Depotting Urban Decay's Primer Potion

It is good to follow the advice of others, especially if you get to save a lot of an expensive product...I was just about to throw away the mini version of Urban Decay Primer Potion that came with the Naked Palette (I got it in April last year) but before doing that, I decided to see how much was actually still left inside...and boy, it was lot...cut through, depotted, good to use some more :-)))

 

NAKED 2 Urban Decay Palette

Huge news! Urban Decay released a second edition of their legendary NAKED palette...featuring more matte shades..AN ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE...

Eyeshadow bases review

Here is an overview of my eyeshadow bases (struggeling with a plural here!). First I bought HEMA eyeshadow base (11ml, 3,95ml), next was NYX eyeshadow base (from Boozyshop, 6,99 EUR, 7g, in skin), then I got Urban Decay Primer Potion 3,7 ml, included in my NAKED palette, and finally, there is 1.45 g eyeshadow base included in NYC Individual eyes 939 Bryant Park palette.

This is probably not going to be any surprise if I say that the best primer is the Urban Decay Primer Potion, followed by HEMA eyeshadow base and then there are NYX and NYC, but you can pretty much put them together in the third place. I have to stress though, that there is a huge gap in quality between the second and third place :-).

Primer Potion has a light consistency, it dries invisible into your eyelid and it makes the eyeshadow last all day long. HEMA eyeshadow base has a creamy white colour and it does not blend that well into the eyelid, but your eyeshadow will not move one milimeter, that is guaranteed. NYX eyeshadow base has a very disappointing performance, it starts to melt about 4 hours after you put your make up on and NYC has about the same longevity. They are both of skin colour and have a light creamy consistency.

From left: violet eyeshadow from NYC palette, HEMA, NYX, Urban Decay, NYC.

I swatched all bases: first is an eyeshadow on its down (left), then HEMA, NYX, Urban Decay, NYC. Top row is a base on its own and bottom with the eyeshadow. Now it is also perfectly visibly why it pays off to wear an eyeshadow base, the eyeshadow colour just pops out!

Urban Decay Naked Palette wannabes

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Nyx Nude on Nude looks rather familiar...

NYX nude palette

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Urban Decay Naked Palette swatches

Virgin, sin, naked, sidecar, buck, half baked, smog, darkhorse, toasted, hustle, creep, gunmetal

This palette is simply phenomenal in how it combines cool and warm/shimmery and matte shadows. Generally, they have a strong colour pay off (which was a bit difficult to capture with a camera and a flashlight on), but I was a bit surprised to see a bit of a fall out when applying them, but hey, nobody is THAT perfect. :-) I know it is a long way until Christmas, but this makes a super gift to any woman.

Urban Decay - Naked Palette YouTube tutorial

I've been watching Julieg713 for months, and I really admire her skills! Enjoy this tutorial, so pretty (having big beautiful eyes is certainly an asset)...and Julie is eloquent and classy...thumbs up! This video was published almost a year ago, but it has an equal charm this season too.

Urban Decay NAKED PALETTE

A huge surprise on Good Friday! I was sitting on the plane from Brussels to Bratislava (Ryanair) and I did not even check their offer (why would I...), when the air stewardess passed me by with a trolley, loaded with the ONE and ONLY, the BEAUTIFUL, the FANTASTIC, the ORIGINAL, the LEGENDARY NAKED PALETTE!!! I could not believe my luck! When I was trying to buy it in January in New York, all Sephora shops said the same thing - hopelessly sold out...so, of course I bought it, it cost 35 EUR. Ryanair has updated their sky shopping also with L'Oreal Studio Secrets smoothing resurfacing primer, 2x15 ml for 15 EUR, if I remember correctly...wow to Ryanair!

 

I know there have been volumes and volumes written about this object of desire for so many beauty addicts, but...It contains 12 shades (matte, shimmer, satin and sparkle), a cruelty free brush, and of course yet another legendary Urban Decay product - Eyeshadow primer potion (3,7 ml)- heaven!  :-)

I still have not tried it, so far I have been just admiring it (I have been longing for it for such a long time!), it is absolutely perfectly packed, so elegant...People on the plane thought I was buying a box of chocolate :-)

Shades: virgin, sin, naked, sidecar, buck, half baked, smog, darkhorse, toasted, hustle, creep, gunmetal

Wishlist - Urban decay Naked palette

Can you say perfection? I hear it is already available in Holland :-) Sigh...