electric cool eye shadow

[MACina]

Thank you soooooo much MzFit!!!

They look all so pretty

Pic is so so MA was hovering.

 

[MzFit]

Swatches I also swatches the pink one

 

[MzFit]

Here you can see how off dynamo is

 

[liba]

I love the display! Thanks so much for the picture - it'll help me trim down my huge list!!

So these are nothing like big bounce at all texture is way better. I do think the packaging is horible seems like you are getting very little product for the price tag on them $22 in Canada. I was hoping they would be like Chanel's Illusion d’Ombre way to high of an expectation on my part but a girl can dream right. I swatched Superwatt and Pure Flash they are pretty but they really remind my of the l'oreal infallible shadows with a tad more sheen to them. Dynamo the mid tone coral seemed chalky to me over all it's texture was off. Electoplate was pretty but I have enough gray smokey eye shadows to easily pass it up.

I'd say that Electric Cool is not a complete fail if you don't have things like it similar in your collection then have at it. I do and there was just nothing in it that I felt like I had to have. I figure there is a good chance they will appear in a CCO a year or so down the road so I will just wait for that.

I'm actually glad they're more subdued than Illusion d'Ombre - I love looking at those, but all the ones I've tried are more sparkly than I really want right now. It seems like there's a lot of iridescence in these colors. Did you find that to be the case?

 

[katred]

So these are nothing like big bounce at all texture is way better. I do think the packaging is horible seems like you are getting very little product for the price tag on them $22 in Canada. I was hoping they would be like Chanel's Illusion d’Ombre way to high of an expectation on my part but a girl can dream right. I swatched Superwatt and Pure Flash they are pretty but they really remind my of the l'oreal infallible shadows with a tad more sheen to them. Dynamo the mid tone coral seemed chalky to me over all it's texture was off. Electoplate was pretty but I have enough gray smokey eye shadows to easily pass it up.

Before I bought any of them I wanted to swatch them next to Chanel's Illusion d’Ombre so I walked over to holts. The bay chanel counter there was 3 ladies working with no customers all I wanted to do was look not buy holts was poping busy so it made it easy for me to swatch with no bother. I almost peed my pants when I saw that there was new Illusion d’Ombre out 89 vision is my lust and over all the reason I walked away without buying a thing from Electric Cool. I know the texture of Illusion d’Ombre and how they work and I love it to pieces price tag is high but honestly worth it IMO.

I'd say that Electric Cool is not a complete fail if you don't have things like it similar in your collection then have at it. I do and there was just nothing in it that I felt like I had to have. I figure there is a good chance they will appear in a CCO a year or so down the road so I will just wait for that.

Thanks very much for the review. I was also wondering how they'd compare to the Illusion d'Ombres. I've so far resisted those, because the price always seems really high for something I don't think I could wear a lot (many sparkles on mature lids...). How would you say the texture compares? I'm not expecting a Mac product to be equivalent to a Chanel one, but I'm curious to know how similar they feel/ apply.

One question about your swatches- I find that they look fairly sheer/ light. Are these blended out or is that the full effect of the pigment?

 

[QueenofSpades81]

Thanks for the pics MzFit!

Just from looking I'll probably get Highly Charged as I don't have a single purple shadow and maybe Superwatt.

 

[MzFit]

I love the display! Thanks so much for the picture - it'll help me trim down my huge list!!


I'm actually glad they're more subdued than Illusion d'Ombre - I love looking at those, but all the ones I've tried are more sparkly than I really want right now. It seems like there's a lot of iridescence in these colors. Did you find that to be the case?

Yes iridescence for sure they are pretty don't get me wrong just find that I have a good amount of similar looking colours in my collection already.

 

[MzFit]

Thanks very much for the review. I was also wondering how they'd compare to the Illusion d'Ombres. I've so far resisted those, because the price always seems really high for something I don't think I could wear a lot (many sparkles on mature lids...). How would you say the texture compares? I'm not expecting a Mac product to be equivalent to a Chanel one, but I'm curious to know how similar they feel/ apply.

One question about your swatches- I find that they look fairly sheer/ light. Are these blended out or is that the full effect of the pigment?

