Lately, the only eye shadow palette I've been using is the Urban Decay Naked 2 which is mainly a shimmery based palette, as opposed to a matte based. Because it comes with both gold tones and silver tones, anyone could use it successfully.
I put together an easy gold toned tutorial using this palette, later I may add a silver toned tutorial for those of you who favor that rather than gold.
Before applying any shadow to my eye I always prime it. It doesn't matter what primer you use as long as you get one! I know Urban Decay primer potion is around $20, if you find that to be a little unreasonable for such a small amount then I suggest NYX primer, which comes in a little pot and works just as fine for $4.
The first color in the Naked 2 palette that I used was half baked.
I suggest wetting your brush before applying this color because it seems to come out more pigmented and more shimmery when it is wet.
When applying take your wet shadow brush and pat the shadow down on your entire lid to reduce fall out
The next shade I used was snakebite
I just applied this lightly to the outer corner and swept it towards the crease
(also using a wet brush)
I then used a mixture of busted and blackout at the outer corner once more just to give it a darker slightly smokey look
It's your choice to add lashes and a cat eye
For this look I did not add lashes only because I did not have them on hand, if it were an event I would have added lashes to add more of a dramatic look
I finished the look off with my normal foundation routine and a light pink lip which was a mix of Ka'oir Nudity and NYX Pink Lyric
