Viseart Dark Edit Eye Shadow Palette ::: Review & Shadows!!!

I am back with a detailed review of a brand new eyeshadow palette. The last time I blogged about a new ‘makeup” product (URBAN DECAY x Kristen Leanne Kaleidoscope Dream Eyeshadow Palette), was back in February of 2018. After that I took a little break from all kinds of Social Media  😊 as I had to tend to some life priorities! I have a blogpost here if you want to check out in detail why I was gone! 

After being somewhat unaware of all the happenings in the beauty world during the time of my absence, I realized that these days there are just way too many beauty launches. It is almost fatigue-inducing! Personally, going forward I will not review a whole lot of new products like I used to do 2-3 years ago! Rather I will invest in products that truly intrigues me and promises to ‘spark joy in me’! Let’s be real, I already have an exorbitant amount of makeup items. 

Viseart Dark Edit Palette is one such product that genuinely interested me! I am quite familiar with Viseart eyeshadow and the colors looked awesome! Given that Fall has started here and those gorgeous red, orange, magenta and yellow fall foliage has started to show up, this palette seems very fitting!  

This time, I tried to be a bit consize and to-the-point in my review  

Price, Packaging & Availability: Viseart is an expensive brand; there is no doubt about that. The cost for this particular palette is $39 before taxes for a total of 0.42 oz. (12 gr) of product. Each shadow contains 0.035 oz. of product. For comparison their Petit Pro palette (reviewed here) contains 0.208 oz. (5.9 gr) of product for $30. So Dark Edit Palette will cost you $92.5 per oz. while the Petite Pro Palette will cost you about $144 per oz. Their original 12 pan eyshadow palettes (reviewed here & here) comes with 0.84 oz. for $80 at $95.23 per oz. So, as you can see there is a little bit of saving! Plus for someone like me who has a larger collection, smaller sized eyeshadow pans work the best. If you are just dipping your toes into Viseart shadows and you love these type of darker shades, this palette would be a good one to start with.

Packaging is just like their Petit Pro palette. It has a magnetic snap-closure with the two side a bit exposed. It is tightly close but I do wonder if over time, dust will get into the shades! It does come with a mirror unlike their regular 12 pan eyshadow palettes. Because of its tiny size, I am excited to carry this with me during my Fall travels. And the fun thing is that the pans are removable magnetic pans; you can mix and match these shadows from palette to palette.

You can find this palette on Sephora, Beautylish and FrendsBeauty.  

Formula & Quality: As I previously mentioned, I love Viseart eyeshadows. Their matte shades are phenomenal! They are extremely smooth in texture and VERY pigmented. That essentially means that they can be blended on the lids very easily without much effort. Of course, depending on the shade the pigmentation and performance will somewhat vary! 

When I first bought their 12-pan Bridal Satin palette, I did not enjoy the texture of the (satin) shadows much! But I think Viseart has now improved the quality of their shimmer shades! All four of them in this palette performed as beautifully as I have expected! I only wished for SIENNA to be a tad bit lighter; I could have used it as my crease shade. In all three looks, I had to use one additional crease shade from Makeup Geek. If you have darker skintone than mine, I think you can use one of the matte shades as the crease shade but if you are lighter than me, I am afraid you will need to get an additional lighter crease shade to fiish off your looks. But I am not really complaining here - the name of the palette is Dark Edit so I will be foolish to demand lighter shades  .

Here are the shades: 

TOFFEE: Personally, for me it would have been more useful if this was a tad lighter. I still love it and find great use for it. Beautiful shade with great smoothness and buttery texture.

SIENNA: Another quality matte shade. No matter what is your skintone is, this will offer you lot of use and versatility.

SEPIA: Another gorgeous shade. It is quite close to SIENNA but I do still enjoy the shade! I can control the shade to show up more vibrantly or just as a lighter shade.

PERSIMMON: Ah... this is definitely my most favorite shade. Very orange, very bold, very vibrant! Everything that I love in a eyeshadow! Very pimented so while using it, start with a light hand. 

OLIVE: It is a very pale shade, but I actually love it for wearing to work. It is subtle but very elegant. It is, however, a little weak in pigmentation. I needed 2-3 coats for it to show up vibrantly on my lid in the 3rd look.

BEAUJOLAIS: On the palette, this shade looks so different than the next shade, LAVENDER! It looks much deeper and less vibrant. On the swatch or on the eyes however, the difference is less pronounced. Both are gorgeous shades though!

LAVENDER: This shade looks very vibrant on the palette. But on the lid, it does not transform that vibrantly. It is still is beautiful! Very smooth and buttery!

FORET: Absolutely beautiful shade! Very pigmented! It is a perfect mix between purple and navy! Such a buttery smooth matte shade. Very rich! It is not common to have this deep of a shade in such a beautiful buttery smooth texture. Of course, one of my favorite shades in this palette.

TOFFEE, SEPIA on the crease; SIENNA on the outer crease, FORET on the very outer crease. 
Very little of LAVENDER and BEAUJOLAIS on the crease; very little. CALYPSO on the entire lid. 
Calypso on the inner corner of the lower lash-line and FORET on the entire lower lash-line.

Heavy handed application of PERSIMMON on the crease. 
Light handed application of SIENNA on the inner and outer corner of the lid. 
BURNISHED COPPER on the entire lid applied with a brush. 
BULLION applied with fingertip on the very center of the lid! A little bit of Sepia on the lower lash-line.

TOFFEE on the crease, SEPIA to deepen the crease. OLIVE on the lid applied with a brush. 
I had to apply 2-3 layers to get it to show up more vibrantly. 
SIENNA on the lower lash-line topped with ABSINTHE in the inner lower lash line.

BULLION: Very pigmented! This shade has minuscule glitter - it looks so pretty! I used it in the 2nd look - just a little tap with my fingertip at the center of the lid! And it took the entire look to a new level. 

BURNISHED COPPER: This kind of copper shade is one of my very favorite type of shades to play with! It really compliments my skintone and immediately makes me look and feel glamorous. Very pigmented as well. 

CALYPSO: This is also a very pigmented shiny shimmery shade.  I abosultely enjoy this shade. It’s a fuschia/pink, a bit too girly for my taste but I am quite surprized to realize how much I enjoyed wearing it. 

ABSINTHE: Among all the shimmery shades, this has the least pigmentation. I had to put a little bit of effort to work with this one;  nothing major, just in comparison with the other three shades. 

First look after 9 hrs of wear!

All my Viseart Palettes for comparison!

Here are my other Viseart palettes for comparison. While the colors are not exactly duplicates but there are some resemblance! 

Overall, I am enjoying playing with this palette :-)

Love,

~Arrru