Incoming!

Seeing as I'm back to blogging and everything, I think it's only fair to warn all you readers that someone better take my wallet away fast, because I'm going on a spreeeeeee!
Fyrinnae's new Halloween 2011 collection is out, and from all the swatches I've seen I knew I had to get everything! Well, I'm missing some of the lip lustres I've wanted since forever, but I added Coffin Velvet (it's such a gorgeous purple, if it doesn't fit my complexion I'll just paint my whole face), Visual Kei, Romantique, and Lollipop-pop to my order. Sweetest Poison was sold out :( and so was Fanservice, which I want so bad I'm about to turn inside out.
So I placed that order earlier today. Just a tip: I couldn't find the lip lustres on the Fyrinnae website, so I just Googled it, and there was a link to the page. Sneaky.
In addition to that order, I'm totally salivating over my order of Shiro Intertubes, which I think (hope) should be arriving some time late next week. 40 Cakes looks so gorgeous! I'm not ususally a pink person, but when I saw that lippie I felt like I'd been posessed by the good faerie Flora from Sleeping Beauty. "Make it pink!"
I also got Shoop da Whoop (which I can already tell is going to become a very good friend of mine), Numa Numa, NyanCat, and Rickrolled.
I think that's everything, so I'll keep you posted on when it arrives! Til then, Happy Halloween!
Edit: The larger sizes of the Lip Lustres restocked when I checked back, so I went ahead and nabbed Fanservice, Sweetest Poison, and Meloncholy. Yay!

Because, yes, I AM that much of a geek!

This post is to introduce the first in yet another series of themed EOTDs... and these are ones that will either seem fun or just sad because they're all WoW-themed! Haha.
So this is one that's a Cataclysm look, that actually kind of reminds me of some of the new drakes I've seen flying around. It's called Undersea Volcanic Rift, because I'm weird when it comes to titles. So I used these colors, and here's the key to deciphering what I mean by 1, 2, 3 etcetera: Numbering System
1. Nevermore - Scaredy Cat Cosmetics
2. Dragon's Wing - Fyrinnae (well blended)
3. Mystic - Fyrinnae
4. Pumpkinfire - Fyrinnae
5. Madame & Eve's - Fyrinnae
6. a. Greenman's Forest - Fyrinnae
6. b. Velvet Vampire - Fyrinnae
7. Likelike - Shiro

I wish that I was able to capture more of the warm tones in this look, but my camera made it all very cool-toned. The Pumpkinfire DID actually take on a kind of eggplant-y shade, but it still had the glorious orange shimmer which really didn't want to be found in the pictures I took :(

Sorry about the wayward strand of hair in that last picture! As always, click to enlarge these.

And also, for anyone out there who wonders what my solution is when I'm in a makeup rut, here it is below!

And there you go... fairly simple. The steps are as follows: Swatch. Pretty. Colors.

I usually find several combos I want to use every time I do this, but I figured I'd take a picture for the hell of it! Anyone else have different solutions, or do you just never get into a makeup-artists-block or whatever it's called? Drop me a comment! Thanks for reading and have a relaxing weekend.

Water Trilogy: Farworlder EOTD (A bit pic-heavy!)

This is the second Water Trilogy look I've posted so far and I'm really happy with how it turned out, hence the many many pictures! It's called Farworlder which, in the books, is an alien species kind of like super-genius octopi... octopuses? octopoda? Well it's one of those. They're mostly described as being purple or reddish, so here's the look!
I used:
1. Oasis - Pure Luxe
2. Mystic - Fyrinnae
3. Conjuror - Fyrinnae (I LOVE this color)
4. N/A
5. Molten - Pure Luxe
6. Oasis - Pure Luxe
7. Likelike - Shiro


I tried one picture without flash but since I actually did this look at night there was no sunlight to photograph this in and the picture turned out all yellowy in the artificial light, which I thought looked pretty yuck with the colors I used. See?

So the rest of these are taken with flash, which made the aqua sparkles super-prominent but I liked the smokiness of this look... I wish the pictures showed it better. It symbolizes my makeup application evolution: I can now properly blend and all that jazz!

Here are the rest of the pictures. As always, click for the full size. Ignore the stupid bug bite near my eyebrow, I don't know how it happened since bugs should all be dead or in hiding this cold time of year!

Here's that super-sparkle coming out of hiding.



I'd love to know what you think, drop me a comment! Have an awesome Thursday!

Winter Girl EOTD & Fyrinnae updates

This is the third Wicked Lovely themed EOTD I've posted so far and I'm really happy with how it turned out! This one is mostly blue with frosty sparkle, so I think it's fairly fitting.
Here's what I used:
1. Broken Glass - Detrivore
2. Nymphette - Evil Shades
3. Mirage - Pure Luxe
4. N/A
5. Nymphette - Evil Shades
6. Gyarados - Shiro
7. Meowth - Shiro
And here's how it looked:

Also, my Fyrinnae order arrived today in the midst of a snow flurry. Yay! I'll put up swatches and everything, but I just have to say Dark Fantasy is LOVELY!

