Moi MInerals Cosmetics Swatches

Hey everybody!

Let me start out by saying I just love getting sparklies in the mail.. I checked yesterday and my order from Moi Minerals Cosmetics had arrived all the way from Canada! Yay!  I'm just doing this to show you guys the pretty colors. I haven't used them on mah face yet, so I'm not going to make this a review. However, I might give you my first impressions & descriptions of the colors.. while I'm here I might as well, no? :D (The color descriptions are mine, not from the company)

Everything swatched over ELF :P 1$ Eyelid Primer

Zim: dusty forest green with red & green sparks, Gir: Greyish/Cornflower blue, with blue,turquoise & green sparks

2nd Chance: Bronzed, liquid metal I'm going to be using this one for a steampunk inspired look! It's PERFECT! Rush: Greyple, leaning more towards purple with a bunch of multi sparks

Diego: Plummy taupe with a SUPER strong blue shift, Blades of Glory: Seafoam with a really pretty violet shift, Dirty Girl, a Greyed Brown with golden sparks

My RunAway looks VERY different than the website, this is a dusty rose/med to light brown with a baby pink shift (im pretty sure it was a darker color shifting blue on the website, its pretty , just not what I was expecting) Master of Puppets: a lovely darkened royal purple with tons of purple,teal ..multi sparks, Copper Heat: a copper liquid metal, this looks quite similar to 2nd chance in photos but IRL copper heat is MUCH more copper/orangey.

Diego is stunning. Shifting blue for you :D

Master of Puppets. Screaming with SPARKS!

 I love this song. I use it as an anthem while playing my  <3 Warlock. I think it fits perfectly. Gets me all hyped up to PvP. "Dedicated to.... How I'm killing YOU!" "Master of Puppets, I'm pulling your strings, Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams!"*evil grin*

These are the lippies I got. :( I thought Piggy would be WAY more pigmented and opaque by the swatch photos, You can see that its quite sheer in the drop down.  Chiller Attraction is pretty nice/ very pigmented and has lots of silver sparks. Mauve is a purple and shifts blue.. which is really pretty but it has a weird grainy texture and feels like its melting on your lips when you put it on.. (does that even make sense to anyone but me?)

There's definitely some must have's in here guys. :D Have you tried Moi before? Do you see anything here you like? Do you have a favorite from them I don't have yet?

Evil Shades Swatches (Part 2) : Blush & Eyeshadow

So cute! I took way too many photos of these little guys!

Hi there! 
So today I don't really have much to say. But I have lots of pretty photos for you guys to look at! :D Here's the finale of my Evil Shades sample stash. And awayyyyyy we go!

As you can see Evil Shades eyeshadow samples come in clamshells.

 I will show you the blush first. I'm not much of a blush wearer to be honest with you all. I have really fair skin, and when I do wear it, its next to nothing or it looks "clownish" on me. I decided to try out 4 relatively light/sparkly shades.

Evil Shades Blush : on bare skin. top swatch : heavy application, bottom swatch : lightly blended out.

Another Angle

Close Up

Close Up

Now... Onto the eyeshadows I picked out. I wanted a variety of bold colors, and that's exactly what I got. All swatches are done over e.l.f. 1$ Primer.. which I despise.. I was just using it for swatches to get rid of it.

Evil Shades Eyeshadow : Over e.l.f. Sheer Eyelid Primer (1$)

Soft Focus for sparkly goodness

Evil Shades Eyeshadow : Over e.l.f. Sheer Eyelid Primer (1$)

I really loved all the colors I received, but I think my top 2 favorites were Moirae & Zombie. Here is a look I did using them in combination.

 So... see anything you have to have from Evil Shades? Am I missing any MUST HAVE colors? Let me know! See ya again soon!

Evil Shades Swatches (Part 1) : Lippies

This post has been a long time in the making. I've been under quite a bit of stress in my personal life. Having some difficulty with my health, but hoping to be on the path to getting back to "normal" soon. I thought you guys would enjoy this. Awhile back I ordered a bunch of samples from the MAGNIFICENT and MARVELOUS Evil Shades. I am just blown away by the formulas of her products , and the fine attention to detail. This branding screams out to me and I can identify with the cutesy goth girl on the packaging. As far as lip products go, I can safely say that most typically I'm a "gloss girl". The same rings true here. Don't get me wrong, her lipsticks are wonderful, smooth and buttery, and highly pigmented.. it's honestly just a personal preference. My favorite out of the entire bunch was Hardcore Lips in Lost Kiss, followed by Deviant lipstick in Bane. A close third.. to my surprise was Devious Virtue. I've NEVER worn such a neutral shade on my lips.. but really found myself enjoying this one.  My swatches are okay at best, some shades I got better photos of than others. My hope is to just give you an idea of what they look like. Enjoy!

Swatches:

natural light

taken with flash / soft focus for glittery goodness

Lip Swatches:

Bane : Sometimes I like to do "cut-out" lips to show what it looks like without my skin tone affecting the color. (However, there is no stopping my lips natural color from having an effect on the overall shade)

Devious Virtue

Felines Kyss

Corset

Fearless (IRL a little "pinker" than shown, the arm swatch more closely represents this shade. This one was TOUGH to photograph for me, and wore more "red" than pink on my lips for some reason.)

