Venomous Cosmetics Haul & Review

Hey Guys,

     A couple weeks ago I made a purchase from Venomous Cosmetics - picking up a few Loose Shadow Samples and some Pressed Shadows as well as a Lip Poison. Tracy (the owner) was a few days late in shipping my order and was nice enough to throw in a whole heap of extra sample baggies for me =)

All swatches are applied dry over foundation

Loose Shadows Samples:

 

Each contain all the ingredients listed below the name

Sunspot, Boomslang, Rosie, Bravest Astronaut

Beaches in Maui, Faraway Galaxy, Blue-Ringed Octopus, Pegasus
Platypus, Gila Monster, Monster Under Your Bed, Green Mamba

Swatches

(same order as written above)

Pressed Shadow Samples: (the palette shown here is sold separately)

 Samples are all labelled with their colour codes - letter indicates the collection and number is the number of the shadow

 The palletes hold upto 25 sample shadows and 9 of the regular sizes

Centipede, Extraterrestrial, Solar Flare, Ogopogo, Jersey Devil
Sea Urchin, Can't Give You Paris, Tazelwurm, Margaritas in Mexico City, Mermaid, Gremlin

(Same order as above)

Lip Poison:

Couldn't get my camera to capture this very well but this is seriously one bright ass pink and opaque in 2 swipes =)

My Review:

Im IN LOVE! These shadows are so beautifully pigmented and come in such a wide range of colours. I especially love the idea that they offer pressed shadows. The press shadows are on the softer side so you do have to be careful no the stab them.

The prices of the products are amazing too
Pressed Samples - $2.00
Pressed Full Sizes - $6.50
LS Samples - $1 (baggie)
LS Full Sizes - $ 6.50 (jar with a sifter)
Lip Poison Sample - $3.50
Lip Poison Full Size - $5.00

The website was super easy to navigate (always a plus) as was the checkout. Shipping costs were also really cheap, it was $4USD to ship to Australia.

The only downside is that I can see so far is that I don't like how the pressed samples are labelled with the letters and numbers because im hopeless and can never remember what they stand for. Ow well, its not like you can write the name on those little pans =P


Have you guys tried any of the Venomous Cosmetics products? what do u think of them?

Haulin'

Hey everyone,

So i was a bit naughty today and bought a few things when i went shopping with my friend (which i really shouldnt have done since im trying to save for IMATS next weekend =D)

In terms of makeup i ended up getting 3 NYX jumbo pencils (my first's ever !) and an LA Girls fineline liquid liner

I went a little bit crazy here testing out the liner on the back of my hand.
I was really inpressed by it - everything you see here was drawn using the tip of the marker.
However when i rubbed it did fade a bit =(

I got the colours Orange, Yellow and Cherry

One swipe of each on the back of my hand - freaking awesome! didnt expect them to be so creamy

What they look like smudged =)

Hope you're all having a good weekend! xx

Hi-Fi Cosmetics swatches and Mini Review

Hey guys!

A while ago I placed my first order with Hi-Fi Cosmetics. I got the 20 sample pack and one of their lip glazers. When i got my package there were a few extra sample shadows along with the 20 I had already ordered. Unfortunately the Lip Glaze wasn’t in the order. I emailed Veronica of Hi-Fi about the missing item in the order and I received a reply very quickly saying she was sorry and that she would send one out with a few extras for the inconvenience. I thought this was very nice of her and I think that what she sent me with the missing item was extremely generous (2 full sized shadows, 5 extra sample baggies and an extra lip glazer)

Anyways here are photos of my Hi-Fi collection, along with swatches and a mini review for you all

Swatches:

Line 1: In Bloom, Punk Rocker, Live By Passion, Bounce, Pixies, Things That Cannot Speak, Eat Me Drink Me.

Line 2: Rising Tide, Queen Of Disaster, Cheap Tricks, The Cyanide You Drank, The Jungle, Unpredictable (Paparazzi Flash Glitter, applied over Pixie Epoxy), Arsonist

Line 3: Mind Manipulation, Living Fire, Pointless Intervention, Hot Rod, Sugar, Lyrical Master, Kiss In The Sand

Line 4: Bad Seed, Wanted, Us Or The Hatchet, Swimming Through Ashes, Blackened Soul.

