Swatch My Eye Shadow Part 1: Aromaleigh

A few weeks ago I promised myself that I had to swatch my current collection of indie eyeshadows before I bought anymore since I was starting to see doubles pop up unexpectedly. Nothing is worse to me then to buy a new colour from a company and notice you already have one almost exactly the same from someone else, so this is my attempt to stop this. Also to try and not spend money on things I don't need, but we'll see how well that goes.

First up is Aromaleigh. They were my first indie company that I purchased from since they have some really good sales through out the week, and I found it easier to bite the bullet on 50 cent samples than $1.00 samples. Every Monday they have 50% off a collection, while every Thursday you can find 25% off various collections. Not bad at all. They have a crazy amount of colours in mattes, lustres, glitters, etc. so you're guaranteed to find something you like. You can find them here online.

I've tried to organize these according to collection though the first swatches aren't since I only had two from one and another from a separate collection. Everything else is sorted properly.

On to the swatches! All are swatched with UDPP on top and bare skin underneath.

(From L-R: Password Protected, So Changeable, Ma'at)

Password Protected and So Changeable are from the Brilliant Deductions collection, while Ma'at is from the Ancient Magick collection.

(From L-R: Password Protected, So Changeable, Ma'at)

Password Protected: A light mauve with copper shimmer and gold sparks.
So Changeable: A nice light brown with gold shimmer.
Ma'at: A soft brown with rose gold glitter.

(From L-R: Island of Misfit Toys, Azimuth, Crocus in the Snow,
Skeleton Key, Et Tu Brute?, Gaslight Tears)

All of these shadows are from the Monthly Special Edition Shades. These are limited edition but seem to hang around until their supplies run out so many are still available if you want to snatch them up.

(From L-R: Island of Misfit Toys, Azimuth, Crocus in the Snow,
Skeleton Key, Et Tu Brute?, Gaslight Tears)

Island of Misfit Toys: A soft nude without noticeable glitter. A good highlight colour.

Azimuth: A soft taupe with a green/blue shift in certain lights. 

Crocus in the Snow: A silvery grey with violet sparks.

Skeleton Key: A grey with gold shimmer and tons of blue and violet sparks. Very glittery.

Et Tu Brute?: Bright purple with slight red shift and red sparks. Definitely need to use primer.

Gaslight Tears: A grey-violet with silver and gold sparks. Very glittery.

You can really see the glitter in Skeleton Key and Gaslight Tears
in this photo. So pretty!

(From L-R: Clotilda, Honoria, Boudicca, Lagertha, Aethelflaed)

And finally the Ignis Antiquita collection. I think if I had to pick a favourite collection it would be close between this one and the Hannibal collection. Gorgeous pigmented colours in a wide spectrum that I find hard to resist to buy. I would definitely recommend them. Plus, who doesn't like eye shadow based off amazing historical ladies?

(From L-R: Clotilda, Honoria, Boudicca, Lagertha, Aethelflaed)

Clotilda: A muted grey with slight lavender shift.
Honoria: A soft lavender with a gorgeous silver shimmer.
Boudicca: A rusted red with slight magenta shift, only noticeable in certain lights.
Lagertha: A fiery copper-orange with a slight gold shimmer.
Aethelflaed: A cool deep green with silver shimmer.

And that's that. There's so many more collections I want to try after my no-buy is over, especially the Hannibal collection, but I still have two more companies I need to highlight before I do so. Shiro and Notoriously Morbid are the others in the queue, so keep an eye out for those posts in due time.

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