[review] devinah cosmetics
[update] after further use, I've actually destashed my Devinah matte shadows (so 4/5 I have here). The texture was chalky and gritty, and often when I applied them to the eye it would 'skip' certain folds on my eyelids. They're useable, but just not my favorite formula, and I've found shades that I prefer over these.
Today I'll have a quick review on my order from an indie brand called Devinah! Devinah was founded by DeAndra, and she founded the brand in 2015. They have matte and shimmer eyeshadows, highlighters, and bronzers, as well as palettes. The matte shadows only come in 26mm pans, while shimmer shadows come in 26mm, 36mm, 44mm, 57mm. Bronzers only come in 57mm pans, while highlighters come in 36mm, 44mm, and 57mm. I purchased during their 4th of July sale. I was in China lmfao so I didn't get a chance to try them out until recently.
Onto the goods! All eyeshadows (26mm) are $5 but the sale was 40% off and I got $10 off :) Shipping was $4.95 so my total order came out to $19.95. I was thinking about getting the ColourPop Yes Please palette, but it was mostly a neutrals palette with a yellow and orange. I also wanted to try Devinah's formula and have been wanting a nice yellow matte (that wasn't excessively expensive and huge like Sugarpill's Buttercupcake).
Capri Pressed Matte
- bold and bright banana yellow
- All her mattes have slight powder kickback and fallout but they really are very pigmented and easy to blend. I wouldn't say that they're difficult to use at all, but a lighter hand is needed.
Anastasia Pressed Matte
- burnt orange
- I like this. I realized that I don't have many orange shades, and they honestly work very well lots of eye looks I didn't know I needed in my life.
Courtney Pressed Matte
- pea soup/mustard yellow
- The mustard I've been waiting for. I stopped myself from getting MUG desert sands and ColourPop Paper Tiger a few times, and Wheatness was sold out during Looxi's 50% off anniversary sale, so I felt like this was Finally Meant To Be.
- #regret about not getting a mustard yellow earlier, because I love it!
Naevia Pressed Matte
- muted orange with yellow undertones
- Kinda regret this one, because I have a few other shadows that look similar (though not as orange, more beige) but blend out to around the same color. Still, great formula and works well.
Blazed Pressed Pigment (26mm)
- red pigment with orange shimmer
- Beautiful color payoff and really nice on the lid. I don't have any red shimmers like this one, because most of mine are darker/more purple. Super glad I picked this up because it looks gorgeous on the lid and blended out with Urban Decay's Slowburn.
T - B
blazed, naevia, anastasia, capri, courtney
brush swatches:
capri, naevia, courtney, anastasia, blazed
UD electric slowburn as lid base, with blazed patted on center lid with anastasia as crease, blended with naevia then courney. capri outer corner, UD electric palette jilted as liner.
Overall would recommend Devinah to anyone looking to try out pressed indie shadows! The only thing I have to say is that I'm not a huge fan of the logo LOL I feel their graphic design isn't really my style, but their makeup is :)
Labels: devinah, devinah cosmetics, indie makeup, makeup, review
[review] devinah cosmetics
[update] after further use, I've actually destashed my Devinah matte shadows (so 4/5 I have here). The texture was chalky and gritty, and often when I applied them to the eye it would 'skip' certain folds on my eyelids. They're useable, but just not my favorite formula, and I've found shades that I prefer over these.
Today I'll have a quick review on my order from an indie brand called Devinah! Devinah was founded by DeAndra, and she founded the brand in 2015. They have matte and shimmer eyeshadows, highlighters, and bronzers, as well as palettes. The matte shadows only come in 26mm pans, while shimmer shadows come in 26mm, 36mm, 44mm, 57mm. Bronzers only come in 57mm pans, while highlighters come in 36mm, 44mm, and 57mm. I purchased during their 4th of July sale. I was in China lmfao so I didn't get a chance to try them out until recently.
Onto the goods! All eyeshadows (26mm) are $5 but the sale was 40% off and I got $10 off :) Shipping was $4.95 so my total order came out to $19.95. I was thinking about getting the ColourPop Yes Please palette, but it was mostly a neutrals palette with a yellow and orange. I also wanted to try Devinah's formula and have been wanting a nice yellow matte (that wasn't excessively expensive and huge like Sugarpill's Buttercupcake).
Capri Pressed Matte
- bold and bright banana yellow
- All her mattes have slight powder kickback and fallout but they really are very pigmented and easy to blend. I wouldn't say that they're difficult to use at all, but a lighter hand is needed.
