It was very close, but a little less dramatic than the full-on look I posted… but mostly, I loved the gradient liner that I tried, for my family 4th of July celebration:
Look of Today: Femme Fatale Sandscale, Fyrinnae Koala, Notoriously Morbid Kompanion No. 9
Just a brief one for today! It’s far from perfect (I’m looking at you, contour. Yes you. Go sit in the corner and think about what you have done), but I’ve been admiring my Femme Fatale Sandscale and I haven’t had a good chance to whip it out yet. (That’s what he said). Cue Sandscale!
Eye of Today: 4th of July Colors!
Holidays are the PERFECT excuse to wear colors you wouldn’t usually wear (like bright blue eyeshadow, which rarely features in my makeup). What better a time than the 4th of July to channel my inner Mimi? Which means I finally got to use Darling Girl Rhapsody (in my mind, I always call it Rhapsody in Blue), and though I didn’t really bring out the gold overlay as much with it, it is still a really phenomenal and highly pigmented shade.
What’s this? More nails? Green nails!
Hand model I am not:
BUT I can confidently say that I have not bitten my nails in almost a week, and they also have not broken or otherwise been tarnished! I decided to pick up some nail tape and give it a go… this isn’t complex or impressive in any way, but I can at least say that I think it was a success, if a simple one!
Review and Swatches: Shiro Custom Gloss, Dolce Shiro! Also, Darling Girl Super Star serum!
Guys. Guys. This week seemed really long. Has anybody else noticed? But as long as it was, when I got home on Wednesday my CUSTOM SHIRO GLOSS WAS WAITING FOR ME. And that was a highlight.
Shiro lip glosses are officially the only lip glosses I can stand. Typically the slip and stickiness slowly drives me insane as it gets on my clothes and face and personal items, because I live every day life with the genteel poise of a crabby two-year-old… but the wizardry of Caitlin’s lip gloss prevents this from happening. It’s lip goop like all glosses are, but goop without the stick and somehow with shine and lasting power. I don’t know of another product I can easily compare it to? In some ways it’s a little similar to YSL glossy stains, I suppose, but they don’t seem to stain as much and YSL stains are a bit thicker/stickier.
I also received my Darling Girl order this week with the Super Star serum, so it was time to put that to work.
The Maquillage Magpie 