Review: Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

If you've been following this blog for awhile, you've probably already know that I've been loving neutral eyeshadows lately, so there's no way I'll miss the chance to get a hold of this palette!

But to be honest, when I got this I wasn't sure if I would love this as much as I loved the Original Naked palette. However, when I swatched it and played with it, I was blown away! I just liked how it looked against my skin and it's confirmed! I love this as much as I love the Original Naked palette!

I liked how they change the packaging material from cardboard to tin, but I'm liking how it looks like a pencil case. But I still like the packaging of this than its predecessor. Another change I liked is the addition of a double side brush, a crease/blending brush on one side and a flat shadow brush on another. One change I didn't like is they included a mini Lip Junkie instead of a mini Primer Potion. I just didn't care for the Lip Junkie! It's so sheer it just looked like a clear gloss with a bith of shimmer on my lips.

As far as the quality of these shadows goes, Urban Decay still gives you fantastic quality! The eyeshadows are are pigmented and binds to the skin nicely. The only down side is that some of the eyeshadows will have glitter fallouts. But overall the quality is still above average. I hope they repeated the "Naked" or "Buck" shade instead of "Half Baked". As for the color selection, this palette features more cooler shades as Urban Decay calls it "griege" compared to the Original Naked palette. I love Snake Bite, Suspect, and Verve! Do check out the swatches below!

Do you still need this even if you have the Original Naked? Well, if you love neutral eyeshadows like I do, the answer is a big YES! You need this in your life! But if not you're a neutral eyeshadow junkie like I am, then I guess just having one of the naked palette would do. If you ask me whivk naked palette I prefer, sorry but I can't answer that because I both love them the same!

By the way, stay tuned for my valentine's day look tutorial featuring this palette!

Something New: Urban Decay Naked2 Palette

Yup! I got the new Urban Decay Naked2! I'm liking the new packaging since it's more sturdy and shut close. I also love the brush included though I would have prefer that they included a mini udpp rather than a mini lip junkie. A more concrete review plus swatches and comparison with the original Naked palette to follow!

New Year Look EOTD

Sorry for the lack of post last month. November and December are always the most hectic months for me and my family. Aside from being the peak season for our restaurant, I had to go on several trips abroad too and of course there's med school!

Any way, I want to greet everybody a Happy New Year!

Let me share a look which I wore on New Year's Eve! I did a classic holiday look. Neutral and gold eyeshadows (matte brown on the crease, shimmery golden taupe on the lid, and matte skintone eyeshadow as highlight) then I lined both my upper and lower rims with black pencil liner, then I created a cat eye with a liquid liner then finishing it with 2 coats of volumizing mascara. Another go to for the holiday season is red lips, so I went for it, anyway, my eye makeup is on the neutral color palette. To finish the look I just dusted a matte bronzer on the cheeks.

Products I used:
For the eyes:
• Urban Decay Primer Potion
• Make Up ForEver Eyeshadow #93
• Loreal Infallible Color Eyeshadow in Sahara Treasure
• Laura Mercier Vanilla Nuts Matte Eyeshadow
• Stila Smudgestick in Stingray
• Loreal Liquid Liner in Carbon Gloss
• Maybelline VolumExpress Colossal Mascara in Glam Black

For the cheeks:
• Guerlain Terracotta Bronzing Powder #01

For the lips:
• Mentholatum Clear Lip Balm
• MAC Viva Glam I

My Birthday Giveaway WINNER!

Sorry for posting the winner of my birthday giveaway a bit late.

I'm having internet woes as of late so I do hope you understand!

Anyway here it is!

I got 50 entries, but some didn't followed my instructions, so I was left with 45 qualified entries.

I picked the winner thru a random number generator thru the ever trusty random.org!

THE WINNER IS...

drumroll....

THIAMERE!

of http://thiamere.blogspot.com/

CONGRATULATIONS, THIAMERE!

I've sent you an email!

Please email me back with your mobile phone number and shipping information within 72 hours.

*PS If the winner fails to respond to my email I'll pick a new winner.

MY BIrthday Giveaway! ANNOUNCEMENT!

Hi guys sorry for not posting much and updating you guys with the giveaway, because

I'm having problems with my internet connections.

It's just today that I had a stable connection...

Quite a number of people emailed and messaged me that they don't have a blog but the want to join.

Well, you still need to have a blog to join and be a follower of my blog.

You just need to create an blog. It doesn't matter if you don't have any readers yet or if it's just made for this giveaway. This is just to be fair to every one who joined and followed my instructions.

Take note, that I will check every entries if you have followed my instructions.

I've already seen some not following instructions, so I hope you will use this extension to follow the instructions to validate your entries.

Another question I had is if you have several blogs, can you use it to gain multiple entries.

My answer is yes you can, but one person can only have maximum of 2 entries.

Anyways, since a people are still joining my giveaway and a few are still emailing me regarding the giveaway so I decided that

MY GIVEAWAY IS EXTENDED UNTIL NOV. 26, 2011!

The winner will be announced on the 28th.

If you have more questions, feel free to email me or message me.

Plus after this giveaway, I'll be holding another giveaway for the holiday season!

Stay tuned!