First Impressions :: UD Naked Basics Palette

Hi Everyone! So I'm pretty sure most of you are aware that Urban Decay came out with their newest "matte" palette called the Naked Basics Palette. 

Their first MATTE palette, featuring six gorgeously Naked neutrals to build on or wear alone—including four never-before-seen shades.

picture I had posted on our Instagram Page

Retails: $27.00 

Description from the UrbanDecay.com Website:

Naked Basics is more than just the long-awaited, multipurpose MATTE companion to Naked. It’s the palette EVERY woman needs in her beauty arsenal. With six stripped-down, Nakedly neutral shadows, it has everything you need for the perfect neutral matte eye—including four totally new and exclusive shades.

Use these shadows to contour, line and highlight to create the right amount of definition for any occasion. Or for the days when you’re craving more color, pair them with your fiercest, boldest shadows. Richer than other mattes, the color goes on with a smooth, luxe finish (never chalky or powdery). There’s even one demi-matte shade, Venus, which has the tiniest touch of satin—perfect for highlighting and adding dimension. 

While this palette is small, we loaded it with full-size shadow pans, just like our other Naked palettes. Every shade features our Pigment Infusion System™, a vehicle for color that holds tightly to pigment and gives the formula its glide. The proprietary blend of ingredients allows color to weave itself through the Eyeshadow formula. What does all that mean? Insane color payout. Color that stays on your lids. Sparkle that doesn’t fall. And velvety, suede-like smoothness and blendability. 

It all comes in a sleek compact (embossed with a pretty, metallic “NAKED” on the front) that has a slight sheen and a suede-like feel that practically begs to be touched. (Hello…how gorgeous will THAT look coming out of your bag?!) Best of all, the slim design is perfect for travel—so you’ll never have to be without these must-have shades.

What you see is what you get: Venus (soft, off-white demi-matte), Foxy (cream bisque matte), Walk of Shame (very light nude matte), Naked2 (taupe matte), Faint (warm, dusty brown matte) and Crave (deepest, darkest brown/black matte). 

Fill Weight: 6 x 1.3g e 6 x 0.05 US oz

And here are pictures & swatches:

This was their secret sample they gave out as well:

New Beauty Balm

I think this is a great palette. The size is awesome and very travel friendly. The packaging is quite sturdy which I love.. and as you can see from the photo above, it's tiny enough to fit in your purse. But don't let it's small size fool you! The pigmentation for such a tiny palette packs a punch. The shadows feel buttery and smooth like all of Urban Decay's eye shadows. This is a great palette to have because even though there are only 6 shades, you can still do quite a variety of looks.. from neutral/natural to downright smokey. 

I'll be posting some looks soon so you can see how versatile this small palette is. I know some people are like ehh, whatever with this palette.. but you can compare this palette to the other two (which I did a review & comparison HERE)

I really like this palette so far! so I'm really glad I got my grubby little hands on this.. it's perfect for me because I like doing neutral/natural looks, but I like how you can go into the darker colors to spice up your look. 

Did you get this palette? Are you going to? What are your thoughts? 

Tutorial :: Soft Pink & Brown Eye Tutorial Feat. Too Faced Summer Eye Palette

I decided to do a simple soft pink and brown eye tutorial! :) this was filmed at night after i had just put Baby Sophia to sleep & I couldn't sleep -  so I didn't want to put a whole face of make up lol :D

Tutorial :: Using StillGlamorus Smokey Glam Couture Set

So YAY! finally a tutorial.. it may not be the best, but it is one! and i hope by my subbies that watch, i'll get some feedback and see what i can improve etc.. ;) so enjoy!

Products Used:

EYES:

-TFSI

-StillGlamorus.com "Smokey Glam Couture" set (Vintage, Porcelain Doll, Dress Maker)

-StillGlamorus.com eyeshadow in "Single"

-MAC Soft Brown Eyeshadow

-L'Oreal Carbon Black Lineur intense liquid eyeliner

-Covergirl Liquiline eyeliner pencil in Blackfire (waterline/lowerlashline)

-Maybelline the Falsies Mascara

- Rimmel Eyebrow pencil in Dark Brown

FACE:

