EOTD - Gold Vein blues

House Keeping – all products below have been purchased with my own money and I am not in any way shape or form getting paid for this review. All opinions are my own!!!

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 Hi Beautiful people

 

its channy again with another EOTD I have been LOVING, ADORING double liner so here is a very simple look I did enjoy <3

 

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What I Am Wearing

 

Eyes 

Urban Decay Primer Potion – Original

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

MAC Eye Shadow – ORB (highlight/brow bone)

Napoleon China Doll Gel Liner – Equinox (water line)

Urban Decay 24/7 liquid liner - Eldorado

Lorac Glo-get palette - Blue (inner corner) light brown (lid)

MAC Expresso - Crease

Brazen Brow powder - Jessica

Random Mascara

A Review - Geek Chic Cosmetics Joystick Sweet Transvestite

House Keeping – all products below have been purchased with my own money and I am not in any way shape or form getting paid for this review. All opinions are my own!!!

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Hey Beautiful People

Lets look are some lippy ;) I am here to talk to you about the Geek Chic Joystick in Sweet Transvestite. This shade has gone under some re-formulation to make it smoother and extra pigmented. Sweet Transvestite is not drying on the lip as it has moisturizing Jojoba Oil and Vitamin E in its formula, the Joystick is also mint flavoured which I personally find nice =)

 

The overall shape of the joystick isn't ideal for a perfect application in my opinion Sweet Transvestite BEST applied with a lip brush (which I have done in the lip swatches below). If you like Sweet Transvestite you can purchase it on the Geek Chic Cosmetics web store for $5.99 USD.

 

The colour wore fairly well lasting around 3-4 hours the main fading was after eating so I was fairly happy. The biggest down fall for the GCC Joysticks is that they are not a item you can carry around in your pocket as they melt fairly easily.

 

I would repurchase this colour again when it runs out.

Product description

GCC Description - gorgeous blackened, orange leaning burgundy with flashes of fiery orange, copper, and red interferences within the deep red base

My Description - Deep Burgundy with orange/red undertones and flashed of copper

 

Whats your favourite lipstick shade?

Xoxo

C

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Where To by - Geek Chic Cosmetics

Multi-media links - GCC Facebook Page

Product: 9/10
Pigmentation: 9/10
Texture: 9/10
Longevity: 7/10
Application: 4/5
Packaging: 5/5

Final thoughts:  This shade is one of the more 'firm' GCC Joysticks I have tried it applies fairly well out of the tube though for optimum performance a lip brush is recommended. ST is very pigmented and non drying on the lips. This shade WILL stick to any dry/flaky areas on the lips so ensure they are exfoliated and moisturized.

Overall Rating: A

 

 

A Review - MUA Baked Trio Eyeshadows - Innocence

House Keeping – all products below have been purchased with my own money and I am not in any way shape or form getting paid for this review. All opinions are my own!!!

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ALL PICTURES ARE SWATCHED WET USING SKINDONAVIA SETTING SPRAY

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Hello Beautiful People

I have a review for you all today I know shock horror right? haha today we are looking at the MUA baked trio shadows in Innocent! I bought this product a while ago and kinda forgot about it. however during a huge de-stash I stumbled across it once more! Baked shadows arnt anything new many brands have been doing them for years however I am always on the look out for budget friendly products as makeup in Australia has a very high price tag.

MUA is a UK based brand they do ship world wide I believe it cost around £7 to ship this and a few other things to Australia (around $13 AUD on par with current international shipping rates) I was send shipping confirmation within 48 hrs and it arrived on my door step about 2 weeks later.

In terms of pricing this trio cost £2.50 ($4.09 AUD) and there is a wide variety of shades available. I chose this particular Trio as the first color looked like a MAC blue brown dupe and you all know I love my MAC. 

In terms of pigmentation I honestly didn't enjoy this trio dry the colours were very sheer (sadly my photo didn't work and its raining here at the moment once its sunny I will snap a pic) but that can sometimes happen with backed shadows! I then swatched using a damp brush and I was blown away the pigmentation is amazing as you can see in swatches below.  Sadly a catch 22 is these weren't easy to blend wet.

