Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette Swatches

I was so excited to get my Naked 2 palette in the mail! It is currently out of stock but they should be bringing it to stores next month. I wanted to give you guys some quick swatches of the palette! I will be doing a video and tutorial with the palette and a comparison blog post so stay tuned!

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

The shades! This palette comes with 12 shades, a double sided brush, and a mini lip gloss

Hello, gorgeous!

Swatches (left to right): Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Suspect, Pistol, Verve YDK, Busted, Blackout

Swatches (left to right): Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall

Swatches (left to right): Chopper, Tease, Snakebite

Swatches (left to right): Suspect, Pistol, Verve 

Swatches (left to right): YDK, Busted, Blackout

The palette also comes with a mini Urban Decay Lip Junkie in Naked, a neutral pink

With my order, I received a free mini Urban Decay 24/7 liner in El Dorado, a gold

Swatches (left to right): Naked Lip Junkie, El Dorado 24/7 Liner

Did you purchase the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette? What do you think of it? 

Revlon Expressionists Collection Info

I recently spotted the Revlon Expressionists Collection at my local Duane Reade. This is their Fall collection and has a variety of products and colors! This collection is actually by Gucci Westman, Revlon's Global Artistic Director.

Here is some more info on the collection:


The Expressionists Collection will be available in October 2011 at drug and mass retailers nationwide, and on Revlon.com. The full collection includes:

Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick in four new shades: Buffest Beige, Prime Pink, Ultimate Orchid, and Vigorous Violet ($10.99 each); Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in in three new shades: Sky Line Pink, Abstract Orange, and Violet Frenzy ($7.99 each); Revlon Luxurious Color Diamond Lust Eye Shadow in five new shades: Celestial Silver, Plum Galaxy, Starry Pink, Neptune Star, and Night Sky ($4.99 each); Revlon LIMITED EDITION Bordeaux in the Snow Lip Gloss Palette ($6.99); Revlon Nail Enamel in four new shades: Starry Pink, Smoky Canvas, Blue Mosaic, and Facets of Fuchsia ($4.79 each).

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According to Nouveau Cheap, there seems to be a Deborah Lippmann dupe in this collection!

Revlon Expressionists Collection Display

One new product in the collection is the Revlon Diamond Lust shadows, which seems to be shadows with glitter. With the right base, these shadows can give a ton of sparkle to your look!

Revlon Diamond Lust shadows

This collection also features new polishes, including the Deborah Lippmann dupe! I purchased a sandy neutral color (back, far right) that I will post a swatch of in a few days.

Revlon Ultimate Liquid Lipsticks- These look really interesting! A gloss that lasts like a lipstick sounds so cool, and there is a wide variety of colors for everyone to choose from.

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick- From the colors, it looks like some of the lipsticks might correspond to the liquid lipsticks (such as the dark purple!)

There is also a new product from Revlon, the Bordeaux in the Snow Lip Gloss Palette.

The display also features information about the collection, including a picture of Gucci Westman and describes the two new products: the Diamond Lust shadows and the Lipgloss Palette.

Have you spotted the Revlon Expressionists Collection near you yet? What do you think of it? Will you be picking anything up from this collection?

MAC Me Over Haul (Swatches and Comparisons)

MAC recently released the MAC Me Over collection. If you know anything about my taste in makeup, you can tell that I was all over this mostly neutral collection. I made a post about this collection with info and a wishlist (click here for that post) and am happy to say I got a decent amount of products without going overboard and got things that I already love. Here is my haul video of what I got and swatches and comparisons are below!

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MAC Butternutty Shadestick

left to right: MAC Butternutty Shadestick, MAC Bare Study Paintpot, Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin

MAC Moleskin

left to right: MAC Moleskin, Urban Decay Naked

MAC Carbonized

MAC Carbonized, MAC Centre Stage, MAC Mulch

MAC Curvaceous

MAC Curvaceous swatch on hand

MAC Curvaceous lip swatch

MAC 226 Brush

As you can see, the 226 is a tapered crease brush.

left to right: MAC 219, MAC 226, Revlon Contour Crease Brush, Sigma E40

Did you get anything from the MAC Me Over Collection? What did you think of it?

TAG: The Top 10 Award

I was tagged by the absolutely sweet and amazing Nouveau Cheap tagged me for the Top 10 Award. I'm incredibly flattered and LOVE her! If you don't already follow her blog, why not?? (hehe) She posts only about drugstore makeup and not only does she help you find amazing affordable makeup, she'll suggest coupons and deals on how to make it MORE affordable. She's not only a sweet blogger but a great friend and I highly recommend you guys check her out if you don't already love her!

Before this turns into an "I love Nouveau Cheap" serenade, let's get onto the tag!

The Rules:

1) Link back to the person who tagged you

2) Nominate 10 other bloggers

3) List your 10 favorite beauty products

I nominate:

1) Silly Lilacs

2) 15 Steps then a Beauty Blog
3) Roamy Live
4) Ebrushka's Makeup Bag
5) Chi Chi
6) Lipstick Rules
7) Polish and Pearls
8) CocoBella

9) A Lady in Love

10) It's My Life

Please check out all of these blogs, I love reading each and every one of them!

My 10 favorite beauty products:

Nouveau Cheap put in this disclaimer and I will keep it since I agree!

(I have to put a disclaimer here: my favorite products are always changing and evolving, but currently these are my can't-live-without products; some of them have been holy grail products for years, while others are newer obsessions):

1) Too Faced Silk Teddy Eyeshadow

2) Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

3) Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara

4) NARS Sheer Glow Foundation (my shade is Deauville)

5) Dermorganics Volume Foam

6) Cetaphil Cleanser

7) Revlon Super Lustrous Gloss in Peach Petal

8) Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner

9) Essie Van D'go Nail Polish

10) Wet n Wild Nutty Eyeshadow

Phew! That was so hard to choose not only just ten products but just ten bloggers. All of these products are things I love and keep going back to. I would even go as far as to call them essentials!

What are your favorite products? Do you have absolute essentials you reach for daily?