Boomer EOTD, Fyrinnae, and a Third Themed Look Tomorrow

This is another Wicked Lovely - based EOTD. Boomer is the pet snake, so I tried to capture the whole snakeskin irridescence thing. It didn't photograph as well as I'd hoped, but here it is anyway.
What I used: (For the key explaining what number means what, http://maquillage-maenad.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-new-year-resolutions-and-other.html)
1. S.S. Anne - Shiro
2. Faceted - Pure Luxe
3. Luster - Pure Luxe
4.  N/A
5. Sake & Sashimi - Fyrinnae
6. Rimmel Sable Brown eye pencil
7. Meowth - Shiro

Also, I should be recieving my Fyrinnae order tomorrow I think. According to shipping, it's nearly here but the weather has been crazy enough that I'm not positive. Even if it's a longer wait, though, I'll be posting the third Wicked Lovely themed EOTD tomorrow, so there's always that to look forward to. In the meantime, stay warm! Snow seems to be falling everywhere in this section of the world.

Daytime EOTD and Harry Potter

WHY did they split the 7th HP movie into two parts! It totally defeats the purpose of... you know, oh well. It means more detail anyway. I went to go see the Deathly Hallows pt 1 tonight. It wasn't bad. I wasn't sure where they were going to end it, and Dumbledore's burial site looked like an ostentatious granite bunker, but other than that I thought it was okay. The Weasley twins will always be my favorites ^.^

Anyway, on to the EOTDs. I rarely do an exclusively "daytime" look, since I don't usually reign in my dramatics when it comes to makeup, no matter what it's like outside. But Fyrinnae's Damn Paladins is such a great taupe I kind of had to!
 It's all Damn Paladins, with a bit of Titania in the corner and a highlight of Shiro's Meowth shade. Pretty neutral for me, but I love it.
So here's pics of the daytime look:

 

This second look is what I wore to the movie. Turns out it was very fitting, as everything in the movie seemed to be a dark blue.

1. Damask Grey - Face Candy Couture

2. Chill - Face Candy Couture

3. Nymphette - Evil Shades

4. Didn't use a liner (I'm just gonna say N/A from now on, okay?)

5. Chill - Face Candy Couture

6. N/A

7. Dinosaur Plushie - Fyrinnae

So here's the pictures, and then I'll shut up for the night

(A bit pic-heavy cause I was trying to capture Chill)

  

Summer King EOTD and Updates

This is the requested Summer King EOTD based on Melissa Marr's novel, Wicked Lovely. (A little pic-heavy but click to zoom in on eyeshadowy goodness!) Here's what I used:
1. Triforce - Shiro
2. Molten - Pure Luxe
3. Cinnamon - Face Candy Couture
4. Beetle - Detrivore
5. Molten - Pure Luxe
6. S.S. Anne - Shiro
7. S.S. Anne - Shiro



So, on to updates! I'm getting a little antsy about the whole Archetype Cosmetics order. The shipping status hasn't changed since December 28th. There have been holidays since then, so the delay could simply be due to that, but after all the customer service horror stories I'm afraid it could be something more. Gonna wait a few more days before trying to contact Holly (again) but I'll keep you posted!

Fyrinnae's wait time is always a bit long, so I'm not expecting any news on that front yet. But I have a bit of a confession to make. I saw sparklies and wanted them. And then I resisted a little but caved anyway. So I placed my first order with Hi Fi Cosmetics today and I totally don't regret it. The pigments look gorgeous from the swatches I've seen, and the reviews are great. 

That's about all I have to update you with. I've got a ton of swatching to do, but I'm sleepy and lazy and procrastinating. I'll try to do some tomorrow? Nighty night for now!

Pokémon?! EEP!

"Jessie! James! Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light! Surrender now, or prepare to fight! Meowth! That's right!"


God, I'm such a geek. Ahem.
                                                                                                                
After buying a bunch of eyeshadow from Fyrinnae, I promised myself that I'd hold back on buying makeup until December, or late October at the very earliest. With all the lovely colors I bought there's no way around the fact that I have filled my quota of pretty shimmery things for the month, right? Wrong! Browsing blogs is waaaay too tempting, and before I knew it I stumbled across reviews on eyeshadows from Shiro Cosmetics. As I understand it, this is a pretty new brand, but it already has me hooked.
I'm a gamer (and a little kid at heart) and OH MY GOD the shades are named after Pokémon! Add a slice of chocolate cake and I will jump through a flaming hoop to get at this stuff!
I did say "restraint"... so many times it became a kind of mantra, but in the end, after a few scrumptious homemade mojitos, I caved and bought samples in Mew, Gyrados, Pikachu, SS Anne, and Meowth.
Here's the major issue:
I'm so excited about my orders that I end up sitting around impatiently, browsing reviews to pass the time. And then I'll stumble upon some other wonderful must-have product and, after a small internal battle which I invariably lose, I'll buy that product too! It's a good thing these lovely brands aren't too pricey.
Here's the link, because you know that you're dying to tell people you're wearing Team Rocket!
http://www.shirocosmetics.com/