Beauty Basics: Primers and Foundation, part 2

Choosing your primer Your primer is probably the first layer of your makeup, and will be in contact with your skin all day, so you'll need to choose something that will enhance your skin. If your skin is very dry, look for a primer that also moisturizes your skin. If...

Fyrinnae’s Polar Bear

Fyrinnae’s Endangered collection

The collection was kicked off in 2008, and added some more shades in 2009. A portion of all shades purchased from this collection will go to the World Wildlife Fund. By 2011, many of these shades were no longer available. (Update: several colors were re-released in 2017, with limited quantities available.)

Fyrinnae’s Te Amo

The copper isn't too apparent in the pot. The color looks like a medium-light reddish brown shimmer. It shows the copper even when applied dry over primer, but really shows off when applied wet. In my ordering frenzy (quick!! get an order placed while the site is up!! who knows...

Fyrinnae’s Atomic Afterglow

Fyrinnae's site classifies this color as a “gold/silver/copper”...to which I say, I think we're using different definitions for “gold”. When it's patted dry over primer I see a charcoal with some copper and silver shimmer. When it's applied wet I see charcoal, with a more prominent copper...

Fyrinnae’s Meerkat

Fyrinnae's web site describes this as a pink…but to my perception, it's a pinkish purple. It's also almost an eyeshadow-version of Zoya's Faye.

Fyrinnae’s Darling Misfit

This is similar to Chivalry, but with a deeper purple base and a bit more of a pronounced shimmer. It's also a bit like a warmer version of Faerie Glamour. (I like Faerie Glamour, which is an Arcane Magic shade; I just don't think the colorshift is as pronounced in...

Fyrinnae’s Arcane Magic collection

Many of these shadows are duochromes, but not all are dramatically so. (Madam and Eve is a very dramatic duochrome shift. Evocation is a bit more subtle.) These have been a separate collection on the Fyrinnae site as long as I’ve been aware of the company. The line keeps...

Saturday Soundtrack: Brenda Stubbert (Ashley MacIsaac)

The studio version: And a live version of the song: There is an official video for this song (available on the enhanced CD), but it's not anywhere on YouTube that I could find. You can argue that Ashley MacIsaac doesn't do anything that hasn't been done before - by bands...

News Roundup for week 17, 2011

So everyone with a television is watching the royal wedding today. Except me, it seems. I wish them well, in a vague sort of way, but I barely have patience for the nuptial productions that I'm obliged to attend. And those are usually over in about an hour, maybe two. ...