I came up with the idea of buying from companies in my area a few weeks ago. Since most of my orders have been delivered, I thought I should do my first review. Addictive Cosmetics is located in San Diego, CA and has had an Etsy shop for about two years. I ordered on September 1st and it shipped on the 9th to be received on the 10th (I told you it was local!).I ordered a sample pack of three eyeshadows for $4.99. I ordered Seaweed, Ursula, and Emerald City.

Now, the sample page says that they are useful for a few applications but I didn’t know how literal that would be. Worried that I might be just be used to baggies and that it wasn’t THAT small, I decided to depot one of them and compare to a Shiro sample. Here is what I came up with.

As you can see, Shiro is significantly more full. I’d say about 2-3x more. However, Shiro is one of the more generous in the sample department. Going ahead, here are the swatches I made.

Emerald City is described as “the perfect color for green and blue lovers” and although the green isn’t very visable on me, it is a beautiful blue with darker blue sparkles. It applied easily and well.

Ursula is called a matte dark purple on the description page, though there is some shimmer. It seems like a beautiful color for a purple smokey eye.

Seaweed is my absolute favorite of the bunch. It is a rich, bright green–it reminds of Shiro’s Maiden Queen but matte. It applied well for a matte. A bit chalky, but I usually have that problem with these types of shadows.

Here is a quick look I did with Emerald City and Seaweed.

Pardon my face, my son and I have been throwing up for the past couple of days.

Face:

Clinique Even Better Foundation in Deep Neutral

Nars blush in Seduction

Eyes:

Versailes (Baroque Cosmetics) on inner eye

Blush Bronze (My Beauty Addiction) on lid

Emerald City (Addictive Cosmetics) Crease

Seaweed (Addictive Cosmetics) Outer V

Lips:

Teatime by Alog Cosmetics