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I also agree that UD is doing this to increase profit. It's a supply and demand thing - the palettes are so popular that they know people will buy them even with the price increase (especially since Naked 3 sold out so quickly when it was launched). I don't have any of the Naked palettes yet but I've been thinking about it... even though I really don't need any more eyeshadows.
That said... the price increase puts the cost of the eyeshadows at $90/oz which is actually not too bad if you look at this blogger's cost-analysis (same price/weight as the Kat Von D True Romance Palettes)
(not my blog, I just really like that this blogger has calculated the price per weight of makeup products):
http://www.brightestbulbinthebox.com/2014/01/sephoras-januaryfebruary-2014-eyeshadow.html
It's also possible to get the Naked palettes at 20% off.
Still... if the price keeps going up I'll probably just stop thinking about buying them because there's no feasible way that I'll actually use up the whole palette to justify it.
I love that blog! Such a nice sciency logical approach to makeup! Me, I'm just, "ooooh pretty must have!" So I like looking at it from a more rational perspective sometimes.
True, it still isn't super expensive when you consider the price/weight ratio, but the only entire eyeshadow I have used up ever in my life was one side of a Clinique duo my grandmother gave me when I was 16. First eyeshadow I ever owned, only eyeshadow I owned until I used it up, and since then I have been buying all the eyeshadow! It's weird, even with products I really like, I rarely use it all up because I start rationing it out when it gets low, special occasions only! Even if buying another one is totally feasible. It's not really a conscious thing, but it happens....