Tick:Tock Cosmetics swatches and first impression

I received my first package from Tick: Tock Cosmetics yesterday night and just had to share with you guys what I got! I have been on the hunt for a matte white and matte black eye shadow base comparable to the NYX pencils in Milk and Black Bean for some time now so finding Tick:Tock's Infinity bases got me excited. Why don't I just buy the NYX pencils you ask? The answer, parabens. I haven't been able to test the wear on these yet, but wanted to give my first impression of them for you guys. I got both the white and black bases that go by the name of Milky Way and Black Hole, they both go for $4 a piece and come in 5 gram jars. Milky Way is very creamy and applies more opaque and smooth than Black Hole does. I had to really work my finger in Black Hole to get out enough to make a good swatch of it and it took several times to get it opaque on my arm for the shadow swatches while Milky Way went on pretty much without any effort. Once on to my liking though Black Hole was nice matte black. When I went to wash my arm off afterwards I had to really scrub my arm with a wash that had exfoliating beads in it to get the bases off, especially Milky Way, so I think they will have pretty good wear going off of that observation. I also got 6 eyeshadow samples in my order, one of which I was beyond excited about by the name of Salvador Dali who is my favorite artist of ALL time. The shadows went on pretty smoothly over the bases and are well pigmented. Samples are 70cents a piece and full size shadows are $4.95 so very reasonable. The package came with Jolly Rancher and little confetti pieces in the envelope along with my pretties. There was also a nice note written on my invoice from Tiffany and Elizabeth. Customer service was great when I had to email with a question about my order I got a quick and cheery response.

The cute and colorful note on my invoice. :)

Everything was packaged in a zip baggie with candy!

Infinity base in Milky Way

Infinity base in Black Hole

The backs of the bases with ingredients

SPARKLES!

R-L: Once in a Blue Moon, Salvador Dali, I ♥ U 4eva, Sexy Time, Time Square, Once Upon a time. No flash

Top to bottom: Once Upon a Time, Time Square, Sexy Time, I ♥ u 4eva, Salvador Dali and Once in a Blue Moon. No flash,

Top to bottom: Once Upon a Time, Time Square, Sexy Time, I ♥ u 4eva, Salvador Dali and Once in a Blue Moon. No flash,closer to lamp for light

R-L: Once in a Blue Moon, Salvador Dali, I ♥ U 4eva, Sexy Time, Time Square, Once Upon a time. With flash

My favorites of the bunch are probably Salvador Dali, Once in a Blue Moon and Time Square. I'm really looking forward to playing around with these more and think they will be pretty easy to work with in a look. Will I buy from Tick:Tock again? Yes, I think I shall and suggest you check them out as well. :)

* Swatches done over Tick: Tock's Infinity bases in Black Hole and Milky Way and Concrete Minerals' Electric Eye primer

Hope you all have a great day and until next time:

Hips, whips and strawberry lips,
Naomi

Madd Style Cosmetics first impression

Recently I found about Madd Style Cosmetix and figured I would give them a go, I am glad that I did. Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE 'Grease' and so when I saw they were putting out the Summer Lovin' collection I figured it was now the perfect time to try out Madd Style. The collection had 4 new shadow colors that were exclusive to the grab bag, a lip balm and a sample of their new Glow Bronzer. I have yet to use the colors in a look since I got them as my allergies have been acting up making me have watery eyes, but I was impressed by their smoothness and pigmentation when swatching them. Once the TAT was over, my package was shipped and received quickly. They were packaged in a bubble mailer and the shadows were wrapped in a cute little bag. Overall, I am satisfied with my purchase and will be purchasing more in the future. :)

The little bag everything was wrapped up in.

Everything together

A free sample: LOVED this color, definitely need a full size!

The lip balm, it feels like silk on and smells like happiness

Top to bottom: Tank Girl, Pink Ladies, Beauty School Dropout, T-Birds and Greased  Lightning (no flash)

Flash

Cha-cha Bronzer (no flash)

With flash

Up close, no flash

My favorites of the bunch are Tank Girl, Pink Ladies and Greased Lightning though I really like each one.
I hope you all found this to be informative and I hope that you give them a try!


*All colors are Vegan and Cruelty free ♥
*Swatches done over Concrete Minerals Electric eye primer
*All products purchased with my own $

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and as always:

Hips,whips and strawberry lips,
Naomi

*Everything seen was purchased with my own money and opinions are purely my own

Pretty Addictions first impression!

On Tuesday of this past week I saw on the Pretty Addictions FB page that they were almost out of the Hello Kitty collections, now me being a fan of Hello Kitty I decided that I had to have it before it was all gone. I ordered the set on Wednesday morning and had my shipping confirmation by the end of the day, which I was very happy about. I received my package on Friday and was not only impressed by the fast shipping, but the packaging and which was very cute. The colors are well pigmented and swatched well, I believe they will also be easy to work with, but I have yet to use them in a look so I can not attest to that right now, but will soon. The only slight gripe that I do have is the lack of sifters in the pots, not a big deal but I do prefer it when they come shipped with sifters as it helps to avoid spillage in transit. The ingredients are listed clearly on the bottom of the pot which of course is a huge plus and the labels are bright and fun. I also liked the personal touch of a little note from the owner Kas on my receipt, it is the little things like this that make me enjoy buying from indie companies so much. After this buying experience and my overall satisfaction with the product, I will more than likely be purchasing from Pretty Addictions again in the future. :)

*note swatches done over Concrete Minerals Electric eye primer

A bright pink label!!

Package came wrapped up in this cute paper with a little bow. :)

Cute!

Cute little tin the shadows came in that my nieces are now fighting over.

Love these labels, so bright and fun looking!

The bottom of the pots with ingredients

Silly Lilly: a lovely mauve color with some shimmer

Big Pink bow: A bright pink loaded with little silver glitters

Desire: a sky matte blue that seemed to have some light glitters in it

Coconut Cream: White with white glitters, it reminded me of fresh fallen snow.

Lil Pansy; Gorgeous purple with silver shimmer

Banana Cream: lovely light yellow with shimmer

Top to bottom: Lil Pansy, Silly Lily, Big Pink Bow, Desire,Coconut Cream and Banana Cream

Lil Pansy

Silly Lily

Big Pink Bow

Desire

Coconut Cream

Banana Cream

L-R Banana Cream, Coconut Cream, Desire, Big Pink Bow, Silly Lily, Lil Pansy

SHIMMER!

 As you can see the colors are lovely and very pigmented. My favorites of the bunch so far are Big Pink Bow, Lil Pansy and Coconut Cream and I can not wait to use them in a look soon. Have you tried Pretty Addictions? What are your thoughts? Any colors I should try on my next order?

Hope you all have a lovely Monday.. :)

Hips,whips and strawberry lips:
Naomi