As a huge fan of Urban Decay products, it seems I can never withhold my excitement for too long before rushing out to grab their latest product. I have loved all their products, but in particular, since their first Naked Palette release, I have been hooked on their eyeshadow palettes. The original Naked, Naked2, and Naked3 Palettes have become staple items for me as I often turn to them to create my daily looks. When I heard Urban Decay was releasing the Urban Decay Naked Smoky Palette I couldn’t wait to try it out – I love a good smoky eye! Today I am sharing my first impression and review of Urban Decays Smoky Palette, so click through to read more!
Urban Decay Naked Smoky Palette Review
First Impression
Upon first impression, I thought the packaging was gorgeous. I am a sucker for pretty packaging, and in my opinion – Urban Decay always knocks it out of the park. The smoky great packaging with the metallic silver print looks beautiful and conveys the Smoky Palette message perfectly.
When it came to the actual Naked Smoky Palette, I immediately noticed that it had a balance of warm and cool tones. Many of the Naked Palettes lean to one side or the other, but the Smoky Palette has a fairly equal amount of warm tones and cool tones. This palette also has a great mixture of shimmery, metallic, and matte shadows which offers a lot of versatility.
The Shadows:
– High: A soft sparkly champagne pink (shimmer finish)
– Dirtysweet: A soft coppery / bronze tone shadow with golden tones. (shimmer finish)
– Radar: A deeper copper / bronze tone with warm golden tones. (shimmer finish)
– Armor: Soft metallic grey shadow (shimmer finish)
– Slanted: A matte gunmetal grey shadow (metallic finish)
– Dagger: A deeper grey shadow with a blue tinge, like a submarine blue colour. (metallic finish)
– Black Market: A deep black shadow. (metallic finish)
– Smolder: Eggplant shadow with subtle shine throughout it. (metallic finish)
– Password: A soft matte brown shadow (matte finish)
– Whiskey: A warm chocolatey brown (matte finish)
– Combust: A matte peach colour (matte finish)
– Thirteen: A matte yellow-toned shadow (matte finish)
MY FAVOURITES: Dirtysweet, Radar, Smolder, Armor, and Black Market.
Texture & Pigmentation
As usual, Urban Decay delivers on the texture of the shadows. They are incredibly velvety and apply very easily. The colours are highly pigmented but also very blend-able. Unlike many shadows that have strong pigmentation but are difficult to blend into to one another, the Naked Smoky Palette shadows have strong colour while also blending into one another very smoothly.
In addition, I found that after wearing a few shadows from this palette during my trip to Seattle that they did not wear off or lose colour throughout the day. I always prime my eyes which helps colour stay throughout the day, but it’s rare for me to find a shadow that I can put on at 8AM and still feel confident it looks the same by 10PM. I have always found that Urban Decay eyeshadows last for hours and hours without fading or looking smudgy.
Summary
Well, if you haven’t guessed already – I think this palette is fantastic! Urban Decay products are all amazing, but their palettes are just beyond! If you’re looking for a palette that provides high-impact colour, velvety texture, a variety of shadow colours and finishes, then this is the palette for you.
One thing that is also really important to me is that the products that I use come from companies that value the same things I value. As an animal lover, it is hard for me at times to even believe that companies test on animals. All Urban Decay products are Vegan and completely cruelty free, and that is just one more reason that I adore their company.
Cost
The Urban Decay Smoky Palette costs $64. I have always found the cost of Urban Decay products to be fair considering the quality and how long they last.
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Wonderful colors!
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Angela Donava
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I have heard such amazing stuff about Urban Decay, I wish they were available in our local shops too, I've never actually tried them 🙂
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Patricia
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This pallet are gorgeous, nice review
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Ive wanted this palette for so long it has such great colour in it!
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So glad you love it Bree!
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I was so excited when I heard about the release of this! I'm also a sucker for pretty packaging, and the original Naked palette is my daily go-to – they are so worth the money. I've popped this on my Christmas list, lovely review 🙂 x
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Gorgeous colors! x
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Love this palette. Colors are great!
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I really, really want that palate! It looks gorgeous and I've been drooling over it since I first saw it at Sephora.
I have the Naked2 palate and while it's a hefty price tag, they are the best AND last for such a long time, that it's worth every penny.
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