I know I've been writing a lot of beauty - themed posts lately, but here I go again with another beauty-related post. Obviously haven't had the chance to go around Seoul a lot lately, and I really don't feel like travelling to unnecessary places now because of the mers - virus that's going on here in Seoul right now. I'm trying to be careful and limit my metro rides et cetera on going home and school for the most part. But don't you worry, I am definitely not turning into a full on - beauty blog!
Anyway, to today's topic! A very good friend of mine went to America during the same time I visited Finland, and got me something I've been craving for years but never actually bought it because of the pretty high price and just simply because Urban Decay doesn't have a store in Finland. I'm not sure if they have a store here in South Korea, most probably yes, but the price is going to be high compared to the original prices in the US. So I asked her for a little favor aand..
..Ordered two of the things I wanted the most. I've also wanted to try out their "Eye shadow primer potion" so it's almost amusing that as a free gift I got 4 x a week's worth of that exact product.
The Naked - palette is a pretty obvious pick, because it's pretty much a legend when it comes to eye shadow palettes. The All nighter makeup setting spray is something I've had my eye on for a few months now and I've heard so much good about it that I decided to give it a try. I already tried this one out last Saturday when I went out with my friends. I sprayed this on around 8pm, and I didn't have to apply or fix any of my makeup during the evening, even though we visited 2 restaurants and hung out outside in the typical Korean humid summer night. When I got home at 5am my eye shadow was not smudged whatsoever and my eyeliner and foundation was perfect. I was so amazed, guys. So. Amazed. If even the Korean June weather can't beat this little thing up, I don't think anything can.
And my absolute, absolute favorite, The Naked - palette. The colors are really pretty and oh, oh the amount of pigment in these shades. I am all about neutral, bronze-ish colors when it comes to eye-makeup, so this palette is like a piece of heaven. Do you know how hard it was not to sit in front of my mirror and try out every combination with these colors I could possibly think of? Really hard. I've been touching and fiddling with this palette every now and then for 2 days already but didn't want to actually use it before taking proper pictures for this post (blogger problems part I don't even know).
The palette has 12 gorgeous colors from which the Sidecar, Half baked, Smog & Hustle are the ones that look the most delicious if you ask me (swatches for those in the last picture). It also has lighter shades for highlighting and few really dark shades to create a great contrast to your eye makeup. And it comes with a really nice shadow & blending brush.
From upper left corner clockwise: Hustle, Side-car, Smog, Half baked
So this is the story of how I lost my Urban Decay virginity ! That's something every budding makeup junkie will go through, yeah? hahahah~ I'm gonna have so much fun playing with all these colors and I can't wait to get to that.
Now I'm going to study and later on when the weather cools down a bit going to take a long walk and do some cheap fruits - hunting in the small markets around our neighborhood.
Have a great day everyone !
xx,
Julia
This is great =D
ReplyDeletehahah :') thanks~
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