Espionage Cosmetics Review
Today I’ve got some lovely eyeshadows to show you from Espionage Cosmetics. I purchased Astral Plane, Harajuku and Karei. I was sent Josephine Baker and Not Today.
PR + purchased by me.
Espionage Cosmetics Review
Espionage Cosmetics is a gamer-based, woman-owned business from Tacoma Washington. As they say ‘we’re nerds creating makeup for nerds.’ Currently they offer 36 different eyeshadow shades. They have collections ranging from Game of Thrones to Firefly. They also make really neat nail wraps.
To celebrate Espionage Cosmetics’ 3rd Birthday, they currently are offering free shipping until the end of the month. They’re also offering buy 5 nail wraps get 1 free.
Availability
EspionageCosmetics.com
Price
$7.50 eyeshadow
$10 nail art
$12 lip serums
These are swatched on eyeshdow primer.
Astral Plane
gorgeous purple with blue iridescence
Take yourself to a whole new plane of sexy with this eye popping purple! Astral Plane will let you experience the planes of sexy, awesome and kick-ass in no time!
If you only buy 1 color from Espionage, it needs to be Astral Plane. It’s a complex and gorgeous purple.
Harajuku
turquoise blue with gold iridescence
Harajuku, loosely translated, means “everything awesome in the world that you ever wanted to see, do, hear, or wear.” Seriously, look it up. And next to its definition, you’ll fall into obsession with the happiest, brightest shade of turquoise known to humankind. This mineral color has been known to dramatically increase the size and adorableness of your eyes with just one application. It’s carrot-underscore-carrot in a jar. ^_^
I love turquoise and when you add gold iridescence to it, it’s even prettier. Plus, I love the name. This is a dusty turquoise with gold iridescence. Even when used foiled or with mixing medium it’s still got a dusty quality.
Karei
taupe brown satin
This matte, goldenrod, mineral color gives a subtle warm shimmer to brighten any day. Specifically formulated for contouring and shadowing like a pro!
This satiny brown makes a great crease color or a wash of color on its own. Perfect for a cat eye!
Josephine Baker
deep green on a brown base
How do you fit a bad ass story of rags to riches to espionage to fighting Nazis and racism into a single color of awesomeness? We’re still working on it. In the meantime, this shimmering color does its best to live up to the super spy’s “Black Pearl” nickname. The dark shades of cocoa swirl with iridescent green for a deadly color you don’t want to mess with.
This is a shade that I consider wood nymph friendly.
Not Today
warm red matte
A bright, matte, red. Perfect for lip stain, blush, nail color and perfectly safe for your eyes.
Quite vivid, you can make a statement in this red.
If you are looking for new, geek friendly makeup, look no further than Espionage Cosmetics. I’m impressed by the pigmentation and blendability of the shades. I’m especially impressed by the complexity of Astral Plane, as it’s one of the prettiest purples I’ve seen in forever.
What do you think of Espionage Cosmetics?
They are very pigmented and pretty
Wow! Those are insanely pigmented. I’ve never heard of this brand before but I love that they are female gamers. =)
very pigmented!
Very nice! These all look super pigmented and the prices are very reasonable.
Not Today is flipping AMAZING
Astral Plane is just gorgeous.
Your look using these eyeshadows is gorgoues
These are so pretty!
Those duochrome shades get me every time! Astral Plane is gorgeous.
Josephine Baker had me at hello!
I’m loving Josephine Baker!
Oh man, those are GORGEOUS. I haven’t worn much makeup since I fell down the ‘I had a baby’ rabbit hole years and years ago, but I’m trying to get my groove back. I’m not sure if I can pull those off YET, but I am totally bookmarking their site. I just totally dig how so many of their colors have duo-tone effects! I just want to roll around in them!
The purple is so gorgeous!
Cool name and I love their shades. Particularly that red!!!
They do have some neat names!
I wasn’t so happy with the pigmentation in the set I got but maybe I need to try them on a different primer…
I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance for my look. I felt like Harajuku was not as bright as I wanted it to be, so I used Darling Girl Glitter Glue to intensify it for my makeup look.
I used the UD primer but have the TFSI so will try that. I don’t have the DG Glitter Glue but do have Pixie Epoxy should I try that?
Yes! Pixie Epoxy is pretty awesome 🙂
Thanks Phyrra, I’ll try play around with these on the weekend 🙂
Wow, that’s great pigment. I like the look that you created.
Thank you! I really like how it pulled together
Never heard of them, but I do like these shades!
Glad you like them 🙂
Love the pigmentation and shades!!! Noice combo on the eyes 😀
Two of my favorite colors together – teal and purple
SO beautiful!! Love the look you did as well!
Yay thank you!
These are really beautiful. I am not a gamer geek, tho so I guess I don’t qualify. 😉
You definitely don’t have to be a gamer geek to appreciate pretty shadows, but it’s a bonus in this case
The pigmentation and smoothness look so great!
I found them to be very easy to work with 🙂
Oka so if nerds create for nerds, I wanna be in that crowd. Holy wow these are stunning. Josephine Baker and that Astreal purple aRe toooooooo die for. Wow stunning. And love love love the look you created. Simply gorgeous!!!
Thank you Jamie! Yeah the purple is amazing
Beautiful. Looks very dense powder which is a good thing, did it have much fall out on application?
It’s loose, so there’s a tiny bit of fallout during application, but not bad.
Very nice colors.
I’m glad you like them too!
I love the colors and looks like some awesome eye shadows!
I’m happy with them too 🙂