Welcome back, everyone! Since I was so impressed with the texture of Dawn Eyes Cosmetic's eyeshadows, I decided to make another small order. I've been intrigued by Gold Gilded Blue for such a long time, it's one of the shadows that first put them on the radar. However, it had been discontinued for awhile before I discovered DEC. Luckily for me, Dawn actually does remake discontinued shadows, and only charges $1 extra for it. I ended up emailing her for an invoice of my choices and she shipped it out on the same day I paid!
I received these about 2-3 days after shipping and noticed that Gold Gilded Blue had leaked a bit. Her full sized jars come with a sifter sticker and is also shrink wrapped. Somehow, the shadow ended up leaking from the sifter rim so it was a bit messy to clean up. I carefully took out the sifter to avoid further problems.
Enough talk; onto the swatches!
Swatches done over ELF Essential Primer (click to enlarge)
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| Gold Gilded Blue |
Gold Gilded Blue: shimmery blue-tinted gold. Now I normally don't wear this kind of color, but there was just so much hype surrounding its beauty. I don't regret this purchase one bit. It has an extremely buttery texture and is very pigmented. I can't wait to start playing around with this!
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| Spearmint Peppermint |
Spearmint Peppermint: super pale pink with light green sparkles
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| Mossy Mauve |
Mossy Mauve: dusty rose with slight green sheen
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| Hellenic Fire |
Hellenic Fire: fiery red with strong orange overlay. This is another color that I don't normally wear or go for, but it's always strongly recommended so I decided to pick it up. Oh my goodness, this shadow is
beautiful. It really does look fiery; the red shows up a lot more in real person. I look forward to playing with this as well.
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| Mystic Ocean |
Mystic Ocean: purple loaded with green sparkles. This shadow is absolutely beautiful. It really took my breath away and I want to use this everyday. Trust me when I say pictures don't do it justice,
at all.
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| Northern Lights |
Northern Lights: plum with blue shimmers. This was the one I was most excited to receive and it certainly is stunning. However, it's a huge testament to DEC's shadows when I say I was way more excited about a few other shades than this one. That doesn't mean that Northern Lights wasn't up to par, it just means the other shades totally blew my expectations out of the water.
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| Daylight: Fleeting Flame, Hellenic Fire, Mystic Ocean, Northern Lights |
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| Flash: Fleeting Flame, Hellenic Fire, Mystic Ocean, Northern Lights |
Free Samples
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| Momo |
Momo: sparkly champagne. This is one of the Kate's Colors and would make a very pretty inner corner highlight.
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| Fire Witch |
Fire Witch: brick red with strong green sheen. This is so gorgeous! The green duochrome is a LOT more apparent in person. I have no idea how I could have missed this shadow while perusing her site.
I must have more.
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| Two Faced |
Two Faced: periwinkle with pink sheen
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| Genteel |
Genteel: metallic silver. This shadow has a very buttery texture.
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| Daylight: Momo, Fire Witch, Two Faced, Genteel |
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| Flash: Momo, Fire Witch, Two Faced, Genteel |
As you can tell, DEC's eyeshadows are definitely impressive and pigmented. I absolutely cannot wait to make more orders. I think I might purchase her entire inventory just to do a huge swatch post on them. Since most of the shadow samples are .50 cents; it shouldn't run my bank account
too much, right?? I've already made another Kate's Color order, so I may wait until that is finished until I buy everything she has.
Have you tried Dawn Eyes yet? Which shadow would you recommend for me?
- Jolie ♥
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