Many of you have heard of
Beauties Factory. You can get a lot of the basic eyeshadow and lipgloss palettes there. I already have an 88 palette so I didn't want to get another pre-made palette. Instead, I bought several eyeshadow compacts so I can choose what colours I want to try. They are $1.45 each if you are registered, which I am, or $1.50 each if you aren't registered. I bought 40 compacts and shipping was $0.60. Which is REALLY cheap considering it's international. So my order came to $58 and some change. Not bad for buying 40 huge eyeshadow pans. Everything arrived in about a week which is really fast. It arrived very well packed and everything was correct. No eyeshadows were broken. Everything is just perfect. No complaints.
Here's what the compacts look like:
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They all came sealed
the back
packaging
shows how big these are
These are so large that they won't fit into MAC or Stars Makeup Haven palettes. Beauties Factory has various palettes you can buy to put these into if you choose. I did not buy a palette because I figured I would make one myself.
The eyeshadows have numbers and names listed on the website. But they only came with numbers on them. When I get around to trying a look with these, I will list names instead of numbers. But if anyone wants to know the list of colours with names and their numbers, let me know and I will add it here for you to reference.
In doing these swatches I noticed that they all had different textures based on their finishes. Most of them are shimmery or pearly. A few are matte and a few are sheer. The shimmery ones are easier to work with, while only some of the matte ones were a little weird but not terrible. Basically some of the mattes were softer and a bit chalky, so I had to be more gentle when using my brush to pick up pigment. But with some shimmery ones, I had to press much harder and they were more smooth. However, all of them were completely true to colour and very pigmented.
Here are the swatches which are over Aromaleigh's light primer. You can click to enlarge all pictures.
From left to right: Pure White, Snow White, White, Vanilla Sky, Sake, Skin Tone, Private Garden, Rich Red, Amazing Grace, Tango, The Jewel, Remember Me?, Fading Memory
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From left to right: Lilac, Violet, Fuschia, Paris Night, Ocean Pacific, The Pivate (do they mean Private?), Miss You, Navy, Plumage, Blue Eyes, Emerald, Atlantic, Star Dust
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From left to right: Chill-Out, Yu, Forest, Herbal, Green, Mermaid, Noble Green, Lime, Bling Bling, Gaze, Gold Vintage, Tropical Punch
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From left to right: Black Ring, Black (matte)
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I would say these are just OK for now. I really love many of the colours (Plumage being my fav) so I will play with these for a while before I come back with a better review for you all.
I really couldn't find much about these online. Seems like no one has blogged about them or swatched them. Which is partially why I wanted to try them. Have you tried these? See anything you like?
If you have any questions or comments, please let me know. :-)
~BLIX
Here's the list of colour names with their numbers (I realized I needed to do it for myself anyway).
Pure White 401
Snow White 501
White 402
Vanilla Sky 503
Sake 504
Skin Tone 573
Private Garden 465
Rich Red 480
Amazing Grace 561
Tango 563
The Jewel 551
Remember Me? 557
Fading Memory 457
Lilac 458
Violet 460
Fuschia 462
Paris Night 463
Ocean Pacific 554
The Pivate 447
Miss You 536
Navy 448
Plumage 548
Blue Eyes 452
Emerald 534
Atlantic 547
Star Dust 453
Chill-Out 532
Yu 531
Forest 540
Herbal 539
Green 438
Mermaid 525
Noble Green 440
Lime 425
Bling Bling 517
Gaze 518
Gold Vintage 520
Tropical Punch 524
Black Ring 507
Black 408
