FOTD: Binging on Purple Poppies

Ugh, I'm terrible with naming things! One time I had a Siberian Dwarf Hamster named Leonard Nimoy, but that's only because my boyfriend named him. So, when all else fails for FOTD post names, I just do a play on the names of the products I used. Urban Decay eyeliner in Binge and Kiss My Sass eyeshadow in Purple Poppy makes "Binging on Purple Poppies"! I used several eyeshadows, so I could have easily went with "Blizzard on a Victorian Night", but I'm a sucker for alliteration. My angst-y teenage poetry was pure alliteration.  It was terrible (Here is a sample I remember- "Shadows slide and slither across a dust-laden shrine.."), but with alliteration you can fool people into thinking you know what you're doing. Isn't that how to get ahead in life? Not actually being competent, but just fooling people into believing you are? Politicians build their whole lives around it! But, I digress. I'm not sure how I went from poppies to politicians (alliteration!) but I sure can ramble can't I? Ramble on! (Anything for a Led Zep reference!)

Eyes:

• Evil Shades eyeshadow in Victorian Nights on inner third of lid
• Detrivore eyeshadow in Saprophyte on out third of lid
• Kiss My Sass eyeshadow in Purple Poppies in crease and below lower lash line
• Detrivore eyeshadow in Blzzard to highlight and in inner corners of eyes
• Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Binge on water line and upper lash line
• A mix of CoverGirl Lashblast mascara and Wet n Wild MegaLash Clinical Mascara on lashes
• Physician's Formula Canyon Classic quad matte eyeshadow in brows (darkest shade)

Face:

• Physician's Formula CircleRx concealer in Fair Light under eyes
• CoverGirl Simply Ageless Eye Concealer in 205 also under eyes
• Physician's Formula Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder Foundation in Translucent Light

Cheeks

• Detrivore blush in Concubine

Lips

• NYX Round lipstick in Spellbound
• Darling Girl lipgloss in So Sakura 

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Detrivore Cosmetics' Blushes Swatches and Review

I loooooooove Detrivore (click here and here for previous swatches). Not only is their makeup amazing, but their prices are as well. From time to time they also offer some of the best sales I have seen. I bought these blushes during one of those sales. A new sale starts November 1st. 10 gram jars, including blushes will be 3 for $10 and 5 gram jars, including eyeshadows, will be 10 for $20.

One problem I have with indie blushes is that many of them tend to be too glittery and pigmented. They almost just seem like eyeshadows in a bigger jar. These blushes are perhaps my favorite indie blushes. The finish is matte, but they aren't chalky, and almost have a satin-y look about them. They're build-able, but you can wear them more sheer as well. I love the soft, buttery texture. Despite being a powder, they don't look powdery on my skin at all.My only complaint is that I find the pictures for the blushes on the Detrivore website to be inaccurate. The tone is correct, but they look a lot darker/bolder than they really are.

From left- Poison, Concubine, and Spoiled

Detrivore Blush in Poison

Detrivore Blush in Poison

Detrivore Blush in Concubine

This one looks kind of scary in the swatch, but I really like the way it looks on my cheeks. It's subtle, but pretty.

Detrivore Blush in Concubine

Detrivore Blush in Spoiled

Detrivore Blush in Spoiled

So what do you guys think? Even without the 3 for $10 sale, these are still a great deal.

Available:

• Sell for $5 each for a 10 gram jar on Detrivore's website- http://www.detrivorecosmetics.net/

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

FOTD: Sacred Shroud

Yay! My summer classes are FINALLY done. I didn't attend school in the spring as I was recovering from surgery, so going from doing absolutely nothing to having school every day and being super busy was a bit of a shock. I'm proud of myself for getting through it because it was rough on me. And I made As in everything! YAY! I only attend classes Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in the fall so it should feel like a break compared to how this was!

