(Part 3) Top products from r/CatsandCosmetics

Is it $100 total for all three? Nonetheless here's mine! I'm not entering, but thought I still do this for fun! :D

• Makeup: I think their Fullmetal Collection is so colorful and bright! Alkahestry, Colonel, Equivalent Exchange, Day of Reckoning, and Fullmetal are pretty awesome look shades. That twinkle is pretty.
  
  For a full size shadow from Shiro it's around $5-6.
  
  
• Vinyl: Rush and The Beatles are must haves for a vinyl collection. Miles Davis too; that jazz music is super nice and smoooth. And of course, so MJ in that collection won't hurt either! ;)
  
  I think a vinyl on Amazon is $20-40ish depending on the record.
  
  
  
• Books: Books are a toughie for me! I used to read quite a bit, but after having to read 3-4 textbooks each quarter, reading isn't that fun anymore.
  
  But I want to give you books I want to read and to be read later on:
  
  
• Lolita
  
• The Secret Life of Bees
  
• The Thirteenth Tale
  
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  
• Child 44
  
  I'm pretty sure an eBook on Amazon for kindle is waaay cheaper than getting a printed novel, so you can get quite a handful. Plus, Amazon has free ones too :D

This was so much fun!

I'm usually light and girly with my daily makeup, so I decided to go completely different and try out a more "gothy" look. I did my eyebrows as usual because they are a little hard to manipulate, but otherwise I'm pretty satisfied. I went really deep on contouring and highlighting and used a pure white highlighter to make me look even more pale. I really wanted to add in some falsies, but I seem to have misplaced my last pair so...oh well. I'd love this brush from my list, which I believe comes under the £10 limit. If not, I love surprises!

I included a lot of different shots of my makeup, sorry it's so picture heavy. I also included a picture of my more "normal" routine.

My "Goth" Look

PRODUCT LIST

EYES

• UD Naked 2 (blackout)
  
• UD Naked 3 (strange, blackheart)
  
• NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil (Black Bean) - All over lid as base, water line
  
• UD Super Saturated Cream Liner (perversion)
  
• Maybelline The Mega Plush mascara
  
• CoverGirl Clump Crusher
  
  FACE
  
  
• Revlon ColorStay (ivory)
  
• OCC Creme Colour Concentrate (john doe) - contour
  
• OCC Creme Colour Concentrate (vice) - highlight
  
• OCC Skin Concealer (R0)
  
• Darling Girl Cosmetics Soft Focus Blush (paradise pink)
  
  LIPS
  
  
• NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil (Black Bean)
  
  BROWS
  
  
• NYX Cake Brow Powder (auburn)
  
• Blinc Eyebrow Mousse (auburn)

This is my first time ever wearing a pastel lip. I bought NYX Power awhile ago, but it scared me! I'm much more of a dark lip girl, but I am loving Power. I also typically wear more subtle eyeshadow with winged liner, so today I did a smokey eye and skipped the liner. I'd love this brush.

EDIT:

Product list:

Eyes

• Benefit Stay Don't Stray eye primer
  
  
• Lorac PRO palette (Cream, Espresso)
  
  
• Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil as transition color
  
  
• TheBalm Bahama Mama all over lid
  
  
• Benefit They're Real! (top lashes) and CoverGirl Clump Crusher (bottom lashes)
  
  Face
  
  
• Dermablend stick in sand
  
  
• NYX HD concealer
  
  
• TheBalm Bahama Mama
  
  
• Milani Luminoso
  
  
• TheBalm Mary Lou-Manizer
  
  Brows
  
  
• Anastasia Dip Brow in Dark Brown
  
  
• Maybelline Great Lash in Clear
  
  Lips
  
  
• NYX Power

Vinyl first because you have to have music on to do your make up. Lana Del Rey has vinyl records! You said you like Amy Winehouse and Bastille, so I think you will like this too! It is $17.99.

Books, ok we are going be here all day! I'm not really sure what you like in terms of music, so I would say any one of the following

Viridis and Devil on a Sparrow's Wing by Calista Taylor. Steampunk action romance. I looooove this series, and even Mr Jess liked it to, after telling me that I was reading smut. Book 1 and Book 2 and they are also just $2.99

The Legends of Regia by Tenaya Jayne and book two for $2.99 for the both, since one is free!

Makeup because now that we are entertained, we need to be fabulous. We have $74.03 left for make up

EYES

Pixie Epoxy

Because Cats eyeshadow

Rapunzel Had Extensions eye shadow

Space Kitty eyeshadow

The Seven Kingdoms sample sized collection

Cheeks
10K blush

Lips

I would make 2 custom lipglosses using 1-up and Potion using customgloss and the opaque option.

Done! Now, I've got to Get busy living, because I sat here for an hour. :)

Despite not being terribly experienced with origami, I didn't have much trouble with making them match - the paper should be square, after all. When you're making so many you fall into a rhythm and it goes along well. I had great luck using Elmer's Puzzle Glue & Sealant to close the individual petals, and then these glue dots to assemble the petals into a flower.

And yeah, going that route definitely was getting myself in deeper than I initially judged, so if you would be working with a short time frame and couldn't spread it out at a leisurely pace, it may turn into a chore. I still enjoyed it, personally.

We just ordered these EasyLunchboxes for the kids, with the Cooler Bags. I also ordered these, these, and these. I am wayyyyy too excited.

I've had my eye on this baby. A tad bit pricey, but it holds a lot. Plus, lights!

I did it! I washed them! I've been pretty good lately with washing my brushes every weekend - here is how I do it!

I have a decent collection so far, and a different use for every brush I have, but there are definitely a few more that I want!

Sooo the types of brushes I'm looking for to round out my collection are (and they don't have to be these exact ones of course):

• Small angled brush for gel liner and whatnot
  
  
• Angled brow brush for mah brows (duh)
  
  
• Small eye liner brush because I';m using a lip liner brush right now and I would like to use that for my lips instead hehe
  
  
• Small concealer brush to replace my dead ecotools one :( (all the bristles got eaten up by the ferrule! wtf?!)