I apologise for being a terrible blogger lately. My depression has been quite bad lately and when it's bad I don't have the energy to do anything, even just typing up a post is too difficult. And now I'm feeling better but have to tidy my bedroom.
Tidying my bedroom is a hellish and dangerous job that comes up about once a year (because I am a complete slob). Everytime I've managed to tidy it I think 'I'll never let it get this bad again!' but I'm just lying to myself. I managed about 4 hours today (though I actually started tidying it about 2 months ago, did several days of work and then got fed up with it seeming to go nowhere and gave up) before I started worrying I might lose an arm and had to go have a big glass of water. I probably have another week of work to go but I will prevail!
You may think I'm exaggerating, allow me to prove you wrong! These photos were taken after about 3 hours of work:
Oh God the horror D:
But I will be blogging again soon and I will have the worlds biggest blog sale as I need to clear space!
Hi everyone! Some of you already know this, but I've started making videos for my youtube channel again. My channel is here so please give it a look and subscribe if you want to see more :)
This is my most recent videos about a few of my recent favourite products:
Videos are really fun to make but boy is my double chin noticable!
If there's anything you'd like to see a video of let me know! :)
A few new videos i made for my youtube channel including a review of the UD alice book of shadows (which i stupidly keep calling a 'box of shadows') and Sugarpill swatched in real time.
My proper Sugarpill review should be coming up tomorrow, i'm going to be using what i've already said about the packaging because i want everything to be together, so if you think i've just accidentally reposted please do have a read and you'll see my full review of it :)
Disclaimer: i am not advising anyone to stop buying from lime crime if they wish to continue, nor can i say with absolute certainty that these swatches provide proof that the magic dusts are repackaged, this post is just to provide information and comparisons for anyone who wants it.
So as i'm still sparking with anger at the sexist, generalising antics of the self-appointed queen of unicorns *eyeroll* i would post my own swatches of her eyedusts versus TKB plain bog-standard wholesale micas, sold as an ingredient for eye-makeup for $1.50 for a huge sample bag (over a tablespoon). I made videos showing swatches of these on paper in real time a week ago. At the time i made these videos (and when i made my most recent order from TKB) i hadn't checked the latest list of TKB dupes, so there are some i swatched which didn't match, but that's because i was going on an old list of the dupes. The updated list is: Pink Poodle- TKB cloissone red Snow Queen- TKB Sparkle Turquoise Elf- TKB apple green pop Pompadour- TKB Colorona dark blue Princess Caraboo- TKB Emerald Primadonna- TKB Strawberry POP Empress- TKB Grape POP Nymph- TKB Hi-lite gold Siren- TKB Hot Mama Medusa- TKB Blackstar Blue Circus Girl- TKB lemon drop POP Fairy Wings- TKB Hi-lite violet Enchant-TKB Blackstar Green Shoe Addict- TKB Blueberry POP Twilight- TKB Ballad Blue Mermaid- TKB Coral Reef Blue Duchess- TKB Indian Blue Mirror Mirror- TKB Antique Silver Dragon Scales- TKB Chameleon Glitter Lime Criminal - Actually a blend! 50/50 TKB Lemon POP and TKB Green Apple POP
Next time i make an order i'm going to get the proper dupe of Dragon Scales and then will do a new video and swatches. Also i have a sample of 'vixen' which was one of the discontinued matte shades, which were rumoured to be unaltered oxides, pigments or ultramarines and so completely unsuitable to be used on their own as eyeshadows. I will see if i can find the match for that too.
Anyway here's my videos. There are some coming up showing them swatched on skin (and including the 50:50 blend for Lime criminal, not the incorrect dupes i show in this video.) , but i'm having trouble getting them on youtube for some reason.
If anyone is going to make a ridiculous comment about how I could have just put TKB in the baggies myself, if you watch the first video from the beginning you can see i bring the bags out of a closed envelope sent from the US. Also if anyone thinks that maybe Lorilyn who sent them to me might have just put TKB in herself, why would she have included 3 colours i couldn't match at the time? And on top of that, what on earth would i gain by lying about this?
Anyway today i took some photos of swatches on my skin, both wet and dry. I didn't bother with Dragon Scales or Vixen because i don't have the matching colours. In each photo the Lime Crime colours are on the left, the TKBs are on the right, colours applied dry at the top and wet at the bottom.
Lime Crime's 'Siren' Vs TKB's 'Hot Mama'
Lime Crime's 'Circus Girl' Vs TKB's 'Lemon Drop Pop'
Lime Crime's 'Medusa' Vs TKB's 'Blackstar Blue'
Lime Crime's 'Lime Criminal' Vs TKB's 'Apple Green Pop' and 'Lemon Drop Pop' mixed in equal qualities (i did this really quickly by just getting a teaspoon of each colour and shaking them together in the pot. I think mine has just a tiny bit more green in it than the Lime Criminal sample, but is basically exactly the same).
As you can see, there is (at least to my eye) not a single distinguishable difference. The colours are also all the same 'vibrancy'. While i'm no expert on mineral makeup, I would assume if they had at least had an eyeshadow base added it would make the colour paler (as the base is white), please correct me if i'm wrong.
I don't know how to feel about the colour 'Lime Criminal' While when i think of a 'unique, handmade eyeshadow' I certainly would assume the creator had done more than just mix equal parts of 2 wholesale micas, but on the other hand it does show that at least she has had the slightest possible hand in making one of her eyeshadows, by deciding to mix 2 colours. At least it is not a straight repackage, but it really is nothing to brag about.
I really wish i had a way to swatch more of the colours, but i certainly am never going to buy her eye dusts just to make the comparison!
Sorry if you've left me a comment or email in the last few days, i've been ill.
Nothing serious i'm glad to say, but my whole head aches, i've got a red raw throat and a cold and oddly i am tired all the time, even though i've probably had about 30 hours sleep in the last 2 days. Yesterday i stayed in bed up until about 5 o clock, then i went to see Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, which was fabulous. Then i went back to bed straight afterwards.
Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll is a biopic of Ian Dury, who used to be one of my favourite singers when i was a 15 year old punk. It was a deeply emotional film and Andy Serkis was absolutely amazing as Ian. They also did an amazing job on his prosthetic or cgi wonky leg.
Also as i was poorly i wore sort-of trousers for the first time in about 8 years, doing up the fly made me feel so masculine, and then i put on my big stompy dr martens as i've been wearing them a lot during the snow. All this combined has made me really reminiscent of my old punky looks and i sort of want to return to it occaisionally, but it's difficult because i like being so feminine these days. I sort of want to bring that raw, grungey sexuality of the punk look to my fashion, but still in a girly way. No trousers, that's for sure. I do miss my mohawk though :P
I've added a few extra bits to my blog sales, please have a look: http://lillianfunnyface.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-sale.html
http://lillianfunnyface.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-sale-part-2.html
hopefully i'll be feeling better soon and can get the clothes and things up.
also i've added some new givaways to my list so check them out for more chances to win :D
http://lillianfunnyface.blogspot.com/2010/01/giveaways.html
Also here is a list of some reviews and things that should be coming up as soon as i stop being so rubbish!:
ELF studio line makeup
ELF studio line brushes
avon solutions winter skincare
Evil Shades haul and review
Spell cosmetics haul and review
Aromaleigh haul and review
Lime Crime vs TKB swatch photos
Benefit youre bluffing review
