So now I’ve eased off the buying pedal and all of my indie purchases are gradually trickling in - believe me, there are going to be more and more and more (I got into a bit of a spending spree). Today saw the arrival of a beautifully packaged parcel from Lunatick Cosmetics Labs, a company I was hesitant to buy from because I hadn’t heard too much about (particularly on r/indiemakeupandmore, which is my most trusted source on all things indie).

I had been following them on instagram for a while and had been fascinated by their Apocalipslick range - beautiful strange colours were evident, and I’d heard whispers that the formula was pretty great. Some more hesitance arose by way of my wariness around lip lacquer/gloss type products - give me a matte lipstick any day, but I’m known to loathe lip glosses and thick lip lacquers. So I ummed, and ahhed, and giggled over the horror themed branding, and searched for swatches and rubbed my temples and loaded and unloaded my shopping cart until one day I saw a coupon code for 50% off and well, that was that. I limited myself to two (like I need more lip products) and got on with my life.

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When the doorbell rang, I was the physical embodiment of heart eyes.

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I forgot to take a picture of the packaging, but it was lovely (albeit way too big for what I got) and I love indie companies with their love hearts on the invoices and their sample products. Sorry, did I say sample? My sample in this order was a full size Kromatick Silk eyeshadow in the shade Pinhead (full size! net weight 2.5g! it’s a $10 eyeshadow!) and it’s a beautiful, versatile super shimmery white shade. I was even more pleasantly surprised by the apocalipslicks, and yes, I’m kind of mad I didn’t buy more.

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From left to right in shitty lighting are Creature, Coven Cream and Pinhead (not over primer; as a loose shadow it will need a primer for best results).

If you want lip swatches and first impressions, read on.

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So, the formula of the apocalipslicks: heavenly. I loathe glosses, as I mentioned, so I was terrified by these, but they are super super opaque (seriously: one swipe opacity), high impact and comfortable. They aren’t high shine and they can actually be blotted down, but the somewhat shiny finish is kind of nice for the strange colours and makes them different from the other weird colours I own (yay! rationalisation!). I actually wore one of them, blotted, through very milky cereal and it survived pretty darn brilliantly. I’m in love. I wish international shipping didn’t suck. Lunatick, if you want to go on sale again or send me every apocalipslick, hit me up. Let’s look at the colours! I’m also wearing a light dusting of pinhead on my eyes in these photos.

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Coven Cream

I have found my perfect corpsey greige colour. I’ve been umming and ahhing about these shades that have currently wandered into the limelight, but I knew they wouldn’t flatter me and I thought that if I was going to go down that alley, I may as well go ALL THE WAY down that alley. The gloss to it gives it a little life, and the formula is fantastically comfortable - not sticky, but it feels super well adhered to the lips and doesn’t feel like it’s risking slipping around. Haven’t wear-tested yet, but even if it’s a short wear time around eating, these colours will stand up on their own.

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Creature

Did you hear that? It was a chorus of angels.

Think Melt’s Blow in a super opaque rich creamy demi-gloss. I’ve blotted this down and it’s beautiful and durable and I’m so excited bythis green based deep teal shade. This is a unique formula and a wonderful colour and I wish I could wear this today but alas, I’ll be working and I doubt the patrons of the skincare shop I casual at would appreciate my awesome edgy makeup.

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Sidebar: so glad the eyeshadow shade I got sent is such a versatile, workable one. It will make a gorgeous highlight or a subtle all over the lid and I’m super excited to play around with it on top of a primer.

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So those are my new Lunatick Cosmetics products and I’m super impressed. I’m really glad I took the plunge and went for it. I llove the kitschy packaging and aesthetic and they make me feel like a witch, which is usually what I’m going for. I want to try, when it doesn’t cost so damn much to get them to Aus, Paranormal and Renegade and Tainted Temptress and Coven Cream and Ritual Red and Grave Heart Shift. Basically I just want to catch them all.

Once I’ve got some more concrete feelings on the wear time andthe durability, I’ll definitely let you know.

Let’s all hope that this week brings more brilliant indie arrivals (I want my perfumes, damn it)