Guys, blogging is hard. And that explains the year long hiatus on a blog that was never very frequent to begin with. But seeing as I occasionally do reviews on Reddit, I’ll strive to put those reviews on this blog. You know, for aesthetics.

I tend to only blog, review, or do swatches when I’m stressed out or procrastinating (I am literally the queen of procrastination). And here I find myself in another predicament. Super stressed Christine feels like she needs to be productive but is out of jars so she can’t stock and she’s done everything else for the new collection (labels and placing those labels on jars) so now it’s just a waiting game until UPS decides to show its face. For once I am actually ahead of schedule! Alright, let’s get onto the review.

A few weeks ago Let’s be real, it’s been a good month and a half, I received a lovely little surprise package in the mail from one of my customers (let’s call her M from now on). We were chatting and I mentioned that I had never tried Glamour Doll Eyes before. And lo and behold, a Glamour Doll Eyes package arrived in the mail! Seriously, I am cherishing these ever since my traumatic purge of my indie collection to raise funds for my ailing car. (Good news, the car is fixed!).

I got 5 eyeshadows – 3 full size jars and 2 sample jars. I am really loving the look of Glamour Doll Eyes’ packaging. The labels are on tight and feel super professional (note to Christine: gotta get on that), everything came shrink wrapped and I was happy to report that there was no leakage at all!

Along with the goodies, I also got 2 free samples. I’m not good with bags so I’ll probably depot them.

Okay on to the fun part – the swatches!

M did a fantastic job at picking out colours for me. How did she know that I love neutrals and purples?! There literally isn’t a colour here that I wouldn’t wear.

The full arm of swatches. Can I just say how satisfying it is when you peel off the tape and reveal those crisp, sharp edges? Hnnnnghhhhhhhhhhh

Starting with the neutrals! M got me Juicy Mango and Golden Halo.

WHOA! Look at that colour change. In the jar, Juicy Mango looks like a bright orange but applied it turns into a soft pink-peach with violet hilites. It’s a gorgeous colour and definitely a surprise. You can built this one up to reveal more of its orange base but applied sheer you get that soft peach with violet. I’m sad that summer is over, because this would be the perfect summer colour.

Man, I was kind of shocked when I saw Golden Halo. I thought I had received one of my own Tchaikovsky by surprise! But alas, they are different. Golden Halo is a burnished metallic gold with silver sparkles and Tchaikovsky is much lighter with aqua sparkle. I reaaaally want to try out an eye look with Golden Halo in the outer corner and Tchaikovsky in the inner corner. I bet it would look amazing.

Now onto my favourites! I’m a sucker for anything pink or purple. I think it’s because they say brown eyes look good in purple or the fact that they look nice against my ochre skin. In any case, these are gorgeous and I think they would all work really well together in one cohesive eye look. Again, I guess I should have done an eye look to showcase them but it’s the monthly and all I want to do is eat ice cream.

LOOK AT THE SHEEN ON HEEDLESS HEART!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

This is literally my favourite eyeshadow out of the bunch. I don’t know what it is about it that I love so much, but it just appeals to my inner princess. A gorgeous pink but darker, with mauve tones and a silver sheen. I will definitely need to pick up a full size in this, I love it so much. Super wearable, super pretty.

Aptly named, my brown eyes are going to get a kick out of this. I can’t wait to try these out on my eyes. I don’t know what it is about shimmery eyeshadows, but they seriously call to me. This is a dark lilac purple with a silver sheen and it’s probably my second favourite eyeshadow out of the bunch. This one is also a sample jar so whenever I get off my neverending no-buy, I’ll have to pick one up.

Funeral Parlor, spooky. I love the time surrounding Halloween because I get to watch all the scary movies and Ghost Adventures that I want without feeling creepy haha. Then I get scared and think our house is haunted. I would describe this as a satin finish, an eggplant purple with a light pink sheen. It’s a great purple and would probably work well as a smokey eyeliner.

Overall: Love them! But I don’t think I’ve ever not liked an eyeshadow before so take that what you will. I love the packaging of the brand and Vee is such a sweetheart to work with (I’ve participated in her OTM box before). I’ll definitely be back for more. Now to convince James to take me to Dairy Queen…

Seeing as I’m on a forever no-buy to recuperate and have no hauls on the way anytime soon, it will probably be a couple months (hahahahahahaha I’m actually not joking about this) before I update this again. So until then, here is Waffle pondering about life: