I LOVE what silica does for my face, so I'm thrilled that a slew of companies, from high end to low, have introduced silica-based products recently. A light dusting over my makeup conceals my pores and gives me an almost airbrushed finish. Since silica powder is very fine and can be a horrible mess to use in loose form, when Fyrinnae launched a silica primer earlier this year, I was thrilled. When I read that it was to be a aloe-based, and therefore very soothing, gel formulation, you couldn't pry me from their site.

Click to read more about Fyrinnae's amazing gel primer and see more photos!

I just received my first order from Fyrinnae yesterday and have been having some fun messing around with the loose eye shadow samples. Below i've got a few swatches on the eye, nothing but the shadow on my eye to show the shade. All swatches are foiled (used wet)


Fire Opal - This is a dark taupe with brilliant copper and gold shimmer/frost. when used dry the base is a little lighter than you see here.










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