Victorian Disco Sale Haul

Yes, I know I said I wasn't going to order more eye shadow until I posted my last bit of my collection swatches. To be fair I did order this before I instituted that no-buy, so I swear I didn't break down and purchase something. More on that bit later though.

Victorian Disco is an indie eye shadow company that has many collections based off of various nerdy fandoms. There's a Sailor Moon collection, a Studio Ghibli collection, as well as eye shadows making fun of Twilight and other such things. Their colour offerings are plentiful and if you can have the patience required for their occasionally long TAT it's worth the wait. I took the plunge at the beginning of April when they had their flash sale, and for the most part I wasn't disappointed.

I ordered minis and samples in jars of Keeper of the Forest, Jedi Council, Aura, Bella's Range of Emotions, Artist's Cottage, and Bus Stop. The free samples I received were Sailor Mars and Sailor Pluto. I was over zealous and pressed Sailor Pluto, Artist's Cottage, and Bus Stop before this review.

From Left: Aura, Jedi Council, Keeper of the Forest

From Top: Aura, Jedi Council, Keeper of the Forest

Aura is a lovely pale pink with a slight lavender shimmer. It was hard to get it to show up properly but it would be the perfect highlight shade. Similar to Shiro's Master of Whispers, but definitely more pink.

Jedi Council is a light grey with a white shimmer and silver sparkles.

Keeper of the Forest is a matte gunmetal grey. At first look I thought it and Jedi Council were close in colour but KotF leans more blue. It is definitely the perfect 'Totoro grey'.

From Left: Bella's Range of Emotions, Bus Stop, Artist's Cottage

I couldn't for the life of me get the duochromes of Bus Stop and Artist's Cottage to show up in the arm swatches (you can kind of see the green but barely) so I included the finger swatches below.

From Left: Artist's Cottage, Bus Stop, Bella's Range of Emotions

Bella's Range of Emotions is a deep brown matte. I was so happy to find an indie neutral brown since so many of my mattes lean more red.

Bus Stop is a deep brown base with a gold duochrome.

Artist's Cottage is a brown base with a green duochrome. It is absolutely gorgeous and part of me worries pressing it took away some of it's beauty. I may have to reorder it.

From Left: Sailor Mars, Sailor Pluto

Sailor Mars is a black base with a gorgeous red shift. I'm not huge on dark shades but this one is gorgeous.

Sailor Pluto is a emerald green base with violet sparks. Also gorgeous. Best samples ever. Both hugely improve with the use of a primer, as you can see at the bottom.

So overall Victorian Disco impressed me. Their shadows are gorgeous and pigmented, though some of the mattes I found slightly difficult to apply compared to some other companies. The only downside to my order was that it took over a month to get to me, past the TAT of 4 weeks. I ordered April 8th and got the package May 24th. It looks like her TAT has improved though so I'm willing to gamble and make another order when the time comes. Especially since some of her duochromes are absolutely gorgeous.

You can find Victorian Disco Cosmetics here.

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