Naughty List

Nice List

1. Revlon Color Burst Lip Butter $6.39

This is by far my favorite lip product for this year! Revlon Lip Butters are a moisturizing lipstick that imparts more color than traditional "lip butter" products. It's much more of a lipstick than a lip balm and is nearly identical to my former favorite Dior High Shine lipstick. I love this lip product so much that I dedicated an entire video/blog post to my collection of these lipsticks. My favorite shades are Peach Parfait (everyday natural peach) and Lollipop (flattering fuchsia).


2. Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed $25
A surprise favorite, this is hands down my favorite blush of the last year. I bought this on a whim from Ulta since I don't tend to go for brownish blushes and I knew it would be unique in my collection. Ever since, it has been difficult to put this baby down. It's been an everyday favorite and I don't even remember the last time I've been this consistently devoted to one blush! The other pinks, plums, and corals in my collection are jealous. ;)


3. Stila Hair Refresher in Jade Blossom $28
This dry shampoo is the best-performing dry shampoo that I've used to date. The smell is nice and fresh without being too heavy or powdery and the clincher is that at the end of the day, my hair still looks as nice as it did in the morning. I don't really think any other dry shampoo I've tried has lived up to that! The only downside is that the powder is white and my hair is black so I have to do a thorough brush-through, but the effort is worth it for no grease all day.



4. Sigma Sigmax F84 Angled Top Kabuki brush $16
This is the magical brush that makes your foundation look airbrushed. The fibers are very soft and dense and I like this rounded angled version because it gets in all of the contours of the face easily. Using this brush makes foundation application quick and flawless and makes streaky liquid foundation a thing of the past.


5. Tarte Smooth Operator Powder $28
I first got a sample of this powder from Sephora via a suggestion from the sales associate. I've tried quite a few powders this year and didn't have high expectations, especially since I tend to avoid loose powders due to inevitable powder accidents, but this powder had the smoothness of MUFE HD Powder with the oil-controlling abilities of my favorite MAC Blot powder. Actually, I think this powder actually holds up longer than my MAC Blot! It's the best of both worlds.

I hope you enjoyed this year's edition of the Naughty & Nice list! I'll be posting up the makeup tutorial of the look in this video very soon. Let me know in the comments your own naughty and nice products and if you'd like to also do this tag, feel free to link to your post as well. Have a restful holiday and be safe!

So to give you an update on my current skin condition, it is combination, sensitive, and acne-prone meaning that changes in hormones (like switching birth controls), weather, traveling & work-related stress, proper sleep, or skipping washing my face can all lead to a lovely few breakouts. After a few of these events combined 3 months ago, my skin went really unbalanced and I had some uninvited cystic bumps covering my cheeks, chin, and sides of my mouth. Ouch, super painful.

Since the manufacturer of my old beloved prescription face wash discontinued making the product, I've been on the search for "the one". I know this sounds so cliche, but when Clearasil wanted me to review their new Perfectawash specifically targeting those with acne, I was actually feeling desperate and crossed my fingers that it would help. You guys know I get tons of requests for product reviews but this one is something I would 100% be interested in myself so it just felt right. :)

Here are my thoughts on the product!

Products Mentioned:

Revlon Lip Butters (my full post on them)

It's possible that I bought a dud but mine was very dry and stiff to the point that it was difficult to even apply. It just does not glide on! After not using it for a few months, I recently tried it again and it smelled like cardboard. Yuck! It promptly went into the trash. For those of you who love this lip balm, please let me know in the comments how this is supposed to feel because my experience with it was like an awkward first date. I should like him but maybe the chemistry just wasn't right! ^_~


Oh and for the Tarte blush in Exposed, I have swatches here and used it in this SNSD The Boys tutorial. Don't let online pictures fool you (such as this stock photo from Ulta above), this is a neutral pink blush, not a bronzer brown! I don't think I've had a blush obsession this strong since I first fell in love with my dearly discontinued Rock & Republic blushes, may they rest in peace.

Let me know if you've had any recent makeup obsessions. I've had so many recently and I want to know I'm not the only one. Leave it in the comments! ;)

The palette comes nicely housed in a tin-style container, reminiscent of Asian pencil cases, with a mini Lip Junkie lipgloss in the shade "Naked", of course.

Comparing this to my original Naked palette, the Naked 2 contains more light metallic shades as well as more medium greigey-taupey colors. The original leaned very warm and I would not say this one is cooler, per se, but it does include more of those medium, I'm-not-sure-how-to-describe-this-color, greyish purplish taupish tannish shades.

Here's a dupes list:
Foxy - Used to be available in individual pot form, but not anymore so it's not "new" but new to me.
Half Baked - The only shade that is included in both Naked palettes.
Bootycall - Palette exclusive shade. Very similar to Virgin (Naked) and I think it was a little unnecessary since you have Foxy for highlight and Verve for inner corner brightening.
Chopper - You can buy this individually. It's much rosier and more glittery than Sidecar (Naked 1).
Tease - Palette exclusive shade. I wanted this matte to be silkier than it is.
Snakebite - Palette exclusive shade. Slightly darker version of Smog (Naked 1).
Suspect - This shade was in the Rollergirl Palette.
Pistol - Palette exclusive shade.
Verve - This shade was in the Rollergirl Palette.
YDK - You can buy this individually. Similar to Sidecar (Naked 1) but a touch warmer and without glitter.
Busted - Palette exclusive shade.
Blackout - This matte black has been in several palettes including the 15th Anniversary palette.

Technically there are 5 new shades, but since Foxy was formerly discontinued, there are 6 in this palette that are new to UD's current lineup. Did I mention I LOVE my Rollergirl palette? I'm happy they included 2 of those shades in here as well.

One thing that does slightly bug me about this palette is the layout of shades. Naked original had a logical progression from lights to darks with a few coordinating lighter-darker shades being placed next to each other. Naked 2 on the other hand seems to skip about more instead. I want the coordinating lighter shades to the left of darker ones! (Original Naked Palette below)

Do you need both Naked and Naked 2? Honestly probably not. Most of the shades are close enough to being duplicated from the first palette that it wouldn't warrant another expensive purchase. If you don't own either palette though, I think the Naked 2 is a really wonderful and well-rounded palette with a good range of light to dark colors in a variety of finishes. The glitter shades from Naked (Sidecar, I'm looking at you) went less used than the rest of the shadows but the glitter in Naked 2 (gorgeous rose-gold Chopper) is such a beauty and the glitters seem less dense that I think it might be one of my most-used shades in the very near future.

It just comes down to what shades you prefer on yourself. If you want traditional warm browns, I recommend the original Naked. If you prefer medium, taupier colors then try Naked 2.

As for me, my perfect palette would be:
Naked original except replacing Sidecar (metallic taupe with glitter) with Chopper (rose gold)
Toasted and Hustle (purples) with Verve and Pistol (greys)
and Creep (almost black with glitters) for Blackout (matte black)

In other words, you can't make me decide! Too bad we can't have it all unless we own both.... ;)

So what do you think? Will you be picking up the new Naked 2? Which palette do you prefer?

Disclaimer: Thank you to Urban Decay for generously gifting this palette! This post is not sponsored.