Femme Fatale – Afraid of Bees

Oh orange eye shadow, how I love you so! The newest addition to my ever growing orange eye shadow collection is Afraid of Bees by Femme Fatale.

From the Femme Fatale website:

Afraid of Bees by Femme Fatale Cosmetics. Part of the ‘You Choose the Scare’ Vol 2. Collection from Halloween 2015.

A bold burnt orange with strong golden shine. A more satin-smooth sister (and slightly darker) of Flowers from Flames; although you should have ALL THE THINGS please note that in this case you could easily pick either as both are unique, but similar. Although our swatches didn’t pick it up, Flowers also has shimmer whereas Afraid of Bees is a smooth finish.

I would say that the description is fairly accurate? I get more of a golden orange with a lime green/gold/hot pink shift. I’m just going to get this out of the way and say that this is one of my new favorite eyeshadows. It’s really lovely!

femme_fatale_afraid_of_bees_wf — with a flash

femme_fatale_afraid_of_bees_is — indirect sunlight

femme_fatale_afraid_of_bees_il — indoor light

femme_fatale_afraid_of_bees_ds — direct sunlight

Afraid of Bees applies evenly, works well over primer, sticky base, glitter glue, the works. I don’t really recommend using it over bare skin but other than that, I had no application problems.

Applied over primer and in conjunction with other shadows:

Urban Decay Anti Aging Primer Potion (UDAAPP). BASE/BLENDING/HIGHLIGHT: Hello Waffle “Can’t or Won’t?”. TRANSITION/BLENDING LOWER LASH LINE: Hello Waffle “Ocelot”. CREASE: Femme Fatale “Afraid of Bees” (applied with a fluffy brush). LID: Femme Fatale “Afraid of Bees” (applied with a flat shader brush). INNER CORNER: NYX “Mermaid”. WATERLINE: Urband Decay “Psychadelic Sister”. MASCARA: Jordana “Best Lash Extreme”.

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More “in conjunction with other shadows”:

UDAAPP. BLENDING: MUFE “Vanilla”. OUTER V: FF “Afraid of Bees”. CENTER LID: FF “Cosmic Owl”. INNER 1/3 OF LID AND INNER CORNER: FF “Secret Shiny”. OUTER 1/3 TO V: MPZ “Weird Dent”. BLENDING LOWER LASH LINE: FF “Sunfire”. LINING LOWER LASH LINE: FF “Fever Swamp”. TIGHLINE: Avon Perfect Point Plus. WATERLINE: Rimmel “Light Blue”. MASCARA: Maybelline “Lash Sensational”

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Over a black base:

BASE: UDAAPP and NYX Jumbo Pencil “Black Bean”. BLENDING: MUFE “Vanilla”. CREASE AND BLENDING THE LOWER LASH LINE: MPZ “Old Bruise”. LID: FF “Afraid of Bees”. LOWER LASH LINE: MPZ “Mad Cow”. WATERLINE AND TIGHTLINE: Avon Perfect Point Plus “Black”. MASCARA: Jordana Best Lash Extreme. INNER CORNER: FF “Glasswater”.

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More of the green shift comes out over the black base.

With Glitter Glue:

BASE: UDAAPP and Darling Girl Glitter Glue. Palette used: Kat Von D Chrysalis Palette. BLENDING: KVD “Lifelike”. TRANSITION AND BLENDING THE LOWER LASH LINE: KVD “Glasswing”. CREASE AND OUTER CORNER: MPZ “Hoof & Mouth”. LID: FF “Afraid of Bees”. OUTER HALF OF LOWER LASH LINE: KVD “Tornay”. INNER HALF OF LOWER LASH LINE: KVD “Entomed”. INNER CORNER/INNER LID/INNER LOWER LASH LINE: NYX “Mermaid”. TIGHTLINE: Avon. WATERLINE: Marc Jacobs “Ody(Sea)”. MASCARA: Jordana

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The orange is a bit darker and the shift is more complex.

As a one shadow look:

BASE: UDAAPP. BROW HIGHLIGHT/BLENDING SHADE: MUFE “Vanilla”. CREASE/TRANSITION/LOWER LASH LINE: FF “Afraid of Bees” applied with a fluffy brush. LID: “Afraid of Bees” applied with a flat shader brush. WATERLINE/TIGHTLINE: Avon. MASCARA: Maybelline Lash Sensational

As you can see, when blended or buffed out, much more of that gorgeous orange comes through. One of my favorite aspects of duochrome eyeshadow is that you can get such a different color based on how you apply it.

The details:

3g mini jar- $4.95 (Australian dollars) ($3.26 USD)

5g full size jar- $8.25 (Australian dollars) ($6.32 USD)

I purchased 20 shadows and paid around $8.00 shipping. It took around a week to reach me which was not at all unreasonable considering it shipped from overseas.

Do you have this eyeshadow? Do you love orange eyeshadow as much as I do? If not, what is your favorite shade of shadow? The one you just can’t skip buying if you see it.

Tidbits:

I’m still binge watching GoT and Desperate Housewives alternately. It’s a good balance really.
The Boy fixed my bike for me last week but I have yet to go out riding. I am very lazy.

8 thoughts on “Femme Fatale – Afraid of Bees”

jodi - a brash attitude says:

August 15, 2016 at 6:02 am

I love the colour shift! 😍

1. GymBagMakeup says:
  
  August 17, 2016 at 12:54 pm
  
  Me too!!
  
stashy says:

August 15, 2016 at 9:15 pm

Love it over black base! What a unique shade.
Haha Desperate Housewives… what a throwback! I think I watched the first 2 seasons and lost interest.

1. GymBagMakeup says:
  
  August 17, 2016 at 12:56 pm
  
  I think I watched the first two seasons back when it was actually on the air (so many many moons ago) and then also lost interest. It’s also possible that I wasn’t really at a point in my life yet where I could relate to ANY of the things they were talking about lol
  
shemeetsmakeup says:

August 16, 2016 at 4:32 pm

i’m JUST starting to get into orange and warmer-toned shadows, and this is so lovely!!

1. GymBagMakeup says:
  
  August 17, 2016 at 12:58 pm
  
  Beware, it’s a slippery slope! 🙂 This really is a gorgeous orange. And if you’re into indie makeup, and are looking for oranges to fuel your soon to be addiction, check out Visions by Notoriously Morbid (a much softer version of Afraid of Bees) and Brisket by My Pretty Zombie (more red).
  
Siri says:

August 17, 2016 at 2:37 pm

Aaaah that’s so pretty, I can never resist a good duochrome!

1. GymBagMakeup says:
  
  August 17, 2016 at 3:43 pm
  
  Me either! 🙂