Nightingale Rose

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Rainy Day FOTD

The rainy season has finally come to Arizona, relieving the heat wave and rejuvenating the earth. For one, I also feel relieved and refreshed when the rain comes...I probably appreciate it so much because of the dryness of my home state.
Anyway, I was inspired to do my makeup in cloudy, rain-friendly colors.

Blurry photo is blurry...ick.

My hair is in desperate need of re-dying...please look away from the bad roots and humidity frizziness. :)

Inner thoughts- "Is it focused? Is it? Is it? Oh heavens, don't blink!!!"

Eyeball closeup!

Okay, here are the materials:

Face: Meow Cosmetics Pampered Puss foundation in Frisky Siamese
Brows: Black mascara. I still need to get actual brow stuff...
Eyes: Detrivore eye shadows in Apparatus (lid) and Abyss (crease and lower lash line)
I just finished it off with mascara and (slightly crooked) liquid liner.

Also, here is as much of my outfit today as I could photograph. The stripey shrug (originally Forever 21), black dress (originally a slip) and fancy short necklace were all thrifted. The rosary was originally rose scented, and came from a stall that sells Catholic and Rastafarian items in the halls of my university's dining hall.

Have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Success!!!

I am incredibly excited because...I made my very first eye shadows today! It is so much easier than I thought it would be, though I realized that I still have so much practicing to do before I can whip out some of the colors I really want to make. I got my supplies from TKB Trading, and so far they are performing marvelously. Now, to be fair, I've only made two colors so far, and they aren't terribly dark or Gothic...I made one shimmery butter-yellow and one glittery nude beige. See, not that impressive. I'm still so pleased with them though-especially since my beige was made with dark brown, magenta and bright yellow pigments. I will be making some wonderful brights and darks soon, though, and I will start showing you guys what my colors look like and how they perform. So far my mix is quite opaque, smooth, blendable and long-wearing, and that's what really matters when it comes to this sort of thing.
'Til next time, have a glorious day!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Accidental Fun-Finding

I was scrolling through the most time-wasting part of the Internet (it's depressing how well it holds my interest) and found a fascinating tutorial on how to recreate Siouxsie Sioux's trademark eye makeup.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/verymuchso/beauty-dare-siouxsie-sioux-eyeliner
Take a look and see what you think!

Friday, June 21, 2013

Covergirl Eyeshadow Quad Review-Drama Eyes and Blossoms

The other day I was at Walgreens, searching for last-minute items to add to a gift basket I was making. Of course, I couldn't leave without visiting the makeup section, and there was a BOGO 1/2 off sale on Covergirl. So, I came home with two quads. I have been craving burgundy eyeshadow looks lately (no idea why) and the colors I already had just wouldn't go together the way I wanted them to. So, without further ado, let's get to what I tried.

This is Covergirl's Drama Eyes palette, number 222. This palette has been reviewed and used in tutorials multiple times, I think because of its accessibility and the rather unusual (for the drugstore) burgundy shade on the far right.

Here are my swatches:

The bottom row is without primer, the middle row is with Detrivore Original eye shadow primer, and the top is with Wet n Wild Fergie Take On the Day primer. The best shades in this palette are the burgundy and the silver, placed second to the right. The black ( which has slight shimmer that basically disappears after the first swipe with a brush) is extremely sheer, but blends fairly nicely. The white is sheer as well, but super frosty and would still make a formidable highlight.

This is one of Covergirl's newer palettes, 257 Blossoms. I loved the mix of bright and muted pinks and purples, and knew that they could make a fantastic "bruised" smoky eye.

Here are the swatches-the primers are in exactly the same order as the Drama eyes: nothing, Detrivore, Wet n Wild.

As you can see, there is one extremely disappointing color in the mix. The light plum second from the left is basically invisible, despite all the packing I could muster. However, it does make a nice blending shade for black, dark brown, or purple eye shadows. The dark purple is okay, but primer really brings out its shimmer and depth of color. The two pinks are just fine, though primer helps them a lot too.

Overall, I give these palettes a 3.5 out of 5-they are quite affordable and extremely easy to find, but they need some working with to really get your money's worth from them. They range in price from $5-$6 or so, and are available just about anywhere that sells makeup.

Hope that this helps-now go have a fantastic day.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Video Share-Joji and Literature

Literature is the first part of the Goth scene which I was ever involved in-I still love to read and re-read my Bram Stoker and Edgar Allen Poe while finding new and exciting books to dive into. Also, I feel it an honor to include something from Joji Grey on my blog.

So much fun, and it's always helpful to be reminded that there are other things besides computers (I can get a little caught up in them sometimes).
Happy reading!