Darling Girl Cosmetics "In Living Color" Shadow Bases.

Good evening Zombies!

Today I've swatched for you the new In Living Color eyeshadow bases from Darling Girl Cosmetics.

Per the Darling Girl website:

"What is In Living Color shadow base? ILC shadow base is used to create a colored foundation on your eyelid to affect the color/vibrancy of the eye shadow that’s applied on top of it. Its purpose is not to prevent creasing so it is recommended to use your primer of choice underneath In Living Color shadow base.

*In Living Color Shadow Base is a hand blended and hand poured product, that being said if the pour is too hot a thin layer of wax will settle on the top layer of the product. This in no way affects the product or it’s wearability however you might need to make a few swipes to get through the thin layer of wax to show it’s true color."



The eyeshadow bases come in 5 gram jars which contain 3 grams of product. There is a slight *waxy* smell, but I kind of like it. ;)

Bottom labels with names and ingredients


Flash


Swatches!


There is a trick to these bad boys! Make sure you warm up the top layer- with a finger tip or breath before attempting to apply and you'll get smooth and creamy color payoff.  I adore "Love is Strange" and "Little Black Dress", each of these colors hung on to my skin once swatched for a really long time. "I Pink I Love You" and "Sweet and Spicy" were the most pigmented of the bunch whereas "Fluff" was a little more difficult to work with than the rest of the group. What you see in my swatch of "Fluff" was 4 swipes of product. Again, once warmed up a bit, it applies a little more smoothly.

I really love these bases and can not wait to try them on my lids. I use a base every time I apply eyeshadow. I apply them over an eyeshadow primer. This is how I've always done my makeup since my early days of blogging. I find by using a base my eyeshadow stays on much longer and the colors are more vibrant and pigmented.

"In Living Color" shadow bases are $5.50 for a fill sized jar or grab a sample for $1.00.

*products in this post were sent to MZ for review/consideration purposes only. All opinions are 100% my own and honest.

Darling Girl Cosmetics "Oh the Horror" collection!

Hey Zombies!

Happy Hump Day! It's been cool and rainy in my neck of the woods and this makes Wendi and extremely happy girl!

In my last order with Darling Girl Cosmetics, Susan threw in a few samples of the new Halloween 2013 "Oh the Horror" collection for me to try out. I swatched them for you all! They rock. ROCK!

*Please make sure you click on each image for maximum awesome! 


Descriptions from website:

Attack of the 50ft Woman: Bright sunny yellow with a gorgeous pinky red shift and pink color shifting sparkles
Lonely Assassins: Soft ashy grey with pink to golden green shift.
King Kong: Black with strong turquoise flash and silver and gold sparkles.
The Invisible Man: Lavender with turquoise to violet shift.
I Am Pain: Pale icy blue with golden green to blue shift and glimmering green sparkles.
The Count: Royal purple with purple sheen and color shifting lavender iridescence. The purple sheen gives it a lovely glow
Pumpkinhead: Ruddy red with strong green flash

Barbarella (extra sample from core line): metallic melon-y gold with a red/orange flash.

Holy shiz do I love them all!  My favorites from this lot are Pumpkinhead and The Count. They are all so buttery and super sparkly. Pumpkinhead, The Invisible Man and Attack of the 50ft Woman each have an over the top duo-chorme that's hard to miss. As always, there is a delicate feel to Darling Girl shadows and each are so pigmented and unique. I think this is my favorite Halloween 2013 collection yet!

Grab yourself a petite jar (1/4 tsp) from this collection for $2.50, a full sized jar (3/4 tsp) for $5.90 or grab the entire collection (petite jars) for $49.50!

Do you see something you can live without? I dare you to try!

*products in this post were sent to MZ for review purposes only. All opinions are 100% my own and honest.

Jordana Cosmetics 'Made to Last' eyeliner and eyeshadow pencils!

Good morning Zombies!

I meant to have this post up yesterday, but a migraine wiped me out. Anyhoo, here we go!

I was given to opportunity to try out the new Jordana Cosmetics 'Made to Last' Liquid Eyeliner and Eyeshadow pencils and have them swatched for you all.

Per Jordana's website:

12HR Made to Last Eyeshadow Pencil

• Long-lasting (Up to 12 Hour wear)

• Easy to use
• Water-Resistant, Crease-Proof

• Paraben-Free

 12 HR Made To Last Liquid Eyeliner Pencil

• Intense, Instant Color Eyeliner that is Made to Last

• Smooth-Gliding Pencil For Precise Application
• Long-Lasting (Up to 12 hour wear)
• Water & Transfer Resistant
• Paraben-Free

Eyeshadow pencils come in 8 color.


Liquid Eyeliner pencils come in 6 color.


I love the chunky feel to the eyeshadow pencils. The packaging is also quite durable making the pencils have a sleek look and feel to them. The product glides right on the skin.


Liquid Eyeliner pencils are also pretty sleek and easy to work with. The product tends to glide on very smoothly.


