tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37181524681110130942024-02-19T08:03:32.973-08:00genericwhoreshe's just like everyone else.dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-37781929236295500752015-08-10T17:25:00.003-07:002015-08-10T17:25:56.878-07:00Real Techniques Eyelining Set (Collector's Edition)Hi, hello!! <br />
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It's been a long time, I know!! But I picked up these brushes the other day and felt like I should blog about them today! :)<br />
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I was helping a friend pick out some foundation at Sephora over the weekend when I realized she didn't own any foundation brushes (not that you *need* a foundation brush, but you guys know me and my brushes--can't ever have enough of those!) and thus began our conversation about makeup sponges. She wanted to be able to get a bag of sponges from the dollar store or something I told her that that just wouldn't do! Hah. So we walked into a London Drugs and I found a two pack of the Real Techniques Miracle Complexion sponges and I figured that'd be perfect--I got one for her to try and a second for myself! Everyone wins! Low and behold, though, beside the sponges was this new <a href="https://realtechniques.com/shop-collection/collectors-edition-eyelining-set">Eyelining Set</a> that I just couldn't refuse!<br />
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Did I *need* more eyeliner brushes? No. But I had to get them! For science! ;)</div>
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I think they cost me about $23, and for 4 brushes I figured that wasn't too bad of a deal. The little pouch they come with is something I likely won't use, but it seems functional enough. I could see myself using it when traveling, maybe. </div>
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The brushes came protected in a little slotted plastic thing that kept the brushes in place. It worked well and there was no annoying glue holding them in--which is nice!</div>
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I hadn't realized until I started getting my other RT brushes out for comparison that these eyelining brushes from the "collector's edition" are a shinier purple metal, whereas if you have other RT brushes that are purple--they're more of a brushed metal. I'm not sure what I prefer, but I couldn't help feeling like the new brushes felt even lighter and thus a bit cheaper than my existing RT lining brushes. Only time will tell!</div>
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The below two pictures make me laugh for a couple of reasons. When RT first had a liner brush in their "Starter" set, it came with the "pixel-pointed liner brush", This brush, as you can see, is pretty darn large for a liner brush! Soon it was replaced by the "Fine Liner" brush and even that one isn't very thin. The new Precision Liner brush is definitely the thinnest of them all. The second image makes me laugh because I have two Fine Liner brushes are are pretty drastically different--my oldest is much more blunt at the point/end whereas my newer one comes to a much finer point at the end. I guess it's good that RT is in the practice of improving their brushes--but I think maybe they shouldn't pump out quite so many and should instead focus on perfecting each shape instead of releasing multiple versions of it? Just a thought!</div>
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(Top to bottom: Pixel-Pointed Liner brush, Fine Liner brush, Precision Liner brush)</div>
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(Here are two versions I own of the "Fine Liner" brush (top and middle) with the new Precision Liner brush)</div>
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Here's how the very tips of my 'older' Pixel-pointed brush compares to the newer Precision Linger brush. You can really see how bluntly cut the Pixel-pointed brush is compared to the newer brush. How could anyone ever do liner with the original Pixel-pointed brush?! I just don't know! Unless you like thick liner, in which case it probably would have floated your boat!</div>
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The new "Smudge Brush" is nice. It's dense and short bristled. It's also soft. I like it! I wanted to compare it to the older Accent brush as well as to the Shading brush. It's different enough from both of my existing brushes and I think I'll get a lot of use out of this one--especially for smudging/smoking out the lower lash line.</div>
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(Top to bottom: Shading brush, Smudger brush and Accent brush)</div>
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The "Pointed Liner Brush" is one that I see myself using as a lip brush and likely not as a liner brush. Or maybe I'd use it to highlight the inner tear duct and/or apply/smudge out colour on the lower lash line. It's a good small size and the bristles are soft. </div>
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Here is is next to the Accent brush just for comparison's sake.</div>
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Lastly is the "Eyeliner Brush" and out of the box I'd say this one was the most disappointing. I was hoping it might be a pretty thin liner brush, but it's quite thick. I guess I will use it for my brows more than anything, or maybe for applying colour to the lower lash line.</div>
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Here it is next to the original Brow brush. I always found the original brow brush a lot too big anyways--although I do like using it for powder products. My hopes are that I'll be able to use the new Eyeliner brush for my brow pomade! But even for that I like the brush to be a bit more thin in case I want to draw in more individual "hairs".</div>
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Here is the Eyeliner brush with one of my favorite angled liner brushes by Inglot (31T). The Inglot brush is thin enough that I like using it for actual eyeliner and I like to use it for my brows, too! Go 31T! </div>
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Overall I think I'll get a lot of use out of the brushes in this set, but I think I was hoping they'd be a bit more "different" than they are. That's okay by me though, I've almost never met a brush I didn't like! :)</div>
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Oh! And! I also dipped all four brushes into my Inglot gel linger in 77 to see what kind of lines I would get. The first line is one pass with the Precision Liner brush. The second liner is one I applied with the Precision Liner brush and then smudged out with the Smudge brush. The third line is one pass with the "thin" side of the Pointed Liner brush and then the fourth line is using that same brush but using the wide side of the brush. The last two liners were made with the Eyeliner brush.</div>
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Yesterday I received my very first <a href="http://shop.lifesentropy.com/">Life's Entropy</a> order! Currently their website is down due to catching up on Black Friday orders--but I think Jane, the owner of Life's Entropy (LE), may be opening up soon as I think she's almost all caught up with everything! LE is quite active on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lifesentropy?fref=ts">Facebook page</a> so I'd recommend checking there for updates about products, sneak peeks to swatches for new items, etc.<br />
