Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette + Primer Potion

Naked 3 Eyeshadow Palette - £38 

Urban Decay cherry popped. 

I finally joined the long list of Bloggers, Youtubers and Beauty/Makeup lovers out there, who are obsessed with the Naked palettes from Urban Decay, by purchasing the Naked 3 palette. My first purchase from Urban Decay has been a good one indeed. 

The palette is full of Rose-hued neutrals, and they are absolutely gorgeous. It has a range of finishes from mattes, pearls and metallics. Along with the palette I also purchased the longtime beauty fave, Primer Potion.

The packaging is a Rose Gold tin case, that reminds me of one of those pencil cases that I had back at school. But I like that because it's more sturdy. So I'd feel confident travelling with this knowing that my makeup is protected.

The palette comes with a shadow and crease brush and samples from their primer potion range:

Original

Eden

Sin

Anti-aging

Each sample holds about a week's worth of product.

Crease brush

Shadow brush

I was impressed with the brush it came with, because usually palettes come with disposable sponge applicators that are no use to anyone. But it applies and blends the shadows well.

Primer Potion (Original) - £16

This is my new fave eye primer. It's lightweight and doesn't leave my lids all ashy and white like some primers do, it dries invisible. I have only used it with the Naked palette but I really like this primer, I haven't used anything else since I opened it.

This palette would be great for your makeup bag, I know it is a little big but worth the space especially because it comes with a pretty decent mirror and the double ended makeup brush. 

The versatility of this palette is awesome, especially with the selection of finishes it comes with. I would take this away with me on holiday or a weekend away and know that I create a variety of looks.

The eyeshadows can take you from day to night. You can create a soft natural day look and then switch it up to a dark sultry smoky eye for the evening. 

I wasn't sure how these colours would translate onto my skin tone because of how pink they are but I was really happy that all of the colours are wearable, especially at the lighter end of the spectrum. Urban Decay did good with this one.

L-R:  Strange, Dust, Burnout, Limit, Buzz, Trick 

B-T: 

Strange - pale neutral pink (matte-satin)

Dust - pale  pink shimmer with iridescent micro-glitter (metallic)

Burnout - light pinky-peach (satin)

Limit - light dusty rose (matte)

Buzz - rose shimmer with silver micro-glitter (metallic)

Trick - light pinky-copper shimmer with tonal micro-sparkle (metallic)

L-R: Nooner, Liar, Factory, Mugshot, Darkside, Blackheart

T-B:

Nooner - medium pinky-brown (matte)

Liar - medium mauve shimmer (metallic)

Factory - pinky-brown (satin)

Mugshot - taupe shimmer with slight pink shift (metallic)

Darkside - deep taupe-mauve (satin)

Blackheart - smoky black with rosy red micro-sparkle (matte)

To see what the quality of the shadows was after swatching I did a quick EOTD, and the colour pay off is pretty darn good.

For the eyes, I used Buzz on the lid, Blackheart on the outer corner and slightly through the crease. On the lower lashline I used Darkside. For the inner corner highlight I used Strange and for the brow bone I applied Limit. 

My favourite shadows from the palette are Buzz, Factory, Mugshot and Darkside. They're my go to shadows for everyday makeup.

What have you tried from Urban Decay? And what would you recommend?

Sonya xoxo

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*all products mentioned were purchased by me with my own money except where marked with an asterisk (*) or stated, everything is my own view and I have not been paid to do this post*