Hi Fi and Fyrinnae swatches

Ok guys, one last post before I finish packing and head off to Texas for a week. I'll keep updated on your blogs while I'm gone, and keep up with my comments. Maybe I'll have time to post while I'm there, but I'm not sure (although I totally plan to haul from Ulta, so I bet I can show pictures of that :D) Anyway, I didn't want to leave these sitting on my computer when they could be tempting you into spending money. :P Here's swatches from my latest Fyrinnae and Hi Fi orders. FYRINNAE From left to right: Sennyo, Darling Misfit, Lemming, Neo Universe, Parental Advisory Sennyo and Lemming aren't actually as similar as they look in the pictures. From left to right: Javan Rhino, +20 Beautification, Blue Whale, Leif, Chaotic Evil, The Fancy Lad HI FI COSMETICS From left to right: Sugar, Eat Me Drink Me, Rich Girl, Dirty, Wanted, Blackened Soul Sugar is the most opaque white I own. I need to get a full size, it's great! Rich Girl is gorgeous, I was just meh on it until I looked at these pictures again and realized how pretty it is. From left to right: Allegro, Raid the King, Kiss, Things That Cannot Speak, Can't See the Forest, Julia Dream, Queen of Disaster Raid the King is more bright and neon than pictures can capture. It's the brightest shadow I own. Kiss and Julia Dream are really pretty pastel shades. Gin and Sin lipgloss, glimmer gel in Starlet The gloss applies pretty sheer, and give off a gold sparkle. Love it! The glimmer gel is great to use in place of a highlight. Enjoy your week everyone, I know I will!

Another EOTD with Archetype

What I used: UDPP Pixie Epoxy Spring Lunacy (inner lid) Pixie Poop (outer lid) Sly (crease) Soap Bubble (highlight) Veil of Shadows (under waterline) Weeping Willow (inner v) Rimmel eyeliner in Very Violet Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara Mark After Glo blush Revlon PhotoReady translucent finishing powder NYX lipstick in Georgia (clear gloss on top) As you can see, my left eye looks like there's a weird little chunk missing... I can get my right eye perfect, but I can't get my left eye right. I'm right handed. Any suggestions?

EOTD using Archetype Cosmetics

Yes, I was crazy enough to order after hearing about their new and improved shipping. And yes, I got my order in 4 days, with everything included, and 4 free samples. I'll do a review, but it won't be for a while since I'm leaving for Texas tomorrow (plus swatches will take forever since I ordered like 70ish samples). I'd say if you want to try Archetype, order now, because who knows when it will all go downhill again. Not many pictures, sorry! As I was resizing them I realized most of them didn't turn out very well. What I used: UDPP Pixie Epoxy The Uneasy Dancers (inner lid) Shackled (outer lid) Midnight Aeval (crease) Turkey (highlight) Xibalba (under waterline) Rimmel eyeliner in black Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara I Touch Roses Twilight I blush Revlon PhotoReady translucent finishing powder Does anyone know of a good concealer for under eye circles? I need a new one!

Saint Patrick's Day EOTD

I like days like this, just because they're silly. It's the same reason I like class color day at school, just cus it's cute for everyone to be matching. And I'm actually somewhat Irish. My great grandparents on my dad's side were from Ireland. I just realized I don't even know what this holiday is supposed to be celebrating :P Side note about life: my school went into a code red lockdown today, meaning all the teachers have to lock all the doors, and we can't leave the classroom. I think if anyone actually gets in the school, we're supposed to turn off all the lights and huddle in a corner or something weird like that. The reason for the lockdown was that there was an armed robbery in one of the neighborhoods nearest school. So that was interesting *shrugs* What I used: UDPP Acid Rain by Urban Decay (over lid) Can't See The Forest, by Hi Fi (outer lid) Leif, by Fyrinane (crease) Tell Me Lies, by Hi Fi (highlight) Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara Covergirl eyeliner in brown black (waterline) NYX eye pencil in Acid Green (below waterline) Revlon PhotoReady translucent finisher Urban Decay ultraglide lip gloss in Lust Here is my outfit from yesterday, just because it's cute. I got the dress for only $12 on clearance at Charlotte Russe, and the Hollister jacket for $5 at Goodwill. I love bargains! And here's some HKOTD. Tin lunch boxes! One which includes... a bunch of Hello Kitty lip glosses and balms :D Spring break tomorrow, woo! I'm leaving for Texas on Sunday or Monday to see my baby and look for an apartment :D

