ELF Baked Eyeshadow Palette in California Review

Hello once again - I'm having a mad blogging moment so you can have one more for today as after this they're not going to be quite so often (thought hopefully more often then they had been).

I have for you a relatively new palette for you from ELF. This is a 10 colour baked eye shadow palette that can be used wet and dry.

Being that the shadows are a traditional domed baked shadow the palette is quite bulky but it does have a very decent sized mirror that takes up the entire lid.

The shades are mostly neutrals with a couple of grey and plum shades. All the shades have some form of glitter or shimmer.

All the swatches are dry on bare skin, no primer. I do find these are quite dry and I had to rub them quite a bit with my finger to pick up pigment. The swatches below are still only one swipe, I didn't have to re-dip to build up pigmentation. A good dense brush is a must for these to apply them. The shades themselves are beautiful and there's a good range of light and dark shades so you can create a whole look with just the one palette. Although the palette has no matte shades there are a couple of shades that are low shimmer which allows a bit of contrast in the crease.

Top row

Bottom row - shades 2, 4 and 5 are still shimmery but are not metallic like the other shades in the palette.

These wear pretty well over a primer which is a must to really show up these shades at their best. I do enjoy this palette but I wish the shades were slightly softer to make application easier. I do find these apply best with finger so I often apply them on the lid this was. I can sometimes, depending on the look, use my little finger to apply them to the crease and then blend out with a fluffy brush.

Thanks for reading!