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Life's Entropy is a relatively new indie cosmetics company, but don't let that fool you--as my pictures and swatches will show, they produce lovely products and I think the pictures will speak for themselves! I believe LE opened in July of 2014 and they've been making quite the name for themselves as they offer a range of items you may not be used to finding from an indie company. They are 100% vegan and hooray for that! I have been tempted to put in an order since the beginning, but I only bit the bullet recently!<br />
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I put in my first order in the middle of November when a limited edition colour of their (very popular) Lip Theories was released to the public (previously it was available in a monthly sub with another indie company, <a href="http://www.hellowafflecosmetics.com/">Hello Waffle</a>). I knew I had to have the limited edition colour, but then I realized that the shipping cost to Canada was a flat $8--kind of steep. So I justified it by...ordering more...of course! For my first order I purchased the limited edition Lip Theory in "Tundra", a Particle Contour Stick in "Neutrino", and two more Lip Theories in "Apoptosis" and "Big Bang Theory". <br />
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Shortly before Black Friday, Jane put a post up on the FB page saying that if anyone would like their shipping combined from a recent purchase with their future Black Friday purchase that that could be an option. I jumped on that! With the shipping price being pretty spendy, I was very glad to be able to combine my orders! It was super kind of Jane to offer to do that. <br />
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Then Black Friday happened and at that time, LE released their new (and much anticipated!!) Cosmos Collection--a lipstick collection featuring five lipsticks, three of which are colour "dupes" of popular Nars shades (more on this later). I had to have it! AND. LE *also* released their new Brow Theory pomade (which is a dupe of the very popular Anastasia Beverly Hills "Dip Brow") for Black Friday! Weeee! Basically--I had to put in a second order (on November 29th). I really didn't have a choice! :) My second order contained the complete Cosmos Collection, a Brow Theory in "Light Brown" and a bottle of the LE Revival Serum. After placing my BF order I had a moment of panic thinking I might not have chosen the proper colour for my Contour Stick and Brow Theory Pomade. I emailed Jane a picture of myself asking if she could give me some colour suggestions and she thought I chose the right shades. Hooray! Thanks to her for calming my mind! <br />
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Fast forward to December 31, 2014. My order ARRIVED! Yes, it took a while. I'm not at all bothered by that though--I'm used to things taking a while as I am in Canada. LE received a HUGE amount of orders for their lipsticks and now that I have them in my hands, I can definitely understand why so many of us were curious to try these babies out. They're pretty awesome!<br />
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ON TO THE PICTURES!! Brace yourselves--there are a LOT of pictures!<br />
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My order was shipped in a standard bubble mailer and it was packed nice and securely inside (mostly because I ordered so much and the envelope was just the right size!). My items were wrapped in adorable Christmas wrapping paper--the package on the right was too full to stay closed! Jane included two little candy canes and a sample of one of their eyeshadows.<br />
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First item up: <b>Particle Contour Stick</b> in Neutrino! This contour product is a cream and LE offers several different colour options. You're meant to be able to apply them lightly or more heavily, depending on the effect you're after. </div>
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The Stick comes to you in a roll up "lip balm" type tube. It's very convenient packaging!</div>
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The item looks like this when it's fresh and untouched!</div>
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Arm swatch! Applied straight from the tube, two passes, on the left. Two passes, blended out, on the right.</div>
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This was my first time trying this out--so I just went with my instincts and tried to find the right place to put it. You don't need to worry about the precise placement too much as you're going to be blending it out (obviously!). </div>
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So I decided to do a second layer. A bit more noticeable! The product is creamy and very easy to blend. It doesn't feel oily and after it's blending it has a nice, relatively matte, finish. I used a brush to blend, but you could probably also use your finger if you prefer. <br />
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Second item up! <b>Brow Theory</b>! This product is meant to be comparable to the Anastasia Beverly Hills "Dip Brow" that is all the rage--not all of the rage for me though, cause it ain't vegan! Good thing Brow Theory is!!</div>
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The bottom of the jar has a sticker with the name of the colour and the ingredients. I don't know who could ever ready that <span style="font-size: xx-small;">teeny tiny font </span>--but it's there if you want to take a magnifying glass to it!</div>
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The product itself is in a glass jar--a very nice touch. It could have been plastic (I'm thinking like what the Inglot Gel Liners come in), but it doesn't and I'm glad!</div>
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"Light Brown" is a light...brown...it's a tinge warmer than I was expecting, but I think I'll be able to make it work!! It's very pigmented and you really don't need to put much at all on your brush in order to get enough for a brow (or two!).</div>
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I have never used a product like this for my brows before (typically I use a powder)--so I was A BIT NERVOUS to try this out--but it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier to use than I thought it would be!</div>
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Here are my virgin brows:</div>
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Here it is applied to the left brow (pictured on the right) only.</div>
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And here it is on both brows! I used a thin angled liner brush to apply the product and then I brushed it out with a spoolie. I think it's pretty neat and it dries down pretty fast and so far hasn't budged (I put it on about 5 hours ago).</div>
