Monday, August 3, 2015

Notoriously Morbid Alpha & Omega and Eureka! Eye Bases Swatches!


Welcome back, everyone!  I'm really excited to be posting swatches of one of Notoriously Morbid's biggest collections to date - Alpha & Omega.  It boasts thirteen eyeshadows, three highlighters, three blushes, and three bronzers.  It's a beautiful neutral collection inspired by Joe Hill's Locke and Key comic book series.  On the same day, they also released three eye bases inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas and new Changeling topcoat colors.  I will be showing all these products to you today, so be warned, it's EXTREMELY picture heavy!

Pictures taken under daylight bulb and swatched over NM's Shadow Bind (top/left half) and ELF Essential Primer (bottom/right half)


Alpha & Omega


Head Key
Head Key:  shimmery pale pink with gold sparkles




Animal
Animal:  satin chiffon with blue shimmers




Timeshift
Timeshift:  beige with gold and silver shimmers




Owl
Owl:  nude with gold sparkles




Shadow
Shadow:  shimmery taupe with gold and blue sparkles


Head Key, Animal, Timeshift, Owl, Shadow




Hercules
Hercules:  shimmery bronze with gold sparkles




Gender
Gender:  satin pink with violet sheen




Age
Age:  beautiful coral with gold shimmers.  Age wasn't offered for sale, but is part of the collection and was given as a free sample along with the order.




Omega
Omega:  shimmery gray with pink sheen and gold shimmers




Ghost
Ghost:  satin dark purple with red and gold microshimmers


Hercules, Gender, Age, Omega, Ghost




Philosophoscope
Philosophoscope:  beautiful burgundy with gold and red microshimmers




Alpha
Alpha:  charcoal with blue sheen and red microshimmers




Plant
Plant:  beautiful bright green with blue shimmers




Key to the Moon
Key to the Moon:  dark blue green with violet sheen


Philosophoscope, Alpha, Plant, Key to the Moon




Harlequin
Harlequin:  white highlight with blue sheen and red shimmers




Angel
Angel:  cream highlight with pink shimmer




Echo
Echo:  yellow highlight with gold sparkles and blue shimmer




Music
Music:  matte coral blush




Anywhere
Anywhere:  matte mauve blush with red and gold shimmers




Skin
Skin:  matte rose blush


Harlequin, Angel, Echo, Music, Anywhere, Skin




Giant
Giant:  cool toned matte sepia contour




Chain
Chain:  matte khaki contour




Mending
Mending:  matte brick contour


Giant, Chain, Mending



Gift With Purchases and Collection Exclusives


Solstice
Solstice:  sky blue with pink shimmers.  This shade was released along with the collection and offered as a GWP for that day.  It has color on its own, but works best over a sticky base for maximum opacity.




Reali-Key
Reali-Key:  gray base with tons of blue shimmer.  This is one of the three July exclusive shades in the Alpha & Omega collection.  Since it's very shimmery, it works best over a sticky base in order to show off that stunning glow.




Splody
Splody:  lavender with gold sparkles.  Second July exclusive shadow in the collection, it's very soft and feminine.




Grindhouse
Grindhouse:  brick red with gold sparkles.  Third and last July exclusive shade in the collection and I was impressed at how pigmented it was over regular primer.


Solstice, Reali-Key, Splody, Grindhouse



Eureka!  Eye Bases


Bone Daddy
Bone Daddy:  sheer white base, creamy texture.  To avoid sounding redundant, I'll just state here that all of the bases remove easily with makeup remover.  It was a pleasant surprise for me because I used to use a drugstore black eyeshadow crayon as a base for smoky eyes, but dreaded doing them because it took so long to remove.  However, these bases remove as easily as any other makeup look and I'm falling in love with how fool-proof they are.  I've worn this under eyeshadow for 8+ hours with no visible creasing!




Eureka
Eureka:  nude base, creamy texture.




Nightshade
Nightshade:  black base, harder texture.  


Bone Daddy, Eureka, Nightshade



Changelings


Wendigo
Wendigo:  metallic red, blue, purple shift


Wendigo over Rune




Phoenix
Phoenix:  metallic gold


Phoenix over Sacrifice

Wendigo and Phoenix

I thoroughly enjoyed my huge, huge haul!  I love how none of the Alpha & Omega neutrals were boring to me and how many face products were actually offered.  As a Pokemon fan, I'm also loving the name of the collection, even if it doesn't actually pertain to the series.  As usual, the Changeling Topcoats look stunning over various Mystic Matte lipsticks.  And like I said before, the eye bases were a very pleasant surprise with how easy they were to use.  I've never really used eye bases before because of how hard they were to remove, and these make me want to convert.  I'm sad that the three month exclusive shades are gone, but the jars should last me until the end of time!

- Jolie ♥

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