Rachel Knows... Urban Decay Smoked Palette!

The packaging of this palette is awesome. I love the fabric-covered, zippered palette. The colors are gorgeous! You can do classic smoky eyes, dramatic multi-colored smoky eyes, subtle smoky eyes, nude smoky eyes and the list goes on. There is so much that you can do with this palette. An added bonus, that I didn't take any pictures of, is the book that comes with it. It has tons and tons of eye looks that you can create. It tells you step by step how to make any sort of look you want. It is a must have for people who don't really know too much about applying eyeshadow, because you can learn so much from it. The thing about this palette that I'm not sure about is the application of each eyeshadow. I don't know if I had trouble with the eyeshadow because of my brush I was using or because the eyeshadow themselves are slightly problematic. I'm leaning more towards my brush because I haven't really come across any Urban Decay eyeshadow that is problematic. I need to use a different brush and update you guys on whether the shadows behaved the same or differently. Kinky is non-existent on my skin tone. I don't really feel that pale, but when I see how light Kinky is and how is completely disappears into my skin it makes me realize I'm a ghost. That's fine though. I don't mind being pale. I've never been worried about having a tan. I have enough self-confidence that I don't let being tan or not affect how I feel about myself. Plus, a lot of skin cancer runs in my family and Homie don't play dat! The most amazing and beautiful shade of this palette was Evidence. It looks exactly like the sapphires that were in my class ring. It is just a stunning color. Blonde haired girls would look absolutely amazing in that color. I wasn't exactly thrilled with how the matte colors in this palette behaved. They applied blotchy and seemed extra dry. I felt like they weren't even Urban Decay shadows. I felt like it was a different brand it was acting up so much. I stupidly forgot to take a picture of Perversion, the eyeliner in the palette. It is supposed to be their blackest black eyeliner ever. It is perfect for a smoky eye because it really pulls everything together and is bold enough to stand out on the dark colors of a smoky eye.

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