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Third item up! <b>Revival Serum</b>! This product is LE's answer to dried out (and unusable!) gel liners or other simlar cream products. I plan to test it out as a liquifier to turn loose pigments into eyeliner as well--but I didn't have a chance to test it out quite yet! More on this thing in the future!</div>
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Fourth will be the <b>Lip Theories</b>. These products are similar to Lip Tars by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics. LE offers a range of colours and also provides colours that you can mix together to make your own custom shades (LE also sells little lip gloss tubes for your mixing desires). </div>
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Here's a swatch of the colours (left to right): Chaos, Tundra, Apoptosis and Big Bang Theory.</div>
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Chaos was my "gift with purchase" as I ordered over a certain amount during Black Friday. It's packaged in a traditional lip gloss tube with a doe foot applicator. </div>
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The doe foot is traditional and picks up a good amount of product.</div>
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Tundra! The limited edition colour. This is how the Lip Theories are traditionally packaged. The tubes are longer/slimmer than the tubes OCC uses for their Lip Tars and LE includes a little "disposable" doe foot applicator with each Lip Theory--just in case you want to use it for application purposes. Since I own a LOT of Lip Tars, I decided to use my usual method to apply the Lip Theories--my two ring fingers. My usual method worked out quite well for the Lip Theories, I have to say.</div>
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Tundra is a beautiful pinky-peach "nude" colour. </div>
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And last, but not least!--Big Bang Theory. A dark red that is slightly berry toned.</div>
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The ingredient label for the one was on a silver sticker--it's hard (impossible) to read--don't strain your eyes! :)</div>
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The fifth and last item I have to share, the "traditional" lipsticks, the Cosmos Collection! These colours are only available until January 31, 2015--so consider yourselves warned!!! They come in plastic tubes with the LE initial sticker. The tubes are pretty "cheap" feeling, but that's okay with me as long as the lipsticks stay attached inside of them!<br />
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The bottoms have stickers with the names of the colours.</div>
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Left to right: Supernova, Milky Way, Plasma, Flux and Blackbody.</div>
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You will notice that these lipstick bullets do have "blemishes" on them. They're only cosmetic--Jane has explained that there was some shifting of the bullets that will have caused this. So they're not "pristine" necessarily--but they won't be after the first time you use them anyways! :)</div>
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Arm swatchy swatch! Again, left to right: Supernova, Milky Way, Plasma, Flux and Blackbody. Three of these are meant to be colour dupes of popular Nars lipsticks (which I don't own because again--they're not vegan). Supernova is LE's version of Nars's "Anna", Flux is the LE version of Nars's "Charlotte" and Blackbody is the LE version of Nars's "Train Bleu". </div>
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These lipsticks are incredibly creamy and are quite nice to apply. If anything, them being as creamy as they are may lead to you over-applying if you go straight from the bullet to your lips. I'll have to play around with the level of intensity--say if I use a lip brush, for example. <br />
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OH I ALMOST FORGOT! The Lip Theories and Cosmos Lipsticks SMELL LIKE CUPCAKES! Whhhhhat?! It's actually a pretty strong scent when you open up a tube (or squeeze some out for the theories)--but the scent disappears on your lips pretty quickly. That's probably for the best or we'd all be eating these instead of wearing them!<br />
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Supernova--a SUPER PRETTY blue-toned medium dusty pink.<br />
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Milky Way--a lovely and sophisticated brown-toned pink. LE's answer to the "Kylie Jenner" lip that the world turned upside down for!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Either my lips are getting crooked...or...this was the 8th of 9 lip products that I swatched this morning! Apologies to Flux!</td></tr>
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Blackbody--a deep purple/burgundy. Burgundy? Sure...whatever it is, it's pretty!</div>
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Edit: Not burgundy! I'd actually call it more of a deep, blacked eggplant with a splash of red!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I decided to "blot" it to see what it'd look like and if it would help the purple tones come out more. Not sure if it did...but I liked the effect anyways!</td></tr>
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And the resulting lip swatch-fest carnage:<br />
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Have you ever tried products from Life's Entropy before? What are your favorites? Did you pick up the Cosmos Collection? What's *your* favorite colour so far?? What are you hoping to see LE come out with next?!</div>
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Black Friday happened recently and for the most part I was very restrained with my purchases! Yay! I only put in two orders and one of them was with <a href="http://www.aromibeauty.com/">Aromi</a>! You may recall, when on my recent trip to Portland, that I stumbled upon my first <a href="http://genericwhore.blogspot.ca/2014/08/aromi-liquid-lipstick-in-forbidden.html">Aromi liquid lipstick</a> and I was so excited because Aromi is a brand I'd been following for a while.<br />
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For Black Friday they offered an irresistible 20% discount off all of their items and that meant I ordered myself 3 more liquid lipsticks and took my first foray into their traditional lipsticks! Hooray!<br />
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I received my order very <i>promptly</i>. I ordered on November 29th and received my package on December 8th, which is AMAZING, because I'm in Canada and they are a US based company. Typically things take around 2 weeks to get to me, so I was very pleased to see such a quick turnaround! My order was also packaged very well--it came in a cardboard box filled with pink tissue paper so that none of the items inside were able to shift around. Yay for Safe Shipping Strategies! :)<br />
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Now on to the pictures!! (All photos can be clicked for a larger picture.)<br />
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Here's what the outer packaging looks like. I like it! It's bright and clean!<br />
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And the packaging of the lipsticks themselves looks like this. The liquid lipsticks are in glass tubes. The lipsticks are in a black plastic casing.</div>
