My Favourite Palette: Naked Basics!

 

Here it is! My favourite palette is the Urban Decay Naked Basics palette. It costs about half the amount of money as the Naked and Naked 2 palettes (so about $30), and it contains every basic shadow you would need for a nude look. The shadows, like all Urban Decay shadows, are really well pigmented and last all day! This palette is super sturdy and contains 6 shadows and a mirror.

 

 

  The 6 shadows (shown below) listed from left to right are Venus, Foxy, WOS, Naked 2, Faint, and Crave.

Venus is a shimmery off white colour that is perfect for the brow line and inner corner of the eye.

Foxy and WOS are skin-toned shadows: Foxy matches my skin tone because I have a yellow-ish tone. WOS will match people with more pink-toned skin. Both are great shadows for the lids.

Naked 2 (probably my favourite shade), is a light brown/taupe colour. I tend to use this in my crease with Foxy on my lids and Venus on my brow and inner eye. This makes the perfect "no makeup" look for warm toned skin! Very easy to blend, and this shadow is not too dark, but still deep enough to emphasize the crease.

Faint is a medium-dark brown. I often use this or Crave to smudge the look of my black or brown eyeliner. They also work great for making a smokey eye! If you have darker skin, I suggest using this in your crease with Naked 2 on your lid. It will look more natural. Also a good dramatic look for pale skin.

Crave is a basic black eyeshadow. Another note, all of the shadows are matte except Venus. I use Crave mostly as a liner unless I want a really dramatic smokey eye.

So, this palette can provide multiple natural looks that can suit any environment! This is the only shadow I bring on trips because I can use it to go anywhere. If I really want some colour, I'll bring a single eyeshadow to combine with my palette looks for a pop of colour. Plus it's a very good deal!

Hope you all find this palette as FANTASTIC as I did!

My First Z Palette!

Hello again! I'm on vacation at the beach right now, but I figured I should still do a little post about the new Z Palette I bought! This one is the green Cherry Blossom (Limited Edition) in large. I bought it from Makeup Geek who delivered earlier than the estimated delivery date, and even sent a little hand-written message on my receipt! I was really impressed by their service. The Z palette cost me about $40, but that included taxes, international shipping, and an extra bag of round magnets. I still think it's a great price!

I had originally intended to fill this palette with my eyeshadows. I started depotting my shadows, which wasn't too hard (though I accidentally cut myself with a pair of nail scissors, which I had been using to depot). Once I had depotted everything I wanted, I realized that the round magnets were way too big for my shadows. I had seen a tutorial saying you can cut them, but cutting the magnets makes them bend at the cut area, and also makes them very sharp. I ended up really hurting my hands trying to put magnets on my eyeshadow pans.

 

Eventually, I gave up. My hands were hurting a lot, and the pans weren't staying flat on the palette. I ended up having to put all of my depotted shadows into a plastic bucket, and then depotted blushes, bronzers, powders, and some larger eyeshadows (the Annabelle singles are the exact same size as the round magnets). This is what I had the time to do so far, I can post a finished palette once my hands have healed (sigh). Not a great first experience, but it looks awesome when it's done!

 

 

If you know of any products that are already magnetized, or have a better solution to my magnet cutting problem, please let me know! You can tweet me @PennilessBlog or email me at pennilessbeauty@gmail.com

 



Walmart Haul

Hello everyone! So today I decided to browse Walmart for some drawer organizers... Instead, I ended leaving with only makeup products. Anyway, I decided to do a haul to show what I bought for ONLY $33.87! I was actually kind of impressed.

So these are the 6 items I purchased. I have heard great things about all of these products, and I have tried them before. I'll do a review once I've tried them all!

1. Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Silver City Pink $6.97 (Definitely cheaper than drugstores)

2. NYC Smooth Skin Bronzing Face Powder in Sunny $2.97 (Such a good price, really hard to find one that hadn't been opened)

3. Maybelline Define-a-Brow in Dark Brown $7.46 (Hopefully this will be dark enough for my black eyebrows... Why can't my eyebrows be blonde like my hair? Ugh)

4. Maybelline Great Lash Mascara in Clear/Transparent $4.96 (I've heard this works great on brows)

5. Wet n' Wild Coloricon trio in Walking on Eggshells $2.97 (Awesome price, and gorgeous nude shades)

6. Wet n' Wild Coloricon eyeshadow collection in Petal Pusher $4.64 (Another awesome price, and has the most beautiful shades of purple... I think I'm going to enjoy this one!)


If you have tried any of these before, let me know what you thought! Tweet me @PennilessBlog or email me at pennilessbeauty@gmail.com . You can also Facebook me at www.facebook.com/PennilessBeauty

Have a lovely day!