FOTD: YOLO! (Ft. Victorian Disco Cosmetics)

Hi hi Dark Siders!

I have another look today using the colors from the Victorian Disco Cosmetics Interwebz collection~ This time I used the shade #yolo as the main color for this look. #yolo is a stunning green, wouldn't you agree? It is ironic because I hate, no detest, the YOLO meme. I think this might be because the county I live in is actually called Yolo County. So as you can imagine, when people use the YOLO saying in my county it gets pretty old. But this color is stunning so I will get past my hate for that saying xD

November Hits and Misses 2012

December is upon us already! How fast this month has passed!~

I've been trying out a lot of new products this month, so a lot of this month's favorites are older products I use in my daily makeup routine.

HITS

FOTD: Transition Metals and Amethyst Lips

Hii Lovelies!
I have been lacking in posts/comments and for that I am truly sorry. School has been so busy and I will not be free until next Wednesday. The little free time I do have has been dedicated to Skyrim. I am beyond obsessed with Skyrim @_@.

Anyways I have a FOTD that I have been loving. I already did a post of this a very similar FOTD before, but I have seriously loved this look! I have worn it so much this month, which is very odd for me since I don't tend to wear the same eye looks very often. You can see how to do the eye look HERE.
I also paired this look with a purple lip. In this case, I have been loving the Autralis lipstick in 'Limited Edition 1'. I absolutely love this lipstick!!! To all my Aussie bloggers, do you guys know if this color is still available?

*This is what I wore to Thanksgiving, in case you were wondering ;)

The above picture is me wearing only a little bit of the lipstick. Then, below, I wearing it completely opaque. Sorry for the lighting, but it is really dark outside and if I don't use flash, the pictures are way too dark.

Just a quick post to keep you updated on whats going on with me. I hope you all have a good day, and I will be back to my regular posting once I am done with finals ;)

Review + EOTD: Australis IntensifEYE 'The Big Smoke' Palette

Hello Darlings!~ How are you all doing?

You might recall the swap I did with Suzanne from Don't You Know Who I am? from a while back. I have been using the products she sent me and the one thing I have noticed is that my favorite products where the Australis products. Of course, Australis is an Australian brand and thus is unavailable to me T_T

But I am very happy to have been able to try some of the products! Thanks Suzanne!

The Big Smoke Palette comes with four eyeshadows: satin white, satin cement grey, a dark navy with a grey undertone, and a black with silver sparkles.

My two favorites colors are the grey and blue!

Packaging
A great quality, durable compact. The design is very practical and simple. It comes with a long, double ended sponge tip applicator which is nice if you don't have any brushes with you.

Product Review
My favorite thing about these shadows is that they are super smooth and very blendable. You can build the color up easily and still blend it out effortlessly. But, they can be a little sheer and patchy if you are not careful. Because they blend so easily, it is also easy to  over blend and loose pigmentation.
I love the finish of the first three colors; they have a really awesome satin finish. The only shimmery one is the black, but its not overly shimmery.
The shadows are really smooth, but I don't get much fallout which is great!

PROS:
~Smooth with no/minimal fallout
~Easy to blend
~Great finish; subtle shimmers
~Durable and practical packaging
CONS:
~Easy to over blend
~Pigmentation could be better
~Not available to most people

Swatches
 These look a little more shimmery in the photo than they do in real life. But they do have a fantastic subtle shimmer and a beautiful sheen~ My absolute favorite color is the dark, grey-blue color. I did have to layer the color twice to get a better color payoff.

Verdict
Overall, I think this is a great palette; great colors in a practical compact. Very comparable to higher end shadows in my opinion. I think the CONS are outweighed by the PROS! If you get a chance to try these colors, definitely do it!
Rating: 8/10
Recommend? Yup! If you are lucky enough to have this brand available to you, try these palettes out!

EOTD

This picture might be familiar~ This is the look I wore when I reviewed the KKCenterhk A188 bottom lashes. I used this palette to do the eye look~

 Products Used:
~Cement grey from Australis palette on the lid
~Grey-blue from Australis palette on the crease and lower lash line
~Black from Australis palette on the outer V
~MAC 'Lark About' pigment on my inner corner
~L'oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner
~Maybelline The Falsies mascara
~some really used KKCenterhk lashes that I cut to make demi lashes. Ignore how gross they look. I needed to throw them out already.
~KKCenterhk A188 bottom lashes

Notice that the colors are semi-sheer. I could have made them more pigmented, but I wanted to try a softer look.


Thanks for reading!