Swatching 16 Mini Indie Eyeshadows - Fyrinnae and Crow and Pebble

In an effort to be mindful of my purchases in the remainder of the year, I've pulled out every single Fyrinnae and Crow and Pebble jar eyeshadow I own to swatch. Some of these were freebies, many didn't really look like the images I saw online. The colour is a little washed out in the video, but is fairly representative of the non-super sparkly shadows. Lighting was a mix of warm LEDs and fading daylight.
Shadows in order of appearance.
0:28 - Newtrition, taupey light brown with cool grey aspect. Crow and Pebble says: A cool toned neutral taupe, a medium shade. The product image looks more yellow in the pictures, which I would have liked!
1:10 - Fantasy Creatures, reddy brown with lime green/teal reflect. Fyrinnae says: Vivid lime green sparkle on a sheer tan base turns bright pink at an angle or closer to light. I agree the base is very sheer, with it's warmer-toned than implied by tan.
1:58 - Killiney Hill, mossy green with grey, cool gold shimmer with a touch of yellow. No longer listed.
2:40 CRONCHY CRONCH
3:22 - Faust, cool toned chocolatey brown with gold shimmer (warm reddish base but looks cool in application). Fyrinnae says: This rich, shimmery dark brown has a somewhat metallic finish and slight golden hue without being overly warm. Dark brown is right, but it's almost black on me.
4:12 - Harbor Seal, grey with touch of brown with silvery purple shimmer. Fyrinnae says: Satiny cool taupe with very fine gold and light pink shimmer.
5:12 - Sloth Snuggles, purple grey with strong blue presence, soft blue silver shimmer. Fyrinnae says: Deep to medium chocolate brown graced with a satiny mauve highlight. I find it more purple leaning than this description.
6:10 - Nudibranch, fuschia purple with rosegold shimmer, base colour showed up better on the finger. Fyrinnae says: Pink leaning mauve filled with a shimmery gold highlight and scattering of light green sparkle. I think the shade is more intense/saturated than the images shown.
7:28 - Meerkat, reddish purple with gold shimmer, very patchy and buffed better into the finger. No longer listed.
8:25 - Herbivore, pale grey purple, dusty texture, strong silvery white shimmer. Fyrinnae says: Soft, slightly satiny lavender with a light green highlight. I've seen the green in different lighting!
9:22 - Ursa Major, light lavender with silver/blue sparkle, fairly sheer. Crow and Pebble says: This is a Mauvey-Plum base with a blue duochrome shimmer. I have yet to build this shade up to more than a pale, neutral purple.
10:16 - Serendipity, warm desaturated brown with reddish gold shimmer. Fyrinnae says: This shade is glowing copper shimmer over a sheer charcoal tinted base.
11:33 Arm switch, where swatching gets way worse
11:55 I am a Stray Cat, medium grey brown with cool gold shimmer. Crow and Pebble says: A soft, neutral brown with hints of gold. I think it's cooler than neutral
12:43, Desert Stars, light warm brown with slightly blue, silver shimmer. Fyrinnae says: Over a tan matte base, aqua-green shimmer turns icy blue then pale lavender-pink.
13:30, Kaibyo , reddish gold with purple and red shimmer. Fyrinnae says: On a transparent green base, light burgundy turns copper, gold, then golden green. Metallic finish. Agreed, this is not the "sparkly" type of finish.
14:26 Petrochemical Sheen, medium red brown with blue/green sparkle and shimmer. Gets redder as it's buffed out. Very oil-slick effect! Crow and Pebble says: A deep, warm brown with a bright green duochrome sheen. I agree!
15:21 - Mythical Dalliance, pinky gold with gold and pink shimmer. Fyrinnae says: Rosy-copper sparkle becomes warm gold, then golden green. This shadow is transparent, comprised mainly of color-changing sparkle. I get very little of the green, it sometimes shifts to yellow-green
Some comments:
eye primer definitely amps up shadow depth and is sticky, this is really nice for shimmers if you want a punch. However, removing the shadow from my arm, I was left with a strip of primer and colour, so this might also explain patchy fading throughout the day if the primer isn't even
Fyrinnae Meerkat is a very different formula than the rest of the products. It feels as if it's dried out or is missing a component. This is getting trashed if I can't figure out how to use it.
I did use Pixie Epoxy for all the scattered sparkly shades, but they didn't pick up on camera with the current lighting situation
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