I rather like to frequent the /r/indiemakeupandmore board on Reddit where we’ll occasionally see a new company announce their new shop. It’s an excellent way to find out about new brands and it’s one of these announcements that led me to Daisy Bird Cosmetics. The lovely owner Alice had a blogger review pack and who am I to turn down such pretties? Alice takes some pretty baller swatches (she should probably give me pointers! =P) it’s impossible to pass up! My package came in, much to my excitement- a new order coming in is like Christmas. So exciting! Daisy Bird’s turn around seemed rather good, especially for a new company. You may notice the date of the order was a month ago- that is all on me. I got this package weeks ago. Job searching sucks and has unfortunately been taking up a lot of my time. Sorry for the late review, Alice!

I liked the cute tissue paper holding the goodies with the stickers. I am a fan of stickers. She included two little candies and man, I had been missing melon flavored candies, so I was a pretty happy camper! I loved her little picture too. So cute! It’s the personal touches like this that make me such a big indie fan.

The blogger sampler pack comes with four sample eyeshadows, one full size eyeshadow, and one mini blush. Let me take a second to say how much I appreciate her logo. I was a graphic designer, so things like logos and font choices I am so picky on. This? This I am happy with.

The backs of the blush mini and the full size. Before we get to my swatches of the goodies, some housekeeping. For my swatches, I used Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk on the left, Urban Decay’s Anti-Aging Eyeshadow Primer Potion on the right, and in the middle I tried something a little different- Canmake’s Lasting Mutli Eyebase WP! This was mostly for my own curiosity- I had brought it back from my time in Japan and I wanted to see how it compared to Nyx and Urban Decay. The answer- not so good. Lesson learned then! The second set of pictures will be the shadows without the base. I cleaned my brushes with e.l.f.’s Studio Daily Brush Cleaner in between swatches to try and ensure a clean swatch.

My swatches were taken in three different light sources- yellow indoor light, natural light, and white indoor light. Onto the swatches!

Let’s take it from the top.

April Showers – Goes on white, comes off a soft, shimmery pale blue with primer. I’m a big fan of my white colors, so I was pretty happy with April Showers. Unlike some whites that go on far too soft when applied without primer, I thought April Showers did rather well by itself. The primers did really bring out the blue in it. I like versatile shades, this’ll be one I keep in my arsenal.

Dandy Dandelion – A nice, bright yellow. After my day reviewing the Shiro Seven Kingdoms collection, I was a little tired with golds (they are so lovely, but there were so many Lannisters!). Such a bright happy yellow was just what I needed! This looks and feels like wearing sunshine. It’s a little strong as a color for my everyday looks, but it’s a good color to brighten your day.

Germinate or Die Trying – This shadow gave me a bit of trouble. It came off a bit streaky on the Canmake, which as I learned from this is kind of awful. I had no troubles with it without primer or on the Urban Decay primer potion. Regardless of my minor issues with it, it is a lovely color! It’s a very nice, soft mint green. It’s a rather relaxing color.

Mean Bean Green – This is a lovely dark green, almost forest green. It’s matte, which I love. I’m a big fan of the mattes. If you’re a big fan of greens, you really can’t go wrong with this one. Hello Hyacinth – I’d love to link you to this, but it doesn’t appear to be on her store. It looks similar to the samples of ‘Grand Maitre‘, so perhaps it’s simply a name change. I hope that’s all this is, because I liked this one! I did have the patchy problem on the Canmake again, but not as badly as on ‘Germinate’. It’s a very nice purple coming off violet with the shimmer. If this shade is gone, I’m rather happy I have a full size of it.

Not So Loud Lilac Blush – I’ll admit, I was a bit put off by the idea of a purple blush. Consider me a convert. This is my favorite thing in the pack! I’m a very pale, warm pink individual, so this lilac blush adds the perfect amount of cool to my face. Some blushes just add to the pink problem, this helps mellow things out. I. Love. It. If you’re a bit too warm pink, I’d recommend giving this a spin!

So, after all this, what do I think of Daisy Bird? I think this company is off to a lovely start. I’m very excited to see what Alice has for us in the future and I will buy from Daisy Bird again! Questions? Comments? Critiques? Please, let me know! I’m still rather new to swatching, let me know what I can do to improve! Until next time, my friends!