Unfortunately, I was halfway through doing my makeup to go out when I got these, so there's no FOTD yet. I can promise there will be one soon. The moment I noticed the Lime Crime stamp upon the white envelope, the rest of my makeup was thrown aside while I tested them out. As you can probably tell, I was excited to receive these!
So what's all the fuss about? Some of you may have stumbled across Doe Deeres makeup tutorials a few years ago. Her looks were bright, colourful, and filled with glitter. Fast forwards to 09, and I hear that she has her own line of multi-coloured makeup. After seeing the swatches on her site, I was sold. So I scrimped and saved, and finally ordered four magic dusts:
(from top to bottom)
Primadona, a hot pink
Circus Girl, a bright yellow
Lime Criminal, a lime green
Siren, a bright red
On the left are the shadows applied wet, and on the right, dry. No base.
Let me tell you now, I'm in love.
Primadona looks kind of coral-ly in the jar, but once applied is a beautiful shimmering pink. It's quite soft when applied dry, perfect for a pretty every day look.
I was a little disappointed when I first applied Circus Girl and Lime Criminal dry. Then I applied them wet, and wow, that really does make all the difference. Circus Girl is a wonderful bright yellow with a slight gold shine to it. Lime Criminal is fantastically bright, true lime green, which I can't wait to try out. I'm sure these two will look great together.
Siren has to be my favourite of the lot. I've been disappointed with a fair few red shadows in the past, but not this one. In some lights it's an almost brick red, but the moment the light catches it, you get a fantastic flash of bright red. The photo really doesn't do it justice. And this one is bright when applied dry too. I'm seriously in love with this shadow.
I know I've heard people complaining about the price for the amount of product. The magic dusts are $12, which is just over £7, which I don't think is bad at all (but then again, as a UK'er, I'm used to paying lots for makeup). You probably get about 1/2, maybe 2/3 about as much as you get in a Barry M dazzle dust. However, I prefer these much more than dazzle dusts. They're more finely milled and they stick to the skin much better. I gave away my dazzle dusts. There's no way I'll be doing the same with these! Here's a quick size comparison, with a MAC fluidline pot, and a 2 pence piece.
As I haven't had a chance to test these out properly yet, I can't say how long they hold up. I have decided I'll be going out on Friday night, simply so I have an excuse to test these out (and show them off!). But my first impressions are that they're a good quality product, and highly pigmented. If they're as good as I think they're going to be, I'll be buying more.
You can get magic dusts from here. At the moment there's 20% off. Presales for the new lipstick line start September 1st, and from the sneaky looks we've seen on Doe's blog they look like they're gonna be colours that make you stand out from the crowd (Airborne Unicorn will be mine!).
For all you UK'ers, delivery took 12 days and only cost $5.
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