My Pick, Meow's Halloween. Last Year

Hi!

I was bored so I thought I'd show you my favourites from the halloween collections Meow Cosmetics released last year, and luckily, THIS YEAR!! YAY!!

Looking over my pictures I did forget at least one, but it was in a baggy and therefore, forgotten! Poor baggies. They go to makeup limbo. I have some good stuff in there but unless I see it in it's jarred glory, tis forgotten :(

DAMMIT! Going through the colour charts I forgot another that wasn't in a bag, I'm just a turd. I guess I'll have to do a part DEUX!

But whatever, not what this post is about!

If you kidnap my brain, here are the colours you would love the most. As always, click the pics again and again to blow them babies up :)

Swatched on primer above, FPE below

Top group:
Full Moon - Zombies, "White that actually glows yellow with subtle blue undertones." Yup, at first I though it had a bit of green in the sheen but when Meow's site mentions blue, it makes sense I'd see that, yellow and blue make green. I R so smrt.

Skelecat - Zombies, "White with gold and green iridescence" This one to me looks like a cream colour when the light doesn't hit it, but when it does, BAMMO! GREEN! I love it.
Full Moom, Skelecat and Spellbinding (my forgotten jarred beauty) are my pics for highligher.

Broken Mirror - Friday the 13th, "shiny silver with green iridescence and multicolor fire" from certain angles this shade looks a bit purple with that lovely green on top.

Spell - Friday the 13th, "chromatic cerulean blue with green iridecent fire and aqua glow" LOVE IT. Remember, I'm not too fond of blues most days. Can't risk resembling a prostitute in the 80's but this blue really is magical. This shade looks best over FPE to keep that green overlay trapped in.

Witch's Brew - Zombie, "Bright acid green". Exactly. Although it is a bit matte. It gets a bit muddy over FPE, but that can also be the colour itself. It does remind me of a grubby witch. In a totally cool way of course, or it wouldn't be in my picks! :)

Supernatural - Friday the 13th, "golden celadon green with orange/pink iridescence and fire" I don't see much green for this one, more of a really unique golden shade with that orangey-pink iridescence mixed in.

Bottom group:
Skeptic - Friday the 13th, "this one will make a believer out of you! bright periwinkle with copper and pink iridescent color changing fire" WICKED! This one is also best used with FPE to get that pink to stay. Also, my brush was a bit damp and I found this made the pink stay even better. I will try that with Spell one day!

Cadaver - Dance of Death, "a creepy sage toned organic green with golden iridecence" This one has always been one of my favourite greens. It just seems to have so much in it that sets it apart from other greens. It also has teeny blue sparkles in it, so small I can't actually tell if they are green or blue, but there's something in there, and it's awesome.

Asylum - Dance of Death, "gleaming teal loaded with green iridescence and blue and green sparkle" Another blue I <3, I think I learned that if you pack a blue shadow with awesome sparks I will wear it, or at least gawk over the jar. I bought this with my 2nd halloween order last year because in the bag it looked blah but once I swatched it, I was kicking my own ass and had to make another order. And I love the name. Asylum's creep the hell out of me. The stuff they would do to "crazy" people back then are scary as fuck.Blood Lust - Zombie, "Coppery Red with gold iridescence" It's not a true blood red like you'd expect from such a name, but still really pretty red. I would pair this with a gold like I did here

Coffin - Dance of Death, Liner, "coffin-copper shade with metallic umber undertones" You already know how much I love this one. I even have a back up from last year in case I ran out. Looks HAWT with blue shadows as seen here because of it's dark red tone to it.

Accident - Friday the 13th, "metallic copper lame with a dark undertone and gleaming metallic iridescent fire-Wetlines:RED!" This one is the most tricky shade out of my entire collection. It looks like a cream shade with a slight coppery red to it but once on skin it darkens like mad and the red pops out. I used it as the crease here
NICE!





