Chinovi Cosmetics

I have decaf coffee this time. =] So today/tonight, while watching Iron Chef, I am here to show you an amazing new company that is like...AWESOMESAUCEYBALLS. (that is soooo a word). Chinovi Cosmetics made their launch only a few days back but I was lucky to score some samples before they opened. Even though I didn't blog them =/ Oopsie XD. One thing I must admit is that these colors are gorgeous and their website is awesome! Can I just say now that I will be definitely be purchasing again. No doubts there. 

Pricing - Sample baggie - $1

             Sample clamshell - $1.25

             Full size w/o Sifter - $4.75

             Full size w/ Sifter - $5

Shadow Amounts - Samples - 1/4 tsp

                             Full Sizes - approx. 1.2 g

Extras - 1 sample

PICTURE TIME~~all these were swatched on my plain skin in the pretty, but harmful to my paleness, sunlight

As you can see the ingredients are right there on the label. Nice. 

Hiccup is a nice red/orangey color with golden sparklies. It is almost like a neutral but not. 

Tears is a blue verging on mint that is just so gorgeous. It also have some awesome silver qualities. 

Monster is a blue/purple duochrome that doesn't branch into blurple territory. Even though I love blurples this is just awesome. 

This right here, is a gorgeous forest green/teal-y color that has some gold sparklies.

Excuse me...OMG THIS COLOR. I am in love. Absolutely in love. It is a silvery-blue with a slight green shift. 

This is another dark green/teal-y color that is awesome. 

Rave is a bright purple with pink sparklies in it. Not a color I would normally go for but it is really pretty. 

Troll is the opposite of an actual troll. It is a super pastel lilac with some blue sparklies. 

Finally, Rock on is a deep teal color that has a slight green shift. 

So, if you haven't already, go buy some things! Also these colors are so smooth and easy to apply. I am going to buy more eventually (when money allows). Now I have a caffeine-withdrawal headache and must say ado. Also I must wash my face with my black magic soaps =] I will be writing my first Rant and Rave post sometime this week. There will be lots to say. Ado~~.

<3 Taryn

Tick:Tock Cosmetics Review!

Tick: Tock Cosmetics is a company I have come to love. Even before I created swatches I fell in love with the shifts in the shadows and the colors themselves. They are also coming out with a mineral veil and new lip glosses.

Pricing - Samples - $0.70
             Full Size - $4.75
             Infinity Eye Shadow Base - $4
             Clearance - $3.95
             Shipping - $3

Shadow Amounts - Samples - 1/8 tsp
                             Full Size - approx 1 tsp.

TAT - 1.5 weeks

Extras - 2 samples

All swatches are dry without primer.

Delorean - is a nice grey with blue sparklies. 

Stop ...Zombie Time - is a bright lime green with blue sparklies. It is such an awesome color!

Back to the Future - is a dark green with gold sparklies. I am a sucker for dark greens lately and this is such a pretty dark green it almost has a hint of blue in it to make it unique. 

Methulsela - is a silvery purple with holo sparklies. It is gorgeous!

Decay - is my favorite out of all of these. It is a green with red, pink and purple sparkles. It is truly gorgeous. 

Zombie Baby - is another favorite. It is the perfect light teal with pink sparklies. It is such a cute color. 

Outbreak of Epic Proportions - is a pinky purple color with red and purple sparklies. 

Tempus Fugit - is a greyed blue with multi-colored sparklies. Another extremely pretty color. 

Clepsydra - is a dark blue with silver and pink sparklies. 

Undead Princess is a bright teal with gold sparklies. 

Happy Hour - is a yellow with an intense blue shift. This is such an interesting color! 

Sexy Time - is a very dark teal with blue sparklies. It was slightly hard to apply but thats nothing a little primer won't fix!

Frozen in Time - is a white shadow with blue and grey shifts. This is a fantastic shadow. 

Tick: Tock Cosmetics is a fairly new company but has tons of ideas! I have mostly full sizes of all the swatched colors and I just ordered more =P. I adore their colors and this company. If you haven't bought any, you might want to! Also their Infinity Eyeshadow Base will be featured in one of my upcoming Battle of the Primes/Bases (which will be explained soon). Also don't forget to enter my Giveaway! It includes some Tick: Tock samples!

Love,

T 

Darling Girl Re-review Part 1!

Darling Girl is a really awesome company that has so many different products that are all so amazing its hard not to want their stuff! I especially love the taupes. Taupes are a color I never really liked until just a few months ago. Recently Susan, the owner, was asking around what our dream lip colors were and when I told her my thoughts, she created mine! I was ecstatic and bought one for myself and one for my Giveaway!

