Brazen Spring Cleaning Sale!

Hello, all!
I just wanted to let you know that Brazen is having a spring cleaning sale. They're one of my favorite companies, so I highly suggest checking them out. Their lip gloss is fantastic. If you click the pretty lady below, you'll be taken to the shop!



Let me know if you indulge in anything!

You also may have noticed that Brazen has taken up residence in the sidebar to the left. I'm happy to announce that I am one of the "Brazen Beauties", and that's my affiliate link over there.

Disclosure: this post contains an affiliate link

Obligatory Green Look

Though I didn't do anything particularly exciting to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year (unless an NCIS marathon counts), I did put some green eyeshadow on today.

I really like how green my eyes look with this shadow! I decided to a purple liner along the top lash line so that it wouldn't be entirely green.

I used:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Blarney- Brazen Cosmetics
Shenanigans - Brazen Cosmetics
Side Show - Brazen Cosmetics

I also transferred some of my potted Brazen lipglosses into some empty tubes I had sitting around. I haven't been using the potted glosses recently because tubes are so much more convenient, but these are such great glosses that I wanted to change that! (Note: Brazen does offer their glosses in tubes now, though they didn't when I purchased these)

A syringe is the fastest way to tube them, in my experience, but I hate how difficult it is to clean gloss out of the syringe between colors. Lola and Peep show were tubed using a syringe, while the others were tubed by slowly transferring the gloss with a cocktail stirrer because I was tired of washing the syringe. The formula is difficult to suck up using the syringe, so I used a cocktail stirrer to scoop the gloss into the body/chamber of the syringe and then pushed the stopper (or whatever it's called) in.

Happy weekend!

Anti-Thesis Glitter Look

Last night, I was sitting in my living room trying desperately to find the focus and motivation to finish another chapter of my thesis. After a few hours of frustration, I gave up and turned to my arsenal of glitter.
Here's what happened:

I am THRILLED with how it turned out.

As always, I applied my trusty Too Faced Shadow Insurance.
I created an outline of the winged design with the black gel eyeliner from the Physicians Formula Brown Eyes eyeliner trio.
Then, I grabbed three of my eyeshadows from Brazen Cosmetics: Karma (purple), Beach Babe (blue), and Cirque (teal). I first applied them dry, but then decided to add a little more oomph by applying them with a damp brush.
Next was the glitter, Reverberation from Aromaleigh. I mixed it with some Sally Girl Gel Adhesive for Glitter, then applied it to the wings and the outer third of my eyelid.
I used the Maybelline Lots of Lashes mascara, and decided to top it all off by putting Karma in my brows.

This look was a blast to create, I definitely need to do more fun looks like this!

Another Perversion Update

According to the Urban Decay facebook page, Perversion will be available on UrbanDecay.com January 10, 2012! Yay! I'm glad that this "spring" release will be here soon. Sorry I don't have any pictures or swatches of it for you yet, but I'll be picking it up and reviewing it soon!

And so this post isn't naked/photo-less, how pretty is Lola from Brazen Cosmetics?!
(my lips, natural light)

Brazen EOTD

Fun, sparkly eyeshadow is a great way to escape from the stress of finals. Recently, I've been sticking to neutral looks day in and day out, so it felt like time to shake it up a little.

I used:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance (entire eyelid)
Too Faced Shadow Insurance Glitter Glue (center of eyelid)
Scorching- Brazen Cosmetics (inner third on eyelid)
Idol- Brazen Cosmetics (center of eyelid)
Karma- Brazen Cosmetics (outer third of eyelid)
Maybelline Lots of Lashes mascara

Photo under daylight bulb:

 Top Row: Karma, Idol. Bottom: Scorching

Under daylight bulb:

Natural light:

I like the way this look looks when my eyes are open, but not so much when I close my eyelids. The shadow that I applied over the TFSI Glitter Glue refused to blend well with the shadows applied over regular TFSI.  Overall, though, I am happy with this look! It's about time I started playing with colorful shadows again.

Brazen Halloween Quick Swatches

Happy Wednesday!
I'm going to post more detailed photos/review later this afternoon, but I wanted to get these up as soon as possible. Sandi from Brazen Cosmetics sent me some things to review from her Halloween releases.

L-R, natural light: Bondage, Wicked, Dead of Night, Fleet Street, Hades, Diablo (glitter gel)

L-R, with flash: Bondage, Wicked, Dead of Night, Fleet Street, Hades, Diablo (glitter gel)

Bondage is easily my favorite out of the set- what a beautiful deep purple!

Brazen Lip Swatches!

I'll do more in depth posts later with my usual skin swatches, but I just wanted to share a few pictures because I love Brazen's glosses so much. Seriously, I never liked lipgloss before I tried Brazen. Now I'm addicted.

Alchemy

Peep Show

Floozy

Floozy can be a bit hard to work with, but I love the color. It's just not good for days that I'm running low on patience.

Brazen Swatches!

Some time ago, I entered a contest being held by Brazen Cosmetics. I can't recall if I posted it here or not, but here's what I entered:

And I won! Yesterday a lovely prize package arrived in the mail.

I didn't swatch the Make Out Lipglaze since I've posted about the potted version multiple times (here and here). The tube formula is still fantastic, although a little more difficult to build up to opacity. I love how much more convenient the tube is!

Now for the shadows, all swatched over Too Faced Shadow Insurance, in natural light unless otherwise noted.

Walk of Shame

Flash:

Tree Hugger

Flash:

Scorching (mine is mislabeled as 'Scortching')

This shadow is INCREDIBLE and thus, incredibly difficult to photograph adequately. It's like a shadow comprising nothing but a ton of gold sheen.

Flash:

Beach Babe

Flash:

And a few bonus shots!

Brazen Floozy Swatches

If you've read my other posts about Brazen's Passion Pot lip glosses, you already know that I'm a bit crazy for them. And if you didn't already know that, you know it now. The glosses are $4.99 here.

I've been hoping that Brazen would come out with an even redder gloss than Cherry Bomb or Make Out, and Floozy did not disappoint. I love a strong red lip. Floozy isn't a pure, pin-up red, but it's pretty close.

Swatches in natural light.

The only thing that could make this gloss better would be for it to be in a tube rather than a pot so I could touch up on the go! I seem to be forever on the hunt for the perfect red lip product. I need one that I can apply easily to touch up between songs while swing dancing, and the germies on my hands from dancing with others aren't going anywhere near a pot of lip gloss!