- MUFE Duo Mat Powder foundation in "203" light beige

- Graftobian Soft Orange HD Creme Corrector

- Graftobian HD foundation palette in "vixen" used as concealer

- MAC Eversun Blush

- MAC Blushbaby Blush

- MAC Emote (to contour)

- MAC By Candlelight MSF (highlight)

LIPS:

- MAC Velvet Teddy Lipstick

- MAC Spice Lipliner

- MAC Boy Bait Cremesheen Glass

it really has been a few months since i last did a video, that i had forgotten parts of my eyes LOL like inner/outter lid haha.. i was at a loss for words.. and then of course i'm not gonna add it, but i totally didn't know i was recording while i was all glamming up my hair AHAHA.. how embarassing.. but i had fun doing this..

Ness from nerdyness.com had inspired me to actually do this tutorial, since i had been wanting to do a video, but wasn't sure what to do :) this one's for you hun! 

Here are pictures again of the swatches of the eyeshadows i used from stillglamorus cosmetics. :)

Porcelain Doll - Vintage - Dress Maker

I looove my blogging buds! they are awesome! <3 but anywho, here are pictures of the final look.. totally have no idea what the heck happened to the settings on my camera since it's been ages since i did a video.. but.. please bare with me! hope you enjoyed the video nonetheless!

until the next one! which will actually be really really soon! :)

Updated :: My Complete List of MAC Eyeshadows, Pigments & Paintpots/Paints

(the pictures below of the actual colors inside the palettes are old) the DVD rack with the palettes is how i have them right now :)

A

All That Glitters
Amber Lights
Antiqued

Atlantic Blue
Aquavert

B
Bang on Blue
Beauty Marked
Birds & Berries
Blackberry
Blanc Type
Black Tied
Black Tulip
Beautiful Iris
Bold & Brazen
Bough Grey

Brash
Bravado

Bright Future
Bronze
Brown Down

Bruised Plum

C
Carbon
Chrome Yellow
Cinders
Circa Plum (Pressed Pigment)
Clarity

Climate Blue
Club
Contrast
Cool Heat
Coppering

Coral
Cork
Courage
Cranberry
Creme De Violet

D
Da Bling
Daisychain
Dame's Desire
Dark Edge
Dear Cupcake
Deep Truth

E
Electra 
Electric sky

Embark 
Endless Love
Espresso
Expensive Pink

Eye Popping

F
Femme Noir
Fab & Flashy

Fig 1

Firecracker
Firespot
Flip
Flourishing
Folie
Fresh Approach
Freshwater 

G
Gentle Fume

Gentle Heat
Glamour check!
Gingersoft
Girlie
Girl Meets Boy
Goldmine

Going Bananas
Gorgeous Gold

Grand Entrance
Greensmoke
Grey Range

H
Handwritten
Hard to Please
Haux
Hepcat
Honest + Tan Pigment (Pressed)
Honey Lust
Hot Hot Hot
Humid

I
Image Maker

J
Jest

Juiced
Jungle Moon
Juxt

K
Knight Divine

L
Lavender Sky
Lotusland

M
Memorabilia
Mink Pink
Modelette
Mulch
Mythology

N
Naked Lunch

Nanogold
Next to Nothing

Nile
Nocturnelle
Nylon

O
Off the Page

One-Off
Orb

P
Paradisco
Parfait Amour

Parrot
Passionate

Patina
Pearl of the earth
Photo Realism
Pleasurepurr
Plum
Plumage
Plum dressing
Post Haste
Print

R
Real Drama
Restless
Retrospeck
Romp
Romping
Rondelle

Rose

S
Sable

Sassy Grass
Satellite Dreams
Satin Taupe
Shale
Sharp

Shock-a-Holic
Shroom
Signed, Sealed
Silver Ring
Sketch
Smoke & Diamonds
Soft brown
Soulsong

Spiced Chocolate

Springtime Skipper
Star Violet
Stars N Rockets
Steamy

Style Influencer MES

Sumptuous Olive
Sushi Flower

Sweet Joy

Sweet & Punchy

Sweet Chestnut
Swimming
Swiss Chocolate

T
Take Wing

Talent Pool
Tease N Teal
Tempting
Tickles
Tilt

Togetherness MES

Top Hat
Trax
Twinks

U
Unreally Blue
Up-Do

V
Vanilla
Vellum
Velvet moss
Vex
Vibrant Grape

W
Waft

Warm Chill

Warm Suede
Well-Plumed

Well Spiced

Wondergrass
Woodwinked



Young Punk MES

Some of the eyeshadows above, used to be in pre-made MAC Quads/palettes etc - here are where they are from:

MAC Delights: 6 Eye/Trend (have not depotted yet)

Gingersoft

Pearl of the Earth

Satin Taupe

Gorgeous Gold

Tease 'N Teal

MAC Suedette:  6 Intense Eyes (have not depotted yet)

Phloof!

