Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette Everyday Smokey Eyes

I have been getting a TON of requests to do Urban Decay Naked palette tutorials on YouTube. Not specifying which palette to use, I decided to go in with the Basics palette since it's still fairly new to me. I will be doing more looks using the original Naked palette and the Naked 2 palette since I had to take some of the videos off of YouTube due to copyright issues. Ugh! Anyway, here is a really simple everyday smokey eye using the Basics Palette. This looks is really fresh and I love how Venus eyeshadow makes my inner corners pop! Can't wait to do more tutorials with this palette. I need to go harder with more dramatic smokey eyes so that's coming up soon! Stay tuned! For the meantime I hope you all enjoy this look. Thanks for looking!

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot

Revlon Colorstay liquid eyeliner

Maybelline The Rocket mascara

 Benefit Hoola bronzer

Milani Luminoso blush

L'Oreal Fairest Nude lipstick

MAC Summer Sweetheart lipglass

Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette Look & Tutorial

Hey guys! Here's a really simple and natural look with bold lips featuring my Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette. This is most likely going to be my Valentine's Day look this year since I'm looking forward to wearing bold lips. Being festive for Valentine's Day isn't all about dressing up the eyes and that's what I felt like going for in this look. If you're curious to know what I'm wearing on the lips, I'm wearing Maybelline Vivids lipstick in Shocking Coral in the first picture and Vivid Rose (my favorite!) in the other. This look will go perfectly with red lips too, or even soft pink lips if you're too afraid to go bold. Either way I hope you all enjoy the look and the tutorial! :)

Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette Photos & Swatches

I picked up the Urban Decay Naked Basics Eyeshadow Palette at my nearest Ulta. For $27, you get six full-sized eyeshadows that are perfect for creating everyday natural eyes to smokey eyes. This palette comes with five matte shades and one shimmer. All the eyeshadows are silky smooth and pigmented, and true to color! I love that majority of the colors are matte which is my favorite finish to work with. I'm definitely going to consider using this palette as my new everyday eyes palette.

This palette is extremely tiny! I imagined it being a bit larger than what it actually is but it fits perfectly in the palm of my hand and is great for travel. The packaging is quite sturdy with a satin finish. If you have both the Naked palettes already, I'm not saying this palette is an absolute must-have. However, if you're fan of neutrals you'll definitely love this palette!

Venus is an off-white shimmer eyeshadow which is the only shimmer eyeshadow in this palette. This will work great as an all-over lid color or to place in the inner eye corner to highlight the eyes. A close enough shade to this color if you have the Naked palette is Bootycall eyeshadow.

Foxy is a yellow beige eyeshadow. This is more around my skin tone so I would imagine using this as a brow bone highlight on myself. Foxy is also a shade in the Naked 2 palette.

Walk of Shame is a cooler beige eyeshadow. It's another great brow bone color or a lid color if you want to go for something matte. 

Naked 2 is a soft brown color. I would use this color as a transition color from the lid to the brow bone.  Compared to Naked eyeshadow in the Naked palette, this shade is much lighter.

Faint is a medium brown eyeshadow. If I'm going for a really natural look I would use this eyeshadow on the outer corner and crease or as a transition color for smokey eyes. This is similar to Naked and Buck eyeshadow.

Crave is a matte black eyeshadow with a bit of a brown undertone. It has a bit of a drier consistency but nonetheless very smooth and pigmented. If you have the Naked 2 palette, it is similar to Blackout eyeshadow.

 Left to Right:

Venus, Foxy, Walk of Shame, Naked 2, Faint, Crave

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette Swatches

I couldn't wait till Naked2 hit stores at Sephora so I decided to take advantage of my 10% off coupon plus free shipping when they stocked up on the palette. The packaging of this palette is beyond what I expected. I knew the packaging was made of tin but I wasn't expecting it to be this sturdy. I'm really impressed with this palette and I can't wait to play with it!

 Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite

Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout

Urban Decay Naked Palette Swatches

It took me this long to finally get my hands on the first Urban Decay Naked Palette. I figured that since it's a permanent item, I wasn't in any rush to get it. Of course there are those who are desperate to get their hands on everything the moment it comes out but I'm still holding back on the Naked 2 Palette and I probably won't purchase that until it hits stores... no matter how tempting it is to see that it's in stock on their website right now. Sephora stores are fully stocked on Naked Palettes now, unlike before where they were always sold out. But it seems that majority of you have already got your hands on this palette, except for me at the time. That's why it was a perfect opportunity for me to get it. Actually my boyfriend bought it for me :P

But already so many of you have requested that I do a lot of looks and tutorials using this palette and don't worry, they're coming! And I know you all have probably seen swatches already but I like to include my own. :)

Virgin, Sin, Naked, Sidecar, Buck Half Baked

Smog, Darkhorse, Toasted, Hustle, Creep, Gunmetal

Urban Decay 15-Year Anniversary 24/7 Pencil Set Photos & Swatches

For those of you who are an Urban Decay fan, then I'm sure you're aware of their 24/7 eye pencils. They released their 15th anniversary 24/7 pencil set that includes 15 eye pencils, 6 of which are new shades and a sharpener included. I was so excited when I got this in the mail! I just couldn't wait to open it and see all the pretty colors layed out in front of me. I can't wait to do looks with these! Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencils retail for $17.00 USD. I purchased this on their website for only $92.00 ($100.05 when tax is included) which is an amazing deal of which would have been a $264.00 value! Even though it still put a dent on my wallet there was no changing my mind, I just had to have this set! Urban Decay first released this set on Cyber Monday, after the Thanksgiving holiday. But since I missed out on that, I had to wait until this month for them to release it. Now it's available on their website so check it out!

Color descriptions from left to right:

→ Stray Dog first looked like a soft gray with a hint of brown but it's definitely more on the taupe side.

→ Corrupt is a really dark brown color with some shimmer and silver glitter.

→ Bourban is a rich chocolately color. It's more on the warm side with gold specks of shimmer.

→ Midnight Cowboy is a neutral tone champagne color with gold shimmer.

→ Baked is a bronze/copper color

→ Stash is more olive green with a gold sheen to it.

→ Mildew is lighter forest green shade.

→ Electric is a bright turqouise color with silver specks of glitter

→ Binge is a midnight blue with a soft sheen of purple.

→ Ransom is a bright royal purple.

→ Asphyxia is a fuschia color with specks of bluish purple glitter.

→ Rockstar is a very deep eggland color with a slight golden sheen.

→ Zero is your basic black eyeliner.

→ Uzi is a dark gunmetal gray color with silver glitter.

→ Perversion is a pure jet black color. It's much more black compared to Zero.

The product(s) mentioned on this post was purchased by the author of this blog.