I totally stole this EOTD idea! My dear friend Amanda from Karmic Dreaming told me she was wearing these colors today, and I realized I had all three in my stash! She was right, it’s subtle but pretty. WHAT IS IT? Detrivore Cosmetics’ Predatory, Topiary, and Mimicry. These lovely neutral colors would suit just about any complexion and make a nice, work-friendly look to boot.

I used Predatory in the inner corners and under the brow bone. Predatory is a frost pink satin color filled with white shimmer. It’s quite pale and perfectly lovely. Topiary, a light brown taupe with white shimmer (get it? Taupiary? I’m such a dork…) went in the outer corners. Srsly though, if you like taupe, you must have this taupe. It’s possibly my favorite. Mimicry is a darker taupe color with white shimmer, and I used it in the crease. It a perfect match to deepen Topiary for a perfectly blended look. I used a dark brown Jordana eyeliner (it’s called Brown Suede). You can’t beat these liners – cheap, long wearing and Made In The USA!

Today’s blush is Apocalyptic, also from Detrivore. Apocalyptic is a light pink satin blush filled with red and pink shimmer. It’s so pretty! The lipstick is from Sephora, the Glamour formula lipstick in Lilac Lyric 08. I like the semi-sheer, moisturizing formula but I’m not crazy about the fruity smell so I don’t wear it often. It’s a fun color though, when you want something pale pink but not opaque.

I keep forgetting to write my scent of the day on these posts! Doh! Today’s was OHWTO’s Serendipity Solid Scent. Serendipity is composed of strawberries, blackberries, currants, a breath of freesia, light musk, herbal sage, mysore sandalwood, and a bit of dank oakmoss.

I must live under a rock, because somehow I never gave this a sniff before now. THIS being Viva La Juicy Eau de Parfum from Juicy Couture. In fact, I know I live under a rock because all I know about Juicy Couture is that they made track suits that Madonna liked. If you’re rolling your eyes now, I don’t blame you. I’m hopeless when it comes to au courant fashion.

ANYWAY. Viva La Juicy is the company’s second perfume offering, and it’s a sweet gourmand scent with some flowers tossed in. Mostly, it’s sweet and gourmand though. The notes are wild berries, mandarins, honeysuckle, gardenia, jasmine, amber, caramel, vanilla, sandalwood, and praline. The berries are there right after you spray it, but I’m not sure that I smell any mandarins OR honeysuckle. On my skin it goes from berries right to caramel, vanilla, and sandalwood with maybe some jasmine wafting around the top. This is not a bad thing. It’s a really pretty fragrance. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to agree with my skin (it gets sooo sweet) but it smells AWESOME on my sister. You definitely want to spray this on skin before you commit.

The bottle is a cross between cute and elegant – I love the cut glass look of the lid, and the pink bow is cute. The bottle has a nice weight to it and will look nice on anyone’s vanity or dresser.

This is a very feminine scent. It’s definitely got more of a sexy vibe going, so it would be a good date night fragrance. Gentleman, this would make a good Valentine’s gift for your lady, if she likes vanilla-y smells!

I’m in a funny mood today. The weather can’t decide what it wants to do and I’m just vacillating between feeling okay and horribly depressed. Getting myself prettied up can help lift some of the grey fog, so I pushed myself to do my makeup today. I’m happy with how it came out and do feel somewhat better. I started with Seedless from Madd Style Cosmetix, and then decided to work Cupcake Zombie and PB & Chocolate Cupcake from Candy’s Sweet Treats into the mix somehow.

Seedless is a baby pink with green sparkles and duochrome. It’s one of my favorite colors because I love the green duochrome. I put Seedless in the inner corners. The outer corners are PB & Chocolate Cupcake, a tan color with golden glitter. The crease is Cupcake Zombie, a dark green with lime and red glitter. I used Vanilla Bean Cupcake on the browbone to highlight. The eyeliner is Physicians Formula Organic Wear Eyeliner in Black Olive.

Today’s blush is Gallows from Detrivore Cosmetics. Gallows is a deep pinkish red shade with a satin texture and shimmer. It’s really pretty!! I didn’t feeling like wearing much lip color today, so I’m just wearing Mocha Rose lip balm.

And just because it’s Caturday, bonus Theo photo!

The lovely Luna at Toxid-Lotus tagged me to share five blogs with you that I like to read. The tough part is to pick some that she didn’t already name! (She got some of my favorites!)

In no particular order:

1. The Raven & The Rose
2. Now Smell This
3. Canadian Beauty
4. Lipstick and Luxury
5. All Lacquered Up

I’m probably going to loose coolness points over this, but I really like Taylor Swift and her music. It’s catchy and I can relate to her song lyrics. So… I had to try Wonderstruck, her new perfume. I’ll admit I wasn’t expecting to be blown away by it – she’s young, she’s a celebrity… this is a recipe for yet another fruity-floral! On the other hand, it’s done by Elizabeth Arden, the people who brought us the Britney perfumes that I like so much. The verdict? It’s nicely done, a pleasant and pretty fragrance that will appeal to a younger crowd, but that doesn’t come off too cutesy for older chicks like me.

First, let’s talk about the bottle. You’re probably either going to love it or think it’s ridiculous. I love ridiculous, so I think it’s adorable! It’s purple with a cool iridescence going on, the lid is embossed with a pretty pattern, and the charms are cute. The glass is heavy too, so it feels nice and substantial in your hand. I’m a sucker for good packaging and Wonderstruck’s bottle is pretty.

