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This will basically focus on my opinions and personal feelings about my experience with my two knock off Urban Decay (UD) palettes, Naked and Naked2. Along with my opinions and experience with the authentic Urban Decay eyeshadow products in various shades. Some of them were the "same shade" so I even got some comparisons for you!!
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First off let me start by saying I knew I was buying knock off products. I wanted to compare their quality to that of the real UD product. I bought my knock off Naked2 first... The assembly quality of product itself is not terrible but nothing like a real UD product. My mirror wasn't attached to the palette so it needed to be glued in again and it opens/shuts poorly. The eye shadow quality was what you would expect for the price you have to pay. There was minimal fallout when used and they are pretty buttery overall. The light matte shades are not very pigmented, maybe if you had a darker skin tone they would show up better. They also do not last as long as the real UD product.
My overall rating for the Naked2 knock off on a scale of 1-5 is a 3. Not bad, not great, just good enough.
Here is it in the pan and on my arm.
Next I found a knock off Naked palette. It is overall a nice product. Once again the matte colors were very faint. This has actually become a daily go to palette. Maybe this was an easier product to duplicate, I am not sure, but I love it. I am sure that if I had a TRUE UD Naked palette that this would just be a piece of junk but I do enjoy it. One again there is minimal fallout when using the product and the product is as good as you could expect for your money.
This one was easier to rate on a scale of 1-5 it got a 4. If I ever get enough money to buy the real one this could drop but until then a 4 it is!
Here is the photo of it in the pans and on my arm.
After buying both of my knock off palettes it got me thinking... How do these REALLY stack up to some real UD eye shadows? So I set out on my next mission, to find the colors in these two palettes and compare them to one another. I purchased a group of UD singles pictured below. From top to bottom: Jones, Half Baked, Snakebite, Smog, Desperation, Oil Slick, and Polyester Bride. I am BLOWN AWAY by the quantity of true UD products. They are so smooth and buttery. The pigment is just as good from color to color no matter how light. Polyester Bride shows up just as well as Oil Slick. I can't say enough good things about this brand and all I have tried is the eye shadows! I love these so much I dont even need to rate them individually. I can rate them as a brand.
Urban Decay eye shadows on a scale from 1-5 is a 10!!
Here in them on my arm, in the pan, and one below is their labels.
Last but not least on our list of things to cover on this post... Comparison shots of the colors I had corresponding names to in REAL vs KNOCK OFF! I will tell you the name of the colors but I want you fine people to post down in the comments which is real and which is fake! On the left side of this photo from top to bottom we have Snakebite, Half Baked, and Smog. I also have a the real Naked Basic so I compared Foxy from it with foxy from my knock off. Which one if real??? Comment comment comment! =)
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Hey, if any one guesses I will tell which ones are real! =)
ReplyDeleteYou have to be careful with knock offs due to more than just their looks and performance. Knock offs can have very dangerous chemicals in them.
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