MAKEUP PRODUCT CRUSH ALERT: Urban Decay Eyeshadow Palette NAKED2

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A few weeks ago, I received my NAKED2 eyeshadow palette; I am so excited to share my review with you.  It's always been my wish to have this palette, but I kept telling myself that my eye-shadow collection was much already and I didn't need to add another one. Typically, I like to mix up brands and try new products but I still felt the product was overhyped. Each time I see a makeup job done using any NAKED eyeshadow palette or I read reviews by makeup artists or on their Urban Decay (UD) website ....the urge to buy it revisits me....finally I gave in....deep sigh....o well ! life of a makeup artist!

Urban Decay has a collection of eyeshadow palette called NAKED....there's NAKED Basics, 1, 2 &3. After much research and reviews, I decided to buy the NAKED 2 palette. 

So I just started my 'NAKED' journey with NAKED2....whoop whoop!.....(did that come out right.....hmmm.....but you understand right....that's the koks!).

Design/Package:

It has a long, slim metal case that has a snap and shut way of opening and closing just like a Mathset (remember Academy or Oxford Mathset those days....choi old age approaching faster that the wind...anyways, that's it), diffference being NAKED2 palette has compartments, is more feminine and fanciful.

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Pigmentation and Texture:

NAKED2 is very high quality, extremely pigmented and creamy in texture. With the glittery shades there could be lots of fall out as you apply to the eyes and this could make application difficult. My way around avoiding fall out is to dab the eye-shadow brush at the back of my palm to wade off excesses. With this palette I get everything from matte to glitter or shimmer.

Long Lasting

NAKED2 can stick to your eyes for centuries...lol...You can wear this all day and not need to reapply. It's one eyeshadow that puts up with you all day without smearing.

Colour
It has a great range of 12 pale, light, dark and shimmery intense amazing shades.  The colours are great for different looks, whether day or night.

Shade Descriptions (see picture , colour description from left to right)
-Foxy (cream bisque matte),
-Half Baked (golden bronze shimmer),
-Bootycall (cork shimmer),
-Chopper (copper shimmer w/silver micro-glitter),
-Tease (creamy pale brown matte),
-Snakebite (dark bronze shimmer),
-Suspect (pale golden beige shimmer),
Pistol (light grayish brown shimmer),
-Verve (oyster shimmer),
-YDK (cool bronze shimmer),
-Busted (deep brown shimmer)
-Blackout (blackest black matte).

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Price:
It is expensive, Naked 2 palette cost $54 (with the present dollar to naira rate....it's say N11000 to N12000). 

Compensation:

The palette comes with a sample card Urban Decay Eye Shadow Primer Potions in Original, Sin, Eden and  Anti-Aging.....this seems like the compensation for the price.....hmmm marketing strategy.

Free Sample Primer Portion

Remember Ada's Makeover Ada in Metallic Shimmery Eyes and Dark Side Amplified Lips, read here .....yea!....that was Urban Decay Primer Portion and NAKED2 at work.  For now, the NAKED2 palette is my absolute favorite....for now o!....till i find a new makeup product crush.

Urban Decay NAKED2

Do I Recommend: 
YES!  Palette is amazing, color payoff is awesome, amazing buy for money. You really can’t go wrong with Urban Decay....just try it.

If you are comtemplating buying it, that's normal, I once felt that way; truth be told, it is not exactly cheap, but is it worth every cent?......ABSOLUTELY YES!


Please share your thoughts on URBAN DECAY NAKED2 EYESHADOW PALETTE review and if you have used it?

Every Woman Needs MAC Ruby Woo Lipstick

MAC's Ruby Woo is the most famous red lipstick of the MAC lipstick collection. The lipstick is a best seller. This is hands down my favourite red lipstick for now.  It's so good that Rihanna couldn't get enough of it, so MAC created one for her called Riri Woo.

I am sure majority of you reading this will have heard about it or even have it...it's a girls' best friend. If you have it, let me know what you think but if you don't have it, then read along.

Colour

Ruby Woo is the  perfect sexy red. It's a not too warm, not too cool-toned  classic red color. The high impact color pays off. It's a red that craves and seeks attention. The red colour makes the teeth look whiter.

Pigment

Ruby woo is a highly pigmented red, one swipe across the lips is enough. There are lots of red lipsticks but this one owns the formula that lights up ones face in an instant....it's like magic. 

Long Lasting

Ruby Woo is a matte lipstick which means it stays longer on the lips that creamy products. I can wear this all day even if I eat/drink and would not need to re-apply. 

Texture

The formula is retro matte, making it dry and without shine or gloss. This means that it  can hang in there for hours. Because it's dry, you need to exfoliate and moisturize your lips before applying. Then a bit of pressure will do while while applying to the lips, that way it sits in properly and comes out nicely. 

You don't want to wear this lipstick on chapped or peeling lips....that would be a disaster.

Fragrance

It has a vanilla appealing fragrance. 

Makes one get tempted to lick.

Carriage/Size

The size of Ruby woo makes it makeup purse friendly, denim pocket friendly; it's just very handy. 

Price

It cost about  N4500 to N5000 in beauty stores  in Nigeria. Quite expensive right?.....i know but true value for money.

