Real vs Fake: Urban Decay Naked 2 palette

So long story short, I bought the Naked 2 palette from ebay and ended up getting a FAKE palette!

I didn't start using it right away but when I told my friend about it, she noticed that the outer packaging looked different from hers. Neither of us are die hard crazy 'Naked' fans or anything. We just wanted a nice, long lasting, versatile palette. We initially thought that maybe hers or mine was a special packaging, but we came across some bloggers who were saying that they have been duped by fake palettes from ebay and Amazon! I was pretty shocked and then laughed about it....AFTER I bitched out the seller on ebay of course. :)
I was curious to know exactly how different they are from one another. I mean, the fake palette looked pretty legit after all......so I did a quick comparison test to see how they match up.

FYI: A legit seller on ebay sells the fake Naked palettes, but they don't label it as "Naked" since that's a brand name of Urban Decay's. They give it some generic name instead, like "12 color natural palette" or something. They go for about $25 each and I've seen both the Naked 1 and 2 dupes being sold.

[Keep in mind: The more "purple" looking one is the FAKE one. The brownish looking one is the AUTHENTIC one.]

GGGG BABY BABY

 My watch came today! :} (see couple posts down)

 It came in a nice, tin packaging like this. I was super excited to open it up.....

BUT THEN.....

Looks hella nice right? So what's the problem, you ask?


Well, there isn't really a "problem" with the watch, but it is MUCH smaller than I had expected it to be. My old baby G's were pretty big but I thought that was part of the appeal, it was much easier to see all the details and such. I guess they make them much smaller now.

Here are some badly photoshopped "style" shots of me actually wearing the watch, via Photobooth. 

Still looks nice right? It's actually much smaller in person. My wrists are a bit close to the camera, because I forgot that the point of the photo was to show the actual size. *fail*

Anyway, I do love the watch for it's colors and functions (it's shock proof and water resistant!) But the material is very light and looks flimsy. It almost looks like the band is made of plastic. But apparently it's a very nice kind of flexible material, kinda like vinyl, that is supposed to be enduring and last under strenuous conditions. 

I sure hope so! I paid $50 + shipping for this!

Overall I'd give the watch a 7/10. 

Only because I expected a bit much of the watch since the picture made it look really expensive looking, but it's still a pretty cool watch. Would I recommend it for $50? No. But then again, it is a Baby-G. 

+Lo+