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I'm not winking, silly. Look closer. I'm showing you my lovely, shimmery gold eyelid! Check the photo below to see a closer up image of the eyeshadow I'm about to tell you all about...
I know, my photos look strange and so do I, but that's not what we're looking at here. See the gold eyelid? Yes, only one was gold. I was testing out two different colors so that's why.
These are eyeshadows from Eve Organics, an amazing company with their customer's health and skincare in mind. I know, what a lame way to put it, huh? I'll put it in more specific terms, Eve Organics uses organic ingredients in their skincare and beauty products --without skimping on the quality of the actual product.
The gold eyeshadow you see in my photos -- I promise I worked very hard to get decent photos, my camera just isn't cooperative--is Eve Organics' 24 Karat Gold Shadow. I'd been looking for a good gold eyeshadow for months now with very little luck. I'd been stuck using this nasty smelling cream gold stuff that I bought from Avon over 6 years ago! Nasty huh? 6 years old. I was desperate Ok!
Huge, massive difference between that old stinky Avon gold and this lovely, fine powder Eve Organics gold.
A bit taken from Eve Organics' webpage:
" We invest our money into what goes into the bottle or jar – not the fancy bottle or jar itself. So if our products don’t look like they were purchased in a jewelry store, it’s okay with us. At Eve Organics, our products’ performance speaks for itself."
Pretty fantastic, huh?
I really love being able to learn a lot about a company, their history and goals and companies like Eve Organics really strike my interest when they're so fabulous as to provide you with a lot of wonderful information. You know it interests me, so I will share, but if I bore you too much, you can skip down to the actual review.
What I learned while reading the provided information on Eve Organics
- Eve Organics' mission is to educate about the lack of regulations in the cosmetic industry. You guys have read a bit here about how harmful some of the ingredients are in cosmetics/skincare because there's really no limits when it comes to this area. You can look at your ingredient list on your makeup and find some very extreme ingredients that have been linked to serious, long term health issues. It's serious stuff and everybody should know about it. As I always say, knowledge IS power!
- Eve Organics vows to disclose information on all ingredients in their products.
- Eve Organics always avoids harfmul ingredients in their products. You won't find ingredients such as: dyes, lakes, synthetic fragrance, bismuth oxychloride, talc, parabens, sulfates, UREA, nano-particles and others.
- Eve Organics provides the public with some awesome informational article (each are a must read in my opinion!) at this easy to access link here.
- Eve Organics goes even further than your typical organic cosmetic company by vowing to provide you with products that rejuvenate and repair skin while also protecting it from damages.
- Eve Organics vows to give back. Every quarter, they give 10% of its net profits to a different charity to help those in need! Now that's one thing that really drew me in! You can even nominate a charity for them to give to by sending them an email at: infoateveorganicsdotnet Please remember to change the "at" with the symbol "@" and the word "dot" with the actual period. I done that when putting their email here to prevent spam. Stupid spammers!
The 24K Gold Eyeshadow comes in a little screw-on lid container. When you screw the lid off, the tiny holes that the powder comes out of is sealed with a plastic sticker. I simply used an X-acto knife and punched through the sticker. This seal is good. It keeps the product from spilling and being a total mess during shipping and ensures your product is good.
However, even after the little holes are punched, I have to give the container a little shake to get a good bit to come out. I like this because it means when it's been tossed in my cosmetic bag and I go to use it, the shadow won't all dump everywhere upon opening.
Looking very closely at the fine powder shadow, I see gold shimmer and what looks like a few tee-tiny green flecks. Maybe green undertones? It does have a green tint on my eyelids. Not that it shows up green, but the same way a lipstick will have that undertone or whatever. I like the green bit.
The powder goes on smoothly without the need of primer! And my absolute favorite thing about this eyeshadow is that it does not end up in your eyelid crease! I couldn't believe it. I wore it one day while being in the heat (always causes shadows to crease) and even had a black pencil eyeliner on my lid over the gold and by 10PM, there wasn't any creasing, slipping of the eyeshadow. Also, I've never used my black eyeliner without it ending up right under my brow from my eyes being opened, it kind of rubs off up there. I had the 24K Gold Eyeshadow filled in up to my brow bone and NO black eyeliner rub-off! I was in total shock.
It's so smooth and goes on lovely. I love shimmery shadows more than anything! Using this, you can do a very light, subtle color by swiping one coat on with a eyeshadow brush. Or you can go a bit bolder as I did by dipping the brush in water and then applying. This creates a very metallic, bold gold color, which is exactly what I have been looking for.
I've used a similar color to this by another brand--also mineral and shimmer powder. The color is similar, but the other brand I had used before this Eve Organics Caribbean color, left flecks all over my face and smeared black! I could not wear it at all because no matter what I done (clean my face up after applying, use primer) I would find awful streaks all over my cheeks that looked black. Putting it on was the real disaster though! I'd have to seriously soap up my face after applying that stuff and that's even after I started using tape and post it's under my darn eye lids! Nothing helped that mess.
When I seen how bold this Caribbean color was, I was worrying about it streaking and making a mess too, but it actually went on very subtly, and any flecks I dropped onto my check would blend right in with my skin leaving nothing but shimmer behind. I prefer this over that other messy junk.
While I always go pretty bold with any eyeshadow I'm using, I really appreciate this Caribbean being subtle and requiring a damp brush to get it bold. It makes applying it so much easier.
GREEN
How do you like my two-tone eyelids? I swear I did NOT leave the house like that. Ha. Ha. This was done just for ya'll! Don't laugh.
As you see above, not only do the holes come sealed with a sticker, the entire containers come sealed.
Here you see a lighter version (the first one) of the green Caribbean shadow and beside it, a darker version where I used a damp brush. Then you see the light version of the gold and the dark, more metallic version.
Like the 24K Gold Eyeshadow, the Caribbean also is very shimmery, just how I like it!
And just when you thought I was done. Guess what? Not only is the Eve Organics Eyeshadows for eyeshadowing, they can also be turned into nail polish in just one minute! I done a tiny sample of polish here to show you. Lovely color, isn't it? I normally stick with neon pinks, greens and the like, but this gold looks awesome on my nails!
How to do it?
All you need is the eyshadow of your choice and a clear nail polish. I used a top coat. Add a bit of shadow and continue doing so until you get your desired color. I like it bold, always, so I added quite a bit to get the super gold and the dark green. Add only a drop and you get a very shimmery, subtle golden tint. As for the green, it tends to look like a shimmery grey/silver/slightly charcoal, depending on how much is added.
