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Fierce Nerditude: One Nerdy Little Beauty Blog: June 2011

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Lux Naturals Soap Review: Blackberry Sage


Ever have an item that just doesn't want to look on camera like it does in real life? This soap was a pain in the butt to photograph. No matter what I do (natural light, artificial light, switching cameras, photographing it in different rooms, photographing it outside) it looks pale and sickly, like there's a thin white film over it that I can't see with my naked eye. It's a shame because this guy is actually a lovely rich shade of lime green with some royal blue swirled in. I decided to resort to the trick I used when I reviewed Frayed to Order (photographing against the light) and it helped, but just a bit. If I were any good with Photoshop, I might've edited it for accuracy, but as this isn't a color cosmetic, I didn't think it would be worth the effort.

Now that I'm done ranting about the fact that this soap is beautiful, but not photogenic, I'll dive into the things about Lux Naturals's Blackberry Sage soap that actually matter.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Evil Shades Cosmetics Review: Matte Silk


Along with my last Evil Shades blush purchase, I received a free sample of their new mattifying finishing powder, Matte Silk.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Kat Von D True Romance Pigment: Ladyhawke


Those of you who've been reading my blog for a while will know I'm a pretty huge fan of the Kat Von D line of products. A few months ago at Sephora, I decided to pick up just one of the Kat Von D True Romance Pigments. Ladyhawke was the shade that jumped out at me immediately. Overall, though, this was one of those occasions where I wish I'd picked up a few more shades.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

C. Booth Black Licorice Eye Cream

Okay, I know a lot of people don't use eye cream at all because they think it doesn't do anything. Honestly, I agree and disagree with that. If you don't have good genes for aging, I don't think that, of all things, eye cream will be the major difference maker. However, I don't think they do nothing. They serve a very simple, obvious purpose: moisturizing the eye area when it's dry.

Sometimes, after I get out of the shower my eye area feels dry and a bit tight. Therefore, eye cream!

Friday, June 24, 2011

Final Fantasy Inspired Look: Ashe I


It's Friday again, which means time for another Final Fantasy look! This time I chose to do my very favorite female character, Ashe of Final Fantasy XII. A lot of people say that Lightning is the Final Fantasy series's first genuine female hero, and others say it's Yuna. For me? I say that title belongs to Princess Ashe. Let's face it; she kicks ass and takes names. Yuna has her cool moments, but she is a bit damsel-y and Tidus definitely winds up being the hero of that story. And Lighting? She comes afterward.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Sundara Cosmetics Review: Eyeshadows (Some Bright Shades, And A Few Smokeys, Neutrals and Pastels)

1st Row, LtR: Amla, Cucumber Melon, Hasti, Coal & Diamonds, Mint Mojito
2nd Row, LtR: It's a Boy, Metal Princess, Rich Soil, Mocha Taupe
3rd Row, LtR: Lotus, Brinjal, Siahi
The picture above is clickable so that you can look a little closer at the labelling if you want. As promised, here are some swatches and a review of the Sundara Cosmetics colors that I've tried. I have to admit, this review took me a long time because I couldn't figure out how to arrange these items. I just decided to go with what looks best together. Also, the swept out swatches looked near identical to the dry, patted-on swatches, so I decided to skip posting them for this review, as it's quite long to begin with. However there will be a surprise for you guys at the end of the post *winkwinknudgenudge*.

Sundara Cosmetics Review: Overview (Details and Things)

Recently I had the opportunity to review a newer indie company on Etsy, Sundara Cosmetics. Let's start off and say that I'm very impressed.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Origins Well Off Fast And Gentle Eye Makeup Remover

I had been looking for a good makeup remover for a long while, and (as I mentioned in my May Favorites), I really like this one!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Guest Post: Wet N' Wild Color Icon Brow and Eye Liners

Top to Bottom: White, Charcoal, Purple
Today I have a special treat for you guys. A friend of mine is writing a guest post. Woohoo! =D Alysha writes really great, thorough reviews and I'm really glad I get to share one of them with you today!

I own three of the Wet N’ Wild Color Icon Brow and Eye Liners so far and I’ll get straight to the point and say that I’m very impressed.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Evil Shades Cosmetics Review: Blush (Skön)

Evil Shades Blush in Skön
Sorry for not posting over the weekend, guys but I needed some me time. Plus a friend of mine asked me to write her a piece of fiction as her birthday present, so I wanted to make some headway with that. Right now I'm gonna try and prepare enough posts for the next two weeks. I'm getting Ocarina of Time for the 3DS (hopefully by tomorrow) so I'm probably going to be distracted for a nice long while. I'll try to do my best, though!

A few weeks back, I took advantage of a buy-two-get-one blush sale from Evil Shades, and one of the shades I picked up was Skön. Not that the others weren't nice, but this was, hands down, my favorite of the lot.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Final Fantasy Inspired Look: Vivi




 Let me just say as a precursor to this look, that it is, hands down, my favorite so far!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Chanel Lilac Sky Le Vernis

Way back when I did that reader survey, lots of you said you wouldn't mind my reviewing or showing you unavailable items. Yay! That means Lilac Sky!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The Liebster Blog Award: Thanks mNg!

