Yes I know; I am rather late to this party because this product arrived on beauty shelves months ago, however I think there isn't really a right or wrong time to showcase this little treasure chest (case) of beauty.
I am a complete Urban Decay addict; and their Naked collection is just a neutral girls dream come true and the actual Naked collection has grown vastly since the release of the original palette with foundation, blushes and concealers all appearing on the shelves. So when the holiday season of 2014 arrived the beauty brains at Urban Decay released a "holiday" palette; quite literally, a little box that has your eyes, lips and cheeks covered whilst travelling. When I say this palette has everything covered, I really mean it. It has everything to complete a look apart from the base.
The packaging like most if not all Urban Decay products is beautiful; a rose gold case with a pretty piece of artwork on the cover. It is definitely travel friendly with its sturdy and compact exterior and is a perfect size to fit in your (medium/large) hand bag, gym bag or hand luggage. The box it comes in is as beautiful with the same artwork all over and if your anything like me and love to keep your products in their box packaging you will love this. The box details all the products in the palette with a little synopsis of basically why you NEED this palette.
Enough of drooling over the packaging; lets move on to the product itself and the beauty inside.
Those of you that are familiar with Urban Decay palettes will know that they hardly get it wrong when it comes to pigmentation and texture and this little travel companion followed suit; with six beautiful never before seen neutral eyeshadow shades five bronze/brown shades and one champagne shade that doubles up as a highlighter these are all creamy in texture and highly pigmented and did I mention gorgeous! They apply so well and the longevity, well I shall drink to that; no primer and the shadows didn't start fading until nearly 8 hours later. Bearing in mind I don't have oily eyelids, but even then I am impressed.
The bronzer and blush combo are equally pigmented and with both a little goes a long way and would advise to start with a light hand and build the colour, especially with the blush as it is quite a vibrant pink shade (looks great on Asian skin tones by the way)!
In order to complete the look; the palette has a travel version of Urban Decays fantastic bristle brush mascara "Perversion" which provides length and volume to the lashes. I actually prefer this to any other bristle brush mascara I own as it does a great job in separating my lashes adding volume and some serious length. *flutters lashes*
The eyeliner pencil's from Urban Decay are by far one of my favourites I think I have most of the colours in my collection; so when I saw that this palette included a travel-sized version a part of me jumped up in glee! The 24/7 Glide on Pencil's are highly pigmented and do not budge once on.
This palette includes the shade Stag is a beautiful dark brown which compliments any look that can be created from the eyeshadows in this palette. I like to use this on the lower waterline and tight line it on the upper waterline to give that faux-liner look.
No look is complete with out some lips colour; and this palette has that covered too. Now to be honest I am not a big fan of lip gloss so I was a bit "meh" when it came to the gloss that came with this; however (a big however) I was pleasantly surprised at how much I actually enjoyed wearing this.
It has a peppermint scent and you get that tingly feeling on the lips when first applied giving the you the feeling its plumping them up. The shade is called Sesso; a beautiful sheer light rose that applies well, but naturally being a gloss doesn't last very long.
Personally I would finish this off with a pinky nude lipstick because that is just me, but if your more of a gloss wearer then this formulation is fantastic and adds such a beautiful tint to the lips to compliment the eyeshadows and blush.
Below is a complete Urban Decay "Naked" look which I created using all the products in this Naked on the Run palette (even my eyebrows using the shade Dare) and my base was also Urban Decay's Naked Skin foundation and concealer.
In summary; sure this palette is a little on the expensive side at £37, however for the amount of product(s) you get and the amazing quality of each I would say the price is more than justified. It really is a great product to travel with and is definitely going with me on my next trip away. This was initially a Limited Edition during the holiday season at the end of 2014 however I am pretty sure you can still pick it up at the usual Urban Decay stockists such as House of Fraser, FeelUnique.Com and Debenhams (look out for their 10% off beauty and grab it for cheaper). If you haven't tried Urban Decay products and are looking to try something from them; this would be a great first purchase as it gives you a taster of some of their cult products all in one.