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Here is the liquid lipstick in Ripe Raspberry. I like this colour a lot--it tends to pull more purple than it really is in photographs, but that's okay with me because purple lipstick is fun! The doe foot applicators take some getting used to, but I find that they apply the colour quite evenly and if you take your time you can get a great application using just the doe foot.</div>
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Here is the liquid lipstick in Vamptastic Plum. Out of all of the shades this one might be the least impressive as compared to the <a href="http://www.aromibeauty.com/vamptastic-plum-matte-liquid-lipstick/">promo shots</a> that Aromi features on its website. You'll notice that on the doe foot applicator it looks almost the same as Ripe Raspberry (when looking at the picture of the glass tubes side by side, this is also quite apparent--although Vamptastic Plum does look slightly darker from the outside of the glass tube). It's a lovely formula still and I find it does look more purple on the lips than Ripe Raspberry, but it isn't as purple as the website swatches would have me expect. Perhaps I need to experiment with layering this one on a bit to see if that brings out the purple even more--I do find, however, that when layering, I can experience a patchy application. I may just need more experience with the liquid lipsticks before perfecting my application method! :)</div>
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And the last liquid lipstick is Black Cherry. Holy smokes. A beautiful dark cherry colour. </div>
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Here is the lipstick in Flirty. A satin (semi-matte?) red. </div>
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And this is the lipstick in Wildberry. A satin (semi-matte) bright berry colour. The formula on this and Flirty is lovely--they go on smoothly and after two passes are perfectly opaque. They don't tug at your lips and I don't find that they emphasis dry skin too much (although I'd suggest exfoliating beforehand!). They don't "set" so to speak so you will experience transferring if you're drinking from a cup or a straw. They last a long time on me--for the past couple of days I've been wearing Wildberry to work (with a lip liner from Zuzu Luxe called <a href="http://gabrielcosmeticsinc.com/shop/zuzu-luxe-lipliner/">Fraise</a>) and after eating lunch I only need to do a quick touch up and then it lasts all day.</div>
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The formula of the liquid lipsticks is definitely <i>very</i> liquid! When you first apply it, it doesn't "run" around on your lips, but you have to be careful when applying it. I typically apply it using the doe foot applicator, but sometimes I go in with a lip brush afterward to clean up the very outside edge. After about 30 seconds, these babies dry down to a very matte and comfortable long wearing lipstick. They're not moisturizing or drying. A big plus on the "not drying" aspect.</div>
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Here is everything all together. From left to right: Flirty, Wildberry, Black Cherry, Vamptastic Plum and Ripe Raspberry. This photo was taken before the liquid lipsticks had set 100%. For these lipstick swatches I did three passes of each--but I find when applying it to lips, they are opaque after two passes (as mentioned before).</div>
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Here they are again after the liquid lipsticks had set 100%. </div>
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And now for some lip swatches! All of these were applied with the liquid lipstick or lipstsick alone--no lip liner or lip primer was used.</div>
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I am very pleased with my purchase from Aromi. Both the liquid lipsticks and the "traditional" lipsticks have a subtle scent to them that I can't quite place--sometimes I think it's vanilla, maybe? It lingers on the lips for a short amount of time and then fades. I've recommended the liquid lipsticks to friends and so far they are also enjoying them! Hooray! The lipsticks are lovely, as well, and I am sure my collection will continue to grow in the future! <br />
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<span style="background-color: #f0f3fc;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yesterday I also learned how to properly stack false lashes, so I wanted to try that out too! :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Products used:</span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tarte CC Eye Primer</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry M Eyeliner Kohl in Black</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neve Cosmetics in Butterfly, Bonbon and Magma in the crease</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Inglot 329 on the outer portion of the lid and to smoke out the black liner on the lower lash line</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Naked Cosmetics #3 from their Mother Nature collection on the majority of the lid</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neve Cosmetics Etoile in the duct</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gabriel Color eyeshadow in Bone below the eyebrow</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NYX Auto Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown (I usually don't use this and this reminded me why!)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tarte CC Tinted Eyebrow Gel in Medium Dark</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ardell #109 stacked with Quo #801</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I want to stack ALLLLLLLLL of my lashes! Holy smokes!</span></div>
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What do we have here? A TUTORIAL?! Holy smokes. It's been a LONNNNNG time since I've made one of these! Forgive me if I am a tad (or a LOT) rusty!</div>
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I recently posted this look on a FB makeup group I am part of:</div>
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The look was inspired by my newest Sugarpill colour, the limited edition (and now sold out): Lucid! I used it with various other Sugarpill colours and used a couple colours from my Neve Cosmetics palettes to soften up the crease. If you'd like to find out how you can achieve a look like this, then please keep on reading! :)</div>
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Then you want to prime. A primer will help your colours to appear more vibrant and it will create a smooth canvas for the colours you'll be putting on your eye. Primers also help to prevent your eyeshadows from creasing throughout the day. Hooray! Here I am using Tarte's Colored Clay CC Eye Primer.</div>
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Apply this as messily as you want--from your eyelid up to your crease/brow bone. I also apply this along the lower lash line and then I gently blend it out using my ring finger.</div>
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On a fluffy crease brush, you want to take a pale and matte pink. This colour will be applied to your crease as a transition shade between the deeper purple we're going to use and your neutral brow bone highlight that comes later! This colour is Neve Cosmetics' Favola.</div>
