I'm a big fan of Urban Decay products. Their eyeshadows and Primer Potion are amazing, and those 24/7 eyeliners are the best eyeliners I've ever used, which is saying a lot.
My mom had been eyeing both Naked palettes for a while, so when Christmas of 2012 came around I decided it would make a nice gift. I wasn't sure which one to choose, but based on my mom's cool skin tone and the predominantly cool shadows in Naked 2, I went with that one. It has become one of my favourite palettes and she lets me use it for special occasions.
Shadows:
Foxy: A light, yellow-based beige, matte finish. In the swatches below it blends into my inner forearm, and I usually use it as a base over Primer Potion. Sometimes can be a little difficult to blend. Comparable to MAC Brule
Half-Baked: A vibrant gold shadow, very pigmented, high colour payoff, and frosty/shimmery. Extremely smooth texture. Comparable to MAC Amber Lights and NARS Alhambra.
Booty Call: A pinky-beige and shimmery shade. I also use this as a base or a browbone highlight. As noted below, is comparable to Urban Decay's Virgin in the original Naked palette.
Chopper: A frosted coppery pink. You'll have to load up your brush for this one, it isn't as pigmented as the others and there is frequently a lot of fallout. Comparable to Sidecar from the original Naked.
Tease: A matte, taupey-purple shade. Similarly to Foxy, it is a little powdery and does not blend as well as non-matte shadows. However it is an interesting colour and is very versatile.
Snakebite: A shimmery dark brown. Comparable to Smog from the Naked palette. The colour payoff is really nice for this one.
Suspect: A silvery bronze frosted shadow. Very similar to YDK (also in the Naked 2) but with less colour payoff and not as buttery of a texture. Sidecar from Naked is very similar.
Pistol: A brownish grey shimmery shade. I haven't used this one much. The closest I could find (thanks to Temptalia) is NARS Bali.
Verve: I love this one. It's an almost white, frosty light grey. I use this as a base and highlight. It is a little pinky.
YDK: One of my favourites from this palette. A coppery pink, frosty warm shadow. The texture is smoother and has better colour payoff than Suspect. Comparable to MAC Buckwheat.
Busted: A dark coffee brown, slightly shimmery. It's like a combination of Snakebite and a little bit of Blackout.
Blackout: A true black, extremely pigmented and matte finish. However the level of pigmentation makes this dark shade hard to work with.
Several of the colours in the Naked 2 are the same or similar to the original Naked. Both have Half-Baked, Bootycall (2) is similar to Virgin (1), Snakebite (2) is similar to Smog (1), and Suspect (2) is similar to Sidecar (1) and YDK (2).
The packaging for Naked 2 is nice, I really like the more heavy duty tin but I have had some issues with the eyeshadow pans falling out of their slots. The brush is very high quality and would be pricey if not included in the palette. I appreciate having such a nice tool included as opposed to those yucky foam shaders. The lip gloss was very nice as well.
Overall, I am impressed by the Naked 2 palette, but so many of the shades are similar that I wouldn't recommend buying both if you already have Naked. If you have a cooler skin tone, Naked 2 will most likely work better for you than the first Naked palette.
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