Right, this is my first ever review so apologies if it reads badly, or anything else! I’m trying if nothing else. The views and thoughts are nothing but my own, and the review itself might not be much whack, but I’ll be as objective as possible okay 
I’ve got a few more things I got recently that I intend to review, so if you like it feel free to keep saying hi!
Sugarpill March 2010
The launch of Sugarpill actually went pretty un-noticed to me dispite being on LJ and guilty of nosying on Shrinkles blog relatively often. Up until recently I’ve not even bothered wearing eyeshadows on a day to day basis (though once upon a time I *adored* bright eyeshadow). A trip to England, and a friends wedding changed that with me deciding to buy some new eyeshadows and try to put some more effort in how I looked from day to day.
Ordering and Shipping
I ordered from Shrinkle for delivery to my UK address. I ordered the Cold Heart quad, Love+ (for my sister), Dollipop pressed eyeshadow and loose eyeshadows in Tiara and Hysteric (and got the free shipping as it was over $75). I got an e-mail to let me know it had been shipped the next day, and it took under a week to get to the UK. The packaging as everyone else has said on the web was great – plain white box with the sugarpill stamp, and lovely pink tissue paper inside with a handwritten thankyou note on the invoice. 
Obligatory makeup porn (I have pictures of everything, but there’s loads of reviews on the net so I’ll hold off posting them all ), it just looks so beautiful – there’s a lot of effort gone in there thats for sure!
The Makeup Itself
Since getting the makeup I’ve played around with it for 3 weeks now, doing some silly things before bathtime to evening looks and daytime wear. I may not be the most experienced user of eyeshadow, but the eyeshadow didnt take that out on me, and I think I’ve had a variety of good looks from it.
Some of my playing, bit hard to really see the goods, but don’t panic!
The thing that really impresses me is that I can get both something dramatic and something more day to day from the same shadow.
It was something that I was worried about, but it’s been no problem.
Swatches!
Top Swatches are on bare skin, lower are on Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion.
(L-R Hysteric, Tiara, Dollipop, Taku, Afterparty, Bulletproof, Poison plum)
On eye swatches – I figured perhaps some people would like to see this! Though I realise I forgot Poison Plum, seems I cleverly deleted it…… I promise to post it up soon okay
My thoughts and feelings on Sugarpill
I love how the quad colours go together. I do regret that I got Cold heart, as I intend to buy another quad when I have money and there’s no quad that I can get now without doubling up on colours. This however is my own short-sightedness. Sugarpill eyeshadows are very nice to use even for beginners like myself. They blend easily and can create a myriad of looks. Used with a primer or base underneath the pressed eyeshadows will not shift (and this was tested at a teary wedding, haha!) without primer they are still pretty long lasting. The loose eyeshadows don’t last as well with tears (but I so far have unly used them wet with water, I suspect that using something like Pixy Epoxy would be tear-proof!). As I mentioned earlier though I am pretty new to playing with eyeshadows and I’m pretty convinced that my use with the loose eyeshadows has a long way to go.
The packaging is well designed, and while the quad is heavy and cardboard based, it is pretty hardwearing – I dropped mine the other week, and although I’ve now got badluck for the next x years for breaking the mirror, the rest of the quad is 100% intact, whereas my cheap-ass pressed eyeshadow passed on into the realm of no-longer pressed :/.
Pricing seems pretty reasonable at $12 for an eyeshadow (pressed or loose) and $32 for a quad, from ordering to shipping was fast and it got to the UK rapidly.
Overall I really like the brand, I find Shrinkle/Amy approachable and friendly for the amount of stuff she must be doing at any one time (she’s replied to pretty much every eyeshadow look I posted on twitter for example, or giving me base advice.
I can’t really recommend it enough - 5/5
