Notoriously Morbid is a brand that I see a lot of over at IMAM and have been on my to-buy list for a while, but I’ve just been putting it off. I was looking at their website a little while ago and saw that the blogger pack was back in stock, so I grabbed one. These packs include 5 sample eyeshadows and your choice of a full size eyeshadow, a coffin kisser (lip balm), or a mini blush (normally blushes only come in sample baggies and full size). I opted for the mini blush.

About the Company – Carrie owns Notoriously Morbid, based in West Virginia, and says NM “offers a line of indie eye-shadows and other cosmetics that cater to those morbid at heart” (via the NM Facebook page). Carrie has an extensive catalog, featuring eyeshadow collections based on Supernatural, Doctor Who, and burlesque, just to name a few, a divination themed blush collection, lip balms, glosses, and tints, and a sticky shadow base.

Sizes and Prices – Eyeshadows are offered in sample ($1.25 for 1/4 tsp in baggie), mini ($2.75 for 1/3 tsp in a 3g jar), full ($5.50 for 1/2 -3/4 tsp in a 5g jar), and deluxe ($7.50 for 1 -1 1/2 tsp of product in a 10g jar) sizes, blushes in sample ($1.25 for 1/4 tsp in baggie) and full ($8.50 for 4-4.25 g of product in a 20g jar) sizes, and lip products in one size. Coffin Kissers (lip balm) are $3.00, Glass Lip Tints are $4.00, and Lipcraft Glosses are $4.50.

My Order Details – Like I said, I ordered a blogger pack and chose the mini blush option. I ordered on February 19th, it shipped March 5th (within the TAT of 10-14 business days), and arrived March 11th.

About my swatches – My swatches are over NYX HD primer in indirect natural light. I wear UD Naked Skin foundation in 3.5, which is about NC15 in MAC terms. Site descriptions are in italics, my thoughts follow.

Witch With a Wand – “A neutral light brown with a bit of pink and a surprising sheen.”

Warm dusty peach with strong peach and light pink shimmer.

Dita – “a deep wine red with silver sparkles and a metallic sheen.”

Shimmery mulberry. This was the shade that made me make my order. I’m really into pink, fuchsia, mulberry, burgundy, etc colors in the crease lately and couldn’t pass this one up, and it didn’t disappoint.

Autumn Flower – “a regal dusty purple with a gorgeous blue/green shift.”

Brown-purple base with teal shimmer. In some lights the base is more purple and the shimmer is more blue.

Hearts of Black Lace – “A deep blackened maroon.”

Black base with copper-red sheen that tends to make the shadow look brown rather than deep maroon.

13 Black Rainbows – “A black matte with a crap load of rainbow glitter.”

Blue-black base with navy shimmer and rainbow sparkles. When I first get my orders I always do bare skin mini-swatches and when I did this one I actually squealed. It’s so sparkly and gorgeous.

Osteomancy – “A pearly white highlight with the perfect amount of shimmer.”

White with subtle white, blue, and pink sheen. It’s a nice glowy highlighter. I don’t own many highlighters (actually, the only other one I own is Darling Girl’s Curious Crocus), so I don’t have a ton to compare this to, but I really like it.

My free sample was a Morbid Mistake, which, if I remember correctly, are colors that didn’t quite work out like intended, but are still nice so Carrie includes them as free samples. They come in smaller baggie sizes.

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Slightly mauvey tan with subtle-ish green shimmer.

Overall – I’m very impressed with the quality of Notoriously Morbid’s shadows. They were all very pigmented and smooth and worked well over NYX primer. I highly recommend them.

The Look

I am wearing Dita in the crease, Witch With a Wand on the lid, and 13 Black Rainbows over black gel liner. My blush is My Pretty Zombie MDMA and highlight is Osteomancy. On my lips I’m wearing Limnit Lipsticks Olly Olly Oxen Free and a little bit of Shiro Nic Cage Doing the Charleston in a Bustling Speakeasy on top.

What are your favorite Notoriously Morbid shades?

Avery