Thanksgiving Makeup!

Just a real quick post of the makeup I wore for Thanksgiving dinner.

For this look I used:
Darling Girl Primped and Primed
Wet n Wild Brulee on browbone
Persephone Minerals Pecan Praline on inner corner
DG Pumpkin Frappe on lid
Meow Cosmetics Flaming Marshmallows on outer corner and crease
WnW liquid liner in black
Maybelline Great Lash Lots of Lashes
Maybelline Ravishing Rouge blush
Revlon Colorburst lipgloss in Bordeaux

Chequered Lily Apothecary Valentine's Day Swatches Part 2!

For today's post I've swatched the rest of the Valentine's Day collection by Chequered Lily Apothecary. If you'd like to see part one check it out here!

The swatches on the website are a bit misleading because of how sheer the eyeshadows look on bare skin in the pictures. When you see them in person though? You will not be disappointed. The older eyeshadows in the shop are beautiful in their own right, but the newer additions to the CLA line are mind blowingly gorgeous!

**I received these eyeshadows from a giveaway held by CLA. My name was put in a metal tin and randomly chosen. I was not asked to do a review, or compensated in any way. These are my 100% honest thoughts**

In February I won the monthly giveaway on the Chequered Lily Apothecary Facebook page, and won a sample set of the Valentine's Day collection. The samples I received included the two glitter blends, three eyeshadows and the single blush from the V-Day collection. And Kimberly (the owner) added two additional samples of Fireflies and Galaxy. For this post I am focusing on Lovesong, Hearts In Ice, Broken Hearts, and Enrapture of the V-Day collection.

 "For the Valentine's Day 2013 collection I was inspired by the the extremes of the heart, from the heights of passion to the depths of heartache. I looked to two modern poets, Kenneth Patchen and Pablo Neruda to guide my creativity on this project. I used #81 Love Like Winter for a starting point and worked in a confined color palette to create this collection."

Lovesong: "“As we are so wonderfully done with each other/ We can walk into our separate sleep/ On floors of music where the milkwhite cloak of childhood lies/ O my lady, my fairest dear, my sweetest, loveliest one/ Your lips have splashed my dull house with the speech of flowers / My hands are hallowed where they touched over your/ soft curving./ It is good to be weary from that brilliant work / It is being God to feel your breathing under me/ A waterglass on the bureau fills with morning.../ Don’t let anyone in to wake us.” -Kenneth Patchen, “As We Are So Wonderfully Done With Each Other”
and of course, “However far away/ I will always love you...” -The Cure, “Lovesong” Metallic burgundy-red with red pearl and blue glitter and iridescence."
Pretty spot on description, though I would say the base color is more of a mauve-ish burgundy.

Hearts In Ice: "“Speak softly; sun going down/ Out of sight. Come near me now./ Dear dying fall of wings as birds/ complain against the gathering dark.../ Exaggerate the green blood in grass;/ the music of leaves scraping space;/ Multiply the stillness by one sound;/ by one syllable of your name.../ And all that is little is soon giant,/ all that is rare grows in common beauty/ To rest with my mouth on your mouth/ as somewhere a star falls/ And the earth takes it softly, in natural love.../ Exactly as we take each other.../ and go to sleep...” -Kenneth Patchen, “Fall Of The Evening Star”. Royal blue with subtle violet undertone and intense red iridescence." 
Perfect description! And an abso-fucking-lutely beautiful eyeshadow!

Broken Hearts: "“I write the lips of the moon upon her shoulders. In a/ temple of silvery farawayness I guard her to rest./ For her bed I write a stillness over all the swans of the/ world. With the morning breath of the snow leopard I/ cover her against any hurt./ Using the pen of rivers and mountaintops I store her/ pillow with singing./ Upon her hair I write the looking of the heavens at/ early morning./ -- Away from this kingdom, from this last undefiled/ place, I would keep our governments, our civilization, and /all other spirit-forsaken and corrupt institutions./ O cold beautiful blossoms of the moon moving upon/ her shoulders . . . the lips of the moon moving there . . ./ where the touch of any other lips would be a profanation.” -Kenneth Patchen, “There Are Not Many Kingdoms Left”. Blue-violet glitter blend with ruby red and pink and blue iridescent glitters."
The red and pink glitters are very subtle compared to the blue, but it makes for a lovely combination that doesn't look like boring, flat blue. 

