Just played around with my new 4 tints and I LOOOVE them!!
I already have a full face of makeup on, or else I'd try them on my lids. I seriously adore these. At first swipe, they were a little watery... but I kind of stirred my applicator around and shook the tube and it solved the problem. Maybe some settling from shipping? Who know. A little upset in Nordstrom's shipping. They were put in a box with some crumpled paper. When I opened the box, 3 of the 4 of my tints were out of their box!! Luckily they are not fragile. Of the four, I have to say... #8, Flannel is a STUNNER! I couldn't believe my eyes how beautiful and strong the duochrome shift is. While I love all four, Flannel is an easy clear favorite.
#1 Obsidian: Actually looks to be a really dark navy in the tube. I included an extra photo of this one because we haven't seen to many swatches of it. It's perfectly pigmented. In the shade, it looks like a matte black from speaking distance, though it likely is very dark navy. I am quite fair so it's hard to be 100% sure. In the sun, you can see some dimension and holographic shimmer. It wasn't as prominent as #7 or #8. If you sheered it out a little more, the sparkle became much more noticeable.
#7 Shadow: A very pretty lavender-ish gray, though leaning more gray in most lighting. I'm sorry I'm so bad at describing color. This one has a lot of shimmer/sparkle that was hard to capture on camera but showed up very well in person. It's very pretty, and I'm glad I got it. One of my favorite shades of shadows.
@EllaS does a phenomenal job of catching the beauty of this color in her swatches! I need her talent.
#8 Flannel: As I said before, A beautiful shade. This one, I didn't have the "watery" problem with. (Though it was mediated in the other three by shaking as previously stated) It's creamy, and smooth, and so beautiful. It's definitely unique to my stash of eyeshadows. In the shade, it pulls much more pink on me. In indirect sunlight is when you can see the duochrome best. In direct sunlight, it pulls the peach/gold part of the duochrome effect. It was hard to capture in the shade on my wrist. It appears sheer in the swatches, but is most definitely opaque. It blended it out a little and at some angles it's close to my skin tone (oddly...
) Again, the best way to see this beauty in action is a video on Ella's instagram. It truly does look like that IRL!
#10 Senso: A beautiful brown color. When blended out on my wrist, it looked more like a satin/sheen than overly sparkly. This one had a beautiful dimension to it even in the shade! I have a feeling this one is really going to make my blue eyes pop. I can't wait to wear it!
In short..... I want more! They are such beautifully performing products! I thought I could stop at 4... I was wrong. I truly hope they're permanent or else I will go broke with these.
(Again.. so hard to capture the pretty holo shimmer in this one. It's more noticeable in the sun in real life.)
^ This is the shade photo.
Top Left: Shadow
Top Right: Flannel
Bottom Left: Senso
Bottom Right: Obsidian (It's not patchy, I just got excited and the swatch came out a little messy on the edges.
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^ This is the direct sunlight photo.
Top Left: Shadow
Top Right: Flannel
Bottom Left: Senso
Bottom Right: Obsidian
^ Awkward blurry picture that tries to capture the shift in Flannel and how beautiful it is.
^ Indirect sunlight. I was standing in my room with plenty of natural light from my window, but wasn't facing it directly.
Top Left: Shadow
Top Right: Flannel
Bottom Left: Senso
Bottom Right: Obsidian
