Saturday, February 14, 2015

Urban Decay Electric Palette: first thoughts


Hello! Today I bring my first impressions on the Urban Decay Electric palette! Now I know that this palette has been out for about a year now, but I've been anticipating the moment when I was able to own this bad boy. To me, owning this palette has given me an incentive to experiment with more color. Read more to know my thoughts on this colorful palette.




This palette comes with 10 beautifully pigmented pressed pigments:
Revolt, a return shade, is a very shimmery light silver that is probably the most "wearable" of all the shades. I can definitely envision using this as an inner corner highlighter/color or even all over the lid.
Gonzo is a matte turquoise with some floating glitter. This color, to me, looks very similar to Fringe when swatched, the only difference being that Fringe has more shimmer to it.
Slowburn is one of my personal favorites and is a very neon, red-toned orange that has some floating glitter in it.
Savage is a matte neon pink that is VERY pigmented, but I did notice that there will definitely be fall-out with this shade.
Fringe is a shimmery teal that I mentioned above that looks eerily similar to Gonzo. Nonetheless, I think it's absolutely beautiful and I also think it is more pigmented.
Chaos is a return shade that is a matte true blue. To me, this shadow is kinda chalky and doesn't apply as easily as the other shades, but I may just have to pack it on much more to get true opaqueness.
Jilted is a bright shimmery fuchsia that has a duo-chrome effect by having a blueish-purple shift to it. This is another favorite of mine that I cannot wait to use.
Urban is a bright shimmery purple that looks so great next to Jilted.
Freak is another shifting color like Jilted, but is a bright green with a gold shift to it.
Thrash is the last color and the third favorite of mine. It is a yellow-green, toxic color with gold glitter in it.

Below, I have some swatches of all the colors.



These swatches are on my left forearm without any primer underneath. The pigmentation is so beautiful and the only colors that had trouble were Gonzo and Chaos.


On my right arm, I swatched the colors again, but using Urban Decay's Primer Potion underneath. Again, Chaos had some trouble swatching evenly, but much better than without primer.

The most impressive attribute of this palette is that all the shades are definitely pigmented. There was almost no difference in applying with or without primer used underneath. My only gripe was obviously the shade Chaos, but I will have to see how I like it after doing an eye look. I honestly think I will just have to pack it on a little more than the others.

I cannot wait to use the shadows and thank you for reading! What is your favorite shade in the palette?




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