Coastal Scents swatches - help!

I've been reading some topics about CS vs TKB Trading and who's piggies are the best. I have a huge collection of TKB stuff but for some reason I have been unable to find a decent selection of swatches of the CS loose pigments/micas. Everyone and their mum has swatched the 88-palette though.

Has anyone come across of some reviews on CS pigments? With decent swatches?

There are some on youtube but you know what most of them are like - impossible to tell the color's apart (I really am no fan on video reviews unless they feature photos of the swatches - otherwise they're quite useless).

Please add your findings in the comments-section. Thank you!

Some  swatches I did find:
Stickles's swatches

PS! This blog has some very nice CS swatches: Polish&Pigments

Reorganizing blogger accounts

I used to have different accounts Siilike and Harakas but now I'll be known as LiisK, the name I go by in Estonian forums. I'm sorry to cause confusion. It's all for the greater good of keeping blog emails separate from other communication.

I hope you like the new skin too. I think it looks more compact in this template. :) Please let me know if I made it too wide.

Kuna bloginduse meilid hakkasid ummistama mu postkasti, tegin teise accoundi kuid kuna blogi ennast uue e-postiaadressiga väga kergesti ühendada ei saa, mängisin veidi kasutajanimedega. Loodetavasti tundub uus skin ka silmale mugavam.

Stiilisoeng 60ndatest / 60s hairdo

Sattus kätte vana Siluett, vist aastast 61 või 62. Mulle tohutult imponeerib 60ndate kostüümi- ja kleidimood, endalgi üks sama joont järgiv väike must kleit olemas nagu ka kingad ning isegi kott kuid juustega seevastu olen kaunis lootusetu juhtum - juuksed teevad mida juuksed tahavad.

Siin kirjeldatakse ajastuutruu soengu tegemist kaunis lihtsana... teinekord võiks ära proovida. Juuksed on just parajasti nii pikaks kasvanud, ehk õnnestub.

I leafed through some old 60s fashion magazines, "Siluett" was THE fashion magazine in Soviet Union for decades and ruled 1/6 of the planet's fashion. It covered topics from hair to ideology but mostly it was all about clothes and cutting patterns. This hairdo caught my eye, I'm rather partial to the overall clothing-style of the era, I find it classy, functional and elegant (not so much the hairstyles, the latter seem a bit too heavy and helmet-y lookig in general). I'm not sure I am able to wear this particular do since my hair is a bit thin and perhaps too soft. And there's no way I can make this one myself... Would like to give it a try though.

Siluett 50 Hommage ja in memoriam (in estonian)

Guilty pleasures... shopping

Am quite serious about my own little pigment pressing project and started collecting the necessities. The 28 slot magnetic palette from StarsMakeupHaven arrived today and I had a warm fuzzy feeling imagining all my 120+ piggies nicely pressed, labelled and color coordinated. Since there's just this one palette, it will only be housed by a select few (28). I think there will be a riot in my makeup-drawer...

Shipping was amazingly fast, shipped on August 17th and arrived on August 23rd, communication was excellent. Item was in superb condition and the only thing I did not like was the strange chemical smell. Understandable - it's plastic and plastic usually stinks. The lid is matte and my greasy fingerprints are all plain to see. It is quite thin and looks sleek and elegant, with my soft fingernails I found it a little bit difficult to open. I believe I will be getting more of these some time in the future, it would significantly decrease the amount of space needed to stash all my piggies. I just wish they'd be more affordable. :S

Quite a lot of bloggers refer to SMH eyeshadows as "poor man's MAC". Colors already in the palette were the little extras provided by SMH: red is Light My Fire and green goes by the name Call A Treuse. I reckon I won't be swatching these, since I'm pretty sure I already have similar colors in my collection, anyone craving to see the swatches can look at them here. Maybe I can find better homes for these, I feel more comfortable wearing taupes. SMH makeup is ordinary makeup and not pure MMU, containing methylparaben and alum lakes. Ingredients can be seen here (on the other side of the plastic wrappings they come in):

Little 26 mm round pans I got earlier from TKB all fit in the slots and are magnetized as well. All I need now is the TKB Trading's pressing binder... Or if I can get my hands on some pure alcochol I can try pressing with the jojoba oil I already have (this goes rancid pretty quickly though, fractionated coconut oil is said to be better for pressing). I have to tell you one bad thing about TKB... they never stop. Somehow they manage to add just the things I like and want (and let's be frank - do not need) to their shop's inventory. Overall I think this is just mean...

Saabus mu palett - näeb imekena välja, must ja elegantselt õhuke, A5 formaat. Haiseb veidi, peab tuulutama. Kahju vaid et nad nii kallid on... oleks kohe 4 võtnud. Ühe hind koos saatmiskuludega tuli kakskümmend neli ameerikamaa tugrikut. Kui odavamaks lähevad, hangin juurde. Tõenäoliselt on aasta pärast neid eBayst ka odavamalt saada, siis saab mõelda ka ülejäänud kollektsiooni pressimisele, hetkel on prioriteet pigem neutraalsetel pruunidel toonidel. Ma nüüd põen veidi seda roppu raharaiskamist...

Joik's deep cleansing facial oil - over and done with

Finally managed to finish the Joik face cleansing oil I bought in February 2009. I used it about twice a week while bathing and lately I had been using it with baking soda - to add abrasiveness and remove old skin more efficiently (smeared the oil on the skin, letting it work it's magic for a while, then took some baking soda, rubbed the skin over with it before taking the hot sponge and removing all of the goo).

It's a good product, removes all sorts of grease-based cosmetics and the skins own sebum like a charm. Main ingredients are sunflower oil, olive oil, ricinus oil, jojoba oil and some essential oils like lemongrass, lavender and tea tree oil. It's fairly cheap, 60 kroons per 100 ml bottle ($5, £3) that'll last you a year at least. They say on the homepage "use a teaspoon of oil" but that would be enough to cover your face, neck and decollete. 5 drops is enough for the face. I think I will not buy again, I'll just mix some myself.

IMPORTANT! Please note it also contains ricinus communis oil - a well known laxative if consumed orally, and also a pretty potent hair growth agent. Some people have been complaining that they have literally grown beards (hair growth on the cheeks accelerated) after using the cleansing oil. It's individual of course, I can't really complain about having a beard :D.

Sain lõpuks Joigi sügavpuhastava näoõliga ühele poole. Hea toode aga ma vist ei viitsi teist korda osta. Päevalille, oliivi, riitsinus ja jojobaõlid kõik niikuinii kodus olemas, saab ka ise segada. Niikuinii kasutasin seda viimasel ajal soodaga pastaks segatuna, et nahka efektiivsemalt koorida. Õlipuhastus kui selline sobib mu nahale kaunis hästi.