How To Notice A Fake | Urban Decay Naked Flushed

It can be really hard to notice if your buying an original or a fake when it comes to high end beauty products especially if your purchase them of somewhere like eBay or Depop. I have done a little guide on MAC lipsticks here if you want to have a look at that... but today i'll be telling you what to look out for with the Urban Decay Naked Flushed Palettes.

From what i have found so far, the a replica Flushed Palette is only available in the one original shade, Naked so if you see anything that is advertised as a "Brand New Urban Decay Naked Flushed Palette in either Strip, Native or Streak for anything less then £15 i would stay clear!

The biggest most noticable difference i have seen between the originals and the fakes are the lines in-between the colours.. The originals have clean, straight edges between colour transitions and the fakes are all uneven, which you can see from the photograph below.

Something else that is not always the easiest to see the difference between al real and fake is the colour of the packaging. The real Urban Decay packaging is a bronzed colour where as the fakes are have more of a silver look to them.

Urban Decay before the release their product have a quality control and if something is not 100% with a product it will not been sent to stores, so if you receive something thats mirror has slightly come away from the case or doesn't close correctly i would say it has a high chance of being fake and would contact the seller and ask if you could either have a replacement and if that arrives in the same sort of condition i would ask for your money back.

Hope this helps.. let me know if there is anything you would like to see me compare. 

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Urban Decay Naked Flushed - Native

The Urban Decay Naked Flush palette is available in four different shades;  Naked, Strip, Streak and Native, so there should be something there for everyone!

I opted for the later one and chose Native. The palette has a beautiful bronzer, sparkling highlight and  a barbie pink blush.

All three are super soft and buttery which makes them a dream to blend. This palette would fit best with deeper skin tones or would make a perfect holiday companion, it would look stunning with a tan! The bronzer is quite deep and orange toned. The blush is a beautiful candy barbie pink, which is super pigmented so it only needs a little. The highlight is super icy and again is really pigmented so could be easy to overload on this! 

I also love this packaging for this, it is very similar to the Basics palettes with the size, magnetic closing and the mirror which is the same size as the product.

This is a stunning palette and one thats super easy to throw in your bag to top up during the day, but one that i probably use when i get me a little tan going on!

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Urban Decay - Naked

The much loved Naked Palette, I cannot believe it took me so long to buy this little beauty! I have just put it off thinking 'no I don't really need it' when in reality now i actually have it, i really did need it!

The palette comes with twelve beautiful shades from a very pale white to a super sultry grey. All twelve are super soft and buttery which means they blend like a dream. The shades are also super pigmented so it doesn't need a lot of product on the brush to get beautiful colour pay off on the lids.

Virgin - A pale shimmer nude, Sin - A Champagne with pink shimmery undertones, Naked - Matte Medium Brown, Sidecar - A bronzed brown, Buck - A darker Matter Brown (than Naked), Half Baked -  A super shimmery bronzed gold, Smog - A glittery dark bronze, Dark Horse - Deep brown with bronze flecks, Toasted - Shimmery pink/brown, Hustle - A deep purple/brown with shimmer, Creep - Black with gold shimmer, Gunmetal - Medium blue toned grey with silver flecks.

Along side the palette you also get four samples of Urban Decays Primer Potion in the shades, Original which when dry is invisible so it doesn't have any effect on the shadow, except making it last so much longer that is! Eden which is a matte nude shade, Sin which is a shimmer  base and finally Anti Ageing which kind of speaks for itself. Together with the Urban Decay double sided shadow brush, with a fluffy side for blending and a more compact side for apply colour.

Do you owe the Naked Palette?

A Spot of Shopping

Every once in a while you've got to treat yourself right? - That's my excuse anyway! 

Being a makeup girl through and through, I took a little trip to Manchester and picked up a few things - I won't go into too much detail as i will be doing an individual post on each so keep and eye out for that and follow me on Bloglovin to keep up to date :)

Firstly was the Urban Decay Naked Palette - Seriously cannot believe i didn't pick this up sooner serious love for this palette. I'm sure you have heard so much about the Naked palettes that you've started getting a little bored of the thing, but seriously if you haven't tried it, it is a must. It is so incredibly easy to create day-night looks and the formula is super soft and buttery. £37- Link

Secondly i picked up MAC Studio Fix Fluid - I actually went to House of Fraser for this buy, i haven't owed a MAC foundation so was a little unsure of which colour to get and i though HOF would be quieter than Selfridges so i  could get seen and make my purchase with out too much hanging around. Turns out i am NW15. £21.50 - Link

Then i picked up a MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre - I wanted a base that wasn't going to change the colour of the eye shadow greatly but also keep my shadow in place for as long as i needed it too - it was a huge toss up with Soft Ochre and Bare Study... I think Bare study will  be next on the list. £15.50 - Link

We then popped into Superdrug and again i am a little late on this band wagon but i really wanted to try the Make Up Revolution eye shadows i have heard so much about, i decided to go for the Iconic 1 palette which I know has been greatly likened to the Naked palette but i wanted to give it a try. £4 - Link

NYC are have an offer on at Superdrug at the moment where everything is under £2.50 so i thought i would pick up two little items to text out - the NYC Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer which has an illuminus look - Link and the second NYC product was the Individual Eyes palette in Midtown Mauve - it says it is designed for people with brown eyes but i loved the colours anyway. it comes with four shadows an illuminator and a Primer Base. - Link 

Kirsty xx