[SWATCH] Rock & Republic: Saturate Eye Color - Exile

For my second installment of the Rock & Republic eyeshadow swatches, I chose Exile. So for a quick recap, I bought these off of Hautelook for $8.40 USD $24.00 USD each and they each come with 0.11oz/3g of product. Each eyeshadow is encased in a weighty solid plastic/metal container and are housed in black cylindrical packaging. The company logo is embossed anywhere to be found and all of the information on the product is found on the lower portion of the packaging and on the lower portion of the container. The eyeshadow flips up to reveal a mirror on the side with a plastic protective sheet covering the shadow.

The eyeshadows when swatched are very silky, smooth and glide onto the skin with much ease. Although they applied fairly pigmented dry, the colors became ever much more so prominent when applied with primer or wet.

Exile is a soft rose-gold copper base with many gold micro-shimmers. It's a beautiful neutral shade that can be used all over the eyelid or on the inner corners and lower lid as a highlight. I'd definitely recommed this color for first time shoppers of the cosmetics line as it is very easy to work with and not much blended is required to smooth out the color. Below are swatches when applied dry, with primer and wet. Enjoy!

Exile - Flash

Exile - No Flash

Swatches w/ Wet, Primer, Dry

Swatches w/ Dry, Primer, Wet

Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this post where purchased by myself for the use and review purposes. My opinions are honest and are not influenced in any way at all. I was not sponsored for this post.

[SWATCH] Rock & Republic: Saturate Eye Color - Tempting

I feel like I have failed in the bloggosphere aspect for posting blogs on a more constant basis. I promised swatches from my Rock & Republic Saturate Eye Color eyeshadows that I hauled from Hautelook a few weeks back. So of course, more apologies from me once again and today I shall present you with my very first swatch, Tempting!

First off, let me start off with the package. Slightly excessive but beautiful at the most! Each eyeshadow came separately packaged in back lacquered cylinders. The lids are sealed with black circular stickers each embossed in silver with the eyeshadow shade. The bottom of the container says that each eyeshadow hs 0.11oz/3g of product. Quite the amount I should say! I purchased these for $8.40 USD each on Hautelook and it's safe to say that for half the price of  a MAC eyeshadow and twice the amount of product I definitely cannot complain.

When the eyeshadows are removed from their packaging, below is the Rock & Republic logo embossed in a criss-cross pattern on the bottom part of the package.

The first thing that you see when you open up the packaging is the lid of the eyeshadow container. It has a very large Rock and Republic logo in 3D on the lid in very shiny silver and the background of the logo is also a glazed black plastic. The underside of the eyeshadow container has basically the same information as the bottom part of the outer packaging. The container itself is fairly weighty and makes it feel luxurious and has a quality feel to it as well.

Tempting itself is a very gorgeous purpley, grey, taupey shade that has multifaceted shimmer to it. As you've probably all heard before, the powder of the eyeshadow is very finely jet milled and upon swatching it, it felt like I was touching powdery silk. The eyeshadow glided on very smoothly in one application and it is very pigment as well.

Tempting - Flash

Tempting - No flash

I made swatches of the eyeshadow in comparison to how well it applies, dry, with a primer and wet. It works perfectly fine by itself dry but with a primer and wet, the color is much more pigmented. I definitely recommend this shade if you're interested in trying out the Rock & Republic Cosmetics line but unsure as to what shade to try first. This shade is very safe but very flattering and simple at the same time. It can easily be worn from day to night and with a little bit of eyeshadow it can create a very dramatic look.

Swatches w/ Flash {Dry, Primer, Wet}

Swatches w/ Flash {Dry, Primer, Wet}

I hope you guys enjoyed this half efforted written post that I whipped up in a few minutes and that it was semi-decent. I'll try my best to post up another swatch tomorrow night to compensate for the lack of swatches and posts this week. Have a good night! :)

Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this post where purchased by myself for the use and review purposes. My opinions are honest and are not influenced in any way at all. I was not sponsored for this post.

Sneak Peak

My sincerest apologies for not posting up any reviews of the Rock & Republic Saturate Eye Colors the past few days. I blame it solely on the midterms that are swamping me for the next few days. In return, I'll show you guys a sneak peak of the the colors that I ordered look like so you can know what to expect! All of the colors are absolutely gorgeous and I can't be any happier of the quality of them :) Enjoy!

Rock & Republic Saturate Eye Colors {Twisted, Tempting, Alloy, Exile, Affair, Provocative $8.40 USD/each} - Normal lighting



Rock & Republic Saturate Eye Colors {Twisted, Tempting, Alloy, Exile, Affair, Provocative $8.40 USD/each} - Flash

[TEASE] Hautelook - Rock & Republic Cosmetics Haul

Hoorah! The mail gods have answered my pleas! I arrived home this evening to a lovely package sitting on the kitchen table!

I had to refrain myself from opening the box and tearing the packaging apart so that I could take pcturesfor you all to see. Haha I admire my restraint after waiting for the package to arrive for so long! I also documented the unboxing process so that you guys could see the care taken into making sure that my order arrived safely without any damages. They bubble wrapped the package to ensure that it wouldn't bump on the sides while being tossed around in the back of mail vans/airplane/truck however it was brought to me and then the package itself was spread out to evenly distribute the weight inside and wrapped in tissue paper. My receipt was placed on top of the products but it was slightly crumpled. Not my main concern though as long as everything else comes out undamaged!

Nestled inside under all of the wrapping I found my lovely 7 containers! I'm definitely a sucker to packaging and this one pulled me in deeply. I love the shiny black finishes on the boxes and the logo embossed in silver on the lids. All containers are sealed shut with circular stickers identifying the shade of the product, two in total, one on either opposite sides of the lid. The Exhibition Pressed Powder is significantly larger than the Saturate Eye Colors but that's to be expected. I definitely didn't expect the sizes of either products to be this large! It's safe to say that I definitely adore the products at first glance which isn't going to be healthy since Hautelook is having another Rock & Republic sale this Monday the 21 so be prepared! I smell another large haul in the near future! Within the next few days, I'll have swatches posted of all of the products so you guys will get a chance to see if they really do hold up to their reputations.

I hope that I was able to excite you guy for the time being until I upload reviews ;)

P.S. As had previously mentioned, Hautelook is having a sale for Rock & Republic Cosmetics this Monday, March 21. I suggest you guys check out the selection of blushes available from the company and their respective swatches so that you guys know before hand which ones interest you. That way when the sale starts you can snatch those ones up right away seeing as blushes are their most popular product and sell out almost instantly! As always, here's my invitation link, you don't have to use it but I'd much appreciate it if you guys did!

http://www.hautelook.com/invite/vickiixtinhy

Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this post where purchased by myself for the use and review purposes. My opinions are honest and are not influenced in any way at all. I was not sponsored for this post.