Urban Decay Naked 2 DUPE! | Bit of a Freak

This is EXCITING! Shopping in Next last week I almost screamed with delight when I stumbled upon this little beauty! My boyfriend looked at me bemused as I tried to explain that it looked as if I had found the perfect Urban Decay Naked 2 dupe palette. He literally didn't have a clue what I was banging on about but bought it for me anyway, he's a good egg. Introducing the W7 in the buff palette!

The similar packaging caught my eye!

When I got home I set about swatching and picturing the Naked 2 copy-cat and was amazed at the quality. 

So here are the close ups and the matching swatches:

Left-right: Buff, Camel, Sand, Dust Chocolate, Topaz.

Left-rght: Buff, Camel, Sand, Dust, Chocolate, Topaz.

Left-right: Earth, Storm, Silk, Wave, Thunder, Onyx.

Left-right: Earth, Storm, Silk, Wave, Thunder, Onyx.

I never have the highest expectations for dupes but this little beauty well exceeded them; it was surprisingly pigmented and with a beautiful texture, the colour was easy to blend and buildable. It was not at all chalky. As you can see, the palette consists of 12 neutral colours, 9 shimmer shades and 3 mattes. The packaging of the palette is tin, just like the Naked palettes, and comes with an applicator which I won't be using it, however, considering this was £5.99 I definitely cannot grumble.. All swatches were pictured on clean and bare skin and the colour pay-off was still very impressive. I have been hankering after the Urban Decay Naked palettes for a while and they are firmly on my birthday wish list, but I just couldn't afford them at almost £40 a pop. After this little discovery I'm glad I didn't break the bank and whilst I will still be wanting the Naked palettes, they will be saved for best only. As you can probably tell, I was extremely pleased with my new purchase! 

What are your favourite dupe products? 

Chanel Coco Mademoiselle dupe | Bit of a Freak

Now, I may be a little late to the party on this occasion so excuse me, but I am incredibly excited about this little find and just had to share despite the lateness. A good dupe makes me a very happy bunny.

Let's set the scene; it was but a normal day at work when one of my colleagues walked past me, and from her wafted the most glorious scent. My favourite smell in the whole world. I complimented her in the way of "Oh, you smell delicious, you are wearing Chanel aren't you?". I was sure of it, Coco Mademoiselle is my perfume of choice. Her reply was not what I was expecting and she said no. She explained that the perfume had often been mistaken for Chanel and she was regularly complimented on the scent, but it was actually a cheap perfume from a budget supermarket. £3.99 from Lidl no less. And this brings us now.

Introducing, Lidl's Suddenly Madame Glamour (don't let the rubbish name phase you).

Obviously, after hearing about this Chanel dupe I had to get there and get myself in on the action, which is exactly what I did. Clearly the packaging is nothing to rave about, and the bottle won't be one I display, but you can't really expect much more for the price. On first spritze, the two perfumes are close to identical. The only differences I could identify between the two are that Coco Mademoiselle smelt slightly more orientalish and Suddenly was a little more citrus-y (describing scents is clearly my forte). I was sold. As the perfume develops, the subtle differences are even less obvious and it really is difficult to tell the two apart. I have heard varying reviews regarding the staying power and it probably differs person to person, but on me it was definitely better than I expected. Four hours post squirt I could still smell the perfume, and although it was muted, at £3.99 for 50ml I'd say you can afford to be a little more squirt-happy! 

I will definitely be re-purchasing this perfume as it is great for day-to-day wear and means the very expensive real-deal lasts a lot longer! Happy purse strings!