Swatches: OCC (Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics) products for Spring 2011!

Hi guys!

Hope all is well with everyone! I'm back with a post about OCC's (Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics) new line for Spring 2011! I actually have a few other products I want to post about, but I HAAAAD to put those on the back burner to show you guys these new goodies!! I really can't contain myself when I get OCC products in the mail. Right when I get their package, I rip it open & immediately start swatching/taking pictures. ;)

This spring line will be debuting at The Makeup Show here in Los Angeles on February 26-27th, 2011 and include 6 new shades of lip tars, 6 loose colour concentrates, and 6 new shades of nail lacquer! The new line includes colors that can be used by those who like a more of a 'work friendly' type of look, as well as those who eat/live/breathe bold intense colors!

Here is a bit of background on the inspiration for this spring line:

"A reaction to the HD makeup craze, OCC encourages makeup artists and enthusiasts alike to bring their palette back to hi-res basics, with a series of resolute shades that bring back focus to the wearer. ...The collection capitalizes on runway trends that feature either sharply defined eyes and neutral lips, or bold, bright lips and barely-there washes of colour on the eyes."

*You can click on the pictures to enlarge.**

LIP TAR: $13.00 USD

INTERLACE: Bold peachy neutral
TONE: Slightly greyed mauvey pink
BETA: Vivid, almost neon orange
REVERB: Blood orange red
ANALOG: Golden tobacco leaf brown

LO-FI: Mint green – a mixing must

LOOSE COLOUR CONCENTRATE: $12.00 USD

ARTIFACT: Deep bronze with a subtle red shimmer
NOISE: Deep plum with pink/fuchsia shimmer
FLAWED: True old gold shimmer
HUM: Vibrant peach with strong pink shimmer
BITMAP: Hemp leaf green with subtle golden shimmer
DISTORTION: Deep, blackened navy shimmer

NAIL LACQUER: $8.00 (not pictured)

AV: Pale grey with multi-coloured glitter
BETA: Vibrant nearly neon orange
ECHO: Deep sea teal
FLAWED: T anorexic gold shimmer
RADIATE: Intense neon red
RX: Vivid primary blue

Unfortunately I do not have the nail lacquers to show you, but based on the description, I feel like I'd be a fan of them all!

I apologize for not having any actual skin swatches for the loose colours. I'll try to take some soon (I did take some, but I didn't like how they turned out-- they weren't really true to color).

FIRST IMPRESSION FAVORITES:

LIP TAR: Interlace. Depending on your skin tone, Interlace (or Tone) lip tar would be a good fit for a plain lip while you really play up the eyes. On me, I like how Interlace looks! Another favorite is Beta. This color isn't for the timid! It's a wham-bam in your face kind of color and I LOVE it.

LOOSE COLOUR: I've noticed when it comes to loose shadows/pigments-- I duochromes catch my eye the most. This is no different! I love HUM! It is a gorgeous/intense peach that flashes with pink... ahhh so so pretty! It reminds me a bit of MAC's Motif eyeshadow, but of course-- MUCH better. Unfortunately I don't have that color (Motif) anymore to compare, so I'm just basing it on memory. I also really like Distortion. For some reason I don't wear navy colors too much-- but I think that'll get cut short now that I have this color. I can't wait to come up with looks combining both Hum & Distortion.

You can check out OCC's website at http://www.occmakeup.com target="new"! Another OCC post will be coming up soon! I've been playing with the OCC Brushes for a quite some time now (both on myself and as well as clients) so I'll be sharing pictures of these & along with my comments.

These products were sent for consideration. Please know I will never EVER rave to you guys about a product I didn't love or wouldn't spend the money on! If you have any questions, please let me know!

xox, suzy.

Swatches: New OCC Products - Here comes Fall!

Hi Everyone!

I'm here to share with you some EXCITING products OCC (Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics) came out with for this Fall. Right when I got these in the mail over a week ago, I IMMEDIATELY started swatching. Yes, I was THAT excited! Actually, I'm excited with everything this company comes out with to be quite honest (I'm pretty sure you all already knew that haha). I whipped out my dslr, and went swatch crazy! The fall line released on September 10th (to coincide with New York's Fashion Night Out).

A little background on the inspiration for this collection: "NYC-based Makeup Artist and OCC Director of Product Development Katie Pellegrino looked to the darker side of nightlife and the prowlers who reign in the hours before dawn, with a selection of reds and neutrals designed to attract attention. The stigma of wearing a red lip is removed and instead becomes a badge of honor for those who own their look."

**You can click the pictures to enlarge.**

LIP TAR: $12.50 USD

TROLLOP: Vivid cranberry pink

HARLOT: Fiery coral red

STALKER: Intense blue-based red

STRUTTER: Plush mahogany red

STRUMPET: Deep plum-toned red

TRICK: Creme beige neutral

LOOSE COLOUR: $11.50 USD
TWIRL: Pale, pearlescent peach
DOPE: True bronze
SMOTE: Frosted taupe with plum undertones
SATURATE: Aqua with gold & teal reflections
SLAG: Deep gold with green reflections
OBSCURE: White frost with teal/green reflections

NAIL LACQUER: $8.00 USD
TRICK: Pale, pinked beige. A match for Trick Lip Tar.
TWIRL: Golden, pearlescent peach. A match for Twirl Loose Colour.
STRUMPET: Deep, plum-toned red. A match for Strumpet Lip Tar.
VINTAGE: A deep merlot. A match for Vintage Lip Tar.
SOUSE: Dark lavender with gold shimmer.
SOMETHING: A pale and discreet bridal blue.

