Down the Indie Rabbit Hole

[meaganola]

:flappyhands:  Ooh, my Grisly Grimoire should be here today!  I was going to slather on something from the Winchester Gospels or maybe Us and the Dead, but now I will wait until the Grimoire arrives!  (And, of course, clean while waiting, although I'm going to watch the pilot to _How to Get Away with Murder_ while my coffee kicks in before I start cleaning.)

(And speaking of UatD, did anyone else notice that the jars this month are the slightly larger ones?  I really hope that this means that the VC will start to have unique labels to match the collections!  It would just be a really neat touch.)

(Madd Cat should arrive any day now since it was supposed to have been sent out earlier this week.  Last time I subscribed, shipping wasn't sent out, so I have nothing to stalk since I'm pretty sure the same holds true this time around. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> )

 

[meaganola]

Double-posting because I love coming home from running errands (drop stuff off at Goodwill, drop off bag of clean packing peanuts to shipping place that will recycle them for free, pick up some of those vacuum storage bags for blankets) and finding a stack of awesome on my stairs.  I received a sample of a different Haus of Gloi Yule preview scent than I recall seeing mentioned before!  Rosy Cheeked.  It smells lemony and piney.  Here's the description from last year:

Pink grapefruit, fir needles, juniper berries, rosemary, a sprig of parsley and bright winter lilies.

I normally have STABBITY PAIN problems with evergreen notes, but I think I might really like this one to wear as perfume.  I definitely like it enough to get it in body products!

Also:  Notoriously Morbid!  Grisly Grimoire!  No swatches because CAT ON LAP, but there was a sneak peek sample of Nothing Is Trivial, a Black Friday shade.  It looks like it might be a frosted sage with gold sheen, but the lighting in my living room makes everything look yellowy, so it might not actually be gold.  Based on what I've seen of last year's Halloween set compared to this year's, if I had to make the choice, it would be this year, definitely!  I think Book of Shadows is going to be the runaway hit.

And now, I think I'll go slather on Book of Shadows and fire up my old crappy laptop to rewatch the first few eps of _Charmed_ while working on the Room of Doom some more.  (As a side note, I'm finding a lot of old cell phone bills I never quite got around to getting rid of, and this is actually a good thing because the company charged me sales tax they shouldn't have because I moved to Oregon, aka a no sales tax state, to the tune of several hundred dollars.  I can probably get that money back from the state of Washington as long as I have the statements showing they charged me for it.)

 

[Kelly Silva]

It's always a sad day when you can't be bothered to get the mail because none of your indie stuff has been delivered  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> but I probably should check just in case my untrackable Femme Fatale order arrived.

 

[Lolo22]

Even though I'm just bumming around at home today I decided to glitter! This is my custom GDE glitter I got last week or so. Looks really gold in this picture but it has some pink, purple and green specs in it so it reminds me of rainbow confetti



Gah...sideways. Good thing I sparkle from all angles.

 

[marigoldsue]

Even though I'm just bumming around at home today I decided to glitter! This is my custom GDE glitter I got last week or so. Looks really gold in this picture but it has some pink, purple and green specs in it so it reminds me of rainbow confetti /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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Gah...sideways. Good thing I sparkle from all angles.

You're just so pretty.  Did you like the way the glitter turned out?  I know you were a little uncertain when you ordered.

 

[CurlyTails]

Even though I'm just bumming around at home today I decided to glitter! This is my custom GDE glitter I got last week or so. Looks really gold in this picture but it has some pink, purple and green specs in it so it reminds me of rainbow confetti /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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Gah...sideways. Good thing I sparkle from all angles.

Both you and the glitter are gorgeous!

 

[trekkersangel]

Even though I'm just bumming around at home today I decided to glitter! This is my custom GDE glitter I got last week or so. Looks really gold in this picture but it has some pink, purple and green specs in it so it reminds me of rainbow confetti /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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Gah...sideways. Good thing I sparkle from all angles.

It's beautiful.  I've been wanting to try to create a custom glitter, but I have a serious problem of second guessing myself.  I know I could never create a make-up line because I'd get certain about a name/color/glitter/etc & then I'd be up every night second guessing on whether or not it would look good or not.  ha ha ha.  Good job to you!!!  It looks like a beautiful glitter.

