Around Halloween, Aromaleigh Cosmetics teased the indie world with their upcoming intense duochrome collection using expensive pigments. The collection, Fatalis, was based off colorful poisonous plants and animals. The collection was priced a bit higher because of how much more the pigments cost to purchase. I bought all the eyeshadows in sample baggies and several of the face powders and a full sized tinted lip balm.
Pictures taken under daylight bulb and swatched over ELF Glitter Primer (top/left half) and ELF Essential Primer (bottom/right half)
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| Helleborus Niger |
Helleborus Niger: plum taupe base with green gold sheen
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| Phyllobates Terribilis |
Phyllobates Terribilis: olive base with red sheen
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| Hapalochlaena Lunulata |
Hapalochlaena Lunulata: plum base with blue sheen
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| Nerium Oleander |
Nerium Oleander: hot pink base with blue sheen
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| Amanita Muscaria |
Amanita Muscaria: red orange with gold sheen
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| Helleborus Niger, Phyllobates Terribilis, Hapalochlaena Lunulata, Nerium Oleander, Amanita Muscaria |
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| Dendroaspis Polylepis |
Dendroaspis Polylepis: sparkly fuchsia
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| Atropa Belladonna |
Atropa Belladonna: mulberry base with purple sparkles
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| Leiurus Quinquestriatus |
Leiurus Quinquestriatus: shimmery green with blue sparkles
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| Chironex Fleckeri |
Chironex Fleckeri: red plum base with strong blue sheen
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| Phoneutria Nigriventer |
Phoneutria Nigriventer: shimmery olive bronze
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| Dendroaspis Polylepis, Atropa Belladonna, Leiurus Quinquestriatus, Chironex Fleckeri, Phoneutria Nigriventer |
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| Solanum Dulcamara |
Solanum Dulcamara: pink highlight with light green shimmers
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| Convallaria Majalis |
Convallaria Majalis: lavender highlight with blue shimmers
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| Heloderma Suspectum |
Heloderma Suspectum: matte dusty mauve contour
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| Latrodectus Mactans |
Latrodectus Mactans: opaque pinky red balm with faint copper sheen, chocolate scented
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| Solanum Dulcamara, Convallaria Majalis, Heloderma Suspectum, Latrodectus Mactans |
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| Othreis |
Othreis: pale pink with gold shimmer
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| Brunhilde |
Brunhilde: matte taupe
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| Alone is What I Have |
Alone is What I Have: ocean blue with tons of gold sparkles
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| Lilith |
Lilith: pigmented hot pink blush
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| Othreis, Brunhilde, Alone is What I Have, Lilith |
Overall, the Fatalis eyeshadows are pretty, but definitely overhyped. I've walked around the house with the swatches in various lighting and saw a duochrome effect in only a few of the shadows. They also have a grittier texture and don't adhere very well to the skin unless over a sticky base like glitter adhesives or cream bases. I definitely would not recommend only wearing these over regular primer because it wouldn't bring out their best form. I did really enjoy the tinted lip balm though. The scent is wonderful and it gives me such a great color with minimal effort. The Fatalis collection will be retiring in December, so there's still a bit of time to purchase it. I would definitely suggest looking through various blog swatches to pick out the few that really call to you, but I am glad I got to try the whole collection as samples before committing to a larger size.
Update November 17th, 2015
I will no longer be purchasing from Aromaleigh because of the happenings detailed in Working With Monolid's blog post
here. We have both experienced retaliation from the shop after posting our respective swatches and reviews of the Fatalis collection and do not wish to support them any longer.
- Jolie ♥
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