Dawn Eyes Cosmetics: Review | Swatches

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I was directed to Dawn Eyes Cosmetics for an awesome Black Friday sale, along with a number of reviews courtesy of some lovely beauty bloggers. Black Friday seemed like the perfect opportunity to try Dawn Eyes Cosmetics {DEC for short}, so what follows is my order from back in November. Yeah, I'm a little ashamed of how long it took to get this up, but...you know, life happens.

:::  THE SPECS  :::

One thing I like about the DEC website is that they have a whole bunch of raw-format swatch images available if you need to see colors from more than one angle before making a decision. The website itself is kind of crazy to navigate through and very visually busy, but I didn't find it too hard to make a purchase in the end. At the time of my order, everything in the store was half off; so samples that are usually $1.00 for 1/8-tsp in baggies were only $0.50 per sample when I ordered {hence why I bought so much at once}. Though I didn't order any full-size eyeshadows, you can get any of the colors in full sizes for $6.00 each. Shipping-wise, I paid $2.00 and received my order earlier than the stated TAT and shipping timeframe posted during the holidays, which I thought was awesome.

:::  THE PICTURES  :::

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:::  THE OPINIONS  :::

I'm on the fence with my order from DEC. Some of the colors are really pretty, and apply quite nicely; conversely, some of the colors that I was looking forward to the most ended up being much more sheer than I anticipated. For instance, Holographic Pale Purple, Lively Lavender, Shock Value, Basic Blue Gold and Electric Lavender {so mostly the purple shades} were pretty sheer, even when layered over primer and a base. I would have liked to see a bit more depth to the range of colors that I purchased, but there were some stand-outs that I did like. Keepin' It Copper, Amourous and Metallic Lavender Sparkle were opaque and applied really nicely. I've also worn Conch and Amazing Base quite a few times as a light wash of color layered under other colors.

I'll probably place another order sometime down the road and give it another shot with a different selection of colors just to compare. Have you tried Dawn Eyes Cosmetics? What were some of your favorite shadows?

Stay Fabulous!