MAC Haul

So I found out MAC had released a beautiful summer collection called Temperature Rising. I saw they had two beautiful quads and I had called ahead to have them put aside for me. Unfortunately I live in the barracks and haven't been able to get my car yet. So getting a taxi can be a bit pricey and time consuming. I got there a day late. MAC had sold the palette set aside for me. Oh well I guess it wasn't meant to be. Ill just  move into what I did snag. I got Hot Night blush and Temperature Rising eye shadow quad. Below are pictures of the products.

Darling Girl Order!

 My whole order. I got 2 samples and a Blush as a GWP. The Darling Ghoul is on the left and the Pretty Mistakes are on the right.

 My Pretty mistakes make me drool. I felt bad removing the swatches.

The Gifts with Purchas. I got she bop, Vicar in a Tutu, and Doll face!

 Candy Corn Pixie dust.

This is extremely pick heavy. I got so much for so little. I love ordering from Susan, I feel super spoiled when I wear her pretties. Everything is so very pigmented that I feel like I should be paying way more for her stuff then I do. I order two collections. I got the Darling Ghoul Collection of shadows but now I'm thinking I need some of her lippies as well. I also got a petite set of the Pretty Mistakes. I LOVE these. I need to use them more.  Also she does not offer witch's brew which is part of the Darling Ghoul collection and she gave me Jeweled Toupe in its place!

Until next time...

Elf Christmas Gift.

Sorry guys that this is a day late. I finally got a job! Yesterday was my first day and I was pooped and went straight to bed once I got home. I Think I have the schedule thing figured out from blogger, but I'm still playing with things. This is a gift from my best friend Holly. She got me some really pretty eyeshadow from ELF for christmas. I was really happy to score the matte gray color Partier! I dont have any mattes in loose form so this made me so happy!

Elegant is a great highlight color. A little bit goes a long ways.

Outdoorsy is a blackned green. Great crease color or to add some depth.

This bad boy is a matte gray. I really like the color still on the fence about the blendablity of this color though.

This is suppose to be a pretty deep plum color with purple and blue sparkle.

These are swatchs in the sun, you can really tell how sparkley they are. I love it. I can't wait to use these more.

Until next time...

Darling Girl Cosmetics!

Welcome to 2012 everyone! So I have made a few New Year's resolutions, one of them to blog way more often at least once a day. I'm really hoping to get better at this than I was last year. I went months at a time, which isn't good. So to keep me motivated I'm starting the year right. I didn't post yester day and for good reason. I went fishing with my parents. I got some great pictures for my scrapbook which is a new hobby I've just picked up recently as in a week ago recent. I've notice I'm not great but I like doing it. It has been a great way for me to vent creatively. I love doing my makeup but I hate taking it off to do more than one look. So on with what this post is suppose to be about and thats Darling Girl Cosmetics.

Darling Girl is a great little Indie company. I met the owner through Never to Much Sparkle. Susan the owner is always asking for help and wanting ideas and such. I love how she wants the focus of her products to reflect the wants and needs of buyers. She is always promt on her responses and is an all around sweet owner to work with.
Note: She posts her TAT on the website, as of right now it is taking 14-16 business days. She is hoping to streamline this down 6-10 business days. She is also making some changes to Darling Girl, you can read more about that here.

On to what I ordered. I got sample sizes of the Diamond Dust. These were some of the most amazing colorful eyeshadows ever. I also got 2 other samples with my order.

Here are the Diamond dusts that I got:

*Lucy in the Sky: a gorgeous retro blue with gold iridescence and red/pink diamond dust sparkle.

*Flare: a reddish brown pearl with red/pink diamond dust shimmer.

*Dark Crystal: Deep graphite with color shift from lilac, red/silver to greenish blue with red/pink diamond dust sparkle

*Moon Dust: a gorgeous silvery taupe with tons of 'Diamond Dust'

*Sushi Flower: an amazing iridescent blue/purple with a rainbow of diamond dust sparkle.

