Naked Palette

Let’s get naked, shall we?

Okay, err, I don’t mean naked naked, I mean naked beauty palette! My favorite among the three Naked’s. My dream everyday palette. My first dibs on this palette.

This is not actually mine – it’s my cousin’s and she just lend this to me to check it out, swatch here and there and try out a smokey eyes with it. 

Naked has 12 colors.

Virgin. Sin. Naked. Sidecar.

Buck. Half Baked. Smog. Darkhorse.

Toasted. Hustle. Creep. Gunmetal.

What I like about this is that – aside from making smokey sexy eyes, this could also be use on an everyday simple make up and some could also be use to highlight and contour face. 🙂

This is the number one on my makeup wishlist and I will try to fish one for myself next year. For now, I’m enjoying this palette.

Simply Pretty Cream Shadow + Liner Duo in True Pink

Is it obvious that I’m blogging on my phone here. Yes, I am trying to do blogging on the go, since I can’t afford to sit and lounge any time soon. So forgive the alignments and unedited photos, it is raw and fresh from my not-so-trusty phone camera. :3

Back to the topic, I love cream shadows lately as it is a good base and make shadows last longer. As you can see, this love affair all started with Ever Bilena’s mousse eyeshadow in rose quartz and amber. *Watch out for my amber swatch and review, it is soooooo yummy! 😛

When I saw this shadow liner duo from Simply Pretty a while back, I just can’t say no and live! And so I got it! It comes with two shades, in pink and in purple, and I decided to get the pink shade…

The cream shadow comes in a lipstick tube and is the eyeliner’s closing cap. 🙂 Here are the swatches in one swipe with and without flash:

 

The cream shadow is not that pigmented and is glittery, but you could build up the color by swiping more hence you could also control the intensity of the color. If your lids aren’t that oily, this could be used alone especially for monolids like me, and it could be used as a base for purplish/pinkish smokey eyes too. ^^

The eyeliner however is reddish brown, although I’m hoping I could use this as a brow pen too, I’d pass it, because like I said, it’s kind of reddish, so this pencil is better used as an eyeliner to tight waterline if you want to achieve a defined eyes without being dramatic. 🙂 It’s also perfect for daytime use and for that no-make-up make up look as well.

All in all, I love my purchase and thought that I should have gotten the other shade as well! *sigh Oh well, I love to use this when I’m in a hurry (which is almost always!) so I used to keep this inside my make up purse all the time, but I hate that the cream shadow/cap of the eyeliner always pop out making havoc in my bag!

Have you tried this cream shadow + liner duo from Simply Pretty? What are your says?

L.A. Colors Eyeshadow Pallete in EP41Wine and Roses

Do you remember this? prize mail from dimeonadime.com. One of the stuff she generously include on my original prize was this:

The camera didn’t do justice to the colors of this pallete! Nevertheless, I’ve been using this for quite a while now and I have to say that I really enjoyed this when I wanna don a lavender smokey eyes or just a simple wearable eye make up.

here are the swatches from the pallete from left to right:

without flash

with flash

The creamy shimmer color is also good as a highlight in the inner corner of the eyes. The second shade has a brown undertone to it that looks good when donning a neutral look, the shades goes deeper and darker that’s just perfect for a smokey eyes for day and night.

Have you tried this pallete?

Also, check out my Coastal Scents 88 shimmer pallete.