AFK Cosmetics Advent Calendar 2015 Swatches

Alright, time for swatches of AFK's annual Advent Calendar!  I did receive this about a week ago because it'd be stuck in USPS limbo for the longest time.  It features samples from several different indie companies inspired by their favorite Christmas movies.  I've got to admit I don't recognize most of the references, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the products!

Pictures taken under LED bulb and swatched over ELF Glitter Primer (top/left half) and ELF Essential Primer (bottom/right half)

Abominable Snowman

Abominable Snowman:  white with pink, blue, and silver sparkles.  This was an eyeshadow sample from Darling Girl Cosmetics.

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid!

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid!:  gray with silver sparkles.  This was an eyeshadow sample from one of my favorite brands, Corvus Cosmetics.

Peanuts

Peanuts:  gold with gold sparkles.  This was an eyeshadow sample from Hello Waffle Cosmetics and I'm hoping the name is a references to Charlie Brown's Christmas.  It happens to be one of my favorite movies and I can't help turning to it when it comes on during the holiday season :')

Innocent + Twisted Alchemy December 2015 Subscription Swatches

Innocent and Twisted Alchemy's December box seemed to be inspired after Inception (I haven't seen the movie so I could be wrong...)  It included three eyeshadows from the brand and several other samples from other companies.  All the extras from the other companies were created exclusively for this subscription.  And even though I was not familiar with the movie, the shades that I+TA created were beautiful.  They were also holidays appropriate without being too Christmas-y, so you can definitely wear them throughout the year.

Pictures taken under LED bulb and swatched over ELF Glitter Primer (top/left half) and ELF Essential Primer (bottom/right half)

Paradox

Paradox:  charcoal with green and blue shimmers; it had black unblended pigments but blended away while swatching/applying

Falling into Limbo

Falling into Limbo:  beautiful festive green with gold shimmers

Deadly Projections

Deadly Projections:  berry with blue and red shimmers

Hello Waffle Cosmetics November 2015 Visage Swatches

I'm not subscribed to Hello Waffle's monthly Visage subscription box, but the owner made November's box available for everyone.  I actually missed out on getting it, luckily someone canceled their order so I was able to purchase mine.  November's box was inspired by Little Red Riding Hood; I love wolves, so I knew I had to have this one.

Pictures taken under daylight bulb and swatched over ELF Glitter Primer (top/left half) and ELF Essential Primer (bottom/right half)

To Grandmother's

To Grandmother's:  cream overshadow with strong red sheen and green and gold sparkles

First House in the Village

First House in the Village:  caramel with blue shimmers

Hood of Red Velvet

Hood of Red Velvet:  brick red with gold sparkles

Basket of Flowers

Basket of Flowers:  brown base with blue green duochrome

The Huntsman

The Huntsman:  light pink peach blush with gold shimmers

Eat You Up

Eat You Up:  red orange matte lipstick with gold shimmers.  This was a full size matte lip cream from Darling Girl Cosmetics.  It's my first time trying any of their lip products.  Eat You Up has a mousse like texture.  It's fast drying, comfortable, and relatively transfer proof, but not budge proof after eating.  I'm actually really impressed with this product from the initial application.

Into the Woods

Into the Woods:  smoky incense, very strong and spicy.  It's a perfume oil from HW's owner's other store - Sunsets and Seas.  

To Grandmother's, First House in the Village, Hood of Red Velvet, Basket of Flowers, The Huntsman, Eat You Up

Bonus EotD!

First House in the Village (inner corner), Hood of Red Velvet (lid), and Basket of Flowers (outer corner and crease)

- Jolie ♥

Innocent + Twisted Alchemy March 2015 Subscription Swatches

I have swatches of Innocent + Twisted Alchemy's March 2015 subscription for you today!  I was pretty excited for this box because Linda said it was inspired by Mirror's Edge.  I haven't actually played the game, but I'm aware of the concept and the theme song (Still Alive by Lisa Miskovsky).  It seems like a really fun game and I'd like to play it someday.  Anyway, we got three shadows from I+TA and samples from other companies as usual.

Pictures taken in daylight and swatched over Notoriously Morbid Shadow Bind (left) and ELF Essential Primer (right)

Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith:  shimmery silver

Innocent + Twisted Alchemy - July 2014 Subscription

Welcome back everyone!  It's time for another Innocent+Twisted Alchemy subscription box!  For any new readers, this is a monthly subscription where you get three to four eyeshadows from I+T and several samples from other indie companies.  They are sold in two sizes, a sample size (I don't remember the exact price, I believe it's $12/month), and a deluxe size ($16, I believe).  The sample size includes sample sized eyeshadows, which are normally priced at $3/each and deluxe size includes full-sized eyeshadows, which retail for $6/each.  Either way, this is a really great deal and I love trying out products from other companies as well.

This month is different because it has a mermaid theme.  The owner, Linda, hand draws everything and they're always beautiful.  The picture you see below was drawn by her and the label art were drawn by a friend of hers.  As usual, we received eyeshadow from I+T and other companies, but this month also had a blush, liquid shimmer, and a beautiful lip gloss!

Innocent + Twisted Alchemy - February Subscription

I was super excited to receive my February subscription from Innocent + Twisted Alchemy.  Their January subscription impressed me so much that I promptly resubscribed and awaited the beautiful shades for the month of love.

the package it came in

How cute is this candy hearts bag??

Instead of the normal 3 clamshells in the subscriptions, Linda included a bonus fourth that was made for Black Violet which she had extras of (yay!).  There were also five extra samples from other companies which were great.