Swatches of the eyeshadow pencils. Looks at Prolong Purple! LOOK AT IT! 


Close-ups of swatches!



Swatches of the Liquid Eyeliner pencils.


My thoughts:

I LOVE the eyeshadow pencils with a passion. My favorites of the group are Prolong Purple, Endless Emerald, Stay On Black, and Aqua Last. Not only do these glide on the skin super easily, but they are so pigmented and last forever. It took me getting in the shower and using my face wash to get the swatches off. :D I didn't notice much creasing with these and love the glitter in a few of the shades. Like I mentioned above, the packaging is really sleek on these pencils and has a nice smooth feel to them, making them feel more *expensive* and *luxurious* than their price tag would have you think. These will make a great base for underneath eyeshadow or fun to use alone.

I did indeed like a few of the Liquid Eyeliner pencils. I felt these were a little harder to work with and that the product didn't want to spread evenly in the swatch, even though they did glide on with no pulling (if that makes sense). Charcoal Definition was the hardest of the group to work with as it ended up patchy once applied. I love the pigmentation in Black Point and Jade Jewel is definitely a nice green jeweled liner. Purple Fix has pink sparkles within the base but once again, a little harder to apply evenly. They do seem to last a long time once applied.

12 HR Made To Last Liquid Eyeliner Pencil can be found at your local Walgreens retail for $2.49 (USD) each which may vary from location.

12HR Made to Last Eyeshadow Pencil can be found at your local Walgreens and retail for $3.99 (USD) each, which may vary from location.

Have you seen or tried any of the new Made to Last pencils? What are your thoughts?

*products in this post were sent to MZ for review purposes only. All opinions are 100% my own and 100% honest.

Morgana Cryptoria lipstick swatches!

Good evening Zombies!

A month or so ago, Morgana Cryptoria was having a pretty rad sale, and I decided I should snag some of their lipstick. Morgana lipstick are some of my favorites on the indie market and anytime I'm able to buy them (especially on sale), I take full advantage. This time, I placed an order for 5 new lipsticks. A few of them I've been lusting over for a while and a couple of them were spontaneous buys. Check them out!

I ordered:
Soulless Ginger (spontaneous)
Buried Poison (lusted after)
Candy Apple (lusted after)
Blood and Roses (lusted after)
Boysenberry (spontaneous)

*Click images for extra awesome!






Lip swatches!






Hand swatches- natural light




My absolute favorite from the bunch is Buried Poison. Though it may look similar to Boysenberry in the swatches, it's a deeper purple with a much stronger blue sheen to it. Candy Apple is the is the only one of the group that's more matte than the rest and hugs my lips perfectly. Soulless Ginger has amazing pink sparkles that shine in the tube, in swatches, and on the lips! I adore this lipstick, hard. I'm still playing with it, as I'm not use to this type of color on my lips, but so far I think we will make it work. Boysenberry was the only lipstick of the group I had a harder time applying and getting to stick to my lips. I discovered that if I apply it to my hand first which kind of warms it up before applying to my lips, it's easier to work with an spreads more evenly. Blood and Roses, is just...beautiful. I love the bold, rich berry color and the slight flash of blue. As always, Morgana's lipstick are pigmented, creamy, and last a long time on the lips!

I'm in love with my teeny haul. Beautiful lipstick makes me a very happy girl!

Have you tried any of the new (or old) Morgana Cyrptoria's lipsticks? What are your favorites?

Impulse Cosmetics Review and SWATCHES!

Happy ass Saturday Zombies!

Today, I have a review for on Impulse Cosmetics, an up and coming indie cosmetics company that is  Etsy based. A few weeks ago, someone posted a picture of Narcissa eyeshadow from this company in my makeup group and I snatched it up immediately! 

My package arrived in just a few short days from ordering- and even contained a few extra samples to try out. Everything was bubble wrapped and the full sized jar was shrink wrapped and had a sifter label.



I received samples of:

Mumble, Sovereign, Davy Jones, Alchemy, Penny Serenade, Valkyrie, Flicker, The Fritz, Hemoglobin, Bellatrix, and Crush in addition to my full sized Narcissa.

All the samples in a row!


Full sized Narcissa!




Lovely, lovely swatches!

Descriptions per website:
  
Narcissa is a silky, matte violet/purple with a pink undertone that flashes into lime/teal green with green and teal shimmer.
Hemoglobin is a bright red eyeshadow with a metallic finish and gold shimmer.
Flicker is a midtoned gold, loaded with gold and silver shimmer
Mumble is a mid-toned violet with a frosty blue color shift.
Crush is a duochrome pink that flashes into aqua/teal with teal sparkles.Alchemy is a duochrome teal with a dark base and gold, silver, and blue shimmers.
The Fritz: did not locate on the site
Davy Jones: did not locate on the site
Valkyrie has a black base that transforms into a cross between lime and emerald green.
Penny Serenade is a dark, grapey purple with a sapphire blue color shift.
Bellatrix is a silky, dark magenta pink that flashes into lime/teal green with green and teal shimmer.
Sovereign is a silky, matte purple loaded with gold shimmer.





