Entries for Friday February 04

Meow Cosmetics’ Elf

• Manufacturer: Meow Cosmetics
• Availability: available as part of the Ghosts of Xmas Past collection
• Color Range: muted darkened green with red sparkle
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$8 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

The red isn’t nearly as apparent in this shade as it is in Twinkling Lights, and the green’s a bit blackened - almost a muted forest green. I don’t love this color as much as I was hoping, but it’s nicely different from other colors in my collection, and makes a decent liner shade. (It actually works better for me as a liner than an all-over or contour color, because the neither the green base nor the red sparkle is very apparent.)

Eyeshadow Swatch Project: Purples

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

My favorite purple, lavender, and plum eyeshadow colors, alphabetically by manufacturer and then by color name, are:

1. Aromaleigh v1's Boilingpoint
2. Aromaleigh v1's Cassia
3. Aromaleigh v1's Sea Glass
4. Aromaleigh v1's Ladystardust
5. Aromaleigh v1's Larkspur
6. Aromaleigh v1's Swank
7. Bare Escentuals' Brocade
8. Bare Escentuals' Champagne
9. Bare Escentuals' Magical
10. Bare Escentuals' Phoebe
11. Bare Escentuals' Surprise
12. Meow Cosmetics' Drunken Relatives
13. Pure Luxe's Helix
14. Shiro Cosmetics' Butterfree
15. Shiro Cosmetics' Veran
16. Simply Naturals' Plum Shimmer
17. The SheSpace's Knights Trump Dwarves
18. The SheSpace's Fashionista Femme

Meow Cosmetics’ Santa Baby

• Manufacturer: Meow Cosmetics
• Availability: available as part of the Ghosts of Xmas Past collection
• Color Range: mauve-rose shimmer
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$8 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

One of the only colors from the Ghosts of XMas Past to interest me, this color is actually fairly similar to Rose (from the Winter Spirits collection) - but a little warmer than Rose.