Group 1, blurred pic shows the iridescent tones better




Group 2, blurred pic shows the iridescent tones better



I'm still, STILL working on that giveaway winner. I made it too hard by making extra points because I have to double check everywhaaaaare. OYE! But I'll get to it. I am the queen of procrastination. High school sucked for me. We were on the Copernican scale, not sure exactly what that meant but I had only 2 classes a day until the next quarter. So if I had a project I'd tell myself, meh I'll do it for homework. When I didn't do that I'd say, MEH, I'll do it in the morning. I'd skip that, MEH, I'll do it in first break or lunch. DAMMIT CLASS IS IN! Oh wells, I have another break coming up, I'll do it then. I'd wait till the friggin last moment.

That's how I roll.

:)

Whoops, forgot to give shop links!

Dance of Death

Zombies

Friday the 13th

Also, this weekend only save 15%: catlumbus
and free shipping (International orders must be over $50 | Canadian orders must be over $30)

AND THERE'S MOOOOOOORE, 3 Alien colours that were missed the first round:
Xenophobe
Area 51
Gray Matter

Phyrra's BftE Giveaway

I'm a tool, I forgot to mention Phyrra's sweet ass giveaway

If you enter you could win a friggin adorable tin with BftE's new Wizard of Oz-some Collection!

You has 1 WEEK! GO. NOW. NO! DON'T LOOK AT ME! JUST GO! Get your ass down that yellow brick road dammit! Too harsh?
:)


msawesomeladyspicturenotmine


That be the magic yo.

Colour Charts for Aromaleigh's Wonderstruck and Spells!

Hullo hullo!

Miss K has posted on her blog the colour charts for both Wonderstruck and Spells!

Wonderstruck


Spells!


Click on the links in the text to get your sample sets and check out her awesome skin swatches!

There are so many colours I'd want I won't even bother listing them, you'd just get bored of me :D

What I did for my cousin lady's wedding!

First off, not my best work. I was extremely rushed and didn't have a plan. At all. She (my awesome cousin bride) wanted us both to have smokey eyes and I did my best in probably 10 minutes. I've never put makeup on so freakin fast in my LIFE. And that's including foundation and blush. I just knew I had to get it done and do hers still as her hair was getting done.
We missed out on the hair appointment so we were literally running down the Vegas strip trying to find a cheap salon or a friggin curling iron! Walgreens saved the day!
After I did my makeup we had something like 40 minutes until the limo came and it didn't pop into my head to do her makeup at the SAME TIME as she's getting her hair done for a few more minutes still. DDDUUUHHH on me.

Double duh on me because I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE BRIDE! I frikkin fail so hard at this point, but really, just glad we managed to get 3 hair do's down and 2 faces made up and us dressed in under an hour.

So here's what I used for both of us.

TSFI
Lid: Meow Spider Monkey
Crease: MAC HK Lucky Tom (I think it's called)
It wasn't dark enough
CREASE REMIX! Meow's Illegal in 50 States
mucho bettah
Browbone: Champagney Ivory highlight colour from a company long closed down. I'm hoping Fyrinnae's Finnegan's Wake will be my happy replacement :)
Liner above and below: MAC Black Line




Ick, even my brows look like crap. Oh well :D
My cousin loved it so much she managed to stalk down 2 Black Line pencils and was able to order Spider Monkey right before it was taken down on Meow's site last night. I did good, I was able to link her the pages and find her the sale coupon in time!! Go me! :D I am the greatest enabler EVAR!

Speaking of awesome things. Returned my 2 MAC Mineralize shadows that looked like my Meow ones, got my money back, bought a book and placed a Fyrinnae order and still had $10 left over. Rock.and.roll.

dinosaur plushie. You are mine.

Pet Peeve, Girls who wear makeup are are insecure

I really do get annoyed whenever I hear that people wear makeup because they are insecure and don't like showing what they actually look like.

Well buddy, wearing makeup is what I actually look like because it's one of those things that make me, me.

I wouldn't leave the house without brushing my hair, does that make me insecure also? What's so wrong with wanting to try to put your best face forward, even if it's not perfect.

Makeup is fun, it's a little escape from the boring things in life, work, taxes, bills, reality tv... and it's something I get to play with everyday and I feel very lucky for that.

Have you ever tried to put makeup on someone who doesn't wear any? Or do you remember the first time you wore some?

