Darling Girl Cosmetics: Only One Can Win Collection (Hunger Games)

Susan from Darling Girl has come up with an amazing collection inspired by the Hunger Games. I was honored to be a small part of the creation process along with Helen, Robyn and Mandy. The game begins on March 5 so let's hope the odds are in your favor! ;-) (if you haven't read the books, that means this collection will be available on March 5!)

Little touches like this are what I love about Darling Girl. The labels are so perfect for the story!

Let's get onto the eyeshadows...

Boy with the Bread is a warm taupe with subtle blue shift.

Live Wire is a hard color to describe... it's silvery with a slight green tinge.

Well Dressed is a little more purple than it shows here, but it's a near matte shade with tiny loose silver and purple sparkles.

Rue's Lullaby is a lovely dusty pink.

The Seam is a murky brown with green undertones and blue sparkles.

Fire Inside is one of my favorites... a rich red with gold and green sparks.

Mayor's Daughter is a stunning gold with a LOAD of multicoloured sparkles, mostly light blue, light peach and silver.

Obviously a Wig is another favorite, it's a gorgeous magenta with strong purple/blue flash.

Songbird Weaponry is a rich navy blue with blue and gold sparkles.

Squirrel Hunter is a brown toned green with light gold and silver (maybe a little green?) sparkles.

Survival Instinct was a hard one to capture as my camera kept turning it burgundy, it's more violet than this. The sparkle in this is INSANE and multicoloured.

The Final Gift is a yet another favorite, and is glowing metallic copper. This is another super sparkly shade, gorgeous!

Some natural light and flash shots of the colors in groups:

Last but not least, Susan created a lip balm for this collection called Love is an Act:

This is a coral pink with blue sparkles. The formula is up to her usual balm standards - not sticky, drying or tacky. It glides on super smooth and has decent opacity in one pass.

I absolutely love this collection, right down to the names! I think it encompasses the spirit of the characters and the plot of the Hunger Games. I honestly think it's my favorite collection of hers to date.

What do you think of Only One Can Win? Are you hauling anything? I hope so!

DISCLAIMER: Post contains products sent for review by owner. This does not change my opinion of said products and I received no monetary compensation for this review.

Blog Sale - February 2012

UPDATED 2/29/12

Okay so here is the preliminary list of stuff I'd like to sell... Usage will be listed, will send out stuff internationally. I'll charge you for what the postage actually is as I have a scale at work. If you are interested in something, please leave what you'd like in the comments below and your email (in the following format: soandso at yahoo dot com), and I will contact you!
 
Chanel Joues Contraste (blush) in Espiegle (1x)
Mac Cheek Powder in My Paradise (2x, still has overspray)
Mac blush in Dirty Plum (Liberty of London packaging, brand new)
The Balm and the Beautiful palette (swatched, used maybe 2x)
Sleek Primer Palette (swatched, 2 colors tested)
Morgana Lip Balms in Heliotrope and Diabolical Drusilla (worn 1x?) sold
BFTE minerals in Lemon, Addicted and Green Apple
NYC Lipstain in Never Ending Nude (swatched and realized that it's way too dark for me)
 
Mac lipsticks in:
Creme d'Nude (2x)
Goes and Goes (2x)
Go For It (2-3x)
Thrills (3-4x)
 
Mac dazzleglasses in:
Get Rich Quick (maybe 2x w/ brush),
Amourous (3-4x)
 
Mac Eye Kohl in Minted (2x)
Physician's Formula Healthy Wear Tinted Moisturizer in Fair to Light (too dark for me, 2x)
 
Mac eyeshadow depots in:
Rule (2x)
Firespot (unknown, bought this off of a blog sale, no dips so probably 4-5x)
Sushi Flower (3x) sold
Hepcat (2x) sold
StarsnRockets (3x)
Trax (2x)
Juxt (dent from depotting, will heavily discount this)
Swimming (4x)
Shimmermoss (2x) pending
Deep Truth (2x)

FOTD: Viva Glam Nicki

I've been meaning to do a FOTD with this lipstick but haven't had a chance until now! This is sort of a dual purpose look as I also wanted to do something with only one eyeshadow to show that it can be interesting. Technically I used a cream shadow as a base but there's only one powder eyeshadow on top as the lid, crease and highlight shades.

I don't know why my right eyebrow always looks messed up in pictures... both brows look even in person!

