Swatch Comparison: UD Electric Palette vs. Sleek Ultra Mattes!
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Apr 17, 2014
Natalie T.
The Verdict!
Best pigmentation: Urban Decay. While Sleek can be built up easily, UD's pigments are more pigmented in a single initial swipe so you don't have to worry about building up the color and wasting more product.
Best Price: Sleek. I paid $11.50 including overseas shipping (UK to US). Electric Palette retails for $49, but I purchased mine for $42.
Nicest Feeling/Texture: Urban Decay. The Sleek shadows are quite creamy and soft, but I find these UD pigments to be even more buttery and smooth than their eye shadows. Its really quite nice!
Best Packagine: Urban Decay. Sleek's Palettes are all solid black, which is nice... but with such bright colors, the UD packaging makes it more fun. I also like how large the pans are inside the UD casing and how far apart they are from one another. The Sleek pans are so close to one another, that (more than once) I put my finger in the wrong shadow while swatching and created a bit of a muddy mess =/ Plus, I find Sleek palettes kind of difficult to open.
Best Brush Included: Urban Decay! This may not matter to a lot of you, but both palettes come with brushes. Sleek's Ultra Mattes V1 Palette came with a long handled double-ended sponge applicator... I probably will never use this, though it was a nice thought. Urban Decay's came with a lovely double-ended actual makeup brush. I love the brushes that UD includes in their palettes, so this was a bonus.
Overall: I would personally probably choose Sleek if I was only going to purchase one... because I rarely wear bright eyeshadow. I may never get use out of either of these palettes in reality. But Urban Decay's Electric Palette was nicer to work with. If you often wear bright colors, I would recommend Urban Decay;s Electric Pressed Pigment Palette, but if you're like me and rarely/never wear bright shadows, the Sleek Ultra Mattes V1 Palette is definitely a delight to work with.
Apr 17, 2014
Natalie T.
Apr 17, 2014
Natalie T.
Apr 17, 2014
Noemie C.
Thanks beautiful! It was really helpful :)
Apr 17, 2014
Mhairi M.
What great info, am surprised how similar some of the sleek colours are to the UD pallette,really helpful post :-)
Apr 17, 2014
Natalie T.
Glad to be of help! I was also really surprised at how similar some of the shades were! I haven't seen a comparison on any blogs or youtube videos so I thought it would be great to share =)
Apr 17, 2014
Sabrina K.
What an awesome post Natalie :) I really enjoyed reading this! it's so informative!
You almost made me wanna buy one of the palettes, but I, like you, never really wear bright shadows ;)
Apr 17, 2014
Natalie T.
Thanks Sabrina! I'm glad it was informative! I am struggling so hard, trying to decide whether to keep the UD palette or not =( It was such a joy to play with, but I just don't know if I'll really get my money's worth. Plus I have the Sleek palette if I actually do want to wear a bright look. But the UD is just soooooo lovely. Decisions, decisions!
I also just mixed osme of the Sleek colors and besides the silver glittery color and the deep purple, I can mix colors to get almost exact dupes of the ones that aren't already dupes on their own.
Apr 17, 2014
Megan T.
That was a really great and helpful post! Thank you! And I'm sure a lot of people wanted to know! ♡ ♡
Apr 17, 2014
Natalie T.
Here's another shot of the swatches, with some mixed colors to make closer dupes from the Sleek palette! Except for silver and purple, you can mix colors to get them pretty close if they aren't already similar enough =)
Apr 17, 2014
Sabrina K.
I understand your dilemma :) Personally I would "settle" with the Sleek palette because I know I wouldn't get to use the UD as much as I would want to for that price and because the Sleek palette would be fine for the rear times that I would wanna use a bright color... Well I'm also a bit cheap I guess haha so I think it's a lot of money for UD ;)
Apr 17, 2014
Raylene I.
I'm with you Sabrina!! I'd just get the sleek. But I also rarely wear bright colors :( I want to but I'm soo used to neutrals that brights scare me haha.
Apr 18, 2014
Loren H.
Awesome post!!
Apr 18, 2014
Angela R.
Thanks for the post I have lots of sleek palettes, I think they are amazing quality and quite underrated!
Apr 22, 2014
Natalie T.
Glad to help ladies! =)
Apr 22, 2014
Natalie T.
@Sabrina, I ended up returning the UD palette this morning... now I just have more money for more makeup that I'll actually use on a more regular basis =)
Apr 22, 2014
Natalie T.
@Angela, I agree! I was very pleased with this sleek palette =)