Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics - I AM OBSESSED.

DUUUUDE. This palette is like the holy grail for me. Every colour is perfect, and as an extra bonus the darkest colour is like the exact colour I have been hunting high and low for to powder my eyebrows darker (since I inadvertently managed to dye my hair black...)

So a quick rundown of things for those of you who don't know. The UD naked palettes are a collection of five (and counting) palettes all of which have the most beautiful neutral tones and shades in. They're fantastic for wearing 'no make up makeup' but there's also a great range of metallics too in each of the big palettes (Naked 1,2,3) which you can use to make more dramatic looks if you so desire. I am a crazy naked Palette addict and it's very rare for the makeup on my eyes to have not come from one of them. In fact, in all honesty I can't remember the last time I used another brand of eyeshadow, they're just THAT good. The Naked Basic palettes are smaller versions, with all matte colours in and Naked 2 Basics is the newest arrival in the family. I have had this palette a couple of weeks and it's safe to say I am fully obsessed and tell EVERYONE to buy it, to the point that I'm running out of people I actually know in real life, and may need to start telling strangers on the street. Kinda like a crazy make up preacher, sent to spread the word to the masses. Ahem.

SO onto the palette. I should probably mention at this point, that if you've come to this blog looking for the kinda gal who blogs new products straight out the packaging, in pristine condition, before they've even used them, you've come to the wrong place. I get far too excited for that kinda restraint and am more of a 'rip the packaging open and turn my face into a clown trying out every colour at the same time' kinda gal.

The palette comes in a hard plastic case. As far as I'm concerned that's bloody fantastic cos I am very prone to dropping things and breaking them/sitting on things and breaking them/opening my bag to find I've some how crushed a palette in soft casing and all the eyeshadows have disintegrated into powder (Naked 1, I'm looking at you). It clicks open and closed and has a mirror inside. So far, so boring.

The colour's from left to right:

Skimp - Pinky toned cream

Stark - Neutral light pink

Frisk - Taupey Grey Beige (pale girls take note, this is great for cheek contouring)

Cover - Warm light brown

Primal - Warm dark brown

Undone - Dark Brown with red undertones (this is my eyebrow colour)

The powders have a great texture. The lighter colours feel a wee bit more creamy to the touch, and the darker feel a bit more chalky (but not in a bad way, if anything it helps as those are probably the colours you're going to be trying to blend in your crease, so it makes life a little easier that they're a bit more powdery). They last all day and have great staying power without primer - I'm super lazy and never use it - and they apply well with brushes, applicators and fingers (again, lazy).

Here's a video of me using the palette to do the my daily eye makeup:

All in all I am obsessed. I think I'm actually going to do a giveaway of one of these palettes when I hit 5,000 subscribers (side note: how did that happen?!) because I wanna spread the addiction.

Seriously, buy it.

xox

Hairspo

My hair, is too long. Unfortunately I'm not talking about the hair I grew myself, uttering the words 'my hair is too long' and meaning the hair that's actually attached to my scalp, is something which only exists in fantasies and parallel universes where I wasn't stupid enough to fry the shit out of my hair with bleach*. No, no, whilst I wish I was referring to my own hair, I'm actually referring to my white girl weave, the hair that I sewed onto my head around 6 months ago.

I've always been a fan of the looooong hair look. In my head I envisage Mermaid tresses. In life I actually end up looking either like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards (hair that long needs to be brushed about 10 times a day and will turn into rats tails approximately 10 minutes after you've brushed it) or when it's behaving itself like my life aspirations are to be in TOWIE and I've just forgotten to apply the fake tan. I lust after hair that I could put into pin up styles, and pin curl without ending up looking like a WAG going for the big bouncy curls look. The length of Bettie's hair in the above photo is my ideal length.

 So in two weeks when I go to get my weave tightened (who even says that)  I am going to take a good few inches off the length, and then I should be able to attempt all the pretty pin up hair styles. Emphasis on the word 'attempt' there people. I'll probably still have ratty hair...

*MY OWN ACTUAL HAIR IS GROWING SO FAST THOUGH. I think it's a combination of the weave protecting it so it's no longer snapping at the ends, and also the fact that I never see it as it's all plaited away helps as every time I do see it there's been a big leap. This is a pretty bad photo and it is SO difficult to actually find wee bits of my own hair to check the length but it's definitely getting there. I started wearing extensions when I was 16, and in around 6 months time I'll turn 26 so my aim is to be done with them by my birthday. I refuse to spend an entire ten years attaching hair someone else grew to my head.

xox