TKB oxides

Got them last year but never got as far as to swatch them. Missing here are  the Blackest Black matte tone (black iron oxide mixed with ultramarine blue, therefore also not lip safe) and Paris Pink matte tone (ultramarines, not to be used on lips), that I have already potted and made use of, one as a black eyeliner and the other one as blush.

Swatches applied dry, no primer: Ochre Iron Oxide, Yellow Oxide, Ultramarine Pink (not lip safe), Chromium Oxide Green (not to be used on lips), Ferric Ferrocyanide (not to be used on lips; never put this one anywhere near acid! ever heard of cyanide gas?), Red Oxide 170, Dark Brown Oxide, Brown Oxide Opps.
Oxides are pigments for making eyeshadows, foundations etc. Not meant to be used as they are - drying, uncomfortable chalky texture. It's recommended to grind them with TKB Tradings eyeshadow base, the result will be a matte product. TKB issued a matte eyeshadow recipe book too, last year. Will come in handy.

They can be used straight (wet) as liners though, very effective. It has been suspected that Simply Naturals' Fern is Chromium Oxide green in undiluted form. I forgot to buy Ultramarine Blue, Manganese Violet and Hydrated Chromium Oxide Green ... :S

EOTD Mermaid's Gold with Athena

Today it's (TKB Trading's) Mermaid's Gold (inner corners) and Athena (outer V). Mermaid's Gold on its own and when applied dry is a very nice sheer greenish gold. Athena is one of the few TKB colors that can be worn without a primer for at least half a day and that blends wonderfully. Very wearable color, wholeheartedly recommended.

Foundi was Archetype Cosmetics' Yellow Beige level 1 in Striptease formulation (also on the browbone and under the eyes). Blush is TKB's Apricot, ELF's Rosy Raisin on the lips. Manhattan's eyeshadow primer and Lumene's Blueberry Curl are also present. Even used the ELF brown eyeliner pencil - yes, it is rather harsh on the eyes, reviewers are right on that. The horseface will be removed soon and replaced by the usual eyeswatch.

EOTD's Breath of Spring After Twilight and Smokey XXX in Antique Silver

Yesterday's look in (TKB Trading's)  Smokey XXX (lid) and Antique Silver (crease, outer V) was a bit too dark for the office. Lately I tend to pick colors that are too similar and there's not enough contrast.
Smokey XXX is the perfect smokey eye color for pale skin. Picture taken 9 hrs after application and again, one eye is creasing. This time I used the Manhattan's primer so it has to be my eyes that behave weird and not the primers. Right eyelid sweats more???

Today's look (pic taken just after application) is about greens again. (TKB Trading's) Twilight, After Twilight and Aquarius are all part of the same color-type, watery grayish smoky greens. Aquarius is the greenest of them. Colors used here are After Twilight (outer V) and Breath of Spring (all over lid). Breath of Spring is actually rather sheer but this is not so noticeable irl. I always forget the liner... but this time I at least remembered to curl the eyelashes . :)

Note to self: eyebrows seem kinda bushy... I really would have needed those bloody ELF tweezers I reordered.

EOTD Lucky Aquarius

These are TKB's colors again: Aquarius with Lucky Green. Aquarius is based on chromium oxide green and ferric ferrocyanide - this means that when one rubs it, the black oxides won't be there to show through - it just becomes more blue-green instead of murky gray. The black fallout on my face is street dust - it's windy today and I just came from walking the dog.

Lucky Green is part of the Irish Eye set and is a cheerful turquoise greenish marvel with some golden sparkle. It's ingredients are not pure MMU, also contains some lake dyes (so does the dark green Dublin), Limerick is the only pure MMU eye pigment in that set.

These photos are taken in the evening, 10 hrs after application. I used the E.L.F. mineral eye shadow primer, the very runny one - for some reason one of my eyes creased like mad but the other one looks presentable still. I do not have much faith in that primer, deservedly so I'd like to think.

Here's a color experiment from last weekend. This is what one gets by mixing Green Apple with Raspberry (The Pop! sampler) adding a touch of Travel to Pluto. Not my color, I looked as if I spent half the night crying. It really looks more reddish irl. The sheen was marvelous though! I think it was Travel to Pluto that accomplished this.

And as last: something scary from yesterday. Copper Penny as mono color. I had the same color shirt too that day... still too scary though.

Notice: upcoming blogsale in May...

I need cash - therefore I'm planning to monetize some of the stuff I have gathered so far (brushes and ELF shadows brand new and unused):

some TKB micas (you can tell me the colors you want, I was thinking on the lines of 2 EUR (35kr) per a full 5 gr jar+shipping (first come, first served  -  bigger choice of colors for the first pickers, feel free to browse through the TKB swatches); I could also pack them in baggies, those are somewhat cheaper);

some E.L.F. mineral eye shadows (Elegant, Confident, Wild);

an EDM LHK

an ELF blending brush

and other tiny unmentionables I cannot recall at the moment.

I do not add prices for the lot just now since I need to calculate those first.

Paypal would be the preferred method of payment and I'll ship all over Europe, kodumaast rääkimata. 

E-mail address is LiisK at hotmail dot com

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