EOTD Brown: Australian Amber

Australian Amber all over lid
Ivory Lace used on the browbone for blending

Do not like Australian Amber, will sell or give away

Here's some more of Australian Amber (May 5, 2009):
This time Australian Amber is applied wet the first layer and dry the second, blended with Bronze Fine just above the crease, which is in turn blended in with Sandy Fair (EDM, intensive) just under the brow. Sandy Fair is also the foundation for the day. The liner is Simply Naturals' Sandlewood, my absolute fave.

EOTD Rainbow

EDM Cool Fair as foundation

Manhattan's eye shadow primer on the lids
A Breath of Spring all over lid
Lemon Drop in the inner corner
Green Apple as liner
Grape in the outer V and crease
(Green Apple is toned down a bit using Ivory Lace and Sparkle under the browbone, all blended well)

Pictures are taken midday, makeup applied 8am, creased like hell at 6 pm. Think these micas need a layer of powder on top of the primer.

Another look, same colors, made in April:

EOTD Green

Promise of Spring all over lid
Green Apple in outer corner
Lemon Drop in inner corner

EDM collective haul has arrived

Ordered Feb 2, arrived Feb 16th. Now where the hell are the two sample kits I ordered a week before this package?

The testers ordered on January 28 arrived on February 27, testers ordered on January 26 arrived March 9.

Comparing all the EDM stuff I've got:

From top to bottom, all swatches done wet, no primer used:

My own mix of Conservatorie's Caramel Light
Fair Neutral semi-matte
Fair Neutral intensive
Ivory original glow
Ivory intensive
Sandy Fair matte
Sandy Fair intensive
(Cool) Fair semi-matte
Medium Summer intensive
Light Medium original glow
Linen semi-matte
Intensive Fair concealer
Multi-Intensive concealer
Aussie Perk Me Up concealer

And second one, in slightly different light:

The girl who got the 6 items on the far right (see the first photo) sent me her swatches too:
She is fair skinned like me but has darker hair. Says all the powders are a match since they are so light. She got:



Mint concealer
Multi-Tasking original glow foundation
Linen (intensive)
Olive Fair semi-matte
Olive Fair pressed powder
Finishing Dust
Walkee Talkee blush and
TKB's Zion Views eyeshadow.

EOTD Brown

This time no primer, just the tweaked Conservatorie foundi.

Conservatorie's Adobe as blush
TKB's Ivory Lace as highlighter
TKB's Moonstone in the crease, well blended (am rather surprised - that was too easy)
TKB's Australian Amber all over lid
TKB's Bronze Fine near the lashline in the center of the lid

Pictures taken in daylight. Elegant subdued look IRL as well.

This next one is anything but subdued: the coppers are incredibly intensive:
TKB's Copper Penny inner corner
TKB's Antique Copper in outer corner
TKB's Bronzed Gold under the browbone (rather think this would make a wonderful bronzer for someone just a little bit darker then me)
(forgot the mascara)

It's not wearable (much too daring for me) but I like it. This look can be worn in the evening with a matching copper-red dress. But I do not have a dress to match Copper Penny... And my ashen-blonde hair should be dyed deep red to pull this look off. It's perfect for a true goth. I guess it's gonna be one of these colors you just admire but cannot use much. Copper Penny reminds me of Archetype's Yowie the Night Beast.

Another subdued one - the Sun has set and pictures are taken in artificial light.
TKB's Athena all over lid
TKB's Dusty Rose in the crease
TKB's Ivory Lace as highlighter

Nüüd siis Moonstone, Athena ja Ivory Lace. Viimasest on saamas mu suur lemmik.
Aluspuuder seevastu läigib kaamerasse nagu pöörane... lisaks on ta ka kergelt kördiks muutunud - see näoõli, mida niisutajana kasutasin, see vist ei sobi...

I think the foundation disagrees with the oil I used to moisturize my face in the morning. Must be oil-soluble TiO2...