Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette

Description: (from urbandecay.com)

It’s finally here: the long-awaited follow-up Naked and Naked2 (two of the industry’s all-time bestselling palettes)! And this time around, we’re giving you a dozen NEW ways to get Naked. (Yes, we loaded this palette with 12 NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN shades.)

Choose from every finish imaginable: ultra-smooth mattes, gorgeous pearls and glimmering metallics. From the palest, shimmery pink to deep, warm black, these neutrals will make you want to get Naked all over again. Every shade features our Pigment Infusion System™, the proprietary blend of ingredients that gives each shade its velvety texture, rich color, serious staying power and blendability.

Naked3 includes a NEW double-ended shadow/blending brush AND an Eyeshadow Primer Potion sampler with resealable samples of all four formulas (original, Sin, Eden and Anti-Aging). Each sample holds about a week’s worth of Primer!

Our art-school-inspired tin case is a gorgeous rose-gold color (a subtle hint at the shades inside). Embossed on top with a big “Naked3” and cool facets that beg to be touched, it’s sure to inspire lots of jealous stares.

Shades:

• 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 pinky-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).

Where to buy: Urban Decay, Sephora, Ulta – $54

Review: After much deliberating with myself on which one of the 3 Naked palettes I was going to buy, I went with this one. Some day in the future, I’d still like to invest in the first two. But my decision to go with this one is definitely one I did not regret! Compared to the first 2, I thought this one had more of the neutral tones I like in eye shadows. As with the Naked Basics palette, I loved this one too. Though it’s pricey (the price has gone up to $54 since I bought this originally), it is worth it. Urban Decay’s eye shadows are highly pigmented so a little bit of it goes a long away. It stays on throughout the day without creasing (a bit of eye shadow primer and powder helps it stay on better) or having to re-touch it (although some of the matte colors, you may end up having to retouch once in the middle of the day). If there’s one palette to have, this one is IT!

Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette

Product Description: The Naked Basics Palette is Urban Decay’s first matte eye shadow palette. It has 6 shades (Venus, Foxy, Walk of Shame <W.O.S.>, Naked2, Faint, & Crave). The colors can be worn alone or used to build on.

Where to buy: UrbanDecay.com or Sephora.com – $28

Review: I love this palette! I bought this one when I was still undecided (and to be honest, I’m still quite undecided to this day) over the Naked 1 and Naked 2 Palettes. This ended up being a great buy for someone who loves neutral make-up. This was also my first Urban Decay product (ever) and I was able to discover that Urban Decay’s eye shadows apply smoothly and easily. I use this almost every day and it’s great for daily wear because of its neutral colors. A little bit of the color goes a long way as well and it stays on all day (even without using a primer). The only negative point I’d give this palette is that out of the 6 shades that comes in this palette, I only end up using 5. The Crave is too dark for my complexion and personally would have preferred another shade along the lines of the other 5. I do still use this occasionally to line my eyes, so it’s not a total waste at all.

I recommend this to someone who is new to Urban Decay and hesitant to spend the $52 for the larger Naked Palettes. I find it’s also a better value than buying just a single eye shadow. Neutral colors never go out of style and a safe choice if you’re applying make-up for work.