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Urban Decay discontinues popular Naked palette after 8 years

The Naked Palette, one of the most popular eye shadow palettes of all time have been , has been discontinued after eight long years. Urban Decay

If you know makeup, then you know the significance of Urban Decay’s Naked Palette.

After eight long years, the company recently decided to discontinue the super popular palette, calling the decision “bittersweet.”

“Saying goodbye to Naked is extremely bittersweet,” said Urban Decay founding partner Wende Zomnir in a statement, Allure reports.

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“It was a big moment in our history. It’s a little painful to leave your past behind, but it’s also essential to always evolve. I will forever miss Naked, but we plan to turn the grief into even more greatness.”

The statement, which also read like a love letter, pointed out the impact the palette had on neutral-toned eyeshadows as well as how accessible it was for different makeup lovers.

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“It was beautiful and mythical and millions of superfans, from misfits to moms to models.”

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Celebrating the departure, the company also offered fans one last time to buy the 12-shadow palette for half price ($33 CDN) on their site and at retailers like Sephora (which is currently out of stock).

According to Popsugar, sales of the palette broke $1 billion (that’s about 30 million palettes) since 2010.

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Over the years the Naked brand branched off into nine other versions, all keeping true to their neutral, smokey and earth hues. They also inspired a range of copycats mimicking their day-to-night colours.

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On Thursday, several social media users shared their disbelief about the death of their favourite palette, many wondering why the company made that decision.

Others reminisced on what the palette — for many their first big palette — meant to them.

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Others didn’t understand the obsession at all.

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Urban Decay hasn’t announced when it officially plans to take the palette off their website or shelves, but we recommend picking one up before it’s gone for good.

arti.patel@globalnews.ca
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