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Apply this shade liberally in your crease--all of the way from the inner crease (by the inner eye/tear duct area) to the outer crease.</div>
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I forgot to do this step before the pink...whoops...but if you want your pink and purple to be a bit softer, then applying a white base after the pink is something you can choose to do. Or. After your primer, you can apply the white base from the mobile lid and blend it up through the crease.</div>
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Here I am using NYX Eyeshadow Base in White and I am patting it with my finger from the upper lash line right up to the crease. Applying a white base on your lid will give your loose eyeshadows something to stick to and it will help the colours to appear even <i>more</i> vibrant.</div>
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Using a blending brush that has two sides (due to the pinched ferrule), you want to use a blue based purple. Here I am using Sugarpill's Poison Plum.</div>
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Start by first "stamping" this colour on the deep outer crease of your eye. This will deposit most of the colour to the outer corner; that is where you want to create the most depth. After you've lost most of the product from your brush, you want to rock this colour into the crease using window wiper motions. Keep this darker colour concentrated more in the crease and don't blend it up and out quite as much as the pink you applied there earlier. </div>
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Again, you want to keep the majority of the purple at the outer corner of the eye so you have a darker/deeper shade and then it fades into a lighter purple as you go towards your inner crease.</div>
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Now, take your favorite glitter adhesive. Here I am using Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy.</div>
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This step is optional, but I like to use P.E. if I want to keep the glitter of my glittery shadows on my eyelid for a bit longer! I just take a tiny bit of the clear product on my ring finger, then I rub my two ring fingers together and I patted the product on the first 2/3rds of my eyelid (where I am going to be applying the very glittery Lucid).</div>
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Give your glitter adhesive a minute to get tacky and then dip your shader brush into Sugarpill's Lucid (or if you don't have Lucid, use a minty teal colour of your choosing).</div>
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Pat pat pat. Press it right into that glitter adhesive! Funnnnnnn!</div>
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Next you want to flip your shader brush over and take a bit of Sugarpill's Velocity (or a royal blue, if you don't have Velocity) and press this colour on the outer 1/3rd of your lid.</div>
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To blend between Lucid and Velocity, you can flip your brush back and forth between both sides and gently bring Lucid towards Velocity and then pat Velocity towards Lucid. Repeat until you have a blend that you are satisfied with.</div>
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If you feel like you've lost a bit of the purple definition, feel free to go back to the brush you used to apply Poison Plum and re-deepen the outer crease. You can also buff it out using that first blending crease brush with the matte pink.</div>
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At this point, you'll have something like this!</div>
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Next, take a fluffy brush with your favorite brow bone highlight shade. Since the lid is pretty glittery, I have chosen to keep my brow bone matte--using Neve Cosmetics' Butterfly.</div>
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Apply this colour below the highest arch of your brow bone and then blend it out under the whole brow and down into the pink to ensure that there are no harsh lines and to ensure a seamless transition. </div>
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I like to take a brush to buff this colour out and to ensure it's right in the lower lashes.</div>
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Using a small smudger brush, take Velocity again and apply it on the outer half of your lower lash line. Keep it the most intense at the very outside corner and then fade it inwards toward your pupil.</div>
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Flipping your brush over, take Sugarpill's Frostine (or if you don't have it, you can use a purple with a pink shift).</div>
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Apply Frostine to the rest of the lower lash line (but not in the tear duct!) and blend it over Velocity just a bit!</div>
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Taking a small definer brush, take Sugarpill's Candycrush (or a sparkly light blue/minty colour).</div>
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Apply Candycrush to the inner tear duct area. Blend it up a bit into the inner lid and just a touch towards Frostine.</div>
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You can definitely choose to do a full liner with this look--it'd look awesome. But because my eyelides are semi-hooded, I like to avoid liner as it would cover up a lot of the colour when my eye is open. Instead, I opt for tight-lining only. To tightline, I am using Inglot's gel liner in 77.</div>
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<br />dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-7610614372406553012014-09-22T10:26:00.002-07:002014-12-01T13:35:56.706-08:00Neve Cosmetics "Halo" Eye (EOTD and FOTD)<div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today I wanted to play around with my new Neve Cosmetics palettes and I decided to do a halo eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In Neve Cosmetics's <a href="http://www.nevecosmetics.it/it/gli-arcobaleni/42-palette-chiarissimi.html">Chiarissimi palette</a>, which is full of gorgeous duochrome shades, there is one called "Unicorno" (a shade they describe as a "magic duochrome old rose with light green reflections") which I figured would be soooo pretty in the center of a halo eye with a dark brown on either side of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm also still trying to get the hang of applying lashes without also applying black liner as that tends to cover up my eyelid space too much when my eyes are open! Practice makes perfect...but I still have more practice ahead of me!!</span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tarte Amazonian Clay CC Eye Primer</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">OCC pencils in Sybil and Sebastian applied to the eye as a base. I put Sybil on the inner and outer portions of the lid (and lower lash line) and Sebastian in the center of the lid).