Review/Swatches: Aromaleigh Halloween 2014 Diavoli Eyeshadow Collection

Ah, the collection many of you have been waiting for!

Aromaleigh's description of this collection:
"Aromaleigh Halloween 2014 presents the “DIAVOLI” collection. Diavoli translates to devil in Italian, and this collection is inspired by the devilish demons of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. There’s 13 colors inspired by the Malebranche of the 8th circle of Hell, which in italian is called “Malebolge”, which translates to “evil ditches”.  The Malebranche (which means “evil claws”) were 13 devilish demons who patrolled the 5th Bolgia. (only 12 are named in the Inferno). Bolgia 5 was where extortionists, blackmailers, politicians and unscrupulous businessmen: sinners who used their positions in life to gain personal wealth or other advantages for themselves) are punished by being thrown into a river of boiling tar. Should they try to escape, the Malebranche, armed with grappling hooks and barbs, stand guard over them.  Visual inspiration comes from my own reader’s eye, as well as illustrations and paintings by Gustav Doré, Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni di Paolo and Giovanni Stradano.
The shades in this collection all feature a plush matte base with strong color-traveling duochrome/multichrome pigments. You can experience this color traveling effect by altering the angle of light as it reflects off your eyeshadow. The easiest way to do this is to move your jar/swatched skin underneath a direct light source, such as a desk lamp. As you move it, you’ll see the color switch from one to another. The effect is very dramatic in some shades."

Get ready to "ooh" and "ah" as you look through the swatches!

Click below for the pictures!

I swatched these on the back of my hand with Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy Primer.

From the top left going clockwise: Malebranche, Calcabrina, Barbariccia, Libicocco and Draghignazzo

 direct sunlight

 direct sunlight at an angle

 indirect natural light

 indirect natural light at an angle

 with flash

 with flash at an angle

From the top left going clockwise: Farfarello, Graffiacane, Cagnazzo and Malacoda

 direct sunlight

 direct sunlight at an angle

 indirect natural light

 indirect natural light at an angle

 with flash

 with flash at an angle

 From the top left going clockwise: Alichino, Ciriatto, Rubicante and Scarmiglione

 direct sunlight

 direct sunlight at an angle

 indirect natural light

 indirect natural light at an angle

 with flash

with flash at an angle

Here are some looks I have put together using this collection.

 More pictures of this look and what I used to create it, are posted HERE.

 

More pictures of this look and what I used to create it, are posted HERE.

 

More pictures of this look and what I used to create it, are posted HERE.

 

I had a hell of a time going through the photos of swatches, trying to decide which ones to use in this post! Since the shadows change colors in different angles and light, I got confused several times! There is quite the color shift in them, so looking at them through the baggies, directly at the loose shadow, swatched on skin and worn on the eyes, they take on a different look. You really have to try these out for yourself to see the true beauty of each one. They were not exaggerating in their description. These babies are saturated with color changing awesomeness!
I believe some of the darker shades would be lovely applied wet as eyeliner. I will test this out soon and come back and add the pictures when I can. Until then, go check out Aromaleigh's Diavoli Collection which is currently on sale!

Now this is something I mentioned in my review of the Dryades collection that absolutely applies to this collection as well. "A good thing that I noticed when doing some makeup looks, was that even when blending, the shimmers and duochrome don't rub off a lot. That's a common problem with duochrome/shimmery shadows. Blending can wipe away most or even all of the shimmers and multicolored finishes. But I didn't experience much of that with the shadows I have tried. My technique for applying such shadows involves patting the product on and then gently blending with a soft brush." 

I hope you enjoyed this review and found it helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know.

I received this collection from Aromaleigh for review purposes. All opinions here are honest and my own.