Full Sized Shadows: Don’t Forget The Violence, Forsaken, Old Fashion Fascism

Lip Glazers:

 

Pros:

- All the shadows are highly pigment
- Easy to apply (not chalky)

- Fairly Cheap; a 20 sample collection is only $14.99USD

- Hi-Fi customer service is excellent

- there is a huuuge range of colours (over 180)

Cons:

- International Shipping can take a while (about 3 weeks) but it’s totally worth it

 
I was extremly happy with my Hi-Fi Cosmetics purchase, i will definatly be purchasing from them again
Im most interested in grabbing the:
- High Impact Shadow Fix
- Beat Box Shadow
- Amore Gel Blush
-Fat Tuesday Eye Glitter
- New Age Eye Glitter
- Art Is Forever Lip Glaze
- On A Bender Lip Glaze
 
I apologise for my photos being against a blue background, i didnt realise when i was taking them that it would give then a blue colour, ow well. If you want any close-ups of any of the colours let me know in the comments below and i will be more than happy to post more pictures for you ^_^
 
xx

Haulage!

Hey guys
(wow yeah i know, 2 posts in one day!)
As you can probably tell from the lack of haul posts that i havent really been buying new products, but today i kind of went on a little splurge at my local priceline. Here's what i got:

Swatches:

(From Bottom Upwards)
Australis Colour Max Lippie, Stealing Beauty
Australis Moisture Intense Lippie, Candy
Australis Lip Sheer Gloss

Australis Shimmerstick, Pink Panther

Australis Eyeshadow palette, Night Fever

Beauty Style, Liquid Eye Liner, Blue Monday
Beauty Style Shadow, Orchid
Beauty Style Shadow, Deep Pink

Hope you all enjoyed that ^_^

Glamour Doll Eyes Swatches and Initial Thoughts

Hey everyone

If you remember a while ago i purchased a few samples from Glamour Doll Eyes. I finally recieved my order today after waiting 12 days for it to arrive in the post.

At this point in time I dont know if i will be ordering from them again as it did take a month to process my order and send it, even though at the time my order was placed their site stated it would only take 2 weeks to process orders. =/ However i did notice that the week after i placed my order the processing time on their site had chaned to 2-4 weeks, so i guess they got really busy over Halloween.

So all together i grabbed 13 samples, it worked out cheaper to get the colours i wanted in her collections that get them individually so i opted for that.

*colour descriptions are taken straight from the Glamour Dolls website*

- The Jelly Beans Collection [sadly this collection isn't being offered anymore]

  >Strawberry Cupcake: pretty pink not too bright and not too light
  > Pixie: (couldnt find a proper description) shimmery pink with a slight peach tinge
  > Blueberry Lush: bright blue with medium sheen
  > Sugar Plum: gorgeous light purple

  > Gold Digger: gold
  > Graffiti: matte black with lime glitter

- Bad Gal Collection

  > Violet: pale violet

  > Secretive: soft pink with low sheen

  > Dirty Jeans:  teal grean that rubs into a blue-green with gold hues

  > Leather & Lace: matte black with pink glitter

- Geeky But Glam Collection

  > Fabulous!: an amazing teal

  > Sterling Gitz: a silvery diamond glitter shade

  > Pinky Swear: bright fuschia with pearl finish

  > Glam Girl: super bright purple

- Fabulous!(individual sample) - teal

 

Line1: Leather & Lace, Sterling Glitz, Graffiti, Gold Digger

Line2: Blueberry Lush, Fabulous (x2), Dirty Jeans

Line3: Sugar Plum, Glam Girl, Violet, Pinky Swear

Line4: Pixie, Secretive, Strawberry Cupcake

Line1: Leather & Lace, Sterling Glitz, Graffiti, Gold Digger

Annoyingly neither Leather & Lace or Graffiti had any visible glitter in them. The formula was a bit grainy so im assuming that there was glitter in it, you just cant tell when you use it....

 

Line2: Blueberry Lush, Fabulous, Dirty Jeans

I did my best to capture the gold sheen in Dirty Jeans, which i think came out quite good ^_^ considering im normally whinging about my cameras inability to capture the different hues in some of my pigments

 

Line3: Sugar Plum, Glam Girl, Violet, Pinky Swear

Violet was a bit of a let down, its not as sheer as it appears here, but it isnt as vibrant as i would have expected. Pinky Swear was probably the most suprising because as i moved it under the light a blue hue was brought out of which was gorgeous (insert whinging about stupid camera here -.-" ) 

 

Line4: Pixie, Secretive, Strawberry Cupcake

I think the angle that i was taking this photo was just plain wrong - all these shades are much brighter and Secretive even has a hot pink highlight to it when moved under the light =/

I think my favourite colours are

- Dirty Jeans

- Sugar Plum

- Fabulous

- Pinky Swear

- Secretive

- Sterling Glitz

Have you ever ordered from Glamour Doll Eyes?

