Happy New Year!

This is the makeup I wore today... or well, yesterday (it's past midnight here). Happy New Year everyone! Let's make 2012 the best year so far ;)

Products used

Eyes:

♥ Urban Decay Primer Potion

♥ Evil Shades Spectrum Pot in Padawan (as a base)

♥ IsaDora eye shadow quad in Frosty Mulberry (the pink shadow on my lid, the dark red shadow in my crease, and the white one as a brow bone highlight)

♥ LASplash eyeshadow sealer + Darling Girl Pixie Sprinkles in Guns n' Roses (eyeliner)

♥ No7 Extreme Length Mascara (first coat)

♥ No7 Lash Adapt mascara (second coat)

Lips:

♥ Evil Shades Deviant Lipstick in Cursed Beauty

Face:

♥ Maybelline The Eraser foundation

♥ MAC Select Moisturecover concealer

♥ MAC Studio Finish concealer

♥ MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

♥ MAC Iridescent Powder in Silver Dusk

♥ e.l.f. Studio Blush in Tickled Pink

Lost in Makeupland's Rock My Look collection

I have some swatches for you today. I purchased samples of Lost in Makeupland's Rock My Look collection on the 31st of October, and received them on the 21st of November. So, it took them 3 weeks to get here, which I think is a long time considering that they were sent to me from Spain (which isn't that far away). She did include a discount code though, since it had taken her more than the stated TAT for her to ship them to me, and I thought that was nice :)

I had high expectations for these shadows. In my opinion, they look absolutely beautiful in the product picture. It looks like they have a really pretty sheen to them (well, perhaps not Queen, but the other ones). And when I got them, that's exactly what I saw as well. I put all the samples in little jars, and the shadows look gorgeous in those jars!

This picture belongs to LostinMakeupland

However, once I'd swatched them, they didn't look that interesting at all. All the shadows look pretty flat on the skin, and they... well, they just look so similar! When swatched next to each other, you can tell that one is more brown, one is more blue, etc., but on the eye you can't really tell. They all just look dark. That's it. 

Dream On was the one I was most excited to try. Lost in Makeupland describes it like this: "Dream On - This shade is specially difficult to swatch. It's deep and depending on the light and the angle where you look at it, will look gold or black. It's undeniably beautiful, you have to see it in person to understand why I love it so much!". And I love eye shadows like that. But this one, in my opinion, pretty much just looks like a warm dark brown color, regardless of the lighting.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I had too high expectations for these shadows. I love them in the jars, but they're just not as exciting on the skin. If you're looking for an "is it black or is it gold?" type of shadow, then I'd definitely advice you to skip Dream On and go for Persephone's Teeny Tiny T-backs instead ;)

To sum it up, I will use these shadows, cause even though I expected more, they are still pretty and I think they'll work great as liners. Let's just say that I won't be buying the full-sized ones.

From left - right: Dream On, Libertine, Queen, Seven Nation Army, Volta & Yeah Yeah Yeah

In different lighting (daylight bulb)

Blue Winter

This is a look that I created for a makeup challenge in one of the facebook groups I'm in. The challenge was to create a "Blue Winter" inspired look... do you think I succeeded?

Products used

Eyes:
♥ Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer

♥ GDE eyeshadow in Cloud Coverage (all over lid as a base, dry)

♥ Cocovana Cosmetics eyeshadow in HiFi (inner third of lid, foiled)

♥ Innocent+Twisted Alchemy eyeshadow in Poisoned Tears (middle part of lid, foiled)

♥ Lumikki eyeshadow in Nazareth (outer third of lid + crease, dry)

♥ Innocent+Twisted Alchemy eyeshadow in Poisoned Tears (above the crease color, dry)
♥ Calvin Klein Electric Edge liquid eyeliner pen in Electric Black

♥ L.A. Girl endless eyeliner in Navy

♥ Covergirl Lash Perfection mascara (+ false lashes)
♥ MAC eyeshadow in Omega (eye brows)

Lips:
♥ Dainty Doll Concealer in 002
♥ White eyeliner pencil by L'Oréal
♥ GDE eyeshadow in Jailbreak (applied wet, mixed with TANF Fix-It)

