As I'm sure many of you know, Shiro Cosmetics is a new site on Etsy, specializing in eyeshadow. I ordered the full sample set, which I think had 15 shadows at the time, and I got the 3 not included in the set as free samples (Butterfree, Rattata, Jigglypuff). 3 more colors have come out since then (Meowth, Sudowoodo, Gengar).
My order got shipped out THE SAME DAY that I ordered it. I placed my order in the morning, and Caitlin messaged me on etsy to say she was shipping it that day. Now THAT is customer service! <3 I love how everything was packaged, very cute and neat.
From left to right: Vulpix, Mew, Charmander, Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Acid
Pikachu has awesome red glitter in it that these swatches don't show. Here it is over Pixie Epoxy so you can see the glitter better.
From left to right: Squirtle, Butterfree, Jigglypuff, Zubat, Lance the Dragon Trainer, Team Rocket, Rattata
From left to right: Mewtwo, Articuno, Articuno over PE, SS Anne, Brock the Rock, Hyperbeam, Hyperbeam over PE
Articuno is awesome. It's like tin foil when you use it with PE, sooo cool! I love all the colors. They're unique and pretty, and definitely not repackaged. I can't wait to order the new colors, and I highly reccomend this new company. I can't wait for Caitlin to creat new, more complex colors, and maybe other products as well.
Sorry guys, no Shiro review today >:[ It has rained to the point of flooding the last two days, so I have not had ideal lighting whatsoever. WHO WATCHED TRUE BLOOD LAST NIGHT? Too bad my HBO is getting cancelled in a month :( I'm seeing Jace Everett, who sings the theme song, this weekend. If you like the theme song, you should listen to songs off his upcoming cd Red Revelations. Hopefully there will be copies at the show this weekend even though it's not out until next week. It's an 18+ venue, I'm going to feel so grown up going there :P
Here is a look I did today, requested by Merilin. I was thinking it was going to be pretty work friendly, but I forgot how insanely sparkly both the golds I used are! It doesn't matter, my obsession is accepted by the management at this point, haha.
What I used:
Concrete Minerals eyeshadow primer
Uplifting by Sassy Minerals- my favorite gold (lid)
California Girl, by Hi Fi (crease)
Moondance, by Stardust (highlight)
Disturbing the Peace, by Sassy (eyeliner using Beautiful Girl Minerals eyeshadow sealant)
Rimmel liner in Jet Black (waterline)
Jemma Kidd i-conic liner in Style Icon (below waterline)
L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen mascara
I look tan for some reason... I am most definitely not. I need a full size of Moondance, I can't wait for Stardust to reopen. I'm saying once again I'm not going to list face products anymore, because it's too boring. If you want to know, I'll be glad to answer in the comments, but I'm not going through the list in every post. Also, thanks for the responses on the last post! Feel free to keep 'em coming- it looks like Joppa Minerals will be one of my soonest upcoming reviews.
A few different blogs have been asking this lately, so I thought I'd ask you guys as well. I have quite a few companies I'd like to review, are there any you're particularly interested in seeing sooner rather than later? I don't have any particular ones I want to try out first, so let me know what you're interested in!
Flourish Bath & Body
Latherati
J. Lynne
Joppa Minerals
Alima Pure
Mum Mum's Crafts
Sobe Botanicals re-review
Magic Hands Workshop
Silk Naturals
BusyBuzzyBees
Signature Minerals
I should be able to post my Shiro review tomorrow, provided the weather stops being shitty long enough for me to get any swatching done. If any of these companies sound interesting to you and you make an order, I'd love to see your reviews too! I never get tired of reviews, even if I've read many about the same company. It's fun to see other people's opinions, experiences, and swatches. Hope you all had a great weekend :)
Side note: it looks SO WEIRD outside, like somebody put a yellow filter on everything. If you've ever seen Amelie, that's what it looks like outside right now.
Yesterday I wanted to a look more color intensive and creative than all the really lazy simple ones I've been doing lately. I love the look of the Maybelline Falsies mascara tube, so I decided to do an EOTD based on that. The main colors I chose were from Hi Fi, so what the hell, I just used a ton of Hi Fi colors for this look! If you haven't lately, check out Veronica's shop. She has a ton of new items, and 25% off of $40 or more! This is great for me because when I get paid next I am going to make a MASSIVE order. Here's the look!
What I used:
Concrete Minerals eyeshadow primer
Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy
Maybelline Falsies Mascara
Rimmel liner in black
Live Large (inner lid)
Beautiful Tragedy (center lid)
Teen Spirit (outer lid)
Terror In The Depths (crease)
Eat Me, Drink Me (highlight)
mix of Parental Advisory and Promiscuous (under waterline)
I want to thank everyone for the comments you're leaving in my giveaway post, you guys have said some really sweet things that made me really happy :) PS, I finally used some Pixie Epoxy, even though normally I'm too lazy. That shadow stayed on through my nap, through work, and the rest of the day and stayed fabulous. I forgot how much I loved it!
I finally decided to go ahead and order from Glamour Doll, since I wanted to try a new company. I had never been too interested in ordering, as many of their colors are just micas with a base (these are clearly marked as such, so I have no problem with that obviously). I placed a small order of 6 eyeshadow samples and 1 mini sized lip gloss.
I couldn't tell you exactly how long it took me to receive my products, but somewhere around a week and a half, so pretty standard. I did think it was odd that the gloss is shipped separately from the shadows. It arrived the day after I got my shadow samples. Samples were $1.50, and the gloss was $4. I got 2 free eyeshadow samples with my order. All the shadows I got were original GD formulas.
From left to right: Hello Brooklyn, Ahoy Sailor!, Island Chic, Oddity, Phyrra, Dear Mom, Love Affair, Brown Eyed Girl
Hello Brooklyn is swatched over Pixie Epoxy on the bottom half, because it's a high glitter color. Sadly, the pictures didn't show all the pretty blue glitter that's apparent when over PE.I'm feeling pretty "meh" about the first four colors. Ahoy Sailor! is a lovely matte, but it applies pretty patchy. That being said, I LOVE Phyrra (it has a gorgeous blue iridescence that doesn't show up much in the photos), Dear Mom, and Love Affair. Vee sure knows how to make pinks!
The gloss I got was Posh Life- it does indeed smell like the description says, sugared strawberries. It's very sheer, I can't see any of the color at all when I wear it. I think the price was too much, since a Fyrinnae mini lip lustre is the same size, but is only $2.50 and far superior IMO.
My Glamour Doll order was ok, but nothing to get too excited about. If I order again, I'll skip the glosses and just try some more shadows. What do you think about Glamour Doll?
From left to right: Vulpix, Mew, Charmander, Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Acid
Pikachu has awesome red glitter in it that these swatches don't show. Here it is over Pixie Epoxy so you can see the glitter better.
From left to right: Squirtle, Butterfree, Jigglypuff, Zubat, Lance the Dragon Trainer, Team Rocket, Rattata
From left to right: Mewtwo, Articuno, Articuno over PE, SS Anne, Brock the Rock, Hyperbeam, Hyperbeam over PE
Articuno is awesome. It's like tin foil when you use it with PE, sooo cool! I love all the colors. They're unique and pretty, and definitely not repackaged. I can't wait to order the new colors, and I highly reccomend this new company. I can't wait for Caitlin to creat new, more complex colors, and maybe other products as well.
