Super wearable, flawless makeup for everyday!

Products used

Eyes:
♥ Tick:Tock Cosmetics Infinity Eye Shadow Base in Milky Way
♥ Cocovana Cosmetics eyeshadow in Camel

♥ e.l.f. eyeshadow quad in Day 2 Night

♥ The All Natural Face Fix-It

♥ White eyeliner pencil by L'Oréal 

♥ Maybelline Define-A-Lash Volume mascara in Brown

Brows:
♥ MAC eyeshadow in Omega

Lips:
♥ NYX lip pencil in Pale Pink
♥ Lancôme lipstick in Beige Everyday
♥ Cocovana Cosmetics lipgloss in Havana

Face:
♥ Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream No13
♥ MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light
♥ Milani powder bronzer in 00 Radiant
♥ Cocovana Cosmetics blush in Solstice

♥ MAC Iridescent Powder in Silver Dusk

Green With Envy

Products used

Eyes:

♥ Urban Decay Primer Potion

♥ Tick:Tock Cosmetics Infinity Eye Shadow Base in Milky Way

♥ Geek Chic eyeshadow in Green 'Stache (all over the lid)

♥ A few eye shadows from e.l.f.'s 100pc Eye Shadow Collection (a very light yellowish green in the inner corner, a dark green in the crease, an even darker green under the eye, and a black used as an eyeliner)

♥ No7 Extreme Length Mascara

Brows:

♥ MAC eyeshadow in Omega

Lips: 

♥ NYX lip pencil in Pale Pink

♥ Lancôme lipstick in Beige Everyday

... and tiny bit of a light pink lipgloss by H&M that I don't know the name of.

Face:

♥ Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream No13

♥ Sweet Treat Cosmetics Confectionary Powder

♥ Sleek Face Contour Kit in Light

♥ Cocovana Cosmetics blush in Solstice

Dawn Eyes Cosmetics' Christmas Collection 2011

I bought samples of these shadows during Dawn Eyes Cosmetics' Black Friday sale, so I've had them for a while, but they kinda got lost among all my other samples and I forgot about swatching them. Last night I found them again, when I was reorganizing my makeup, and I thought I'd better swatch them while the collection is still available. It might be a Christmas collection, but I'd wear these shadows all year round, so I  definitely don't think it's too late to get them ;) 

I have a ton of eye shadows by Dawn Eyes Cosmetics. In my opinion, DEC is one of those companies that  really deserve more attention than they get. Their eye shadows are gorgeous, and they have so many colors to choose from (seriously, it's almost impossible to choose which ones to get when you're placing an order). I will post an in-depth review of the company another time, but for now I'm just gonna show you some swatches. 

From left - right: Candy Cane, Kissable, Sugarplum Dreams & Perfect Gift

Candy Cane, Kissable, Sugarplum Dreams & Perfect Gift in different lighting

From left - right: Spiced Cider, Rum Eggnog, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire & Sleigh Ride

Spiced Cider, Rum Eggnog, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire & Sleigh Ride in different lighting

There are 16 eye shadows in this collection and as you can see, I have 8 of them. As usual, I've swatched the shadows over e.l.f's Mineral Eyeshadow Primer. I just wanna point out that I don't think that's an amazing primer; I actually think it's pretty mediocre, but I consider that a good thing when it comes to comparing different eye shadows. The way I see it, the best eye shadows will look amazing even over a mediocre primer. So, if anyone was wondering why I always use that e.l.f. primer, that's the reason. Most of the eye shadows I swatch would look a lot better over, say, Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy, just so you know.

Out of these eight shadows, there's only one that I'm a little disappointed with and that's Candy Cane. It definitely went on more sheer than I expected it to, especially considering that it's heavily swatched. I did my best to pack it on and make it look opaque, but it just wouldn't stick to the skin. That one will definitely need a tacky primer or base. Sugarplum Dreams went on a little bit sheer as well, but the color is really beautiful!

Kissable, Spiced Cider, Rum Eggnog, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire and Sleigh Ride are all gorgeous, and they're very easy to work with as well. They went on even and opaque straight away. I really like the texture of them.

Perfect Gift is without a doubt my favorite - it's just so intense! Even over that e.l.f. primer... it's simply amazing ♥

The Christmas Collection 2011 will be retired 01/04/12, so if you're interested in any of these shadows, you can still get them at their website, www.dawneyescosmetics.com. The full size set is marked down 30%, so you can get them cheap as well hehe ;)

FOTD using Tick:Tock Cosmetics

This is the makeup I wore in my I'm back! (With a GIVEAWAY!) video.

I love this eye makeup. I rarely wear gray eye shadows, and I really don't know why, cause gray happens to be one of my favorite colors. I'm definitely going to start wearing gray more often! 

The eye shadows I used to create this look are from a company that I discovered quite recently and that I've really fallen in love with over these past few months - Tick:Tock Cosmetics. One of the owners is in a facebook group that I'm in, and she's really sweet and very talented. I have the majority of their eye shadows, and I love them all. I love the colors, the formula, and also the fact that they are very reasonably priced ;)

I used three shadows from their Winter Wonderland collection to create this look: Winter Wonderland, Sleigh Bells and O, Christmas Tree. You can still buy that collection here, but I'm guessing it won't be available for long since it's a limited edition... Do you have any favorite gray eye shadows?

From left - right: Winter Wonderland, Sleigh Bells and O, Christmas Tree

Swatched over e.l.f.'s Mineral Eyeshadow Primer

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