Lost in Atlantis

I had Weds & Thurs off this week from classes, & had some time to finally relax a bit! I wanted to play with some blues and greys, as well as play with some of my Aromaleigh. I purchased samples ages ago, and for whatever reason I never really got around to using them.

 

I used: DG Atlantis, Aromaleigh Moth, Fyrinnae Calvera Cupcakes, NYX Odyssey

Morgana Cyptoria lipstick in Lush and DG Jar of Hearts gloss

It seems so fitting, don't you think; to dress the ground in white and grey...

Susan recently released a series of new blushes. They appear *very* bright, both on the site and in the bag in person, but can be blended down quite nicely! I am still waiting for my order to arrive, but Susan included a sample of Purple Haze with an previous order. I love purple, but being pale as a ghost I wondered how it would turn out. I actually love this blush, and will be ordering a full size!



Eyes: DG Apparition, Danceteria, Smoking Gun, NYX Odyssey

Face: DG Purple Haze blush, Jane Bronzer, Brazen Scorching as a highlight

Lips: DG Poison Plum, Poison Orchid

(Can you tell Poison Plum is my all time favorite lip color?)

Within The Lost Woods...

I took these photos a while back but am just getting around to posting them today. See that gorgeous gold highlight on my cheeks? That'd be DG's Henna Rose, seriously my new favorite as a blush//highlight!

Now that I'm looking at these photos, and have been obsessing over playing the new Zelda: Skyward Sword game (have YOU been playing it?? Tell me what you think of it! I'm a Zelda fanatic.) I remind myself of a kokiri. Yes, you know your a geek when your makeup reminds you of video game characters.

I made these earrings! :D

Eyes: DG Crypt Keeper, Bats in the Belfry, Witch & Famous, Sugarbunnies (I think), Nyx Black, DG Los Angelos as a highlight

Lips: DG Goldfinger hologloss

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Today I recieved the remainder of my final exam marks back! My hard work paid off; 3/6 of my courses finals/overall course are A's, the remainder are A+'s. I celebrated by picking up some items from Darling Girl's Black Friday sale! Sadly, there are few stores (other than electronics) that offer BF sales here in Canada. There were a few things I would've loved to have ordered online, but they didn't offer shipping to Canada. Poo!

Today's look was very simple... I only used two eyeshadows!

Eyes: DG Los Angelos & Chococat (easy!)

Lips: DG Poison Plum, Zombie gloss

Pretty Plasma

I played around with Pretty Plasma the other day, from Darling Girl's Halloween collection. It's a gorgeous aqua with black sparkles!

Eyes: DG Apparition, Pretty Plasma, Smoking Gun, NYX Odyssey

Face: DG Honey Blossom as a blush, Jane bronzer in Tahiti, Brazen Scorching as a highlight

Lips: DG Poison Plum, Brazen Alchemy

Cruisin' for a bruisin'

Took a break from studying for my final exams to play with some makeup. Monarch is such a gorgeous duochrome color! I received this as a GWP with a recent DG order.

 

My earrings were custom made by Calia, of Enchantd Looking Glass. I love these! I purchased three pairs from her, and have been wearing them daily.

Eyes: DG Fluff, Monarch, Karma, Smoking Gun, NYX black

Face: Jane bronzer, DG Henna Rose as a blush, Brazen Scorching as a highlight

Lips: DG Poisoin Plum & Jar of Hearts

Quick Darling Girl Halloween Swatches

 

Chances are you've already seen swatches of the DG Halloween collection, but I decided to swatch my sample set anyway, in attempt to help me decide on which shades to order full sizes of.

Top row: crypt keeper, pumpkin eater, bats and belfry, witch & famous, zombody to love, pretty plasma

Bottom row: jack’s latern, thriller, apparition, dream scream, ghostlight, will-o-whisp, candy corn, corpse candle

 

Bats in the Belfry is slightly more brown than Crypt Keeper, Zombody to love is a gorgeous denim-blue with gold sparkles, Pretty Plasma has black glitter. Jack's Lantern is probably my favorite shade of the bunch, I love it as a quick eyeliner. Dream Scream has awesome red sparkles, and Will-O-Wisp and Corpse Candle make an amazing blush/highlight combo!