My favorite is Emerveille and I really feel like anyone can wear it even mature lids. I have been tempted to get it for my Mom. My favorite way to wear it is with below ground grease paint stick thick line around the lashes put Emerveille on with sonia kashuk large crease brush blending out the below ground just past the crease highlight with grain. It was a go to quick easy every day awesome look. I have also done the same look with Teddy and Powersurge with a slightly thinner line love it.

I think they look sheer cause of the light that was out side. I would say that the only one I found fail in pigment was dynamo you can swatch them on really heavy and simply blend out the edges. The MA told me that they do need a base which I would wear anyways since I do have oiler lids. I do think a lot of them are pretty just trying to hold back rather get the Chanel limited edition ones as I know they will get used up for sure. These I could see me growing tired of because there is so much I have that could create a similar effect. If I could find something that gave the Chanel effect at a cheeper price life would be grand. LOL

 

[MzFit]

Thanks for the pics MzFit!

Just from looking I'll probably get Highly Charged as I don't have a single purple shadow and maybe Superwatt.

If I was going to get one Superwatt would have been it I have a weakness for taupes.

 

[liba]

Yes iridescence for sure they are pretty don't get me wrong just find that I have a good amount of similar looking colours in my collection already.

That's the one thing that MAC sometimes does wrong when they do a collection around a single new product - they bring on the same all-purpose colors you see time and again. Sometimes, I can overlook it...Dark Dare EDES was such a perfect black shadow, it wasn't hard to justify it, even though I have other blacks. When it's only a small step up in quality or finish, it's much tougher to rationalize it. I skipped most of the Metal-X shadows, even though I love Venetian Tarnish, just because the colors weren't unique enough to combat the fact the Metal-X formula has its drawbacks.

My MA was saying these shadows behave like Veluxe Pearls, except with more sheen. What do you think about that assessment? It sure seems like this is one product people are going to have to check out in person.

 

[MzFit]

That's the one thing that MAC sometimes does wrong when they do a collection around a single new product - they bring on the same all-purpose colors you see time and again. Sometimes, I can overlook it...Dark Dare EDES was such a perfect black shadow, it wasn't hard to justify it, even though I have other blacks. When it's only a small step up in quality or finish, it's much tougher to rationalize it. I skipped most of the Metal-X shadows, even though I love Venetian Tarnish, just because the colors weren't unique enough to combat the fact the Metal-X formula has its drawbacks.

My MA was saying these shadows behave like Veluxe Pearls, except with more sheen. What do you think about that assessment? It sure seems like this is one product people are going to have to check out in person.

I'd say a veluxe pearl on steroids LOL it's a sheen that would almost appear wet like if you foiled a pigment or MES. This is going to sound so stupid but whatever LOL had they put them in the same packaging as a paint pot I probably would have picked at least one or two up I really hate the packaging on these. The are extremely soft and looks like it would easily fall to pieces in the plastic pots they are in. If you dropped it on your bathroom floor I'd say you would be kissing most if not all of the product goodbye.

 

[Shellcat]

I am in trouble! That is sooooo pretty!

OK, time to drool. Electric Cool Eyeshadow in Blacklit:



This is from user fireinthehead, who posted in today's Temptalia Free for Haul Friday thread. Her instagram link is here: http://instagram.com/p/MtgPRSo-y3/

 

[pemily]

Love!!!!!!!

 

[MACcrazy]

Looks pretty! can't wait to see more!!

 

[Miss Dynamite]

I thought everything said these were some kind of cream/sponge/whatever eyeshadows but now they turn out to be powder? Kinda disappointed, though the colors are pretty.

 

[aradhana]

the screw top jars look a little like the old school ones...though those ones had the white plastic threaded bit...

 

[MaCchick43]

How much money will these cost?

 

[MaCchick43]

I hope I don't like them because I bought all 9 MES from the HC collection...

 

[MaCchick43]

I hope I don't end up buying them all =)

 

[rockin]

These look like a reformulation of powder eyeshadow rather than a reformulation of Big Bounce. Like Miss Dynamite, I am a little disappointed about that. They don't look 'spongey' at all