Concrete Minerals Spring 2015 Review
Today I’m sharing the Concrete Minerals Spring 2015 Collection with you. It’s a collection of 8 eyeshadows and when I saw it go live I jumped and ordered all the eyeshadows because I’m an eyeshadow fiend. Concrete Minerals is a cruelty free, gluten free and vegan mineral makeup company based in California. They’re certified by both PETA and the Leaping Bunny Program.
Concrete Minerals Spring 2015 Review
Where to Buy
Concrete Minerals
Price
$9 pro matte eyeshadows
$8 eyeshadows
The logo has been updated since I last ordered and I love the new logo design. I love the new lettering for the name. The packaging for Concrete Minerals has changed since I last ordered, too. They’re slightly taller and thicker. They sort of remind me of the old Medusa’s Makeup jars.
The regular eyeshadows contain more product than before. They used to say 1.5 grams (.05 oz) and now they say 2 grams (.07 oz).
There’s less product in the pro mattes. The pro matte jars say they are 2 grams (.07 oz). The pro matte jars used to be $8 for 2.5 g (.09 oz) jar. (see my previous review here.)
While I love that the names of the eyeshadows are easier to read on the new jars, I hate that the font is also much harder to read for the net weight info. I consider that information to be very important. The website only says ‘net weight 2 grams’ and I definitely feel that it’s necessary to see the .oz information since that allows you to accurately compare eyeshadows.
All colors swatched on Coastal Scents Step 1 Primer.
Still Ill
frosted white-gold
My Thoughts
To me this is an iridescent white with a gold shift. It reminds me of Fyrinnae Polar Bear. Very pretty. A nice highlighter for the eyes or face.
P.Y.T.
pinky peach with gold sparkle
My Thoughts
This is a lovely peach with pink tones and gold sparkle. It would make a great lid shade.
West Coast
vibrant ocean blue green
My Take
bright turquoise with a subtle turquoise green shift pearl. This would make a nice lid or lower lid shade.
Psycho Holiday
vibrant teal green
My Take
bright turquoise green pearl. This would make a nice lid or lower lid shade.
Notorious
bright magenta purple (pro matte)
My Take
super bright magenta pink with purple tones matte. Easily my favorite of the bunch. Perfect for brightening up your looks.
Cosmonaut
pale cream nude (pro matte)
My Take
pale peachy cream nude matte. This is a nice base or transition color.
Bandit
soft dusty rose (pro matte)
My Take
light beige nude pink matte. This would make a nice transition or lid shade.
Disturbia
warm chocolate brown (pro matte)
My Take
milk chocolate brown matte. This would make a nice crease or liner color if you like brown.
I have to admit, I was really disappointed with this order from Concrete Minerals. I ordered on April 4, 2015. On April 19, I emailed to ask what was going on with my order but I did not receive a response. The next day, I received a notice of shipment on April 20, 2015. My actual package didn’t go out to USPS until April 25. It just sat there. I finally received my order on April 29, 2015. The CM website says that all orders are processed within 5 to 7 business days. 7 business days would have been April 14. My order was processed well outside of that window.
If the company had responded to my email with something like ‘we’re behind on orders’, no problem. I’ve had 2 companies recently email me to tell me that my orders were going to be delayed, and I have no problem with that at all. Those companies were being proactive. However, Concrete Minerals chose not to respond at all to my email, which really left me feeling like their customer service was lacking. As someone who has been a customer of theirs since 2009, it definitely makes me sad and it makes me hesitate to order from them again in the future.
I really do love the colors I bought, especially Notorious, P.Y.T. and Cosmonaut.. Notorious is my favorite, hands down. It’s so bright and vibrant. P.Y.T. is beautiful too. Shades like Cosmonaut and Bandit are useful staples. Still Ill makes for a nice warm highlighter. Disturbia is great for deepening the crease or as a liner.
What do you think of the new Concrete Minerals Spring 2015 shades?
I unfortunately still have to receive my package from CM (which was ordered in February) Needless to say I’ve given up on receiving my product, a refund or even something as little as an apology.
Wow! That eye look!! I love the magenta and peach shades together!
OOO I love the pink eye look you created!
