Urban Decay Naked 3 Review

I love this palette, so it is so good for everyday/natural looks; the formula is so nice and has good pigmentation. A great starter palette for anyone new to makeup as the colours are very neutral.

I have this palette long time ago and I alway return to it because of the natural colours. They are perfect to highlight your features with neutral colours. Also it has some shine tones perfect for tear duct.

Oh wow I love this palette! I brought it back from Hawaii and am so glad I did! Still today one of my favourites in my collection! Great for every day use and a really nice combination of colours, they blend super well together and it lasts!

Love all the colours in here! Great pigment and blend. Lots of great neutral looks. Only down side is that, as with any pallet, is the best base colours hit pan first.

I've always wanted to try an Urban Decay palette so was glad to be gifted this from a friend. I am a big fan of eyeshadows and am familiar with using other high end brands so with the hype around the Naked palette range I had high expectations and hoped this would well be worth the hefty price tag. However, while I think this is a good palette, I really do not understand the hype surrounding it or think the very high price tag is justified. I think this is something that is lovely to use if you receive it as a gift or get it on sale, but I wouldn't want to pay the RRP for this.

The palette comes packaged beautifully in a sturdy rose gold tin. I liked this aspect as it makes the eyeshadows well-protected for travelling. The palette has a mirror inside, with a dual ended brush included. I loved the brush included, it's high quality with a flat end for packing on eyeshadow and a fluffy end for blending. I usually find the eyeshadow brushes included with eyeshadow palettes to be terrible, so it's great the one included with this is a good quality brush that I'd happily pay for on its own.

The palette has twelve shades, all of which are pinky toned shimmers and nudes, with a black matte shade. There's a good mixture of matte and shimmer shades so you can do a wide range of looks with this, from very natural and subtle to formal glamour looks. I do like the versatility and find the colours very beautiful. The matte shade's especially are very pigmented and blend well. The shimmers are beautiful but I find it applied dry to the eyelid they just perform averagely with not a lot of pop (which is disappointing for a high end product!). They perform beautifully when wet with far more pigmentation, so I can make them work, but I would expect shimmers on a palette this expensive to not need to be applied wet to have an impressive finish. I do find these have a bit of fall out and kick back when getting product onto the brush. The eye shadows wear decently well throughout the day, but I find the shimmers just don't last well compared to the mattes.

Overall, this palette has beautiful shades and makes it easy to complete a variety of looks and is packaged beautifully. However, while it performs well, I don't think it's worth the full RRP price when I have found other eyeshadows perform far better than are half the price of this palette. I think this is great for veginners though and would recommend picking it up only if on sale.