Hello everyone! This is part 2 of the Shiro haul I bought back in May. As it’s been a while since I received my first order, I got a second order for a custom gloss, which I’ll cover here. Spoiler alert- it’s perfect and I love it.

Pictured above – Me in this goddamn gloss. Flawless like the one true queen, Queen Bey.

Housekeeping- swatches were all taken on my iPhone 4s in three different light sources- natural light, white light, and yellow light. The names are on the natural light picture, mostly because those came out the best. Brushes were cleaned in between swatches to attempt to get the best sample. On the left of the sample NYX’s Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk was used, the center is bare, and the right has Urban Decay’s Primer Potion in Eden.

Side note- I’m finally out of the primer samples that came with my Naked 3 palette, so if you have any suggestions for a new primer to try, I’m all ears! I did like the Primer Potion but I’ve heard it’s not the end all to primers, so I’d like to try something new. Some the these samples will not have a store link- it is because they were Color of the Months (or just gone) and have floated off to the afterlife. RIP Jareth’s Tight Pants, Still No Oscar for Leo DiCaprio, and May the Fourth Be With You. You shall be missed.

Moon Prism Power – A warm, white base with a gold and green shimmer. I like how versatile it is- it adapts nicely to whatever primer it’s on. I’ve been wearing this almost since I got it. Sometimes you’re in the mood to sparkle and I mean sparkle complete with jazz hands. This is my shade for my sparkle moods. I’m also a lifelong Sailor Moon fan, so it just hits all the fun notes for me.

Autopsy – A soft, matte light brown. It was rather hard to photograph- as you can see, it’s basically my skin tone. If you’re so pale you get lost in snow drifts, this shade will work well as a base shade. I’ve been using it for my natural look days, it’s been wearing pretty well! This is one of the shades from Detrivore. It was my first time trying these products and I gotta say, I’m impressed.

Jareth’s Tight Pants – Grey with multicolors in the sparkle- I caught notes of purple, blue, and yellow. This was pretty adaptable, much like Moon Prism Power, coming off as a blue/purple grey on Milk and a more mauve grey on Eden. RIP my favorite shade based off a glorious man’s tight pants.

Still No Oscar for Leo DiCaprio – Warm gold brown with lots of golden shimmer. I’ve been liking this as a nice little sparkle pop for my every day looks. It has a lovely rosy gold undertone when put on Milk as a base. RIP my favorite shade based off one of the world’s greatest injustices.

Day of Reckoning – A gorgeous deep purple with a lovely sparkle. I honestly wasn’t expecting to like this shade as it’s a bit out of my wheelhouse but boy did it win me over! I feel a bit stupid not considering lovely purples like this sooner- it goes with my coloring. I’m probably a bit daft.

Midnight – A beautiful deep navy blue. It comes out more green on Eden. It’s striking, I’m loving this shade. I can see this working very well with a smokey eye look. Another shade from Detrivore!

Benthos – A dark phthalo blue. Another lovely color in the Detrivore line, but in collection of 25 colors, it’s very similar to Midnight. There are obvious differences between the two but I think I’d like to see a little more diversity. Midnight suits my needs a bit more so I plan on getting a full size of Midnight, but you can’t go wrong with this shade either!

TARDIS – A light blue with green and purple sparkles. It’s a very lovely blue! It came off more blue on Eden and a bright light blue on Milk. I’m a bit of a Whovian so it was not in me to resist the siren call of an eyeshadow based off Doctor Who! Now please make an Allons-y! shade and I will just buy out your stock.

is what I would be. And no, that wasn’t an excuse to put a David Tennant GIF on my blog, what are you going on about.

Asylum – A fun, matte teal. More seafoam on Eden. This was a full size I bought from Detrivore and unfortunately, it looks gone. It’s a shame, as this is a very fun teal color.

May the Fourth Be With You – A very bright lime green with yellow sparkle. It’s a fun color but not my cup of tea. Who am I to turn down a free eyeshadow though? RIP a bright shade based off a fabulous Star Wars pun.

Custom Gloss in Slave 23 – Hold onto your butts, I’m about to go on some tangents. I enjoy wrestling and the tag team of Goldust and Stardust has stolen my black little heart. Let me sing you a little song about them. Goldust has always been fabulous.

And the man on the right is his brother, Cody. Cody always came off as pretty average guy with a weird older brother who likes to wear face paint and freak people out. They tag team together and they were losing. Cody figures hey, my older brother was great in the past, this must be my fault. So he teams him up with a bunch of other wrestlers. The losing streak continues and everyone figures- boy, Cody’s going to think this is a problem with Goldust and turn on him! What will happen to these brothers then? Cody tells him he’s got one more partner he wants him to try out. And then this happens.

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL MAN. He embraced his older brother’s gimmick, gave it his own twist, and IS THE MOST FLAWLESS HUMAN BEING. He even has handfuls of glitter he just blows into people’s faces! He’s also just killing it as a wrestler. Just 100/10 all around. Seriously, I love watching these two.

There is a point, I swear. Now, WWE is coming to my town at the end of July and the line up currently includes the Dust Brothers. What better way to support my favorite tag team than by donning some gold and black makeup of my own? I asked around (thanks silverarya!) and found out Slave 23 as a custom gloss would probably suit my needs. Ordered it but I then noticed Shiro had a 3 week turn around and my event was in two. I asked Caitlin if it would be possible to get my order in two weeks and she did better- she told me she’d get it in the mail the next day and to enjoy my event. Got my order less than 5 days later. In comparison, I ordered some black lipstick from NYX and I got my order in a week and a half.

Caitlin, you are a champion. Seriously, I cannot rave enough about Shiro’s fantastic customer service.

Now what do I think of the gloss? I figured, as it was gold lip gloss, it’d be a fun component in my bag o’ tricks and could use it for special events, like cheering on the Dust Brothers. Nope. I put it on and immediately said

I cannot get enough of this! One layer is enough of a lovely gloss- it’s not too outrageous, the subtle gold compliments my skin tone, and I could wear it to work. What I love about it is that it builds so well. I could get it opaque in just 2-3 applications and I got the opacity in moderate! It’s better than I ever could have hoped for and I wear it constantly now. My only complaint is the champagne flavor smells a little off and I can’t really taste anything from it. Honestly though, it could smell like horse butts and I’d still use it because I love it so much.

So ends my Shiro haul review and wrestling rant. I’ll surely review more in the future because there’s no such thing as too many Shiro swatches on the internet. Any tips for how to swatch better? I’ll take ’em! Any critiques on my reviews? Sure, have at it! I’m always up for improving and I’m only on review three. I’ll see ya’ll later and hope ya’ll have a lovely day!