 

[TooMuchElectric]

I got my Darling Girl order this week finally! I ordered on Sept 18 and received it on Oct 23, which is a bummer of a turnaround time, but consistent with her posted time frame.

Anyway, LOVE IT LOVE IT ALL SO MUCH, I WISH I'D ORDERED MORE EVERYTHING

I ordered Glitter Glue, and samples of Sirena, Brocade, Rhapsody, London Calling, and Blue Flame. She included a blush sample, Portal of Faces (GWP), and Primed&Primed. I was waffling on whether or not I should try the primer, so I'm thrilled that she added that on! 

The shadows are so gorgeous inside the baggies I feel like I need to order full sizes immediately.

As for glitter glue, yesterday my eyelids wore: Too Faced primer, a my-skin-color urban decay base all over the lid, Glitter Glue, Shiro's I Am Groot, and a medium UD shadow in the outer V/crease area. I put it on at noon. Sixteen hours later, Groot had not creased even the tiniest bit. SIXTEEN HOURS. It was a little less shimmery, yes, but is still looked great. What is this sorcery.

Edit: Sixteen hours includes me biking, sweating, walking around in the hot sun, and working a 7 hour shift where I never stand still.

 

[Lolo22]

Thanks gals!! :wub: @@marigoldsue yes, I am happy with it even though it's not exactly what I had pictured in my mind.  It really is a mad scientist kind of thing though (unless you are use to mixing colors) because of how the light plays on all the different colors together.  The darker colors go a long way and it looks very different in the jar vs. on me.  But it was general idea I was going for and I will definitely order more of them.  And thanks for everyone with the glitter fix tips because adding more glitter fix on top of shadows is working great.

 

[Shalott]

@@Lolo22 Even if it wasn't quite what you had in mind, the glitter looks great! :smilehappyyes:   Definitely something I would even purchase - and you make a lovely model for it!

 

[Shalott]

Double post, whoops. Anyways - I wore my Shiro Halloween shadows for the first time today, and I must say, I was a bit disappointed. The colors are SO gorgeous in the jar but when I applied them all the glitter fell away, and they blended very poorly. I didn't use any different primer than normal and I tried applying both dry and wet. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> The only color I could recommend based on this experience is Lock, Shock and Barrel which looks like a sparkly bluish-purple in the jar but applied to a gorgeous stormy blue.

Is this normal for Shiro shadows? Am I doing something wrong? The only other color I have from the brand is the LE color that came with the Black Violet anniversary orders. I will give it a go tomorrow and see if the same thing happens.

 

[Kelly Silva]

Double post, whoops. Anyways - I wore my Shiro Halloween shadows for the first time today, and I must say, I was a bit disappointed. The colors are SO gorgeous in the jar but when I applied them all the glitter fell away, and they blended very poorly. I didn't use any different primer than normal and I tried applying both dry and wet. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> The only color I could recommend based on this experience is Lock, Shock and Barrel which looks like a sparkly bluish-purple in the jar but applied to a gorgeous stormy blue.

Is this normal for Shiro shadows? Am I doing something wrong? The only other color I have from the brand is the LE color that came with the Black Violet anniversary orders. I will give it a go tomorrow and see if the same thing happens.

That is not my typical experience with Shiro, I find them all to be very pigmented, and stay on well. I was actually just about to swatch the Halloween collection, so I'll get back to you on those particular shades. But I wouldn't let this steer you away from Shiro, I think this collection is more muted than their regular colors.

 

[CurlyTails]

I've also found Shiro to be very pigmented and blendable.

 

[meaganola]

Double post, whoops. Anyways - I wore my Shiro Halloween shadows for the first time today, and I must say, I was a bit disappointed. The colors are SO gorgeous in the jar but when I applied them all the glitter fell away, and they blended very poorly. I didn't use any different primer than normal and I tried applying both dry and wet. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> The only color I could recommend based on this experience is Lock, Shock and Barrel which looks like a sparkly bluish-purple in the jar but applied to a gorgeous stormy blue.

