Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Venomous Cosmetics review pt. 2

I already talked about the awesome pressed shadows Venomous Cosmetics has to offer, and now I'd like to cover their loose shadows! Samples are $1 and full sizes are $6.50, pretty standard. They adhere very well using a primer, which of course is a necessity with all loose shadows. The colors are all very pretty, some more complex than others. Something I don't like about the full size jars is that the ingredients list is on the inside of the lid. I was sent these a few weeks ago, so that could have changed by now, I'll make an edit if I learn that's the case. Personally, since I don't have allergy concerns or anything, it doesn't matter to me, but I'm sure it could to some people. Here's a sample baggie:
Swatch time! First up is the Well-Traveled collection. Top row: Beaches in Maui, Secrets of Cairo, Irish Countryside Middle row: Vegas Casino Bottom Row: L.A. Smog, Surfing the Gold Coast, NYC Nightlife Surfing the Gold Coast has really pretty yellow sparkle in it, and NYC Nightlife has all this amazing rainbow sparkle to it! They're both really unique colors, and my favorites of the loose shadows. The next 3 are Monster Under Your Bed, Indian Violet, and Falling Star (from the new All-Stars collection). The purple looks patchy, but since I started doing q-tip swatches, all purples I've done have turned out that way, so I'm blaming it on the q-tips. Lip Poisons are the glosses offered by Venomous. They're $3.50 for a purse size (3.7 ml) and $5 for a full size (5.9 ml). The texture is difficult for me to describe... it's thicker than a regular lip gloss, and it's somewhat sticky. When I applied I felt like it kept getting a bit patchy, but after a few minutes everything seemed to kind of settle down to an even coat. I'm really not good with anything lasting a long time, since I constantly snack/apply lip balm/ lick my lips, but it stayed on pretty well through me eating ice cream (albeit carefully), and 3 hours later it was still pretty vibrant. On the left is Genie, on the right is Trouble. I was BLOWN AWAY by these colors! I barely looked at them when I had browsed the Venomous site, but honestly these are my favorite product of what I was sent. I love the shadows, but right now I'm really into lippies, and these colors are just stunning. I did some awesomely awful lip swatches for you guys! Here's Genie: And Trouble: The flash makes Trouble look more flattering on my bare lips than it actually is, the blue in it gives me that 'Zombie Chic' look. It just doesn't work with my skintone by itself, so I've been wearing it layered over other colors. Here's a look I did with L.A. Smog & Surfing the Gold Coast loose shadows, and I'm wearing the Trouble Lip Poison over Clinique Chubby Balm in Super Strawberry. Honestly, my only complaint here is that some of the website photos for the shadows seem inaccurate. The Lip Poison photos seem right on, but some of the shadow photos are too overexposed or something, while some seem too washed out. I know it's difficult to get super accurate photos, but I feel like the current ones could be improved. Overall, I enjoyed everything I tried from Venomous, and I would certainly recommend them, especially if you're going through a pressed shadow phase as a lot of people seem to be. Don't skip over the Lip Poisons as they're the company's hidden gem, IMO! And it looks like there's going to be lip and eyeliners coming soon, which is neat. Disclaimer: I got everything mentioned in this review for free. This did not change my review, it's all my honest opinion.

21 comments:

  1. I've been waiting for the lip and eyeliners to come out before I order.

    Fierce Nerditude

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  2. ohhhh love all the colors!
    immm so checking out their store!
    i love how u have big eyelids and u can apply good eyeshadows!:)

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  3. Very pretty colors! Love the look you did! I'm wondering how these lippies compare to Brazen's lippies...?

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  4. Shit. Now I must go buy the lip poisons.

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  5. Do you know what the ingredients are in the lip poisons? Thanks for the swatches!

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  6. I want those Lip Posions! They look so pretty. :D

    -Kieran

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  7. The Lip Posions look so nice! Monster Under Your Bed and Falling Star look gorgeous, too!

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  8. The blue on your eyes is gorgeous! Venomous has been on my watchlist for a while, must order soon!

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  9. Trouble looks gorgeous. And out of all the swatches the lip products do stand out. :)

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  10. Those lippies are HOT. Red and hot pink look terrific on your lips. Thanks for the review.

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  11. Gooorgeous swatches and beautiful look! I'm going through a lip gloss stage so I am definitely going to check out their lippies. :D

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  12. I love your lip swatches! Genie looks awesome on you!

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  13. I love genie! Sigh - so much makeup, so little money! :D

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  14. I had to finally purchase after your last review. the shipping is so fast!! I got some of the sample size shadows and the lip poison in hallucinate. This is not really true to the swatches on the site it is absolutely amazing though! looks like a slightly pinker version of UD asphyxia for the lips. It is GORGEOUS! I got so many compliments on this and it is super pretty over just about any lipstick.

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  15. I just received my samples from Venomous last week. I got Genie as well and LOVE it, though now I must get Trouble. =D Thanks for the swatches!

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  16. Very pretty Heather! That's a great picture of your eyemake also! Your lashes look about a million miles looooong!

    Are you on Twitter? Also, tagged you! http://nvbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/04/top-10-lippies.html

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  17. EEEEEEE everything looks so good! I definitely want to order stuff now

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