These shades once dry lasted a good 8 hrs which is impressive there was SOME minor flaking however but not enough to make a huge impact,

Colour Descriptions

Top Left colour - Sadly once swatched this isn't a dupe for MAC blue brown but it is a gorgeous warm brown with a hint of green duo chrome

Top Right Colour - A cool toned almost taupe shade frost finish

Bottom Colour - A metallic ivory shade

Would I re-purchase? yes  would I love these as lid shades

Question of the day
what's you favourite baked eye shadow colour?

Xoxo
C

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Where To By –  http://www.muastore.co.uk/
Multi-media links - MUA Facebook

Credit Rating!

Product: 8/10

Pigmentation: 9/10
Texture: 8/10
Longevity: 6/10
Application: 5/5
Packaging: 5/5

Final thoughts: Best used wet, for better pigmentation, however when wet not easily blendable. The shades lasted 8 hrs over a primer with minor flaking. all frost/metallic finishes.

Overall Rating:  B+

A Review - The Chequered Lily Cosmetics

House Keeping – all products below have been purchased with my own money and I am not in any way shape or form getting paid for this review. All opinions are my own!!!

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Hey Beautiful People

I have a new company to look at today! Today I have 5 of the loose shadows from The  Chequered Lily Cosmetics. I purchased a long time ago from this company and after a long time I  finally took the plunge I purchased a few individual shades and a blogger pack to review. I couldn't decide what shades I wanted to try out so I requested the top sellers.

All my items were sent out well within the stated TAT 5-7 days and arrived on my door step around 2 weeks later good timing for international shipping. The Etsy store is quite easy to navigate my only gripe (and its a small one) is that on the individual listing there is a little TOO much text but like I said that is a minor issue.

The pigment shades themselves are well milled and smooth there were no unwanted lumps or unblended mica's. They applied well onto the lid especially when pressed into a sticky base. I didnt have any really issues with the shades except Black Valentine was slightly chalky to work with it required a little TLC when swatching this is a colour best dabbed on rather then swipped and Peony was a little sheer it required a couple of swipes for the full effect.

Pricing for a full size Jar which hold 1 gram of product is $6.80 AUD and for a set of 10 samples there is no official amount listed but i would estimate to just under 1/4th of a tsp per sample it costs $5.75 AUD. Shipping is on the higher scale of indy however with the recent price increases i do believe this will be base line fee's soon. Each listing has a complete ingredients list and states whether vegan or not along with lip safe/not safe.

A cool little side note The Labyrinth & Cursed Treasure are similar to a couple of MAC pigments Blue Brown and Old Gold not exact dupes mind you but they are similar in my opinion

The big question is would I re-purchase again? Probably not the colours swatched below as I feel I have some dupes already however I am deffinetly planning of ordering more colours from the Chequered Lily Cosmetics.

 

 

 

Eye Shadow Num. 107 Black Valentine - Vegan
The Chequered Lily Cosmetics Description -  Velvety dark black with loads of ruby and scarlet glitter. ***Not approved for use on lips.
My Description - A Black base with red glitter

Eye Shadow Num.14 Peony - Vegan
The Chequered Lily Cosmetics Description -  Pale pink with pink reflect.
My Description - A soft pink

Eye Shadow Num. 29 Kelpie - Vegan
The Chequered Lily Cosmetics Description - Dirty Aqua with Teal and Gold Sparkle.  ***This color is not approved for use on lips.
My Description - Aquamarine with gold glitters

Eye Shadow Num. 124 The Labyrinth - Vegan
The Chequered Lily Cosmetics Description -  Muddy Deep Violet-Brown with Blue and Aqua Sparkle. ***Stains, best used with a primer or base.
My Description - A purple/brown duo-chrome with aqua glitter

Eye Shadow Num. 110 Cursed Treasure - Vegan
The Chequered Lily Cosmetics Description -   #110 Cursed Treasure – Richest metallic blackened gold with bronze reflect and green-gold glitter.
My Description - A antique gold with a slight green shift with gold glitter


Whats Your Favourite shade?

Xoxo
C

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Where To By – http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheChequeredLily?ref=seller_info
Multi-media links - The Chequered Lily Apothecary Facebook

Credit Rating!

