It's 1:30am and I decided to start this review. So please forgive my rambling or craziness, k?
Alright let's start off with the
website. You can order from
Etsy or High Voltage's actual
website. I shopped using their website. They have a great
FAQ that should answer all of your questions, plus all of the ingredients listed! (Actually, that first question is me, haha, you girls know I don't want to get ripped off again!!). The site is pretty easy to navigate. They are constantly adding new products, so be sure to check back regularly. For example, since I ordered about 2 weeks ago they now have lip products and a shadow base, along with a whole bunch of new shadows! Plus, they have skin swatches on a lot of products, which rocks my socks!
The reason I wanted to order from them was the red head brow powder. It caught my eye because it's pretty difficult to find a brow powder for us redheads! I decided to order the 20 sample set lot for $14.50 and a ridiculously
low priced shipping of like $0.25! I love when companies with sample baggies don't charge huge shipping prices *cough* Meow *cough. I ordered on a weekend and received my shadows really
quickly, within the week.
I emailed
customer service to ask a few questions. I got a response SUPER fast, which was totally awesome cause I emailed late one night! They were really sweet and helpful! I asked if they blended their own colors (which I was almost positive they did, since the colors are so original) and they were really kind about it.
High Voltage DOES NOT repackage (yay!) and I loved how they answered my question! No suspicious defensiveness there. That's pretty important to me! They also helped me pick out some colors. All in all, I was surprised and excited to have such great service. I also asked if they wanted me to email them before I posted my review, since I've had some trouble with a company being very angry at my review in the past. They said "honesty is the best policy, if you are unhappy with something then you just are". Okay, how awesome is that?!
Onto the good part, swatches!! As always, click to see the colors better!
979- mocha with a hint of gold
What's Your Pleasure- Light orange tangerine
Pink Heels- Soft Tangerine Pink
Spit Fire- medium orange
Redhead Brow Powder
I'm Eighteen- dirty lavender satin
Do the Twist- lavender purple
Sunset Strip- powder blue with subtle purple undertones
Mini Skirt- Appears as a light brown,but has pink golden undertones
Alter Ego- fuschia metallic red
Adrenaline-Smoky Light Purple Mocha with a hint of gold
Plaid Skirt- light shimmery pastel green
I Love Rock n Roll- light pastel yellow
I'm a Wild Chick- Pastel spring green with a pop
Poisoned Apple- Green with flecks of Orange and gold
Ziggy Stardust- aqua blue green
Secret Weapon- Light muted golden brown
Hanky Panky- dirty golden brown
Brown Eyed Girl- Shimmery Brown bronze Deep rich and dark chocolate
Bootleg- complicated Maroonish blackened purple
* (free sample) Rainbow in the Dark- dark navy with multi colored sparkles
I was really, really impressed with the
shadows. I honestly like every single one! They have a dry texture, like Stardust or She Space, and blend very well. There is little to no fallout with the sparkles or shimmer. Some of the shades are close to matte, sort of satin-y, but it's easy to tell which from the swatches on the site. These stay on really well even without a primer (I forgot, whoops!), mine lasted around 8 hours before I took it off. The colors go on really bright and clear and do not muddy at all on the skin.
I had a lot of favorites from these! The last five swatches are amazing...the top three neutrals are must haves for everyone. They are all taupe-y and fantastic! I also really liked I'm a Wild Chick, Poisoned Apple and Ziggy Stardust. They were the colors that I have never seen before by any other company and just popped out as being amazing! I definitely recommend picking up samples of those eight colors for sure.
The brow powder is really, really nice. First, I love the color but more importantly it goes on nice and soft and lasts FOREVER. No weird fading brows with High Voltage! It looks odd in the pictures below cause I used wayyy too much, but I've been using it lately (when I'm not too lazy) and loving it!
For the look on the left, I used Mini Skit in the inner vee, Brown Eyed Girl in the crease and Alter Ego as a liner dry. For the look on the right, I used Sunset Strip all over lid, Rainbows in the dark in crease and as liner and Pink Heels as highlight. I thought it was a really fun "whore blue" look ;) (There are like 2 people out there that know what I'm taking about!)
For this look, I used What's Your Pleasure on lid and inner vee, taking it high onto the browbone. Then I took Adrenaline and halo-ed it in the crease and as a liner. I also used Sephora Mono shadow in Chrome 08 as a highlight, Too Faced brightening blush in Papa Don't Peach and Fyrinnae lip lustre in Lickable. For some reason, What's Your Pleasure photographs more white than it actually is.
Overall, I'm in love! Another company that is totally and completely Sparkle Approved! (Seriously, I gotta make a list! Maybe next post?). Make sure to check out the High Voltage website and get your color on! I have a really good feeling about this company and I really think they could become a cult sensation!
Disclaimer: (Yes, I remembered!!) Everything reviewed in this post was purchased by me, except for the free sample that comes with every order (but that doesn't count, right?). I was not paid for this review nor do I have any affiliation with this company except thinking that they rock.
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