Enraptured: "“Be a voice, sky, / That her beauties may be counted / And the stars will tilt their quiet faces / Into the mirror of her loveliness...” -Kenneth Patchen, “Be Music, Night”. Rich orange-toned red with slight red shimmer, HIGHLY pigmented."
For. Real. This is like an extremely pigmented blush. SOO pigmented! This has a matte, warm toned red base with a delicate amount of red shimmer. I think this would be a nice eyeshadow too.



 













 

Meow Cosmetics Halloween Look!

I think Meow Cosmetics has my all time favorite Halloween collections. Seriously. Between Dance Of Death, X, and Friday The 13th there's something for everyone! Below is a picture of the products I used, if you have questions go ahead and leave me a comment! For eyeshadow I used the "Poltergeist" Haunted Veil (face and body highlighter) from the Dance Of Death collection on the inner corner and browbone. "Macabre" from the Halloween Zombie collection on the inner half, "Abductee" on the outer half and UFO on the outer corner and lower lashline. Both from the Alien Abduction collection.

ANA

Meow Monday! My Favorite Meow Blushes

I'm a cool toned, fair, Irish girl with naturally pink cheeks. I didn't think I needed blush since I get flushed easily, but after falling in love with Meow's formula I wear blush all the time! These are my favorite Meow blushes. All were applied with an eyeshadow brush over foundation and lightly buffed out.

Descriptions

Anana: "Watermelon pink with sun kissed peach iridescence." Lost Rainforest collection Blush. I don't see much peach, but it is the perfect deep pink!

Snarky: "Bright pure glowing coral with subtle iridescence." Wild Child collection Blush.

Limbo: "Feather light pure cantaloupe yum." Caribbean Escape blushction Blush. I find it to be more coral-y orange than cantaloupe.

Hang Up: "sheer juicy peach with gold iridescence." Wild Child collection Blush.

A Lick & A Promise: "Cherry/Rose." This makes me think of delicate light pink cherry blossoms with a silvery blue sheen.

Corona: "The ideal ultra sheer wash of luminous glowing gold/bronze sheen For fair/light skin tones." Del Sol Metallic Mineral Bronzers. These come in three shades for different skin tones and have a translucent base so they can be used as glow powders or bronzers.

Lemonade: "clear crisp lemon drenched PINK." Pink Inc collection Blush. Lovely yellow/warm toned light pink blush with silvery sheen and subtle gold shimmer.

Phantoma: "Apricot - melon shade with hints of hot pink iridescence." Lost Rainforest collection Glow Powder. I find it to be more of a pale apricot with copper shimmer.

Chameleon: "So mysterious it can't be photographed! The crown jewel of our first-ever line of iridescent glow powders, this innocent looking white mineral powder transforms to gleaming gold/copper shine!" Lost Rainforest collection Glow Powder.

ANA

Meow Monday! Summer Spirits orange look

A few days ago we took Gabe to Noe Valley for lunch. I got to test drive an early birthday present (dress) from Marz and try out some of my new Meow.

I applied Elf eyelid primer and Darling Girl glitter glue before patting Mimosa on the lid, Jungle Juice in the crease and outer corner and Wet n Wild Brûlée in the inner corner and browbone. For my face I wore Neutrogena Ultra Sheer dry touch sunblock (amazing! I love this, didn't break me out at all!) Elf tinted moisturizer in Porcelain and L'oreal Bare Natural mineral makeup in Light Ivory. To top off the look I tried out MAC Full Speed lipstick (swatches soon).

ANA

Another Sweet Treat Cosmetics look

Today I have WnW matte white in the inner corner, STC Macaron in the inner half, Milani Mix It Up on the outer half, WnW matte black in the outer corner and STC Buttercream to highlight the browbone. For the cheeks I used Darling Girl Cosmetics Boy Crazy Duochrome Blush, and DGC Taupe Secret Holo lipgloss.

ANA

Simple Sunday: neutral Darling Girl look

Today's makeup is a simple, shimmery, golden Darling Girl look.
I'm wearing NYX jep in Yogurt on the inner half of the lid and Pure Gold on the outer half, lower lashline. Darling Girl Bare Nekkid on the eyelid, DG Dulce De Leche in the crease, outer V and lower lashline. Wet n Wild matte nude on the browbone and Meow Apparition on the inner corner with NYC white eyeliner on the inner corner waterline. Maybelline Line Stiletto black liquid liner and Maybelline Colossal Volume mascara in black. For my cheeks I used NYC Blushable Creme Stick Highlighter in Gold Radiance, Wet n Wild Everything Under the Sun bronzer and Meow blush in Aruba.

My new love, Revlon Lip Butters! 

And to finish it off, a dorky pic of me smiling while Marz mimics me taking pictures of myself.

ANA