Urban Decay Naked Cherry palette - review
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Hey everyone!
I was wondering if this post would still be necessary, because lately with every new Urban Decay release, bloggers and Youtubers in the USA have been talking about months before it even lands on UK/EU soil. Still, it’s kind of routine for me to do a review on every new Naked palette, so I thought it would still be fun to give my opinion on it.
PS: I forgot to take the brush out of the plastic before taking a picture and I only noticed when I was uploading the pictures, haha!
Just as always, I’ll start by talking about the packaging. The case is the same as the new generation of Naked palettes (Smoky and Heat) as it’s a plastic case that closes with a magnet, but is really sturdy weighty. It is slightly different in that the previous ones were more squared off, whereas this one has more rounded corners. (I have no clue why they keep making slight changes! It’s really annoying to not have uniformity in the palettes.)
On the front of the case there is the “NAKED” and “URBAN DECAY” embossed on rose gold lettering, while everything else is printed underneath the plastic front. Still, it looks like the cherries are embossed as well and when seen in the light, it makes for a really cool almost 3D effect. I love the colour scheme as well, and from the packaging you can already tell that the colours inside won’t just be pink and purple, as the cherries on the front almost represent the shades that are inside.
The inside is completely purple, and this really makes the lighter colours pop. As always there’s a big mirror on the inside and you can find a double-ended brush in the same colour scheme. This one comes with a short and firm smudger side and a lonfer, fluffy blending brush. I typically don’t use these brushes but I must say, the Urban Decay ones are the best ones you can ever find in a palette! They are really good quality and if you don’t own a lot of eyeshadow brushes separately, these will do a great job too. If you own the Naked Smoky palette, it’s the same brush as that one.
Onto the shades and the quality then! If you really look at them twice, you can see that only a few shades in here are typically “cherry” toned. If you’d put the first 6 shades in a separate palette you’d never get the cherry-vibes. But I do think the combination of the shades in here really works. There are two pale matte shades that are great for setting the base, a few good transition shades that can build up that first layer of colour, 5 well-picked shimmers and metallics both light and dark, and then the typical cherry shades, matte and shimmer.
Overall the quality of these is fab, as we are used to from Urban Decay. The metallics can have some fallout but I find it not to be disturbing when I’m doing my makeup, it’s just something to keep in mind if you’re really packing on the colour. All shades are really pigmented and creamy though. The only shade that is slightly powdery and chalky is the very last, dark purple one, but I know most dark purples are like this and they are very hard to get right. It’s not super pigmented and find I need to build it up quite a bit for it to give off pigment, but maybe that’s not a bad thing. After all, it’s a “naked” palette, and we have the deep dark shades in the Naked Smoky palette, but there’s also some very comparable shades to these last few ones in the Naked Heat.
The only thing I’m missing in this palette - and that’s a recurring issue with a lot of the Urban Decay limited edition palettes and even a few of the Naked palettes - is a good inner corner highlight shade. I wish the first pale matte shade would have had a bit of shimmer, maybe something like the shade Sin from the first Naked palette would have matched this colour scheme well. The first palettes really had a lot of good pale shimmer shades but even the Naked Smoky has only one pale highlighting shade and I find that to be way too glittery, the Naked Heat has a very subtle highlighting shade that’s more of a satin shimmer than a true highlighting shade, but it’s better than nothing. I really Think the Cherry palette could have done with just a pale shimmer, something I need to reach for in my highlighter of choice - again. Such a shame!
Let’s see some swatches now, and I’ll run you through every single shade.
1. Hot spot - a pale matte shade, works well for highlighting the brow bone or setting the base
2. Caution - a light flesh tone matte, hardly shows up on me but Great for setting the base
3. Bang Bang - a light shimmery Coral shade, good for adding a pop of shimmer for a halo eye (or maybe the inner corner if your skin is dark enough)
4. Feelz - a matte mauve shade, perfect crease shade
5. Juicy - a matte peachy shade, again great for the crease and to use as transition shade
6. Turn On - a beige metallic shade with a slight pink undertone, very creamy and one of the most neutral shades in this palette
7. Ambitious - a bronze metallic with a pink undertone, same consistency as Turn On
8. Bing - a dark mauve matte shade, the most “cherry”-like one in my opinion! Definitely a good crease and Outer corner shade
9. Devilish - dark matte cherry shade, a darker version of Bing. Also great for darkening the crease or outer corners, but can definitely be used as a liner as well.
10. Young love - dark metallic cranberry shade, almost a shimmery version of Bing
11. Drunk Dial - a dark metallic amber shade, it looks brown in some light but definitely looks more purple in others.
12. Privacy - a dark browny purple matte shade, bit chalky but definitely buildable and makes for a good liner shade.
Like I said, overall I think the quality is fabulous apart from the odd one out, and I’m already excited to see what the next one is they will bring out!
Have you tried this palette yet? Or are you thinking of picking it up? What are your thoughts on it? Let me know down in the comments below.
Lots of love,
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