9 - Pale Silver
Pale Silver swatch
3 - Pink Gold
19 - Pale Blue
24 - Old Gold
44 - Bronze
Swatches: Pink Gold, Pale Blue, Old Gold, Bronze
69 - Sapphire
91 - Silvery Black
96 - Gold
102 - Burgundy Noir
(oh dear, there's some Gold pigment mixed in!)
Swatches: Silvery Black, Sapphire, Gold, Burgundy
Barry M Dazzle Dusts are 4.50 GBP (around $7 USD) each, and I found them at practically every Superdrug and Boots (The selection tended to be better at Superdrug, though). Barry M seems to be discounted often. Superdrug had them for a 3 for 2 and Boots had a "buy 3 for 10 GBP" sale.
Barry M Dazzle Dusts come in small containers, but each container is PACKED full to the very brim. Be very careful when opening the containers for the first time. There is no sifter, and since the packages are FULL, they will spill if you aren't careful!
I noticed that most of the local drugstore brands in the UK sell loose eyeshadows. Some examples are Sleek, Collection 2000, and Gosh. Loose eyeshadows must be very popular in the UK!
Interested in other brands, I bought a few Sleek Eye Dusts and pressed them as well.
Glory, Vintage, Dirty
From left, Glory, Vintage, and Dirty
Sleek loose eyeshadows are not as finely milled as the Barry M ones. They come in bigger containers (roughly the size of a MAC pigment) and are only 3 GBP (less than $5). They do contain sifters, but on two of the three that I bought, the sifter was bent in the middle and a lot of the eyeshadow spilled out of the container. Even though there is no sifter, I think the Barry M Dazzle Dusts have better packaging and are worth spending the extra 2 GBP.
As you can see from the swatches, these eyeshadows are VERY pigmented, especially the Barry M Dazzle Dusts! I really love using them, and they are much easier to use in pressed form.
xoxo, K
Pink gold is soooooooooooo pretty! It's so pretty that if you told me that it was worn by Aphrodite herself.....I WOULD BELIEVE YOU!
ReplyDeleteBurgundy Noir looks amazing! And I think the Gold pigment in it actually adds to the effect, it's really nice! :) x
ReplyDeleteI have the dazzle dusts in pink gold too and I really love it!
ReplyDeleteLovely thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful! I really like pink gold especially~
ReplyDeletehow do u press the eyeshadows? i have a few barry m too and always wait for 3 for 2 to buy them...
ReplyDeleteAll of them are really pretty. Great colors that you bought.
ReplyDelete*Kat*
could you please post the method of pressing? i need to learn to do this so maybe some of my untouched loose e/s can get love again. thanks
ReplyDeletewow those are SO pretty. i need to get around to pressing my pigments as well T^T but i can't find the pans! haha, ai ya.
ReplyDeleteOhhhh great colors! Thank you for the swatches, that Pink Gold from Barry M is gorgeous! Damn I did an order recently and I didn't include it :(
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These are SO pigmented!!! I can see now why you love them so much.
ReplyDeleteMaybe one day you can do a pigment pressing tut? I bought a whole bunch loose pigments at IMATS but haven't used them cos all they do is make a huge mess!
p.s. why are you reading up on pregnancy? xD
they are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love all of the colors! I wish they were more accessible to us living in asia. :)
ReplyDeleteWas it easy to press them? I tried a pigment at the MAC counter once and I think my biggest complaint was all the fallout it left under my eyes. Since I have been rather weary of non-pressed e/s.
wahhh the colors are so pretty!
ReplyDeletei love that you press shadows! gotta get on it!
omg, the colors are amazing !
ReplyDeletelove the gold ones. uuuh must have them !
xo lala
http://lala-tulpe.blogspot.com/
i love glory, vintage and dirty!
ReplyDeletei love pressed eyeshadows ^.-
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