FOTD: Summer Brights

Summer to me is the season of color appreciation when you have a chance to wear bright colors, just because. I haven't done bold makeup in a while so this time I really had fun and be reminded how sometimes there is no limit in what you do, as long as you embrace it.

I used my trustworthy Urban Decay Deluxe Palette, that little sad palette had been collecting dust in the bottom of my drawer, untouched for almost a year (yep!) because I just simply didn't reach for it during the fall and winter months.

The colors I used are Fishnet, Ransom, Graffiti, Peace, and a bit of Zero.

 ugh so gorgeous...

- Fishnet (inner half of lid)

- Ransom (outter corner, swipe across the eye socket)

- Zero (crease ...VERY lightly ^^)

- Peace (inner tear duct)

- Graffiti (lower lash line)

Other product:

UDPP

L'oreal HiP Cream liner

Physician's Formula Organic Wear 100% Natural Origin Ultra Black mascara (say that 3x lol)

Stay tuned for what I enjoy wearing on my lips this summer :)

And speaking of fun colors, Cait of Swatch Storm is having a cool giveaway. 

I am so excited because just like her, I looooove mineral makeups, Kat Von D and indie perfume companies :) Check it out and spread the news!

Thanks for reading.

Product Focus: NAKED Palette

I bought this palette months ago and sort of forgot to review it, life has been pretty interesting since I moved to Florida and for some reason I've always thought I already did review this magical palette. Today when I was doing mass-cleaning on my hard drive, I saw the swatches and almost deleted them. Thankfully my friend Hanmae *HAY GURL HAYYY* made me check my blog and that's when I realized I haven't even mentioned about this palette at all (lol how fail).

Anyway, this palette is made by Urban Decay, and unlike its typical bright, bold and colorful choices that UD has been known for, NAKED Palette offers a wide range of neutral colors that is more school/work-suitable. I literally jumped for joy the first time I heard about the launching of this palette because I've been a fan of the texture of Urban Decay shadows and I do collect their eye shadow palettes. I think it's a really good investment and in the end you're really saving a lot of money by buying the palette (UD Single Eyeshadow costs around $17).

NAKED Palette consists of 12 colors for $48, so you're practically paying $4 a shadow...I mean, hey, NYX single eye shadow costs about the same. 

I have to say that in terms of quality, this palette is amazing. Every single color is very pigmented and the matte ones are buttery soft and easy to blend. The color combination is endless, you can't go wrong with these. If there's a massive tsunami attacking tomorrow and I could only bring one palette to the evacuation camp, this is what I'm gonna bring. I love it so much.

You can see why:

The swatches:

  

Seriously, just look at them. This palette has been my number one choice whenever I just need a simple makeup and also on one of those rough morning when you just want to slap some colors to look alive and don't want to think about it... this is what you need. Nothing else.

Here's how they look applied, honestly I forgot which colors I used but I think it was mostly the mattes (Naked & Buck) and Creed was applied along the lash lines. 

I added Sin on my tearducts to brightens my eyes

As I said, NAKED Palette is perfect for that "I'm not wearing makeup" makeup :) If you want to look effortless, I think it should be effortless and I think I just found the right palette for that.

Thanks for reading, until next time!

EOTD: UD Get Baked Palette pt.2

Today I experiment with the same palette I received recently which is Urban Decay Get Baked Palette. I did the pretty obvious color combination on my previous post, which was using Flipside (the teal color) as the main lid color but I was asking myself, is that it?

Obviously no, because I love doing neutrals color on my lid for everyday look and I do love wearing a pop of color on my lower lash line, to brighten the look.

I personally think this particular look I do is very suitable for Summer days where you don't really wanna look like you spent hours doing your makeup, but still pretty & wowza. Well, you all probably have done this for so long now and I'm just blabbering like a fool hahah.

So onto the product breakdown, I used Mehron Paradise Aqua Color Palette in Pastel as a base instead of UDPP Sin, I have no negative thing to say to Mehron so I'll just leave it there. I also did cat eye lining for fun, it does make the eyes appear sultry.

What I used:

The swatches of Mehron. The brown the teal one I used on lower lash line, obviously.
I also used another gorgeous shadow from Urban Decay called Ransom,
it's a lovely blue with purple-ish undertone, but the picture above makes it look more purple.


The UD Get Baked Palette, Half Baked is used on inner 1/3 of lid, Baked on middle lid, and Twice Baked on crease. Flipside was swept on the lower lash line along with Ransom focusing more on the outer part of lower lash line.

