Glamour Doll Eyes Blog Review

Disclaimer, I received a discount in exchange for posting a review. If you're interested, you can request the same discount here. I also apologize if this post a bit long. I might have picked a few too many colours, and I want to give this review the time it deserves. I'm also sorry - there are going to be a lot of pictures of my face (and I think I might be starting to get some wrinkles!).

I couldn't resist and added on a few more colours!

One of the colours from my order is from the new Paper Runway collection, and Vee was kind enough to include her paper doll. Every order also included an eye shadow of the month! Yey freebies!

Some of the product inserts. From Left to right, clockwise, GDE sticker, coupon code for the circus collection purchase, informational card on using the glitter, sticker for the circus collection and a GDE business card.

Showing the lids. Note I ordered from the regular collection, circus, super shadows and paper runway. I love that these special collections get noticed, and I think the blush girl is very cute. 

Here is my order: 1 Blush, 10 shadows. Regular price is $9 for the blush, $6 for full size shadows (sample jars for $2.50 or baggies for $1.25 are also available). I can't decided if the full jars or samples are better. I like having a lot of shadow, but from a safety/health standpoint the price savings over a sample jar aren't much. Plus I'm clumbsy :) I've almost lost a few down the sink. I don't like the baggies, but I read a review from someone who travels alot, and loved them to just throw in her bag. I get that, and if you had a plane related goey accident, I'd rather toss a bag than a full jar of my favorite shade. 

I ordered:  

I ordered two tubes of glitter, one in each hex size. These run for $5 each. 

More on the glitter. Unsuspecting victim is the lighter color with smaller Hex sizes. Beautiful mess is the purple shadow with the larger hex size. The main difference I noticed in wearing these two is the larger glitter sticks to my eyelashes, and gives my vision a bit of a "disco ball" haze.

Wow! The blush is PURPLE! Yes, this will be my first time using a purple blush. 

First thing in the morning, over face moisturizer. I blended the heck out of this colour, and after added a bit of bronzer to help my face appear thinner. 

For my eyes over Body Shop Nanoblur, I have Mushroom (so beautiful) on the lid, and insomia in the corners (an OTM colour I would love to see permanent). Mascara is Benefit, They're Real from my TopBox sample. The blush looks nice - I think.

Here we have the very purple blush in natural light. It adds a nice heathly glow. I've been using Day Job - another GDE blush - most mornings, and a co-worker usually comments on how I must have slept really well the night before. I'll take that compliment! But I do explain it's my make-up, not my sleep that day. 

Some more looks: 

Mighty Maiden: From the super shadows collection. Website description: A light sky blue with gold and silver sparkle.

I tried this one on my eyes with no primer as I was in a hurry. Beautiful shade of blue.

Faded considerably during the day (but my eye shadows always do, probably because of my deep set, not model gorgeous eyes.

Next look: Unsuspecting victim (glitter, not pictured here), pipe dream, coquette over Control Freak (I was lucky enough to get one of the last sample clam shells).

Pipe Dream: From the Spring 2014 line, discontinued. A grey with beautiful sparkles

Coquette: From the Matte Feminine Collection, Matte baby pink with blueish purple sheen and sparkle.

I didn't notice any sparkles from pipe dream sticking (and there was a lot of fall out while applying this colour) but the glitter looked lovely and stayed all day. The purple, coquette, was matte but stayed almost the same depth of color until I took the shadows off. Lots of love for the unsuspecting victim/coquette combination.

Conceited, avant-garde, and flawless over Benefit Stay, Don't Stray.

Conceited: From  Matte Feminine, Matte light grey with a soft blue shift and a purple/pink sparkle.

Avant-Grade: From Paper Runway, a matte magenta base with an orange sheen and a bright blue sparkle. 

Flawles, From the Halo Collection (not the video game?) Light beige/pink with subtle turquoise and gold shimmers.

I like these colours. A lot. They didn't stay all day, mostly until the end of my work day. 

Here's a squinty up-close picture of my rough blending. Flawless is a great match for my current summer skin tone, and adds just the right amount of brightness. 

I used Julep's eye primer for my last look, and the last of my small Foil Me sample from GDE for my last look today. I've tried Julep's primer several times with loose eye shadow, and I don't think it's a good match even though it's better than Benefit's Stay don't stray. I'm very excited for the Foil Me re-release on October 15th, right around my birthday. 

The shadows, left to right: Pipe dream, Mermaid's plumage, In memory and Ancestry.

As you can see the primer stands out more than I like even with blending. It does become less prominant with time, but it also doesn't hold the shadows as long as I like.

Very pretty blues. 

In total I spent $9 (blush), $54 - $12. 60 (shadows) and $10 (glitter) for a total of $60.40 plus shipping to Canada. I'm very happy with these, but I'll trying to stay away... until closer to my birthday. And I might make an exception if the GWP (gift with purchases freebie updated each month) is adorable! ;)