Venomous Cosmetics Dr. Suess Collection swatches

I know it has been a long time and I apologize for that but sometimes real life takes over and demands attention. Here is a recent order I made to Venomous Cosmetics. Tracy the owner is such a pleasure to work with when I asked her about possibly getting one of her limited edition shades she wasn't selling anymore. It's Wilted Roses a gorgeous darkened red with blue shimmer. I tried to press it but something went wrong and it isn't working quite right so I'm glad that I still have half a jar of it loose.

T-B: Wilted Roses loose, Wilted Roses pressed, Solar Flare, Buttered Battle 

T-B: Wilted Roses pressed and loose

 Now up to the Dr. Suess collection. I loved Dr. Suess as a child, such a talented author. Here is what I got.

Truffula Tuft Lip Poison (gloss)

Truffula Tuft is a lovely spring shade, slightly coral-pink and neutral enough for most looks. Love the formula as normal.

T-B: Pair of Pale Green Pants with Nobody Inside 'Em, Solar Flare, Buttered Battle, Sea Krait

T-B: Buttered Battle, Sea Krait, Supernova

T-B: Wilted Roses (pressed), Wilted Roses (loose), Song of the Swomee Swans (loose), Pair of Pale Green Pants With Nobody Inside 'Em (loose)

So the colours didn't seem to like my camera much. The base of Wilted Roses came out right but there is a whole bunch of turquoise shimmer at least in the loose version.
Song of the Swomee Swans is slightly more purple than it is here.
Pair of Pale Green Pants With Nobody Inside 'Em has the shimmer right but is more of a mint shade.
Sea Krait is part of the main line and is brighter in real life but Supernova is about right (also part of the main line).
Solar Flare, and Buttered Battle actually came out true to colour. As did Trufulla Tuft.

So sorry on the fail in colours here, I tried, I really did. I am really glad I got Buttered Battle eyeshadow and Trufulla Tuft lip gloss, as well as Wilted Roses eyeshadow as it's so unique.

Hopefully this will at least give you a sense of the colours.

Cult Nails $5 Sale (NOW GO GO GO!)

A quick update because Cult Nails is having an awesome half price sale. You can buy up to 3 polishes for only $5 each (excluding the limited edition colours) with the code FB5K. Totally worth it as the polishes from the company are my favourite formula (and I've got a bunch of different companies polishes lol). So, if you have ever been interested in trying Cult Nails now is the time to try them! I purchased Scandalous, Vicious and Let Me Fly.
If you want to see some swatches of Cult Nails polishes I've got Time Traveller (a dark blue jelly), Get it On and Wicked Fast (the best base and top coats I've ever tried), Living Water (a dark teal with light blue shimmer), and Iconic (a gorgeous rose with gold flakies).

Happy Shopping (and I'm going back to studying- blah.)

Orly Pixie Dust~ Review

Just two weeks left until I'm done the semester! Thanks to anyone that has been so patient about my absence, I really do appreciate it. Here is a quick nail polish review to hopefully hold you over.

I've had this polish forever it seems then I got distracted by other polishes, then I lost it and finally I have found it again for review! Orly Pixie Dust (which is an awesome name in my opinion) is a lovely grey-lavender colour with blue undertones. It has little glass flecks that are almost silver throughout making it have a very pretty subtle shimmer.

It isn't a blow your socks off shade like a holographic or magnetic polish but I do really enjoy the subtleness that this provides. It's a demure not too in your face shade that is very wearable in my opinion. Depending on the lighting it can look grey, lavender or blue which is an interesting effect as it isn't duochrome at all.

Full Sun

Full Sun

The formula on this one was pretty good it was easy to apply but slightly sheer. It took 3 coats though some nails could have used a thin fourth one. It had decent lasting power too but most of my polishes last half decent now that I use Cult Nails base and top coat so I can't really comment on that with accuracy.

Full Sun

Full Sun

Natural Light Indoors

Natural Light Indoors

Natural Light Indoors

Natural Light Indoors

Overall, Orly Pixie Dust is a pretty shade but not one your really need to hunt down like I did. I like the polish and I'll use it but seeing as this was recommended to me as one of Orly's must have polishes I don't think it is that noteworthy.

Sprite Rating: 7/10 It's a pretty colour and the glass fleck throughout is nice but it is quite sheer so you have to build it up to get it opaque. The formula was about average for a nail polish in other respects not too difficult to work with but not extremely easy either.

Would I Buy it again? Taking into consideration shipping charges and other similar colours I own I would have to say no. While I do like the colour I think there are better formulas out there.

A-England Flash Sale- 30% off!

I know I've sucked at updating this month, but I would like to point out I just finished a 17 page paper, and I've only got 2 weeks left, so hopefully things will pick up then. So I'm sorry but real life rules unfortunately. Anyways, here is an awesome deal from a-england! 30% off with the code tristam. I know I'll most certainly be picking up at least one polish!
If you're curious to see some awesome shades from a-england you can see my swatches of Dragon, Ascalon, and Saint George all of which are amazing!

Happy Shopping (and have a good weekend!)

Cult Nails Divas and Drama and Update

Firstly, I apologize for completely disappearing for half a month. All of a sudden real life decided to invade my little blog world and trash it. I've been majorly stressed, had health issues and a plethora of assignments, exams and papers on top of it all. And the end is all the way until mid-april when I finally finish my last semester of my degree. So posts for the next month will be slow to non-existent. I've got some stuff lined up for you though, I just need the time (when sleep doesn't take precedence) to post. Here are some sneak peeks:

• Orly Pixie Dust polish
• A flakie alternative green mani for st.patrick's day (which will likely be late- sorry!)
• Darling Girl paint pot review
• Revlon lip butter review
• other things not yet determined but will be colourful

But because I'm sure this is the real reason you came to this post the two polish deals going on at the moment!

Cult Nails Divas and Drama Collection is live, and you can buy Captivate too. When you buy the collection you basically get one polish for free as it's only $30 USD. There shipping is very reasonable too- by far one of my favourite polish brands. Plus they have international shipping.

L-R (above): Scandalous, Enticing, Manipulative and Seduction (flakie!)

To read more about the colour descriptions and swatches of the collection check out Maria's blog- she's the one that makes all the colours!

Hope everyone is doing well, till next time!