Naked3 Swatches & Tutorial

Dun dun duuuuuuuun!

I'm back! And I'm the proud owner of the gorgeous, perfect Urban Decay Naked 3 palette. When I saw the teaser images for this palette, my little heart skipped a beat... 

I'm happy to say I'm absolutely in love with every single shade in the Naked 3 palette. Where the Naked palette was aimed at golds and warm neutrals, and Naked 2 was silvers and cool neutrals, the Naked 3 is all about rose gold! Every shade has a slight pink or mauve undertone to them, and I love the way it works with my skin tone. 

Here are the swatches! I took the descriptions from Urban Decay's site.

Strange: Pale, neutral pink matte-satin

Dust: Pale metallic pink shimmer w/ iridescent micro-glitter

Burnout: Light pinky-peach satin

Limit: Light dusty rose matte

Buzz: Metallic rose shimmer w/ silver micro-glitter

Trick: Light metallic pinky-copper shimmer w/ tonal micro-sparkle

Nooner: Medium pink-brown matte

Liar: Medium metallic mauve shimmer

Factory: Pinky-brown satin

Mugshot: Metallic taupe shimmer w/ slight pink shift

Darkside: Deep taupe-mauve satin

Blackheart: Smoky black matte w/ rosy red micro-sparkle

Like I said, I'm in love with every single color. They're all amazing quality, as is expected with Urban Decay shadows, and all of them are pretty accurate to their descriptions. Blackheart is a little misleading just because if apply the color normally, you really won't catch any of the red glitter in your look. It is pretty much invisible, even in a swatch, but may possibly stick out more if you use some kind of mixing medium or something like that. It's still a beautiful color, just don't expect to notice the glitter when your actually wearing it. 

I have been using this palette for the last few weeks as I've had all my other makeup boxed up for our move. We just bought a house (pictures to come eventually!) and I've had very little time for makeup, but have used this palette for my daily eye looks. It's very versatile and I've come up with a ton of beautiful new looks. I did a tutorial of one of my favorites!

Woo for silly face :)

Until next time!

XOXOXO

NYX Haul + Makeup Look

 

I've been avoiding makeup shopping for the last several months to work on saving money, and well... because I know I basically have more than enough makeup to my name as it is. BUT, be that as it may, NYX recently released a ton of new products and I've been dying to try them out. SO, I took a trip to Ulta and came out with a few new (and not so new) things.

 

First off, not so new products I purchased was the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, a must have which I was running very low on. I also re-purchased the HD Photogenic Concealer in Fair. I LOVE this concealer. Its turned in to my favorite. Its medium to full coverage, but doesn't set in to fine lines and matches my foundation perfectly.

 

Now, on to new things!

 

I'm a big fan of the NYX Stay Matte But Not Flat powder, and when I saw they came out with a foundation I had to give it a go. First thoughts, after just using it once: I'm not really sure about it.

The color is *gasp* nearly to light for me!? I can still work with it, it's just very light. When I tested it on my hand, it appeared to be more on the full-coverage side, but when actually applying it to my face, it took a bit of work to get it blended and appeared to be more of a light-medium coverage. I'll have to do a more in depth review after I've used it a bit more.

 

A not new product, but new to me is the Jumbo Eye Pencil in Knight. When I swatched it, it looked like a black to almost mossy green shade with gold flecks in it. Very beautiful, and I think it will go great to make a simple smokey eye.

 

One thing I got that I was very excited about is the Collection Noir Powder Brown Liner. After my first use, I'm not 100% sure how I feel about it. I really liked the idea of using it to give a less harsh, smoked out liner but it leaves a lot of fall out, and the product is VERY pigmented. I would advise against using it without something to catch the fall out or you could end up with raccoon eyes.

 

I bought 2 single eyeshadows. The first is the Nude Matte shadow in Underneathe It All. It's a medium warm brown shade that I thought would be perfect for defining the crease.

The 2nd is a Glam Shadow in Sparks. It's a cream/champagne shadow with gold glitter infused in it. It's a gorgeous color, but the glitter has some serious fall out you need to watch out for.

 

 

Finally, last but not least, I got the Love in Florence Palette in Meet My Romeo. I was attracted to the colors in this palette because they looked like they could be used to make a great natural/neutral look or a smoked out evening eye. Plus I fell instantly in love with the shimmery taupe. I created a quick eye look using this palette that you can see below.

 

 

 

I must say, I'm a tad disappointed with this palette. I was really hoping for more color payoff, especially with the 2 shimmery shades but as you can see in the above swatch, they came out very faint. I refused to give up on the palette though, and found foiling the shadows with a little water helped bring the color and metallic sheen out.

 

Above is me with just foundation/concealer and my brows done.

I started by applying the taupe color with a little water to the inner corners of the eyes to brighten up the look.

 



 

I also used water to apply a wash of the bronze all over the lid, up to the crease.

 

I used a pencil brush to add the matte light brown at the outer crease, bringing it up to about halfway across the eye.

 

I went over that with a small amount of the dark brown.

 

I blended the 2 brown shadows out with a fluffy brush to diffuse the harsh lines.

 

I applied the peach shade to the brow bone.

 

I used my favorite Physicians Formula Eye Booster Eyeliner in Deep Brown to line the eyes.

 

And applied a coat of black mascara to the top and bottom lashes.

 

And the eyes are complete!

 

I finished off the look with Physicians Formula Happy Booster blush in Warm and Covergirl lipstick in Delish.

 

Let me know if you've tried any of the new NYX products and if there are any must have's!

New Direction!

So I'm pretty aware that I'm awful at updating this blog with hair/makeup/fashion updates. To be honest, I just forget half the time and am a bit lazy. (BIG surprise...)

BUT! I have no intention of giving up. I've decided that to keep me interested/excited about blogging, I'm going to open this thing up as more of an all around interest diary. I suck at writing about my day and I hate blogs that complain and moan and groan, so I just intend to post a bigger variety of my likes/dislikes in fashion, film, games, TV, music,  makeup, etc.

Love it or hate it, I think it'll be a lot of fun!

To start off my new direction with a dance party, I've posted my favorite clip from Girls that has been making me smile today :)

Ciaté Caviar Manicure

Sooo I caved and bought Ciaté Caviar Manicure from Sephora. I won't lie, I did my best to avoid it and went to 3 different craft stores looking for micro beads w/out thread holes, but came up unsuccessful. Being me, when I want something I go on a mission so I finallly resigned myself to dropping the $25 and buying the kit.

 I decided to go with the Black Pearls kit. I figured it would be the most versatile for the colors I typically use.

 And here are the results! I painted 2 coats of the black nail polish that came with the kit. Instead of applying the beads after the 2nd coat, I waited for it to dry and added nail glue then worked in the beads. For the money, I'm making sure these things last the longest they possibly can!

So far so good, I think the end result is super pretty, unique and fresh. Definitely something I'll most likely use primarily for special occasions, but I'd definitely consider buying other colors. (Or online search for regular micro beads >>;;;)

Until next time!

XOXOXO <3