Wednesday, October 17, 2012

MUA Undressed Eyeshadow Palette Review, Swatches, EOTD

Urban Decay Naked Palette has been making waves for the past couple of years ever since its release but it comes with a rather hefty price tag. For those of us who balk at paying £ 36 a pop, Make Up Academy has a pocket friendly alternative - Undressed - for only £ 4!


Name: Make Up Academy Undressed Eyeshadow Palette
Price: £ 4 for 9.6 g
Developed in: the UK
Manufactured in: PRC

It is housed in a plastic compact and has the exact same dimensions as a Sleek Makeup palette. It would be nice if it came with a mirror and if the compact had more heft.


This palette will be great for travelling. It doesn't take up much space and is jam packed with all the colours that you will ever need (that is if you are a neutral lover).


These shadows are smooth, soft and easily blendable. Shades 2 and 4 feel a little gritty due to the the amount of sparkles. The pigmentation is excellent across the board with the exception of Shades 3 and 5. They are sheerer comparatively.


The texture is a little lacking in the bottom rung - they are drier to the touch and aren't as buttery or creamy as the ones on top. Colour payoff however, is exceptional.


These shadows stay on my oily lids all day with minimal creasing along the inner corners. I do use an eyelid primer underneath otherwise they will fade off within hours.


In the UK, MUA products are found in selected Superdrug stores. Us international customers will have to rely on muastore.co.uk to get our fix.

15 comments :

Kathy said...

While I'm not really a neutrals kind of person, I do have the NAKED 1 palette and this does make a nice, more wallet friendly substitute. It's pretty and the EOTD that you did with it looks great! Thanks for sharing!

♥ Natalie ♥ said...

Oh, such a pretty palette - seems like a good alternate option for the Urban Decay Naked ((:

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Dee said...

Nice! I've been wanting to get my hands on MUA products for a while. Have you tried anything else from their line that you would recommend Blair?

Liza said...

Wow this MUA eyeshadow palette looks awesome!

Maggie said...

The shadows look great! Definitely a nice dupe to the Naked palette. :)

Jackyohhhhh said...

I want this!So prettyyy. Going to have to order some MUA products soon.

nlngstar said...

it's such a nice palette, colors are all very wearable. Sadly for the texture. but i think it still worth

Katherine Tealeaf said...

Wow that's a really lovely looking palette. It's really wearable and the look you did with it is amazing!

Jennifer Huang said...

Ooh, another possible dupe for the UDNP? I like :D I need to try out the Sleek one first tho, this one looks good ^.^

Cookiie said...

It does look really nice, actually would try it out if I ever ran out of my Naked palette haha.

Beauty Box said...

I got this in the UK last month too! It's a pretty good dupe for Naked 1. I was so surprised but I haven't test drove it yet so good to know the eyeshadows are of pretty good quality. Sounds like it for 4 quid!

So Lonely in Gorgeous said...

The MUA palettes are a great buy, especially for the price! Hi, I wanted to thank you for joining me at solonelyingorgeous, following you back :)

Blair said...

I bought the concealer, but I've yet to use it. I'll let you know how it goes!

Cereal said...

ive got to get me one of these!

diana.paperdollrevenge said...

Wow, that's so affordable! It looks really nice on you. I love all of the colors. It really does look a lot like a Sleek Makeup palette too!