Spoilt Rotten Makeup

by Claire Marie O'Mahony – spoiltrottenmakeup@gmail.com

3- in -1 Naked Flushed

I am so impressed with this new bronzer-highlighter-blusher trio from Urban Decay. Part of the rapidly expanding Naked range, this is a super handy combination. In one neat compact are three different products, the perfect choice for touch ups on the go.

There are four different shades in this collection: Naked, Native, Strip, and Streak. Naked and Strip are beautiful warm tones and are perfect for people with warmer skin tones. Native and Streak are brighter and more suited to cool skin tones.

The beauty of this product is its versatility. You can use the products separately for perfect contouring and highlighting, or swipe your brush through all three for a fabulously bronzed cheek. I was never really a fan of combining products in one compact but these are amazingly blendable, making it easy to create your own custom shade.

The pigmentation is stunning. The bronzers and blushers are matte but the highlighters have a shimmer in them so you can play up the luminous dewy look or the matte finish.

I am currently using Streak and I just love the bronzer on its own, the shade is ideal. I love using the three shades together because it creates a fantastic bronzed, peachy, luminous glow, perfect for Summer. I can’t get enough of it! Check them out at Urban Decay counters for €29.00.

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2 comments on “3- in -1 Naked Flushed

  1. jennifer
    June 5, 2014
    jennifer's avatar

    Hi claire, how do you know if your a warm or cool skin tone?

    • ClaireMarie
      June 5, 2014
      ClaireMarie's avatar

      Hi Jennifer. I am so glad you asked! So, when people talk about warm and cool skin tones they often interchange these words with yellow and pink (makeup artists especially). Pink, or cool skin tones, usually belong to people with pale skin that burns easy or is freckled, most commonly found in the Irish! People with warm or yellow tones are more likely to tan easily, or have sallow skin, like Asians. But, of course there are always exceptions, so the easiest way to discover whether you are pink/cool or yellow/warm is to look at the veins on the inside of your wrist. If they are blue you are pink/cool, if they are green you are yellow/warm. Another simple way of telling is the tan test, if you tan easily you are yellow/warm, if you burn easily you are pink/cool.
      Another tip I have picked up along the way; if you use an under eye concealer, go with the opposite tone to your foundation in this product. For example if you use a pink toned foundation use a yellow toned concealer. this just helps to blend the face and under eye areas better. Another point to remember if you want to shop for your skin tone is that MAC throws a spanner in the works with their foundations! They have two ranges, NW and NC. NW is for pink tones, the W standing for warm – pink, and NC is for warm tones, the C standing for cool-yellow. It confuses me greatly but just remember, NW pink, NC yellow.
      Sorry for the long reply, hope it helps! xx

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