Review: Urban Decay Naked Palette

 I finally got the Urban Decay Naked Palette, and if you saw my tweets, I actually got this baby for free. If you are in Canada, you'll know what I am talking about, Shoppers Drug Mart had a Beauty Bonus Redemption and I redeemed my points for $90 of free cosmetics, one of which was this palette. The Shoppers near me never had an Urban Decay section so I was floored when I found out the Yorkdale Mall location (in Toronto) had one and they had this palette in stock. I got there pretty late on Saturday, and was ready for disappointment but alas, I managed to get the last one in the store! I was amazed to finally have this baby in my hands. So if you are in Toronto, I'd suggest waiting to redeem this with your points, check if they have this in stock before and put it on hold.

 This palette retails for $58 CAD and comes with 12 beautiful, neutral shadows, a mini Urban Decay Primer Potion (3.7ml) and a double-ended 27/7 pencil in Whiskey (brown) and Zero (black). The packaging is a sleek, brown velvet box that opens up with a mirror on the one side. The shadows are a good size, I've read that these are full sized UD shadows, I am not sure because I do not own any in full size. I do however have two other UD palettes, Ammo and Sustainable and can definitely tell you this palette is much more universal and wearable. The other two have crazy, very colourful shadows and many have severe fallout.

Let's take a look at the shadows that come in this, here is one half, these are more the neutral tones, Virgin (pale highlighter), Sin (champagne, came in Ammo), Naked (light matte brown), Sidecar (shimmery beige), Buck (medium matte brown), Half Baked (bronze, came in Sustainble).

And the more colourful side: Smog (golden brown shimmer, came in Ammo), Darkhorse (bronzey-plum shimmer), Toasted (taupe-bronze), Hustle (purple brown), Creep (blue-black metallic) and Gunmetal (dark blue-grey). My favourites are definitely Toasted and Hustle, I love purple-toned eyeshadows and these are very pigmented and rich. A disappointment for me was how sheer Creep was, that one really needs to be packed on to get proper pigmentation.

Here are swatches of all the shadows, you can see there is a good mix of matte and shimmers, and lots of shadows that you can pair together for pretty looks. If you are a fan of browns, I would definitely suggest this, but I don't have to tell you, everyone is crazy over this palette and I am glad that it is becoming less of a rarity to find nowadays, it's about time.

Do you have the Naked palette? What are your favourite eyeshadow combinations to wear with it?