Sorry, for the derpy face in the following pic. Don't you hate it when you're going through pics and you look terrible in all of them? It sucks, but I'm not about to let a perfectly good opportunity to post go to waste. Plus I really liked the look, just not the face I put it on, haha.

Eyes:

•  Two Faced Shadow Insurance
• Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
• Detrivore Cosmetics Shroud on lid
• Detrivore Cosmetics Sacred in crease and below lower lash line
• Essence White Hype to highlight
• Physician's Formula Eye Definer Felt-Tip Eye Marker in Ultra Black on upper lash line
• Urban Decay Corrupt eyeliner on waterline
• A mix of CoverGirl Lashblast mascara and Wet n Wild MegaLash Clinical Mascara on lashes
• Physician's Formula Canyon Classic quad matte eyeshadow in brows (darkest shade)

Face:

• Physician's Formula CircleRx concealer in Fair Light under eyes
• Maybelline SuperStay concealer in Ivory also under eyes
• Physician's Formula Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder Foundation in Translucent Light

Cheeks

• Milani Baled Blush in Luminoso
• Milani Baked Blush in Terra Sole

Lips

• MAC Ever Hip lipstick
• MAC Evolution Revolution lipglass

So now I'm off to the grocery store (Boo!). When I first moved out of my parents' house I LOVED going grocery shopping. Now I loathe it. I hate it almost as much as washing dishes. Almost.

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Detrivore Cosmetics Eyeshadow Swatches

I've had these eyeshadows for 5 or 6 weeks now and am just now posting about them because Detrivore Cosmetics just recently reopened their shop.  I figured it would be terribly mean to post about something you guys couldn't even currently buy!  I've previously reviewed and swatched some eyeshadows from Detrivore, so click here to see that post.

I love Detrivore's eyeshadows. I never have any fallout with them and they apply buttery-smooth.  They have a huge and varied range of colors.  I got 2 blush samples and 2 highlighter samples with this order and love the formula on these also.  When I place my next order I definitely plan on picking up a few full sizes.

From left- Blizzard, Death Valley, Dystopia, Furnace, Ghoul

As I usually do, the top row is swatched dry on bare skin and the bottom row is swatched over a sticky base (Pixie Epoxy).

From left- Harpy, Kraken, Midas, Leviathan, Shroud

From left- Poison blush, Thing blush, Harlot highlighter, Lecher highlighter

From left- Poison and Thing blushes

The first swatch for each color is applied heavily and the one to the right is shown blended out.  Thing may be a tad too shimmery for my tastes to use as a blush, but it's a gorgeous color.  Poison is matte and is super pretty.  I plan on buying a full size of this.  The blushes applied smoothly and blended easily.

From left- Harlot and Lecher highlighters

Available:

• On Detrivore's website. Eyeshadows are $4 for a full size and $1 for a sample baggie. Blushes and highlighters are $5 each and also $1 for a sample baggie.

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Purchases, Acquisitions, and Upcoming Reviews

Today's post is probably a bit boring, sorry!  I have another freakin exam today.  I'm a bit worried about this, but I *should* be okay (fingers crossed).  This may be my last test for my chemistry class, depending on how well I do.  If I have an A average overall in the class after this test I don't have to take the final exam.  Which I'm really hoping I don't have to take because I've already forgot everything we learned at the beginning!
I haven't been posting a lot of reviews lately just because of the time issue, but that hasn't stopped me from acquiring new pretties!  This is a lot of stuff, but don't think that I bought it all in the past week or anything.  All of this has been over the past 2 months or so and some was bought with various giftcards, discounts, or given to me. I like when people post about their recent purchases or hauls, so I hope you guys like it too.  Be prepared for seeing reviews/swatches of all this in the future!

I'm so excited about this one- I received my first items for review!  Squee!  This is especially cool to me because I don't go seeking brands out trying to get them to send me things; it just feels kinda weird to do that for me.  But Wet n Wild Tweeted that they had some items for review and they were looking for people to send them to.  They asked to send samples of your work.  I figured since they were asking it wouldn't hurt to send them an email.  I sent them an email talking a little bit about my blog and added links to my previous Wet n Wild reviews.  I didn't expect to hear back from them as my blog is still pretty small, but I heard back from them within a few hours saying that they loved my blog and asking for my address.