*Totally Teal:a almost matte teal base with red/pink Diamond Dust glitter
 

*Verdant Dream: a gorgeous mint green with a soft violet shift and pink 'Diamond Dust'

*Wood Sprite: a pretty plummy taupe with red/orange flash golden green diamond dust sparkle

My two sample that I got:

*Ice Princess: a lovely lavender pearl with blue and turquoise iridescence

*Peep Show: a beautiful royal blue overlayed with a blue/green iridescence(part of the Naught or Nice collection) 

Here are my swatches of the shadows, top half is dry no primer, bottom half is dry on primer:

And just so you can see how SPARKLELY they are:

I love to just look at them! I have used a few of the shadows already and have found the formula to be amazing for me. They have beautiful pigmentation, good staying power, and I went all day with no creasing on my shadows the last time I wore it. All in all I love Darling Girl and am about to place my second order.

Until next time...


*discriptions of product is borrowed from Darling Girl and all right belong to the company and its owners!*



Wet N Wild Bake-Off Contest Swatches!

These are limited edition palettes from Wet n' Wild. They look so pretty and festive in the packaging right?

I have been really surprised by wnw's pigmenation from their palettes lately compaired to when I first tried them when I was a lot younger. Unfortantly these do not meet those standards that they just set for them selves.

Here are swatches of just this pallette. The top row is dry no primer, bottom row is over primer. For the most part you need a primer just to see some of the color. The black is the worest of the dark colors. Its so not pigmented. I dont know if the fact that these are baked rather than just pressed makes a difference in the pigmentation or not, but personally I think I may skip their baked shadow from now on.

Until next time...

Purple People Eater Wearable!

Note: Taken indoors after the sun had gone down! So colors a little washed out.

So the purple people eater challenge has been extended for another week. So I choose to do a more wearable look for this week, I loved how this turned out, I felt so sexy and smooldery (if thats even a word?). I couldn't stop taking pictures last night. I only wished I had done this during the day so I could have gotten better, truer to color close up pictures. 

 Products used:
            FACE:
Alexeter Mineral Shadow (Bloom)
            EYES:
Elf Eyeshadow Primer
Wet n' Wild Palette (Lust)
Wet n' Wild Palette (Greed)
Hard Candy Take Me Out Eyeliner (Abyss)
Maybelline The Falsies Mascara (Black Drama)
          LIPS:
Fasion Lipstick (21)

Until next time...

Purple People Eater/Monster Mash LOTD

NOTE: This is ment to be on the scary/wierd side!

I belong to a facebook group for beauty bloggers and we get a weekly challenge for makeup and nails. For last week it was purple people eater/monster mash. I loved doing this. I was able to use a face painting set that I had bought a few months ago but it just sat in a corner after I used it for a face painting contest. I wanted something a little bit on the creepy side so I let my hair do its own thing and made my self as purple as possible.

And just for fun, I took this picture.

Until next time...

Makeup Calendar Challange Oct. 6, 2011

This look is an interesting one for me. After I heard about Nymphette's Calendar Challange I had to go find out what it was all about. Basically she has picked a look for each day of the month. They are just basic ideas that allow you to be as creative as you like. She has been doing the calendar challange for four months now. I picked up this month (october) and this is my first look for her challange. http://www.facebook.com/#!/iamnymphette

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Theme: MY LITTLE PONY.

I choose Blue Belle from the orignal 6 ponies. Incase you're wondering how I did the stars, I found a tutorial from StellaStarish on youtube.

Products used:

FACE:
Neutrogena Healthy Skin Enhancer (fair to light)
Covergirl Continuous Wear Foundation (natural ivory)
Maybelline Blush (Seashell Pink)

EYES:
Giovi Palette
Mary-kate and Ashley Eye Glam Duo (crucial, esstiel)
Jordana Easyliner (sterling blue)
wet n wild color Icon liner (amethyst)
Maybelline the Colossal Mascara (classic black)

BROWS:
wet n wild liner (brown)

LIPS:
fashion lipstick (36)
Elf Super Glossy Lip shine (pink kiss)

This is the Giovi Palette. I got it at Ross about 2 years ago. I have yet to see this palette since then and I only paid $6 or $7.

Until Next time...