Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! I hope you're having fun whether you're spending time with your partner, friends, or family :) I'm home alone so I figured I might as well get my February subscription reviews out. I have Innocent+Twisted Alchemy's Feb box for you guys and I actually really liked it! It came in an adorable heart envelope with some lipstick tape. For this month, we had three beautiful eyeshadows from I+T and several other indie samples.
Pictures taken in daylight and swatched over Notoriously Morbid Shadow Bind (top half) and ELF Essential Primer (bottom half)
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| Pearls Before Wine |
Pearls Before Wine: ballet slipper pink with gold shimmers. This is a very pretty and very feminine color. I didn't expect to like it because I don't usually go for pinks, but this changed my mind. It's very subtle and glowy.
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| Opulent Liaisons |
Opulent Liaisons: beautiful light purple with pink sheen and gold sparkles. I knew right off the bat that I was going to love this color. It was so beautiful in the jar and has a stunning duochromes. I'm not a big fan of purple, but this one really caught my eye.
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| Rococo Flush |
Rococo Flush: shimmery rose with gold sparkles. This is a color that's more up my alley; I haven't used it yet but I can tell it'll be beautiful and pigmented on the lids.
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| Capricorn |
Capricorn: satin lilac with pink and gold shimmers. This is a sample from new indie company, Dark Matter Makeup, which I have swatched and reviewed
here. Capricorn is a sample from their newly released Zodiac Collection which I received samples for and will swatch later on as well. This color is very pretty but does benefit over a sticky base.
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| Vintage |
Vintage: beautiful matte mauve. This is a sample from Blackbird Cosmetics, which is famous for their matte shadows. I can definitely see why, Vintage was silky and pigmented. I can't wait to try this out on my lids. I'm not a fan of matte shadows, but I might have to give Blackbird a try.
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| Debutante |
Debutante: shimmery peach blush. This is a blush sample from Dreamworld Hermetica and I swatched it over bare skin. I haven't tried Dreamworld's blushes but this one was great; silky and pigmented.
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| Roses are #FF0000 |
Roses are #FF0000: pigmented candy apple red. Last, but certainly not least, is a balm from AFK Cosmetics! They're one of the newer companies I tried out and I absolutely love them! AFK has great eyeshadows and their balms are actually my favorite indie balms, very moisturizing and pigmented. This balm smells like strawberry candy and is super pigmented. I also love the card it came with, so nerdy and cute :)
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| Daylight: Pearls Before Wine, Opulent Liaisons, Rococo Flush, Capricorn, Vintage, Debutante, Roses are #FF0000 |
Bonus EOTD!
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| Pearls Before Wine (inner corner), Opulent Liaisons (lid), and Aromaleigh's Do I Know You? (outer v + crease) all over Notoriously Morbid's Shadow Bind |
I was super happy with this month's box! Last month I had hoped that Linda would come out with a more variety of shades and she actually listens to customers, which is awesome. I loved every single color in this month's box and they all performed wonderfully. The samples from other companies were awesome as well, and went great with the I+T colors. If all future boxes will be as great as this one, I don't think I'll ever unsubscribe from it!
- Jolie ♥
These shades are sooo pretty! I especially like Rococo Flush and Pearls Before Wine, those are great V-day shades.
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They definitely are beautiful! I was very surprised by how much I liked those shades since I generally don't do rosy colors. I haven't used Rococo Flush yet, but I know it'll be great :) I do love the name Pearls Before Wine though.
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