30 of my Tick:Tock shadows swatched!

Tick:Tock Cosmetics is one of my absolute favorite indie companies. Some of you may know that I am one of their models, and for those of you who didn't know - now you do ;) 

So, I thought I'd post some post some swatches of the lovely Tick:Tock shadows I own. These are the majority of them; I do have some other ones as well, but they were part of a limited edition collection and are no longer available. Let me know if you'd like to see swatches of the rest anyway. Edit: I just found out that Hugs & Kisses and Love Bug are also unavailable.

I tried to swatch similar colors next to each other because I find it easier to see the difference between them then, but other than that they're in no particular order. 

 

Yellows and greens:

Top row: Happy Hour, Sundial & The One That Got Away

Bottom row: Awkward moment, Spring Forward & Oh-Nine-Hundred

Top row: Happy Hour, Sundial & The One That Got Away

Bottom row: Awkward moment, Spring Forward & Oh-Nine-Hundred

 

Can you see the blue shimmer in Happy Hour (left)?

And the red shift in The One That Got Away (right)?

You can really see the gold undertones in Awkward Moment here (left).

 

Orange, pinks and reds:

Top row: Hourglass, Alarm Clock & Happily Ever After

Bottom row: Love Bug, Two-Timing & Killing Time

Top row: Hourglass, Alarm Clock & Happily Ever After

Bottom row: Love Bug, Two-Timing & Killing Time

 

Purples and reds:

Top row: Salvador Dali, Midnight Magic & Hugs and Kisses

Bottom row: Midsummer Night, Tick Tick Tick BOOM! & Half-Past Crazy

Top row: Salvador Dali, Midnight Magic & Hugs and Kisses

Bottom row: Midsummer Night, Tick Tick Tick BOOM! & Half-Past Crazy

 

White, blues and purples:

Top row: Honeymoon, Fronzen in Time & Tempus Fugit

Bottom row: Once Upon A Time, Eleventh Hour & I ♥ U 4EVA

 

Neutrals, blue and gray:

High Noon, Brits First Time & Grandfather Clock

Late Night Burger Gnomes, Clepsydra & Time Square

Disclaimer: Tick:Tock is not paying me to be their model, or to say positive things about them - I applied to be one of their models, and I do it because I genuinely love their makeup and want to help them promote their lovely little company ♥

Altered Ego Cosmetics: first impressions and swatches!

This review is long overdue, I apologize to Altered Ego for that. I was meant to review them a long time ago, and to be honest, the reason why I haven't is that, for a while, I took on more than I could handle. On the bright side, I've had plenty of time to try these eye shadows and form opinions about them :)

My conclusion: I absolutely love them! The swatches below are of the first seven Altered Ego shadows I got, I have since ordered more, and I will swatch those soon as well. 

From left - right: Wino, The Angriest Pixie, Aura, Routine & Undertow

From left - right: Nakee & Sharp Shooter

Altered Ego describes these colors as follows:
♥ Wino - "a gorgeous deep burgundy color. It truly looks like a rich, red wine!"
♥ The Angriest Pixie - "a shimmery Barbie pink"
♥ Aura - "a medium purple with pink undertones and tons of purple and pink shimmer"
♥ Routine - "a dark gray with tons of purple shimmer"
♥ Undertow - "Just like an undertow, this color will surprise you again and again with its intense, bright color and awesome array of blue and purple sparkles!"
♥ Nakee - "a very light shimmery purple-pink shade but on some skin tones, it may look more nude"

♥ Sharp Shooter - "a shimmery brown-beige with pink undertones"

These eye shadows are all gorgeous! As usual, the pictures don't do them justice; you really have to see them in real life to understand just how beautiful they are. They're also very easy to work with, easy to blend, and when used over a primer they stay on all day. 

Out of these seven, Wino, Aura and Nakee are my favorites (I love my reds and purples, you'll know that by now...). I can honestly say that Nakee is one of my most worn neutral eye shadows, I find that I can pretty much incorporate it into any look. It looks great as an all over wash, a lid color or even a highlight. And I often use it to blend out darker shadows.

I really can't recommend these eye shadows enough. The quality is great, they have many beautiful colors to choose from, and they only cost $2.95 each (3 gram jar), which is very affordable, even compared to other indie makeup brands. You can get them at Altered Ego's web shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AlteredEgoCosmetics. The current TAT is 2 to 7 days.

Dusty Nails

I got this nail polish duo today, and I wanted to share it with you guys because I'm so happy with it. It was on sale, so I got it for just 10SEK = approx. $1.40. You gotta love H&M ;)

Cacao Dream

 

Products used

Eyes:

♥ Urban Decay Primer Potion

♥ Pierre René 2effects eyeshadow (the lid color, a sparkly beige)

♥ IsaDora Eye Shadow Quartet in Frosty Mulberry:

   - the beige/brown shadow (crease)

   - the white shadow (brow bone)

♥ IsaDora Perfect Eye Shadow in Cacao Dream (crease + under eye)

♥ Covergirl Perfect Point Plus eyeliner pencil in Black Onyx

♥ H&M Full Lashes mascara 

♥ MAC eyeshadow in Omega (brows)

Lips:

♥ Cocovana Cosmetics lipgloss in Havana

Face:

♥ NYX HD foundation

♥ MAC Studio Finish concealer

♥ MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

♥ Silk Naturals blush in Petal (a Benefit Dandelion clone)

♥ MAC Lustre Drops in Pink Rebel (used as a highlighter)

I love my pinks & purples!

Products used

Eyes:

♥ Urban Decay Primer Potion

♥ Madison Street Beauty eyeshadow in Carnation (inner half of lid + inner corner)
♥ Madison Street Beauty eyeshadow in Fushia (outer half of lid)
♥ Madison Street Beauty eyeshadow in Plum (crease)
♥ Madison Street Beauty eyeshadow in  Apricot (under eye)
♥ Wet N Wild eyeshadow in Brulee (brow bone)
♥ CoverGirl Perfect Point Plus eyeliner pencil in Black Onyx
♥ L'Oréal white eyeliner pencil
♥ W7 Flirty Eyes mascara (only £1.30 here!)
♥ MAC eyeshadow in Omega (brows)

Lips:
♥ e.l.f. lip pencil in Natural Blush
♥ Stila Long Wear Lip Color in Darling (only £3.95 here!)
♥ NYX Sheer Gloss in Vintage

Face:
♥ NYX HD foundation
♥ MAC Studio Finish concealer
♥ BFTE custom blend mineral foundation (used as a setting powder)
♥ Darling Girl Cosmetics DuoChrome Blush in Fantasia
♥ MAC Lustre Drops in Pink Rebel (used as a highlighter)

Happily Ever After

 

I used the following products for my eye makeup:

♥ Urban Decay Primer Potion

♥ Make Up Store High-tech Lighter in Platina (used as a tacky base)

♥ Tick:Tock Cosmetics eyeshadow in Happily Ever After (lid)

♥ Tick:Tock Cosmetics eyeshadow in Tick, Tick, Tick, BOOM! (crease)

♥ Tick:Tock Cosmetics eyeshadow in Honeymoon (used to blend out the crease color)

♥ Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara