Swatch My Eye Shadow Part 3: Notoriously Morbid

Who knew I could actually make it through and swatch all the eyeshadows I have? I sure didn't! So here's the last installation. Notoriously Morbid is another one of my favourite indie companies, simply because her duochromes are insanely beautiful. I am a sucker for them, it's true. She often has a 'Free Day Friday' promotion which includes free shipping, free eye shadow minis, or sometimes a free lip balm. Definitely add them on Facebook to keep up to date with whatever it is she's offering.

This isn't my whole NM collection, since I swatched a few shadows in a previous post here, but it's everything I haven't shown before. Gorgeous stuff ahead!

From Left: Hearts of Black Lace, Garmonbozia, Witch with a Wand, Look Upon Me

Hearts of Black Lace: A blackened burgundy. Definitely needs primer to get the gorgeous red undertone.
Garmonbozia: A corn yellow with a chestnut undertone and a frigid blue shift. Couldn't get the shift to show in photos for the life of me but it's GORGEOUS and one of my favourite shadows.
Witch with a Wand: A gorgeously perfect cotton candy pink.
Look Upon Me: A metallic dusty mauve with slight blue shift.

From Left: Hallow's Eve, Shadow of Things, Bram, Walks in the Moonlight

Hallow's Eve: A black base with gold and copper shimmer and slight red shift. 

Shadow of Things: A dark, metallic green with aqua sparkles.

Bram: A darkened silver with slight blue shift.

Walks in the Moonlight: A dark grey-purple with shifts of green and a touch of pink.

Look at those duochromes, so pretty! You can find Notoriously Morbid here and be sure to follow them on Facebook to get information on all their Friday deals.

Swatch My Eye Shadow Part 2: Shiro Cosmetics

Ah, Shiro. Yet another popular and highly praised brand that is completely worthy of it's mass following. Caitlin's eyeshadows are based on various nerdy fandoms and there's sure to be something that tickles your fancy. Whether it's the gorgeous Hobbit and Game of Thrones collection, or the playful Pokemon and Minecraft collections, Shiro has almost every colour of the spectrum accounted for. I don't own as many of her shadows as I wish I did, but one of these days I'll get around to updating my collection. You can find Shiro here.

All swatches have a swipe of UDPP at the top and bare skin on the bottom.

From left: Kaepora Gaebora, Hodor, Master of Whispers, I Tried

From left: Kaepora Gaebora, Hodor, Master of Whispers, I Tried

Kaepora Gaebora: Shimmery taupe over a light brown base.

Hodor: Medium near-matte taupe.

Master of Whispers: Soft golden shimmer shining through pale lilac.
I Tried: A gorgeous, glittery rose-gold.

From left: Mother of Dragons, King Under the Mountain,
Climbing Chaos, Epona

From left: Mother of Dragons, King Under the Mountain,
Climbing Chaos, Epona

Mother of Dragons: Silvered royal purple over a blood-red base.

King Under the Mountain: Rich brown-grey, filled with silver and sky-blue sparkles.

Climbing Chaos: Rich velvety brown with a warm metallic copper-bronze shine.

Epona: Soft velvety brown with a misty cream overlay.

From left: War of Five Armies, Badger, Yzma's Essence of Llama

From left: War of Five Armies, Badger, Yzma's Essence of Llama

War of Five Armies: Near-matte, the darkened red-brown.
Badger: Shimmery blackened chocolate with gold sparks.
Yzma's Essence of Llama: Dark plum purple with coppery gold duochrome.

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.