EPIC Swatchapalooza: 1st Edition 120 Color Eye Shadow Palette Part 2

Here is the second half of my swatchapalooza for the 1st Edition 120 Color Eye Shadow Palette. I'm going to start this off with the swatch pictures. I did this set of swatches the same way as i did in Part 1. Click the link if you missed out on the first half.

EPIC Swatchapalooza: 1st Edition 120 Color Eye Shadow Palette Part 1

I hadn't planned on swatching the entire palette in one sitting but once i got started it was kind of hard to stop. I might actually swatch the lip palette tonight too. No on the lip swatches for tonight though. That will have to be done in multiple sittings. Can you imagine how sore your lips would be after putting on and taking off 66 different lip colors? No thanks. Anyway, i'll be splitting up the swatches of this palette into two separate posts. This post will include the top layer of the palette starting with the top row and working down. For these swatches i wanted to show how the color was on its own as well as swatched over a base. The top row of colors in each picture is over no base and the bottom row is swatched over New York Color Cover Stick in Light.

Ebay Steal

If you frequent online beauty shops as often as i do you have probably seen the 120 Color Eye Shadow Palette or the 66 Color Lip Palette once or twice. I know i have seen the exact same palettes being sold at websites such as Coastal Scents, BH Cosmetics, and even Crown Brush. What a lot of companies are doing is buying these palettes and slapping their logo on top and charging the consumer extra for it. I already owned 4 of the 88 Color Eye Shadow Palettes and wasn't planning on going back for more until i realized that i could find the same palettes on ebay. Normally i'm a little hesitant to make a purchase like that on ebay. I almost bought some fake Mac eye shadow palettes once and have kind of steered clear since. But while browsing through the Beautylish forums i found someone talking about a purchase they had made from ebay. They seemed to be happy with their purchase so i decided to give ebay another shot. Besides, for the prices the seller was charging i was ok with taking the risk. I'm glad i did too. Just looking at the palettes i was blown away.

Elemental Series: Water

 

  So bonus points for me for getting the second part of my Elemental Series up just one day after i started it. Right? Hopefully i can keep this pace up as i love love love that i am finally out of the little make up rut i was in. Before i get to the make up, i'm trying something different with the format of my How To's. I'm still trying to work out what format works best so please let me know what you think. Please, thanks and here is some make up. Enjoy :)

 

As you can probably tell from the title this is my look inspired by the element water. Originally my plan was to just through on some light and dark blues but that was a little to straight forward. Instead i decided to go with a gradient from light blue to a dark aqua color. Kind of like how a wave in the ocean looks. Anyways, onwards with the how to.

Elemental Series: Fire

So while attempting to come up with a theme for a series of make up looks i settled on Sailor Moon. Remember? It was a cartoon that i practically grew up on. Anyway, after deciding on a theme i set to work on a Sailor Venus inspired look. She was always my favorite. Something went wrong though. The look was to hot and fiery.  Yeah, Venus's main color was orange and her main spiel was love. Love is passion, passion is fiery. I could  have made it work but why stretch the look when i can just change the theme? So that is how i came to the elements. Like i said this look is hot.

Deal of the Day: 10 Dollar Mall

So this deal doesn't have anything to do with make up but as it falls under the category of fashion i figured i would included it on my blog. Well, that and it is such an amazing deal that i just had to share it. 10DollarMall.com is just what it sounds like. It is an online clothing store where everything is either $10 or less. And, believe it or not it is not a scam. On the website's forum, chat feature, facebook and even when googled people all over the internet were asking questions like "Is this a scam?" or "Is this site for real?" I'm glad to say it is. Despite great reviews online i made my first purchase small just to be on the safe side.

Look of the Day: Every Day

Today's Look of the Day is just that. I colored my hair last night and while taking pictures so i could do a blog post on that i figured why not make this a two-fer and do a Look of the Day while i'm at it. This look is incredibly simply and totally wearable. The only thing that could be toned down is the lips. It looks rather muted in the picture but i actually went with a super bright blue based pink lipstick. For more pictures of this look or more details on my hair please check out my New Hair: Impressions of Red post. Now here is a list of all the products i used to create this look.