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Ahhhh I've been filling up a Shiro cart off and on all day and was planning on just adding Nightfury but now there's all this other new stuff I have to look at!

 
Wahoooooo!  Nightfury won.  Definitely need to order from Shiro this month!

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HelpMeSleep said:
Ahhhh I've been filling up a Shiro cart off and on all day and was planning on just adding Nightfury but now there's all this other new stuff I have to look at!
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Those new Detrivore shades look so nice and wearable.

And they're Skyrim inspired! (haven't played it yet... but maybe I should...)

trekkersangel said:
Wahoooooo!  Nightfury won.  Definitely need to order from Shiro this month!

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I'm really happy with how that looks! I was kind of expecting it to be black/purple kind of like Fusion by Hello Waffle - but Nightfury looks much more purple rather than black! :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
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Le sigh. Espionage is doing another Nailed It Kickstarter starting September 4th. I already know I want to go for the biggest backing level.

 
Well, that escalated quickly. Threw out several things that were in my cart, shifted things around and felt the need to order immediately to get some of the clearance shades from the Super Effective collection.

Ended up with:

Nightfury COTM

Who Swallowed A Star 

Nic Cage Getting Funky clamshell

Nic Cage Posing For a Calendar clamshell

Earth's Mighiest Heroes-

Burdened With a Glorious Purpose

Glowstick of Destiny sample bag

Something As Sweet As Pain sample bag

Red in My Ledger clamshell

Always Angry finishing powder sample bag

Tributes-

Baker's Boy

Girl on Fire sample bag

Super Effective-

Legendary (discontinued)

Repel (discontinued)

Can't Escape (discontinued)

Boy or Girl? (discontinued)

Smell Ya Later sample bag

 
HelpMeSleep said:
Well, that escalated quickly. Threw out several things that were in my cart, shifted things around and felt the need to order immediately to get some of the clearance shades from the Super Effective collection.

Ended up with:

Nightfury COTM

Who Swallowed A Star 

Nic Cage Getting Funky clamshell

Nic Cage Posing For a Calendar clamshell

Earth's Mighiest Heroes-

Burdened With a Glorious Purpose

Glowstick of Destiny sample bag

Something As Sweet As Pain sample bag

Red in My Ledger clamshell

Always Angry finishing powder sample bag

Tributes-

Baker's Boy

Girl on Fire sample bag

Super Effective-

Legendary (discontinued)

Repel (discontinued)

Can't Escape (discontinued)

Boy or Girl? (discontinued)

Smell Ya Later sample bag
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Nice haul! I didn't know the Super Effective collection was discontinued  :scared:

 
Kelly Silva said:
Nice haul! I didn't know the Super Effective collection was discontinued  :scared:
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Don't worry! It's not! (Otherwise I'd have got more haha) There were just 10 discontinued shades and they were all ones that weren't even on the website (at least that I saw) earlier today. And thanks!!  :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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HelpMeSleep said:
Don't worry! It's not! (Otherwise I'd have got more haha) There were just 10 discontinued shades and they were all ones that weren't even on the website (at least that I saw) earlier today. And thanks!!  :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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Oh good because I expect a Shiro order after my no buy ends, and as a kid who played Pokemon, and I play the new games now, I feel as though the Super Effective collection must be mine! Swatches when you get them!

ETA: Ok I see where the discontinued shades are, nothing I need, so whew! Bullet dodged

 
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Couple more swatches from GDE to distract myself from the pretties that are IN MY MAILBOX AND I CAN NOT ACCESS.

Left bare, right UD Bondage

Bottom to top: surprise, cheapskate, and pinch of pixie

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Ok new news in my Indie Adventures.

