I first heard of this indie brand
through watching Angelika Oles’ beauty channel on YouTube. Oden’s Eye is a
Swedish indie brand and they make Norse mythology themed products. This is the
second of two eyeshadow palettes I decided to purchase. I also picked up the
two matching highlighter palettes.
THE PACKAGING
The packaging is small and square in shape
and is made out of cardboard. The design and imagery is so unique to the brand.
Alva means elf in Swedish. The base colour of the packaging is a dusty pink and
it has flowers and grapes printed on it. There is also the silver reflective
elf graphic. The palette has a magnetic closing/opening, which you lift up to
reveal the small round mirror and small circular pans on a dusty pink base. The
eyeshadow shade names are printed in gold font above each, they kind of wrap
around the pans.
THE EYESHADOWS & FORMULA
You get sixteen 1.25g eyeshadows in Matte
(M), Diamond Glitter (DG), Chunky Glitter (CG) and Metallic (ME) finishes.
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Vegan
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Cruelty-Free
THE SHADES & SWATCHES
Jasmine - light warm beige (M)
Baby’s Breath - diamond sparkle with duo-chrome shine (DG)
Coffee Bean - golden brown (CG)
Daisy - delicate daisy yellow (M)
Carnation - silver diamond sparkle (DG)
Lotus - red bean (M)
Cherry Blossom - red (ME)
Sunflower - bright yellow with duo-chrome sheen (ME)
Dandelion - champagne gold sparkle (DG)
Morning Glory - chestnut brown (M)
Dahlia - purple sparkle with silver shift (DG)
Golden Tulipa - light gold with pink sheen (DG)
Camellia - soft pink (M)
Lilac - sparkly purple duo-chrome (DG)
Peony - dark brick brown (M)
Cosmos - deep rose (CG)
MY THOUGHTS
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Primer/Base - The eyeshadows are pigmented enough without a primer or base, but I
would always lay one down. I used Too
Faced Shadow Insurance and Too Faced
Glitter Glue.
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Pigmentation - The pigmentation is decent,
but I would have liked the glitter shades to have more of a base pigment to
them.
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Application (wet/dry) - The eyeshadows can
be applied wet or dry. I always use mattes dry, unless I am applying them to my
lower lash line or using them as eyeliner. I sometimes apply metallics/shimmers
wet, but it depends on the formula and whether they contain glitters. Wet
application can max up the pigmentation and help prevent fallout.
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Blending - These eyeshadows mostly blend quite
well.
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Kick-Back - Obviously, there is always going to be
kick-back in your eyeshadow pans as you are disturbing powders. The kick-back
was not a concern or issue for me in this particular palette.
·
Fallout - I didn’t really notice any fallout,
but it is possible with the glittery shades.
The packaging is very dreamy and pretty
and I do like the colour story. My favourite shades are Camelia and Lilac. Camelia blends so amazingly and I was
just in love with it on my eyes and I love how sparkly and glittery Lilac looks on the lid. The shade Daisy does need to be built up quite a
bit to get it to really show up and it looked a little patchy on me (could be
my skin tone). Jasmine and Lotus are a little light for transition
shades on my skin tone, but I can use them to blend out the other matte shades.
Peony has a slightly dryer texture
than the other matte shades, so it took a little of patience to get it to work.
I do wish the glitter shades were actually a metallic formula. They are very sparkly
and glittery, but there isn’t much base pigment to them. Some of them can also
be a little hard to apply, using your finger and applying them over glitter
glue is best. This palette doesn’t have a strange scent like the Solmåne
eyeshadow palette did. Overall, I do like and recommend this palette, but I do
prefer the Solmåne version as I had a better experience with the shades. The
Alva Eyeshadow Palette just doesn’t work as dreamy as it looks.
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