Naked 3 Tutorial!

Have you ever tried any of the eleventy-billion eye shadow tutorials on YouTube? I have. And while I’ve had success with some of them, and some of them are great, in my experience they are a huge pain in the butt to follow. Even when I did have that kind of time, I didn't have that kind of patience. You have to keep going back and watching again, listen to the chatter, rewind, blah blah blah, OMG I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT COLOR GOES IN THE CREASE!!!

But there is another way! I have enlisted professional makeup artist Sheri Stafford to do some tutorials for us! And what we did for OUR tutorial, is provide step-by-step instructions and close up photos. Photos that don’t move! So you can look at them and see what’s what. Sort of like a map of where the colors go. Or a very blendy paint-by-numbers.

2014: Naked New Year!

The Naked3 Palette is in Sephora today! It’s been available (though not really since it was always sold out) on the Urban Decay site for a bit, and then VIBs were able to order it from Sephora a little ahead of time… which I totally did! Which is why I already have the Naked3 palette and didn’t have to walk allllll the way to the end of my street to buy one at the Sephora store that magically landed there back in November.

P.S. I went to the Grand Opening of that store. I was going to write about it, but basically the post would have been “HOLY CRAP IT’S LOUD AND CROWDED IN HERE! BUT NOW THERE’S A SEPHORA SUPER CLOSE TO MY APARTMENT!” So there it is. Done.

I have been a big Nakedfan since the first palette came out, then when the Naked2palette came out I liked it even better, so I have very high hopes for Naked3. Really though, they are all great palettes which is why in 2014 I’m launching NAKED NEW YEAR with the help of Sheri Stafford, a professional make-up artist and aesthetician who is going to TEACH US STUFF. 

I told you good things were coming to this site! Earlier today! When I wrote that other post! After hardly posting at all for this entire year! The baby is still sleeping!!!

Naked Too

I finally broke down and bought the Urban Decay Naked2eyeshadow palette. I’d been coveting it for months, but I had the original Naked Palette so I didn’t really need another one, even if the colors were a little different. Plus, conveniently, the little month indicator had worn off the velvet case, so I could play dumb about wether or not it was “expired.”

Black Gold

I’ve had my eye on this eyeshadow for awhile, but I haven’t had this eyeshadow on my eye because I was trying not to buy more eyeshadow. But then I saw THIS.

Shadow of The Future

When I first heard about this (from a reader, thanks again B!) I thought it was just some sort of eyeshadow that changed colors on your face. Like, mood eyeshadow, or something, which would be pretty crazy. But this stuff is EVEN CRAZIER.

Proof

While I was “down the shore” I tried out some waterproof eye makeup. I’m not a big crier, so I figured the ocean would kind of be like a big salty cry, and would really put this stuff to the test. I had heard great things about Maybelline One By One Volum’ Express Hydrofuge Mascara, so I used that in Blackest Black (none more black!) For eyeliner, I used Make Up For Ever Aqua Liner in Mat Black (which is a matte black, go fig.) I didn’t use eye shadow, because, seriously? But I did try out Tarte Cheek Stain in Flush and indeed felt quite tarted up for the beach.