What do you think of their colours?

Has anybody else had the same problem with Leather & Lace and Graffitit?

x

Fyrinnae Haul & Swatches

And Finally...FYRINNAE!
This time round my order was huge, mainly because my sister wanted a few things too so we just ordered together and saved having to wait for two separate parcels.

From Left to Right:-
Line1: Sleepy Hallow, Cupcakes & Sprinkles, Anemone, Mystic, Love Potion
Line2: Dressed To Kill, Faerie Realm, Avenging Salem, Archmage, City Lights: Las Vegas (glitter)
Line3: Snow Bunny, Shinigami, Healers Touch, Mephisto, Pumpkinfire

Line1: Sleepy Hallow, Cupcakes & Sprinkles, Anemone, Mystic, Love Potion
omg i LOVE Cupcakes & Sprinkles! its the most amazing lilac colour i just cant get enough of it. Sleepy Hallow and Anemone are also gorgeous. Sleepy Hallow had purple sparkles embedded in to it, i just couldn't get my camera to focus on it :(


Line2: Dressed To Kill, Faerie Realm, Avenging Salem, Archmage, City Lights: Las Vegas (glitter)
Avenging Salem is a black base with dark red highlights and awesome red glitter, which once again my camera wouldn't pick up.

Line3: Snow Bunny, Shinigami, Healers Touch, Mephisto, Pumpkinfire
Snow Bunny is a really cute lavender shade with pink reflects. Shinigami is actually a royal purple with blue and red reflects and Pumpkinfire is a matte black base filled with orange glitter

I forgot to add these in the other pile...how embarrassing.
Platinum, Fyre & Ice, Gilded Wings

beautiful i think Fyre & Ice is a black base filled with rainbow glitter; makes me so excited watching it shimmer under lights. Gilded Wings (i got it as a free sample) is from Fyrinnae's Pro range and its soooI'm going to HAVE to more of it.

Lip Lustre's: Shangri-la, Glitter Kittiez and Diabolic Masquerade

These colours come up almost exactly as you see here when applied on the lips, the only difference is that my natural lip colour does change how vibrant Shangri-la and Glitter Kittiez comes out

Most of these shades came from the Halloween collection, which if you haven't picked up i highly recommend you do., although as far as I'm aware the colours are permanent.

Have you guys bought any Halloween collections from other companies? What did you think?

xx

Evil Shades Haul and Review

Hey guys

Back again!

After i published my last post i went outside and what do u think i found on my doorstep?

My Evil Shades order!

I actually ripped open the box the second i saw it - i was that excited after seeing Phyrra use some of their shades, i was pretty much keeping my ears out for the postman everyday till he finally dropped it off ^_^

The things i ordered were:

- A complete sample set of all 15 shadows they offered

- 3 of their lip glosses

There were so many that i swatched them in colour groups (i don't know why colours just seemed logical).

(From Left to Right) Sinister, Banshee, Acolyte, Abyss, Mysteria, Suffocation

Panic, Zombie, Coffin, Erinnye

Coffin and Erinnye confused me for a bit when i swatched them. I thought that i had swatched the same colour twice but when i moved it under the light i saw the Erinnye had more a dark copper undertone to it and a lot of silver sparkles while Coffin was a bit lighter and had a satin finish to it.

Moonlight, Silver Bullet

This was really annoying to photograph - basically Silver Bullet is more a platinum silver than white that this showing.

Double Barrel, 13th Hour, Devils Bonfire, Venom

Double Barrel and 13th Hour was another confusion for me lol. But even though this photo doesn't show it, 13th Hour actually has a really pretty purple finish to it that comes up in different lights - i just couldn't get my camera to capture it =(

13th Hour, Venom, Lethal Kiss

When applied onto my lips these aren't so pigmented, they give more of a "stained" effect. However i still really like them. They are really smooth, and super moisturising believe it or not. Sadly their staying power isn't all that good but honestly i don't really care, i still love them.

Overall i really like this company. They have fantastic products, their comunication is excellent and their shipping is also really fast. ow did i mention how affordable they are?

It's run by Evil Angel (check out her blog!), and she makes all the products herself. Including some really cute jewellery that's just been released. The colours are amazingly pigmented, all these swatches only took a minuscule amount of product applied with my pinky finger :)

I'm really looking forward to using these shadows and i will be looking for an excuse to go out just so i can wear them ^_^

Have any of you bought anything from Evil Shades? What did you get? What other indie cosmetics companies do you purchase from? Would love to hear your thoughts

xx

This is just a lil something for my favourite B-tard ^_^