 

I got my braces off today!! It feels very strange, and I constantly catch my self tonguing over my teeth. It will take some getting used to! I'm wearing Jack's Lantern as a eyeliner, Poison Plum on my lips mixed with Shiro Cosmetics Yo Dawg lip balm.

Pumpkin Eater

This look was inspired by Sparkling Luna's Pumpkin Eater FOTD. If you haven't already purchased something from DG's Halloween collection, her shop is back open and running! Halloween products will be gone late next week.

Eyes: DG Fluff, Pumpkin Eater, Bats in the Belfry, Crypt Keeper, Witch & Famous

Face: DG blush in Fantasia

Lips: Body language soaps Honey Kissed tinted lip balm and Brazen lipgloss in Alchemy

Poison Plum

Yeah! I haven't had a chance to swatch all of my Darling Goul eyeshadows yet, but I did a quick FOTD because I wanted to play with Poison Plum. I knew I would like this color from the swatches before the release, but wow, I've been wearing this color almost every day! It's beautiful!

For the eyes I used Fluff, Apparition, Karma, and NYX black

Fantasia blush on the cheeks, and Poison Plum with Goldfinger hologloss on top!

Here I'm wearing Poison Plum and Magic Potion on my lips :)

Garden & a FOTD

My vegetable garden is slowly growing! The tomatoes are slow this year, but my peppers have started to change colors, and I have a few red ones almost ready for picking.

Today's FOTD, once again playing wtih my new Darling Girl shades :)

Eyes:

DG Los Angelitos (highlight)

DG Atlantis

DG Mr Ed

DG Dreamcatcher

DG Fantasia Blush & Los Angelitos to highlight

Summer Blossoms

When I first started following Susan of Darling Girl Cosmetics blog, one of my favorite FOTDs of hers was using the combination of pink/purples & greens. It sounds like a strange combo, but I thought it was so beautiful. Yep, I copied the look, using Plum Blossoms and REM! I'm going out for sushi today to celebrate my birthday; Matt will be working evenings all weekend. (Saturday is my 21st birthday!)

I lightly patted the blush on, over bronzer. The color looks extremely pigmented in the bag, and it can be applied that way as well or toned down as shown here. It's a really interesting blush with a pretty duochrome. I think I'll do a nude eye tomorrow using more blush, so you can see how gorgeous it really is.

Eyes:

DG Los angelitos as a highlight

DG REM

DG Plum Blossom

Face:

DG Fantasia blush

Jane bronzer

MAC creme de nude on lips

Darling Girl: First thoughts

I received my order from Darling Girl Cosmetics today! This is my first purchase with DG, so I was very excited to recieve it and get swatching. I placed an order a few weeks ago, when the TAT was 10-12 days. My order was shipped after 12 days. Everything was well packaged; my purchases were wrapped in the pretty pink paper, and a couple of sweet freebies/GWP's in the other!

I've been checking out the Facebook page every now and then, as Susan posts upcoming & new product photos regularly. I've asked a few questions on the page, and she has always been very quick to respond. I highly recommend giving DG a try! I plan on ordering some of her glosses on my next order.

Free gifts! The GWP blush is a very generous size as well.

My complete purchase. The mini jars, or Petits as they are called by DG, are 2.00, and the samples were .60 each! Their prices are very affordable, even with the recent announcement of an *slight* increase. The prices are very competitive, with sample portions being more than Meow's 1/6 tsp size, at less cost.

Now onto my swatches!

Chococat, Badtz Maru, My melody, Princess Peach & Falling Leaves

Deery Lou, REM, Dreamcatcher, Mr. Ed, Mustang

Atlantis, Plum Blossoms, Purin, Dapple

Fantasia (blush), Dancerta, Innocence, Seabiscuit, Saddle up

I can't wait to try out the Fantasia blush, it looks like a very interesting duochrome and it blended well on my hand. I will be needing full sizes of Plum Blossoms, Falling Leaves, Purin & Mustang. They are all very interesting, unique shades, which I can't wait to show you in upcoming FOTDS.