My tiny Archetype haul is finally here

Took it long enough - almost 4 months.

The foundation samples I ordered for my friends (5 samples, 15 USD incl shipping) and my own order (2 full foundies, 2 small pigments and some samples totalling 31,75 USD incl shipping) arrived at the same time in different envelopes. They were shipped out on the same day too, January 27.

The foundation samples are in darker tones then the foundations I wear myself. It will be interesting to swatch them.

As for me - I've got full size foundations in Striptease formula Level 1 Yellow Beige for day wear and Level 1 Pink Beige for evening wear (the first tones down the redness of my face during the day and the latter supposedly helps to give a more radiant look to me in the artificial light - the theory is yet to be tested). I am a little disappointed that the foundies are only 20gr jars - they will not last long.

Also ordered some small eye shadows: Burlesque Revival (on the homepage described as:

"Looks dove grey in the pot, and in the picture, but when applied it reveals a spectacular pinkish iridescence and a moderate silver sparkle. Applies fairly opaque."

and Erotic Underground (on the homepage described as:

"Flat out gorgeous color- this one has a velvety grey satiny silverypink look straight on, but tip it to the side and see it change to a blackened green, and has a tiny bit of blue sparkles. Looks very multidimensional when applied, like several shades rolled into one.";

I have begun not to like the last one - too dark for me) and some more multi-use pigment samples - they are so affordable, I could not resist: Madame Terpsichore, Dirty Blonde, Epiphany, Silk&Cyanide and Angel Dust have been now added to my collection.

The foundies I am going to swatch later on are:
Yellow Beige Lev 1
Yellow Beige Lev 2
Yellow Beige Lev 3
Pink Beige Lev 1
Neutral Lev 2
Neutral Lev 3
... all in Striptease formula. According to the Archetype homepage the Striptease formula consists of:

"Striptease Contains: Titanium Dioxide (77891), Zinc Oxide, Mica (77019), Boron Nitride, Silicon Dioxide, Polymethylhydrogen Siloxane, Iron Oxides (77499, 77491)."

They also carry a very minimalist formula called In the Buff for those who wish to entirely avoid any man-made substances (that one is completely matte, Striptease has an in-built sheen, which I absolutely adore).


The samples in this haul:

Angel Dust
Apocalypse Meow
Autumn Leaves
Child of Hounds
Dirty Blonde
Dungeon
Epiphany
Fool in the Rain
Lisa's Busted Camaro
Madame Terpsichore
Silk&Cyanide
Spun Sugar
Starfall
The Oak King
Xibalba

The haul:

Full sized foundies (20gr) and mini eye shadows (5gr)

Eyeshadow and blush samples:

Now the foundation swatches:

(dry application, no primer) just in case - another photo too:Swatches of the samples
(dry application, no primer)
All the Archetype browns I have:
(dry application, no primer)
All the Archetype pinks:
(dry application, the upper ones are applied on Manhattan Cosmetics eye shadow base but there seems to be no difference - they are so shiny the camera is unable capture the colors)
EOTD in browns:


Absolutely love this foundation...
no primers, no nothing - looks absolutely flawless on it's own

Archetype EOTDs vol 2

(Original thread is too picture-heavy, started a new one)

IHMO the Archetype's greenish-grayish tones are not very durable. The foundation alone is not firm enough base for them.
Ocean Mist's Bare as foundation, light to mid coverage and a tad too light... it has a pinkish undertone.
Colors used are Glass Coffin just under the brow line (invisible on the photos, imagine slightly turquoise sheen), The Gargoyle Trees all over lid, darker in the outer V, Little Grey Kitten in the inner corners, Wormwood (wet) as upper liner, Little Grey Kitten (wet) as lower liner.

The Gargoyle Trees, Deadly Nightshade and Wormwood are quite similar actually. Gargoyle Trees is more grayish dark green, Deadly Nightshade is greener dark green, Wormwood has some golden sheen in it too.

This one came out a tad too dark:

Colors used are St. Elmo's Fire in the middle, Epiphany in inner and outer corner,
Deep Sunless Sea as liner (wet).

This is here one of the rare occasions I use more then 2 colors.

first picture: eyes with just the primer: EDM's Sandy Fair (in matte) this time

The colors used are:
Green Goddess in the inner corners
Luna Sidhe in outer V
Weeping Willow (love) just under the browbone
no liner (simply slipped my mind)
all applied dry
also forgot to do the eyebrows...

on this one the colors seemed the most vivid:
and one large, blown up photo too:

Extremely sweet angelic look IMHO. Picked the colors by closing my eyes and taking 3 random baggies from the box. :)

Archetype tellimus venib... ja venib... ja siis venib veel veidi...

