Since Singe Beauty became available via Boozyshop, the brand has gotten a lot easier to get here. You can tell from the stock too, since plenty of items sell out incredibly fast. Where Paisley Hoot is a warm and sunny '70s palette, Fungadelic goes exactly the other way. This is the dark, autumnal little brother. Let's take a look.
The vibe of the Fungadelic palette
This palette is inspired by mushrooms in a Swedish autumn forest. The name really says it all. "Fungadelic" is a mash-up of fungi and psychedelic, and that's exactly what you get. Earthy forest tones, but with a few colors thrown in that shoot off in every direction.
The vibe is dark, earthy and pretty moody. Think muddy mustard shades, warm browns and cool blue-gray. In between you'll find a couple of bright reds and a silver, which make the whole thing just a bit more festive. Where Paisley Hoot is a spicy neutral palette you'd wear every day, Fungadelic asks for a bit more nerve. This is really a palette for the darker months.
The palette holds sixteen shades. Eleven of those are matte, which is a high ratio and which I actually think works really well. On top of that you get three shimmery metallics, one of which also has a duochrome shine, and two multichromes. And here too the names fit the theme perfectly: Enoki, Chanterelle, Toadstool, Hallucinogenic, Mycelium and Puffball. You're pretty much standing in that Swedish forest.
The outside of the palette
The outside comes in a moss green with a textured print, with a warm orange-red edge on the lid. That orange-red matches the mushrooms from the artwork exactly. The size is the same as Paisley Hoot and Galactic Visitor, and I still really appreciate that for storage. The back, again, has a clear list of ingredients.
The inside of the palette
Here too, the artwork from the outside carries through to the inside of the palette. Something I think is a really fun detail: a handful of pans have an embossing shaped like a mushroom. You'll spot that with, among others, Thicket, Chanterelle, Toadstool and Spore. The sixteen colors sit in four rows of four, just like with Paisley Hoot. And with eleven matte shades against five shimmery ones, this is really a palette where the mattes do the heavy lifting.
The colors, row by row
The top row opens with Enoki, a light champagne gold with a clear glitter. This is one of the three metallics. Next to it sits Thicket, a warm caramel with an orange undertone, in a matte formula. Then comes Underbrush, a deep and fairly cool brown, matte once again. The row wraps up with Slice, a dark plum that's almost aubergine, also matte.
The second row opens with Chanterelle, a golden-yellow mustard shade in matte. To me, that's the color that sums up the whole forest theme. Next up is Fungadelic, the palette's namesake. This is a peachy multichrome that shifts from light gold to green. The third pan is Morels, a warm rust red in matte. And the row closes with Agaric, a deep charcoal that looks almost black, also matte.
Row three is where the party really gets going. Hallucinogenic is the second multichrome: a red base that shifts to green, teal and gold. Next to it, Toadstool, a bright, true red in a matte formula. The third pan is Shiitake, a pink copper with plenty of glitter, and that's a metallic. Closing it out is Mycelium, a bright silver and the palette's third metallic.
The bottom row is the darkest of the four and is entirely matte. Spore is a deep wine red with a berry undertone. Next to it, Cremini, a dark chestnut brown. The third pan is Puffball, a dusty blue-gray that feels surprisingly cool amid all that warm brown. And finally, Gills, a deeper slate blue-gray.
Lastly, something important, and this one really deserves your attention. Singe Beauty itself states that twelve of the sixteen shades in this palette aren't meant for use directly around the eyes. That's Underbrush, Slice, Chanterelle, Fungadelic, Morels, Agaric, Hallucinogenic, Toadstool, Spore, Cremini, Puffball and Gills. Only Enoki, Thicket, Shiitake and Mycelium fall outside that warning. With Paisley Hoot this only applied to two shades, so that's a big difference here. Boozyshop simply sells the palette as eyeshadow, so they're clearly taking a different view on it there. I'm mentioning it mainly so you know and can make your own call.