One of my favorite bloggers, mNg of I'm Not Skinny, So What? recently tagged me for a Liebster Blog Award. I have to say of the awards I've gotten, this has to be one of the cooler looking ones! Thanks so much mNg!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Biore Skin Preservation Even Smoother Microderm Exfoliator

My favorite part of my skin care routine is, hands down, exfoliation. I really feel like it's the difference maker in the texture of my skin. I've been using Biore's Skin Preservation exfoliator for about four months, and I have to say, I'm really pleased.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Me

Was Blogger giving anyone else 503 errors? I've been getting them constantly throughout the day yesterday and most of today, too. What a pain. I'm seriously considering moving my blog elsewhere at this point, but since Wordpress's free blogs don't really suit my needs, I'm not sure where. Any suggestions? Anyway, it looks like the posts that I set up to go live automatically didn't show up (and apparently got deleted?!) so for today I'm going to do a tag. Ten Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Me. I got this one from Vintage Makeup. You should really check out her blog. It's one of my favorites!

Friday, June 10, 2011

Final Fantasy Inspired Look: Rikku


This week, I just started replaying Final Fantasy X. I guess I just forgot how much I loved Rikku. She's nerdy and logical without falling into the trope of the cold, unfeeling professor, and frankly she's adorable! And her Mix ability? It's so effing cool. I love doing two grenades! So here's my Rikku Inspired Look.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Shiro Cosmetics Review: Science Collection Part 3

Top, LtR: You Were Adopted, Enrichment Center, Still Alive, 2+2=10, Beta
Bottom, LtR: Shoes For Orphans, There Will Be Cake, Party Escort, Deadly Neurotoxin, Shall Not Be Mourned
The last ten shades in my Shiro Science Collection review. Can I get a "Hell yes!"

This last ten was actually my favorite leg of the collection because of the greens. Hooray for greens!

Shiro Cosmetics Review: Science Collection Part 2

Top, LtR: [Subject Name Here], Test Subject, Incinerator, Are You Still There?, Unsatisfactory Mark
Bottom, LtR: Because We Can, Wheeeeeee!, Reverse Psychology, Emancipation Grid, A Neat Gun
Not gonna lie, instead of typing Wheeeeeee! out, I'm gonna be copy-pasting, because I'm not sure how many e's there are and I don't feel like counting. Also, when I was doing Aperture Laboratories I heard Dexter's weird little accent in my mind saying "la-BORE-uh-tore-ee".

Shiro Cosmetics Review: Science Collection Part 1

Top, LtR: Outright Fabrication, Aperture Laboratories, Huge Success, Your Best Friend, For Science
Bottom, LtR: Impossible, I Feel Fantastic, Conservation of Momentum, Triumph, Thinking With Portals
Hello, wonderful folks! I meant to do this review a really long time ago, but I couldn't figure out how. Shiro collections are huge, and I wanted to divide it up so that I could give a reasonable amount of attention to each shadow, like I normally do. I resolved to divide this collection into three posts, which should all be going up today. Honestly, I think this post was a bit crowded. Maybe I should go five by five in the future? Let me know what you guys think.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Adventures in Neutral Eyes: Mistress


Wow, guys, sorry about the days-long absence! The beauty blogging gods were out to get me this week: On Sunday, my camera wasn't working right, on Monday, Blogger was screwing with me, and yesterday/today I kept having internet connectivity issues throughout the day. Talk about your technology mishap trifectas, am I right? Keep your fingers crossed that nothing happens tomorrow: I'll try and get my reviews on the Shiro Science Collection up throughout the day (I divided it into three reviews, ten shadows each)!

Anyway, I did this look sometime last week, and planned to have it up Monday. Instead it's going up today. Yikes!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

More Blog Awards: Two Stylish Bloggers and One Lovely Blog!

Sorry to some of you guys: I bet you thought I forgot, right? I swear, I didn't, I just had some trouble figuring out when I was going to post this, and since I'm having some camera issues, I thought the time would be right!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Roller Ball Lip Balms

Clockwise from top left: Grape, Apple, Strawberry, Blueberry
Fun fact, as I was captioning that image, I almost wrote "Grape, Apple, Kitty, Penguin." I don't know what kitty or penguin would taste like, but it wouldn't be good, right? Probably? Anyway, being a lip balm fiend, I thought I'd introduce you to some of the members of my collection, starting with the very cutest ones. These little lip balm spheres are 100% moisturizing, and 100% adorable!

Friday, June 3, 2011

Altered Ego Cosmetics Review: Eyeshadow (Aura, Adore, Diesel, Hiccup)

Like I've said before, I'm really glad I stumbled onto this company... The colors just really suit my personal tastes. Without further ado, it's time for my review of Altered Ego Cosmetics's eyeshadows.

Final Fantasy Inspired Look: Lulu


Hello, all. It's Friday again, which means it's time for another entry in to Christa and my Final Fantasy Inspired series of looks!
Hey loves, this week's Final Fantasy inspired look is Lulu from Final Fantasy X. Her look is wild and fantastical but elegant all in the same.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Altered Ego Cosmetics Review: Overview (Details and Things)


Recently, I was lucky enough to get to try out another newer company called Altered Ego Mineral Cosmetics. You might want to keep reading this post through to the end. It's gonna be like a box of cereal: There'll be a little surprise inside for you guys *winkwinknudgenudge*.

Christina Marie Mineral Cosmetics: Blush (Peachy, Rose)

Left to Right: Peachy, Rose
Of the items I've tried from Christina Marie Mineral Cosmetics, I have to say my favorites have been the blushes. I received two different ones to try: Peachy and Rose.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Christina Marie Mineral Cosmetics: Eyeshadows (Plum, Fantasy, Blue Moon, Egyptian Gold)


Time for the eyeshadow review! I was sent four eyeshadow samples to look at: Plum, Fantasy, Blue Moon and Egyptian Gold.

Favorites: May 2011

Wow, how fast did this month go by? School's out for us college kids (HA!) and just one more month to go for you guys stuck in High School or lower. Don't worry I'm sure it'll go as achingly slow as my last week of class. That's just how these things work. =P Time for another favorites post!

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