Mineral Makeup & the Friday Five
Sep. 26th, 2009 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hillarygayleA few weeks ago I ordered 2 rainbow stacks from Calypso Mineral Beauty. She was having a buy one/get one 50% off sale, so Q & I went in together and each bought one. I had to wait for a couple of weeks on them because the Etsy shop suddenly got slammed with a LOT more orders than she usually gets.
However, I've got them now!
First glance: the colors are FREAKING BRIGHT. Like eye popping.
Applied:
*The colors are still eye popping.
* These are REALLY highly pigmented. A very little goes a long way.
*I'm wearing them over MAC Paint Pots (usually in Soft Ochre but sometimes I use Bare Study), and they don't budge for 12 hours during my shift.
*They do not crease.
* They're very blendable while remaining extremely bright.
* When you put them on with a wet brush, it's almost like applying actual face paint, it's that intense.
* I've used a couple of them as lip shimmer over a clear gloss; they work very well for this and I can see that with more layering you could get an opaque lipcolor.
This is Bandana all over the lid with True Blue used as eyeliner (with Pixi Sealant).
Tramp all over the lid, Twilight in the corners, and Velvet as eyeliner (with Pixi Sealant).
I don't have a picture of it, but I used Twilight (duochrome; white with pink/purple holographic shine) & Pop Star (blue shimmer) one night this week. I got a billion compliments on my eye makeup that night. :)
The verdict: these are my favorite minerals so far. I like them better than the ones I've been in love with for the past 2 years. They made a GREAT addition to my collection: there's a lot more I can do now that I have a series of very subtle colors and a series of very bright ones.
The Friday Five from yesterday:
# how old were you when you first started your livejournal?
Let's see. It was 2002, so I was 23 years old.
# how has your life changed scince then?
Wow. In just about every way I can think of. I've moved once (we were in the Jonesboro apartment when we moved here first). Bryan has gone back to school, gotten two more degrees, and now teaches high school as opposed to using the advertising degree he had previously. We have an Overlord now. I went back to school too, and now I'm an RN. If you had told me in 2002 that I'd be an RN before 2010? o_O!
# if you could go back and change one thing from your past, what would it be?
This question happens a lot & I hate it. I would not change anything because I'm happy with my life the way it is now. Every experience in my past has led somehow to where I am now, and I wouldn't change anything for fear that I would not end up here now.
# what is one thing you would do to make livejournal better?
I don't know. I like it pretty well as it is. If I'm talking about Dreamwidth (to which this is cross-posted), I'd say I wish there was a good option for photohosting when you're posting from a mobile device.
# if you joined the spice girls today...what would your spice name be? (ie, baby spice, scary spice, etc)
I am definitely Spicy Spice. MWA HA HA.
This afternoon we are off to see my younger sister's house in Jonesboro, and then this afternoon we'll go play at the fair! It's armband night. Not that that means anything anymore, since we don't do rides (Bryan's not a huge fan so I have no one to ride with), but Jodi & Jessie & their families are all talking about being there. The fair is GREAT for taking photos, so I'll bring along my DSLR. There are fried snickers and roasted corn and caramel apples and giant polish sausages with onions. Oh yes, I like the fair.
However, I've got them now!
First glance: the colors are FREAKING BRIGHT. Like eye popping.
Applied:
*The colors are still eye popping.
* These are REALLY highly pigmented. A very little goes a long way.
*I'm wearing them over MAC Paint Pots (usually in Soft Ochre but sometimes I use Bare Study), and they don't budge for 12 hours during my shift.
*They do not crease.
* They're very blendable while remaining extremely bright.
* When you put them on with a wet brush, it's almost like applying actual face paint, it's that intense.
* I've used a couple of them as lip shimmer over a clear gloss; they work very well for this and I can see that with more layering you could get an opaque lipcolor.
This is Bandana all over the lid with True Blue used as eyeliner (with Pixi Sealant).
Tramp all over the lid, Twilight in the corners, and Velvet as eyeliner (with Pixi Sealant).
I don't have a picture of it, but I used Twilight (duochrome; white with pink/purple holographic shine) & Pop Star (blue shimmer) one night this week. I got a billion compliments on my eye makeup that night. :)
The verdict: these are my favorite minerals so far. I like them better than the ones I've been in love with for the past 2 years. They made a GREAT addition to my collection: there's a lot more I can do now that I have a series of very subtle colors and a series of very bright ones.
The Friday Five from yesterday:
# how old were you when you first started your livejournal?
Let's see. It was 2002, so I was 23 years old.
# how has your life changed scince then?
Wow. In just about every way I can think of. I've moved once (we were in the Jonesboro apartment when we moved here first). Bryan has gone back to school, gotten two more degrees, and now teaches high school as opposed to using the advertising degree he had previously. We have an Overlord now. I went back to school too, and now I'm an RN. If you had told me in 2002 that I'd be an RN before 2010? o_O!
# if you could go back and change one thing from your past, what would it be?
This question happens a lot & I hate it. I would not change anything because I'm happy with my life the way it is now. Every experience in my past has led somehow to where I am now, and I wouldn't change anything for fear that I would not end up here now.
# what is one thing you would do to make livejournal better?
I don't know. I like it pretty well as it is. If I'm talking about Dreamwidth (to which this is cross-posted), I'd say I wish there was a good option for photohosting when you're posting from a mobile device.
# if you joined the spice girls today...what would your spice name be? (ie, baby spice, scary spice, etc)
I am definitely Spicy Spice. MWA HA HA.
This afternoon we are off to see my younger sister's house in Jonesboro, and then this afternoon we'll go play at the fair! It's armband night. Not that that means anything anymore, since we don't do rides (Bryan's not a huge fan so I have no one to ride with), but Jodi & Jessie & their families are all talking about being there. The fair is GREAT for taking photos, so I'll bring along my DSLR. There are fried snickers and roasted corn and caramel apples and giant polish sausages with onions. Oh yes, I like the fair.