Face:
♥ Maybelline The Eraser foundation

♥ MAC Select Moisturecover concealer in NC15
♥ Marks & Spencer pressed powder in light/medium
♥ Ulta Cheek Color in Afternoon Delight

FOTD - December 7th

Products used

Eyes:

♥ Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer

♥ MSB eyeshadow in Green Tea (foiled using TANF Fix-It, lid)

♥ Detrivore eyeshadow in Plague (crease)

♥ The highlight shade in No.7's Smokey Rose Quad (brow bone)

♥ Calvin Klein Electric Edge liquid eyeliner pen in Electric Black

♥ MAC eyeshadow in Omega (eye brows)

Lips:

♥ NYX Lipliner Pencil in Pale Pink

♥ e.l.f. Mineral Lipstick Natural Nymph

♥ Natural Collection Moisture Shine Lipstick in Rose Petal

♥ NYX Sheer  Gloss in Vintage

Face:

♥ Shills Miss Perfect Pores primer

♥ Revlon ColorStay foundation in 110 Ivory

♥ MAC Select Moisturecover concealer in NC15

♥ Marks & Spencer pressed powder in light/medium

♥ Rimmel blush in Santa Rose

Featured on Beautylish!

I'm so excited to be featured on Beautylish today! Click here to watch the featured video on YouTube.

 Can you see me? ;)

Darling Girl Cosmetics swatches!

I have finally swatched all of my Darling Girl samples, and I am so excited to show you these gorgeous shadows! Well, eleven of them are eyeshadows, and one's a blush ;)

Darling Girl Cosmetics is one of my absolute favorite makeup companies - their products are amazing, and the owner, Susan, is so sweet and helpful. I've ordered from her several times already, and I will definitely be getting more of her makeup. I seriously love every single Darling Girl product I own.

I would describe Susan's makeup as wearable with a twist. She somehow manages to make even the most neutral shades anything but boring. Her Jeweled Taupe shadow might just be the most beautiful taupe I've ever seen - and that says a lot considering that I'm pretty much obsessed with taupes. As usual, the pictures don't do the eyeshadows justice - they are so much more complex in real life! You really need to see them to understand just how beautiful they are ♥

I've swatched these shadows dry over e.l.f.'s Mineral Eyeshadow Primer, and I've borrowed the color descriptions from Darling Girl Cosmetics' website.

From left - right: Babylon, Liberty & Jeweled Taupe

• Babylon is a gorgeous pinkish bronze taupe pearl.
• Liberty is is a light golden tan luster.
• Jeweled Taupe is an amazing metallic bronzey taupe with amazing multi-colored shimmers like tiny little jewels ribbon-ed through it.

From left - right: Mercurial, Shangri-la & Chaos

• Mercurial is a plummy bronze taupe.
• Shangri-la is a shimmering plummy brown with iridescent multi dimensional shimmers.
• Chaos is a coppery brown pearl with purple undertones and subtle blue shimmers.

From left - right: Rainbow Brite, Tragic Romance & Dark Ember

• Rainbow Brite is a pale baby pink with red shift and a rainbow of star sprinkles.
• Tragic Romance is a gorgeous warm purple with loads of gold interference.
• Dark Ember is a deep metallic smoked burgundy with flashes of pink shimmer and a coppery rubdown.

From left - right: Uprising, Sparklers at Dusk & Orange You Glad To See Me? (blush)

• Uprising a gorgeous color shifting copper laid over a black base.
• Sparklers at Dusk is a stunning smoked out silvery blue with lot's of metallic shmmers.
• Orange You Glad To See Me? is a bright matte carrot orange Soft Focus Blush.

Nails of the day - Argentum by String Theory

Today I'm wearing another awesome nail polish by String Theory - Argentum. 

I began by applying one coat of Sally Hansen's Hard as Wraps and two coats of Kicks' Lady Blue, because I didn't expect Argentum to go on as opaque as it did. I pretty much thought that a couple of coats of Lady Blue with Argentum on top would create a night sky type of look... but that's not really what I ended up with. Argentum pretty much covered the blue, even though I only applied one coat, which I think is pretty impressive! I mean, if I just want some silver glitter here and there I can pick up any old glitter polish from the drugstore... but if I want silver glitter bonanza - Argentum is the way to go!