judixo: September 2011

Monday, September 26

Aromaleigh was one of my first indie purchases. I bought a few shadows earlier this year and fell in love with them. They are just so complex!! There are so few indies I can say match AL in quality. So when I heard Miss K came back to clear the rest of her inventory, I couldn’t help myself and placed a number of orders on her new website Dormant Dream.

The other day I decided to throw on some of her shadows so my face wouldn’t look so bare. You don’t need to do much to make these shadows stand out. Here’s what I came up with in a few minutes.

Eyes
Aromaleigh – Tethys – on lid

Aromaleigh – Love’s Easy Tears – swept widely in the crease
Aromaleigh – Celestial – on the brow bone

It was incredibly difficult to capture the sparkles due to poor lighting and an unsteady hand. I wish my photography skills could do these shades justice! You can click on the pictures to enlarge, they show more detail than the thumbnails.

Are you a fan of Aromaleigh? If so let me know which shades you like best! :)

Sunday, September 11

I’ve been wanting to do a MAC lipstick swatch post since I started my blog. MAC is a company I have only started using since I got back into makeup earlier this year. I think my MAC collection can definitely use more lipsticks, but I feel I have a solid range of colors that represent my tastes well.

Last week I picked up three more lipsticks and decided it was as good a time as any to make a swatch post. I may revisit this at a later date when my collection has grown some more. I also want this here as a point of reference for myself since I do have more pigmented lips, especially my top lip. Lipstick colors tend to morph on me, especially once they’ve been there for a while.

I’m not 100% satisfied with the swatches; the weather was cloudy and the lighting wasn’t great so some of the colors are not as vibrant as they are in real life. I’ve learned that swatching is a lot harder than it looks!

For reference here are my bare lips.

Below is Honeylove. This is a matte and very unforgiving on my lips.

This is See Sheer. When I asked for a coral shade this lipstick was recommended twice by two different people.

I asked for a more slightly more coral shade and they recommended Crosswires.

Here is another coral recommendation, Vegas Volt.

I bought Surprise Me at a CCO without trying it first. Have you spotted a trend yet?

Gem of Roses is described as a mid tone pink. On me it is a rosy nude. My lips but better.

This is One of a Kind. I do not find it true to its name, so it doesn’t get much use right now.

I missed out on Candy Yum Yum, so I bought Girl About Town. This wears more purple on me, especially once the color has time to settle.

Ruby Woo is the only red I feel comfortable wearing.

Described as a vivid pinkish-purple, Rebel thankfully leans more pink on me. This is one of the colors that just would NOT photograph well for me. It is definitely more intense in real life.

Oh Musky Amethyst. I want to like you so much. But I don’t feel comfortable in dark colors or purples, and you are both. My friends seem to like you though, so I keep you around, hoping I will wear you when the weather cools down.