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Friday 3 May 2013

Urban Decay Smoked Palette: Swatches & Review

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Urban Decay Smoked Palette
Another "Naked" palette to add to the Urban Decays arsenal of eyeshadow palettes.
The Urban Decay Smoked Palette retails for $49US and $58CAN for 10 x 0.03 oz oz of product. Consider buying this as more versatile palette for the face as well. ;)

Smoked Palette tray
Smoked Palette: black rainbow glitter fabric case
Product & Colour: 
This palette contains 4 mattes and 7 shimmer/metallic shades that are richly pigmented. They all blend beautifully together when working with these. The Jewell tone shades work best over a base to the the flash of metallic intensity you see in the pan.

The shades are:
Kinky is a pale, neutral beige with a matte finish, i similar to MAC Blanc Type is but lighter then UD Foxy.

Freestyle is a light camel peach with a matte finish.

Mushroom is a grey-brown taupe. Loved this shade since trying it in Alice in Wonderland palette. I work well with a number of other shades as it  not to cool or warm tone.

Backdoor is a muted  dark brown with a hint of grey in a matte finish.

Blackout is an true dark black with a matte finish. 

Barlust is a warm medium-dark brown with Shimmer.

Rockstar is a dark smoked red plum with shimmer. Identical to the eyeliner form Urban Decay.

Evidence is a dark navy blue with a metallic finish. This shade is very dupeable in an number of brands, Inglot, theBalm, Wet N Wild and Eve Pearl come to mind as it's a classic jewel tone blue.

Loaded is a blackened green with bright teal shimmer. theBalm Jealous Jordana is similar. 

Asphalt is a dark gunmetal grey with micro-shimmer. theBalm The Mistress/Inspirational is less shimmery and deeper grey.

Perversion eyeliner is a true black with a creamy glide/ finish.

Wear: I got about 6 to 8 hours wear on their own. (the shimmer one last longer)

Packaging: Cool black with rainbow shimmer fabric and a nice zipper that it functional and well made. The eyeshadows are house in a cardboard box make this palette really light wight.

Daylight swatches: Kinky, Freestyle, Mushroom, Backdoor, Blackout  & Barlust
Flash swatches: Kinky, Freestyle, Mushroom, Backdoor, & Blackout
Daylight swatches: Barlust, Rockstar, Evidence, Loaded, & Asphalt
Flash swatches: Barlust, Rockstar, Evidence, Loaded, & Asphalt
Daylight and Flash swatches: Perversion with a solid block and one stoke, 
Verdict:
This is a nice staple palette to have as the jewel tones makes this not a typical smokey eye look. That said you might find the shades redundant if you own a number of eyeshadows already as the shades them self are not that unique.

2 comments:

  1. I love these colors especially the 1st row!

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    1. Yes the first row has alot of wearable daily shades in it that can be smoked out and compliment all skin tones. Most palette only compliment one range skins tones. ;)

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