Here's another Victorian Disco review! They were having a Black Friday sale (called Pink Weekend there) which included a discount coupon, a free Pink Friday shadow with every order, and several other goodies if you spend over a specific amount. This was my second time ordering so I wanted to pick up a few more samples. However, something happened during the checkout process and I couldn't purchase from the site so I messaged the owner on Facebook. Ashley was nice enough to stick by me throughout my order and sent me an invoice over PayPal.
A few weeks went by and my order hadn't been processed. She messaged me once again and figured out that since I paid through PayPal, my invoice was put into another pile so she packaged my things right away with a few extra samples for my wait. I thought that was really nice and I didn't even mind the extra wait :)
I got my tracking number pretty quickly, but USPS was having lots of problems because of the snowstorm so my package was delayed a lot. When I finally received my order, I found out that the Pink Weekend shadow wasn't included (sadface); I think it sold out or something, oh well. It didn't really distract me from all the pretties I got and I swatched them all immediately.
Pictures taken under daylight bulb and swatches done over ELF Essential Primer (click to enlarge)
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| Sailor Moon (Usagi) |
Sailor Moon (Usagi): shimmery white gold
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| The Amazing Bouncing Ferret |
The Amazing Bouncing Ferret: shimmery white gold with red sheen. This is similar to Sailor Moon, but it's a bit more pigmented.
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| /Flex |
/Flex: shimmery light pinky nude.
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| Bro, Do You Even Lift? |
Bro, Do You Even Lift?: shimmery light gray-purple. The site describes it as, "
gorgeous light beige with golden sparkles". I wonder why we vary so much haha, it's still a pretty shade though.
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| Fallen Survivor |
Fallen Survivor: sparkly light lavender.
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| The Life Binder |
The Life Binder: brick red-brown with gold sparkles. This one is very pigmented.
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| Lollerskatez |
Lollerskatez: silver with green sheen and rainbow sparkles. This was an interesting one, I wondered why I bought this because it looked to be a normal silver in the baggie. Once applied, the rainbow sparkles are apparent and it's really pretty.
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| Mojo |
Mojo: pretty cornflower blue with aqua sparkles. [No swatch available due to it being ruined from pressing.]
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| Mage Quarter |
Mage Quarter: violet with purple glitter. This one is beautiful, pigmented, and extremely glittery. [No swatch available due to it being ruined from pressing.]
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| Malfoy's Bloody Nose |
Malfoy's Bloody Nose: pigmented dark brown with red glitter. This shade is very glittery.
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| Angry Italian Vampires |
Angry Italian Vampires: pigmented matte brown-black with red sparkles.
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| Torchwood |
Torchwood: matte dark brown with tons of blue glitter. This is very pigmented and super glittery.
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| AY SEXY LADY!! |
AY SEXY LADY!!: matte charcoal with tons of rainbow glitter. This is also super pigmented and glittery.
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| Safe House |
Safe House: shimmery plum. This was my free sample and it's very smooth and pigmented.
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| Kidnap Sandy Claws |
Kidnap Sandy Claws: intensely pigmented matte black with rainbow shimmers. This was my other free sample.
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| Daylight: Not My Daughter You B*tch!, Torchwood, AY SEXY LADY!!, Safe House, Kidnap Sandy Claws |
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| Flash: Not My Daughter You B*tch!, Torchwood, AY SEXY LADY!!, Safe House, Kidnap Sandy Claws |
Now, I was never too fond of glittery colors and tend to stay away from them. Ashley makes such pretty glittery/sparkly shades that she might have turned me over! I'm in love with most of the darker shades with rainbow sparkles. And if I haven't mentioned it yet, her customer service is absolutely stellar. I've spoken to her so much over Facebook message and she always responds really quickly. The only issue I had with my package was not receiving the Pink Friday shade, but she told me it was a bright neutral - so I guess I'm okay with skipping out on that.
Exciting news - she just put up her Crystalline Affections collection up again. It's a limited edition Valentine's collection celebrating the couples from various Final Fantasy games. I never played those when I was younger, but I always appreciated the romantic storylines. I picked a few of those up, so I'll have another review soon (maybe). She also released her new Adventure Time collection! Now this one I was super excited for because the show is really weird and chock full of colors. I was hoping she'd have a shade after my favorite character, BMO, and she does. I picked up a few samples from that collection along with the February subscription, so...there's going to be another review. Heh. So much for my no/low-buy, eh?
- Jolie ♥
I got a bunch of stuff from VD around Black Friday and experienced similar waiting times, unfortunately. But shipping delays aside, can I say that Mage Quarter is gorgeous? I got that as one of my gifts-with-purchase and I LOVE it. I'm fond of glitter though. :)
ReplyDeleteHave you gotten your package yet? I'm not sure how the weather is in your area, but in NYC there have been on-and-off snowstorms and it's really screwing up USPS :( Mage Quarter is amazingly pigmented! I'm not sure what I was thinking when I added it to my cart (it's not a color I normally wear), but I'm glad I did! VDC really does amazing glitter/sparkle shades and I might order more :D
DeleteWhat did you end up ordering?
I'm in NYC too. But yep, I did get the package eventually! I didn't choose Mage Quarter (I said "surprise me" with the freebies) but it ended up being one of my favorites. I got samples and minis of too much stuff to list... I haven't been able to really try all of it yet. I'm particularly excited about the Sirocco collection though, which has a lot of sparkle but a few mattes too.
DeleteI really love that she has a Sirocco collection! This is the only indie shop I've seen with an actual Miyazaki collection and I love them for it. I've put off getting Bus Stop for so long because I own browns, but I couldn't resist getting a color inspired by the adorable CatBus :)
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