Urban Decay Naked Basics palette

Feb 22, 2013

Back in November I posted about the upcoming Urban Decay Naked Basics palette…and of course I picked it up! I was getting tired of all the shimmery shadows in my makeup collection, so an almost all matte palette was just the thing I needed.

Urban Decay (UD) says the following about this palette: “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.”

The Naked Basics palette contains six shadows. UD describes the shades as the following on their website:

Venus: soft, off-white demi-matte
Foxy: cream bisque matte
W.O.S. (Walk of Shame): very light nude matte
Naked 2: taupe matte
Faint: warm, dusty brown matte
Crave: deepest, darkest brown/black matte

Top: Faint, Middle: Venus, Foxy, W.O.S. and Naked 2, Bottom: Crave

Currently, the Naked Basics palette is the cheapest palette UD makes with their new eye shadow formula. The palette retails for $27 and Foxy is the only re-occurring shade from a previous Naked palette.

So far I’m really enjoying this palette, it was the exact change I was looking for in my eyeshadow routine. Also, this was my first time trying the new UD shadow formula and I can tell the difference- they are much smoother.

The packaging is also nice because it’s sleek buy cialis and compact and

also has a significant sized mirror. It will be perfect to travel with and throw in my purse.

I still have yet to get the Naked 2 palette, but right now that is wayyy down my wishlist because I really want the UD Glinda palette.

Have you picked up the Naked Basics palette?

-Lauren

Review: Revlon's Nearly Naked Foundation

Feb 19, 2013

Before jumping into this post, I just want to say I’m so sorry I’ve been MIA recently. But I’m back with a new post about the recently very hyped Revlon Nearly Naked foundation.

Photo via cvs.com

I have to admit- I have not tried very many drugstore foundations, but with all the rave this foundation has been getting I just had to jump on the bandwagon.

I picked up shade 110 Ivory, which is the lightest shade and it matches my skin perfectly. The Nearly Naked foundation line has 16 shades to choose from and you can find which shade will match you on the Revlon website. This foundation also has SPF 20 in cialis online it. Read More

Review: MAC's Painterly Pot

Feb 16, 2013

Recently, I made a trip to MAC, hoping to find a few new eye shadows

and maybe a lip gloss. Well, I got all of that and one of MAC’s paint pots, Painterly to be exact. At first, I thought it was an eye shadow primer, and I was ready to decline; I have so many primers that range from drug store brand to high end that it would be a shame to buy another. However, after talking with one of the store attendants, she told me it’s highly pigmented, but also works with other shadows and liners. It helps shadow stay on and works with the shadow to create a new dimension to your eye shadows. Read More

January 2013 Birchbox

Jan 21, 2013

I was pleasantly surprised this month when I picked my Birchbox out of my mailbox this month and could tell it was substantially heavier than usual. You

will have to read on to figure out why, but I’m happy with this month’s box. Here is what came in my January 2013 Birchbox…

Recent drugstore purchases

Jan 21, 2013

When a new year starts it seems like all the drugstore beauty brands come out with new products. So of course I had to check these new products out! Some of these products are new and a few are not. So let’s see what I’ve picked up.

Maybelline Color Whisper in Lust for Blush

Tarte High Performance Naturals LipSurgence Holiday Set

Jan 3, 2013

Last year when Tarte had their LipSurgence holiday set in stores, I missed out on it. So this year when I was out Christmas shopping and saw this set I had to snatch it up as a present to myself. The packaging is to die for, but so is the price! This set includes 5 FULL SIZE LipSurgences that retail for $24, so to get a $120 value for $34 is truly amazing.

Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-hour blushes in Blushing Bride and Exposed

Nov 28, 2012

This post

is about another Sephora VIB purchase I made a few weeks ago. The Tarte Amazonian Clay blushes are very highly rated because of their lasting power and pigmentation. Before this purchase only have owned a smaller size Amazonian Clay bl

ush in the shade Glisten that came in a Tarte set from two summers ago. I was pretty impressed with blush and had been meaning to pick up some more shades, so the VIB 20% off discount was a good incentive to snatch two more colors up at a discount.

Swatches