HAUL! Coastal Scents Eyeshadow Hot Pots

I was so stoked when I saw on Instagram that Coastal Scents had restocked all their shadows and they were having a sale to boot! The company often has some pretty awesome deals, but most of the time nearly all their eye shadows are always sold out. So this was a huge win for me and I immediately went to order #alldashadows.

I ended up *only* getting 16 shadows and in total, I spent $20 including shipping. This is a great deal on shadows! To compare, I could get 2 MAC shadows, and 3 Makeup Geek shadows for this same price. I’d say 16 beats 2-3, what about you?

I know what you are thinking: “But how do these compare quality wise?”

I’d say these were pretty good! Not stellar, but totally worth $1. My budget shadow go-to’s are typically from Morphe Brushes. Their single shadows are only $2, but their shipping is a flat rate of $8 anywhere in the US and that’s what normally kills the sale for me. I rarely order from their website. Shipping for Coastal Scents was around $4 to Georgia, but it varies depending on your location.

I wouldn’t say these were even Morphe quality, but I maybe something similar to Wet ‘N Wild. You definitely need a primer and there will be some fallout. But the color are gorgeous and (as I will keep repeating) you can’t beat the price tag! The shadow pans are also the same size as a MAC or a Makeup Geek shadow.

On this go round, I purchased all shimmery, warm colors. I’ll probably grab some deeper mattes in the fall, but these will do for now. I was able to swatch the colors without primer on my arm and they did fine. However, when I went to put the colors on my eyelid, I needed the primer. The colors didn’t have the same vibrancy on the darker skin color of my eyelid that they had on the smooth area of skin I swatched on my arm. I use the HD primer from NYX for nearly all my eye looks so this wasn’t a turn off for me.