Review: Colour Pop Co. LBB and Blood Lippies, Birthday Girl Shadow

In terms of finding the Makeup Brands that I like, so far Colour Pop Cosmetics is up there. I've been trying to acquire a few products from everywhere, and I ordered their lippie sticks "Blood" and "LBB" a while back. At the time, they included a limited edition shadow for their company's birthday entitled "Birthday Girl".

From left to right, the swatches shown are LBB, Blood, And Birthday Girl.

LBB is a lovely "frosted berry" kind of color and, from swatches I have seen, seems to be a very close (if not spot on) dupe for Melt Cosmetics "Dark Room". Plus, it's only 5 bucks! Whut?! It stays put pretty well, only needing a minute touch up after meals. It's listed as a matte, but I find it on the creamy side as far as lipsticks go (although, I have no problem with that). Also, when I opened this lipstick and Blood, I was greeted by a lovely vanilla smell that I've grown fond of. 

Blood is listed as matte also, and is on the creamy side as well, in my opinion. However, it's a lovely dark red, not the vibrant, "Look at me!" kind. There is a time and a place for both types ;) very sultry, if that's what you're going for. Stays on all day, just like the former.  

I know Birthday Girl looks hard to see here, but it's a fabulous, pigmented gold shimmer that shows up wonderfully on the eyes or wherever else. It is full of sparkles and hopefully at some point they bring it back!

Honestly, I'm in love. I hope to buy many more things from Colour Pop Cosmetics, and at $5 a pop on lippie stix, pencils, and eyeshadows, it's hard to not want everything. There will be more reviews in the future, as they have introduced many new things :) 

-ACertainGemini

Egyptian Eyebrows!!!

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics "Technopagan" Review

I've heard many great things about OCC's lip tars, and the lip art created with their products is without equal. So, of course, I had to try it for myself!

"Technopagan" is a lovely purple with a metallic shimmer that is put on with a lip brush.

First Impression:
The packaging is lovely and usable, to keep the product divided in a makeup bag whilst still being able to see what it is. The little lip brush it comes with is also surprisingly good quality.

The pigmentation is fabulous and the swatch on my lips is without a primer or pencil liner. It paints on like a gloss and then sets to a "metallic" finish after a few minutes, which is a bit of a cross between creme and matte.

After eating and drinking, it needed major reapplication, but the color stays fairly well for a few hours before needing touched up without food or drink. If you don't use a pencil to line your lips (eyeliner pencils would work just fine for this shade) there will be feathering around the edges, so keep that in mind. Also, it has an interesting texture after it dries, and can feel "built up" around the edges, but that may just be because of the absence of a primer. 

Hope that helps in your makeup purchasing endeavors!

-ACetainGemini 

Happy Fourth!

Hope y'all saw some fireworks, I sure did! Not to mention, I painted a few.

I know, I know. It was my first attempt at a lipart pic, please be kind. Thanks ;)

-ACertainGemini

BLUE, BLUE EVERYTHING

So... I like blue. I also like geometric designs and crazy contouring. This look was mostly done with blue and white eyeshadows for the base, and an array of bodypaints for the designs. The lips are Jeffree Star's "Blue Velvet", which you can purchase here. Thoughts? Personally, I'm diggin the purple eyebrows. 

-ACertainGemini

What Face Painters Do In Their Free Time...

Mess around, of course! Practice makes perfect ;)

-ACertainGemini

Jeffree Star Cosmetics "Blue Velvet" Review

Recently, I purchased Jeffree Star's "Blue Velvet" from his cosmetic line, and it was my first run in with his lip products. I was veeeery excited to try his liquid to matte lipstick, especially in blue (it's my favorite color), because he gives equal value to "Alternative" lipstick colors. When he first launched, he offered 3 shades, a red, a pink, and a PURPLE. Highly unusual and highly AWESOME, so he already commanded a great amount of respect for me. When he said he was releasing a line of blues in my birthday month (June), I decided it was time to give his product a try.

First Impression:

The lipstick came wrapped up in this cute little Jeffree Tissue paper and had veeeery blue packaging. From the swatches I had seen online, it looked like it would be a more royal blue shade, which was what I was hoping for.

  After wearing it several times with many different things, I found that for my skin tone, the color came out a lot darker on. I almost thought I was wearing the darkest blue released, "Abused", by mistake the first time I put it on. I'm so pale, any kind of dark lipstick I wear just looks darker against my skin.

Against this face that I did, which featured blue contouring, the color looked more blue, like I had originally expected.

Featured on my top lip here, the color looked darker and more intense against my natural skin tone.

Honestly, this shade was not what I expected, but I still like it. It comes off as more intense than I intended, but sometimes that's what a look needs. It's very pigmented and dries relatively quickly (1-2 minutes). It is a true matte, and didn't come off when I kissed my BF (a kiss, not making out), and needed very little touching up after eating. Applying lipgloss over it, however, should be done with care, it can ruin the finish and move the product around. 

I kind of wish there was an optional "Sealer Gloss" like Maybelline NY has for their liquid lipstick, just to hold it on longer, but other than that I have very few complaints. Good job, Jeffree ;)

-ACertainGemini <3 

Wedding Makeup!

When attending a wedding, I always try to look my best, but not completely crazy like my normal makeup style. Honestly, it's because that day belongs to the couple and I don't want to pull any attention, however little, form them and their happiness. This look is what I wore to the most recent wedding I attended and was also my first run in with this new EcoTools brush set I bought. I'm pretty proud :)

I tried to keep the look warm with the coppers and whites, and used a green liner to accentuate the green of my eyes. Plus a little white liner on the waterline above the green liner makes the eyes appear bigger and more doe-like. Nude lips with a bit of sparkle were to softly complement everything. Thoughts?

-ACertainGemini