Fyrinnae Samples!

I'd like to say, before I begin, 1: that I am in loooove with these eyeshadows. The names are fun and quirky and the colors are gorgeous! And 2: because of the many many pictures, this will be a loooooong post.

I placed an order with Fyrinnae, browsed their website again, found more goodies that made me drool all over my keyboard, and bought those as well. I was refunded for the second package's shipping and the orders were combined. I got (these were all samples, by the way, as this was my first experience with Fyrinnae):
Finishing Powders/ Primers:
Pixie Epoxy
Glow Blush: Hypnotize, Enchant
Eyeshadow: Titania, The Fancy Lad, Chaotic Evil, Darling Misfit, Rapunzel Had Extensions, Kamikaze, Kimchi, Sake & Sashimi, Druid Werewolf, Damn Paladins, Dressed to Kill, Dragon's Wing, Dinosaur Plushie, The Randy Ferret
Free Sample: Sugar Skulls

I love the names! Eeeee!
This is the part that may be really exciting or may become super monotonous: I haven't done swatches yet, but I've gotten pictures of each color and yes, I will be putting them all up here (with the descriptions according to http://www.fyrinnae.com/) These go from top to bottom, top is the label, middle is the color without flash, and bottom is the color with flash... the few with a fourth shot are to show the glitter better. I'm making these pictures a bit larger than I normally would, so click on them to see the color better.

Glow Blush:

Enchant: (Soft peach with a touch of pink shimmer)

Hypnotize (Light dusty-peach shade with a soft glow)

Eyeshadow:

Sugar Skulls: (Vibrant deep pink, leaning warm but not overly so, with a glimmering orange (not gold!) highlight that adds dimension)

Chaotic Evil: (Brilliant shimmering pink loaded with silvery sparkle)

The Fancy Lad: (Vivid warm pink with a green sparkle highlight)

Titania: (Shimmery, glowing light pink with a paler pink highlight and a hint of golden sparkle)

Rapunzel Had Extensions: (Stunning golden pink-peach)

Kimchi: (Rosy terracotta filled with gold sparkle)

Kamikaze: (Bright fire-engine red (leans warm), filled with red sparkle)

Darling Misfit: (Deep magenta-pink with a contrasting aqua highlight)

The Randy Ferret: (Deep smokey forest green with a touch of lighter green & teal shimmer, and subtle purple sparkles throughout)

 



Dragon's Wing: (Gorgeous shimmery green with a pale aqua highlight)

Dressed to Kill: (Glimmering, glowing deceptive gilded green "duocolor"with flashes of gold and green sparkle)

Sake & Sashimi: (Rich shimmering bronze brown with flashes of green sparkle)

Druid Werewolf: (Medium-light golden brown, multi-dimensional with varying shades of subtle shimmer)

Damn Paladins: (Soft, satiny taupe with a gentle light blue highlight)

Dinosaur Plushie: (True bright silver filled with multi-colored sparkle, some of which can change hue in different light)

That took a lot longer than I thought it would...

Well, that's all folks. Swatches will be up soon, as if this post needs any more pictures!

Detrivore Samples!

Okay, I got my Detrivore order in the mail on Monday. I've just been super busy. But I'm updating now! This was a very small last-minute order, but the shipping was great! They shipped out the day after I placed the order. This is what I got: Paradoxia, Brine, Ectoplasma, and Tommyknocker. Muse was a lovely free sample :)

I did a peacock kind of look with these two days ago and the colors are beautiful and very pigmented. I didn't have any fallout... used Pixie Epoxy, which I also got on Monday ^.^

Here are the individual pictures and their descriptions according to http://www.detrivorecosmetics.com/:

 Tommyknocker: (Med green matte)

Ectoplasma: (Bright green color)

Brine: (Blue-green aqua color)

Paradoxia: (Deep blue color, filled with violet shimmer)

Muse: (Light purple color)

I'll get swatches up soon... I know I said I'd do that today, but, well... I got lazy. All very pretty colors though!

More to Come!

