Tick:Tock Cosmetics - More Swatches

More swatches from Black Friday purchases.  Tick:Tock Cosmetics.  The first and second are swatched over primer.  The third is swatched with water.  I like the look of the water swatches, but it's super time consuming.  Still trying to find a happy medium.

Sundial: a rich creamy yellow with gold sparkle and gold glitter  (Light Goldenrod)

NEW Big Ben: A bold blue with a beautiful red shift and sparkle! (Sapphire Blue) (I'm not sure if my sample is the before or after.  It needed more base, I think.)

Midsummer Night: a deep burgandy/purple with loads of red glitter and a light dusting of holographic glitter.

Leap Year: a light pastel yellow with gold and green glitter.  (Lemon Chiffon)

Oh-Nine-Hundred: an army green with green and gold shimmer and green glitter. (Pea Green)

Metronome: a pure shimmery white with loads of holographic glitter.

Sexy Time: a black based blue, full of shimmer and holographic glitter.

Expiration Date: A funky, fun color, it's greyish green with some red shimmer and sparkle. (Army Green)

Clepsydra: Greek for "Water Clock", this shade is a dark greenish blue with a whole bunch of purple shimmer and sparkle.
Frozen in Time: An icy blue with lots of blue shimmer and sparkle.  (Really pretty)
Cuckoo: a medium teal with light blue and purple shimmer.
Hourglass: orange with gold shimmer and orange glitter.

To be honest, I didn't find near as much glitter as the descriptions indicate.  I found a lot of "shimmer" but not enough glitter that I would say they were "full of glitter".  Some indicate more than one color of glitter and I really couldn't find that as evident either.

After having been spoiled with Grandfather Clock and Salvador Dali, I am just that, spoiled.  Never fear, I have MORE Tick:Tock to swatch.

The teeny tiny fine print: All opinions are my own. I did not beg, borrow or steal the products that I reviewed. I purchased them with my own lunch money. Honest and semi-coherent reviews are the way to make a distinction between great companies who hand-formulate their products and those who take mica - repackage it, slap an organic/all natural tag on their products and call themselves artisans. Honesty is my policy, even if I hurt a few feelings along the way.

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Tick:Tock Cosmetics Giveaway! Closed!

Black Friday brought many sales, including a great deal from Tick:Tock Cosmetics.  Among the offers, I bought a few, one was a mega stocking stuffer which included three full size shadows, 6 samples and 1 Infinity Eye Shadow Base in Milky Way. The other, a full set of samples of their main line with an IES base.  After talking with Tiffany she agreed to six deluxe samples (these are at least 1/4 tsp (double the normal size) which is about 1/2 the size of a normal 5gr jar.) and sent a full size of the eye shadow base as well!

I have to tell you, that I was really pleased with the shadows.  I received full sizes in High Noon, Salvador Dali and Grandfather clock.  All three home runs for me.  As I usually do, I asked the owner for suggestions - and Tiffany did not disappoint.  In addition, she sent three samples of her choice for the giveaway.  Again - all really nice, pigmented shadows with a lot of sparkle.  Some of the colors are more spectacular than they are described by Tick:Tock.  Grandfather Clock has more glitter than just gold - there's some copper or red or something in it.  The one thing in their favor is that they have close-ups of their shadows in jars, that show how gorgeous these shades can be.

• High Noon: a light brown with a hint of shimmer. 
• Salvador Dali: a deep purple with purple and red shimmer and purple glitter.
• Grandfather Clock: a rich chocolatey brown with loads of gold shimmer and gold glitter

• Stop...Zombie Time! is a yellowish green with blue and aqua shimmer.
• Time Warp... Again: A true black, loaded with every color of shimmer imaginable.
• Time Square: a dark silver with loads of shimmer and sparkle.

This is my first experience with eye shadow bases from indie companies.  I really like this product.  everything above was swatched over Milky Way.  At $4.00 for a 5gr jar, they are a good deal.

And now for the giveaway!  Thank you to Tick:Tock Cosmetics for their generosity.

The teeny tiny fine print: All opinions are my own, no matter how ridiculous. I did not beg, borrow or steal the products that I reviewed. I purchased them with my own lunch money. Honest and semi-coherent reviews are the way to make a distinction between great companies who hand-formulate their products and those who take mica - repackage it, slap an organic/all natural tag on their products and call themselves a mineral make-up company. Honesty is my policy, even if I hurt a few feelings along the way.

The products for this giveaway were provided by Tick:Tock cosmetics.  All swatches from my own personal inventory. 

FYI:  I am left handed.

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