Face of the Day #1 Urban Decay Naked Palette

Urban Decay Naked Palette: I used: Virgin, Sin, Naked, Darkhorse, Toasted, Hustle (L-R 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10)

 Today I had a good hour or so to get ready and decided to use my much loved, but often neglected, Naked Palette from Urban Decay. 
The look turned out really well so I took a few photos for a blog post.

My base make up was really simple, Nars Oil Free Pro Prime,Bobbie Brown Corrector in Porcelain Peach, Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation in Wheat, Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer in shade 2. Then Mac Studio Fix in NW15 buffed over the foundation once it had settled into the skin, Nars Laguna Bronzer to contour and warm up my face, Nars Orgasm Blush over my cheeks, concentrating on the cheekbones and a touch of Mac Soft and Gentle MSF down the centre of my nose to slim it down a bit. For eyebrows I used my rimmel eyebrow pencil in dark brown and a bit of Urban Decay brow gel to set them.

 Now for the whole point of this post - the eye make up. 
To prep my lids I popped a bit of Nars eyeshadow primer all over my eyelids. That primer is amazing - it really makes my eye make up last all day!
I swept 'Virgin' all over the lid to even out the colour and provide a base. I then applied 'Sin' all over the top and worked it up to just above my crease. I applied 'Toasted' from the outside of my lid to about two thirds in to allow the light shimmery mix of virgin and sin to brighten up the inner corner.
I then put 'Hustle' in the outer half (maybe a little bit less than half), it wasn't quite dark enough for me so I popped a little Darkhorse in the outer corner and blended it all together. 
I then blended Naked through my crease to add a bit of definition. 
I lined my upper lashline with L'oreal Super Liner and winged it out into a gentle flick.

 Add Rimmel Scaneleyes Eyeliner in Black along the upper waterline and just halfway along the lower waterline.

I curled my eyelashes with my Models Own eyelash curlers (which are amazing and super super cheap!) and applied plenty of Maybelline 'The Falsies' Mascara (after my post swearing allegiance to Rimmel Extra WOW I went and bought this - once a mascara whore always a mascara whore). The Maybelline one is amazing though and I will definitely re-purchase when it dries up! I think I applied 3 or 4 coats to get lots of impact. I used my Clinique Bottom Lash mascara on the bottom.
Add a slick of Mac Creme Cup and you're done!

I think this look is great for everyday and it isn't too much but looks like you've made a bit of effort and not just chucked on the first thing that came to hand because you slept through your alarm and had precisely 4 and a half minutes to get ready - we've all been there!  


Do you have the Urban Decay Naked Palette? What's your favourite look to create with it?

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P.s. I took a lot of photos to get the two above. I've included two of the best rejects. As soon as a camera is pulled out I can't help but pull a silly face - it's a serious problem!! Also just noticed I have earphones in, I am nothing if not professional *ahem*

Nars Hungry Heart Blush Duo

First off all, let me say sorry! I had a blog that I started in summer 2012 called MeganMakeUpWehey (I know..) but me being me forgot the password AND email address (that's a feat in itself!!) so I have started afresh!! 

Second of all the pictures are RUBBISH! I have a brilliant, professorial camera and I can't find the lead to connect to my laptop so I have taken these with my iPhone camera. As the product isn't all that good I figured it would be okay!

So..enough of my whining and onto the review!

 I went Manchester before Christmas with a friend to do a bit of Christmas shopping (and inevitably got a few presents for me!). One of the main reasons we chose Manchester was because of Selfridges.  
I live 20 minutes outside of centre of Edinburgh and this makes certain brands hard to come by, such as Illamasqua (review to come..I am in love with my pure pigment !). Whilst in Selfridges I was checking out the Nars stand and was torn between the eyeshadow duo in Alhambra and this highlighter duo.
All in all I would say this has disappointed me a lot. Normally I like to do a lot of research before I buy something but got a bit caught up in the moment and bought this on a whim and have certainly learned my lesson!

In the shop this looked amazing on my cheeks and I was so excited but when I got back in my car and saw it in the natural light I knew I made a mistake, it just didn't do much. In the pan in the shop it looked super-duper sparkly but at the hotel it looked a bit...blah. I feel really bad for saying this because I love nars but I think there are much better highlighters on the market (mac soft and gentle for example)  and this nars one just doesn't cut the mustard. It also smells really strongly like talc, I like the smell of talc but not really in such a high end product.

This duo costs £29, the eyeshadow duo I went in for was £24 and the mac highlighter costs £21.50. All in all I would say go for the mac one, cheaper and better quality    

Next post will be positive I promise!  

P.S. It's worth noting the last picture with the swatches took AGES and a lot of product to get that good a swatch, but I rubbed my hands together after and I literally couldn't see anything on my hands!