Sailor Moon Series: Sailor Venus

Venus Power, Makeup Up!

Sailor Venus is one of my favorite sailors, so I was very excited to be doing an inspired makeup look based on her. However, I have been really busy these past two weeks, and I have no had a lot of time to create a look. So I hastily had to create one today since it is the last day of September. I hope you like it anyways~

First Impression: Wet n Wild Holiday 2013

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Who's excited for more Wet n Wild products?! I know I am! These are the three new Holiday 2013 palettes! these are the Eyeshadow Medley palettes (this is my first time actually using these). These are limited edition and cost $4.99 each. I'm not entirely sure what stores will carry the displays but I'm pretty sure Walgreens will have them. According to Nouveau Cheap Burlington Coat Factory has displays of these.

 No Neutral Ground:

 Lights, Camera, Attraction:

 A Great Glistener:

I forgot to swatch the middle bronze shade in this palette!

                                                                      First Impression                                                                

Each palette has three super shimmery shades (top row), three semi-shimmery eyeshadows (middle row), and two mattes (bottom row). 'No Neautral Ground' has earthier/golden tones, 'Lights, Camera, Attraction' has pink/purple/blue tones, 'A Great Glistener' has a mix of tones but is mostly neutral colors. The pigmentation is good overall, but not as good as the eyeshadows from the ColorIcon 8 pan palettes.

'No Neautral Ground' has the best pigmentation of the three and I personally like the shades from that palette the best (they seem more holiday-y to me). The palette I like the least is 'A Great Glistener' because it has the worst pigmentation and the colors are not super interesting to me. But what I do really like about this Medley palettes is that each palette has three types of eyeshadow finishes. It is better to have different finishes to choose from in one palette instead of just having all shimmers or all mattes. I still have to use these more to really get a solid opinion on them, but if you guys are interested in these you at least have a bit of information on them!

Disclosure: Products shown were sent to me for consideration and review. All opinions stated are my own.

FOTD: Starry Cranberry (Ft. Oslo Cosmetics)

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Here's another Autumn look for you guys :D This is a super easy smokey eye using some eyeshadows from a new indie brand called Oslo Cosmetics.

Review: Wet n Wild Fergie 'Rose Parade' Palette

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Thank You!

Hello, and thank you for being a part of the Dark Side ♥

I have been blogging for over two years now, and I feel so lucky to have this blog and all of you amazing readers! I wanted to thank you all so, so, so much! All of you who visit my blog, read my posts, comment, and even just glance at any of my work...THANK YOU. I could have never imagined anyone giving my eye looks more than a glace so I just feel awed to have even just one person give me such sweet compliments about my makeup looks. 

I also want to thank my brother (who recently found out about my blog, haha) because he has been really helpful to me. He agreed to draw up some things for my blog when I asked him, so yay! And I am still trying to convince him to make a new header for my blog, although I'm not sure if he will actually do it xD My brother has a natural talent for drawing, but he hasn't drawn much in the past years. He recently bought a drawing tablet and created a DeviantArt account, and has decided to start drawing again. He definitely needs some encouragement though! I thought that I would try to encourage him by asking him to draw some characters from anime I like. The first request was a quick drawing of a chibi Konan (character from the popular anime/manga Naruto) that I could use for review posts. It turned out super cute!

If you can take the time to check out his page and give him a little encouragement, I will love you forever! ♥  http://azurefenix.deviantart.com/

So if you see any other drawings from now on, it will for sure be something that my older brother drew for me :) 

Thank you for reading, and I'll see you next time!

Return of the Look: Gryffindor (Harry Potter)

"You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
    Set Gryffindors apart" -Sorting Hat

After Ravenclaw, Gryffindor would be my next pick for a house at Hogwarts. Gryffindor is the most memorable house because most of the characters from Harry Potter that we came to know and love were from this house. I personally love the Weasley family (Weasley twins FTW!) so I have to love Gryffindor! By the way, for those of you who are not familiar with my "Return of the Look" series, it is a series where I redo looks I did in the past. Well, this is a redo of my Gryffindor look that I did a while ago.

Keep reading more for a pictorial!

FOTD: Fall is Here!

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And yay for Autumn!

As a northern Californian, I very much welcome the Autumn weather. It has been so hot north of the Bay Area and it still felt like summer even though it was the middle of September. But finally we experienced some rain and some low temperatures on Saturday. It was a breath of fresh air! So now, it actually feels like Autumn to me. I decided to get out some of my Fall colors and get to work on a Fall look!~