6 posts tagged “fyrinnae”

Some Looks Using LaurEss, Fyrinnae and Dayna's Minerals

Jul 23, 2008
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Here are a couple of daytime looks from mineral makeup companies I enjoy using. First up is LaurEss. I think my perfect summer shade is a mix of 75-25 mix of Pure Yellow and Soft Yellow. I think I finally have a match! Although in person, this mix is still a tad too dark especially under natural light. In pictures, though, it seems like a great match.

I am using LaurEss mineral foundation in the ratio aforementioned, DreamWorld creme topping in Butterscotch (clay and silica formula), Dermablend Quick Fix undereye concealer in Ivory, Bare Escentuals Well Rested. I am wearing my MAC mineralize blush in LoveJoy (love it!), MAC 3 Pink Lips lip palette, and MAC Comet Blue dazzleglass.

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Tutorial Using Green Mineral Shadows

Feb 18, 2008
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I haven't used green minerals in quite a while (in fact, I think I used Lumiere's Cat's Eye here for the first time), but I love how pigmented these eyeshadows turned out. I also love My Minerals Bath and Body's (MMBB) Smokey Green. The name may be simple but it really gave this look a smokified dimension.

Apply MAC Beige-ing shadestick all over lid, brows and browbone, blend everything using middle finger. Apply shadestick on lower lashline as well. Using a shader brush, foil Lumiere Cat's Eye using MAC mixing medium on lid.

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Fyrinnae's Fun Fall Colors

Nov 18, 2007
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I ordered several pigments from Fyrinnae this past month and I cannot rave about them enough. They are super pigmented and would look lovely when used for the holiday or any occasion calling for a sophisticated, festive look. Here are some of the swatches. I applied these swatches wet for maximum color pay-off and so that the flash wouldn't wash them out. If you have a good base, however (I'm thinking of MAC shadesticks and not just Urban Decay Primer Potion), the colors would really pop out even when used dry.

Cool names, huh? You can definitely figure out that this company is operated by 2 (or is it three?) guys. Virgin cracked me up. You can definitely get why they named it that.

I also did some swatches of the MAC loose beauty powders that I have. Sunspill got washed out in the pic, but it reminds me of NARS Orgasm on me, albeit in loose form. I don't like Orgasm (got two and eventually let go of both), so this is a way better alternative.

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Purplelicious

Oct 13, 2007
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Here is a purple look, one of my favorite combinations I've tried recently. Loved layering everything, and I am amazed with Fyrinnae's professional color in Predatory and MAC's Pandamonium quad from the Balloonacy collection. Predatory is so vibrant but not too dark either, and Cloudbound from the Pandamonium quad is one of the best highlighters I've tried in a while - the gold tint in it is simply gorgeous. The advent of fall also made me fall in love with purples and plums, so I am really loving this look.

I also tried my Bare Minerals Double Dewy All-Over Face Colors in Warm Radiance/Bare Radiance and I love it! I used Bare Radiance using my MAC 187 brush for this look. It gives this barely-there glow that looks amazing in person. I don't use it all over my face lest I get mistaken for a beacon of light. I use it over my blush and on my cheekbones and temples and it's really pretty, I regret not using it after many months. Lastly, I just love MAC mattene lipsticks! A second favorite (aside from Composure) is definitely Cafe Matte, and I love it under any of my light-colored lipglasses. I hate MAC for making them limited edition!

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A Couple of Neutral Looks

Oct 11, 2007
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Been dying to go back to my beloved neutral looks after piling on color the past few days. My favorite mineral shadow for my neutral looks is Valerie Beauty's Miranda shade. I super love this color foiled on the lid with a darker shadow on the crease, and Graphic Brown fluidline on the upper lashline. Since Miranda is a multi-purpose shade, it also looks gorgeous applied on the center of your lower lip for a plump, luscious lip look. You can literally bring this look anytime, anywhere, and since you're basically using just three eye colors, it's also a cinch to apply.

I was itching to try some of my minerals so I used a couple for this look. I used my Fyrinnae shadow in Kimchi foiled on the lid. It's not shimmery like Miranda, and it is in fact very pigmented, and is mostly matte in texture. It was therefore kinda hard to blend when it dried, so that was a downside. I guess next time I should use it dry with the shadestick underneath for maximum adherence and color pay-off. I also used my favorite Lumiere shadow in Dark Plum over MAD Minerals' new eyeshadow shade, Black Cherry. The latter was uber-pigmented. I under-estimated its color pay-off and packed it on the crease; I had to really blend it well to avoid looking like I bruised my eye. Finally, I used my favorite MAC mineralize skinfinish in So Ceylon. The pictures don't really show the gorgeous color of the skinfinish because I applied it really light.

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Fyrinnae Fun

Aug 22, 2007
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Last March, I made an entry about My Fabulous Fyrinnae Fix, and posted swatches of my Fyrinnae pigments. I tried them once or twice, then got waylaid by a bunch of other pigments I bought from other mineral makeup companies. I was cleaning my drawer and transferring my little pots in another tray which is more accessible to me in the morning, when I unearthed my precious little jars of Fyrinnae pigments. It then occurred to me that I planned to buy a full-size jar (as if the uber-generous sample wasn't enough) of Macabre, a beautiful goldish rose that is so pretty as a wash. It is part of their Professional Color collection, and it's more pigmented (I don't need to foil it to achieve maximum color pay-off) and long-wearing compared to the regular pigments. Nonetheless, the regulars wowed me as well. Colors are really intense and I didn't feel the need to pack them on or use my mixing medium to bring forth the hues. Hey, how can a pigment called Sake and Sashimi go wrong? Or an eye color called Lousy Tip? Or OMGWTF? (You can use this pigment on a really bad day to match your mood.) I wonder who comes up with these names? I'd love to be a fly on the wall in one of Fyrinnae's Name That Pigment meetings. Here is a look using the one batch of pigments I got from Fyrinnae.

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