Stormy

Bane in action

Felines Kyss in action

Corset in action

Lost Kiss in action

Overall I think these lippies are tops. I can't wait to place another order to try some more out! (Gotta get a full size of Lost Kiss too!! ) :D Do you have any ES lippies? Do you have any suggestions for my next order? Thanks for stopping by!

Black Rose Minerals Swatches & Review

Good News Everyone!

Today I have another review & swatch-o-rama for you! I'd like to share with you my love for the newest shadows I've purchased from Black Rose Minerals. I started making a wish list, and a couple months later, Rosa had a sale and I decided this would be a great time to try on a few shades! :D

What I got: (You Pick! 12 Sample Jars)
Manson
Phantom
Ocean Potion
Ultraviolence
Alpine
Pegasus
Denver
Hi-Ho Silver
Mome Rath
Medusa
Stardust (Glitter)
...and of course.... Confused!!

Makeup Pr0n: (All over elf eyelid primer:sheer)

Click for more detailed pretties (if you dare.) 

Will not be held responsible for any addictions or random outbursts of squeeeeeeing! 

Packaging: All my jars came individually sealed/shrink wrapped.  All pigments which are not lip safe are labeled on the bottom of each jar. I thought that was nice, so I didn't have to look it up if I wanted to mix the color with something else. But the ingredients were listed on the side, and when I removed the shrink wrap, they ripped or came off with the wrap. I think I'd prefer the ingredients on the bottom as well as the "not lip safe" warning. But if I'm not mistaken she is in the works on getting new ingredient labels for the bottom.

Sealed jars with ingredient label on the side

Pretty Tape & Bubble Mailer

Shipping: Came very quick considering she was having a sale! Mailed in a bubble mailer. I had NO spillage. Everything came wrapped very securely and I absolutely adored her attention to detail. She personalized my order. These things are time consuming, yet she made sure to add all kinds of cute stickers and drawings to my order. I love that her creativity overflows into her package as well as her products!

Her business card, hand written TY note, stickers & samples in the package with Rose Stamp. Shadows came sealed in baggie, and then tightly wrapped black tissue paper. Tre' Chic!

Quality of shadows: They all seem to go on pretty nicely. Especially Phantom, Hi-Ho Silver & Pegasus! They are so soft! The color payoff for all of the shadows is really nice, aside from Ultraviolence, which I think is meant to be a faint color. On my fair skin, its harder to see without being used wet/foiled than I thought it would be. I have very little fall out with most of them. My Mome Rath is a little spotty in application. The only real "issue" I had was with Medusa.. and it just had appeared to be a brighter green in the photos online than in person. But I think its the nature of the shadow, because MY own photograph of it is a bit brighter than it is in person as well. Overall, these are extremely beautiful, sparkly shadows, in fun colors.

This was on the other side of my tissue wrapped shadows! How awesome is that?! (Sorry Rosa! Now your artwork is up for the whole interwebs to see! LoL!)

Color Variety: She's got quite a large selection of colors to pick from. I know she does LE collections as well. So there are new things being added all the time.

Customer Service/ Communication: I talk to Rosa all the time (personal conversation, not buisness related) on Twitter. I asked her for her personal favorites on Twitter, and decided to get Ocean Potion and Alpine on her suggestion. Aside from that I never needed to contact her, as my ordering went seamlessly. I ordered, got a confirmation my order was received, and then got a confirmation a few days later that my order was shipping and it arrived shortly thereafter. I feel that with all the ways shes made herself available for questions/comments/concerns she's quite reachable. But because I didn't utilize her customer service, I'm unable to comment on it directly.

Favorite Colors: Confused, Alpine, Phantom, Denver

BONUS LOOK! (Watch for this look soon in an EOTD for MORE photos!)

BRM Confused (Lid & inner corner), BRM Teddy (outer V/crease), Psyche Minerals Aerith (inner crease)

Summary: I'm extremely happy with my purchase and all the colors I picked out. I think with as much creativity as she has, and the genuinely sweet person she is, her business will take her anywhere she wants to go. I love the Gothic branding she uses and the thought that goes into the names of her shades. Now..if you are wondering about why I like confused so much.. colors "like" Confused, generally aren't my thing. It's not loud, or bright, or crazy in any way. Maybe that's a reason I love it so much?! It's different than the things I usually wear. Its ridiculously WEARABLE and SO sparkly, it makes my eye color pop and eyes sparkle with the pigment. Its safe for all ages and what I would call neutral. I wear it all the time, and with the way I'm wearing it, gonna have to buy a big one soon!

So did you pick up anything from the BRM sale? Do you have any BRM colors? Whats your favorite BRM shade? Thanks for reading and watch out for lots of new EOTD in the near future and an Evil Shades review coming up that includes 10 eyeshadows, 7 lippies & 4 blushes!