The fragrance is light, sweet, and floral. The notes are freesia, apple blossom, raspberry, vanilla, honeysuckle, white hibiscus, amber, sandalwood, and peach. The opening is fresh and floral, and then it settles down into a vanilla-peach thing on my skin. It’s not cloyingly sweet, however, but remains light and sparkling and pretty. Lasting power isn’t great, but you can’t have everything.

Overall, I think this is really well done. If you aren’t a Taylor Swift fan, it’s probably not going to jump to the top of your must-have list. But if you are in the market for something fresh and pretty for spring, it’s worth a sniff. It would also be perfect for Valentine’s, which is the focus of this month’s fragrance reviews. I give Wonderstruck two thumbs up for a good girly perfume.

I ordered a new color in my last Persephone Minerals order: Blood Orange Sorbet. It’s FABULOUS! I don’t often fall in love with orange colors, but this one is super-pretty. I also ordered full sizes of Buttercream Bliss and Peppermint Mocha, and Divinity. I wasn’t really thinking about it when I ordered, but these all look really nice together too. Coordinated sets FTW!

Today I put Buttercream Bliss in the inner corners, and also under the browbone. Buttercream Bliss is a super-fab cream color with gold sparkle, and I swear it has a touch of pink duochrome. I used Blood Orange Sorbet in the outer corners. This one is described as bright orange with a slight red overcast & orange crystalina glitters. Srsly. This could be my new favorite orange color. The crease is Mars Crystal Power, duochrome shift from bright red to gold, with pink and gold sparkle. If you don’t have this color… you must be ordering it! The brown eyeliner is a Sephora pencil.

The blush is MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Petticoat (it was limited edition). The lipgloss is L’Occitane Grenade (also limited edition).

I haven’t been doing my makeup as often lately, boo. Wintertime is hard for beating back the depression, so some days it’s a struggle to be motivated to do anything. But usually playing with makeup cheers me up, so I’m trying to get back into the habit of doing my makeup and blogging it. I think I did good today. *smile*

It’s time for what’s become my (sort of) annual Britney Spears perfume review! It started in 2008, when I bought Believe because I loved its fruit & patchouli vibe. In 2009, it was Hidden Fantasy. The orange sherbet & vanilla was perfect for a gloomy winter. In 2010, Circus Fantasy found its way into my heart. Somehow, 2011 got away with no Britney, but 2012 is here and I have the original Fantasy in my hot little hands to share with all of you!

So you might be asking, what’s the deal with my love affair with Britney’s perfumes? Here’s the thing. I talk about liking my sophisticated, grown-up perfumes. And I do love them, along with my favorite indie oils and solids. But some days, like when it’s rainy and gross or hot and sticky, I like a girly fruity-floral – bonus if there’s candy notes too. I’m certainly not an expert, but in my opinion, the Britney perfumes pretty much define the most recent fruity-floral genre. They are what they are, and they do it well.

Fantasy Britney Spears was the second Britney perfume. At the time it was released, the bottle was a stand-out on the shelf, because it was cute, colorful, and appealing. (I worked At Sephora, I remember.) I still think the bottle is cute, colorful, and appealing, so it gets points for packaging. The scent is heavy on the “yum” factor. It has notes of red lychee, golden quince, kiwi, cupcake accord, jasmine petals, white chocolate, orchid, musk, orris root and sensual woods. At first sniff on skin, I get the lychee, and the kiwi. As the scent dries down, the cupcake, musk, and woods start to become apparent. It’s not heavy on the chocolate, I don’t really notice that much. Fantasy is much more gourmand than either of its flankers (Hidden & Circus). It wears for hours – I sprayed my wrist before going to bed and it’s still here this morning, going strong! Fantasy is sweet, but not cloyingly so, in my opinion. It’s a nice gourmand scent that isn’t as heavy as some I’ve tried.

With Valentine’s Day coming up, Fantasy would be a good choice for date night. It’s sweet, pretty, and fun all in one fragrance. I give it two thumbs up!

P.S. My husband likes it, so it has guy approval!

It was supposed to snow today. It did, but it didn’t stick. Since this is the first year in many that I don’t have to worry about getting myself to work in foul weather, I was disappointed that it hasn’t stuck. Oh well! I picked icy blue colors for eyeshadow today to celebrate the Snow Day anyway!

I also tried to use products I haven’t used in a while – I have to remind myself to do this or some products never get any love! I guess you could say I have kind of a lot of cosmetics, lol…

The lighter blue eyeshadow is Bluebell from J. Lynne Cosmetics. It’s an icy blue satin color. The dark blue color is Gangrenous from My Pretty Zombie. This is such an awesome color!! It’s a teal/lavender/green shifty color that’s hard to describe but pretty to look at. I used Nijiro from Fyrinnae to highlight. I pulled out Bare Escentuals’ Buxom Lashliner in Blue Velvet. It’s a cream liner in a cobalt blue with sparkles. It’s really pretty, I need to use it more often! I love the sparkles.

Today’s blush is Revolution Organics’ Freedom Glow Beauty Balm in Blushed. It’s a great cream blush in a portable stick formula. The pink color is flattering on a wide range of complexions and it’s got good staying power. You can use it on your lips too, although I didn’t today. Instead, I’m wearing RockABetty Beauty’s Gloss Wash lip gloss in Flesh Eaters. Flesh Eaters is a color shifting pale nude to soft violet. I really like RockABetty’s gloss formula and have two more shades on the way!

It’s possible we might see some snow tonight. Cross your fingers!