Urban Decay Ammo Palette Review + Swatches

Last week I placed an order through Sephora's website which included the Urban Decay Ammo palette for only $16 (originally $34!) and of course I took photos and swatched the shadows for you all.  The palette consists of 10 shimmer shades, a small Primer Potion, and a mini shadow brush.  The palette has a mediocre magnetic closure - definitely not very secure.  The shadows are very nice and pigmented (as you would expect from UD).  Three of these shades can be found in the Naked and Naked 2 palettes (Smog, Chopper, and Sin), but they are all beautiful and I can't wait to play around with these shades.

Packaging:

 Swatches

Overview:

Smog

Mildew

Oil Slick

Last Call

Chopper

Maui Wowie

Shattered

Polyester Bride

Grifter

Sin

I'm particularly excited to play with Mildew, Last Call, and Grifter.  What are your favorite shades?

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Naked Basics & Naked 2 Basics Review + Swatches

I recently picked up some a few things from Ulta and two of those things are the Naked Basics palette and the Naked 2 Basics palette.  The palettes are a bit smaller than I thought they would be, but the packaging is nice.  The closure is nice and secure.  (So much better than magnetic closures!)  As for the shadows, they are incredibly smooth.  I can't wait to dig into these and really play with them.  :)

Packaging:

 Naked Basics Swatches

Overview:

Venus

Foxy

W.O.S.

Naked 2

Faint

Crave

 Naked 2 Basics Swatches

Overview:

Skimp

Stark

Frisk

Cover

Primal

Undone

So there they are!  I've been waiting to get these for a while now, and I'm so glad I finally got my hands on them.

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Lorac Pro Palette Review + Swatches

I FINALLY got my hands on the Lorac Pro Palette!  I've been trying to purchase it, but it's always sold out at my local Ulta.  I found out recently that Ulta gets their new shipments in on Fridays, so I called and asked if they had any.  The very nice employee said that they did and kindly put one on hold for me.  :D

The packaging is the same as the Lorac Pro Palette 2 only in black.  Again, I've heard that they get messy very easily which is the only downfall.  On the upside, it comes with a sample size of Lorac's eyeshadow primer and the shadows are so creamy and smooth so I think it more than makes up for it.  Oh, there is one other *eh* bit.  The original Pro Palette and the Pro Palette 2 both have the exact same black shade.  I guess it's nice to have a black in each palette so that you don't have to reach for something else to complete a look, but I was a little disappointed that one of the colors is a duplicate.

Packaging:

 Swatches

Overview:

White

Cream

Taupe

Light Pink

Mauve

Sable

Espresso

Black

Nude

Champagne

Gold

Light Bronze

Pewter

Garnet

Deep Purple

Slate

These shadows are stunning!  Which shades are your favorites?  Mine are probably Taupe, Mauve, Espresso, Gold, Pewter, and Garnet.

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