Product: 8/10

Pigmentation: 9/10
Texture: 8/10
Longevity: 7/10
Application: 5/5
Packaging: 5/5

Final thoughts: Most of the colours were well pigmented only some minor issues that were easy to resolve. Pricing is quite reasonable all items were shipped well within the TAT. I wouldnt recommened using these without a primer at minimum I feel these preform better over a sticky base. Shades were well mixed together appled smoothly with limited skipping

Overall Rating:  A

31 Day Challenge - Day 7 - Loud Brows (bold, colour etc)

Hey Beautiful People

Day 7 as the blog heading said Day 7 -  Loud Brows (bold, colour etc) (Link HERE) <----- for the official list on my facebook page This was a fun look but i caouldnt capture a full faced look if my life depended on it ;) this was deff a eye turner but meh thats what its all about ;)

Feel free to share your own looks to my facebook wall Mad About Beauty or post the links below in the comments section <3

xoxo

C

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What I Am Wearing

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion – Original

MAC Eye Shadow – ORB (highlight/brow bone)
MAC - Moleskin (entire lid)
Lime Crime - Orchid Aceoous (liner)
MUFE flash palette - Green (in brows)
Sugarpill - Midori (over MUFE cream shade)

Napoleon China Doll Gel Liner – Equinox (water line)

Random Mascara

A Review - Chinovi Cosmetics

House Keeping – all products below have been purchased with my own money and I am not in any way shape or form getting paid for this review. All opinions are my own!!!

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Hello Beautiful People

Here is another very quick Chinovi Cosmetics review I found a few sample baggies around that were complementary samples so as always When ordering you have 4 options all in USD value ~ Sample bag - $1.00, Clamshell -$1.25, Full Size Jar w/out sifter - $4.75 and Full Size Jar W/ Sifter - $5.00
Sample Bags and Clamshells look to have about 1/4 tsp of product good for quite a few uses. Full Sized jars average around 1.2 g of product.

2 of these samples are from the christmas collection you can read here my review.

The two new colours I am reviewing are Ireland and Cool Runnings as with all Chinovi Cosmetics the pigments are very smooth and blend well and are all pigmented. Now onto swatches =)

Colour Descriptions

Ireland
Chinovi Description - Ireland is grass green with a yellow gold cast
My Description - A bight geen with a bold gold duo chrome

Cool Runnings
Chinovi Description - Cool Runnings is vibrant yellow with red sparkles
My Description - A Bright yellow with a slight orange tone

Tinsel
Chinovi Description - is a mid tone blue with tons of purple, pink, teal and silver sparkles.NOT LIP SAFE
My Description - A mid royal blue with teal glitter

Berry Garland...
Chinovi Description - is a deep red with berry tones and swirled with cranberry and silver sparkles.
My Description - A Wine red with berry undertones and a light dusting of Sliver glitter

What was your fave shade?

Xoxo
C

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Where To By – Chinovi Cosmetics Storenvy

Multi-media links - Chinovi Cosmetics Facebook

Credit Rating!

Product: 7/10

Pigmentation: 7/10
Texture: 8/10
Longevity: 7/10
Application: 4/5
Packaging: 4/5

Final thoughts: These colours are very pigmented, very smooth and easy to apply. As with all loose shadows they are more vibrant over a sticky base such as Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy. The samples are very genrous sizes loads of product for 20+ uses. A great way to try out a buch of colours at a low cost.

Overall Rating: A-

A Review - Chinovi Cosmetics

House Keeping – all products below have been purchased with my own money and I am not in any way shape or form getting paid for this review. All opinions are my own!!!

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Hey Ya'll

Soooo here we are with a review on Chinovi Cosmetics, Chinovi is a relatively new company to the Indy world however the products and customer service is amazing! Chinovi is Cruelty free and each individual listing states whether the product is Vegan or non-vegan which is very important to some individuals.  I have made several orders all which have arrived to Australia in a timely manner. The colours are very pigmented all blend smoothly 'butter-y' to the feel. Sample Sizes are generous with plenty of product.

When ordering you have 4 options all in USD value ~ Sample bag - $1.00, Clamshell -$1.25, Full Size Jar w/out sifter - $4.75 and Full Size Jar W/ Sifter - $5.00

Sample Bags and Clamshells look to have about 1/4 tsp of product good for quite a few uses. Full Sized jars average around 1.2 g of product.

