Urban Decay Naked Palette: Where Have You Been All My Life??

The buzz about Urban Decay’s Naked Eyeshadow Palette ($48) has been nearly deafening since it launched last year. I never jumped in on the craze because the palette was unavailable for so long (sold out as soon as it was restocked), and then I rationalized that I didn’t need to drop nearly $50 on neutral shadows, when my kit is already brimming with them. Then I won one of these palettes from Leah at Sifting Thoughts (check out her lovely blog! It’s a daily read for me.) I have to say, this is the best giveaway I’ve ever won! This amazing palette contains 12 eyeshadow shades, UD’s Eye Primer Potion, and Good Karma Eyeshadow Brush.

First up, the shades:

  • Virgin, frosted pale pinky-nude
  • Sin, shimmering champagne
  • Naked, a matte light brown
  • Sidecar, a glittery taupe
  • Buck, a matte nut brown
  • Half Baked, a shimmery antique golden brown
  • Smog, shimmering deep copper
  • Darkhorse, a deep, rich, glitter-flecked brown/olive

  • Toasted, shimmery, copper-tinged taupe
  • Hustle, a gorgeously shimmering plummy purple (this photo does not do it justice!)
  • Creep, glitter-flecked charcoal black
  • Gunmetal, a blue-grey dotted with silver glitter.

Click through to find out why I am so head-over-heels for this palette.

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Get Naked with Urban Decay

Urban Decay’s new Naked palette ($44) is causing quite a buzz in the beauty blogworld. This sleek little palette, ehanced with goldtone accents, contains 12 perfect-for-autumn eyeshadow shades that are neutral and utterly wearable anytime, anywhere. The palette contains 6 permanent shades, 1 repromote, and 5 new shades.

In the palette, you’ll get:

Virgin: shimmering bone
Sin: shimmering champagne-pink
Naked: matte taupe
Sidecar: shimmering violet-tinged bronze
Buck: matte light brown
Half Baked: shimmery gold
Smog: shimmery brown-gold
Darkhorse: shimmering copper
Toasted: shimmering beige-rose
Hustle: shimmering deep plum
Creep: shimmering navy-onyx
Gunmetal: shimmering gunmetal grey

Top off your eyes with the included dual-ended 24/7 Liner in Zero (black) and Whiskey (cocoa brown).

You can create endless looks from this palette. A neutral daytime look can be office-appropriate with the matte shades (with a shimmery nude swiped under the brow arches for definition), or can be amped up with a little shimmer. Really, any of the neutral-based colors are appropriate for daytime wear; you have a ton of possibilites just with the 8 flesh-toned shades. For evening, go all out with the darker shades on the right side of the palette; they’re ideal for creating a shimmering smoky eye with depth and definition. The colors all wear well, and don’t flake or slide off. All in all, a great buy that you’ll use in 100 different ways.