FACE:

- Cover Girl Tinted Moisturizer in Fair to Light

- Mac MSF Natural in Light Medium
- Maybelline SuperStay Concealer in Cream

- Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer in Light

- Mac MSF in Semi Precious Crystal Pink

EYES:

- Too Faced Shadow Insurance

- Maybelline Color Tattoo in Edgy Emerald

- Mac eyeshadow in Gorgeous Gold

- Wet n Wild Color Icon liner in Green (upper lashline)

- Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil in Mildew (lower waterline)

- Maybelline Illegal Length mascara

LIPS:

- Mac Viva Glam Nicki lipstick

- NYX Gloss in Chandelier

FOTD: Duochromey

Sorry it's been an absolute AGE since I've posted anything. Just been too busy! Anyway, I'm back with something fun and duochrome. It's been a while since I've photographed my FOTD so I'm a little rusty and the pictures didn't come out great. I had to up the yellow balance on a few to get the colors to show up right.

FACE:

- Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream in #23

- Mac MSF Natural in Light Medium
- Maybelline SuperStay Concealer in Cream

- Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer in Light

- Mac MSF in Semi Precious Crystal Pink

EYES:

- Too Faced Shadow Insurance

- L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Golden Sage (outer lid)

- Jessie's Girl Eye Dust in Sunlit Cactus (inner lid, blend out crease)

- Mac eyeshadow in Vex (inner corner)

- Mac eyeshadow in Steamy (lower lashline)

- WetnWild Comfort Zone (Mac club dupe, outer lower lashline)

- Mac Pearlglide in Black Line (very lightly on upper lashline, blended)

- Ulta Eyeliner in Olive (lower waterline)

- Maybelline Illegal Length mascara

LIPS:

- MUA Lipstick in Shade 9

- Femme Couture Lip Lustre in Pink Sparkle

Haul Video!

I've put a haul up on my YouTube channel... here it is!

Recent Photoshoots - The Pro Pics!

I've been really busy lately with photoshoots and I haven't had much time to blog, I am so sorry! I've put a shoe collection video up for The Makeup Heroes, you can watch that below:



I've gotten the professional photos back from some of the shoots I've done recently and I figured you guys would be interested! (Note that there is one bra shot in here so if you're uncomfortable with boobies, well... yeah.)

I showed you a couple of my shots from this one a little while back but here are the better ones! I loved her eye makeup. As I said before, the eyes were all Inglot and the lips were Cover Girl Lip Perfection in Siren.

I know the bottom doesn't show the makeup but it is an utterly AMAZING shot. I did a purple smokey eye on her with the Sleek Bad Girl palette.

Next up is the shoot from last weekend, one that I organized. It was vintage themed and in total we had 8 models, including myself. It was a TON of fun and the photos came out amazing. I'll just put the wall of them here...

I cannot tell you what was on each of them but it was mostly the Urban Decay Naked Palette, my Inglot neutrals palette, a bit of the Wet n Wild Comfort Zone palette and assorted other neutrals. I should have written down what was on their lips, but for sure I can tell you that the first model is wearing NYX Chaos, the polka dot corset model is wearing MUA Shade 1, the blonde with the blue  flowery dress is wearing Mac Morange and the model in the 2nd photo is wearing Cover Girl Lip Perfection in Flame.

Last, but not least, I did a bit of modeling... and I was terrible but I will show you the photos anyway. I quite liked my makeup (even though I had to reapply my falsies 3 times... no problems on any of the models but on myself? UGH.) and I was wearing Lady Danger by Mac, for the record.

What have you been up to recently?

FOTD: STOP! Hammer Lime.

The name is totally, 100% because of Robyn.



I'm on a green kick lately, combined with some of the awesome greens that I have from Inglot... I came up with this! Sorry for the wonky liner; the husband had to be to work a little early and I didn't have time to do it at home, so I had to try to line my eyes in the car with the tiny overhead mirror.

FACE:

- Revlon Photo Ready Foundation in Ivory

- Mac MSF Natural in Light Medium
- Maybelline SuperStay Concealer in Cream

- Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer in Light

- Mac MSF in Semi Precious Crystal Pink

EYES:

- Too Faced Shadow Insurance

- NYX Jumbo Pencil in Cucumber

-Inglot eyeshadow #59 (lid and lower lashline)

- Inglot eyeshadow #412 (inner tear duct, lower lash, and to blend out crease)

- Inglot eyeshadow #57(outer crease and outer lower lashline)

- Inglot eyeshadow #385 (upper crease and middle lower lashline)

- Wet n Wild Mega Eyes Liquid Liner in Sparkle Black (upper lashline)

- Maybelline Illegal Length Mascara

LIPS:

- MUA Lipstick in Shade 3 (blotted)

- Femme Couture Lip Lustre in Sahara Rose