Stardust Cosmetics Review

A few weeks ago I placed my very first order with Stardust Cosmetics, an independent Canadian company. I had been waiting to order from them for a while, but for some reason kept putting it off. I think this is mainly because I didn't like how the swatches on the website look. I don't know why, I just don't. The rest of the website I love- it's very nice, clean, cute, and has that sort of personal touch I like. It has the bestsellers at the bottom of the homepage, and then all the categories on the side, so it's nice and easy. Stardust has primer powders, concealers, foundations, luminizers, mineral kohl powder, finish/setting powders, eye pigments, and blush. I don't think I even looked at the blush page when I ordered, which is too bad, because they have some beautiful colors I'd like to try. I'll have to next time ;] I of course ordered eyeshadow samples- they have a page for samples, and you can pick one of their amounts to order (5, 10, 15, or 20 for eye pigments). I chose 15. Their pigment page is organized so you can shop by color, texture, or finish, which is cool. I ordered a lot of their bright colors, and also quite a few colors from their new Facettes de la Femme collection. The FDLF collection colors include swatches on skin, which is nice. Their normal line of colors do not. My 15 samples pack is listed as $13.50 on the website, which is a really nice price at less than $1 per sample. I actually paid less than that, as the 15 set was on sale for $12 when I ordered. The sample shipping price was $2, so I'd say paying $14 total for $15 samples is not too shabby at all! However, on the policies page it does say for every $10 you spend, you will receive a free sample, and I didn't get one. It's not a big deal to me but I thought I should point it out. Shipping to the USA says it will take 6-14 days, added to the 3 days it takes them to fill/process the orders. I got mine in 16 or so days, so that was spot on. This is the most in depth review I think I've written. I hope it's not boring for you! Here is the fun part anyway: swatches! Don't look at messy floor -_- From left to right: Sea Glass, Envy, Lush, Total Package, Electro, Citrus, Mystery, Pink Ruffle, Oh My! The swatches don't look as good as I'd like. Yesterday it was really cloudy but I decided to do swatches anyway, since the weather wasn't supposed to change anytime soon. So of course it's 70 and sunny today (not that I'm complaining!) You can click for bigger images. I've started doing swatches with the same color groups all together, so you can see if 2 are really close. For Lush and Total Package, there isn't much of a difference. If you have one you don't need the other. Mystery is really a mystery of why the photo is so inaccurate off their website... I don't see the pretty blue shimmers like they show. It's just brown. I do LOVE Electro, Citrus, Pink Ruffle, and Oh My! From left to right: Royal Kiss, Magick, Neon Femme, Pure Femme, Superwoman, Krista's Blue The first picture for this set is far more color accurate. Royal Kiss is a purple with brown in it, but certainly not as much as the bottom picture shows. I love Superwoman. When I saw it in the baggie, I didn't even realize it had little red sparkles in it. How cool is that? The baggies are a complaint I have. I kept ripping them like the Incredible Hulk, so I had a little bit of spillage. Oh yeah, and there are little labels on all the baggies with the color name- I thought the names were typed, but when I compared some baggies I realized they are hand written! I am sooo impressed with the handwriting, lol. As for the staying power of the shadows, these (and High Voltage) shadows stayed about the best and most vibrant throughout the day more than any other companies I've tried. I do use UDPP every day, so maybe these just adhere better to that. Can't be sure, but I'm still impressed. So there you go! Overall, there were a few minor things, but generally I really liked the products I received. I do plan on ordering again, maybe trying out a couple more samples, and definitely some blush.