Whee! Best name for a color, ever!

Well first, I wanted to get your opinion on the new layout! What do you think? Hate it, love it, don't care? I also added a Feedburner subscription thingy (for you Robyn tee hee!).

The beauty blog world seems to be in a Fyrinnae uproar right now! Everyone and their grandma is wearing Fyrinnae (or should be). I felt like being a sheep today so I dug out my Fyrinnae from the depths of the traincase! I wasn't too happy with the way the look came out...but it was still fun and I used my new Whee! lip lustre so I decided to post away!

-Fyrinnae Rapunzel Had Extensions- Stunning golden pink-peach

-Fyrinnae Daemon's Tail- rich combination of purple and gold

-Fyrinnae Anemone- light sky blue with gold shimmer, but does appear to be a shimmery gold/green in the light

-Fyrinnae Glow blush in Charm- Bright, feminine pink with a slight lavender hue and touch of shimmer

-Fyrinnae lip lustre in Whee!- semi-sheer shimmery light lavender with red/pink highlights

-Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero- black

Rapunzel Had Extensions all over lid and on top of Anemone in crease. Zero in outer vee of lashline with Daemon's Tale layered on top.

How do you like Whee!? I think its an awesome name, but I'm not so sure about how I feel about it on me. The pic above is no flashies, so it shows the actual color the best. I like it, but I think I should lighten my natural lip color a bit first!

This god-awful close up shows the color of Daemon's Tale the best. It is one of my absolute fave Fyrinnae colors! I chose it by whim and it totally rocks. Just enough red and purple to make my eyes look all crazy green! It goes really well with Rapunzel Had Extensions and Anemone, but not necessarily together. Bah.

So have you tried out Fyrinnae yet? What's your favorite color? Any fun plans this weekend (none for me...snowed in!)

Under Construction!

Please red panda bear with me while Sparkle is under construction! Gonna look a bit wonky during the day! Thanks!

An Intro to Beauty Blog Link Love!

I've been blogging for about 6 months now and it's been a really fun, colorful, glitter-ful journey. I've met so many amazing people through here! Blogging has become part of my everyday life...all the behind the scenes things like trying out new products, working on layout, swatches, pictures, deciding what companies to buy from, etc! I'm still fairly new to the scene though and I've been toying with the idea of joining a link community. Personally, I know that I'm always looking for new blogs that update frequently. When Rae from theNotice (one of my fave blogs ever) decided she wanted to make a contract free, and of course fun, link community, I hopped right on it! I'm touched to be a part of a place with such amazing, inspiring bloggettes!

So, without further ado, here is Rae's intro to BBLL!

"Beauty Blog Link Love (or BBLL for short) is officially on-air today with this Link Love post. We're a new community of -- obviously -- beauty bloggers, and we're committed to bringing you the best and brightest stars of the beauty blog world twice each month! Don't worry; this won't affect the posts on any of the blogs that you're reading, but what it will do is form a casual, contract-free environment for bloggers to share posts that they're proud of, which means that you'll get easy access to the best reading material possible.

Today we'd just like to introduce all of our lovely members so far, so stick with us! If you're interested in joining BBLL as well, you can find out more here. Now, onto the bloggers:
Adina, the voice behind KraseyBeauty, a blog for all things beautiful in New York City,
Amy, the beauty addict product junkie who posts a collection of swatches and reviews on Yoetke Beauty Blog,
Arianne, who loves all things beautiful (from makeup to geekery that may sometimes involve kitties) is the gorgeous gal-with-brains behind Glitter Geek,
BeautyjunkieLondon, who is, well, a London-based beauty obsessive who has found an outlet for all things wonderfully girly and shallow,
Caz, a UK beauty blogger and newly found Lush addict at thisiscaz,
Eve, who writes xLovelyMakeupx and loves anything fashion and makeup,
The Jeweled Thumb, of the eponymous blog,
Kelly, the Jellyminx Thinks blogger,
LiAnn, of Sparklecrack Central, who is hooked on makeup though she didn't wear it regularly until she was nearly 40,
Lipglossiping, a girl with too many lipsticks (and a blog about them,)
Lisa Kate of Sparkle is my Crack! who happens to be obsessed with glitter, guinea pigs and winking cupcake tattoos!
Louise, the blogger behind Get Lippie,
Maggie, who writes The Polka-Dotted Apple,
Sara, a Bay Area beauty blogger who documents her cosmetic obsession at The Makeup Snob.com,
Sarah, the shopaholic behind the reviews, hauls and hair drama at I Heart Cosmetics,
Stephanie, the makeup artist from LA blogging about makeup and fashion at Aquahearts Makeup Obsession,
Vex, with Vex in the City,
And, finally, the editor of BBLL (Rae,) who also writes theNotice: a beauty blog, which she fills with reviews, swatches, FOTDS, and a side of snark.

