Easter Inspired Look

Easter is this weekend, time flies doesn't it? I thought I should do a Easter inspired look to celebrate the occasion. My inspiration for this came from mini eggs! Chocolate and pastel colours, I actually really like it, which is odd for me where it comes to pastels.

Used: Darling Girl Death by Unicorn on the inner corner and inner half of the crease, Shiro Farore's Wind on the outer corner and outer half of the crease, Detrivore Hypothesis on the lid, Victorian Disco Shadowform as a liner, Victorian Disco Zangermarsh brows and L'Oreal Miss Manga mascara.

Happy Easter!

Red Liner (inspired by Sharon Farrell)

Ever since I saw this really awesome looking use of red eyeliner  by Sharon Farrell (who, fyi is a really awesome makeup artist and you should all go subscribe to her youtube channel here) I really wanted to give it a go. Red isn't a colour you ever really think to use as a liner (outside of creative artsy looks) but actually it looks amazing. Since I have a much underloved burgundy eyeshadow I finally put it to use.

Used: Shiro Heart Attack as eyeliner, Kiss My Sass Meteor in the crease, Detrivore Autopsy over the lid. Eyeko skinny liner to define the eye and add a bit of a darker line (in place of the false lashes Sharon used).

Really the main focus here is the liner, and Heart Attack is an utterly beautiful colour.  

The Hieroglyph Lies

 I wanted to experiment with gold and purple and reversing the usual ways I use these two colours together, which tends to be either as a gold highlight in the middle or gold on the lid with a purple crease. Here I used the gold on the crease, with a purple lid using one of my lesser used purples. I hope you like it, I really enjoyed this look.

Used: Victorian Disco The Life and Lies and Room of Requirement on the lid, Meow Heiroglyph on the crease blended out into Detrivore's Autopsy as a highlight. The liner is Black Rose Minerals Jet and Eyeko skinny liner to define.

Bonus full face shots! 

Shiro (and Detrivore) Swatch Post

Aaages ago I did a Shiro haul, I'm finally posting the pictures. Most of these shadows and lip colours are actually available unlike the Darling Girl haul I posted earlier. This haul also includes a few Detrivore shadows, as Shiro now stock Detrivore. As before all the shadows and lip products are photographed in natural light. Lip products are swatched on bare skin, eyeshadows are swatched over primer on the left and pixie epoxy on the right. Descriptions are all straight from the Shiro website.

First up these are the three Shiro shades I bought; I Loved A Maid, Chimera and Kooloo-Limpa

I loved a maid as fair as summer, with the sunlight in her hair. She was a crofter’s daughter. And she loved me.

I Loved A Maid is a green-shifting gold shining out over a base of softened Lannister crimson. Lip-safe!

The fusing of animals with human beings oftentimes produces tragic results, but that’s the price of scientific advancement. Cave Johnson would approve!

Chimera is a complex and unique blend – looks coppery in the jar, then applies as tarnished gold and silver shimmer over a blackened background. Lip-safe!

Kooloo Limpa - Satiny peach with green and red sparkles. Lip safe!

Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah! I may be 32, but I still believe I am a fairy.

And these are the three Detrivore shades I picked up; Hypothesis, Autopsy and Scar

Hypothesis is a medium satin taupe with subtle pink tones.

Autopsy is a matte cream highlight.

Scar is a pale taupe with a violet shift.

And finally the GWP, Hodor

“Hodor,” hodored Hodor. “Hodor hodor hodor!”

“HODOR, STOP HODORING.”

Hodor is a medium near-matte taupe. Lip-safe!

These are the lip products I picked up, two of the Miyazaki inspired balm stains and a sample of one of the new Nic Cage Through the Ages lipglosses

Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can’t remember.

It's Called Love - Summery medium coral, a match for our former Why Not Zoidberg color.

A heart’s a heavy burden.

Who Swallowed a Star - Bright coral-orange in the tube, applies a bit pinker than you might expect! Will leave behind a light stain.

The invention of the disco ball came about one night after Nic Cage, at the tender age of five, accidentally sat on a mirror. The shards stuck to his bum and reflected the lasers which happened to be around, throwing off glorious scatterings of multicolored light which made everyone want to dance. Unfortunately, the name “Nicso ball” did not stick.

Nic Cage Getting Funky With That Saturday Night Fever - Super sheer purple with bright orange sparkle.

When I bought these I also picked up two of the intertubes as they were on sale due to being discontinued. I swatched them anyway, because they're pretty, and you never know someone might have them in a blog sale! (Not me, I love them).

Everything (except the now-discontinued intertubes) can be purchsed from Shiro Cosmetics online store. http://shirocosmetics.com/

Eyeshadows range from $1.00 for sample size to $6.00 for full size.

Tinted balms are only fullsize and $5.00

Lip glosses are $2.00 for a sample and $8.00 for fullsize.

Shiro also offer custom glosses of any of their lip safe colours or will try to 'colour match' for you, priced between $9.00 and $13.00.