Urban Decay Book of Shadows II Look :)

Here is a fun look from the UD BOSII :)

Jinx on the lid, Misdemeanor in the crease, Sellout to blend and highlight. Generic black eyeliner on waterline. Flipside liner on top lid with MAC Peacocky glitter liner on top...enjoy!

Latest and greatest purchases :) LONG POST!

None of these are super new items to the scene, but they are things I've picked up lately and am enjoying :)

First is the sparkly Sonia Kashuk Quads from Target! The browns quad is Showstoppers, and the purple is...

Basically, these are uber soft and shimmery/glittery and are something even the biggest glitter ho wouldnt wear often. This coming from a big glitter ho. The base colors are pretty sheer and dont blend together super well. But, they are pretty fun and would be great for a club/date night look! The best thing about these is that they are a cheaper ($10.99 each for a quad) and slightly better version of the new Urban Decay Stardust shadows. So, if you are lemming those, get these!!!






Hard Candy's new blushes in Pin Up and Honeymoon: These are great!!! Very shimmery/frosty, but they go on smooth and give me just the right amount of color without looking garish. Pin Up is almost bronzer like on my lighter skin and Honeymoon is a gorgeous light peachy shade.



Next is some of the Hard Candy Eyeshadows. These arent super pigmented, but they are all nice and smooth. I really like how the have almost micro glitter in them for added fun!




Next is my Kohl's/Flirt Beauty holiday palette! If your Kohl's still has these, go get one! This is the perfect bronzy/neutral palette. Im not usually a fan of Flirt stuff but the eyeshadows in this are right on par color and quality wise with a few Urban Decay shades (baked, half baked, twice baked). I can do comparisons on request!





Next....living proof that I am a UD junkie :) I finally obtained all 3 Book of Shadows palettes!!! Do not ask me how much I paid...Im still feeling a little guilty ;)

Now, I have a love/hate thing with these...Love: so many colors of UD even at the prices I paid, its a better deal than owning them all full size. Hate: the portability issue. These are so clunky!!! I had to go out and get a bigger makeup bag to bring this with me to work. Yes, I am guilty of putting my makeup on at work. Sorry, I love my sleep :)

Below I did some comparisons of the shades that you will find in them. Many are similar, and many are the same. You will find the most overlap between the BOSII and AIW.

If I had to choose 2 out of the 3, I would choose BOSI and BOSII. But, I LOVE Alice in Wonderland, so I had to have that one too :)






Comparisons...
First are the aquas L-R: UD Peace Deluxe, BOSII Jinx, AIW Alice
Peace is the boldest and most pigmented, Jinx has a duochromy tint similar to MAC Tilt and AIW Alice is in between.

Now the Greens L-R: UD Graffiti Deluxe, BOSI Absinthe, BOSII Homegrown, AIW Absolum
Again, Graffitti is the boldest, Absinthe follows and the other two are a lot more sheer and golden.

The golds...well I spaced out and totally forgot what I swatched now, sorry!



Im pretty sure that is enough for one post!

Again, I appear out of nowhere...

It seems that I have completely abandoned this blog and all things beauty...until now! I cant promise that I will post here much, but I would like to post some things occasionally because I know that when people search "Fyrinnae Swatches" they will always end up here ;)

On a personal note I will say that the reason I returned is that I am much more into beauty related things than I have been in over a year! Sitting in your house alone for a year with no job can do that to you. I have however spent a lot of time growing my Etsy business and making that a success, so it was worth the break. I also finally got a part time office job so now I have cash to spend on makeup and whatnot again, YAY!

While I attempt to find pics of some looks Ive done recently, I will entertain you with some hair pics instead :) Here is my latest...bright reddish purple hair, joy.

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!