I had been considering getting the Naked 3 palette because of its gorgeous rose gold/copper themed eyeshadows and raving reviews. I happened to see this on trademe for like $5 so I bought this just to try out. The shades seem similar and there's definitely that rose gold, shimmery theme going on.
Now a good eyeshadow needs to be buttery, pigmented, and long staying. This scores 0/3. Its glitter is slightly on the chunky side, and has a gritty texture when applied with my finger. It doesn't pick up on my brush and by the time I transfer it to my eyelid there may as well be nothing on the brush. Even my trusty primer potion couldn't save this. I tried spraying the brush with a little bit of toner before really digging into the shadow but that made it look messy and hard to work with. As for staying power, because it's so unpigmented I really can't even comment on how well it stays. Another thing I'm quite annoyed about is how similar a couple of shades look, namely the lighter ones which both come of as 'barely-existant-white'
It does have one shade out of the 12 that I really like, and it's the coppery shimmer shade in the bottom left. It's very similar comapred to chopper from Naked 2. And surprisingly, the pigmentation and payoff is really gorgeous on this one!
The feel of this palette just can't compare to higher end palettes like Urban decay or lorac. Heck, even some wet n wild palettes I've used had been better than this. Definitely glad I didn't pay $20 something for this. I've decided to depot just the copper shade and add that to my diy palette and just chuck the rest of the palette in the back of my makeup drawer. That's another day's worry!
I have this pallet but i do not use it often, the colours arnt very pigmented and can be quite dull and muted. The pallet looks so pretty with the packaging and the colour combination, but thats about it. Doesnt look that great on :( . Would rather spend a bit more money to get colours i know will actually show up. Can be good if you've got very pale skin and only like sheer shadows