Urban Decay Naked Nail Set: nude is everything but boring! Part 1: Focus on Naked/Sidecar tones.

Hi beauty addicts,

 First of all, I apologize for the mistakes you may find in this article (I'm French…) but I will try my best to express myself in an understandable English :-) So, for my very first article, I have decided to introduce you to one of the last product I purchased during the sales. Yeah, because sales are my favorite beauty moments of the year :-) A soon as I opened the email received from Sephora announcing (in huge letters, in bold and in color) that sales were starting on their website I knew that I would spend all my pay grab some incredible bargains! But I was under shock when I discovered that the Naked nail polish set from Urban Decay I wanted to acquire for months was on a 50% discount (12 Euros instead of 24 Euros). I had no longer excuses for not purchasing this beauty gem and after all I am saving 12 Euros, I am sure boo is going to yell at me congratulate me for my savings.

So, the so-desired-nail-set is now in my virtual "bag". Oh great ! damn…shipping is free ONLY if my order exceeds 60 Euros. Heck! I am not going to waste 4 or 5 Euros, I am not of that kind ;-) and after all if I only purchase discounted products I will save money, this is pure maths. And there are 60 more Euros of products in my bag (which will be subject to latter articles in this blog). In the end, it is not that complicated to make savings! I am so proud of myself; I can wait to hide it from to tell everything to boo. 

But let us come back to the topic, this beautiful nail polish set. Packaging is very important to me and I am very happy with this set because it is very beautiful (as usually with Urban Decay). Here is the baby:

 This nail polish set is based on the now classic Urban Decay Naked theme but this time applied to nail polishes. I really like the concept as I am an absolute fan of the eyes make up palette Naked 1, I found it very interesting to be able to match your nail polish to your eye shadow especially in those very wearable colors. However, I was a little bit concerned with the quality of the nail polishes as I tend to use nail-specialized-brands (such as OPI, Essie, China Glaze, Color Club, etc.).

The set is composed of 6 nail polishes each one corresponding to an eye shadow of the Naked  palette: Naked, Sidecar, Toasted, Smog, Hustle and Creep. I like the mini format of the nail polishes because 1) I never finish the regular format, polishes dry and I have to throw them away 2) I can buy a lot of different nail polishes without feeling guilty 3) they fit in my make up case and I can take them everywhere with me. To me, this is the perfect size for non professional users.

  

I have decided, in this first part, to focus on the two nail polishes I have tried and liked at first glance: Naked and Sidecar. I will later make a review on the other nail polishes of the set.

 

First, Naked is a beige nude which will look tone on tone on golden-skinned girls like me. It will make your hands look beautiful and healthy. It will give you a very "chic" Parisian look. It is very wearable (as always when it comes to nude), can be worn with everything and at any season (this will be my favorite for the summer). This is the perfect color for a professional appointment or a first date.  However, I wore it during one week and in the end I found it a little bit insipid.

Sidecar is a beautiful transparent glitter beige. Usually, I hate glitter nail polishes but glitters are very small and fine. Thus, the nail polish looks chic. You can wear it during the day or  the night without looking like a "disco ball". However as it is transparent, I think that it is more a "decorative" nail polish which must be wore with another more covering nail polish. Used alone, it will give you a kind of " teenager" look.

So I decided to have a little bit of fun and use both nail polishes, as I do with the Naked eye shadows and the result is gorgeous: a very not insipid and chic nude. Below is the result with one coat of Naked and one coat of Sidecar.

Regarding the product quality, I was very surprised because it has a good holding: almost a week for Naked alone and a week for the duet Naked/Sidecar (with a base and a top coat). The brush is also very easy to use.

To summarize, good points are:

·         Beautiful colors

·         Possibility to mix the nail polishes between them and to match it to with your eye shadow

·         Good holding

·         Good format

  

Bad points are:

·         The price: 24 Euros (that's why I purchased it on sales)

Will I buy it again? Definitively YES (In fact I have already ordered 2 other sets on Sephora's website…), hurry up because it is a limited edition :-)

Where can you buy it? http://www.sephora.com/

To discover the brand: http://www.urbandecay.com/