Tüütu.
Mul foundi juba otsas ja pidin vahepeal juba EDMi testreid kasutama hakkama...
16. okt tellitud ning nad pole veel saatmisenigi jõudnud - saadavad alles 15. septembri seisuga tellimusi välja. Kiirus on ikka HÄMMASTAV.

Olen jõudnud vahepeal juba äragi unistada, et mida üldse tellisin...

(Just ranting about Archetype's order which has still not been shipped although ordered on 16 October... it's 8 January already.)

Here's a couple of EOTD pictures featuring Erotic Underground - the color which I ordered in full size. I am really getting pissed off... If the packet does not arrive in January I'll notify PayPal.



Good news: it's January 11 and apparently my order has shipped.

Methinks - no more ordering from Archetype.

Have wasted too much money on it and the service frankly sucks.

2nd order was 31,50 USD: 2 full foundies, 2 full e/s, 4 e/s samples, shipping 5 USD.

3rd order was 15 USD - am I so sorry I did not write this one down... it had 5 foundation samples, methinks, with 5 USD shipping.

I also rather suspect that I got screwed over on my 1st order.

It's January 30 and no sign of my order...

Its February 6th and the haul is finally here.
I am not even happy... I've been so frustrated over this order that I do not even care about it now.

Archetype testritega tehtud FOTD'd (Archetype FOTD)

Archetype Cosmetics Cicatrix dry, same color wet as eyeliner (dark grey with golden green shine)


Epiphany applied dry with EDM's Eye Kabuki, photo in natural light: soft shiny gray, great everyday neutral. Liner (very thin, next to the lashline) is Simply Naturals' Blue Steel applied wet.

Erotic Underground dry all over lid, Blue Steel as liner


Erotic Underground wet all over lid, Burlesque Revival as highlighter. I must say these colors are impossible to photograph with my camera: EU looks dull gray and BR even lighter dull grey while IRL the first is purplish silver in daylight (greenish silver in artificial) and the second has distinctive pink sheen.

Now a little something with Midnight Aeval and Daybreak Aeval that are to go together.
Unfortunately the camera distorts the colors - Daybreak Aeval is actually greener then the light blue on the pictures.
I used Signature Minerals Porcelain as primer - the eyeshadow creased in 5 hours :S.


This next set of photos is made in daylight (overcast, no flash) with Empty Heart, brownish grey with blue glitter.
The glitter is totally invisible on the photos.
First two dry:
Second ones: wet, one of them taken with flash:




These swatches are made 6 hrs after putting on the makeup so the look is not very fresh. Silk powder is used as primer, Signature Mineral's Porcelain as foundi on eyes, rest of the face is Conservatorie Caramel light. Colors used are Corpse Candle dry all over lid (liner too, applied wet) and Glass Coffin to blend in the harsh line under the browbone.

Corpse Candle is a verry pretty tourquoise-like tone, Glass Coffin is very sheer, also blue-based sparkling tone. The photos are made during a winter afternoon so the light is very blue and dim.

Now again some light greens: Back to the Sea all over lid, dry, Weeping Willow is used dry to blend the colors under the brow bone. Liner is Simply Natural's Twilight.

These two are taken in daylight:

The same in artificial light:

Twilight and Back to the Sea resemble each other but the first one has golden sparks where Twilight has silvery sheen.

Now to browns and golds. This look is done with 4 colors. Highlighter is Dirty Blonde, all over color is Child of Hounds, outer V is Xibalba (reminds me of Simply Naturals' Cafe Satin) and the only color used wet is Yowie the Night Beast as liner.

First 2 photos are made in daylight.

And 2 in artificial light:

More browns: Simply Naturals' Sandlewood is used as eyeshadow base (strongly pigmented dark brown). Queen of the Nile all over lid, inner corners Valley of the Kings (strong bright coppery metallic), same color is used just under the browbone. Dirty Blonde as highlighter and Ornaments of Gold wet as liner.

Photos are taken in daylight, some 5 hours after application - the colors are a little faded, especially on the right lid.

Some other green colors that do not impress me much - tried to make something out of them:


Caramel Light as primer again, Venus Fly Trap all over lid, Transylvanian Concubine in outer V ans wet as liner, then tried to blend Transylvanian Concubine with Bela's Grave but chose wrong - the result was bad. So grabbed Child of Hounds instead.
This here is an attempt to show Burlesque Revival in all its glory but the attempt failed miserably - the pink glow just isn't visible on the photo. Picture light grey with pink sheen.

I chose very few blues and purples from Archetype, so here's one of the purples: the Witching Hour (dry). A lot of fallout and does not stick to the eyelids at all - tends to leave the lids unevenly covered in only 30 minutes. Primer was EDM's intensive fair concealer.