What's In My Travel Makeup Bag?

So I'm going traveling for Christmas break and I thought I would share what is in my travel makeup bag. I'm terrible at packing lightly but I limited myself by only allowing what fit in my bag(except the palette). My makeup bag is from Sephora and its probable a bit bigger than one's hand, but it does hold quite a bit, I got it with a purchase for free(it was one of the itkits 2012).

Below are the face products I'm bringing. In the small black container(top left) is a facial scrub, sorry I'm not sure which brand, next is my BareMinerals Matte powder foundation in Fairly Light N10.  Then the Garnier  Anti-Dark Circle Roller in Light-Medium. My Sonia Kashuk concealer quad in Hidden Agenda. Then is Benefit Erase Paste in Medium. Next is my Mac Mineralized Skin Finish Natural in Medium. In the shiny circular black container is my Benefit Boi-ing #2 and Lemon Aide Duo. Then are my two Tarte primers the purple is Pore Perfecting and the brown is Brightening.

Then onto eyes. From the top left is the Covergirl single eyeshadow in Mink, NARS Alhambra eyeshadow duo(Paige gave me this for Christmas :), Mac Mineralized eyeshadow duo in This & That(this was Limited Edition). Starting on the right is the Urban Decay Vintage Big Fatty Mascara, depotted Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Pencil in Zero, Urban Decay 24/7 Liquid Liner in Perversion, Too Faced Starry Eyed Glitter Liner in Stalkerazzi, Urban Decay Primer Potion, Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese, TheBalm Nude 'Tude Palette, and the Lancôme Hypnose Star mascara.

And finally the lip products. From the left, Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment in the clear and rose versions, Maybelline Baby Lips in Coral Crush, NARS Gloss Lip Pencil in New Lover, and the EOS Lip Balm in Summer Fruit.

Naked 2 Fake Flops

So a couple of months ago I purchased a Naked 2 palette for a ridiculously low price from ebay. It was too good to be true. As seem below compared to a Naked 2 palette purchased at Sephora. Some of the colors are pretty close, I would go as far as calling them dupes for each other, but some are extremely different. However, the palette itself isn't actually that bad on pigmentation and I think it's pretty good, but it definitely is not the Naked 2 palette which is very disappointing.

The photo above is all of the "same" shades swatched next to each other. On the left from the top is Blackout, "Blackout"(the pigmentless black...), Busted, "Busted"(which is way more purple toned), YDK, "YDK"(pretty similar but the real one has more bronze), Verve, "Verve"(I'd say these two are dupes, if not the real one has more yellow undertones), Pistol, "Pistol"(Less pigmented), Suspect, "Suspect"(these two look exactly the same).

The right arm from the top: Snakebite, "Snakebite"(Fake one has more bronze undertone and it's lighter), Tease, "Tease"(The fake one is SO purple.), Chopper, "Chopper"(The real one has more orange undertones whereas the fake has more pinky undertones and it's cooler), Bootycall, "Bootycall"(The real one has more yellow undertones and the fake looks a bit white), Half Baked, "Half Baked"(I can't even, not in the same ballpark at all, the fake has such more rosegold undertoned color and half backed is usually a true gold), Foxy, "Foxy"(Pretty hard to see either way but the real one is a bit more pigmented but they'll give the same effect).

Here are the two palettes next to each other. Fake on the left, real on the right. I have to say when photographed they look exactly the same in the pans except Half Baked(second from top) and Busted(second from bottom) and that is probably what make me fall for it. Additionally when the palettes are closed they say Urban Decay on the spine and the fake one is the opposite direction as the real one. Also the real palette is significantly heavier than the fake one. 

Lesson learned: don't ever buy makeup off ebay. Hash out all the money or nothing, it's worth it. And yeah it's disappointing but it's not like this palette is terrible I still like it I'm just upset that is obviously isn't real. However I would definitely go out and buy the original Naked in a bit, I've had my eye on that for a while :)