Each listing has an ingredients list letting you know the basics of each individual listing.

Sample taken from Desert Rain

ingredients: mica, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, magnesium stearate, carnauba wax

 

 

  

Onto the Colour Descriptions =)

Desert Rain
Chinovi Description - A pink toned brown with a slight teal interference.
My Description - A warm brown with a slight teal duo-chrome

Last Day
Chinovi Description -  Is soft lavender with silver shimmer - Not lip safe. Not vegan.
My Description - A pale lavender with subtle shimmer

Declaration
Chinovi Description - A soft creamy base that casts slightly pink with blue and red sparkles.
My Description - A very shear cream with soft blue shift over black base
Foolish Chinovi Description -is a yellow based green with golden interference. Not lip safe.My Description - A Yellow/green with medium gold interface Preserve
Chinovi Description - is a jeweled teal with green interference. Not lip safe.
My Description - A bright teal with slight green shift

Monsoon
Chinovi Description - A mix of red, brown and purple with blue sparkles.
My Description - A red brown with a hint of purple and blue glitter

Hermes
Chinovi Description - God of travel and trade. Hermes is a soft buttery gold.
My Description - A soft yellow gold

Dionysus
Chinovi Description  - God of wine. Dionysus is a red wine toned purple with pink and red shimmers Not vegan.
My Description - A mid toned purple with a slight red shift with pink and red glitter

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Where To By – Chinovi Cosmetics

                           Chinovi Cosmetics Storenvy

Multi-media links - Chinovi Cosmetics Facebook

Shipping - Internationally

Product:  8/10

Pigmentation: 8/10

Texture: 8/10

Longevity: 7/10

Application: 8/10

Packaging: 9/10

Final thoughts: Colours very pigmented, smooth to apply sample sizes are good, all items were sent out well within the TAT, and arrived in Australia within around 2-3 weeks. I especially like how each colour has individual ingredients and state whether the colour is vegan and/or lip safe. I will definitely be re-purchasing from Chinovi again.

Overall Rating:  A

A Review - Femme Fatale Cosmetics

House Keeping – all products below have been purchased with my own money and I am not in any way shape or form getting paid for this review. All opinions are my own!!!

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The Swatched for Femme Fatal are SLIGHTLY different to my normal Swatches I have swatched these twice and to PROPERLY demonstrate the Duo chrome goodness I have used a White Base, PRIMER and then BLACK base rather then bare skin in the middle

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Hey Ya'll

This Blog Review is of an Australian Company called Femme Fatale Cosmetics (FFC), I am a relative 'Newbie' to this company despite FFC having been around for a year! I have noticed the indy blogging world seems to have picked up on FFC (or have I been sleeping?) the owner Sophie's amazing Duo-Chrom powers, almost everything has a touch of Duo-Chrome to it from shadows & blushes to Nail Polish!

FFC pricing is very competitive in the Indy world on par with the majority of Indy stores a 5g jar (no sifter) costs $5.75 AUS, the 3g jar has the option of sifter or no sifter for a slight change in price 3g w/ sifter $3.10 AUS and 3g no sifter $3.00 AUS, Sample baggies are $1.00 each. Postage varies to pre paid sachels (australians have the option to express post items) I have to say I LOVE the fact FFC do NOT have sifters I hate sifters so this is a BIG plus for me!

To day I am reviewing 6 shadows I purcased two 5g jars and four 3g jars

 

 

On to the Colour Swatches =)

 

 

 

Hybernate

My Description - This colour has been dicsontinued sadly however this is a bright green with copper sparkles and a gold shift.

 

Exorcism

Femme Fatale Cosmetics Description - A medium toned purple with a stunning colour shifting shimmer which alternates between a complimentary purple and a sea green depending on the angle of the light

My Description - A bright mid-toned purple with what appears to be pink and gold sparkle

 

Hallowed Ground

Femme Fatale Cosmetics Description - It is a pale asparagus green with stunning red shimmer.