</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neve Cosmetics Espresso applied to the inner and outer portions of the lower lash line and eyelid.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neve Cosmetics Noisette applied in the crease.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neve Cosmetics Etoile in the tear duct</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neve Cosmetics Butterfly to highlight the brow bone</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neve Cosmetics Unicorno applied to the center of the lid and center of the lower lash line</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">OCC Sybil pencil on the lower waterline</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">UD Ink for Eyes to line the upper waterline</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Quo eyelashes in 806</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pure Anada Mascara in Black on the upper lashes</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On my face--I have OCC concealer in Y2 under the eyes, a bit around the nose, and some on my chin. OCC's lip tar in Concubine on the lips. Pure Anada blush in Fresh Mandarin on the cheeks. And a bit of Inglot 560 through my brows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It turned out pretty fun, I think! :)</span></div>
dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-91850468170703403622014-08-31T12:32:00.002-07:002014-08-31T12:37:17.757-07:00Aromi: Liquid Lipstick in Forbidden Fuchsia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
While recently on a trip to Portland, I stumbled into this cute little store called <a href="http://magbig.com/">Mag Big</a> (it's a store with locally made clothing, jewelry and other fun nicknacks) and much to my delight, they are also a stockist for <a href="http://www.aromibeauty.com/">Aromi Beauty</a>! I have been wanting to try their liquid lipsticks for a while and I was SO EXCITED to find that Mag Big had two of them in stock! (Yeah, only two...which is too bad, as I would have totally scooped up more!) I decided to go with the colour Forbidden Fuchsia and I am so very pleased this colour and with how this product performs. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A colourful and very eye-catching box, if I do say so myself!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how sleek this packaging is! The clear tube is made of a sturdy plastic (at first I thought it was glass). </td></tr>
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I am new to the world of liquid lipsticks and this product delivers exactly what it promises. This product retails for $17 (although I've noticed that Aromi occasionally offers discounts that are advertised through their very active <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aromibeauty?fref=ts">Facebook page</a>). It applies quite wet, but it is INCREDIBLY pigmented. So what I've been doing is I apply it to my bottom lip (staying away from the very outside edge) and then I purse my lips together to distribute the product a bit to the upper lip. After making sure it's even, I carefully go around the outside edge of the lips. The product dries down to a very beautiful matte finish after about 30 seconds or so. After it dries--it stays put for quite a long time. It doesn't transfer very much at all to things like cups or straws and I've eaten wearing this lipstick and it still looks pretty awesome when I'm finished! <br />
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The August long weekend in Vancouver always signifies the same thing for me: Pride! Yesterday was the day of the Parade and general festivities around time. Fun was had by all!</div>
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This year I decided to utilize my Whisper Individual False Eyelashes by none other than Sugarpill Cosmetics. I thought the result was SO FUN. I shared this look on the Reddit Page (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/MakeupAddiction/comments/2cjbl1/prideful_eyes_for_vancouver_pride/">/r/MakeupAddiction</a>) and received some very positive feeback, which is also neato!</div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Inglot 395, 342 and 329 on the eyes.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gabriel Color blush in Apricot.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil Bronzer.</span></li>
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I was so hesitant to take these babies off that I even had a nap in them. AND went for a run in the evening. They stayed in place through that all!! I hope those of you in the Vancouver area are having a lovely weekend and if you participated in any of the Pride activities, I hope you had a damn good time. :)<br />
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dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-36019096691806312992014-07-23T20:44:00.000-07:002014-07-23T20:47:56.266-07:00EOTD: Sugarpill Purples!<div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The other day I was very inspired to play with my purples by Sugarpill. I really wish they would figure out a way to make Poison Plum vegan again so that when my two run out (yes, I bought a back-up old one that is vegan as it is now not available as vegan and hasn't been since 2012, I believe). In this look I used Poison Plum in the crease, Hysteric on the lid, and Frostine for a tear duct highlight.</span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mineral Fusion Eyeshadow Primer</span></li>
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<li>A tiny bit of Inglot Gel Liner in 77 applied super closely to the lashes</li>
<li>Tarte Inner Rim Brightener applied to the waterline (I think I might have a bad reaction to this product though--the next time I try it, I'll know for sure! My left eye watered like CRAZY after I applied it...)</li>
<li>Red Cherry Lashes in #DW</li>
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dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-64585590111620641462014-06-29T19:55:00.000-07:002014-06-29T19:55:04.917-07:00Butter London: Trustafarian<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I applied one coat of the Butter London Flawless Basecoat, three coats of Trustafarian and one coat of Butter London's P.D. Quick Topcoat! </div>
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This is my first holographic polish and I have to say--it's love at first sight! This polish applied quite easily to my nail (I usually HATE painting my nails and I have a hard time not messing up a lot) and I find myself looking at it over and over--especially in sunlight!</div>
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dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-85276089372110839912014-05-05T10:21:00.001-07:002014-05-05T10:21:31.410-07:00My OCC Lip Tar Collection!Hello, Hello!<br /><br />
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Yesterday I embarked on a bit of a crazy project. I swatched each of my lip tars!! What what? Perhaps that doesn't sound like much of a project, but when you have 37 Lip Tars...the "projectness" of that project really starts to mean something! :)<br /><br />
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For ease of uploading, I used an Imgur album and the pictures can be found here: <a href="http://imgur.com/a/m24Pf">Lip Tar Collection Swatches - Imgur</a><br /><br />