With a Twist

Till Daybreak

Nightbird

Smut

Gallant

MAC Intriguing Scarlet : 6 Warm Eyes (have not depooted yet)

SweetJoy

Warm Suede

Well Spiced 

Gentle Heat

Real Drama

Grand Entrance

MAC Quads: (these are all depotted)

MAC Spring Colour 3 Forecaste : Colour 3 Eyeshadow Quad

Mink Pink

Bruised Plum

Black Tulip

Jungle Moon

Take Wing Eyes:

Restless

Take Wing

Tickles

Bravada

Photo Realism:

Photo Realism

Fresh Approach

Image Maker

Grey Range

Tempt Me:

Girl Meets Boy

Hard to Please

Modelette

Pleasurepurr

Gentle Fume eyes:

Rondelle

Waft

Gentle Fume

Carbon

Tempting:

Next to Nothing

Tempting

Sharp

Dark Edge

Diana Eyes: 1:

Vex

Up-Do

Endless Love

Soulsong

Well-Plumed Eyes:

Well-Plumed

Shroom

Espresso

Courage

Spiced Chocolate:

Nanogold

Brash

Spiced Chocolate

Sweet Chestnut

Paint Pots:

Artifact

Constructivist

Delft

Fresco Rose

Greenstroke

Indianwood (sample)

Painterly

Rubenesque

Soft Ochre

Paints:

Bare Canvas

Chartru

Pigments:

Blonde's Gold (sample)

Chocolate Brown (sample)

Gold Mode (sample)

Golden Lemon (sample)

Heritage Rouge (sample)

Jardin Aires (sample)

Later (new style jar)

Partylicious (new style jar)

Sweet Sienna (old style jar full & sample)

Vanilla (sample)

My pre-made LE MAC palettes

My MAC Palettes ALL filled finally! 

Bronze/Brown Palette

Highlight/Neutral Palette

Pinks & Browns lol (need to organize)

Greens (Had too many browns lol)

Greys/Silvers/Blacks (supposed to be my Smokey Palette)

Yellows/Golds (the others just didn't have anywhere to put)

Dark Purples

Lighter/Brighter Purples (the brown i had no where else to put lol)

Teal/Aquas/Blues (didnt have room for the other two)

I will update the pictures of my palettes as the pictures above are not updated and since then i have been able to reorganize and all my shadows are in palettes ('cept some pots)

because it was requested, I will post an updated blog on my collection/vanity since i've moved into my own house :) yay!

Tutorial :: Quick & Easy Blue Smokey Eye with Wet 'N' Wild Color Icon Palette in Pride

So this was really spontaneous (The quality isn't that great because I decided to film on my laptop instead).. but I wanted to quickly do a tutorial using the Wet N Wild Color Icon Palette in Pride. When I was recording I originally recorded everything from putting on my foundation, then the eyes, then the eyeliner, curling my eyelashes, mascara, the blush etc etc! lol.. but then realized it'd be not so quick anymore LoL! so i'll actually save that for another day.

Yes i'm aware it's not perfect! (well obviously cause i was in a hurry and was real pressed with time).. but it's decent and it works (for me at least lol).. so yea! if you want to watch the video, please do! 

The video is longer than i expected  because i was doing both eyes (instead of just doing one on the video)

So hope you like the video - i know i'm such a dork haha! anywho, here are the products that I used in the look:

FACE:
Stila One Step Foundation in 'Tone'
MAC Well Dressed for Blush


EYES:
NARS Smudgeproof Primer
Wet N Wild Palette in "Pride"
Covergirl Liquiline eyeliner in "Blackfire"
Maybelline The Falsies Mascara

LIPS:
MAC Easy Lounger Lipglass

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And now on to the Tutorial:

And the final Product ;)

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