Indie Shopping: Shiro Cosmetics

Initial Impressions: The Shiro Cosmetics site is a fun but cleanly designed site. There's nothing too fancy and unneeded about the design and everything is nice and easy to find. It's bright and fun, which fits into the theme of the make up. Products are grouped by type and collections. The photography for each item is clear and I've found the colour representation to be pretty much spot on (but don't forget that everyone's monitor displays slightly differently!). Clicking on a colour shows the purchase options, the inspiration, colour description, lip safety and ingredients.

Each eye shadow has the option of a full sized jar ($5.00), a mini jar ($3.50) or a sample baggie ($1.00). You get a good amount in the samples and it keeps postage down, so that's what I usually order. As I've said before, baggie samples are not my favourite but it's no problem buying jars on this end to use!

Order: I've ordered a lot previously from Shiro and haven't got round to doing a full review like this. This time I ordered the full set of the Tributes Collection samples for $10.80. You get a 10% discount if you use the option to order the full set.
Shipping: To the UK - $1.75. My order was posted just over a week after I placed the order but it took nearly three weeks to get across the ocean (US mail is random, some stuff takes 4 days and other stuff can take 4 weeks).


What Did I Get? My samples arrived very neatly wrapped in a little parcel, along with a couple of sweets. Which I ate before I opened the eye shadows. Also included were two extra samples.


I do quite like the way the bags are sealed with the label, it's quite a nice touch! The labels have all the information you need on them such as the name, ingredients and if it's lip safe or not. The labels peel off easily, without ripping which is a bonus for me. I stick the labels onto the jars so it always helps that they're the right size for that!


-Baker's Boy - champagne gold shimmer with a few blue sparks
-Remake - bronze toned golden shimmer with hot purple sparks
-Cornucopia - bright yellow gold shimmer
-Mockingjay - golden brown with coppery shimmer


-Wildflowers - soft, slightly dusty pink with slight golden shimmer
-Ever In Your Favor - magenta shimmer
-Unforgettable - slightly brown toned red with plenty of red sparks
-Girl On Fire - burning orange with fiery sparkle


-Huntress - silver with very slight green tones and plenty of silver sparkle
-Beyond The Fence - dirty green with coppery shimmer
-Star-Crossed - golden brown copper shimmer with a blackened brown base
-Rebellion - dark, dark blue shimmer

Quite possibly one of the best collections I've seen an Indie Brand put out. Each colour ties in perfectly to the inspiration. From the delicate pink of Wildflowers to the deep blue tones of the berries in Rebellion. This collection has very carefully been plotted and created. It also helps that shadows from Shiro Cosmetics are of a very high standard. They're soft, pigmented and some of the easiest indie shades I have to apply (some indie shadows can be a little too floaty). These will last all day on me and really show their awesome shimmers and sparkles over Pixie Epoxy!

Will I order Again? - Absolutely!!