Shakeup Your Makeup

I mentioned earlier that I ordered some eye dusts and baked shadows from Jesse's Girl Cosmetics. Unfortunately here in Indy, we don't have any Rite-Aid's, or any other drugstores for that matter, which carry Jesse's Girl. I had read so much about them on Makeup Alley, but hadn't been able to find anything to try out locally. A few weeks ago, the lovely Toma had posted about the new baked eye shadows for her "Hidden Gems" and I had to order them online. The colors looked beautiful, and the price was right at about $17 for all four, plus free shipping. While I was browsing around the site, I found the eye dusts, which I have read a lot about, including their similarities to MAC pigments. At $3.99 each, you can't beat the price, so I figured I'd try a few colors out. I chose the following:

Majestic Green
Sunpearl Pink
Sparkle Gold
Duochrome Blue/Green
Sunlit Cactus

Not only are the packages filled to the brim, but I received a bag full of sample baggies for each eye dust they have! What a great way to get me to buy again, because I definitely will!!

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The swatches are below - sorry they are a bit blurry, my hands were shaky the other day!

I will post the baked shadows next - those are definite winners, too!!

Fiji Beach is a beautiful and shimmery turquoise. There is a hint of gold, but not a lot, in this shadow. Marine is a pale turquiose-periwinkle color with tons of gold sparkle and undertones. It is a beautiful and shimmery color, perfect for summer! Holiday is a bright Christmas green with gold sparkles. I love this color, and think it will make a great shadows as well as liner!

Next up? A whole bunch of Jesse's Girl Cosmetic's eyeshadows! Not only did I splurge on their new baked eyeshadows, but I bought a handful of their eyedusts, and couldn't be happier with the products, especially for the price!

I received my Fyrinnae eyeshadows on Saturday in the mail, and boy was I so incredibly pleased with the quality and colors! I picked a variety of colors for this initial order. I had read numerous reviews and blogs raving about the colors and wearibility, as well as durability, of this brand, so I was anxious to finally get my order in. I was especially anxious when my mom got her order in the mail a few weeks ago - it just confirmed my need to place an order!

The colors that I decided to go with this time were:

Arcane Magic "Archmage"
City Glam "Lights of Stockholm"
Polar bear
Newcastle
Vodka
Monarch Butterfly
Kimichi
Arcane Magic "Faerie Glamour"
Liquid Inks Liquid Eyeliner "Lovers' Quarrel"
Rice Powder Primer

Again, I can't rave enough about how absolutely stunning the colors are. I cannot wait to try them all out. I played around a little bit with Kimichi, Monarch and Polar bear today, as well as the liquid eyeliner. The liner is a stunner in itself, as it changes colors depending upon the angle from a copper, bronze, sage green, to turquoise. An absolute beauty, that's for sure!

The other thing I am anxious to try out is the rice primer. I absolutely love and swear by mineral makeup, but the one thing that frustrates me to no end is the fact that it settles in my lines. The rice primer is supposed to help alleviate that problem, so I will definitely do a review of that once I have tried it for a few days.

Well, again, tomorrow I hope to have up pictures of these swatches, as well as the third portion of my Taylor Made Minerals!

...I feel like I'm running behind on everything! I spent part of the weekend in Chicago, where I was able to go see the Cubs play, which was a blast! I came home the following morning to my Fryinnae order, which I am so excited about! I have been waiting to try their shadows, and was thrilled with the colors I picked. I will definitely be posting swatches and pictures of those. I also have one more installment of my Taylor Made Minerals, which I will post today or tomorrow.

I think that's it for now...