As some of you may know, I’m a crafter. I sell handmade things to people for cash money. As a result, I feel obligated to go with the little guys whenever I can. Thus, my recent fascination with indie cosmetics. There are a few things holding me back, however. First, I’m very stubborn about shipping. I refuse to pay more than five bucks shipping for most things I order. Living in Canada means shipping often gets really ridiculous- I mean, who really wants to pay ten dollars for an envelope?

However, sometimes a certain product entices me to order on the Internet with no care for what the shipping might be. My Beauty Addiction is one of those places.

I ordered two items (a Colour Rich lipstick in Violetta and a Sugar Babies lip gloss in Breathless) and got a free sample of their eyeshadow in Tangelo from them.

Colour Rich Lipstick in Violetta ($7.96 CAN)

I got this because I felt bad just getting the lip gloss for this post. Besides, look at that colour!

I really like bright colours. I’m a sucker for colours. I was really excited to see that colour in the picture on my lips.

Hm. Well, perhaps it applies better on the lips?

Seriously, you should have seen how my face fell when I got it on my lips. I was so sad. Perhaps I got a bad batch or something, but this colour is pretty sheer. It’s a nice “hint of purple” colour, which I suppose is nice for people who want to look like normal people, but that’s not what I was excited about. It goes on nice and smooth, but almost seems more like a tinted balm than any sort of lipstick. And it comes off really easy- I didn’t even have to do the teatime test since it applied itself on my mug pretty much instantly.

Packaging- 6/10 (Regular lipstick tube. Works, but nothing to write home about.)

Scent/Flavour- 5/10 (Smells of beeswax. Better than heavy old-lady smells, I suppose.)

Consistency- 6/10 (Creamy, goes on easy.)

Colour- 1/10 (Nice, but not as advertised.)

Staying Power- 1/10 (Whoops, where’d it go?)

Overall Score- 19/50

Sugar Babies Lip Gloss in Breathless ($5.04 CAN)



This is what I made the order for. Look at this. Even if you don’t want your lips to be that colour for some weird reason, you still have to admit it’s absolutely gorgeous. I asked the shop owner, and apparently it was swatched over bare lips, so I had to have it.

The Sugar Babies comes in a dial-up tube with a brush for application. I was kind of unfamiliar with this style of packaging at first, and was having trouble getting the product out until I tilted the tip downwards to let gravity help.

THERE IT IS. Just from that quick swatch, I could tell it was pretty dang pigmented. My smile returned to my face.

I am very happy with this. With a not-bad amount of gloss, I got pretty close to the picture. My only issue was that it was hard to get an even application since when it ran out of gloss on the brush, I had to stop to get more. But I might just be inept. The gloss smells like sweets, not chemical or anything. I want cookies now. I’m not typical a big lip gloss fan, but this is nice- it’s not really sticky or anything.

As for staying power… it warns that it will stain, and it does. My lips were sort of a bluey-gray hue after teatime that my camera refused to pick up. I sorta looked like a dead thing. But it`s okay because, you know, BLUE LIP GLOSS.

Packaging- 6/10 (The applicator was kind of difficult to figure out.)



Scent/Flavour- 9/10 (It smells like sugar cookies. This is always a plus.)

Consistency- 9/10 (It’s a lip gloss. It goes on like a lip gloss. Not too sticky.)

Colour- 10/10 (BLUEEEEE)

Staying Power- 8/10 (Not bad for a lip gloss, especially if you don’t mind looking kinda dead.)

Overall- 42/50. I recommend it!

Mineral Eyeshadow in Tangelo ($5.31 CAN for a 5 gram jar)

This is the sample I got, which I’m pretty happy about- I didn’t expect it, and freeness is goodness.

I’m not going to do a full rating and things of this, since I am pretty new to using loose shadows and I didn’t get to test the lasting power or anything. I just wanted to show it off.This is such a bright, happy orange colour. You know the old Crayola crayons in “macaroni and cheese?” That’s basically what this is, only shimmery.

It really shines with a primer. I used an indie one that I’ve been won over by (it’s from the All-Natural Face, and I’ll be talking more about it in a later review) and the colour stuck and popped so well.

It applies quite well- feels really smooth on my eyelids. It also makes my eyes look really green,which I find kinda cool. I’d definitely be open to try some of their eyeshadows in the future. Orange isn’t typically a colour I’m drawn towards, so I might get some samples in colours I use more often.

As a final note, I’d like to add that shipping was quick. Communication was fairly prompt, and I got a nice little note in the package in pink pen, which was cute. Everything was sufficiently bubble-wrapped and coated in plastic- even if one of the products had leaked or melted in transit, it wouldn’t have touched the rest. While Violetta was a disappointment, I’d still recommend checking out the Sugar Babies and the eyeshadows.

UPDATE- The shop owner got back to me- apparently there was a mistake in mixing the Violetta. She was very nice about it. 🙂