That's all for now! Thanks for reading, and we at BBLL hope that you can find some new favourite blogs out of this Link Love post. We'll see you in two weeks with links to specific posts that we think you'll love -- until then, stay beautiful! xoxo"

So basically I'll be posting BBLL every other Friday. I'm really excited and think this will be fun! Now go check out those other blogs, but make sure to come back to snort some sparkles with me, okay?

An Interview, A Rant and A "Huh?"

I guess I'll go in order. So I had an interview earlier today that went REALLY well! The HR person & manager that I interviewed with both said I was hired but I still need to meet with the owner (who goes to my hubby's bank and loves him...hence, why I got the interview)! I would be starting on Jan 11th! Woot! I really hope I get this so I don't have to temp. Our temp agencies around here SUCK and will send you to the ghetto and make you clean nasty things. No thanks. Just looking at dirty dishes makes me want to vomit, let alone toilets!

Onto the rant then! Here we go....Barnes & Noble? Go F yourselves. You tricked me into thinking I would be getting the book I was *dying* for today. And now I won't get it until next week. Why would you do that to me? I am nothing but nice to you. And, according to UPS, you are in Middleburg Heights (which is literally 5 minutes away from my house) and you got there on MONDAY. So why the FUCK are you sitting in your little cardboard box and not in my greedy paws until next monday??? What are you so busy doing? Can't I just go to the UPS warehouse and pick you up??? (I should have ordered from Amazon.) Never again, Barnes & Noble. Your "super fast" shipping is oh-so-slow. When I think "super fast" I think a few days. Maybe a week. Not 2 1/2 weeks!!

Rant done. Sorry about that. Had to get it off my chest. Onto the "huh?". My Target discontinued all their ELF products. The only thing they had left was those liquid eyeshadows on clearance (and I didn't buy them). It made me scratch my head. I don't understand why ELF was only there a couple months. Rumor was that the Studio line was coming out in March....I guess not at my Target!

What I used:
-Stardust Winter LE in Caroller's Breath- velvety frozen taupe

-Stardust Loose Mineral Pigment in Silky- medium matte taupe

-Stardust Winter LE in Arctic Whisper- palest icy pink with delicate twinkles

-The She Space Share Your Secret- sheer rose tree bark brown

-Wet n Wild Creme Liner in Black
-Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Underground- metallic taupe
-The She Space blush in Memory Loss- soft mauve berry glow

-Stardust Luminizer in Goddess- delicate pink glow
-NYX round lipstick in Circe- nude warm brown
-Fyrinnae Lip Lustre in Very Berry Happy- a semi-sheer "milky" pink shimmer

(Whew! Why is it I always use 100 products on neutral looks???)

Haha do you like my face hole? I took out my piercings for the interview but I think they are sort of obvious! Also, have I mentioned how much I love Stardust Caroller's Breath? I've worn it about 4 times which is really unusual for me!

I used Caroller's Breath on the lid up to crease, then a pinch of Silky in the outer edge of crease. Arctic Whisper as highlight. Wet n Wild creme liner on top lashline with Share Your Secret layered on top. Underground on bottom lashline.

Oh yeah, I forgot its New Years Eve!! I wish all of you a happy new year and please, don't get too drunk XD We're doing it low key tonight...deliciously weird appetizers (fried green beans, mini tacos & jalapeno cheddar stuffed pretzels, yum!), Buffy (almost done with Season 2!), and chillin with our pig babies!

Do you have any plans tonight? Does your Target still have ELF? Do you hate Barnes & Noble for me (cause you should...they tricked me and I hate them now)? x.x

Hi Fi New Years 2010 Collection Swatchies!

