Fyrinnae loose pigments

Amazing. Better than MAC in my opinion. By far. I used to love MAC pigments. Now, I find they are very chunky w/ so much fall out, hard to work with all around, on the eyes. Fyrinnae is a small company based in the U.S., who also does not test on animals. Two positive factors for me. In addition, they are very reasonably priced. $2 for a sample jar of one of their loose shadows that will easily last 6 months to a year, depending on usage. The pigments blend very easily, and most that I have tried have been smooth going on over a primer (like Urban Decay Primer Potion or a MAC paint pot).

I'll get some swatches up next week when I feel better for examples of colors, however, they have them on their website, too. Most of them are pretty accurate. Some look different in person than online. It also depends on your computer screen, too, I've learned. Colors look vibrant on my screen and I'll see the same photo on someone elses computer and that same photo will look completely different. Something to think about.

I've purchased approximately 40 jars from them and I'd say 9/10, so far, I really like.

I'm giving them a 10/10

they are priced great,
you get more than you imagine,
the packaging is great,
they include a free sample they pick out for you,
shipping is free w/ an order of $20 or more,
the product is wonderful,
they are based in the U.S.,
do not test on animals
AND their selection of colors is SUPERB!

Link to the website below: 

Fyrinnae

Rock & Republic Blush... short review, more soon!

I recently discovered the brand Rock & Republic, which apparently is known for it's clothing line. However, recently there was a deep discount on their makeup items, which normally, for a blush, run about $40. I managed to snap up 5 blushes and paid less than $10 for each one, and a couple of them, I actually got free and only paid shipping! They had them on sale for 50% off, then I referred customers, who each time they purchased, gave me a $10 credit. Found a coupon code for an addition $15 off and so depending on the amount of referrals, on some accounts, I literally only paid the shipping, which wasn't that bad at all.

ANYWAYS, I heard these blushes were great and had wonderful staying power... you ever put on some blush and notice later it has magically "disappeared"? I've had that problem numerous times. I'd put it on heavier to start with (and look too made up) b/c I knew soon it was going to evaporate off of my cheeks, ha ha.

These are much better. I have noticed lately, with the combination of this blush and my E.L.F HD powder, I am not retouching my makeup except for possibly once a day. That's just a light brush of the powder on again. We have great staying power, great colors (use a light hand and build up b/c these are highly pigmented), and the packaging, I just got to say, is to die for. These are HUGE compared to other brands. The package came so neatly wrapped and the blush is in a round black beautiful container, which when you open up (see below photo) exposes the black and silver raised lettering (R&R) decorative container. I know, some do not care about the packaging, which would be normally how I am, but these seriously impressed me. I wish they made containers like these for powders that you could refill. I'd never hesitate to pull one of those babies out of my purse and refresh my makeup if it looked like these beauties!

Also, it doesn't hurt that my initials were R N R before I got married. So, these were kind of neat to me on a more personal level.

So, the colors I am showing you pictures of today are from my first shipment I received, three more to be coming this week.

  

The colors are X-Rated (left) and Spank (right)

Overall, I'd give them an 8.5, only knocking off 1.5 b/c the usual price is $40 and had I not gotten discounts and codes, I'd have had to pay $20 and no matter what, I'll always consider $20 for makeup too high.

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woot woot! some MAC lippie swatches! and others...

My LIPS sans lipstick or gloss

MAC's viva glam gaga (not sure why it didn't show the label on the photo, sorry)

Pur Minerals Deep Amethyst (LOVE this color!)

Pur Minerals Pink Diamond

Pur Minerals Sheer Citrine (LOVE this color!)

MAC Florabundi (might be DC'd BUT you can find it on ebay, etc)

MAC High Strung (same as above, but can also be found on ebay, etc.)

put my shelves up! AND a Face of the Day...

So we got the shelves up and hung up my jewelry organizers, too. I'm going to use one of them for MAC palettes, though, instead of jewelry. FUN! Anyways, I'm still working out how to organize this stuff in my head and am not particularly fond of the plastic see through drawers or the white plastic baskets. I need a more proper way to store my items that I reach for on a weekly basis. My backups and other items go in dresser drawers and I actually keep a whole "suitcase/luggage" bag of makeup that has yet to be opened. Apparently, people like to see "stash" pics and how other women organize their makeup/perfume/hair products, etc. So, this is my updated photo (for the week, until I find some other drawers that fit on shelves).

AND A very neutral eye but with dramatic liner. Pretty simple, eyeshadow literally took about two minutes, liner less than a minute, but the lashes took about 5 minutes.