Geek Slappy Madness

I heard about a geeky craft fair being put on at the Jupiter Hotel by the PDX Browncoats our local Firefly fan club. There was so much awesome geek stuff but most of it was very over priced.

Shiro Cosmetics was there! Isn't the owner adorable? I got to test out the new holiday glosses Red Ryder smelled the best, but I think Leg Lamp was the better shade. I am definitely buying from her soon!

Girl dressed like TARDIS, looks comfy.

Randall really liked the steampunk stuff, the guns, utility belts, and canes.

Afterwards we went to Slappy Cakes for lunch. I had my usual sweet potato pancakes with goat cheese and apples.

Randall had toast, hash, eggs over easy, and vegan sausage. He's on this weird doctor recommended diet for a month, it's cut out weird things like soy and citrus.

After lunch we walked down the block to Movie Madness so Randall could see what they had. They have a lot of movie memorbelia including some awesome old costumes.

 

I love the gold dress in the above photo, from a 60's version of Grimm Fairy Tales. It's super tiny though, I could never fit in it, the actress must have been 12. 

 

Eyeshadow was Aromaleighs Zues and Verdant Wisp, and Femme Fatales Space Cow.

Binary Solo

 

Wore this look to where I volunteer locally once a week, mostly though I just felt like wearing some eyeshadow. On my cheeks I'm wearing Femme Fatals Fire Bloom blush, and Morgana Cryptorias Quark lip balm.

On the inner corner is Aromleighs Binary, and under the lower waterline Femme Fatals Phantasm.

On the lid is more Binary, with Femme Fatals Space Cow and arching above FF Haunt with more Phantasm on the brow bone.

I probably should have blended Haunt in a bit more but all in all it was a nice look and a good color combo.

He Laughs His Cat Laugh

 

I thought blue and pink would make a cute look on a summery day, and Femme Fatals Dreamstate would make a pretty liner. Unfortunately my liner skills still leave something to be desired but I don't think it was completely my fault this time, Dreamstate wasn't reacting well with my foiling medium. Also the pretty teal sparkle wasn't showing through.

On the lid I've used Aromaleighs High Heels with AL Wonder in the crease. A bit hard to tell though since High Heels is so shimmery.

Dreamstate was used as a liner, and ALs Perihelion was used on the inner corner and on the brow bone as a highlight.

It was a simple look with a surprising pop of color.

I'm also wearing ALs Cherry Bomb Blush, and Brazen lip gloss in Burlesque.

Femme Fatale Cosmetics

Femme Fatal is an Australian based indy makeup company I happened to come across. I liked their website, which is clear and easy to use with accurate photos, shade descriptions and all sorts of information about ingredients, uses, and recommendations. Along with eyeshadows they also have a few blushes and "Illuminators", plus they sell some really awesome looking nail polish that I wanted, but alas they don't ship them outside of Australia.

Shipping itself is decently priced for the distance they come from, some of my baggies exploded a bit, but it wasn't too bad, and they arrived about a week and a half after I made my purchase.

 

 From left to right swatched over Pixie Epoxy above, and Aromaleigh Lip and Eye Primer below.

• Phantasm: A very soft lilac shade with a gold shimmer. Works well as a liner and a hilight for the corner duct of your eye, but looks odd on the brow bone.
• Levitate: A pink toned lavender with a pink shimmer.
• Shooting Stars:Purple with a STRONG blue duochrome.
• Space Cow: Gray toned purple with pink shimmer.
• Haunt: A plum shade with red/pink shimmer.
• Sunfire: A coral shade with heavy gold shimmer that makes it look more orangy.

 

• Sunfire: See Above
• Ignite: Orange with orange/gold shimmer.
• Dreamstate: Navy with a very strong turquoise shimmer.
• Crusader: Bright yellow with gold sparkle and orange shimmer.

 

 If you like unique shimmery purples this is the shop for you, My favorites of this bunch were Shooting Stars, Sunfire, and Dreamstate. My least favorites were Ignite and Crusader, they're not bad shadows, but they're just very common, there was nothing unique or surprising about them, I feel like they're just there because every makeup company is expected to have an orange and a yellow shade.

As you might be able to tell the shades show up amazingly well over Pixie Epoxy, though you REALLY have to let it dry up on your lids before putting these shadows over them because they crease like crazy otherwise. They did not not like my primer (as you can also see), but I later used some Urban Decay Primer Potion and they worked better brushed over it.

 

 Along with eyeshadows I picked up two blushes, which I swatched over bare skin.

• Fire Bloom: A pink toned coral with copper shimmer.
• Fierce: A burgundy wine shade. Matte and patchy.

They difference between these two blushes is like night and day, Fire Bloom applied smoothly with some shimmer, and Fierce is patchy with no shimmer to speak of although it's supposed to have some. It's really the only sour note from the entire company, it won't put me off buying more from this company in the future.