The turn around time for Fyrinnae is clearly stated on the front of the website. It's not too bad right now but I feel I should point out that I have never waited the full length of that for my orders. However, their products are some of the best out there and I think the wait is worthwhile. They sell some of the most gorgeous, complex eye shadows out there, Pixie Epoxy is the best thing I have ever bought for my eye shadow and I'm loving the sample of face primer I tried.
The shadows are available in two sizes: regular and mini. The regular size is a packed full 5g jar for $5.90 and the mini is about 1/3tsp in a 3g jar for $2.00 (1/4tsp for the Arcane Magic shadows). Each colour is clearly photographed with a description. Ingredients come on full sized jars, but not on minis. I tend to order minis these days as I get many more colours in my order. If I used up a mini then I'm sure I'd order the full sized jar. Samples are available for pretty much everything. Shipping used to be free on orders over $20, but that has changed to $40.
Order: Minis of: Madame & Eve's, Sacred, Warrior Mage, La Noche, Catrina Caberet, Eternal Innocence, Dinosaur Plushie, Calavera Cupcakes for $2.00 each. Full sized Pixie Epoxy for $7.00, full sized Velvet-Gel Silica Primer for $7.00.
Shipping: To the UK - $3.50. My order shipped faster than stated on the front of the website and arrived around 2 weeks after I placed my order. Smaller orders don't seem to take the full processing time. A shipping notification was emailed.
What did I get? Everything arrived really well packed wrapped in tissue paper, then in a cardboard wrap in a bubble envelope. A printed invoice with a thank you note was included.
I only ordered mini jars, the full sized ones come with an ingredients label. Each jar is labelled on the bottom with the colour name. You get about 1/3tsp in a mini jar so it's more than enough to use. I've used Fyrinnae eye shadows a lot in previous blog posts, if you check out my Fyrinnae Tag! I've managed to accumulate quite a lot of their shadows now, so I'm definitely a fan! I received a free sample of Wicked which I suspect to be mislabelled. I already have a full sized jar and it's a much darker purple. I prefer the much deeper purple version. The website is still showing the deeper version.
I will be reviewing the Pixie Epoxy (though I'm very bad for not doing one yet!) and the Velvet Gel Silica Primer in separate blog posts.
Fyrinnae shadows are so hard to photograph! None of these are showing as much depth and sheer awesomeness that they appear to have in person.
-Calavera Cupcakes - Shiny silver, small amount of pink shimmer.
-Dinosaur Plushie - Insane multi-coloured sparkle with a sliver background. Some black streaks of what looks like base colour.
-Sacred - Smooth, metallic beige.
-Wicked (new) - light purple with green shimmer.
-Arcane Magick Warrior Mage - This is amazing! Silvery green shimmer than morphs to a darker silver with some pink sparkle.
-Arcane Magick Madame & Eve's - Deep blue/green over a dark base.
-Catrina Cabaret - Charcoal base with purple shimmer.
-La Noche - Black base with lots of deep blue shimmer.
-Eternal Innocence - Mid-toned shimmering green.
I found these shadows to be about the same as all my other Fyrinnae. Most are awesome but you get one or two that are mostly matte with a shimmer overlay. I don't find these work as well for me as those which are a bit more cohesive in texture. Pixie Epoxy definitely brings out the best in these shadows but they're pretty good when foiled as well.
Will I order again?: I think the chances are quite high! As long as they continue making Pixie Epoxy. I probably won't put in that many orders as new colours aren't released that often and I've pretty much got every colour that I want. If anything new is released in the future then I should imagine that I'll order.
*Scheduled post*
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