Beauty Women And Fashion: Shining a new light on neutrals with Urban Decay Naked palette

I know this is probably the millionth post you all have seen on the UD Naked eyeshadow palette that was released last year, so I apologize! But I recently won Katie's generous giveaway featuring the palette and I had to post about it. :)

I never really considered the Naked palette when it came out for a couple reasons: 1) the price, 2) the colors looked too warm for my skin tone, and 3) I thought I could probably dupe a lot of it. However, I was totally wrong! Having never tried UD shadows before, I had no idea how amazing they are. Pigmentation is great and the texture is buttery and smooth (You don't have to sit there and dig at the shadows to get payoff- instead, it only takes a little swipe of a brush). They also blend flawlessly. I'm impressed! The shades are actually pretty neutral, contrary to what I initially thought.
If you're used to paying for higher-end makeup (Which I'm not!), the value is pretty fantastic. It's a little expensive at $48 (used to be $44, but now it's included with a Good Karma eyeshadow brush instead of the double sided 24/7 eyeliner) but you're getting 12 full sized eyeshadows along with a mini-sized UDPP original. I'm really excited to have back up for my UDPP when I run out of mine- it's a little drying for me, but I love it.

As soon as I've had a little more time to play around with it, I'll show you the looks I do. I was so excited when I received it in the mail today that I wanted to get this up ASAP!