I finally broke my shyness and messaged Caitlin from Shiro about maybe possibly having any "Still No Oscar for Leo Dicaprio" left. Sadly she confirmed what I suspected and let me know that they were in fact completely out, BUT she sent me the heads up that an accidental batch of the original "No Oscar for Leo Dicaprio" was made due to a recipe mix up with an employee and she let me buy one of those from her! I looked online today and sure enough, the original "No Oscar" is up on her Color of the Month (but only 2 are left so act fast!)
I also ordered a full sized Attercop, Attercop and the entire Super Effective collection in sample sizes. :)
Now that Night Fury is up I will be needing at least that this month, *likely more* lol

Today however, I finally broke out my My Pretty Zombie samples and HOLY CRAP...I am so in love. I am only wearing 2 shades in this photo (below). Infirmary on my lids and Goth Mary Poppins to line my lower lash line. Infirmary goes on so sparkly green and blends out that fantastic blue. (I will swatch all 8 shades and 2 blushes soon)

In the past month I have tried Shiro, My Pretty Zombie, Geek Chic and Aromaleigh and I am most impressed with MPZ and Shiro over the other two but all 4 have been great experiences. :)
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Okay, yes!!!! I want you ladies to show me your looks with these pigments because onyxspider that look is gorgeous!!! If I tried that I'd look like Ursula from Ariel in a bad way! You used those greens/blues beautifully & the look is subtle & just pops! Tell me how you do this!!!!

Do I do the eyelid first, then the crease or vice versa? How do you blend it without completely rubbing off the sparkle? What base do you all use?

Yesterday my blue eyed look was a hot mess. Today I worked with pinks & purples & it was beautiful! So maybe I'm getting there. :)

 
trekkersangel said:
Okay, yes!!!! I want you ladies to show me your looks with these pigments because onyxspider that look is gorgeous!!! If I tried that I'd look like Ursula from Ariel in a bad way! You used those greens/blues beautifully & the look is subtle & just pops! Tell me how you do this!!!!

Do I do the eyelid first, then the crease or vice versa? How do you blend it without completely rubbing off the sparkle? What base do you all use?

Yesterday my blue eyed look was a hot mess. Today I worked with pinks & purples & it was beautiful! So maybe I'm getting there. :)
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Awe, thank you! :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> I generally welcome bold looks so I love playing up their bright looks. This look above I did over NYX Milk eyeshadow pencil but generally I will use just a primer (My go-too right now is Smashbox lid primer) and apply on top of that.

I personally always start with the inner lid then work outer, then go into my crease. I will always touch up the inner color when I am all done as well. The look above I just blended the over-all lid color up into the crease and then pulled it inward. Yes, I loose a little sparkle when I blend this way but I figure my lid can carry the glitter/sparkle power. I also use eyeliner brushes often to apply loose shadows over colored eyeliners to set them in place. (and add glitter)

I have been experimenting on eye contorting a lot lately and trying to see how best to shape my lids to fit my face, I realize that some types of crease blending just look awful on me and practice really really has been helping tons!

 
@@trekkersangel, I agree with @ that practice makes perfect! When I first started trying bolder eyeshadow colors, I looked like I got punched... but once I developed a technique after watching lots of YouTube videos, it got easier. I think a big key is to apply a little at a time, blend it, then apply more until you get the desired effect.

 
Kelly Silva said:
Oh good because I expect a Shiro order after my no buy ends, and as a kid who played Pokemon, and I play the new games now, I feel as though the Super Effective collection must be mine! Swatches when you get them!

ETA: Ok I see where the discontinued shades are, nothing I need, so whew! Bullet dodged
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Right? The names on a lot of them are what get me. They're straight out of the games. I figured my boyfriend *might* even appreciate them if I show him. He literally spent 7 straight hours playing my blue version on my old gameboy color when we were coming back from Michigan last month.

I'll swatch and post em once I get em! I took out most of the Super Effective colors I had in my cart that weren't discontinued to grab these other ones. Figured I'd save them for another order next month when there's a new COTM. :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
trekkersangel said:
So I ordered from Aromaleigh on Monday with the Monday deal (Sherlock inspired pigments 40% off).  I got 3 Sherlock inspired full size pigments & then 4 samples of pigments that looked pretty to me.  Not only did she ship the day after I ordered (less than 24 hours later), but I got my package today.  Talk about speedy gonzales.  She sent the 3 full size, the 4 samples I ordered, & then 3 more samples just for fun.  I'm having WAY too much fun discovering these companies.