Pricing - Samples - 10 for $8
             Petit Jar - $2.25
             Fill Size - $5.50
             Color Shifting Liquid Kisses - $3.50
             Holo-Glosses - $4.75
             Kiss Me Tinted Lip Balm (discontinuing) - $4.75
             Kiss You Off Lip Balm (discontinuing) - $4.75
             Liquid Kiss Luxe - $4.75
             Liquid Kisses - $4.75
             Lucious Lip Balm - $3.50
             Blogger/Youtube Sampler - $0.75
             Bye Bye Dry - $6.50
             Dry Oil Spray - $3.99
             Skin Quencher - $5.75
             Lotion Bar Mini - $3.75
             Lotion Bar Full Size (discontinuing) - $8.75
             SALVation Body Balm Mini - $3.85
             SALVation Body Balm Full Size (discontinuing) - $8.25
             Sweet Lips on the Go! - $5.50
             Sweet Lips Sugar Scrub - $4.75
             Superstar Serum - $6.25
             Pixie Sprinkles - $3.00
             Pixie Sprinkles Deluxe - $3.50
             Watercolor Paint Pots - $4.75
             Correcting Concealer Sample - $1
             Correcting Concealer Full Size - $5.75
             Pretty Pampered Primer Powder Sample - $2.50
             Pretty Pampered Primer Powder Full Size - $9.50
             Shipping - $2-$3.50

Shadow Amounts- Samples - 1/8 tsp
                            Petit - 1/4 tsp
                            Full Size - 3/4 tsp  

TAT - 2.5 weeks

Extra - 2 samples
           Gift with Purchase when you order $10+ (before shipping)

These swatches are dry without primer!

Man Candy Blush - is a extremely bright pink blush that blends out really nicely. This is a perfect summer/spring blush for me. 

Dragon's Blood - is an absolutely gorgeous forest green color with gold and green sparklies. It has a slight gold shift! This was my GWP with my first order. 

Dark Crystal - is a dark plum/grey with pink and silver sparklies. I adore this color. 

Lucy in the Sky - is a greyed out blue with a gold shift and some silver and pink sparklies. I love this color.

Verdant Dreams - is a light teal with a ton of light blue sparklies and a slight purple shift. Another amazing color. 

Garden of Weedin' - is a dark green with a gold shift and purple sparklies. A must have in my book. 

Cupid - is from the Darling Deer Collection. It is a semi-sheer purple with pink and purple sparklies. Very pretty. 

Angel Face - is a purple with blue sparklies and a light blue shift. It is awesome. 

Taupe a la Mode - is a taupe with a gold shift and multi-colored sparklies. This was the GWP I got with my second order. 

Cheap Trick - was the custom made lippie for me! It is a lilac with a extremely noticeable light blue shift. The gloss is so smooth and wonderful. Also, after the gloss wears away, it leaves a light pink color with a still noticeable blue shift. 

Darling Girl Cosmetics is an ever growing company that is always adding new products and always motivated to improve. Bit I don't see anything to improve here =]. Susan also has a really awesome collection coming out called Darling Grrl based off of amazing bands. I am extremely excited for this collection and will be purchasing some for sure. 

Love,

T

   
       

Simply Kendra Review!

Simply Kendra is a rather adorable makeup company. They have very gorgeous glittery shadows and when I ran across their site I couldn't help but want some. The company also sells lip balm, lip glosses and blushes.

Pricing - Samples - $1
             3g jars - $3
             5g jars - $5
             Glitter Sample - $1.25
             Glitter Full Size - $3.50
             Glitter Affixer - $5
             Lip Balm - $3.25
             Lip Gloss - $3.99
             Lip Pouter - $4.99
             Blush Sample - $3.50
             Blush Full Size - $7
             Shipping - Orders from $1-$10 - $2
                             $10.01-$39.99 - $3.99
                             $40+ - Free

TAT - 1 week

Shadow Amounts - Sample - 1/8 tsp
                             3g jars - 1/4 tsp
                             5g jars - 1/2 tsp

Extras - 1 sample

These were swatched dry with no primer.

Naughty Librarian - is a satin purple shadow with red and purple glitter. 

Poison Candy-Apple - is a nice bright mint color with lime, red, and some purple sparklies.

Holly Molly - is a satin red shadow with some silver sparklies.

Green Fairy - is a white toned olive shadow with silver shimmer.

Hex - is a semi-matte blueberry shadow with tons of shimmer.

Sea Foam - is an olive shadow with some shimmer.

Giggles McGee - is a sheer light green shadow with some shimmer. 

Starry Night - is a navy shadow with blue sparklies. It applied patchy on bare skin.

Tattooed Woman - is a bright pinky purple shadow with a slight blue shift.

Angel Baby - is a light blue shadow with blue and silver sparklies.

Glitterbot - is a bright blurple with lots of sparklies.

Silly Goose - is a light teal shadow. It was hard to apply on bare skin. 

