Urban Decay Naked3 Palette

You know, I wasn't always like this, being so obsessed with Urban Decay's eyeshadow palettes. In fact, I was one of those few people who wasn't so enamoured by the Naked palettes when they first came out. It wasn't until a full year after it was released that I finally bit the bullet and bought the first Naked palette. Of course, it all went downhill from there. I got hooked, addicted. Urban Decay's deliciously buttery, pigmented eyeshadows became my kryptonite. I had to have them all. My favourite eyeshadows tend to be in the neutral but rose/gold/bronze family, so when they announced that they were going to release a third Naked palette late last year, one in which the shades are "rose-hued neutrals," I knew that this was going to be my favourite one.


The Naked3 Palette includes 12 brand new and exclusive shades of eyeshadow varying from light to dark neutrals in the rose-gold family, and comes in several different textures including matte, satin, metallic, and frost. Every shade contains Urban Decay's Pigment Infusion System, which is "the proprietary blend of ingredients that gives every shade its velvety texture, rich colour, serious staying power, and blendability." The Naked3 Palette comes in a rose-gold metallic "art school-inspired" tin with "Naked3" embossed on the lid. Each palette comes with a large mirror encompassing the entire inside of the lid, and a double-ended Good Karma Shadow and Crease Brush. It includes a total of 15.6 grams of product (1.3 grams per eyeshadow), and retails for $62 CAD.

Strange, Dust, Burnout, and Limit

Strange is a pale pinked beige with a subtle sheen in a satin finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more pink than MAC Orb, more peach than MAC Yogurt, more pink and more matte than Urban Decay Virgin, and lighter and more beige than Urban Decay Heartless.

Dust is a light shell pink with silver micro-glitter in a metallic finish. It has slightly drier, stiffer texture, and tends to go on powdery and somewhat faded with some fall-out. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more pink than MAC Honey Lust, darker and more glittery than MAC Naked Lunch, and more pink than Urban Decay Snatch.

Burnout is a light-medium peachy pink with champagne shimmer-sheen in a pearl finish. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is less gold than MAC Expensive Pink, and more peach than Urban Decay Scratch.

Limit is a medium dusty mauve-rose in a matte finish. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is cooler and more mauve than MAC Girlie, and darker and more pink than Urban Decay Laced.

Buzz, Trick, Nooner, and Liar

Buzz is a medium warm rose pink in a metallic finish. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker than MAC Da Bling, and warmer and less mauve than Urban Decay Bordello.

Trick is a medium pinked copper with gold sparkles in a metallic finish. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more copper than MAC Mythology, darker and more copper than Urban Decay Chopper.

Nooner is a medium-dark dirty rose-plum in a matte finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more pink than MAC Haux, darker and less grey than MAC Quarry.

Liar is a medium-dark mauve-brown in a frosted finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is similar to MAC Sable, and more pink than Urban Decay Toasted.

Factory, Mugshot, Darkside, and Blackheart

Factory is a medium-dark warm brown with plum undertones and golden shimmer-sheen in a pearl finish. It has a soft, silky, buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more brown than MAC Sable, similar to MAC Twinks, and lighter and less reddened than Urban Decay Roach.

Mugshot is a medium-dark warm taupe in a frosted finish. It has a soft, silky, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is similar to MAC Satin Taupe, lighter than Urban Decay Lost, and more metallic than Urban Decay Stray Dog.

Darkside is a dark cool-toned mauve-taupe in a frosted finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more purple than MAC Satin Taupe, and more purple than Urban Decay Gunmetal.

Blackheart is a blackened burgundy with red undertones and red micro-shimmer in a satin finish. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more reddened than MAC Beauty Marked and Urban Decay Oil Slick.

I don't think that I need to tell you what a great deal this palette is because all of Urban Decay's Naked palettes are always an amazing value (each shade is full-size, so the eyeshadows in here are worth $264 on their own, without the brush). Aside from Dust, which has quite a bit of fall-out due to the grittier texture from the micro-glitter, all the shades here are smooth, buttery, and pigmented. What makes this particular Naked palette different from the other two is that these are all rose-hued, so it's not actually quite as neutral. This will either really appeal to you or totally turn you off from this palette. I personally love, love, love this palette (and these types of shades in general), but for those who don't like pink or copper tones in their eyeshadows, you'll probably hate it. If you do favour these types of shades, then this palette is definitely worth it. Personally, this is my favourite of the three Naked palettes.