I'm sleepy but excited, so I'm just gonna write a tiny post now and elaborate on it tomorrow:
I recieved my orders from Fyrinnae and Detrivore, and the colors are all super beautiful! I bought a sample of a new one of Fyrinnae's called Dinosaur Plushie... I'll be swatching that soon. It's soooo sparkly and mesmerizing, all beautiful silver shimmer with multicolored sparks of glitter. I'm determined to wear it tomorrow. And if I have fallout, then I will dazzle like a discoball, which would be a much needed bit of excitement now that all the gross raining-all-the-time weather has descended. Plus, I just couldn't resist something named Dinosaur Plushie. I'll go into detail about all the colors tomorrow, but I had to say something about them now! The shades are beautiful and vibrant, and I will definitely be returning for more at both Detrivore and Fyrinnae in the future. Yay!

Uh-Oh, Detrivore!

No more makeup! I swear! Well, at least until Christmas. No, really! But oooooh I've been eyeing Detrivore and the colors are soooooo preeeeeety. Are you rolling your eyes yet? You probably should be. But check out the site anyway: http://www.detrivorecosmetics.com/ (Unless you're like me and have put yourself on a leash, tied that leash to a tree, and then made sure there were no tempting makeup brands mentioned within a 100-mile radius.) I'm like a crow with a sparkly! So keep me away from stores for the next three months!
But really, if you recieve a compliment on how pretty you look one day and you tell the sweet talker that those eyelashes you're batting at them are covered in Ectoplasma, at least it'll spark conversation! I'm over here giggling at the thought. Must get some sleep.
Buuuuut I'd just like to say I placed my order and got an email that it shipped the next day! And it was trackable before midnight. Very impressed. I was a little like ^o^! Yes, that's a happy face. Looks like I might be recieving this last purchase before any of my others arrive!
Anyone else tried Detrivore? What were your thoughts on the products? How was the shipping speed for you? Favorite colors?

Random Poll

This is an attempt to catch those of you who sneak onto my page, read, and depart without commenting... and force you to speak! Or at least determine if anyone's reading this. I do apologize for the lack of exciting yummy reviews. But I'm working on it, people!
Anyway, to the actuall poll: Think of your favorite cosmetics. You're not limited to one or two products... just however many you're thinking of. And then think of them in little sample baggies. You know, the ones you could easily slip between the pages of a book. And then tell me this: What colors and products would you slip in between which pages of which books?
It can be anything, really. Beowulf, Harry Potter, Homer's Odyssey, The Jungle Book, Little Women, The Oxford English Dictionary, The Catcher in the Rye, Charlotte's Web, etcetera!
I'll give you a few examples of what I'd pick.
I've got this lovely greenish gold (From Claire's... part of a preeeeety bronzey palette.) that I would slip into a page in the last quarter of the book Prospero's Children. It reminds me of the description of the roof of the main temple in Atlantis. (This is an excellent book, by the way, and I recommend it to lovers of fantasy. It happens to be my favorite.)
There's a Sephora eyeshadow called Aspen Summit that would find a cozy home in between the pages of The Little White Horse with that strand of pearls.
And then a Wet'n'Wild trio of purples and greens that belongs in a back room of one of Seth's train cars from Wicked Lovely.
Or a dusky rose-gold shadow I mixed myself that I can just imagine nestled under a dog-eared page in Redwall. That's what I'm talking about. Maybe those are lame examples. I'm on a fantasy kick. But you get the idea. Now I wanna hear yours! I'm excited about this, so comment!

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/

Fyrinnae

I originally read about this brand on blogs that contained reviews on Evil Shades products. Like ES, many of these cosmetics are vegan. Yum! The website is here: http://www.fyrinnae.com/ and I have a question for those of you who have purchased Lip Lustres from this site. What are they like? I haven't found many reviews on them and I'm currently drooling over Bloodstained, but I'm afraid it might even be too dark. Anyone know? I wish I could find sample sizes of the gloss. Honestly, that's the only complaint I have with this brand so far. Does anyone know if they have lip lustre samples?
I ordered a selection of eyeshadows in mini and they look lovely in the pictures. As with ES, the names are great fun (Velociraptor, The Randy Ferret, and Damn Paladins, for example) and the colors are equally enticing. Can't wait to get my order, though it sounds like shipping is gonna be a little slow.