Jewel toned Spring look using Glamour doll eyes and Catrice

Yesterdays EOTD was a jewel toned spring look inspired by a photo I had of an amazing purple daisy I came across while in Germany.
For this look I used a combination of :

1. glamour doll eyes sex appeal shadow
2. nyx jumbo pencil in purple
3. Catrice Pretty little lilacs quad

My inspiration photo

Full FOTD, for foundation I have been using the Revlon whipped in shade 300 I believe. I really love the coverage of this foundation! I apply that with a real techniques buffing brush. For my under eye area I apply Bare minerals well rested luminizer under both eyes and buff that out, then set with Bare minerals well rested powder. That is my go to eye routine!! HG products ;) Eye brows are benefit gimmie brow

For blush I went with a Tarte cosmetics 12 hour blush, I wish I knew which one it was but it isn't from their normal collection it is a small one that came from a holiday kit which I absolutely adore! This color is a bit of a dusty rose. For lips I went with a Nars gloss in the shade Chihuahua, you can't go wrong with Nars gloss! I love the formula and the shades they are just amazing 

The Chequered Lily Apothecary review

The Chequered Lily Apothecary is a hidden gem in the indie beauty world. Based out of California, this amazing Etsy shop creates some of the most stunning and unique shadows I have ever seen. I first learned about this shop while browsing another beauty bloggers (Makeup Zombie) reviews of various indie cosmetic companies. When I stumbled upon her review I was instantly in love with the shade "Hearts on Ice" which is one of the most amazing purples that I have ever laid eyes on! All the swatches I saw were amazing and spoke to the quality of this shop but this single amazing shade sealed the deal for me.

I checked out the Chequered Lily's shop online and found out that there was a blogger review kit available for purchase, all together I paid about 6 dollars which includes shipping for a set of 7 sample baggie shadows of my choosing. I was actually sent one extra shadow as well which was a nice surprise. It took about a week and a half to receive my order which arrived via mail in a bright green envelope.

Review shades: the seven shades I picked to review were Hearts on Ice, Hearts on Fire, Ring master, Invocation, Milky Way, Storm Bringer and Ginger Sushi. The extra shade I was sent was Captain Jack.

 Swatches:

The Ring Master

 

 

Hearts on Ice



Hearts on Ice

Invocation
Top to bottom: bare skin, over nyx purple, over nyx black bean



Milky way

Storm Bringer

 

Captain Jack

 

Affordability: a full size 5 gram jar of shadow runs $6.50, there are also options for stackers of up to three shades which cost $16.50. It isn't the cheapest, but what you have to keep in mind when it comes to these matters is what you are getting as far as quality and uniqueness. These are two factors I take into consideration when it comes to whether or not I will purchase from any shop.

Customer service: I wish I had more to say in this area because I hold any companies customer service to a high standard and with me it is a huge make or break thing. Unfortunately I honestly just didn't have a lot of interaction with this vendor. Again this is not to say I had a bad experience, there just wasn't anything to talk about lol.

Would I recommend: Yes, I would recommend this shop. I feel that there are some very unique and beautiful shades worth checking out here! I absolutely loved the texture of these shadows as well, and I thought that it was really interesting how none of them seemed to need any extra help (primer, foiling etc) all that they needed was to be patted on and they were good to go!

Where can I find this product?
The Chequered Lily Etsy
Facebook fan page

Goodies from the beautiful Loliloooo!!

Not long ago beauty guru  Loliloooo hosted a giveaway via youtube which I entered and was fortunate enough to win :) Some of you might already know Loliloooo , but for those of you who do not let me just say she is fab! She is much more than the just the average beauty junkie, she is passionate about causes, positive about life, and a supporter within the beauty community; all in all this girl has an amazing heart and a great personality which she shares with all not to mention some great talent as well! So all that being said, if you haven't checked her out stop by her Facebook or Instagram and show her some love (links to all her media sites will be at the bottom)!!

As I previously mentioned, I was fortunate enough to be able to win a giveaway for all of Loliloooo's favorite things! Most of the items I received are actually things that I had never tried before so I was super excited to give all these babies a go!  I was sent a pretty big box in the mail, full of goodies and the cutest letter inside congratulating me on winning her contest, as well as breaking down the contents of the box. I thought that was a very nice touch :)

This is a photo of all the contents of my prize box, an amazing smelling Bath and Body Works perfume, some Elf brow gel, L'Oreal mascara, UD primer (huge!!), a nyx mosaic blush, three sally girl glitters with adhesive, a black eye pencil, an EOS lip balm (love these) some Olay facial wipes (have never tried but I am excited to!), and an Elf HD blush (ohh, I have never seen these)

Here is a swatch of the elf HD blush, I will have to figure out the best way to use the pump because as you can see it did come out a bit heavy. But that's okay. Gorgeous color huh, very highly pigmented!



This is the elf HD blush blended out, can you see it has some micro shimmer in it, I was not expecting that. I actually couldn't detect it really with my eyes and the unblended swatch you couldn't see it at all..Pretty cool huh

This is a swatch of the blue sally girl glitter that I was sent. I have never used or seen this brand prior to Loliloooo sending me these in this prize package but I have to say this is gorgeous! I though the glitter would have felt very gritty or something, but it didn't really when I touched it. I think this is a beautiful kind of unexpected blue as well, as you can tell it isn't just all one shade of blue, there is blue and then an almost teal or light blue mixed in there as well..

 

A huge thank you to Loliloooo for sending me these amazing goodies, I love and appreciate them all, I really love getting introduced to products I haven't found before it is a lot of fun! I am def going to have to track down more of these Elf HD blushes now!

 

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Darling Girl Cosmetics review

Darling Girl cosmetics is an indie brand that I have been dying to try out for awhile now especially after discovering that DGC had created a Beetlejuice themed collection, which is one of my all time favorite movies! Finding out Miss Argentina was an eye shadow sealed the deal for me and naturally I had to dive right into all that :)

I placed my order for a blogger review package which was approximately $4 plus shipping and included a total of 4 sample baggies and one petite size jar sample in the shades of my choice. I also received a few extra goodies as well with my shipment, an adorable sticker, a GWP shade and one of the new fabulous Easter shades.

 

The shades that I requested to review are: Inferno Room, King Kong, The Count, Miss Argentina, and Frankenstein. The additional goodies I was sent were my peeps from the soon to be released Easter collection, and a previous GWP shade called Tonight, Tonight.

Inferno Room

King Kong

The Count

Miss Argentina

Frankenstein

My peeps

Tonight, tonight

Quality: I think that the quality if these shadows is fantastic! They have superb color payoff and excellent bendability, not to mention the colors themselves are unique

Customer service: From my experience the customer service provided by DGC has been great, the owner even aided me in setting up a private listing in order to complete my transaction

TAT: The turn around time is a bit long (I am so impatient lol), but its not too bad on site it is listed as an average of 14 to 16 days not to include weekend or holidays. I would say that is pretty average for most indie brands though and I think most of us are willing to wait that kind of TAT for a great quality product such as this anyhow :)

Where can I purchase this awesomeness?
Darling Girl Cosmetics

Would I recommend?
In a heartbeat! What's not to love, amazing makeup at an affordable price with an owner who provides good customer service?!? Jump on it my friends