Product Review: Urban Decay Naked2 Palette

 Naked2 palette on top & Naked palette on the bottom without flash under natural sunlight

Naked2 Palette

Left to right, 

Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout

First Naked palette

Left to right,

Virgin, Sin, Naked, Sidecar, Buck, Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse, Toasted, Hustle, Creep, Gunmetal

Naked2 palette on top & Naked palette on the bottom without flash under flash

Naked2 Palette

Left to right, 

Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout

First Naked palette

Left to right,

Virgin, Sin, Naked, Sidecar, Buck, Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse, Toasted, Hustle, Creep, Gunmetal

Left to right, top: Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite 

bottom: Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout under room lighting

Left to right, top: Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite 

bottom: Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout under flash

Left to right, top: Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite 

bottom: Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout under natural sun light

I was so, so excited to pick up my Urban Decay Naked2 palette at the mailroom today! I already have the first Naked palette, so I guess you could say I kind of gave in to the hype. It came with a pretty lip gloss in the color Naked and a double-sided brush that feels synthetic and stiff, almost like a concealer brush more than an eyeshadow or a blending brush.

Personally, I like that this palette has a matte ivory color which reminds me of the Vanilla eyeshadow I usually use from M.A.C., it would make a nice highlight under the eyebrows without looking like you have too much shimmer on your face when you do your full eye make-up. I've heard that there were a lot more matte colors for the Naked2 but I only really see three (Foxy, Tease, & Blackout)... so that was slightly disappointing :(

The texture of the other eyeshadows are also very similar to the first palette, most with a velvety shimmer finish and few with pieces of fine glitter. I think that the Naked2 palette definitely does have more cool toned eyeshadows as opposed to the first one which features a lot of warmer, peachy toned colors like many other Youtube reviews have mentioned before. 

Overall, I think the Naked2 palette will come in more handy for me because it has less of the eyeshadows with those tiny glitter specks (I don't like to deal with the glitter fall out on my cheeks from colors like Sidecar, Creep, and Chopper). The case also feels more travel-ready because the tin box closes securely compared to the flimsy magnetic flap the original Naked palette packaging. I'll definitely be switching out the dual ended brush from Naked2 with the dual ended eyeliner my Naked palette came with because you can never forget about eyeliners!