Good day and welcome to Friday, everyone. I’m still fighting this nasty ass virus and am slowly on the mend, but hell this shit sucks. I’m so unbelievably tired right now, but I’m still plugging away! I promise future content will be better, once I’m not sick anymore and can think clearly.

My very first real post on this blog was about Crow & Pebble eyeshadows, and that seems like it was forever ago! I really love Karen’s eyeshadow formula- they’re super blendable, lightweight, and come in so many unique colors. I was stoked when I heard she was working on a release based on Frank Herbert’s Dune, one of the greatest sci-fi series of all time. One would think that sci-fi might not be the best inspiration for cosmetics, but Herbert’s vivid imagery and memorable characters have potential to create amazing things in the right hands. And in the right hands they are! The Dune collection launched on July 1st, with 6 sets themed off of notable locations or people, with 5 shadows each. THAT’S a ton of shadows!

I purchased my selections on the 1st, and received it on the 25th of the month. I got 10 shadows altogether, with 3 additional samples from her previous collection. The packaging was once again on point, with her signature colorful clear labels front and center… I had a GREAT time helping her design the labels this go round, but the vision is all hers! Her new wrapping paper is splendid, brown craft adorned with gold foil dragonflies. Everything arrived safe and sound! I’m going to focus on the Dune stuff for this post, but you can see some of my impressions on her other stuff here!

LETS’S SWATCH. The first set was taken in ring light, the second in more natural light, and the swatches were done with the Colourpop Flat Shader brush and Wet n’ Wild Photofocus setting spray.

Gom Jabbar is a lovely smooth dove grey with bright green reflects, Halleck is a shimmery minty green color, The Voice is a muted dusky purple with green duochrome, Water of Life is an intense sky blue with a paler blue shimmer, and Blue Within Blue is a dark navy with intense midnight blue duochrome. I included an angled picture so you can better see the gorgeous shifts in these cool tones!

Princess Irulan is a pinky peach with golden tones, The Lady Jessica is an intense, rich, wine red, Fremen is an incredible orange coppery shimmer, Harkonnen is a lovely yellow toned taupe shimmer, and Shaddam IV is a bright pure gold.

This simple shadow look I did uses The Voice all over the lid and lower lashline, over Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy, and Gom Jabbar in the inner corner and as my cheek and brow highlight. When you foil this shadow, the bluish grey base really comes through, changing the color completely. You can see how different the colors come out in the full face picture. The shadows applied smoothly and with minimal fallout, and The Voice blended into my crease nicely. Look at the glow Gom Jabbar gives om the face! I don’t imagine it will work for everyone in that way due to the grey base color, but in my case it works very well.

Cause I don’t look half dead here or anything.

Once I get over this sickness, I’m definitely going to do some more complex looks with these incredible shades. I want to wear The Lady Jessica and Blue Within Blue together! I swear I will start moving into matte shades eventually (in general) but gimmie all the shimmer in the meantime! Check out Crow & Pebble’s shop here.

Did you pick up any shades from the new collection? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Have a fantastic weekend, everyone, and I’ll see you on Monday for my weekly Game of Thrones roundup!