Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette

Urban Decay is renowned for its Naked products and since the original Naked Palette came out back in   2011, it has become somewhat of a trend in terms of make up and so many, including me well and truly jumped on the bandwagon, especially when it came up to the follow up Naked 2 Palette.

Recently, Urban Decay have added a further Naked Palette into the collection; the Naked Basics Palette*, which differs from the others in that it only homes six neutral shades, five of which are matte.

The palette is supposed to provide you with the basics that you would need to create the perfect look and so for me, I think this is a great palette to have to really introduce me into having a fancy eye nicely and build up my neutral shades.

The shades included are Venus which is a frosted White shade and the only in the palette to have any shimmer in it, Foxy which is a Yellow toned Beige, Walk of Shame which is a Pink toned Beige, Naked 2 which is a very true medium Taupe, Faint which is a darker Brown shade and last but my no means least, Crave which is a true Black and the perfect addition if you're going for a full on smokey eye.
My favourite shades are probably Naked 2 and Faint as I find them the most complimentary and although the lighter matte shades are nice bases, I don't really find they do anything for me.
Venus is quite a little addition to the palette and although it stands out a little, being the only one to carry shimmer, it is perfect for under the brow or in the inner corner of the eye and so helps to make this a eyeshadow staple product by homing the essentials.

Foxy through to Crave are really very matte, which I do know sounds a little odd as realistically a products formula either is or isn't but these do seem super matted- possibly even a little chalky?

Though I am really pleased to have this handy mirrored palette in my collection as my original palette somehow ended up a permanent feature in my mums make up bag, I'm not sure it quite lived up to the hype as much as the previous ones did. The colours are super pigmented and will most definitely be used, which I suppose is the main point, but there seems to be a little something that isn't quite appealing to me.

This Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette costs £20 and is available to buy in Debenhams, Beauty Bay and HQHair.

What do you think of this palette? Did you jump on the Naked bandwagon like I did?


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