MUA Undressed Palette Swatches & Review

When we found out that MUA were releasing a new makeup palette called Undressed we were excited to see what it would look like, as I love MUA's Heaven & Earth palette, but when we heard it was going to be a dupe of Urban Decay's Naked palette we knew we had to have it, the palette will be available in Superdrug stores from July but it is available on their website now. Delivery is £2.95 which is reasonable if you buy a couple of things, delivery was also really quick, we bought ours on Sunday night and it had arrived by Tuesday.

(L - R) Shade 1 - 12

The eye shadows don't have names just numbers but here are the swatches.

We would both LOVE to own a Urban Decay Naked palette (although less so much after the China PR fiasco) but I'm not really an eyeshadow person and at £36.00 its juts simply too much, I'd much rather spend that on a amazing foundation. So for me this is the perfect solution. 


The shadows aren't as high quality & pigmented as Urban Decay, but thats obvious due to the £32 difference, but they are great quality for only £4, and are definitely up there with some of the more expensive high street brands. 


MUA have a post on their facebook page (here) which compares the swatches from the Undressed palette to the Urban Decay Naked palette, it's really impressive how similar they are! I also think if you have a NAKED palette its still worth getting this as its a perfect size to throw in your bag for touch ups and well its £4!!


Will you be trying out MUA's Undressed palette?


Elaine & Rachel

Urban Decay in China

After some major blog hopping, I came across some news that made an impression on me that I thought I would share with you. Urban Decay are now selling makeup in China, to most including me that sounded like great news for them, but the more I read, I realised that China actually has a requirement that products may be tested on animals before they are sold to the mass market.

If you are not aware Urban Decay from the start has always prided itself on not testing on animals and being vegan friendly. Urban Decay have released a statement to say that they are aware that the decision may not be a popular one...

'So, our brand does not test on animals, but the Chinese government might conduct a one-time test using our products. Do we like China’s policies? No…and that is really the point. Going into China was a huge decision for Urban Decay. But, we believe that change cannot and will not happen by outside pressure alone in a closed market. Change can only happen from within. When we enter the Chinese market, we will do our part to help make those changes.'

Urban Decay state that they remain committed to two causes, women's rights and the fight against animal testing.

You can read Urban Decay's full statement here.

There is currently a lot of criticism aimed at Urban Decay regarding this decision, my own personal opinion is that it doesn't seem that they are making this decision to change policy but rather for financial gain and to grow their business in a new market, but for a business that promotes itself as cruelty free I'm not sure it's the wisest choice. I have also read that people's negative comments about their decision on their facebook page have been deleted and they have taken down past statements they have released. Perhaps from a PR point of view they could have dealt with this situation better.

What do you think about this?

Elaine