Is this normal for Shiro shadows? Am I doing something wrong? The only other color I have from the brand is the LE color that came with the Black Violet anniversary orders. I will give it a go tomorrow and see if the same thing happens.

What kind of primer?  If there's glitter in something, I have better luck with a glitter glue on top of primer than just primer.  I just used NM Book of Shadows over UD Potion Primer today, and it looked *so boring*, and then I put some Foil Me on top of that and some more BoS on top of the Foil Me, and it was *amazing*.  It's not a glitter-and-glue combo, but it did reinforce to me the fact that just primer isn't enough with some of these.

Also, speaking of NM GG, OMG YOU GUYS CLAVICULE OF SOLOMON.  I thought Cherokee Rose was the most gorgeous pink I've received all month.  I WAS WRONG.

 

[Kelly Silva]

@@Shalott Here are the Shiro Halloween shadow swatches:

 

[Shalott]

@@Kelly Silva I already have Lock Shock and Barrel, Pumpkin King, Ragdoll and Zero but what I am saying is that when I apply them they don't look anything like the product in the jar (or in the swatches for that matter) so I was just wondering if there was a trick to working with these particular shadows, or if I was missing something. None of the other brands I have tried performed so poorly!

 

[ohsailor]

I was going to ask (OhSailor asking a question?? I NEVER!!) what you guys prefer for your base- Glitter Glue, Fyrinnae's product, the new Glamour Doll product, etc. For both regular indies and super glitters.

 

[Kelly Silva]

@@Kelly Silva I already have Lock Shock and Barrel, Pumpkin King, Ragdoll and Zero but what I am saying is that when I apply them they don't look anything like the product in the jar (or in the swatches for that matter) so I was just wondering if there was a trick to working with these particular shadows, or if I was missing something. None of the other brands I have tried performed so poorly!

I get what you are saying, I found the product in the jars to look pretty much like the swatches for the most part, I mean I haven't tried wearing them and blending them, but typically I have good luck. I guess I'm just trying to understand if they looked really different from my swatches to you? I would hate for you to write off Shiro because there's something wonky going on that I'm not getting.

 

[Kelly Silva]

I was going to ask (OhSailor asking a question?? I NEVER!!) what you guys prefer for your base- Glitter Glue, Fyrinnae's product, the new Glamour Doll product, etc. For both regular indies and super glitters.

Depends on the look you're going for. I use primer if I want to be able to blend really well, and then sometimes I put GDE Glitter Fix over that to give it a foiled look and keep it in place a long time. I use the Glitter Fix as the base if I am going to be patting on the shadow, and I don't want it to move, typically this makes blending very difficult, so proceed with caution. Glitter Fix is also great for putting over another shadow, and then applying actual glitter over that. But I haven't tried the other products you mentioned, but from what I've seen they typically have some of the same effects.

 

[Shalott]

I get what you are saying, I found the product in the jars to look pretty much like the swatches for the most part, I mean I haven't tried wearing them and blending them, but typically I have good luck. I guess I'm just trying to understand if they looked really different from my swatches to you? I would hate for you to write off Shiro because there's something wonky going on that I'm not getting.

 Ahhh, okay. I wish I had taken a picture when I first applied! But I will try to describe:

- Pumpkin King and Ragdoll had very fine microglitter that fell off when I applied to my lid. The two shades also blended together into a huge muddy mess, despite the fact that they both stuck in patches to my (ridiculously sticky) base. Pumpkin King went from looking like that gorgeous dark golden black to a kind of brownish/blackish blah. Ragdoll stayed truer to color but looked matte. I couldn't discern any shift or shimmer once it was on the lid.

- Zero also lost its shift. It just looked like a flat, matte pink. This one I didn't use a blending brush on, but patted on my browbone and inner corner with a flat shader.

- Lock Stock and Barrel went from that gorgeous purple-blue to a completely matte blue-grey. I actually still really liked the way it looked, but it wasn't what I was expecting. I used a MAC 217 blending brush, a short smudge brush and my fingers to apply this one, with the same result for all.

I don't know if that helps/doesn't help. Like I said, I have the one more Shiro color to try and see how it works, but unless I got a wonky batch or something, I don't know if I want to try more to see if this is a fluke or not. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />