Laura's look book! Smog & Shimmer

This is quite a dark eye look. They are neutral colours, but they went on very very shimmery, I think due to the Sleek Primer, and the darker colours became a lot more. . Products Used; . Urban Decay Naked Palette - Sin, Smog & Hustle. Sleek Primer Palette - Light Brown & Dark Brown. Urban Decay 24/7 liner - Whiskey. Urban Decay Liquid Liner - Lucky. . I doubt I would wear this again, but it certainly was interesting and really brought out my blue eyes. I used Sin on the inner corner and half of the inner lid, Smog across the outer half of the lid and Hustle on the outer corner and crease. The primer made these colours a little too metallic.

Laura's look book! Naked

This is a matte neutral-ish look. The crease line goes up higher then I usually go, but that's because I have quite small lids and my crease is a little hooded. I tried to really soften the look with a lot of blending. I tried to keep it neutral by only using mascara and not liner. . Products Used; . Urban Decay Naked Palette - Virgin, Naked & Buck. Sleek Primer Palette - Beige, Light Brown & Dark Brown. . I don't normally wear such neutral shades, but I might wear a softer neutral like this more often, but maybe with the crease line a little lower. I used Virgin across the inner half of the lid, Naked across the outer half of the eye, and Buck is in the outer corner and crease. As mentioned above, I really blended these colours so they are a lot lighter and softer then they would be had they been applied without as much blending.

Laura's look book! It's A Sin

This was a look I wasn't actually going for, I was after more of a nude, yet it didn't quite turn out that way, yet I still like how it turned out. . Products Used; . Urban Decay Naked Palette - Sin & Half Baked. Sleek Primer Palette - Beige. Urban Decay Liquid Liner - Lucky. . I used Sin on top of Beige Sleek Primer all over the lid, Half Baked along the lower lash line. Lucky liner across the upper lash line. I didn't do so well with the winged liner on this one.

Review; The Urban Decay Vegan Palette

This palette is cruelty free (though all Urban Decay products are) and animal byproduct free, so it is suitable for vegetarians and vegans. It makes me wonder what kind of ingredients are in regular make up for it not to be suitable for vegans. Anyway I digress! The selection in the top row is good as they are all varied and colourful, however the bottom shades are all very similar. The top row are all glitters and the bottom row are all shimmer, I am more of a shimmer fan so I am sad the top row aren't shimmers as well, as they would be smoother, softer and more vibrant of they were.

Minx looks like a greeny teal in the pan, however it goes on a lot more green however doesn't go on all that smoothly and you need a fair few applications to get the colour to show up fully, it tends to look patchy due to the glitter.

Urb is a light green in the pan, however it shows up more browny coloured. It isn't as pigmented as the shimmers and there is fall out from all the glitter. I really wanted to love this, but on the skin it isn't the colour I expected it to be.

Gunmetal in the pan is a shimmery silver, however on the skin it is black based with silver glitter. I would have preferred this if it was more like Barracuda (a silver shimmer). The pigmentation is better then the other two glitters, however if it was a shimmer it would have been a lot more pigmented!

Twice Baked is a dark brown shimmer, however I found it kept going on a little patchy and isn't as shimmery as the other two. It is still a nice colour and it is pigmented, however it could be more smooth.

Smog is a beautiful colour, very soft, pigmented and a lovely colour (also available in the Naked Palette), not much more to say about it I think the swatch says it all! :]

Half Baked is a golden brown, and is very pigmented and smooth and a little different to the browns since it is more gold in tone. It , like Smog, is also in the Naked Palette. Again, not much to say about this one, the quality speaks for itself.

Review; Urban Decay Naked Palette

Urban Decay Naked palette



I don't normally wear neutrals, but since work has a "minimal or subtle" make-up rule now I have started to dabble, as normally I like brighter colours. This palette I absolutely fanatastic, I don't even know where to start. I suppose the bottom line is that it has made the Too Faced Natural eye kit & Too Faced Smoky eye kit obsolete. This one palette can do both neutral and smoky so it is less bulk to carry, and I find that the quality of these shadows are a little better quality. I also like how there are a mix of neutral colours, some more pink, gold, bronze or just pure brown-y colours, so you can do many different neutral looks. There are also the black and silver for smoky eyes.

I had a few complaints with the NYC BoS III (although in general I liked it) due to lack of textures, the bulky box and the OTT packaging (though I do love the artistry of the pop up, just not the LEDs bulking it out.) This naked palette eradicates all of these complaints. It has a mix of textures, matte, some with minimal shimmer, ones that are a bit more shimmery, no matter what texture you prefer there will be something there for you. It is a much more sleek box, yet it only has 4 fewer colours, although in saying that the 12 colours it has are bigger in quantity. It still has the mirror, and the two 24/7 eyeliners still, so it hasn't really compromised on the content to get slimmed down! It is a very simple but well packaged palette, which is a lot more suitable for travel then the BoS' that they produce. The drawback of this palette, which is both a pro & a con is the velvety feel of the box. Yes it is lovely and soft, and when it is in the purple velvety mould it just oozes luxury (especially with the gold lettering). However at the same time it is just asking to get dirty with foundation and eyeshadow, and it would be hella difficult to get it out! Also at the end of the day all these palettes are cardboard and paper, so they will be bound to get a little dog-eared.

This also has the same benefit as the BoS III as it also has exclusive limited edition colours in the palette, which in this case are Virgin, Buck, Darkhorse and two others which I forgot, so I apologise!

If you are more interested in shaking up a smoky eye then keeping it neutral, you may be glad to see the new palette they are bringing out, it's called the black palette, take a look!

I know I will be getting my mitts on it when it arrives in the UK!