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The following colours are pictured: Anime, Black Dahlia, Black Metal Dahlia, Decadent, Divine, Electric Grandma, Feathered, Grandma, Harlot, Hollywood, Hoochie, Interlace, January Rising, Jealous, Meta, New Wave, NSFW, Nylon, Pageant, Petty Beige, Pleasure Model, Pretty Boy, Pris, Psycho, Queen, Radiate, Rhythm Box, Role Play, Rollergirl, RX, Stalker, Strumpet, Strutter, Super NSFW, Traffic, Trollop & Yaoi.<br /><br />
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Do you have any lip tars? Which are your favorites? Which Lip Tars are on your "wish list"?! Inquiring minds want to know! :)dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-65066481342539136322014-04-14T22:09:00.001-07:002014-04-14T22:09:32.615-07:00EOTD: Sugarpill and Madd Style CosmeticsHi, and hello!<br />
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This evening, whilst getting ready to go over to a friend's to watch the newest episode of Game of Thrones, I decided to dip into some Sugarpill! I'm in a FB group where we're doing little challenges and the challenge is for us all to use the same colours (or similar colours) in looks to see how we all come up with different ideas, etc. The challenge for this week was to use Sugarpill's Mochi (or a mint), Sugarpill's Velocity (or a true blue) and Sugarpill's 2am (or a warm purple). Since 2am isn't vegan, I don't own that one--so I used a warm purple by Madd Style Cosmetics! <br />
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And here is the look I came up with:<br />
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<li>Primer</li>
<li>NYX Eyeshadow Base in White</li>
<li>Korres Eyeliner Pencil in White</li>
<li>Sugarpill Candycrush</li>
<li>Sugarpill Mochi</li>
<li>Madd Style Cosmetics Ickis</li>
<li>Sugarpill Velocity</li>
<li>Sugarpill Tako</li>
<li>Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Colour Cosmetic Pencil in Poolboy</li>
<li>Tarte's Inner Rim Brightener</li>
<li>Pure Anada Mascara</li>
<li>Barry M Bright Turquoise Mascara</li>
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I've had this Barry M mascara for a while and I *thought* it didn't work all that well and so I haven't really played around with it. I'm *really* happy with how well it showed up on my lower lashes though! Holy heck! I gotta use this stuff more often!</div>
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<br />dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-89400230412608500932014-04-07T22:34:00.000-07:002014-04-07T22:35:23.054-07:00EOTD: Inglot and SugarpillGood evening!<br />
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I have been playing with makeup a lot over the past week or so and realized that I should share some love of it here on my blog! Let the makeup blogging revival begin!!!!!!!! :)<br />
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This evening I celebrated the return of Game of Thrones with a friend of mine (I'll be watching it at her house on Monday evenings and I'm super excited for that as she has read the books, so when I get confused I can ask her questions so that I can understand what the heck is going on! Woo!) and decided to mark the occasion with some colourful liner. Sugarpill's Royal Sugar really does make an incredible liner when mixed with a mixing medium!<br />
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<li>Inglot D.S 501 on the lid</li>
<li>A tiny bit of Inglot Pearl 448 at the outer part of the lid</li>
<li>Inglot Matte 376 in the crease and blended out with some Matte 390. 376 also applied along the lower lash line</li>
<li>Inglot D.S 496 in the tear duct area</li>
<li>OCC Cosmetic Colour Pencil in Poolboy to line the lower waterline</li>
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<li>Pure Anada Mascara in Black on the upper and lower lashes</li>
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Fun fun fun, n'est-ce pas? :)</div>
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<br />dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-79163162219012712082014-04-03T20:18:00.000-07:002014-04-03T20:18:28.806-07:00Sephora's April VIB Sale = New OCC Products for me!Hi hi hi hi hi!<br />
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This is my first year as a VIB at Sephora and I got to "participate" in the April 3rd VIB event which gave me 15% off.<br />
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A good excuse to stock up on some OCC. And to try a "nude" eye pencil, by Tarte!<br />
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Here's a quick picture I snapped, but I'll do a more in-depth view of these...soon! <br />
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<li>Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetic Colour Pencils (left to right): Tarred, Sybil, Trick, Hoochie, Grandma and Anime</li>
<li>Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars (clockwise from top left): Hollywood, Pleasure Model, Traffic, Psycho, Hoochie, Rollergirl and RX</li>
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Who just did her taxes?!<br />
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dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-38180667446164074692014-03-31T19:11:00.001-07:002014-03-31T19:11:18.833-07:0030 Day Happiness Challenge! Day 30!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
At first I was lamenting that I had forgotten to do these posts on Saturday and Sunday. And then I realized I was missing the whole point of the challenge. It's not so much about if you do it every day, but that you blogged 30 (or 31!) HAPPY blogs! That is an accomplishment all in itself! </div>
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I think I do! But it also helps that March was a pretty great month. Which isn't always the case as March has some tough emotional baggage in my life; that I can come to the end of the month in a lighter mood really does count for a LOT!</div>
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dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-32385587521137158352014-03-31T19:03:00.001-07:002014-03-31T19:04:18.416-07:0030 Day Happiness Challenge! Day 29!Okay. Okay. I know I'm a few days behind, but I have a really good reason!<br />
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On March 28th, in the evening, we left Florida at 8:30pm. Then we flew to Phoenix for a very short layover (we panicked because the flight out of Florida was late and it caused some anxiety, but all turned out well!) and then flew to Seattle after that. We arrived in Seattle at 2am and then had a 6 hour lay over. It was not fun and not much sleep was had. Then we hopped on the plane at 7:30am (or something?) and landed in Vancouver at around 8:30am! THEN.</div>
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My Uncle came and picked me up at the airport and whisked me away to the ferry so that I could attend my little sister's graduation ceremony!!!!!!!!!! So my sister graduating from Law School was a *very* good thing that happened that day and I am so proud of her and of all of her future accomplishments that haven't even had the chance to happen yet. She is soon to be off to Toronto to complete her articling. I really hope she doesn't fall in love with the East as that would mean I would never get to see her and that's just not okay in my books! Plus...I think she's a West Coast girl deep deep down. :)</div>
