Glamour Doll Eyes Swatches/Reviews

So Vanessa of Glamour Doll Eyes was kind enough to send me some sample jars of eyeshadow to review, so what follows are swatches and my own opinions of the shadows I received.

Vanessa allowed me to go through the website and pick out the shades I wanted to check out, which was quite difficult as I was lusting after quite a few of them. After much debate I decided on the following shades:

Heedless Heart
Undead
Fiji Mermaid
Veteran
Tattooed
Stellar

Onward with the swatches! They were all swatched over Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk (please excuse the edges where you can see the base peaking out).

As for quality, they all went on quite nicely, very smooth and are beautifully pigmented. Please note the shades with blue-ish bases do tend to stain (which is very typical).

Description from the website:

Heedless Heart is an almost metallic rose gold.

I saw Heedless Heart on the website and knew I had to have it in my life, I can never have enough rose gold and this one is absolutely gorgeous! Look at how metallic that looks in the photos! It's easily one of my absolute favorites of the bunch. Spoiler alert! I'm actually wearing this one today. Just lovely!

Description from the website:

Undead is a black with red undertones/sheen, however, some have said that it as a maroonish color to it.

This one also went on smoothly, just look how pigment it is! I definitely agree that this color comes off as a very deep maroon and I think this would be absolutely fantastic as a liner.

Description from the website:

Fiji Mermaid - this greenish blue tells the story of a commonly used sideshow act. The Fiji Mermaid is alive and real with with green shimmer undertones, reminiscent of scales. 

This one is such an intense color! I agree with the description, this definitely reminds me of scales. This one is also one of my favorites (I'm a sucker for blue-ish greens and green-ish blues), and I can't wait to actually wear it. 

Description from the website:

Veteran is a shimmery dark navy blue with lots of red sparkle. 

This is a beautiful straight up blue, and I think this one is aptly named. The red sparkles are a very nice touch and of course almost look to lean purple just because they are against the blue. I think the shimmer is done really well with this one, not too heavily done so the blue can really shine. Just beautiful.

Description from the website:

Tattooed is a very unique blend of matte and shimmer. This color includes a bright blue mixed with a gorgeous shimmery purple. 

This one wasn't quite as smoothly applied as the others (as you can see with the slight patchiness), but still a beautiful combination of colors and still very intensely pigmented. Lately I've been on a purple kick, so this definitely helped fill that need.

Description from the website:

Stellar is a very unique blend of matte and shimmer. This color includes a matte black mixed with a shimmery pink and purple.

This is another one that would be a fantastic liner. Intensely pigmented and comes across as a very dark purple with shimmer. When I applied it, I was actually a bit surprised by how dark it ended up being since it looks a bit brighter in the jar (not that this is a con AT ALL). This is a very beautiful shadow.

Final thoughts: I'm very happy with the choices I made on shadows and I will definitely be placing an order with Glamour Doll Eyes in the future. They are absolutely lovely and have such beautiful pigmentation. Like other loose shadows, fallout is present with these. Also, these were done over the Nyx Jumb Eye Pencil in Milk so there would be a sticky base for them to adhere to and to really show off the shimmer. If anybody's interested I could do bare skin swatches as well, just let me know!

Thanks for reading!

Disclaimer: These were free from Glamour Doll Eyes but the opinions are my own and the fact that they were free didn't alter my opinions.

Darling Girl Eyeshadow Leaking Jar Fix

Earlier today in r/indiemakeupandmore it was pointed out the slight leaking issue that the Darling Girl square eyeshadow jars have (reference post). Now, I'd noticed this before, but it wasn't that huge of a deal in my particular case. It might have helped that I left the sifters in the jars as they didn't bother me too much (I know there are some people who hate them, which is a completely valid opinion and personal preference), but nonetheless I had always noticed that when opening the jar there was always a bit of eyeshadow that inevitably ended up around the threads of the jar and falling out causing a bit of a mess and just a waste of product. Decided to see if I could possibly find a solution to this issue and tried putting teflon plumber's tape (which is usually applied to threaded pipes/fittings to seal them better and has also been known to help sealing up perfume sample vials for shipping) on the threading of the jar to see if I could get a tighter seal. I documented the process below in case anybody wanted to see my results.

Teflon tape is VERY cheap (easily less than two bucks) and can be found at any store that has even a minimal DIY section.

Now, I wrapped the tape around about 3 times and it seemed I got a much tighter and more secure feeling seal on the jar. 

Prior to putting the teflon tape on, closing and opening the jar always felt a bit... gritty/rough, like it wasn't seated quite right. Afterwards, the lid seemed to close much more easily it was no longer rough feeling at all. And it also seemed like it could take another layer or so of teflon without ending up with too much.

Now I know it's not the best looking or the most ideal way to handle the situation, and I obviously haven't done thorough testing, but it preliminary results are quite promising and maybe this would help out anybody whose been having similar issues who doesn't want to move the product into different jars. It didn't take very long and it didn't cost much, so I'd recommend at least trying it. Let me know if you do and how it worked out for you or if you find a better solution!

Thanks for reading!