and like many gangs, its hard to say no especially when they are persistent 😉 They call themselves the Lipstick Bandits but the only thing this gang does is terrorize your wallet by making you WANT more and more lipsticks. Especially the red ones. The redder the better. I think I’ve found my niche 🙂

At the pestering urging of Rae, I was unwittingly happily co-opted into this lipstick loving gang. And like all not-so-secret societies, I needed to be initiated. Here is my initiation.

lipstick bandit

Me in a bandit-esque mask, rocking a red lipstick 🙂

A month ago, I’d have laughed and said “Pish! Me, do something creative with makeup? You gotta be kidding! I don’t have a creative bone in my body!” That’s what I told Rae the first time she asked. But then I celebrated a birthday recently and with age, as they say, you lose your wisdom 😛 Suddenly you think “There’s nothing I can’t do if I just put my mind to it!” And so when Rae sneakily (banditly?) asked again, I said yes. I did this, on the eve of turning a year older but looking back, not very much wiser 🙂

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Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Eyeshadow Palette : Photos, Swatches And A Quickie Eye Look

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I showed you some preliminary pictures of the upcoming (for us) Urban Decay 15th Anniversary eyeshadow palette over the weekend (see the close ups of the case, and size and fingerprinted glory here) Everyone’s baying for swatches and yes, we have them! Hurrah! 😛 I have a very quick sort of eye look but had no time to do anything dramatic because I’m going away, and I wanted you to know that this palette is very friendly despite the bright colours, and that yes, I predict many of you will be liking it very muchee!

Before I start with all that malarkey, I wanted to just correct myself in my previous post. I noted that the palette comes in a metal box sitting in a plush velveteen “gift” box. And I was correct.

urban decay 15th anniversary palette swatches

However, I thought that that velveteen box was the “free gift” and that’s where I was utterly wrong. Urban Decay was not pulling your leg when they said that you can remove the eyeshadows and use the box as a keepsake box. You literally can remove the eyeshadow tray. The velvet lined bottom layer is then for your use as you want it. Honestly, I’m not sure what you’d do with it. Where would you put the eyeshadow tray to start? Good question eh?

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Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Eyeshadow Palette : 15 brand new eyeshadow shades

Paris B 33 Comments

This Saturday, I leave you with pictures of the new Urban Decay 15th Anniversary palette.

Urban Decay turns 15 by launching a palette with 15 new eyeshadow shades.

My first foray into Urban Decay was from Heathrow airport many years ago. Because the brand was so raved about online, I picked up a palette with something like 8 shades in a slim handy silver palette. It was quite small and could fit into your pocket. Heaven knows what it was called. I remember it cost £17 which was quite astronomical at the exchange rate then. Well, I hated it. It was glittery, there was fall out everywhere and the colour payoff was crap. I never looked at Urban Decay again, until the Naked palette came about.

I still don’t look at other Urban Decay palettes. For some reason, I find their quality different from that in the Naked palette. In the latter, the shadows tend to be softer and smoother. However, there is still a problem with fall out.

urban decay 15th anniversary palette

The super shiny surface is marred by my prints already!

So, why did I get the Urban Decay 15th Anniversary palette? <- yes that’s its wordy name. I have no idea 😛 I thought it was pretty, that it was a nice palette with a good mix of brights and neutrals and because something about the tackiness of the design attracted me LOL!

The palette comes nestled in a royal purple velveteen covered box. For some reason, when I saw all the photos online, I thought that the shadows sat within that velvet base and I was wondering how on earth it could be re-used as they say you can.

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