Other product used:
L'oreal HiP Black Cream Liner
Rimmel Sexy Curve Mascara

(It's funny that Flipside appears more bluish on this look :D)

EOTD: Urban Decay Get Baked Palette (Plus Review)

I have always like Urban Decay for their bold colors and cute packaging, not to mention their great eyeshadow palettes that comes out regularly. If you remember I did reviews on Urban Decay Deluxe Palette and I really do love it.

Now, this would be my 2nd palette from Urban Decay and I ordered this at Sephora.com using Sephora Gift Certificate that was handed out for the Beauty Insider last week. I noticed this Get Baked Palette was on sale, the regular price was $28 and it went down to $18. I had $15 Gift Certificate and was able to found a free shipping code from Retailmenot so all & all I ended up only paying less than $4 for this. Isn't it a steal?

Well, I know I don't need another eyeshadow palette but I figured this palette comes with a travel size Sin Primer Potion & 24/7 Liner in Bourbon.

Packaging

It comes in cardboard box with magnetized opening. The eyeliner was included inside the palette. I personally like the design, it reminds me of BATIK.

Color & Pigmentation

Get Baked Palette contains of 4 colors: 1 teal color called Flipside, and 3 bronzes called Half Baked, Baked and Twice Baked. All of them are shimmery, but Twice Baked can be considered as a "low shimmer". They are all pigmented and very versatile. I believe this palette came during Summer and I can see why, the bronzes reminds me of sand & glowing skin and the teal color play a nice twist like an ocean color.

Swatch
The first swatch was done with no base whatsoever, so you can see the true color payoff. I must say, impressive.

Then I used NYX Blackbean Jumbo Pencil as a base to see how the colors would turn out. As you can see they became more vibrant with a black base although I don't think Baked changed as much.


Looks
*UDPP Sin
*Half Baked (inner corner & tear duct)
*Flipside (middle lid)
*Twice Baked (outer corner & crease)
*Baked (lower lash line)

*NYX Aloha (highlight) *Rimmel Sexy Curve Mascara*L'oreal HiP Black Cream Eyeliner

These are how they would look like without flash,
I think they look cool too....they look softer :)

EOTD: Urban Decay Deluxe Palette (Plus Review)

A lovely reader of mine asked me to review this palette but I obviously suffer from a short term memory loss because I can't remember who the person was.

If you're reading this and felt that you've requested this review, please leave me a shout out! (I apologize...)

Anyway, I own this palette for over a year now (think I purchased it on Christmas 2008) and I admit I've been rationing it. Silly as it sounds, I am afraid that I'd use up the shadows and they will discontinue it. Sure you now have a clue how much I love this palette.

Deluxe Palette contains of 9 colors of Urban Decay most favorite eye shadows. The single eye shadow sells for $18 each but this palette costs $38. I think that's a steal, not to mention you'll get a small tube of the Primer Potion along with this palette. I got it at Sephora and clearly remembered paying only $36, so that freaking brand has raised the price over a year *grrr*.

Packaging

The palette comes in a velvety purple box with pretty silver sequins on top, probably my favorite amongst Urban Decays palette. The opening is magnetized and it has a built in mirrors inside.

Colors & Pigmentation

As I mentioned, 9 colorful shadows that you can play around with. It's very versatile for traveling because you're getting this bold colors like Graffiti & Peace but at the same time you can wear it casual & subdued with the three colors on the last row. Underground is no doubt the prettiest brown I've ever encountered.

I'm also loving the fact that they have black eyeshadow (Zero) which can be paired up with ANY other color in this palette. The only downside is probably no highlighter color for brow bone but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Pigmentation is FANTABULOUS. I hardly use the word fantabulous coz it's not even a real word (LOL) but I'd use it this time because it's simpy fantastic & fabulous. Every eyeshadow applies like butter, they're soft yet super pigmented. The finish are all metalic (especially Honey which looks like gold), which I adore, some has more shimmer than the others, only Zero has a slight glitter in it but they're not obvious. They're all easily blendable & I love each & every one of them dearly. Wow I sound like a weirdo lol.

I didn't do swatches because my battery ran out but you can find great swatches online like here, here and here.

Looks*UDPP
*Upper lid: UD Deluxe (Scratch, Fishnet, Peace , Ransom)
*Lower lid:UD Deluxe (Honey, Graffiti, Zero)
*Rimmel Sexy Curve Mascara
*L'oreal HiP Black Cream Eyeliner
*Revlon Intensifying Lashes

Hope you enjoyed & have a nice weekend!