I have been really impressed with Wet n Wild's PR team.  They respond quickly, never made me feel pressured to give their products good reviews just because they sent them to me for free, and were very nice.  They just asked that when I did review to send them the links.  Even my boyfriend, Mr. Cynical, was impressed.  Of course it's in their best interest to be nice to everyone, but I just feel like they went above and beyond.  Look at the cute little note they sent in my package!

Of course just because I was sent these doesn't mean I won't be honest.  My integrity is VERY important to me personally and I don't like it when people mislead others just to get more free stuff for themselves.  I don't even want to work with a brand that exchanges products for glowing reviews.  I want the companies I support to have integrity also, and take both positive and negative feedback as an opportunity for growth and improvement.

Moving on!  Sorry for the novel!

Here are some discontinued Wet n Wild blushes that I bought on eBay. When I saw this post on Pink Sith I went to eBay to search for it.  The packaging looks different from hers, but the color looks the same.  You may be asking why I need 3 of the same color.  Well, I don't.  This was just the only auction that was up!  Plus it was only like $4 with free shipping for all 3 of these.  I would have gladly paid that for just one.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the other 2, haha.

My Pretty Zombie was on Heartsy (referral link) about 3 weeks ago and of course I had to buy a voucher.  I already have the pink mNg trio (which is incredible and I still need to post about) so I got three eyeshadows and their matching nail polishes. I don't see that she is selling the nail polish anymore, which is a shame because they look gorgeous.

I had a $25 gift certificate for Kiss My Sass Cosmetics for a few months and I finally spent it.  I'm really excited to try the glosses!

I bought a voucher for this comapany from Heartsy on a whim.  It wasn't very much and since I have the VIP thing my voucher was worth even more.  I haven't tried anything yet, but I'll let you guys know what I think.

Milani had a giveaway on Facebook a month ago or so where they were giving  a bunch of people free baked blushed in Terra Sole.  I was lucky enough to be one of them.  I thought this would be too dark for me, but it actually works well if I use a light hand.

I bought all this when Concrete Minerals was on Heartsy as well.  I still haven't tried the eyeshadows yet, but they look pretty in their jars.

Detrivore Cosmetics store is currently on hiatus as they finish moving, but I definitely recommend everyone order from them when they open back up.  This is my second order from them that I received about a month ago and am waiting to swatch until they open their store again.

When I bought the first Tarte 8th World Wonder kit from QVC several months ago I didn't realized that I had accidentally signed up for auto-delivery until I received this in the mail a week or so ago.  Unfortunately QVC doesn't sell these kits unless you signed up for auto-delivery with the first kit.  I guess i should have sent it back but I just couldn't make myself.  Don't tell my boyfriend!

I had a giftcard for QVC that I got from doing surveys so I bought this Tarte set.  This was before the other set came in the mail, so now I have this one and that one!  Luckily this one was paid for with the giftcard so I really only had to pay for the other.  Now that I think about it, let me make sure I didn't sign up for auto-delivery with this one too...


Whew, and that's it!  Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Disclosure: The first group of Wet n Wild products were sent to me for review.  Everything else I bought personally or with gift cards.

Recent Hauls/Purchases/Acquisitions

Sorry I don't have time for a proper post today, the class I'm taking this summer is threatening to kick my butt if I don't give it nearly every second of my free time.  And I don't take kindly to threats of violence, so I better stay on top of it. :)

I just wanted to share a few things I bought/acquired recently so you know what to expect in upcoming reviews!

I like high end makeup, but I'm a drugstore queen at heart.  I didn't buy all you see above at once, but with sales and coupons I only paid about a total of $30 for it.  You can barely buy an eyeshadow palette for 30 bucks at Sephora.  I always try to save my money to buy a few higher end things, but my natural tendency is to spend as little money as possible while acquiring the most items.  What can I say, I'm cheap.

