The RR Review: Urban Decay's Smoked Palette!

As you might have seen yesterday when I posted, I just got Urban Decay's Smoked Palette and promised to write a little review on it today after playing around with it. All in all, not extremely impressed with it. I would give it a 6 and a half, maybe 7 out of 10. This palette definitely does not compare to any of the three Naked palettes-- all of which I own.

First of all, the colors are nothing special. Not very bright, not very pigmented. And there was quite a bit of fallout. Also, I found them kind of lacking when I tried to apply them just because they didn't really stick to the lid, they didn't go on evenly, and it was so hard trying to get the color solid. I had to go over and over, again and again trying to get the product looking solid on my lid. So far, I am not a big fan of these eyeshadows. The only thing I liked about these shadows was how well they blend. The palette also came with their 24/7 Glide On eyeliner pencil in Perversion. I love the intensity of the black and I was really excited to use it, but the only flaw is it bleeds/leaks like crazy. It's a very creamy, very smooth liner and it just bleeds right out through the day. Aside from that, I am pretty pleased with this liner. The last part of the palette was a travel sized Primer Potion. I have been using this primer from Urban Decay for over a year now and although there is a cult obsession about it around the world, I don't see the appeal. It's a good product--it does the job--, but doesn't have that "wow factor' I expected after hearing people rant and rave about it for years. 

I plan to experiment more with Smoked in the future, but it's really nothing special.

Own it? Tried it? Want it? Let me know what you think of this smokey palette!

Xoxo, 

Russian Red.