Something very exciting showed up in my mailbox on Friday! Urban Decay’s faaabulous new “Electric” eyeshadow palette. Ooh baby baby ooh. I was on the fence about it, but then Sephora conveniently had a 15% off coupon and after an encouraging text message from the Broad (“You hardly ever buy eyeshadow–won’t it be nice to take to Hawaii”?) I WENT FOR IT.

And boy was I glad I did. Just look at those colors!

Mind you, I did read online that four of the colors–the neon pink, orange, glitter pink and purple–are not recommended to use around your “immediate” eye area, which is definitely a turn-off. Then I remembered all the years I doused my immediate eye area in craft glitter and figured eh, I’ll work around it…

…so I smeared the unsafe ones ABOVE my immediate eye area. There was definitely a little staining the next day, but soap and baby wipes removed it. Now, my eyes actually have been bothering me since I removed my contacts yesterday, but I suspect it’s from the sunscreen/sunshine/being outside all day long + allergies combo I had going on yesterday, and not the eyeshadow. Just to be on the safe side, however, I thoroughly washed my eyeshadow brushes.

The beauty of the colors got me so excited I had to put on my neon floral vintage pantsuit and bop around the house! I even made a little Instagram video declaring my love for the Electric palette. Mawwwww.

I had Joshy take a couple of “action” shots. The inspirational power of a neon eyeshadow palette, eh? Good Times!

Josh and I attended the Tulip Festival yesterday and then had a glorious afternoon at Marymoor Park…more about that later, including lots of beautiful tulip photos. Right now it’s time to run with the dogs outside. Sunshine is calling!