So I have recently become obsessed with an eye make up look I spotted on Pinterest a while back. Absolutely obsessed. The look in question is here and I have basically convinced myself it's the look I want for my wedding.

Trouble is, I cannot for the life of me uncover a tutorial or anything regarding the products used, so I sent out a distress call on Instagram the other day and the general consensus is it looks like the Naked 2 palette - or similar! As I am trying to save money here, I haven't been able to get my hands on the Naked 2 (I own 1 and 3, how typical it's the exact palette that isn't mine!) so quickly set about looking for a dupe.

This is why I love blogs - within seconds I had established that MUA do a very similar palette called Undress Me Too - for £4. FOUR POUNDS. A quick lunchtime jaunt to Superdrug later, it was mine.

On first glance it looks (and smells! If you know what I mean) cheap. I'm guessing because it is - who knew - but if you are a stickler for fancy packaging this could bother you. I'm absolutely not, so I got stuck into the shades. Your get 12 for your money, so that works out at something ridiculous like 33p per shade, and you know what, I'm quite happy with them for that price!

There is a lot of fall out when swiping or swatching, you can see a fair bit of eyeshadow dust in the images above, but again I wasn't overly distressed by this. The colour payoff varies from shade to shade - some require a bit of work or even a wet brush, but others are really, really lovely. I had read that these needed a primer for staying power but I use a primer on my eyes anyway, either a Zoeva one or a MAC Paint Pot depending on the look I'm going for. I particularly love the shimmery shades Wink and Corrupted but have also been using the matte Lavish (top row, second from right) on my brows as good for a neutral everyday look.

Pictured above is my first attempt which wasn't quite what I had in mind, but I felt it was a nice look nonetheless! Please ignore the untamed brow, I am growing them out...
I'm definitely going to need more practice - in fact, I'm tempted to take a photo of my dream look to a make up counter and try and get help that way!

I haven't done swatches for these but if you are that way inclined, may I direct you to the blogs that introduced me to this palette - particularly the Black Pearl blog which has a rather excellent comparison with the Naked 2! Find that here and also Beauty's Bad Habit has a lovely review as well!

Love Dani

xoxo