Ok, so how ridiculously AMAZING is Bellatrix? In the baggie it looked pretty enough, but once I swatched it, my jaw dropped. I'm honestly not sure I own a color like this, and that's hard to come by. It's hands down my favorite of this lot.  Penny Serenade is an amazing grape purple with a blue sheen- it's the perfect Blurple color. I also adore the vampy and intense sheen/feel of Alchemy, the light lavender and blue feel of Mumble, and the intense gold sparkle in Sovereign. Flicker is a gorgeous light gold with tons of sheen. I just can't get over the intensity of these shades. They are bright, pigmented, smooth to apply, creamy, and so blend-able.

Full sized shades from Impulse Cosmetics are $3.99 for a 5 gram jar, containing roughly 1/2 tsp of product or you can choose 5 samples for $4.50. Samples contain 1/8 tsp of product in each baggie. The owner of Impulse does not normally put the glittery lids on all the full sized eyeshadow (it's exclusively for the Glam Glue primer base) but she figured I might like the glittery touch. Of course, I did. ;)

All of the products at Impulse Cosmetics are handmade and hand-blended. The Cosmetic Glitter is eye safe, unless noted otherwise on the listings on their site. I can tell great care was taken in creating the shades I received. I can not WAIT to do looks with these bad boys. You can also stay informed of new and exciting events on the Impulse Cosmetics Facebook page HERE.

Do you see any colors you can't wait to get your hands on?

*products in this review were purchased with my own money and sent to me for review purposes only. All opinions are my own and 100% honest. 

Milani's "Retro Glam" collection swatches!

Good morning Zombies!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I sure did. :D

Today I have Milani's new Retro Glam limited edition collection swatched for you. This collection comes with 5 pretty pastel (with the exception of Raspberry Delight) colors and a "sprinkles effect" topcoat called Sprinkles. I used the nail swatch wheel for these swatches but plan on doing lots of mani's with them in the coming weeks. Follow me on Instagram @makeupzombie as that's where I post most of my looks and mani's these days! 

(As always, be sure to click images for maximum awesome.)





All the pretty colors!


With "Sprinkles" on top!


Sprinkles bottle shot!


Mint Chip and Raspberry Delight are my favorite colors from this collection.  Each color was pretty opaque with one coat with the exception of Creamy Pistachio; it took about 3 coat to reach opaque. Almond Bliss is a great alternative to white nail polish and it's an eggshell/off white color and makes the white in the glitter still stand out. Mint Chip is a fun dark mint green. 

I did a Mint Mani for Talia using Mint Chip.


These nail polish seem to dry fairly quickly which is a plus. I like this glitter top coat over Carnival (which is part of the Fantastical Plumage collection) as the glitter spreads evenly and is very build-able. There are several sizes of glitter in this top coat and are black and white in color. Retro Glam is a fun collection.

Retro Glam retails for $4.49 (Sprinkles is $4.99) per bottle but will vary from location. This collection is Limited Edition. 

Do you see a color from this collection you adore?

*Products in this post were sent to me for review purposes from Milani Cosmetics. All opinions are my own and 100% honest! 

Milani's "Fantastical Plumage" collection swatches!

Good morning zombies!

Has it really been almost a month since my last post? *sigh* I apologize for my lack of posts. I've been busy this summer with my kids, and as you can tell, it's been affecting my blog. I still love my blog and all of you and I hope to get on a more regular posting schedule once school starts again this Fall.

Today I have Milani's new Fantastical Plumage collection swatched for you. This collection comes with 5 vibrant colors and a sweet "sprinkles effect" topcoat called Carnival. I used the nail swatch wheel for these swatches but plan on doing lots of mani's with them in the coming weeks. Follow me on Instagram @makeupzombie as that's where I post most of my looks and mani's these days! 

(As always, be sure to click images for maximum awesome.)

Left to right: Carnival, Purple Martin, Blue Jay, Scarlet Ibis, Peacock, and Canary
 


Looks like a lot of companies are jumping on the chunky glitter band wagon these days! This is Carnival.
 

Nail polish colors alone: this is two coats each


Nail polish colors with Carnival on top



I adore the color Peacock. It's a lovely teal- leaning slightly more blue and it's super pigmented. Scarlet Ibis is definitely a one coat color, it's that pigmented.  Most of this collection was easy to apply and pretty opaque in one coat with the exception of Peacock. It needed two coats to achieve opaque. I like the look of Carnival over each of the colors, but this top coat is really thick and it's hard to get the white chunks of glitter out of the bottle. All of the glitter wanted to clump into one area on the nail as well. I think this top coat takes a little work to get your desired effect. For me, I prefer less glitter with more of the base color peeking through.

Fantastical Plumage retails for $4.49 (Carnival is $4.99) per bottle but will vary from location. This collection is Limited Edition. 

Do you see a color from this collection you adore?

*Products in this post were sent to me for review purposes from Milani Cosmetics. All opinions are my own and 100% honest!