Sometime around January, I had a sudden desire to start buying from Indie brands - I have no idea what prompted me to do so, but all of a sudden, I was spending hours browsing through various website and deciding what pigments and eyeshadows to get. I think what drew me in was how complex different pigments could be - how one taupe shade could somehow have reflective shimmer in every color of the rainbow. Most mainstream eyeshadow are not that complex, and let's face it - the prices of Indie companies is often more attractive, since a decent sized 1/4 tsp. sample is only around $1.75-$3. These small samples are the perfect size to try a lot of different shades without having giant sizes of pigments that I'll never finish (MAC, I'm looking at you!)
Enter Fyrinnae into my life. Within the beauty community, they are probably one of the best and unique Indie makeup companies. Every time I see a look with Fyrinnae products, I'm kind of starstruck by how gorgeous everything looks. The only thing that's tricky about Fyrinnae is that it can be difficult to order from them because their website is down a lot. It's understandable - Fyrinnae is a very small company with a small staff, and since all their batches are handmade, it's easy to get overloaded with orders. A lot of the times that I wanted to order something from their website, they were not taking orders, so when I saw that they were finally open again in January, I jumped at the chance to try some things out.
After furiously looking up swatches online, here's what I ended up with:
Keep reading for tons of pictures and swatches!
