Y’all remember when I was a beauty editor and did fun makeup posts all the time—think My Chemical Breakup or that time the poor Vermonster had to be my smell tester for my all-natural deodorant quest? Maybe I got a lil lazy out here in Cali (when I wasn’t forced to try new things all the time), but I’m back upping my makeup game.
Naked Smoky, Naked lip glosses, Naked Illuminated body glowy powder
The palette everyone is talking about
And it begins here: there’s all this buzz around Urban Decay’s Naked Smoky palette (see: BuzzFeed). I got one for my birthday.
I get it now. This palette is bomb, and it comes with paint-by-numbers instructions on how to do all sorts of smoky eyes. Literally, “put Combust here.” And damn, do those eyes look good ifIdosaysomyself, and I do. I tried the Iconic Smoky eye and the Everyday Smoky, and they look different and awesome.
F-Bomb lipstick
Also to expand my repertoire, I got some lip stuff to add to my newfound lipstick obsession. I used to think it was gross, leaving lipstick on mugs when you drank. Now, I understand it’s simply the price you have to pay to look hella sexy.
The lippy setup – lipsticks, liners, gloss pencils, and gloss …