The above are few recent indie makeup purchases.  I've really been into pink eyeshadow lately, so I just HAD to buy the pink mNg trio from My Pretty Zombie when I had the chance.  Something else I had to take advantage of (again!) was Detrivore's sale of 10 eyeshadows for $20.  Unfortunately Detrivore is closed for the next month and a half so I feel bad posting swatches when you can't even order right now!  I may just wait to post them until her shop opens again.

And last, but not least, I won Zoya's Summertime and Sunshine collection from Mary from Body and Soul when she was hosting a giveaway.  Isn't that awesome?! I was even planning on buying a few from the Sunshine collection before I found out I won.  I even love the cremes, but I have so many nail polishes that I'm pretty sure I have dupes for almost every color.  My stash is already out of control as it is, so I was thinking of saving them for a giveaway of my own.  Do you think it would be rude/weird to give away something that I won?  I just would rather them go to someone who would use them more than I would.


So there ya go.  Is there anything you've bought/reviewed recently that you're especially excited about? Feel free to share links if you want.


Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Detrivore Cosmetics Swatches and Review

I'm slowly making my way through my list of indie makeup companies.  Today's post is about Detrivore Cosmetics.  I've seen tons of posts about them around the blogosphere and had compiling a list of eye shadows I wanted.  So, when I noticed Detrivore as having a sale (on top of their already low prices.  Most full size eye shadows are only $3. Their satin collection eyeshadows, which are supposed to be more pigmented, are $5) I decided to make a purchase.

I have yet to be let down by an Indie makeup company, and Detrivore is no different.  Their shadows are AMAZING.  You'll see in my swatches that I swatched them dry and over a sticky base (Pixie Epoxy) and some of them look just as bold and pigmented dry as they do over the base.  I'm really impressed.  I didn't have time to take pictures of me wearing the shadows, but just know they wear extremely well, blend well, and don't fade over time.  I need to buy more!

Know what else is cool? Shipping is free for all US orders, no matter how little or how much you buy.  I can think of another company that does that.  And international shipping is only $5, which is really good, also.

I ordered 10 shadows and I received 2 free samples.  The jars are shrink wrapped and the ingredients are on the shrink wrap so they will get thrown away.  I know many people would prefer that the ingredients were permanently on the jars.  The sample baggies also have ingredient stickers.

The bottom labels are cute.  The satin shadows have a spider on the label while the regular line of shadows has a beetle (a scarab?).  The names are all "dark" or "dirty", which fits in with the theme of the shop.  In other words, not cutesy or pretty names at all.

From left- Vacancy (satin), Faithless (satin), Sacred (satin), Marine, Hemoglobin (satin), Shroud

The top row is dry over bare skin.  The bottom row is patted over Pixie Epoxy.

To be honest, the regular eyeshadows, which are $3, seem just as pigmented as the $5 Satin eyeshadows (which are supposed to be more so).  This isn't a complaint at all, as $3 is a really good price for eyeshadow, as is $5.

From left- Vacancy (satin), Faithless (satin), Sacred (satin)

From left- Marine, Hemoglobin (satin), Shroud

From left- Saprophyte, Abnormal, Sexualis, Scar, Brine, Weaponry

From left- Saprophyte, Abnormal, Sexualis

From left- Scar, Brine, Weaponry

I love all of these eyeshadows and plan to make another order as soon as I can. Hurry and order while you can because the owner is moving and will be shutting her shop down from June 4th until the end of July.  Even if you only get a shadow or two, it's worth it as you don't even have to pay shipping!  And my order arrived very quickly.

Here is the Detrivore Cosmetics website. Satin shadows sell for $5 and the original collection shadows sell for $3.  They also sell matte eyeshadows, highlighters, blushes, an eye shadow primer, and face powders.


Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!