Simply Kendra is a very sweet company who has lots of colors and some very nice pricing. I love the feeling of their shadows and they are rather pigmented for no primer. Her site is very easy to navigate and very easy to read.  Also Simply Kendra has been included in my Giveaway! 

Love, 

T

           

Madd Style Cosmetix Review!

Madd Style Cosmetix was always one of those companies where I was told to stay away from because of some bloggers' opinions long ago. But after seeing time pass by and not another bad word said, I decided to put on some big girl panties and buy. I was always astounded by their colors and how their names related to things I loved. One day that had a little set of get 3 jars and one XL sample for $10 and I took my chance and bought it.

Pricing - Samples - N/A
             Full Size - $5
             C.O.W - $3
             Shadow Base - $6
             Eyeshadow Mixative - $5
             Shipping - $2
                             Another Item - $0.75

TAT + Delivery - Above Average (1.5 weeks)

Shadow Amounts - Sample - approx 1/16th tsp
                             Full Size - Approx 1.5g in a 5g jar
                             (No true amounts were given)

Extras - 1 sample

Packaging - Tissue Paper

Swatches were done dry without primer!

Love the labels!

Monster Mash - is a satin green with blue and red sparklies in it

O Hai, Kawaii - is a light purple with blue and pink sparklies. It is rather sheer.

Tardis - is a bright blue with some purple accents with a strong pink shift. I adore this color. Doctor Who forever. 

Sub- Zero - is a satin white with a light blue shift. This one is also rather sheer. 

Spirited Away - is a dark satin navy with gold sparklies. I adore this color and the movie.

My Favorites: Tardis and Spirited Away

Madd Style Cosmetix definitely lived up to me hopes with their complex colors. I cannot wait to try more of them! My few concerns are their lack of ingredients, their lack of shadow amounts in their listings and that they do not carry samples. But I highly suggest you give them a look and try out some shades.

Love, 

T

Persephone Minerals Review!

This is extremely overdue and I deeply apologize to Victoria. But on the bright side, my laptop is finally back in my possession and I can finally resume my normal blogging. Today I have Persephone Minerals. This company has some of the nicest customer service I have come across and she has some of the most gorgeous colors. So let's get this review started!

Pricing - 5 Samples  - $5
             5 Senshii Samples - $6.25
             3 Stardust Shimmer or Mystical Highlight Samples - $6
             Full Size Eye Shadow - $5
             Full Size Stardust Shimmer or Mystical Highlight - $10
             Shipping - Full Size (Any) - $3
                             Samples (Any) - $1.75
                             With Another Item - $0.01

TAT + Delivery - Average (2.5 weeks)

Shadow Amounts - Samples - 1/8th tsp
                             Full Size - 1/2 tsp in a 3g jar

Extras - 2 Samples

Packaging - Patterned Organza Bags.

Photo time! These swatches are all dry without primer.

 See how full the full sized jars are!

 Here are the sample bags!

Dead Ringer - is a really gorgeous brown with copper, red and gold sparklies. There is a slight copper shift in some lights. 

Spirit Realm - is probably the most gorgeous shadow I have ever laid eyes on. It is grey in the jar, rubs to a bright green with slight blue accents then suddenly without warning shifts to a bright blue. Please, just buy this color. 

Cotton Candy - is a really pale almost metallic pink with a slight blue shift. 

Delusion - is a satiny purple with purple sparklies. 

Trance - is a slightly greyed pale blue with a slight purple shift. 

Asteri - is a dark navy with some copper sparklies. I adore this color.

Escort - is a bright butt blue with light blue sparklies. Its so bright it almost hurts my eyes. 

Smoke - is a greyed out purple with multi-colored sparkilies.

Bicurious - is absolutely gorgeous. It is a baby blue with a peach/pink shift. 

Another angle of Bicurious.

Pluto Planet Power - is a gorgeous emerald green with green and light blue sparklies. 

Dead Scream - is a sating plum with silver sparklies.

Sailor Pluto - is a darker emerald green with green sparklies. 

Mars Crystal Power - is another gorgeous duo-chrome that starts as a bright red and shifts to a peach/gold.

Rei- is a blackened purple with purple sparklies. 

Elysian - is a brown with some gold accents.

Kore - is a blackened red with some red and gold sparklies. I love this color. 

My Favorites - Kore, Mars Crystal Power, Sailor Pluto, Bicurious, Asteri, Spirit Realm, and Dead Ringer. 

Persephone Minerals is a fantastic company that has some of my favorite colors. Their colors range from fairly simple to the extremely complex and this store is my go-to place for duo-chromes. Victoria is also the sweetest person and is extremely accommodating. If you haven't already, go grab some samples and try some stuff. She also has her new collections out. I ordered some =]. 

I will be posting my giveaway when everything gets here. But I have lots in store for everyone!

Love,

T