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So yes. I didn't sleep much and then the ceremony didn't finish until late and I was in a weird place with no computer so blogging wasn't really a possibility!! But I think the events of the day completely made up for a bit of tardiness!dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-45269278641514273282014-03-28T15:00:00.000-07:002014-03-28T15:00:01.755-07:0039 Day Happiness Challenge! Day 28!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Day 28 means it's almost April! That means it's almost May! And *that* means it's almost June which means it's almost my birthday! Ha ha! Hooray!</div>
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Open up any Kurt Vonnegut book and you'll pretty much find a quote that makes me happy. I'm not sure that I have a quote, necessarily, that makes me happy. Whenever quote questions come up on quizzes and in things like this, I always just have to google a quote and figure out one that makes me happy. But I feel like that's cheating and that a lot of people have a stock of quotes that they like. I"m not so much one of those people. But Kurt Vonnegut books are filled with gold, in the ways of quotes. He had such a unique approach to literature and to speaking about the world and human experience. A way that is both harrowing, but beautiful. A way that is perhaps too brutally honest. </div>
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What did you get up to today? I got up to...the sun! There is an awful lot of it in Florida! Thankfully it is not as hot as it was when I was here in 2011 in August! That was almost unbearable!!!! I don't do well in heat overall! Once in a while though, it's nice!</div>
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I like tea! I haven't had any caffeine in a long time. It's been almost two years? Or wait...has it been two years? I didn't decide to give it up consciously, but one day I realized that I hadn't had it in a long time...so I just decided to never have it again (I like to give things up. Chocolate, cake, cookies, soda/pop...the list keeps growing!). But I love me some tea. I recently got an Organic Cinnamon/Vanilla Rooibos at a tea shop in Vancouver and I LOVE it. I really do miss traditional Black or White Chai Tea--but Cinnamon Rooibos might fill a large part of the void for me! </div>
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The thing about a tea though....is that I don't like to drink it when it's very hot. I'm *always* scared that I will burn myself and thus I pretty much always wait too long to start drinking it! :)</div>
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dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-65714339530149970662014-03-26T19:00:00.000-07:002014-03-26T19:00:01.713-07:0030 Day Happiness Challenge! Day 26!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Ut ohs! The 30 Day Challenge is almost over! I'm curious to know what you all find to be a fun thing to blog about...whenever I get in the habit of blogging, I get toe enjoying the ritual of doing it each day. I'm just not sure that I could think of something to blog about every day! Thank goodness for blogging challenges, I guess! (Thanks Lizzy!)</div>
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Ah-ha! I had a few movies that I really enjoyed growing up. The Little Mermaid, of course. It was a classic in my household. And along with that, strangely enough, was Dirty Dancing. For some reason, when I was younger, it was a bit of a tradition that we would watch Dirty Dancing at Christmastime. Don't ask me how that happened...it was just the way things were! When I was last up home in August, I even managed to catch it on T.V. and watched a bit of it with my Mom. She fell asleep, but I ended up watching it to the end. </div>
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dslrbbthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129943881459913432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3718152468111013094.post-40913020252249161162014-03-25T17:00:00.000-07:002014-03-25T17:00:00.830-07:0030 Day Happiness Challenge! Day 25!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Funny that the topic for today is about vacation--when I'm currently on vacation!! It's a short vacation, but still!</div>
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A place that I would *love* to go back to, and somewhere that I could consider a "dream" destination, would be Ios, Greece. There is something about being on a island, a small island at that, that is very special. I was lucky enough to go there back in 2001 and I would love love love to go back and to bring my SO with me. It's the kind of place where you can walk anywhere that you need to go and the weather is soooooo great. I would like to go at a time of year that isn't "high" tourist season--a girl can dream!</div>
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Today I left Vancouver to go to Florida! What what what? Here to visit the in-laws. Yep yep!</div>
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I am not much of a dancer. In fact, many might say I am a terrible dancer! So dancing at home isn't something that comes naturally to me. Can I post a video of a song I like to sing to? Singing is way more fun than dancing, in my opinion! Ha ha...</div>
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I could sing her songs all day! And I *might* get to see her at Coachella, which is a pretty exciting idea, if I do say so myself!</div>
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23 is one of my favorite numbers, you know. Well, that and 3 and 5 and 17. But still! </div>
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Googling "Bliss" brings up strange results. They're all this weird animated looking field? Why is that??? I get why nature would be blissful, for surely. But I don't understand why a weird looking computer desktop would be "bliss"?? Maybe it's some trendy thing I'm just not aware of. Or maybe it's that everyone uses photoshop too much! I just don't know!</div>
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This is one of my most favorite running paths in Vancouver. I feel "bliss" when I see it! :)</div>
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One of my favorite people is about to graduate from Law School next week! I'm so sad that I won't be able to see her convocation, but at least other people from my family will be there to see it and they better take a million pictures. This person has long light brown hair, side-swept bangs, and blue eyes (one of them is sleepy, but that can't hold her back!). She has the ugliest feet you will *EVER* see in your entire life, BUT, she has a heart of gold. Even though she's my "little" sister, she's taller than me (*grumbles") and you can often find her in clothes she <strike>borrowed</strike> stolen from her unsuspecting friends. She's very determined and confident and that confidence is something she has worked very hard for.<br />
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