If you want a lipstick that draws attention to you, the statement lipstick that does a lot of talking without you talking, then we are talking red lipstick and no other than Ruby Woo. I think it looks good on everyone and literally brightens up your day as soon as you apply. 

Ruby woo is truly iconic! 

 Do I Recommend: 
YES! A trial and you will not regret it. 
If you do not like red lipstick, Ruby woo will convert you, just try it.

Please share your thoughts on Ruby Woo if you have tried it?

Top 3 Mascaras I Use

Typically, I  love my natural lashes for my everyday look; false lashes come on board when I want that extra effect glam kinda moment. Wearing my natural lashes everyday means I have to apply my mascara right.

Using too much mascara could ruin your look, smear your eye shadow and make you freak out with every black stain you have to clean up or you may end up with panda looking eyes.
 

 

 

So here are the top 3 mascaras I use that help me achieve perfect natural lashes. In no particular order....I love love all 3.

 

 HYPNOSE LANCOME MASCARA

I got the Hynose Lancome mascara as a gift from my brother-in-law. At first I felt it was just the normal mascara, I don't necessarily believe that because it's foreign or expensive,  it's automatcially the best. But meeeen! when I started using it I became addicted. Even when it finished, I refused to throw the tube away, I held on to it like air. This mascara is wonderful, the brush is amazeballs!  The brush bristles are so unique and attach to each individual lash, so it combs and darkens my lashes at the same time. One coat on my eyelashes is incredible, it thickens and lengthens my eyelashes. I would say it is very good for uncurling curly lashes ; stays on well and lasts all day; easy to apply and the result is immediate.

HYPNOSE Will Definitely Hypnotize You!

 

 

 

 

 

 

BLACK RADIANCE MASCARA

This is the kind of scenario where I would use the popular love phrase, 'we were meant for each other'. Black radiance mascara was one mascara I bought after I searched for Lancome in some beauty stores and didn't find it. So while doing grocery shopping, I checked out the makeup section and bumped into this. After checking out the ingredients and product content on the pack of the mascara, I decided to try it. Black radiance creates beautiful dark lashes with one coat, no clumping and lasts all day. The bristles are just perfect to prevent smearing into your eyeshadow. My lashes become truly black and radiant once I apply.

 

 

 

 

 

MAYBELLINE COLOSSAL VOLUME EXPRESS MASCARA

I knew my black radiance was almost finished and I didn't want to let go of it as well....so I started a new mascara hunt. That's when I came across Maybelline Colossal Volume Express Smokey Eyes. This mascara gives you thick, volumized lashes. It's so thick that one coat is often enough and the bristles are quite wide, so you have to be very careful not to stain your eye shadow when applying. It makes my lashes appear longer and people would always ask if I have false lashes on. It provides length, volume, and drama all in one product. This product makes gives me the effect I desire for smokey eyes.

 

 
Here's my natural lashes with mascara:

  



Before and After

 

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Thanks ~muah~

Celebrities at People's Choice Awards 2015....Makeup meets Fashion

2015 People's Choice Awards held on Wednesday night, Jan. 7, 2015. The event witnessed the biggest stars of Hollywood with all the glitz and glam. Here are some makeup looks and beautiful dresses of the night:

All Photo Credit: hollywoodlife, eonline and google

Gabrielle Union: I love her smokey eyes.

Allison Janney: remains a beauty even at 55

Bellamy Young: those eyes said it all...Simple and lovely

Brooke Anderson: eyeliner, mascara and false-lashes put together....BELLA!

Bella Thorne: Bronze glow and bold lips

Iggy Azalea:makeup in pure unadulterated simplicity 

Chloe Grace Moretz:it's all about her full eyebrows.

Cote de Pablo: flawless...i love love...one of my best makeup look

Ellen Pompeo: warm and sweet

Ginnifer Goodwin:well groomed brows, makeup simplicity at it's peak 

Giuliana- Rancic: again it's all in the eyes...matching eeyeshadow and outfit

Giuliana gets the BEST DRESSED for me...She radiates ELEGANCE and CLASS; Head to Toe GORGEOUS

Hillary Scott: winged eyeliner does the trick to the eyes

Katharine McPhee: red lips popping....flawless; i love

Keltie Knight: I know I am beautiful carefree kinda makeup....nice!

Kelly McCreary: one of my best makeup looks of the night, exquisite!

Kristen Bell: she just had a baby 3 months ago. nice glow

Amy Adams: warm and simple makeup

Olivia Munn: the lips does the makeup talking

Melissa McCarthy: the magic that red lipstick does....I can't comprehend

Anna Faris: all about the dark heavy thick winged eyeliner

Renee Bargh: let's act like i dont have makeup on...but i do...effortless

Sarah Hyland: all metallic eyes

Stephanie Bauer: my BEST MAKEUP LOOK of the night; perfection, flawless and exquisite!

Stana Katic: Gorgeous brows and killer red lips to follow

Whose  MAKEUP wow-ed you (BEST MAKEUP LOOK) and whose outfit did you wish was yours (BEST DRESSED)? 

Please Share in the comment section below!