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Sparklecrack Central
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Saturday Soundtrack: Burning Down the House (Tom Jones + The Cardigans)

1 day ago

Beauty Blogger Coalition Weekly Roundup for June 2, 2012

2 days ago

Saturday Soundtrack: Like Cockatoos (The Cure)

2 days ago

Meow Cosmetics’ Eternal glow powder

The primary shade is a sheer plum with some brown tones and gold shimmer. Its not an easy one to classify...but its definitely cooler. It isnt quite as purple as I expected, when I apply it; and sinc...

2 days ago

Tarte’s Lipsurgence in Dazzled

This one doesnt have much color payoff, and the color that it does lay down doesnt stick around for very long. Which is sad, because I like this shade! It swatches as a tanned coral with gold shimmer...

2 days ago

Site gripe of the week: Tchotchke-vomit

When you decide to place ads on your blog, stop and think about how many ads you want to have, and how large they’ll be. Then, test your site with no ad- or content-blocking software whatsoever. Make...

3 days ago

OPI’s My Private Jet

Apparently, the first version of this was a black holographic polish. I do not have that version, but the re-released version that contains multicolored shimmer…but it’s barely dense enough to be not...

4 days ago

Zoya’s Parveen

Tan nail polish is problematic for me. If it’s too yellow, it really doesn’t look good on me. It can make my hands look red (see Going Nude, Eh for an example of a tan nail polish that Doesn’t Quite ...

4 days ago

Question Wednesdays: Changing Seasons

What are your favorite and least favorite parts of each season? In winter, I love the snow and those moments during a snowstorm - light or heavy - where the wind falls off, theres a lack of sound, an...

5 days ago

My Pretty Zombie’s EJPCreations

I’ve tried red eyeshadows from various makeup companies (mostly indies), and the results have been a bit uneven. Either the color will be too orange-based, or the pigmentation levels will be disappoi...

6 days ago

Meow Cosmetics’ Streetlight Shimmer

This one’s right on the border between black and dark navy, with a great color payoff. It doesn’t leave a sooty residue behind, like some eyeliners do; but it does have pigmentation level similar to ...

6 days ago

Aromaleigh v2’s Vera

About the same color as chocolate milk, or cafe au lait (heavier on the milk). The pigmentation level is decent, but not the best color payoff Aromaleigh has offered, in either incarnation. Vera is a...

6 days ago

Saturday Soundtrack: Ragnarok (Corvus Corax)

26 may 12

Happy holiday weekend!: late May musings

Meow Cosmetics has re-released one of its summer-seasonal collections, Caribbean Escape. No additions this year to this collection, but they’re holding a Memorial Day weekend sale. Register for their...

26 may 12

Bare Escentuals’ buxom Olivia

A gorgeous cool fuchsia-red sparkle finish. There isn’t quite as much sparkle as in the various Diamond Buxoms (Sarina, April, Clair, Starr, Dominique) - the sparkle is a little sparser (though barel...

25 may 12

Morgana Cryptoria’s LE 102

To my eyes, this is a neutral green: no overt blue or yellow tones. The shimmer isn’t very strong, and it’s a little less opaque than I expected - especially when applied wet.

24 may 12

TKB Trading’s Smokey XXX

I agree with TKB’s description that says that this is a complex color. Overall first impression is cement-mauve or warm grey…but that’s not quite right. The pink and mauve are definitely more visible...

24 may 12

TKB Trading’s Smokey XXX

I agree with TKB’s description that says that this is a complex color. Overall first impression is cement-mauve or warm grey…but that’s not quite right. The pink and mauve are definitely more visible...

24 may 12

OPI’s Pink Before You Leap

I was attracted to the color and shimmer of this one - the SA told me that it was semisheer, so I knew about that aspect of the color before I purchased it. I was able to get full coverage in three c...

23 may 12

Zoya’s Skylar

Not too many companies do blues in this range, it seems…even if they otherwise have lots of blues in their inventory. Brights, neons, navies, jeweltones, if a company has blue nail polish those are t...

23 may 12

My Pretty Zombie’s MDMA blush

This was in my first purchase from My Pretty Zombie. In fact, this is what got me to buy from My Pretty Zombie in the first place! I saw a swatch of this on another beauty blog, and fell in love. Duo...

22 may 12

TKB Trading’s Athena

The shimmer is definitely muted, on dry application; and is even a bit softer on wet application than it appears in the pot. Compared to Aladdin’s Lamp, which displays a warm red-silver-gold shimmer ...

22 may 12

Lost in Makeupland’s Them Bones

The shades from the Alice’s Chains collection didn’t really appeal to me much. I’m not quite sure why - perhaps because they were mostly warmer shades, when I tend to prefer neutral and favor cool sh...

21 may 12

Review: Rockeresque Beauty Company

I bought from Rockeresque when they first opened, a full year ago. I’ve placed a handful of orders with them, I’ve watched their inventory slowly grow, and they seem to have maintained the publicity-...

20 may 12

NYX Cosmetics’ Jumbo Lip Pencil in Iced Mocha

I tend to be leery of nude lip colors. They sometimes work well on me, and sometimes just disappear. This almost disappears, but does leave a slight tan-gold shimmer on my lips. Its similar, in many ...

19 may 12

Thursday Thoughts: my latest acquisitions, and plans within plans

I love indie eyeshadows, blushers, and foundation…but some products (like mascaras and lipsticks) most indies don’t do, or don’t do often. I loved Aromaleigh’s lip balms and tints (and they’re doing ...

18 may 12

Zoya’s Surf collection

The shimmery counterparts to Zoyas Beach collection. I liked the look of these polishes a bit better than the mostly-creme Beach colors, but in an interesting turn of events, I own more colors from B...

15 may 12

Zoya’s Beach collection

The counterpart to the Surf collection - five cremes and one shimmer, in summery near-neons and brights. The correspondence isnt quite exact: Arizona is a softer, less red shade than Myrta; and Reaga...

15 may 12

My Pretty Zombie’s TaraYvonne

15 may 12

Fyrinnae’s Sake & Sashimi

This is dark and pigmented enough that it could easily be used as a liner. I tend to use it most often for contouring, though - there’s enough shimmer to make things interesting, but enough pigmentat...

15 may 12

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