Happy Wednesday! I'm feeling MUCH better today! Thank you for all your suggestions! (And coming back to read my blog even though I talked about puke x.x)

You can check out Hi Fi's new collection here. Just search for "new year" and all the new colors will pop up!

Old Fashioned Facism- sheer golden nude

Fear the Nobodies- metallic olive shade with a bronzey undertone, lots of shimmer

Pins & Needles- bright, pearly pink

Miracle Mile- shimmering rose with pale, multi dimensional sparkle

Pointless Intervention- bronzey orange-coral with TONS of golden shimmer!

Eat Me, Drink Me- cool lavender with a golden interference and tons of shimmer

Crippled Plaything- cool, medium green with icy shimmer

Things that Cannot Speak- deep magenta hue with lots of fuschia and indigo glitters

Don't Forget the Violence- shimmering bright blue with lots of turquoise sparkle

Dirty Word Witchcraft- sheer black with color shifting iridescence

Aren't these colors absolutely amazing?? I'm so excited that Hi Fi is coming out with more and more collections and new items. Veronica (and her little helper, Julia!) has a great eye for color!

My favorites are Fear the Nobodies, Pins & Needles, Things That Cannot Speak and Dirty Word Witchcraft! What are yours??

Pins & Needles is an Apt Name!

Seriously. I've been playing phone tag for the past two days with an HR rep from a company that wants to hire me!! Arg!! My phone sucks and barely works in our semi-underground apartment so she will leave me a message and by the time I get it, she's not at her desk!

Oh, this is TMI but I've also been battling some sort of stomach flu. I'm not sure whats going on but an ENTIRE piece of shredded cheese came out of nose...Too much info? Well, it sucked. Hurt really bad. Why don't I chew? And for some reason, I pretty much only puke out of my nose and not my mouth. What's up with that? My body sucks at life for real!

I actually had a great day today, besides being crazy about trying to get ahold of this lady (the cheese thing happened yesterday). My sister-in-law and I went out to lunch at Chipotle, which is normally delicious but NOT good for delicate tummies. (Although, I think I've lost about 5 pounds in the past 3 days so thats fun!). We both got Old Navy giftcards from her papa for Xmas so we went there. The place looked like it was robbed! There was literally just sweaters all over the floor and barely anything on the shelves. Neither one of us ended up with anything, it was so odd! Then we went to the Dollar Tree, where I bought some LA Colors Art Deco nail art polishes! I'm pretty excited to try them, but I can't do a damn thing with my left hand so I'm sure it won't turn out that great XD

What I used:
-Hi Fi New Years 2010 Collection in Pins & Needles- bright, pearly pink
-Hi Fi New Years 2010 Collection in Eat Me, Drink Me- cool lavender with a golden interference and tons of shimmer
-Hi Fi New Years 2010 Collection in Things That Cannot Speak- deep magenta hue with lots of fuschia and indigo glitters (Veronica's daughter Julia created this, how awesome is that??)
-Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero- black
-Allure by Jen Iced Peach
-Fyrinnae Glow blush in Charm
-MeMeMe Beat the Blues highlighter
-NYX lipstick in Opal- pearlescent pink purple

Ugh, unfortunately the INSANE prettiness of Pins & Needles was hiding from my camera today! In real life, its a beautiful Barbie pink with pink shimmer. It rocks. You need it. I want to wear it every single day. I totally felt like a princess! Eat Me, Drink Me is another great color, but unfortunately my uber-paleness sort of washes out the lavender in it and turns it into silver. Check out Veronica's swatch to see it on dark skin, where it looks much more purple. Things That Cannot Speak is possibly my favorite purple shadow. It's rich and shimmering and dark enough to line, but not too dark that its black. I love it!

Aw, what a sad panda I am! I wore Pins & Needles in the crease and outer 1/3rd of lid with Eat Me, Drink Me in the inner vee and inner 2/3rd of lid. I used Zero to line and topped it off with Things That Cannot Speak.

Well I better go get do my wifely duties...dinner must be made (tater tots & grilled cheese...my culinary skills are uh below average), laundry must be done, and I should probably clean the guinea pig cage as well.

Have you tried anything from Hi Fi's new collection? (Get on it, for real, its so glam!) Would you like swatchies? Also, do the swatches help? Cause if you don't like them, I won't continue doing them (it's a huge time slut).

Okay, enough procrastinating. Must grill some cheese!