EOTD - Sassy Minerals Purple & Pink

I really like pink and purple looks because they look the best on me. Plus, I've only started recently experimenting with makeup so I haven't learned all, if any, tricks of the trade.

Sassy Minerals Eye Shadows: Legendary (highlighter), Fake It (inner lid), Vixen (outer lid), Fatal Beauty (crease)



Other Materials: Rimmel "Exaggerate" Waterproof Eye Definer, Rich Defining Eyeliner in white, Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy, Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash, L'Oreal De-Crease Eye Shadow Base, Estee Lauder Eye Liner pen in brown

Tools: Ecotools Smudge brush, Ecotools shade brush, Ecotools highlighter brush



I'm still learning to use my camera so these aren't the greatest pictures. :(

Sassy Minerals Swatches + Review

Finally got around to doing my Sassy Minerals swatches. Here is the swag:





Here are the swatches:









The ones I really liked are Fake It, Vixen and No Rules. Fake It looked gorgeous as a pigment and even prettier swatched. I had issues with Panache and Talking to Myself because they looked so similar swatched on. Talking to Myself might have been a bit more yellow? I don't know. It didn't seem like it though. They're still very beautiful colors. :)

Quality of the product was awesome. I loved the variety of the colors and at $0.75 a sample, they're a *bargain*.

Note: don't use lotion (especially Haus of Gloi) as a primer. It made these weird clumps and sort of ruined my brush for the other swatches. I used L'Oreal De-Crease Eye Shadow Base which, even though it was drying out, worked pretty well. I have learned that if you are wearing lotion, don't put this base on until your lotion has completely absorbed. Otherwise, the base will also clump.

Sassy Minerals haul + Fyrinnae Lip Lustre swatch

I came home to a very colorful bundle today from Sassy Minerals (aka Simply Sassy).



I even received 2 free samples: Rave and Off-Kilter. I was so excited to play with them, I took off all the shrink wraps and wanted to open them up to take pictures of the colors themselves. I opened one of them, decided it would take too long and be far too messy to do all of them. Instead, I flipped them over and arranged them in a somewhat orderly fashion.



And because I realize how retarded it is that I'm purchasing all these products but I'm not doing many swatches, here is my lips in Fyrinnae's lip lustre, Melancholy. I moisturized my lips with C.O. Bigelow's Rose Salve and slowly used the sponge applicator to apply it. It's *very* pigmented so after 1 swipe, I had to smack my lips together and even it out. I should really invest in a lip brush. After several more dabs (I'm not kidding about how pigmented the color is) and several more smacks, this is the result.



The color is brighter than I imagined. The shimmer is definitely there. I can see why people love it. :)

Look to the future for orders from Cory Cosmetics, High Voltage, Beautiful Girl Minerals, and Meow Cosmetics. And I mean future. I've still got plenty of swatch posts to do and reviews of the makeup I DO have. I'm waiting on stuff from Morgana Minerals and tomorrow, I should receive my TAL purchase.

Though, I may break and just go after Meow because damn, that Egyptian Treasures collection is beyooo-tiful.

Fyrinnae at home? Sassy Minerals + TAL (BPAL) Preview

Delivery confirmation has indicated that Fyrinnae is "Out for Delivery" so in a few hours when I head home, I should have a lovely package waiting for me. Yippee! I can't wait to get my hands on the new eyeshadows.

I've only tried Nijiro and Pixie Epoxy of the 8-9 items I received from Fyrinnae but I have to say that I absolutely love the sizes. It's pretty standard for mineral companies with the sample option to only give you samples in the amount of 1/16th tsp for $1. It's rare to find 1/8th tsp sample sizes for $1 and to my knowledge, I think only Fyrinnae does 1/3rd tsp for their eyeshadow sample sizes (all numbers and measurements refer to their eyeshadow sample sizes). You pay $2 for it but even if you purchase $2 worth of pigments from the other companies, you still don't get as much as 1/3rd tsp.

Sorry all. I understand quality over quantity but when all these companies are well-respected for their products, then quality is moot and quantity matters. I'm your normal, average consume. :)

Anyway, I will try to do some swatches of my hauls throughout this week. I'm a bit worn out from the weekend. In addition to the other hauls I am waiting on, I also made 2 additional purchases.

From Sassy Minerals (all sample sizes...at $0.75, why not? Ordered 6/24, received 6/30):

- In Hysterics
- Legendary
- Fake It
- Elusive
- Always a Bridesmaid
- All-Nighter
- Don't Blink
- Dreamy
- Jolt
- Make It Work
- Neverending
- No Rules
- Panache
- Prissy Princess
- Rebellious
- Ruby Slippers
- Talking to Myself
- Vixen
- Endless Party
- Fatal Beauty
- Shameless

From TAL, Twilight Alchemy Lab, a subsidiary of BPAL, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab:

- Mantle of Venus
- French Creole

I could only afford two. At $25 a pop, it was painful pressing that "Pay Now" button. I probably should have waited until I started my new job. Ah well, can't fret now. It's all down and over with. I usually shop from BPAL but TAL caught my eye and after reading for the last two days about how these oils work, I wanted to give them a shot myself. Will definitely keep you all updated on the efficacy of these oils. :)