Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Browns

On December 30th, I was sounding off that I needed to get back to work because I was creating too many blog projects for myself...and CydonianMU (she did purples) said that I could join her, KimmieKarmaLove (she did blues), jadecarver (she did blacks/greys), RobynHeartsSlap (she did greens), and Raerae (she did reds and oranges) in an eyeshadow swatching collaboration. ("Oh, I'm not helping, am I?" LOL) The general plan was that to start off, each person would pick a color and would make a list of their 10/15/20 favorite shades of that color...and then swatch them all. Since I was planning to do this for my entire collection anyway, this seemed a good way to get started! I've already begun adding the montages to some of my colors - several older, and some of the newer ones that I bought this winter but hadn't catalogued yet. I started with yellows and golds...and then just continued slowly swatching my way through my collection.

Going through my own collection, I've done:

• My favorite yellows and golds
• My favorite reds
• My favorite oranges
• My favorite greens
• My favorite blues
• My favorite purples
• My favorite blacks/greys/whites
• My favorite browns

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Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Blacks, Greys and Whites

On December 30th, I was sounding off that I needed to get back to work because I was creating too many blog projects for myself...and CydonianMU (she did purples) said that I could join her, KimmieKarmaLove (she did blues), jadecarver (she did blacks/greys), RobynHeartsSlap (she did greens), and Raerae (she did reds and oranges) in an eyeshadow swatching collaboration. ("Oh, I'm not helping, am I?" LOL) The general plan was that to start off, each person would pick a color and would make a list of their 10/15/20 favorite shades of that color...and then swatch them all. Since I was planning to do this for my entire collection anyway, this seemed a good way to get started! I've already begun adding the montages to some of my colors - several older, and some of the newer ones that I bought this winter but hadn't catalogued yet. I started with yellows and golds...and then just continued slowly swatching my way through my collection.

Going through my own collection, I've done:

• My favorite yellows and golds
• My favorite reds
• My favorite oranges
• My favorite greens
• My favorite blues
• My favorite purples
• My favorite blacks/greys/whites
• My favorite browns

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Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Greens

On December 30th, I was sounding off that I needed to get back to work because I was creating too many blog projects for myself...and CydonianMU (she did purples) said that I could join her, KimmieKarmaLove (she did blues), jadecarver (she did blacks/greys), RobynHeartsSlap (she did greens), and Raerae (she did reds and oranges) in an eyeshadow swatching collaboration. ("Oh, I'm not helping, am I?" LOL) The general plan was that to start off, each person would pick a color and would make a list of their 10/15/20 favorite shades of that color...and then swatch them all. Since I was planning to do this for my entire collection anyway, this seemed a good way to get started! I've already begun adding the montages to some of my colors - several older, and some of the newer ones that I bought this winter but hadn't catalogued yet. I started with yellows and golds...and then just continued slowly swatching my way through my collection.

Going through my own collection, I've done:

• My favorite yellows and golds
• My favorite reds
• My favorite oranges
• My favorite greens
• My favorite blues
• My favorite purples
• My favorite blacks/greys/whites
• My favorite browns

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Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Oranges

On December 30th, I was sounding off that I needed to get back to work because I was creating too many blog projects for myself...and CydonianMU (she did purples) said that I could join her, KimmieKarmaLove (she did blues), jadecarver (she did blacks/greys), RobynHeartsSlap (she did greens), and Raerae (she did reds and oranges)) in an eyeshadow swatching collaboration. ("Oh, I'm not helping, am I?" LOL) The general plan was that to start off, each person would pick a color and would make a list of their 10/15/20 favorite shades of that color...and then swatch them all. Since I was planning to do this for my entire collection anyway, this seemed a good way to get started! I've already begun adding the montages to some of my colors - several older, and some of the newer ones that I bought this winter but hadn't catalogued yet. I started with yellows and golds...and then just continued slowly swatching my way through my collection.

Going through my own collection, I've done:

• My favorite yellows and golds
• My favorite reds
• My favorite oranges
• My favorite greens
• My favorite blues
• My favorite purples
• My favorite blacks/greys/whites
• My favorite browns

read more

Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Reds

On December 30th, I was sounding off that I needed to get back to work because I was creating too many blog projects for myself...and CydonianMU (she did purples) said that I could join her, KimmieKarmaLove (she did blues), jadecarver (she did blacks/greys), RobynHeartsSlap (she did greens), and Raerae (she did reds and oranges) in an eyeshadow swatching collaboration. ("Oh, I'm not helping, am I?" LOL) The general plan was that to start off, each person would pick a color and would make a list of their 10/15/20 favorite shades of that color...and then swatch them all. Since I was planning to do this for my entire collection anyway, this seemed a good way to get started! I've already begun adding the montages to some of my colors - several older, and some of the newer ones that I bought this winter but hadn't catalogued yet. I started with yellows and golds...and then just continued slowly swatching my way through my collection.

Going through my own collection, I've done:

• My favorite yellows and golds
• My favorite reds
• My favorite oranges
• My favorite greens
• My favorite blues
• My favorite purples
• My favorite blacks/greys/whites
• My favorite browns

read more

Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Yellows

On December 30th, I was sounding off that I needed to get back to work because I was creating too many blog projects for myself...and CydonianMU (she did purples) said that I could join her, KimmieKarmaLove (she did blues), jadecarver (she did blacks/greys), RobynHeartsSlap (she did greens), and Raerae (she did reds and oranges) in an eyeshadow swatching collaboration. ("Oh, I'm not helping, am I?" LOL) The general plan was that to start off, each person would pick a color and would make a list of their 10/15/20 favorite shades of that color...and then swatch them all. Since I was planning to do this for my entire collection anyway, this seemed a good way to get started! I've already begun adding the montages to some of my colors - several older, and some of the newer ones that I bought this winter but hadn't catalogued yet. I started with yellows and golds...and then just continued slowly swatching my way through my collection.

Going through my own collection, I've done:

• My favorite yellows and golds
• My favorite reds
• My favorite oranges
• My favorite greens
• My favorite blues
• My favorite purples
• My favorite blacks/greys/whites
• My favorite browns

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4/5, based on 1 review

The SheSpace’s Crystal Wind

The SheSpace's Crystal Wind

• Manufacturer: The SheSpace / About Face Cosmetics
• Availability: available beginning June 2009; was part of limited-edition Cancer collection
• Color Range: iridescent silver bisque shimmer
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4
• Cost/Amount: $4.50 for a full 3-gram jar (no sifter)
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

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5/5, based on 1 review

2010 In Review

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Once upon a time, when I was a wee zygote and dinosaurs had only recently gone extinct, the first Christmas decorations would timidly poke their noses out of hiding over Thanksgiving weekend, and the whole aisles of paper, bows, decorations and toys would show up December 1st. Then when I was a pre-teen, everything showed up on Thanksgiving weekend. Then when I was driving, the line of introduction was pushed to mid-November. Now, you can catch the first bits of plastic holly coming out of hiding in late October (and in some places, they’ll start coyly hinting at Christmas decorations after Labor Day.) So the first weekend of November is not too soon to do a year-in-review post, is it? No. Onward.

This obviously doesn’t cover everything that happened this year. This only covers what made it onto my radar - and while I’m a beauty blogger, I’m not the hardcore omnivore or niche specialist….so I expect that this will be a very rapid skimming of events.

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