Anastasia Pressed Matte
- burnt orange
- I like this. I realized that I don't have many orange shades, and they honestly work very well lots of eye looks I didn't know I needed in my life.
Courtney Pressed Matte
- pea soup/mustard yellow
- The mustard I've been waiting for. I stopped myself from getting MUG desert sands and ColourPop Paper Tiger a few times, and Wheatness was sold out during Looxi's 50% off anniversary sale, so I felt like this was Finally Meant To Be.
- #regret about not getting a mustard yellow earlier, because I love it!
Naevia Pressed Matte
- muted orange with yellow undertones
- Kinda regret this one, because I have a few other shadows that look similar (though not as orange, more beige) but blend out to around the same color. Still, great formula and works well.
Blazed Pressed Pigment (26mm)
- red pigment with orange shimmer
- Beautiful color payoff and really nice on the lid. I don't have any red shimmers like this one, because most of mine are darker/more purple. Super glad I picked this up because it looks gorgeous on the lid and blended out with Urban Decay's Slowburn.
T - B
blazed, naevia, anastasia, capri, courtney
brush swatches:
capri, naevia, courtney, anastasia, blazed
UD electric slowburn as lid base, with blazed patted on center lid with anastasia as crease, blended with naevia then courney. capri outer corner, UD electric palette jilted as liner.
Overall would recommend Devinah to anyone looking to try out pressed indie shadows! The only thing I have to say is that I'm not a huge fan of the logo LOL I feel their graphic design isn't really my style, but their makeup is :)
Labels: devinah, devinah cosmetics, indie makeup, makeup, review
hi there! welcome to my blog~ here I'll be documenting miscellaneous adventures, from reviews to music discoveries, to favorite fashion looks! hope you enjoy :^)
profile;
i'm em.
currently living in the U.S.
chinese-American. i can speak mandarin semi-fluently~
statistics;
skin color: light/pale
skin type: dry/sensitive
eye color: dark brown
hair color:black/deep brown
hair type/style: thick, slightly wavy. long, with bangs.
height: 170cm/5'7"
clothing size: US: M. CHN: M-XXL
rambles;
i enjoy music in general, the smell of old books, the smell of new books, cracking the spine of a new book open, hilarious things, things that make me cry from sheer emotion, sad fics and dramas, cheesy dramas, baggy sweaters, pretty pictures, having that moment of inspiration before writing a story and being satisfied with the outcome, sleeping, running on no sleep, ice cream cake for birthdays, putting up my christmas tree by myself, cool lemonade, rainy cold days, drizzles on your face, action movies, unlimited amounts of piping! hot noodles and dumplings and wontons, minimalistic furniture, laughing at friends who are shorter than me, having deep conversations with strangers, muted colors, going through color pallets at diy stores, choosing yarn and looking through projects, drinking bubble tea, going to froyo stores, that moment when I finally draw something the way I imagined it, baking tasty sweets, cute stuffed plush toys, the smell of the ocean, fruit, good wuxia drams, some anime, the feeling of collapsing on the mattress after a long day, baggy sweaters, ice cream cake for birthdays, the tranquility of night, pretty pictures, cute cellphone charms, the tranquility of night, funny japanese emoticons, when everything is organized, when everything is disorganized, when my clothes match and don’t make me look like an overgrown middle schooler, when I actually don’t expect a plot twist, when I can’t predict what will happen next, overgrown kittens, energetic puppies, and being able to choose when to laugh.
tv shows;
射雕英雄传, 神雕侠侣, 倚天屠龙记, 笑傲江湖, 纪晓岚, 后宫甄嬛传, 步步惊心, steven universe, gravity falls, sherlock, fresh off the boat, reply 1988, death note, fate/zero, code geass, another, madoka, snk, tokyo ghoul, magi, fma:b, avatar the last airbender, gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun
music;
bastille, coldplay, one republic, imagine dragons, old maroon 5, jhameel, old bigbang, winner, mamamoo, akmu, lee hi, epik high, 10cm, geeks, standing egg, f(x), lim kim, re:plus, jj lin, jay chou, wang leehom, a-lin, foster the people, empire the sun, two door cinema club, gowe
movies;
slumdog millionaire, alice in wonderland, inception, spirited away, howl’s moving castle, princess mononoke, narnia, coraline, pirates of the caribbean, chronicle, up, tangled, hp, el fauno del laberinto
books;
lord of the rings/the hobbit, agatha christie poirot novels, harry potter (1-4), asoiaf, pride and prejudice, catcher in the rye, a tree grows in brooklyn, to kill a mockingbird, animal farm, narnia, the book thief, lord of the flies, anne of green gables,pjo, inkheart