Here's what I wound up with.  The first pic is all of them swatched on my arm . . . taken outside.  We're having a sad, gloomy day here in VA today so not the best lighting.

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So, I went back inside my bathroom & tried to get closer pics so you could see the glitter.  All of these pigments are extremely glittery (which I love).  Pics don't do them justice.

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Left to Right: "Fateful Storm" (June 2014 color), "Nanette" (Pure Eyes Lustre Collection), "Lisette" (Bette Noir Collection), "Neuro Divergent" (Autism Awareness), "Tarasque" (Serpens Collection), & you can kind of see "Shimchong" (Serpens Collection)

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Left to Right: you can kind of see "Tarasque" (Serpens Collection), "Shimchong" (Serpens Collection), "Fafnir" (Serpens Collection), "Password Protected" (Sherlock), "Psychosomatic Limp" (Sherlock), & "High Functioning Sociopath" (Sherlock)

I love them all.  They're all more muted/neutral colors to me which is good for me because I'm still trying to figure out how to use these pigments.  (I tried a "blue" eye look yesterday & was mortified because I ended up looking like Mimi from the Drew Carey Show.  How do you ladies make your eye looks look so beautiful?  I guess I just need to practice.  These are good practice colors for me.)
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Those colors are right up my alley.

 
trekkersangel said:
Okay, yes!!!! I want you ladies to show me your looks with these pigments because onyxspider that look is gorgeous!!! If I tried that I'd look like Ursula from Ariel in a bad way! You used those greens/blues beautifully & the look is subtle & just pops! Tell me how you do this!!!!

Do I do the eyelid first, then the crease or vice versa? How do you blend it without completely rubbing off the sparkle? What base do you all use?

Yesterday my blue eyed look was a hot mess. Today I worked with pinks & purples & it was beautiful! So maybe I'm getting there. :)
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I typically use my regular primer, which is also Smashbox Photo Lid Primer, but I've used the Nyx Milk pencil a few times and it definitely adds a pop.

 
I just got my Notoriously Morbid order. Just for fun, some quick swatches sans primer:

From top to bottom: Gypsy Curse, Pale Rider, She's Full of Secrets, Snow's Revenge

From top to bottom: Kompanion 9, Snow Queen's Return, Annataz, Sexy Psycho

Annataz and Sexy Psycho were free samples

Overall, I am very impressed. The mattes seem quite smooth. My pictures don't show the beauty of these shadows. The blue shift in She's Full of Secrets is absolutely stunning, and Snow Queen's Return has a strong pink shift and purple and blue glitter. It's impressively complex.

I'm so glad that it's the weekend so I can play with some color. I definitely need some practice myself.

 
@ I think Shiro used to have actual Pokemon names for the colors - but probably changed them because of copyright worries. The full-sized jars of the Super Effective Collection have super cute pokeball stickers!

Not makeup related, but if anyone likes Pokemon (or nerdiness in general), you're going to love this t-shirt company (and there's a sale right now! prices already applied to everything): http://www.teeturtle.com/

Victorian Disco had a Color of the Month called "Who's That Pokemon!?" and, of course, I wore that color out with a Pokemon t-shirt on...

 
@ I have that artist's Alice in Wonderland Down the Rabbit Hole (uh, notice anything about this thread title?  Yeah, just a little fond of Alice over here!)/Doctor mashup on a t-shirt and a postcard.  Oh, and an Art Nouveau _Labyrinth_ t-shirt.  I think I picked one or two of her things for my brother for Christmas!  I naturally can't remember what I got now, and it's all the way on the other side of my apartment right now.  Anyway.  She does cons, and here's where you can give her all of your money more directly:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/khallion

 

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