Have any of you tried this palette? Do you love it? Let me know in the comments below!
x o x o
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I am a complete Urban Decay addict; and their Naked collection is just a neutral girls dream come true and the actual Naked collection has grown vastly since the release of the original palette with foundation, blushes and concealers all appearing on the shelves. So when the holiday season of 2014 arrived the beauty brains at Urban Decay released a "holiday" palette; quite literally, a little box that has your eyes, lips and cheeks covered whilst travelling. When I say this palette has everything covered, I really mean it. It has everything to complete a look apart from the base.
The packaging like most if not all Urban Decay products is beautiful; a rose gold case with a pretty piece of artwork on the cover. It is definitely travel friendly with its sturdy and compact exterior and is a perfect size to fit in your (medium/large) hand bag, gym bag or hand luggage. The box it comes in is as beautiful with the same artwork all over and if your anything like me and love to keep your products in their box packaging you will love this. The box details all the products in the palette with a little synopsis of basically why you NEED this palette.
Enough of drooling over the packaging; lets move on to the product itself and the beauty inside.
Those of you that are familiar with Urban Decay palettes will know that they hardly get it wrong when it comes to pigmentation and texture and this little travel companion followed suit; with six beautiful never before seen neutral eyeshadow shades five bronze/brown shades and one champagne shade that doubles up as a highlighter these are all creamy in texture and highly pigmented and did I mention gorgeous! They apply so well and the longevity, well I shall drink to that; no primer and the shadows didn't start fading until nearly 8 hours later. Bearing in mind I don't have oily eyelids, but even then I am impressed.
The bronzer and blush combo are equally pigmented and with both a little goes a long way and would advise to start with a light hand and build the colour, especially with the blush as it is quite a vibrant pink shade (looks great on Asian skin tones by the way)!
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| Left to Right: Dive, Fix, Resist, Dare, Stun |
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| Highlight Colour: 5050 |
This palette includes the shade Stag is a beautiful dark brown which compliments any look that can be created from the eyeshadows in this palette. I like to use this on the lower waterline and tight line it on the upper waterline to give that faux-liner look.
No look is complete with out some lips colour; and this palette has that covered too. Now to be honest I am not a big fan of lip gloss so I was a bit "meh" when it came to the gloss that came with this; however (a big however) I was pleasantly surprised at how much I actually enjoyed wearing this.
It has a peppermint scent and you get that tingly feeling on the lips when first applied giving the you the feeling its plumping them up. The shade is called Sesso; a beautiful sheer light rose that applies well, but naturally being a gloss doesn't last very long.
Personally I would finish this off with a pinky nude lipstick because that is just me, but if your more of a gloss wearer then this formulation is fantastic and adds such a beautiful tint to the lips to compliment the eyeshadows and blush.
Below is a complete Urban Decay "Naked" look which I created using all the products in this Naked on the Run palette (even my eyebrows using the shade Dare) and my base was also Urban Decay's Naked Skin foundation and concealer.
In summary; sure this palette is a little on the expensive side at £37, however for the amount of product(s) you get and the amazing quality of each I would say the price is more than justified. It really is a great product to travel with and is definitely going with me on my next trip away. This was initially a Limited Edition during the holiday season at the end of 2014 however I am pretty sure you can still pick it up at the usual Urban Decay stockists such as House of Fraser, FeelUnique.Com and Debenhams (look out for their 10% off beauty and grab it for cheaper). If you haven't tried Urban Decay products and are looking to try something from them; this would be a great first purchase as it gives you a taster of some of their cult products all in one.
Have any of you tried this palette? Do you love it? Let me know in the comments below!
x o x o
Disclaimer:
All products mentioned were purchased by me and I am in no way sponsored by any of the brands mentioned.
