Urban Decay's Naked Basics Palette: A Review - July 10, 2013

Hello my fellow Fashionistas and Beauty Queens!  As you may know from a previous post of mine, I recently received the Naked Basics Palette by Urban Decay for my birthday.  I have always heard wonderful things about both the Original Naked Palette and the more recent Naked 2 Palette.  Of course, I wanted to know what all the fuss was about, but I had a hard time bringing myself to spend $50 on one eyeshadow palette (I know, I'm kinda cheap.)  The Naked Basics Palette was released more recently and I have heard amazing things about this product as well!  Luckily for me I was shopping at Ulta the other day, looking for my birthday gifts, when I saw this palette for $27, which I felt was more reasonable (even though my mom was paying for the presents.)  I figured that if I liked this one well enough I could potentially buy the other two Naked palettes eventually.  On the way up to the register I had about 3 people tell me how much they loved it, so I knew it was probably a safe purchase.  I have used this for a couple of weeks now, mostly for a neutral everyday look, and I have jumped on the Naked Palette train!  I love this product and it may just be my favorite makeup product I have ever owned! 

This is the initial packaging, it is nice and simple and pretty small.

On the back it shows all the colors included as well as a short description of the palette.

 

Again...the captions fail me.  Anyway the actual palette is a bit smaller than the box, but it will defiantly be great if you plan on traveling or just want to stick it in your purse for the day.

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 As you can see, there are 6 colors: Venus, Foxy, Walk of Shame (abbreviated W.O.S), Naked 2, Faint, and Crave. (From left to right)

 I swatched a few shades for you to all see.  I have Crave, Faint, and Walk of Shame.  All are extremely pigmented and easy to apply.

 

 

Overall the only thing that I would have liked to see in this palette is possibly a small brush that would be useful for on-the-go application.  Other than that I really am enjoying this product and hopefully have helped one of you make up your mind on whether or not to purchase the Naked Basics Palette by Urban Decay!  Thanks for reading my lovelies! :)

 

XOXO

Sara

P.S Stay tuned for a tutorial on this everyday eye look using the Naked Basics Palette!

My 4th of July (2 dys late..my bad) - July 6, 2013

It's only the 6th, I can still talk about the 4th of July right?  Too bad I am going to anyway!  I love the 4th of July since I love being an American and I love celebrating that with friends and family!  I normally go to the fireworks my city puts on with my family.  This year I mixed it up a bit and attempted to go to a different city's fireworks with my boyfriend as well as go on a little hike to where you can see the entire valley bellow you.  By the time we went on the hike, drove to the city, finally found a parking spot, walked forever and a half to the park, and found a decent spot, the fireworks lasted about 5 more minutes.  It was kinda sad but also pretty funny.  I still had a way fun night and it was quite an adventure.  Anyway, I made sure to show my American pride through my outfit and nail art. 

Patriotic 4th of July Nails

 

My Little Sisters and I

 

 

For my outfit I wore a plain red tank, my new white lace shorts from Aero, My American flag scarf from some historical landmark I went to back east (I think it was Valley Forge?)  I also had on Navy Blue Keds as well as some silver star earings!  It was such a great night and I had a lot of fun!  Hope you all had a fun and safe holiday as well!

XOXO

Sara