Another month gone by!

Here I am again, popping up out of nowhere! I have been really dedicated to Knittyandcolor lately so I have been out of the makeup world for the most part. I could not even tell you what MAC collections are out right now...shame on me!!! On little tidbit below...an EOTD that has gotten raves from friends and family :)



I know one pic is not much, but its all I have for now! The eyeshadow in this pic sucks and is not worth mentioning but I used the newer UD 24/7 liners in Flipside and then Graffiti beneath it and wow. Love at first sight!!!! Try this look, it is sure to please :) Until next time!

And now onto something completely different!

So, in my makeup downtime I have picked up a new hobby that has become more and more important to me lately and I wanted to share that with everyone :) I am a fiber artist!!! What does that mean, you may ask? Well, I have learned to handspin and hand dye my own wool. I know that sounds like a strange hobby, but I really enjoy it! Its another way for me to express my love of bright colors. I always enjoyed knitting, but never found yarn that I liked in conventional stores. So, I started to make it myself!!

I know that not everyone who likes makeup is also crafty, but I just wanted to share some of my work with those of you that are. Here are some products from my new Etsy store Knittyandcolor.etsy.com

I also have a blog that I will link to here Knittyandcolor.blogspot.com

Cerulean


Dying Love



Clementine




Grapes of Rath




Caspian




Solar Flare




Anyways, thanks for looking and letting me share my new creative outlet with you :)

Early St. Patty's EOTD with ebay 88 color palette!

Well, I did this a few weeks back...but Im contemplating recreating it for St. Patty's day!! I know its a bit wild, but you only live once, right? I primarily used the 88 color palette from ebay and some other things that escape me right now. I know, how helpful to the reader, LOL! I know that I used MAC Minted Kohl and NYX Green Glitter Eyeliner too :)






I never did a full review of the 88 color palette, but maybe I will manage that some day soon. Overall there are some super cool colors and some crappy ones but its still a great deal! Im looking forward to getting the 88 Ultra Shimmer palette in the future because I think its more "me".

New Urban Decay swatches with EOTD!

So, new Urban Decay stuff....my ears perked up immediately when I got word so I got in the car and drove to my nearest Ulta, where I found it all! Here are my swatches:


New Cream Eyeshadows


New 24/7 Eyeliners


Initially I bought Cream Shadows in Grass, Mushroom and Asphalt. These are the exact same formula and packaging as they were back in the day. The colors are just better and more unique. Grass is a very nice deep emerald green. Mushroom is a grayish taupe with loads of shimmer. Asphalt is black with uber glitter. I mean uber!

While I liked them as eyeshadow bases, they are not suitable to be worn alone (except Mushroom) and in the end I returned them because it felt like $17 each just to make my eyeshadow more vibrant wasnt a wise choice for me right now. I somewhat regret that and somewhat dont. If you have the money and intend on using these under eyeshadow, then go for it!

I also purchased Graffiti and Flipside eyeliners. These are pretty! Graffiti does have tons of silver microglitter that is visible on the lashline so beware. Flipside is the perfect marriage of MAC Blue Peep Fluidline's color and UD Electric's shimmer. I actually sold my Blue Peep after getting this. I thought I would love Ransom, but it just bored me IRL.

Anyways, here is an EOTD I did with Grass Cream Eyeshadow and Graffiti Eyeliner:







Also used:
UD Graffiti E/s
MAC Humid E/s
Jane Twilight Zone E/s

Thanks for reading!

It''s Alive!!!! Again!!!

Yes, I again have dragged myself out from under a rock to blog to my very small, if still even existent, audience! I hadn't even logged in here in a while because I was sure no one missed me, but a few people seem to!! I feel so loved :)
I'm not typically one to dig on sob stories, but I've been MIA for a while because life has been very crazy! In October I was laid off from my job...albeit this was a life-sucking, soul crushing, stab yourself in the eye daily kind of job. I was lucky enough to get some severance money so it was a blessing in disguise. Shortly after that my husband's grandmother lost her battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis at the young age of 72. And the kicker...I had an unfortunate accident while snow-tubing (sledding but with a tube) and nearly broke my ankle! Two months later I still look like I have elephantiasis of the ankle. So, here I am...still jobless but finally able to walk, clean house and SHOP!!!! You may ask yourself "how can she shop if she doesn't have a job?". Well, thanks to my massive makeup collection and my dearest Clearance Bin on Specktra I can finance the occasional shopping trip :)
ETA: I began writing this a long time ago, but published it on 3/2/09

Phewwwwww, no onto the stuff that everyone wants rather than my blabbering, MAKEUP!!!!

Here is my Valentine's FOTD


Yeah, I got a little fluffy after spending over a month on my couch :P This pic is post dinner and post lip color.











I think I used:
UD Hotpants e/s
MAC Accent Red pigment
MAC Milady Duo red (in crease and to line bottom)
MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

So, more updates to come...probably right after this one :)

Urban Decay Book of Shadows!!

First off, this things is HUGE. Totally not portable!




The brushes are just ok...







Scratch vs. Scandal



Absinthe vs. Graffiti...I love them both!



Scratch vs. Scandal and Absinthe vs. Graffiti - Absinthe has more gold shimmer, and makes Graffiti look more kelly green.




Ransom vs. Mayhem



Ransom vs. Mayhem vs. Ashyxia - Mayhem has more icy blue to it IRL , it is the lovechild of Ransom and Ashphyxia



Protest vs. Mildew



MAC Humid vs. Mildew vs. Protest



Underground vs. Gridlock vs. Sidecar




and for fun, because I never noticed this in the Deluxe palette...so cute!!!




So, overall this is a very good value palette and would be a great purchase if you dont own any/many UD shadows. There are def. some repeat colors...but there are also some nice new colors in here! Even the repeats have some subtle differences that just dont show up in pics. I didnt get to swatch them all yet but Perversion, which does not look matte, looks really pretty. Also, dont expect to tote this around with you though. Its large and heavy and the drawer is a PITA to slide out.

My God where have I been....where have I beeeeeen??

Sorry, quoting new UnderOath, which completely owns me. But Alas, I have fallen off the face of the earth and returned again. Work has still been crazy and life sucking and there have been some possiblities of some interesting doors opening in my life which I cant tell you about now, but hopefully in a week or two :) I've also become completely engrossed in knitting scarves (again) as well as the art of spinning! I ordered my first drop spindle this week so I should be spinning soon ;)

So, here are my contributions from the past few weeks...







Here is what I used...which I did not photograph the labels and now forget what all of the names are :( I know that the Fyrinnae greens are Leif and Elven Dagger...


Next...yay for fancy hair and falsies ;)









And in case you dont have supurb vision...MAC Kitschmas, Violet and Entremauve, forget which falsies Im wearing...


Thats all for now, but stay tuned because I have some new UD goodies....including the Book of Shadows palette which is waiting on my doorstep now!