I’m loving that magenta-purple color-Notorious, and I love how that teal-green color Psycho Holiday shows up. Great swatches as always!
Bummer about the CS- I’ve been wanting to order more from them but maybe I should hold off.
Your eye look… I’m absolutely in love with it. I always preferred their packaging and logos but I think Concrete is one of those brands that are ever evolving. Glad to see they are still in the game and producing awesome products.
You always sell me on teals when I see your swatches. I love Psycho Holiday the best!
Personally I prefer the old packaging & lettering. I didn’t pick any of the new shadows but I have a few of their mineral ones and they’re nice. I still haven’t found a way to make their primer work on me without creasing, I have hooded eyes just like you.
Notorious is my favorite too. I love the bright eye you created!
These looks so pretty!
PYT and Notorious are pretty! They really should be more proactive with their customer service – there are more great Indies out there doing bright, fun, innovative colors in vegan/cruelty-free formulas that are going to take their business!
I rarely use pigments but these look nice and very affordable too
I don’t use pigments much, these are very vibrant and pretty!
I must say that I love the vibrant colours the most. They are really pretty. I couldn’t access the comments section on your previous blog – where you road tested the Melt cosmetics. The comment I was going to make was that I could understand why you were not totally comfortable with browns. Even though your eye look was lovely, I agree with you that browns are not really your colour. Vibrant greens, teals, blues, purples and even greys really suit you well.
I love how vibrant these are!
These are pretty! The customer service could have been better but at least the shades are gorgeous.
I’ve seen photos of the jars but not of the swatches. Thanks for sharing those.
That’s sad about the CS.
Such bright colors! Too bad about the customer service 🙁
I love the neutrals py,,, cosmonaut and still III my fabs
Sorry the customer service wasn’t more on point, but the shades are very pretty. I love that they have a lot of mattes and I have a definite fondness for peach shades like PYT
These shadows are gorgeous. I love how Psycho Holiday looks on you.
I’ve never tried this brand. These are gorgeous. How stunning is Notorious?
But if the customer service sucks, I’m not going to order from them. What a darn shame.
It’s funny because I stumbled onto some swatches of their pro matte shadows a couple of weeks ago; after discovering their website I thought “I want aalll the colors!” but was leery about ordering from a small business I hadn’t heard anything about. It’s so hard to tell with so many indie companies around, such a shame that they couldn’t pair these gorgeous shadows with decent customer service.
I find it ironic that I’ve been purchasing from them since 2009 but they couldn’t respond to my email or stay within their stated TAT.
Some great indies with great customer service are Makeup Geek, Sugarpill, Saucebox, Darling Girl, Fyrinnae, and Melt Cosmetics.
That’s pretty bad – I would’ve been upset as a new customer but when companies I’ve been loyal to let me down it’s a real disappointment.
I love the bottom row of colours and I LOVE that look you did!! Perfect. (Shame about the service, that’s happened to me a few times and I have to say that I tend to blacklist when it happens, which is harsh, I know. I just feel that there are so many indie companies out there that provide excellent service, why waste my moolah on those that don’t.)
Aww thank you! I had fun playing with the colors. Cosmonaut, Notorious and P.Y.T. (I have no idea what this stands for) are all really pretty and easy to work with. I do agree with you, it’s easier to forget a company with bad service and move on to new ones.
P.Y.T. is “Pretty Young Thing.” It’s from a Michael Jackson song from the 80s.
I like Cosmonaut a lot. It’s a shame that their CS needs improvement if their products are this nice.
Agreed! Cosmonaut is a really great shade to work with, easy to use to blend out.
These colors are gorgeous. Hope they improve their shipping and customer service.
I love Bandit and P.Y.T. The look you did is stunning! What a bummer about the customer service though.
I LOOOVE the look you did with the bright pink! That is gorgeous. Definitely sucks that they couldn’t even give you a heads up on what was going on, though.
The colours are so pretty but bad customer service is a deal breaker for me.
The colors are pretty but ouch, it’s a shame that they were so lax on their customer service.
Agreed. It was so disappointing.
Yikes, sorry to hear about your bad experience with their CS. It’s never a good thing for a small company.
Thanks, me too.