I Dream of Greenie

I recently purchased Wet N Wild's "I Dream of Greenie" trio, so I decided to share my swatches. The top shade is the browbone color which is a sheer green but appears more blue to me. The center shade is the crease color which I think looks nice with the browbone shade, and for some reason this color is a bit chalky/flaky during application. The bottom shade is the eyelid color which is a lovely pigmented lime green with yellow shimmer and it's definitely the stand-out shade in this trio.

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I was curious to see if my MAC Sharp eyeshadow was similar to the Wet N Wild bottom eyelid shade but it really wasn't what I'd consider a dupe as Sharp is much more yellow than it is green and it does not contain the yellow shimmer like the WnW one. The last swatch here is a combination of both colors.

Glamour Doll swatches and review

I purchased some eyeshadows from Glamour Doll online recently and wanted to give a quick review and share some swatches.

My package was very business card loaded! LOLZ

This is the Lorena Tower eyeshadow set (photos above taken with flash). Bare Naked is a lovely light gold color which I'd actually use as a deep highlight or all-over shade. Chocoholic is a brown shade with gold shimmer, a nice crease shade. Fabulous! is a pale watery blue shade. All these shades are easily blended out as to not look as vibrant if desired but I noticed that's just how this brand of eyeshadows seems to be. Bare Naked and Chocoholic look so sultry and almost give off a nice natural drama appeal together when applied to the eyes.

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Here are a few other eyeshadows I picked up from GD as well. Vanity is a really pretty blue shade with silver glitter. Jerrica is a rich yellow shade with similar glitter to that of Vanity. Flashdance! is a blue-silver shade with a silver-like shimmer to it. Summer Skies is a dark rich purple shade which appears to have a red shimmer to it upclose, the color reminds me of a really bad bruise, heh.

Overall these are worth trying out, the texture of the eyeshadows isn't as loose and messy as a lot of pigment shadows tend to be. The pigments actually seem to stick together a bit, rather then regular loose pigments which tend to fly everywhere and have much more "fall-out" then these. I love the satin texture these have as I'm not a huge fan of shimmery shades and personally prefer matte shades but the sheen of some of these is really pleasant. Some of these shadows do seem more intense and pigmented then others and I noticed that a lot of colors from GD tend to be for a limited time only as there were other shades I wanted but were no longer available.

Wet 'N' Wild in Greed Gourmandise - Swatches and Review

You can see how lovely and pigmented WNW's new eye-shadows are from my Greed Gourmandise palette, I use all these colors. It contains three matte shades (left side) and three shimmer shades (right side). The eye-shadows are pretty soft to the touch and apply nicely.

The lightest matte shade here looks similar to their color Brulee which comes in a single, makes for a nice highlight shade on fair-skin tones. The shimmery silver shade has a bit of gold shimmer to it which makes it a bit different then an average silver color. The matte medium shade is nice for a natural look on the lids. The shimmery golden pink shade is very lovely and makes for a nice daytime look on the lids and crease. The matte black is a nice staple to have for those that favor intense dark smokey eyes. The shimmery black has a bit of silver shimmer to it and seems to be a popular color this year.

I'd definitely recommend trying these out, it has to be one of my new faves this year.

Rimmel LipStick Colors

(NO FLASH)

(FLASH)

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT)

 Vintage 026, Airy Fairy 070, Summer Angel 640, Pink Chic 220

Revlon Lipstick Swatches and Possible Dupes

I decided to finally start sharing some of my current makeup collections...also wanting to purchase more items and forgetting which colors I currently owned was cause for this as well :P

(NO FLASH)

(WITH FLASH)

(STARTING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT)

TWINKLED PINK, GENTLEMEN PREFER PINK, SASSY MAUVE, PAPARAZZI PINK, APRICOT FANTASY, NUDE ATTITUDE, CRYSTAL CUT CORAL

POSSIBLE DUPES

TWINKLED PINK: N/A

GENTLEMEN PREFER PINK: RIMMEL IN PINK BLUSH, ICING IN LIGHT PINK #04

SASSY MAUVE: RIMMEL IN HEAVENLY

PAPARAZZI PINK: RIMMEL IN AIRY FAIRY

APRICOT FANTASY: N/A

NUDE ATTITUDE: MAC MYTH

CRYSTAL CUT CORAL: N/A
 
SIDE NOTES: Paparazzi Pink is probably going to be one of my favorties after taking a good look at the actual color here. Sassy Mauve is definately one of my favorites when applied with a light hand and some clear gloss. Nude Attitude should probably be a basic staple for most fair-skinned makeup go-ers as it goes nice with any makeup look really. I also found that combining Nude Attitude with MAX Factor Lipgloss in Champagne Bath can be a dupe for MAC TANARAMA or by combining Nude Attitude and NYC Mocha it looks similar to MAC FRESH BREW.