Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette Swatches + Review!

Hello Lovely People of this Earth!

I have recently been watching A LOT of YouTube videos and have specifically gotten myself hooked into the beauty guru community, spending countless hours staring at my iPad, iPhone, Computer, just staring and watching numerous girls gush over the new Urban Decay Basics Palette. I finally decided to pick one up for myself and see what the fuss was all about. I must admit I never had the pleasure to try out the Urban Decay Naked or Naked 2 palette, maybe because of the hefty price, or maybe due to the fact that MOST of the colours were so… shimmery, not my thing. The Naked Basics though did provide me with some ounce of hope, it is a very small compact and great for traveling as well as having great secure packaging, so nothing falls out :/. I great thing was that it was ($32 + tax CDN at Sephora) with almost all MATTEE colours! YAY! not the cheapest, but with the hype I had to try it out.

Here’s a look at the palette and it’s original packaging, I must admit, it is absolutely gorgeous to look at :O (gush, gush)

from left to right: Venus, Foxy, Walk of Shame, Naked 2, Faint, & Crave

Here are some swatches of these beautiful colours on the skin (apologies for the blotched skin, I may have rubbed a little too hard to get some pen of my arm):

Venus is the only colour within the palette with a hint of shimmer, which I thought was perfect. It has a really satin finish and if great for highlighting the eyes I found that the pigmentation was pretty good, and I didn’t need to use much to bring out my eyes.

Grade: A

Foxy is next in the palette, I must admit it is VERY similar to Walk of Shame (you can see in the next picture) it is a nice matte pale colour, with a nice yellow undertone. I found that the pigmentation with this colour was not as good as a I hoped, maybe because it was very similar to my skin tone? But I seemed to need a little more to swatch to even show clearly the colour of the shadow, which really disappointed me, but on  the lid, is a very open and nice pale colour.

Grade: B

Walk of Shame was next in the palette. If you can see it is a very similar pale colour as Foxy, except with a peachy undertone, this colour was REALLY similar to my skin. I found that this colour had more pigmentation and very easy to apply, a great all over lid base colour, just because this hid a lot of my veins on my eyelids, which was quite wonderful.

Grade: A-

Naked 2, I must admit this is one of my favourites in this palette. I found it a great over all lid colour, so whenever I just wanted something on my lid, for school or just going out with friends, it just added depth to my very small eyes  (HA!) The pigmentation is wonderful, just a watch with my finger is enough for my entire lid.

Grade: A+

Faint was absolutely my favourite. It somehow looks in the picture, but trust me the colour pay off is exactly like the colour in the palette, this colour was wonderfully pigmented and was just such a great neutral crease colour. I found this beautiful light chocolate brown very flattering for me and gave a great smokey affect and paired really well with my other eyeshadow colours outside of this palette.

Grade: A+

I must admit Crave was a colour I was very hesitant on using when I first saw it. if can see in the swatch it looks almost black, but I promise it’s not! It’s actually very deceiving  the colour on your lid turns out to be a very dark brown colour with hints of plum, very flattering for girls with brown eyes! This is definitely the most pigmented colour in the palette, a dab can already give you a great smokey affect!!

Grade : A-

Overall this palette lived up to expectations to me. I love that it is very neutral, compact, pigmented and great for travel and everyday use. I would definitely recommend this product to those who are not huge on makeup, like me, but want something for everyday and those special occasions. The price did hurt my wallet (32 dollars !!) but thinking about it, nothing at Wal-Mart can compare and for 6 really wonderful shadows it really lives up to the price.

Grade : A

Let me know what you think about this palette! Any other beauty item that has seemed to work well for you? Let me know, sharing is caring (:

xx

Carol