Melanin and Makeup | Top 3 Duo-Chrome Indie Eyeshadows

Melanin and Makeup | Top 3 Duo-Chrome Indie Eyeshadows

I’ve been purchasing mineral makeup from Indie brands for at least 10 years now and I don’t see myself stopping anytime soon. Before duo-chrome eyeshadows were main stream indie brands were doing it and doing it well. There are far more than 3 good duo-chrome shades, but these are the shades that I reach for consistently. This wasn’t planned but these shades are also perfect for creating fall inspired makeup looks.

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Melanin and Makeup | Indie eyeshadows

One of the things that I wanted to do when I started this blog was talk about indie mineral eyeshadows, but do so from the perspective of a woman of colour. Finding swatches of handmade quality makeup can be difficult sometimes, this is even worse when you want to see what that duo chrome eyeshadow you love looks like on a person that has some melanin in their skin.

I’ve started posts on my top 25 favourite indie eyeshadows only to scrap them because I felt the swatches weren’t doing the product justice or that my Iphone 4 camera wasn’t capturing the nuances of the shades.

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