My Description - A Pale borderline pastelle green with a red duo-chrome
 

Dispersion
Femme Fatale Cosmetics Description - It is a deep mulberry with bold teal blue shimmer, and one of our top sellers. The duo chrome shimmer on this shade is amazing, our pictures really do not do it any justice. This is a shade not to be missed!
My Description - A Deep warm purple with a strong blue Duo-chrome and slight maroon undertones

 

Spark of Life
Femme Fatale Cosmetics Description - It is a soft pale leaf green eye shadow complimented by a striking but subtle green duochrome finish. Soft, versatile and perfect for a toned down everyday look
My Description - A pale green with a broderline metalic finish, and a slightly darker green Duo Chrome

 

Space Cow
Femme Fatale Cosmetics Description - It is a soft lavender eye shadow tinged with grey and highlighted by a muted reddish pink shimmer
My Description - A Deep lavender with a darker purple dup chrome and violet glitter

Overall I am really quite impressed with these colours the Duo-chromes are amazing and the products are finly milled and pigmented. Its really great to see a Australian Indy company, all my items arrived in a quick manner well above the TAT and were packaged securely. Of these 6 colours my fave would be Dispersion it a beautiful lid colour with its complex formula! The ONLY thing i have to say is in my opinion these shades work BEST over a sticky base such as Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy to really bring out their Duo Chromes =)

Have you tried Femme Fatale? If so whats your favrouite shade?

Xoxo
C 

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Where To By – Femme Fatale Cosmetics

Multi-media links - Femme Fatale Facebook page

Shipping - World Wide Shipping (excluding Nail Polish which is ONLY available to Australians)

 
Credit Rating!

Product: 8 /10

Pigmentation: 9/10

Texture: 8/10

Longevity: 8/10

Application: 7/10

Packaging: 8/10

Final thoughts: These shades are INSANELY pigmented and complex, I love how you have the sifter option! This product is DEFINITELY best used with a sticky base and patted on the lid not swiped on. Items arrived well above TAT and were wrapped securely in bubble wrap. If your obsessed with Duo Chrome check out Femme Fatale!!! 

Overall Rating:  A

Strange Cocoa Puff Potion FOTD

Hellllllooo lovely’s

So here is a little FOTD for ya’ll I used all MSC on this one + a tiny bit of inglot body sparkles for liner =p

So here we go enjoy the weird angles I am experimenting with some eye shots =)

  

What I Am Wearing!

Face

Stilla one step corrector primer
MAC Matchmaster 4
MAC Studio Finish Powder NW25
MAC Studion Finish Concealer NW25
MAC Studion Finish Concealer NW20 (under eyes ONLY)
Tick Tock Face Time Translucent Powder
Madd Style Cosmetics – Rebel Lollypop
MAC Matt Bronze (contour)
Too Faced Candlelight (highlight)

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion - original
Tick Tock Cosmetics IESB - Milky way
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Madd Style Cosmetics – Strange Potion (all over lid)

Madd Style Cosmetics – Cocoa Puff (outter V/Crease)

Madd Style Cosmetics – Down the Rabbit hole (inner corner/crease)

Inglot – Body Sparkles -65 (liner mixed with Eye Kandy liquid sugar)

MAC - ORB (highlight/ brow bone)
Christmas Napoleon china doll gel liner – Equinox (water line)
Napoleon brow pencil (chocoholic)
Random Mascara

Lips

Random lip balm

Urban Drcay – Ozone lipliner
OCC lip Tar - Devine

All over
Urban Decay all nighter Setting Spray

Cheap OCC lip Tars!!!

Hey all,

just a quick little post to give you all a great scoop, if you head over to http://www.suite7beauty.com/
OCC D/C lips tars they have OCC lip Tars going for $8 USD all the old discontinued packaging, thats just over half price!! if you have been on the fence about getting soem i would deff take advantage here.

ALSO they also have some Discontinued colours avaiable =) they ship world wide and accept pay pal BONUS as most of you know i live in Australia and International shipping is VERY reasonable i purchased 4 OCC lip tars and only paid $11 shipping =) i have purchased from them several times and have always been happy with my products hurry before they sell out =)

Xoxo
C

Did you take advantage? if so what did you get? also whats your FAVE OCC lip tar colour (past or present?)