Review; Concrete Minerals.

Review; Concrete Minerals.

Concrete Minerals is an etsy based shop, but also has it's own official website coming soon. They offer unique colors with even more unique names, and they have quickly become a favorite shop of mine.

Hearts:
This color is a true red. It appears more pink in the picture over the primer, but trust me, it's a pure red. For those of you who know how hard it is to find a good red, snag it!

Croma:

This is such a unique color. I've never seen an eyeshadow in this color. It's a pale lavender color, and with a light hand can be used as a highlight. Gorgeous for purple looks!

Lolita:
A muted taupe with a slight grey undertone. Really pretty.

Bang-Up:

Very bright shade of blue. High shimmer.

Shipping:

I received my package in about a week. Super duper fast shipping and great commincation as well. A+ here. :)

The colors choices are great to choose from. Whether you love bright bold colors, or more muted taupe colors, there is an option for everyone. I can't wait to order more!

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Review; RockABettyBeauty.

Review; RockABettyBeauty.

While searching for cosmetics on Etsy, I came across RockABettyBeauty. They have an awesome selection of colors to choose from. I saw that they had a reviewer special for bloggers and youtubers, and decided to try it out to report back to you guys along with a random eyeshadow I bought. And I have to say, I am really impressed.

I received 5 sample baggies to review. Right away I went to testing and swatching them, but unfortnately I wasn't able to post my review until now. Sorry for the delay!


Shrapnel is a mini lid luster (3g) that is a beautiful, unique, color. I've never seen anything like it. It was taken down from their shop. Here is a little notice I saw about a week after the item arrived.


*I have had a few customers let me know that they are having issues with our Lid Lusters that contain glitter. I have never had a problem with my glitter before and decided to contact my supplier about it. They had changed their cosmetic glitters and they are no longer labeled as eye safe, so I have pulled the glitter shades from my line until I can reformulate them with the appropriate .004 eye safe glitter. This only affects customers who ordered after November 2010 (when I replinished my glitter supply). I am truly sorry about this and I accept full responsiblity, as I should have confirmed the continuing safety of these glitters before I reordered. Glitter Lid Lusters will be back up and for sale again starting sometime in February 2011. Thank you for giving me a chance to make this right*


Shades in Question:
Maneater
Crank
Housewife
Shrapnel
Jezebel
FrostBite
AfterMath
Kink
Snuff
Wraith
Gold Digger
Cyanide
Rehab
Floozy

Due to this, I will not be using Shrapnel any longer. Here you can clearly see the big chunky glitter when applied with Too Faced Glitter Primer.

Pinup Pink is a gorgeous warm light shade of pink. It's good for a nice wash of color across the cheeks. Roe is a very unique color. I do not have anything like this in my makeup collection. It's a coral shade that depending on whether you apply it with a base/wet, is more orange or pink.

Needful Things is one of their best sellers, and I can see why. It's a soft blue with tons of shimmer. The site describes it as a shimmering teal, but it's far to blue to be a teal.

Toxic Waste is a light/medium green depending on how you apply it. I love the name of this one.
Membrane is a super shimery pale pink. It has a golden undertone to it.

Six Feet Under is more of a true brown, with a slight warm undertone to it.

Pinup Bronze was sent to me as a free sample. It's an all over natural complextion enhancer, and simply gorgeous.

What I thought was a cute and unique touch is that RockABettyBeauty sent me a little notepad that was titled "Wishlist." on it for my next order. That really stood out to me, I've never seen anyone do that before!

My Overall Rating:

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Review; Brazen Cosmetics.

Review; Brazen Cosmetics.

Brazen Cosmetics caught my eye on Etsy. They have a bunch of options to choose from for mineral eyeshadows, scents, lipsticks and even their own collections. They also have a weekly deals section which is a nice plus. I decided to place a small order on a clearance item, called Sugar and Glitter Solid Perfume Gumball for only $2.50

It's in a 10g gumball container. The feeling of the plastic container is a little cheap, and it's a little hard to get open if you don't have nails (there is a small insert when you can push open.) Other than that, I love it. The site describes it as "A fun youthful blend of bubblegum, sugar, vanilla and cotton candy in the cutest hinge-top gumball container ever! Totally girly! This is our take on Lush's "Rock Star"."

I have no idea what Lush's Rock Star smells like, but I can tell you that this smells more like a cherry italian ice to me. Sweet, cherry and vanilla. You only need a tiny bit and you'll have yourself smelling like it all day long. It contains beeswax, so it's not vegan; and also contains almond nut oil so those with allergies - be careful.

Shipping was super fast. I got my package in about 3-5 days. Brazen Cosmetics also included two samples in my order.

Premier Glitterati is a crimson red glitter gel that is eye safe. It's a nice color, but I wasn't impressed at the lack of pigment in it.

Hella Vanilla is one of their scents listed on the site. I personally love vanilla, but this one was more of a musky strong vanilla that I don't really like. I like my vanilla scents lighter, but if you like musky vanilla scents, this one is for you.

My overall rating:

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Review; Soapopotamus.

Review; Soapopotamus.

As you already may know, I'm obsessed with sweet/candy/food scented items. Anything that has to do with sugar, cotton candy, birthday cake, ect I instantly want it. That's the case when I came across Soapopotamus on Etsy. I was immediately welcomed by all these cute items like Doughnut soaps, chocolate bunny soaps, and everything else that is so adorable! As luck would have it, they had the most amazing thing (to me) that caught my attention.

Cotton Candy Clouds is a solid perfume. It comes in this cute container, that isn't small by any means. I was so excited to rip it out of it's box and smell it! Just one whiff and I was immediately hooked. You would think a cotton candy perfume would smell artificial, right? This wasn't the case with this perfume. It smells sweet, almost like real cotton candy with a hint of something else I can't quite put my finger on. It doesn't smell childish by all means! For only $5.00, I love it. I wish they would have it in an actual perfume though; the scent stays on long where I apply it, but I'd love to have more choices to spray it wherever I want.


Now, the next thing I bought was the Cotton Candy Clouds Bar Soap. It smells like the solid perfume, but with a more soapy smell (if you get what I mean.) I used it in the shower a few days after I bought it and I was a little disappointed in it. It smells great in the packaging, but when it gets wet in the shower it doesn't smell so strong; more of a subtle scent. While applied to your skin it smells like ordinary soap, I didn't smell the Cotton Candy at all. Also, the little cloud on the soap was mis-shapen. Either way, it left my skin super smooth and soft thanks to the goat milk. It's also $5.00 like the solid perfume.

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