A tiny femme fatale order

I love Femme Fatale and I love Shiro. So I decided to make the teeniest order and grab Smelt of Elderberries when it hit it's last restock. This order took a really long time in transit - over six weeks! I suspect the mail personale are starting to book holidays and enjoy beer o'clock. 

My gloss! And my Shiro limited edition Justin Timberlake shadow. When you rub it down, it becomes a nice pink. Yeah. I just talked about rubbing down J.T. 

Here's a quick swatch. My first time applying this I didn't like it with my colouring - which surprised me. I usually like blue-toned pinks. But I have been enjoying it since. To the left are two Darling Girl eye shadow swatches. One GWP and a sample of Eclipse. Which I don't need in full/petit size*. *repeat daily until the spendsies go away.

My husband equivalent always asks me why my lipstick is all over my face... Do you have any ideas?

Colour Comparison - Lips with a flithy wicked bite

I was excited to see the spoiler for the May Vanishing Cabinet as the diablo lipstick looked to be very similar to the custom Shiro lipgloss I had already ordered in Detrovore shade Filth. 

Here are my sample lipstick and gloss side by side. I ordered this one with the peppermint flavouring, and I really like it. 

Both are deep magenta pink/red with blue sparkles. 

The clamshell is a bit hard to work with (tubes would be better so I would not judge the full size). Wicked Heart is on the left and Filth is on the right. Both are close built up and then blended out.

Second angle/lightening to help show the shifts and minor differences.

Here they are layered on me.

And a close up. 

Five Favorite Collections

I've been pondering what collections would I suggest to someone wanted to expand to something new. These are some of my favorites.

1. Darling Girl Cosmetics: Who Ya Gonna Call?

I love the purples and I was surprised how much I loved the light shades and even the "out of my comfort norm" There is No Dana. It's a great mix of highlight, crease, lid, nuetral and bright. I bought the sample size and wish I would have opted for full. Worth the wait.

2. Glamour Doll Eyes: That's Awkward 

Maybe it's because I still get to be a teenage watching the show, and I can pretend it's clever as it's written by and stares members of MENSA, but I love to get my Awkward on. Some of these are already on the best sellers list. My favorite is of course, New Girl with an honorable mention to Outie 5000.

3. Shiro Cosmetics: Seven Kingdoms
Again, fan girl may have bought the collection (the lid art is divine!) but the girl who wants to be good at makeup loves the colours. Mother of Dragons is an internet favorite, but I'm partial to Salt and Stone, No Men Like Me, Master of Whispers and Maiden Queen. It's a great collection of neutrals with just a touch of brights. This is a collection I would highly recommend even if you choose samples/minis and don't get the artwork.

4. Brija Cosmetics Glamour To Go. This is a super cute, easy to wear "welcome to make-up!" set. I would recommend this to someone who just wants to try wearing something new. The colours are simple, but classic. 

5. Innocent and Twisted Endless Rain. This was the first set that I bought in completion so it hold a spot close to my heart. I love how light these shades are and how well they all fit together. My favorites are 1000 Cherry Trees, and Needs More Lace. The lid art on this set is also beautiful. I want to go back and try several of these again using some of the nicer sticky bases I have.

Honorary Mentions:

Honorable Mentions:

Femme Fatale Cosmetics Spell Weaver. My love for WoW goes to as much depth as these colours. I only have select shades from these (medal for self-control please :P). Any of the five World of Warcraft collections are welcomed gifts. *hint hint*

Hello Waffle Catssic Literature Collection. Just look at that lid art! I have a couple shades from this collection, and I giggle a tiny bit every time I use Call Me Ish-meow. Also check out the seductive Hisster Pryne.

TL;DR I like neutrals, purples, greens and sparkles. Add some cute artwork and you'll hear me squee! In all honestly, I think a great starting set includes a range of complemntary colours, something special and lots of love.

What are your favorite sets? Do you like to amass collections? 

Shiro Badger Mushroom Snake

Years ago, Shiro Cosmetics came out with a collection based on this. The Badger, Mushroom, Snake consists of three shadows based around the catchy meme. This set is currently on mark-down as it will be discontinued at the end of this month. I know if you read about indies, you have already seen these swatched. But this is for me.

Did you see the lid art? So darn adorable! I've been wondering about these for atleast half a year, maybe more.

Stacked on the side. Colours matching the name of the shade perfectly.

All three are lip safe! :)

Badger, mushroom and snake. Snake was the shade I was most looking forward to. Despite being more sheer than I expected, I do like it. 

The colours tend towards matte, but do work best over this sticky base. On bare skin, the micas were gone almost as soon as my arm touched the counter. 

Here they are a tad blurry. I'm not really getting much for sparkles in Mushroom and Snake. Badger has some nice red particles in it. 

I picked these up as I felt I needed to see them before they were gone (and I needed full size before samples  in case the samples didn't get to my door soon enough). I think Caitlin and Shiro have improved vastly beyond these shades, and I can't wait to see what replaces them. Speaking of that, has anyone checked out the animal crossing trio yet?

Shiro Cosmetics And Femme Fatale Haul

I absolutely adore the Shiro logo.

Come to me my pretties!

I am so in love with Femme Fatale. Silly no-buy is preventing me for spending all my retirement savings on all the thing. Looking pretty now is worth living in the park in the future, right?

Freebies! *Also know as stuff you will buy later.

I keep forgetting to buy Bog Body!

Shiro super haul

Okay, okay... this was another order that I was doing great at resisiting, and then with a bit of emotional frustration gave in. And.. the part I kinda regret, not buying more :P 

It's my first order from Shiro!

Wrapped very well, and what's that? Some candy?

 Hmm... never seen this before.

 It's good! My daughter loves mail days like this.

 A hand written thank you. 

 Here's the goodies.

 And here are the goods.

So I picked out two collections (The Earth's Mightest Heros and The Tributes), a custom gloss made from one of the shades in The Tributes (wildflowers), Fatality finishing powder, and a West Wind from the Cheekbones contouring collection. I didn't know the mini sizes do not come with the custom labels. When I found out, I asked if I could upgrade my order and Shiro was very awesomely invoiced me for the difference. 

The names, for curiosity's sake.

Freebies! Very sweet. Look forward to many swatches. Which shades are your favorite? Have you contoured with grey? A you a fan of Shiro Cosmetics?