Glamour Doll Eyes Review + Swatches pt.1 (mail haul :P)

Heyy ladies,

so I got my first glamour doll eyes order today (2 more to go but I will review those ones together)  the colors are soo pretty!! :-) I am very impressed! As I mentioned in my previous post I bought three shadow towers and two full sized shadows - I have two shadow towers to review one is a 3 shade tower and the other is a four shade tower - Lorris, and Lorena Soo to get right to it!

        

PROS:

- The shipping packaging was a bubble mailer, which surprised me - ive heard of GDE    sending  shadows in regular envelopes :-S
- Shipping was fast, I was surprised
- The textures are nice, they feel very smooth on my brush
- I like the shadow towers it keeps things together, compact, and organized
- The colors are gorgeous!! ♥
- it was packaged with some cute business cards and a sticker! :-)
- She puts a * by shadows that are repackaged so you know what you are getting.
- Customer service was great.

CONS:

- I have heard that they are repackaged - it doesn't bother me too much honestly, but to some people it might matter
- I personally don't like sifter jars
- They are a bit pricey at $9.00 for a full- sized jar, I got mine on sale though so I am not complaining.
- There was no invoice, I don't care - some people might

Would I repurchase? yes! :-)

I can't wait to try the big cities collection.

Now for swatches! :-)

 

From left to Right - Bare naked, Chocoholic, Fabulous - I LOVE these colors, Chocoholic is fab. soo pretty ♥

 

left to right - Family Secret, Graves in May, Unicorn, & Urban trash - my hubby loves family secret and unicorn - he said graves in may is too old-ladyish :-P 

Thanks for looking, I can't wait to try these out :-)

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Pressing Pigments/Eyeshadows - PIC HEAVY!!

Good Morning! 

Last night, I was too excited and I just had to fill my empty palette, I had a bunch of nyx pigments that i had got off of ebay a while back, and i wanted to press them because i was sick of so much fallout when using them! plus the packaging is horrible!! 

I also de-potted some of my shadows and re-potted them 

I will say that it did not turn out the way I had hoped, some of my shadows did that i had de-potted but the nyx pigments are still super soft - well you'll see.

Here is the link that gave me the idea and which i had followed from! I used two tsps. of pigment and 1 tsp of alcohol

http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f47/how-press-your-pigments-broken-eyeshadow-79311.html

1)  Gather Supplies - you need pigments, rubbing alcohol, a small spoon, a small bowl, and empty palette refills.

2) Take your pigment and pour it into the small bowl - I used 2 tsps.

  

3) Pour 1 tsp. alcohol into the pigment

4) Mix the pigment and alcohol together until smooth 

5) Pour your mix into your empty palette refill (this is the only step I dont have a picture for) - - If it is bumpy or has waves i picked it up and gently tapped it on the table. it worked well  to make the mix even and smooth.

6) Now you need to let it sit overnight - 24 hours so that the alcohol evaporates - Then it is ready to be pressed! =) 

7) I used a quarter and a piece of toilet paper to press mine - the quarter fit perfectly into my empty refill. You need to press it REALLY hard - you could even use clamps for this!!

8) And you're done!! 

Now, after I pressed all my shadows - I wanted to test them out a bit. I found that my nyx pigments were still very soft and when i very gently put my brush on it it kind of fell apart

It was the first turquoise color!

But when i used the shadows that I de-potted they didnt crack or break, so i wonder if its just the pigments. 

Hmmm. 

What do you think? What could I have done better to make them more solid?

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