FIRST IMPRESSION FAVORITES:

LIP TAR: Trick - Who doesn't love an awesome nude lip?! I'll definitely be using this when I want my eyes to catch all the attention. Trollop is so fun & flirty-- I am a BIG fan of corals!! I'll be using this for my lips & my cheeks! Harlot. Oh. Em. Gee. This one caught my eye first. It's so intense and bright-- I'm certain that when you would put this on, someone's going to compliment you! Gorgeous, gorgeous color!

LOOSE COLOUR: I LOVED the Twirl loose colour as SOON as I swatched it. It has a duo-chrome effect to it, its reflects kind of remind me of Rubenesque paint pot, but 1000x better (you neutral fans would love this color!). The camera does NOT capture how pretty this color is. Obscure is also nice, it kind of reminds me of Sugarpill's Lumi-- which I LOVE.

NAIL LACQUER: Vintage completely reminds me of Fall. This will be a color I will be using a lot this season. I am a big fan of the nude nail look, so Trick is on the top of the list as well. OCC's Hush nail lacquer is another nude favorite of mine. I think I'll be using Strumpet on those days I'm feeling girly. I don't wear light blues too much on the nails, but I love that they named named the light blue one "Something"!

QUESTION: Would you like pictures of me actually wearing the different lip tars? I know when I decided on which lip products to buy, I like to see what it looks like on the lips as well. Let me know if this is something you would like to see in the future! I can go ahead and try to do actual lip swatches with these lip tars if you guys want!

These products were sent for consideration. I hope you guys know I will ONLY share products/lines that I REALLY believe in. OCC is DEFINITELY one of them. Check out the 2010 Colour Collection at http://www.occmakeup.com

xox, suzy.

Swatches: Beauty From The Earth (BFTE)

Hey guys! I'm here with Beauty From The Earth swatches finally! I apologize for super lagging it... I know I kept saying I'd do swatches soon after I posted my first entry about them.

These were again taken with flash, on a lighter base, and were also applied with a MAC 288 brush. These pictures don't really do the colors justice (same with my Kryolan skin swatches.)

Important notes: For these BFTE products, please also refer to my last post here so you can see how they look in the jar. For some reason, some of the colors seem a bit off.

ISIS doesn't show off as red as it really is... you can see how it really looks in the post here where I use it as my lid color.
CHOCOLATE is another one that came out kinda different too.. for some reason it's showing up with a purple tinge in the picture.. just know it doesn't look like that in person.. it looks like... well, chocolate. haha.
WHISPER is a duochrome so it was hard to try to capture the violet reflect... so just picture more pretty violet-ness in that one. =)

**ON TO THE PICTURES. THESE ARE CLICKABLE SO CLICK THEM TO ENLARGE.**

Chocolate, Rockstar, Isis, Antique, Heat, Dusty Rose, Crush

Seduction, Rome, Grape, Jealous, Illusion, Gem, Whisper

Hope that helped some of you!

xoxo / suzy

KRYOLAN eye dust swatches!! woooo!!

So guess what came in the mail today guys?!? KRYOLAN!! yayyyyy!! I am SO stoked to play around with these and come up with some looks to share with you all! I seriously did a happy dance when I saw this in the mail. lol. They are soo gorgeous... very vibrant & pigmented. Definitely love at first sight!



I got it from Amy.. better known as Shrinkle! You can order from here by going to her site here: http://www.shrinkle.com/ebay She is the sweetest person, so if you're looking to get some Kryolan, she is your gal!

On to the swatches of all the eye dusts I got.. Oh, and for the actual skin swatches, I used a lighter base so my skintone wouldn't effect it as much. They were also applied with MAC's 228 brush. These were taken with flash.

**MAKE SURE TO CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO ENLARGE! ;) **

1ST ROW: Cranberry Red, Orange, Pink Satin, Cotton Candy Pink, Raspberry Pink, Pink Sunset, Violet Shimmer
2ND ROW: Bronze, Gold, Mint, Emerald, Robins Egg Blue, Smoky Blue, Sapphire, Midnight Blue
3RD ROW: Pearl, Silver, Gunmetal Gray, Oil Slick Black

UPCLOSE SHOTS...



ACTUAL SKIN SWATCHES...
(keep in mind these are taken with flash! they look a bit washed out.. so picture these, but more vibrant. =D)

The Above is the 1ST ROW & 3RD ROW together.

2ND ROW.

Hope you enjoyed this swatch post! I am lagging on the BFTE swatches.. I'll try to do that tomorrow.

xoxo / suzy

Beauty From The Earth minerals are hereee

Sooooo guess what came in the mail yesterday?? I got my Beauty From The Earth package. WooHooooo!

It took me forever to figure out what colors I wanted, but I think I made good choices... I needed one more color, but I couldn't decide so I asked Leesha, and she said her favorite was Whisper... so I got that one.

I'll be doing swatches for you guys and probably a couple tuts using some of them... but I just wanted to write up a quick post and show you a couple pix just cuz they're so sparkley/shimmery.

Click on the pictures to enlarge and see all it's sparkley-ness. lol

Colors (in order):
Isis, Antique, Crush, Jealousy
Chocolate, Rockstar, Heat, Dusty Rose, Whisper
Seduction, Rome, Grape, Illusion, Gem

I'll probably be using some of these when I go out tonight so I'll try to take some good pictures beforehand to post for you guys.

suzy<3