Shiro Cosmetics Black Friday 2015 Swatches

Okay, I know I'm supposed to be catching up on posts and this one says "Black Friday", but I'm not as late as it seems!  I made a Shiro order during their Black Friday sale and picked up almost all the discontinuing Minecraft shades as well as several other newly released goodies.  I picked up the CotM (Senpai Noticed Me!), the new trio based on tree puns, and two Femme Fatale shades.  There was also a GWP for retail employees during the holiday season again.

Before I received my order, Shiro came out with their new CotM called "Sugar Plum Harry", so I emailed and asked if it could be added on.  My order shipped the next day and the owner, Caitlin, emailed me back saying it wasn't added on, but since I emailed before shipping, she would ship it to me for free :)  After I received my package, I noticed some leaky jars due to sifter stickers not applied correctly and a missing shadows as well.  I emailed Caitlin yet again and she apologized and shipped out the missing shadow and some extra labels for me :)  She's an absolute delight to communicate with and always responded promptly even though it was the holiday weekend.

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

Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.

Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.:  mustard with gold shimmers

The Red Gallows

The Red Gallows:  matte burgundy

Gift of Toadstool

Gift of Toadstool:  beautiful dark brown base with purple sparkles and green shimmers

Shiro Cosmetics and Femme Fatale Mini Haul Swatches and Review

I bought a few shadows from Shiro and Femme Fatale (sold on Shiro's site) a few weeks ago and have had a good amount of time testing them out.  When I found out Femme Fatale's famous Candied Apple shade was in stock, I hurried to pick it up because it's raved about by everyone.  I also picked up several others that I had wondered about.  Let me tell you, I'm thoroughly impressed by FF's eyeshadow formula!  They shades were all buttery, smooth, and pigmented over regular primer.  Now that they are on my radar, I'll be keeping my eye out for destashes and group buys!

Awesome drawing of a wolf howling at a blood moon

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

Is MAYonnaise an Instrument?

Is MAYonnaise an Instrument?: orange coral with green and red sparkles

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

Shiro Cosmetics No Oscar for Leo DiCaprio, Lavender Town, and Nightfury - Swatches and Review

I have a small Shiro review for you guys today!  Awhile ago, someone from Shiro's team "accidentally" blended a batch of old CotM "No Oscar for Leo DiCaprio".  Now I'm not sure how accidents like that happen, but I'm super happy about it.  No Oscar was actually released and discontinued before I discovered indies, so I didn't have a chance to get it then.  Several of the Super Effective shadows also got discontinued and the leftovers were blended together to create the lovely "Lavender Town".  I used this chance to pick both of those up as well as the current CotM "Nightfury", a Minecraft sample that I'd been looking at for awhile, and a sample of her famous Finishing Powder.

I'm used to waiting weeks upon weeks for Shiro to ship my order, however, this time they shipped it lightning fast.  I believe I waited about two business days before I got my shipping notice!  In my order, I had asked for Detrivore samples and a picture of Doraemon sitting on TARDIS.  As usual, Caitlin did not disappoint:

Pictures taken under daylight bulb and swatched over ELF Essential Primer (click to enlarge)

No Oscar for Leo DiCaprio

No Oscar for Leo DiCaprio:  shimmery bronze with red sparkles.  I find this hilarious as it's a running joke how Leo really deserves an Oscar yet it always escapes him.  I really can't wait to pair this up with Still No Oscar for Leo DiCaprio.

Shiro Cosmetics 4th Anniversary Sale - Swatches and Review

Hi everyone!  It's been a long time since I've made a Shiro order and I decided to wait until their 4th anniversary sale to do so.  For that sale, you get 15% off your order and if you spend over a certain amount, you get a free full-sized shadow of their birthday color "The Fourth Be With You".  I just really wanted to pick up the discontinued Intertubes and a tube of lip gloss since everyone raves about Shiro's lip gloss formula.

I asked for a drawing of Catbus licking Totoro.  I love his face here haha and Catbus makes me laugh everytime.

Innocent + Twisted Alchemy April 2014 Subscription - Review and Swatches

Okay, I think I deserve a huge round of applause this time.  I received my package TODAY and I'm already blogging about it (woot woot!).  I'm pretty sure this is the fastest I've ever gotten a blog post up..  

Anyway, this is a review on my April subscription box from Innocent + Twisted Alchemy.  After reading her product and company list, I was super stoked to see that Little Sparrow Cosmetics was one of them.  I had read rave reviews on their Lip Jellies and have wanted to try for so long.  I eagerly tore open the goodies and found that there was a mini Lip Jelly included - YAY!

Detrivore Cosmetics - First Impression and Swatches

Hi everyone!  I have a review from Detrivore Cosmetics for you today.  This is actually very belated since I ordered during Black Friday; it took a long time to ship but I didn't mind.  Detrivore always gets rave reviews, so I wanted to try them out.  I ordered 7 samples only and it took a few weeks to get here because the owner was having personal problems.  The problems have been resolved now and the company is now being helped out by Shiro Cosmetics.

I really like the overall theme of this company; it seems to deal with all things macabre and creepy.  It's right up my alley, as is Notoriously Morbid.