Urban Decay's Naked2 Palette Review

Hello world!

I'm finally reviewing the Naked2 Palette for you guys today! I didn't want to do it the day after I got it because I wanted to really test the product.

Here are some photos I found of the Naked (original) Palette and the Naked 2 Palette.

photo by: temptalia

Naked 2 at the top // Naked (original) at the bottom
photo by: musingsofacitygirl

Naked (original) at the top // Naked 2 at the bottom
photo by: xsparkage

Okay, on to the review. The original Naked palette has more warm tone shades and a few cooler shades. I can't say I love specific colors because, well, I seriously love every color in this palette! I have warmer undertones to my skin so I think the colors look great on me. Even the cooler colors like gunmetal and creep look good because of their texture. There's not a lot of grittiness to them; they go on super smooth and blend well. Sidecar is the only one that has a chunkier kind of glitter in it so it does have some fallout, but it doesn't bother me too much.

As for the Naked 2 Palette, I absolutely love the packaging. It's a hard aluminum case as opposed to the velvet case of the first one. It just seems sleeker and heavier duty. The velvet case of the first one attracts a lot of dust and gets scratched really easily. So, I do like this palette as well, but I find that there are cooler tones that don't look too flattering on my skin, like verve, YDK, and Pistol. It probably has to do with the texture as well. These shadows don't seem as jet-milled and fine as much as the other colors; they have a grittier look to them and I don't like that too much. Another thing I don't like is that Urban Decay decided to keep the color half baked in the second palette. It's kind of like a cop out. They should have just created a new color. What I do love is that the two last colors (Busted and Blackout) are so heavily saturated and rich, great for the outer corner for definition and to smoke out any look you create. I also like the highlight colors Foxy and Bootycall as well as Tease (great for defining the crease).

All in all, I believe that you just need one palette. If you like cooler tones, go with the 2nd one. If you like goldier/warmer tones, go with the 1st one. In my ideal world, I would have the packaging of the second one but with the colors of the first one and I would add the matte black to it. :) If only... 

Well, that's the end of my review. Hope you guys enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed testing out the products and reviewing it for you all. <3

kimtran