Darling Girl Cosmetics: Life's A Beach Swatches and Look

Today I have a look I did using four shades from the Darling Girl Life's A Beach collection that came out Summer 2013. It looks like Freedom Rings isn't on the Darling Girl website anymore, but Susan has many other lovely white shadows you could use instead.

**The eyeshadows used in this post were bought by me with my 20% Darling Girl discount. As always these are my 100% honest and personal thoughts. I am not being compensated in any way.**

Shadow Descriptions

Freedom Rings: "Somewhat opaque white with very subtle blue undertone and loaded with color shifting blue and soft red iridescence." The pinkish red sparkle is very subtle.

Tank Taupe: "Light matte taupe brown." My swatches came out much more brown than in my look.

Boom Boom Pow: "If you love golds this is a must!  Brilliant metallic gold with gold iridescence." Spot on!

Fireworks: "Black base with an explosion of gold and pink color shifting sparkle and copper reflect." Pink and gold sparkles shift to gold and green at an angle.

What I Used:
ELF Eyelid Primer
Darling Girl Glitter Glue
Wet n Wild Brulee on browbone
DG Freedom Rings on inner corner
DG Tank Taupe on lid
DG Fireworks on outer corner
DG Boom Boom Pow in crease
WnW Liquid Liner in black
Maybelline Great Lash Mascara Lots of Lashes

 

Wet n Wild To Muse and Carouse Looks Part 2!

Wet n Wild Pop Art collection is inspired by Andy Warhol and the Pop Art movement he played a leading role in popularizing in the United States during 1950's-1960's. To Muse And Carouse (I'm guessing) is a reference to parties held at The Factory.

The shades in this trio were a bit sheer, and I had some trouble blending them together. I would suggest not blending with this trio, rather layer the colors over each other.

For this look I used:
ELF Eyelid Primer
Darling Girl Glitter Glue
Wet n Wild Brulee on browbone
WnW To Muse And Carouse peach shade on inner corner
WnW To Muse And Carouse brown shade on lid
WnW To Muse And Carouse blue shade in crease
Smashbox eyeliner in Bronze Citrine
WnW liquid liner in black
Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara

For this look I used:
ELF Eyelid Primer
Darling Girl Glitter Glue
Wet n Wild Brulee on browbone
WnW To Muse And Carouse blue shade on inner corner
WnW To Muse And Carouse peach shade on lid
WnW To Muse And Carouse brown shade in crease
WnW eyeliner in black
WnW liquid liner in black
Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara

Spoiled by Wet n Wild Distant Memory and Pet My Peacock

Today's mani is two nice coats of Spoiled by Wet n Wild in Distant Memory topped with one coat of Pet My Peacock. Distant Memory has a satin finish, the first two pictures are without topcoat to show the finish. I prefer it with topcoat which makes the pretty delicate shimmer stand out.

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.



 













 

Innocent and Twisted Alchemy "By Death We're Wed" look

This look is very simple and very sexy. I love the contrast between the matte black and the rainbow sparkles. I have nothing to disclose, this was purchased by me.

I used:
ELF Eyelid Primer
Darling Girl Glitter Glue
Wet n Wild matte black on lid
Innocent+Twisted Alchemy By Death We're Wed in crease
WnW matte white in inner corner
WnW Creme Brulee on browbone
WnW black liner
Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid liner
Maybelline Illegal Length mascara

Wet n Wild Fergie Newport Nights Swatches

     A few days ago I found the limited edition Wet n Wild Fergie collection for Summer 2013. I ended up buying both Photo Op eyeshadow palettes and 2 nail polishes. Today I have swatches of the lighter, more neutral eyeshadow palette called Newport Nights. I found the pigmentation the be the same level as the permanent line of Fergie eyeshadows, but the texture is silkier with less fall out.

Descriptions:

The Top Left is a matte cream shade. A more yellow toned, sheerer version of Wet n Wild Brulee.

Top Right is a pale, yellow toned, baby pink with a satin finish and a scattering of subtle, silver shimmers.

Bottom Right is a red toned, medium orange somewhere between a satin and a frosty finish with gold shimmer. Kind of reminds me of terracotta.

Bottom Left is a warm toned, medium violet with the same satin/frost finish and subtle blue shimmer.

The Middle shade is a warm toned, brownish bronze shimmer with gold glitter. There was a little bit of fallout with this shade, but a primer or base will fix that easily.

As usual, I swatched with a patting motion with an ELF eyeshadow brush over Darling Girl Glitter Glue.

Silver and Glitter Funky French!

Yet again, another old mani! I actually thought I had posted this months and months ago, but going back through my posts I realized I hadn't. Here it is! I'm not crazy about french manicures, funky or plain. The combo of metallic silver and glitter totally won me over though. Especially when mattifyed!

This is 1 coat of Wet n Wild Private Viewing, 1 coat of L.A. Colors Livewire on the tips, and 1 coat of Spoiled Pet My Peacock!

Then mattify it with NYC Matte Me Crazy top coat.

Annelise

Coastal Scent St. Patty's Day Look

My sister placed an order with Coastal Scents a few months ago and got the free sample set #18 with her order. She mostly wears neutral makeup, so the pretty greens became mine! This was my St. Patricks Day look this year. I REALLY love these greens, they are so bright and vibrant!

I Used
Darling Girl Cosmetics Primped and Primed
Coastal Scents Polar Bare (white) inner corner
CS Honeysuckle (light yellow toned green) lid
CS Tropic Green (bright medium green) outer V
CS Alpengeist (sheer, slightly chunky, metallic silver) crease
Wet n Wild Creme Brulee on the browbone
WnW black eyeliner
Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid liner
Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara

Annelise