I do, I was 12 and wore brown eyeliner and mascara. It felt weird and uncomfortable. But it's because I felt I looked different than normal.
Now, it's the complete opposite. If I don't wear makeup, I feel weird and uncomfortable just because I know people are used to seeing 1 face, my made up one.
If I don't wear anything, I get comments, "gee you look tired". Thanks.
So I'll skip having people wondering if I am sleepy or not, by not skimping on foundation and mascara.

I remember getting teased the first time I wore blush, the first time I plucked my brows. Those same people are the same that make the sleepy comments when you go without. People you know will talk about other people no matter what face you put on. The part to work on, is not giving a shit what other people think. It's hard but once they are done spinning their little gears, they'll move on to another topic.

I know strangers won't care either way. Can you remember a single face you saw yesterday that wasn't a co-worker or family member? Meeeee neither.

Sure without makeup, I feel like a troll. But you know what? I have days where I feel like an ugly troll WITH MAKEUP! It goes both ways. Only one face took longer to achieve temporary disappointment.

Everybody has a hobby, my older brother does sketching, younger brother fixes/makes cars cooler (he's chopping a rat-rod), mine is playing with makeup. The colours, the finishes, the sparkle. I love it all. There's nothing wrong with that. Sure if my house burned down and I lost everything, one of the things I would miss would be my collection. Not because I couldn't do my face up, but because I spent so damn much on it and most of it would be impossible to get back. Yeah, I'm pretty material like that. I'd also be sad my perfume probably exploded and perfume has nothing to do with appearance. Not to my boyfriend anyway, he can't smell anything most of the time. But that little collection has been going on for years. I have some good stuff in there! To me anyways.

It's like if a person who loves beadwork had some kid come in and smash down their wall of beads. They'd be pretty upset. All that time and money, all over the floor, mixed up. Good luck sorting seed beads :s

Yeah, in the end it's just stuff. But it's stuff I really like, that just happens to go on my face. If I wanna go out bare, I'll go out bare. Not likely, because then I wouldn't get my playtime in!

I'm sure some people who do wear makeup are insecure but some bare faced people are too, it goes both ways. Don't just assume that because I wear bright yellow eyeshadow, that I'm trying to hide something. You know what they say when you assume, you ass.

So as my big FUCK YOU to whoever says that chicks who wear makeup are just wearing masks to hide their face, here's my bare face. Nothing to hide. It's now in the interwebz and I am fine with this.




Nothing special. Spots galore. Hello uneven skin to the max. I even kind of look like a dude. So it's my mini challenge to make it even. To improve. It's fun! I wouldn't blog about it, if it wasn't!

I've seen other awesome blog ladies with their bare faces, Phyrra, BLIX, Heather for her concealer review, and they are still beautiful, makeup just makes us a lil sparklier that's all :) And sparkle kicks ass.

All Hallows Eve, MEOW STYLE

Well, incase you weren't poor enough, Meow has released their shimmery haunted beauties today along with 3 new collections I haven't seen before.

First up, Alien Abduction



Then we have Shattered Equinox



And Sunless Sea




OH MAN!! I just grabbed a boatload of samples for these dudes.

Also, HALLOWEEN Y'ALL!

Get your own COFFIN! Dance of Death collection



Meow Zombies




And Friday the 13 again



I shall be returning my 2 new MAC Disney mineralize shadows and focusing on INDIE. I don't know why I grabbed them anyway. Meow's Necromancer, Warlock and Witch are damn near close enough, and I already have them! Dumb dumb moi.

Aromaleigh's Last Collections

That's right peeps! I used a plural.

For those still able to order, you may be super giddy to hear that Kristen will be releasing 3 more collections!

They were created using up what was left of her supplies and the for the awesome ideas, she had help from her son :)

First collection is Mythos, based on her son's love of mythology.



More info on her blog.

Collection 2 Wonderstruck is based on Alice in Wonderland and collection 3, my fav sounding one so far, SPELLS! Based on frikkin HARRY POTTER!! Nice!

I can't wait to see the other charts. Pretty colours make me smile :)

International suspension and such still apply. I still like looking :D