Urban Decay Naked Palette - review and swatches!

Hello! Today I am going to be doing a review of the Urban Decay palette. Your probably thinking the hype's a bit old now and they're too many reviews on it out there. But there's always room for one more right? Anyway, I hope you find this useful!

This is the palette. The packaging is so gorgeous, sleek and light. It's also not a bad size for travelling. The palette has a magnetic closure too and also comes with an Urban Decay mini sized primer 
potion and a brush. It costs about £36.






So, the palette comes with 12 stunning shades, 10 of which are shimmery and 2 of which are matte. 
Here are a list of the colours in the palette:

- Virgin is a pale, shimmery shade. Virgin is very light but such a staple, versatile colour. This looks perfect all over the lid as a base. However, I find this colour most perfect as a highlighter. I use this in my tear duct, to highlight the brow bone, on the bridge of my nose and on the top of my cheeks. It gives the perfect glow.

- Sin is a pale, champagne shade. It's warmer than Virgin as it has pink tones to it and is much of a frostier shade.

- Naked is a matte, light brown shade. The texture of the matte eyeshadows in this palette are very creamy and smooth to the touch. This would look great to even out the colour of the eyelid or in the crease as a natural look.

-Sidecar is a beautiful shimmery brown with the most glitter in out of all of the 12 eyeshadows. However, when I use this eyeshadow I do experience a bit of fallout. But, it's a lovely shade and looks great in the crease.

-Buck is another matte brown colour, however it's darker than 'Naked'. I think this would be a great colour for the eyebrows of a lighter haired brunette. When I use it, I usually use it for a natural makeup look.

-Half-baked is a gorgeous shimmery, frosty golden copper colour. This is one of the colours, however, I use the least out of the colours. I think it's a beautiful colour, but find it the hardest to use. 

-Smog is a darker coppery bronze shade. I find this to be similar to Half-baked, only darker and more wearable. I find this great to wear as a simple makeup look for the daytime. 

-Dark-horse is a deep brown colour, with bronze coloured glitter. I, personally, love this colour. I find it's so perfect for when you do a smokey eye look as it's the perfect smokey colour when blended. If I do a smokey eye look, with this I also will use Virgin as a base, dark horse and Creep in the outer corner for depth.

-Toasted deep pink shimmery shade, with brown. This is a great wearable shade for everyday makeup, as it gives such a stunning, natural finish.

-Hustle is an amazing deep plum, purple colour with brown and a shimmer finish. This is a lovely shade to look at, however not one of the most wearable shades.

-Creep is a dark black colour, with blue undertones and flecks of glitter. Urban Decay describe it as 'onyx with gold glitter', however, I would say it was more silver glitter. 

-Gunmental is a metallic grey colour, with blue undertones and shimmer. This is a stunning colour! It's extremely enticing because of the way the metallic finish flashes. 

Here are some swatches on paper as my camera doesn't do them any justice:







The 12 Urban Decay eyeshadows from this palette are very pigmented and they're no problems blending. It is the most perfect neutral palette and my favourite by far.

Thank you for reading!

I hope you enjoyed this review! 

Comment down below telling me your favourite Urban Decay eyeshadow shade!

My MAC Eyeshadow Quad - review and swatch!

Hello everyone! I thought it was about time to do another post for you. Today, I am going to be writing about my views/opinions/favourite MAC eyeshadow from my MAC quad! All of the eyeshadows in my quad are from the permanent line. I hope you enjoy and I hope it influences your decision if you are thinking about buying a MAC eyeshadow.

You have to buy the casing individually, mine cost about £5. It works out a lot cheaper buying the casing and the eyeshadows in pans, because we all know how expensive MAC eyeshadows are! The case is very compact and sleek, so perfect for throwing into your handbag without taking up a huge amount of space. The casing has a magnetic closure.

Top left-hand corner is Ricepaper. Top right-hand corner is my much loved Satin-Taupe. Bottom Left is Brule. And bottom right is Espresso. Here are my swatches. I had to do them on paper as my camera was awful at picking up the colour on my hand:




Now for my thoughts:

Ricepaper:
Ricepaper eyeshadow is described as a 'frost' finish and is described by MAC as 'peachy gold with shimmer'. I, however, feel it's more yellow/nude toned than gold as such. I think this is a beautiful neutral colour, a great staple product for the makeup bag. Furthermore, the versatile ability of this product really attracts me to it. It's perfect to use as a base colour, as well as a gorgeous highlighting colour because of the shimmer, but the shimmer is not too overpowering, just leaves you with a beautiful glow.

Brule:
Brule is another lovely neutral colour. However, I tend to use this more over the lid as I find it is the perfect base coat for applying eyeshadow and suits my skin tone perfectly. I feel this eyeshadow is more peachy toned than Ricepaper, much more of a natural skin colour. Brule isn't too shimmery, nor to matte - the perfect base eyeshadow.

Espresso:
Espresso is the colour that I use to fill in my eyebrows as it is a matte brown colour. I find that this is the perfect colour to use for them - not to harsh or dark for my hair colour, or too light. It does a perfect job of making them look full and neat. However, sometimes I use it in the crease after using a colour such as 'Brule' and blend it out and it looks lovely for natural makeup, but i'm not a huge fan of using matte eyeshadows in the crease. Saying that, it is a great staple, versatile colour.

Satin Taupe:
Definitely saving the best till last. Satin Taupe is the favourite out of my collection of MAC eyeshadows and surely one of the most raved about MAC eyeshadows of all time. It is described as a 'taupe with silver shimmer', however I find it slightly darker as it has 'mauve' undertones to it. The texture is beautifully velvety and blends amazingly. I love to use this colour for a soft day-time smokey eye over a base such as 'Naked Lunch' or 'Brule' by MAC. A totally brilliant eyeshadow!

Thank you very much! Comment below your thoughts and feelings as I love to read them!