Comparison of Original and (possibly) Fake Naked 2 Palette

Hi Belle :)

i wasn't expected to write a post about original and possibly fake naked palette, but i read someone's post about that and trying to help her solve her problem. So i think, why not post in on my blog either?

Naked palette by Urban Decay is sooo popular among the beauty bloggers and many woman in the world. And those popularities is continued by Naked 2, not as popular as her sister but still so tempting. Sadly, their price tag is kinda high, usd 50, and rarely reducted.

However, those price tag are followed by good quality items, and the fact that noone would empty it in short time. But that just my opinion. Theres many people disagree and choose to get cheap (fake) version of Naked palette from ebay, amazon, or if they're in Indonesia, from Kaskus (indonesian largest community forum, which allow their member to trade).

With the excitement of internet these days, it's so easy to find a good picture of Naked(s) palette and make a fake items that look really alike the original one. All shades also explained so well by some popular beauty blogger, and the fake makers are getting more succesfully doing their jobs.

today i found a very good (suspected) fake naked 2 palette. Take a look, ladies :)

the old-fashioned fake naked 2 palette came alone without the lip gloss. But now, it is!

the "naked 2" and "urban decay" font are exactly the same with the original one. Really, it's a masterpiece. I couln't even telling you if it's possibly not original if i just see the packaging, even if i have the original naked 2 i purchased at the trusted seller, Sephora.

i've zoomed the picture and i think the explanation behind the packaging is the same with mine. So still, it's probably original either.

i can't find any "wrong" shades also .. So what's wrong?

i'm telling you, the BRUSH!

let's compare it to trusted beauty blogger's picture :

this one is Temptalia's.

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and this one is Xsparkage's.

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• The bristle color is different. Temptalia's and Xsparkage's dual ended brush is in silver-chrome color, while the one from Kaskus is gold. I don't think Urban Decay will made 2 different bristle color for the same product. So..
• In both of Temptalia's and Xsparkage's good karma dual ended brush, the fluffy brush is in left side of "naked 2" words, and the flat brush is in right side. In the picture i took from kaskus, is the opposite. Fluffy brush in right side while flat brush in left side.

i'm not providing link of fake naked 2 palette source of picture because i dont want anyone judge her, or buying it from her without knowing if it's original or fake. As additional information, she's selling it for IDR 480.000 (about usd 50, 1 usd is about idr 9600). Don't you think it's weird since taking the product from USA or any other country need shipping cost, even if she carried it her self, she still need to get profit right?

the original naked and naked 2 palette in their website (urbandecay.com) or sephora (sephora.com) is for usd 50. It's about SGD 80 in Singapore, or RM 180 in Malaysia. So if you have the budget, it's better to get it from trusted seller, because except it's funny getting fake item for the same price with the original one, you'd never know what's inside fake items. There's might be dangerous ingredients or what. Just be careful.

think twice if you find cheap naked palette, and see the picture from trusted beauty blogger before deciding ^^

some beauty blogger might have mistake too, so do i, so dont forget to crosscheck!

thanks for reading, and if you dont mind, follow me ^^

p.s :

oh if you're the seller who sell this palette on kaskus, i'm so sorry, i never mean to ruin your business, i've just telling my reader what's on my mind. Thank you :)

*all pictures in this post are not mine. i've write down the sources except for the possibly fake naked palette. I saved it to my computer and upload them to my blog. I don't want to lose those pictures, just for comparison purpose.

Benefit Ultra Plush Lip Gloss Dandelion & Sugarbomb, review & swatch

Hi Beautiful Ladies ~

I'm such a fan of Benefit. I especially love their blushes, they're all very beautiful with a attractive packaging. So far, my favorites is Coralista as blush and Dandelion as brightening face powder ;)

Since Benefit also have a new range of lip gloss, the ultra plush lip gloss, i can't wait to get one. But sadly, they're so expensive o(╥﹏╥)o

a 15ml lip gloss is sold for $16 which is far away to expensive in my opinion, since the only lip gloss i got before is The Face Shop's Jelly tint (review here), which i bought for about idr 60,000 (about $7). 

Luckily, Benefit uploaded 3 new sets (Feelin Dandy, Sugarlicious and Tropicoral) which contains of an ultra plush lip gloss, hight beam, cheek stain and a blush, all in travel size.

I love benefit dandelion so much (thats my first hit pan product, read post about it here) and i decided to get Feelin Dandy set and Sugarlicious. It made the Lip Gloss more affordable. And now they also have High Flyin' Glosses set which contains all 6 shades for $26. Much more affordable but i'm not sayin it's cheap.

Since i'm so excited with the Lip Gloss, i tried # dallas when i was in Sephora last September, and i love it a lot!

Sadly, i don't think to take picture there, it would be good to show you how nice the color is, a pretty dusty rose which turn brownish with hint of pink on me.

Well, let's see the Ultra Plush Lip Gloss i've talked about :

Both of them are soooo PRETTY.

Dandelion seems so calm but still precious while Sugarbomb seems so delicious XD

both contains of 6.5ml or 0.22 US fl.oz.

It's a lot!

i use # dandelion everyday and it's still seems like new.

here's how travel size of benefit ultra plush lip gloss on my palm, very travel friendly i'd say :)

now into swatch :

Benefit described them as :

dandelion (soft pearly pink)

sugarbomb (shimmering pinky nude)

Dandelion seems a lot like it's description but Sugarbomb doesn't looks like a nude color. But it's only on my hand. Let's see how they works on my lips :

my bare lips, just for reference.

my lips are quite pigmented, that's why i always prefer to use lip gloss rather than lipstick. It's kinda hard to remember that i have to touch up after eating if i wear lipstick. But with lip gloss, my lips are just turn into my own lip color after eating XD

here i'm wearing dandelion.

just add the glossy-ness and softness, nothing else.

It's smell great! i love dandelion's scent, it's like powdery floral scent. This scent stay for a quite long time. However, it's not disturbing me.

and here i'm wearing sugarbomb.

it's more shimmery as the description, not very nude, but more natural than when i swatch it on my hand.

The first thing i dont like about sugarbomb is it's emphasize the discoloration on my lips!

if you see my bare lips, i dont have any weird things on my lips. But sugarbomb made my lips seems weird, i dont know, i dont like it.

Oh well, maybe i'll use lip balm first or put a lipstick before. Maybe it would be better.

Sugarbomb lip gloss smell like bunch of sugar, just like Sugarbomb Blush, but bolder.

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The best things about the Ultra Plush Lip gloss is the moisturizing effect!

i noticed the first time i tried Dallas in KL, my lips is quite drying. It's not chapped yet but made me uncomfortable enough. After 2 hours wearing Dallas in KL's hot weather, i felt my lips are getting better, even the lip gloss it self already start to faded. I'm impressed!

i also love how unsticky it is, unlike any others lip gloss i've tried.

i feels like i'm wearing olive oil on my lips, rather than a lip gloss.

*why i'm not wearing olive oil instead? .. silly question XD

benefit ultra plush lip gloss came in 6 shades : dandelion, bella bamba, coralista, sugarbomb, hoola and dallas.

i wondering why they don't have a lip gloss inspired by Hervana? because i'd love to have one, it would smell sooo great ｡◕‿◕｡

have i tried them?

what do you think about it? ^^

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