Review + Swatches: Urban Decay Naked on Dusky Indian Skin

Urban Decay Naked 

12 Neutral Eye Shadows Palette 

Urban Decay's Naked Palette has revolutionized neutral eye make up forever. It has 12 eye shadow shades in matte. shimmer, satin and sparkle textures. The shades are suitable for day as well as night looks. It is supposed to be universally flattering. 

The long and lean, chocolate velvet case is embossed with gold foil lettering, 'NAKED'. The case has a mirror inside and also includes a cruelty free double ended brush with an eye shadow / concealer brush on one side and a blending brush on the other side. The package also comes with 4 Urban Decay Primer Potion samples. The packaging itself is simply irresistible.

The shades range from the lightest champagne color to the darkest black. 

The 12 colors are:

Virgin  (nude satin)

Sin (Champagne shimmer)

Naked (Nude matte)

Sidecar (Beige shimmer with silver glitter micro particles)

Buck (fawn brown matte)

Half baked (golden bronze shimmer)

Smog (deep coppery bronze shimmer)

Darkhorse (deep mocha shimmer)

Toasted (antique copper penny shimmer)

Hustle (plum brown satin)

Creep (onyx shimmer with gold sparkle)

Gunmetal (dark metallic grey shimmer with silver glitter micro particles)

Each eye shadow is 1.3 g in weight.

I felt that the shimmer shades had more color payoff and more pigmented than the matte ones. The matte ones needed at least 3 - 4 coats to show up the color. Also the matte ones were more powdery textured. The shimmer ones glide on really smooth on the skin. 

The shades may be warm but they all have cool undertones. So they didn't look as stunning as I had hoped they would on me. Used alone as a wash of shadow on the eyes looks decent and appropriate for day and office wear. Smokey eye is buildable with the variety of shades in this palette. That would look good for a night out. However, most colors just about blend in into the dusky skin tone, and the really dark ones like Darkhorse, Creep and Gunmetal look a tad too harsh on the dusky skin tone. Being cool undertoned, they look pale and washed out and don't photograph well on dark/ dusky skin either. They look like ash coating, to be honest.

Overall, it is the hype for the Urban Decay Naked palette that is overwhelming. The product is lukewarm - according to me.