Hello, All!

I know, I promised Hello Waffle swatches yesterday. However, a HUUUUGE headache and not getting home until after dark proved to be the end of that plan. Today… today is a new day. Today is the best day, because it’s my birthday! As such, I decided to take a half day of vacation and came home to do some swatching (and do some final Christmas shopping on the way). So, without further ado, I present to you my very first Hello Waffle order (featuring wine). Expect the ridiculous.

Alright! As this is my first Hello Waffle order, I’ll give a little bit of info! Hello Waffle is a Canada based indie run by one very fun lady, Christine. It’s named after her cat (Waffle, obviously) who seems to be pretty awesome himself. It seems he does tricks, which immediately puts him higher on the scale of … awesome. Yes, I know I use the word “awesome” too much.

I made this order on Black Friday (that’s the 28th of November), it shipped on December first (woah!), and arrived to my house on the …. 8th or 9th of December, I don’t remember which. This is a BIG DEAL, because shipping from Canada to the US (and vice versa) usually takes a bit longer than 5-6 business days!

This was a fairly small order for me, for a few reasons: 1) It was my first time purchasing things on an international scale (excluding one monthly exchange order) 2) It was my first time purchasing from Hello Waffle 3) I was trying to budget 4) The permanent/seasonal collections weren’t available. Having tried them now, I plan another order in the spring, when I can pick up a bunch of things I’ve been wanting for a very long time!

ON TO THE THINGS!

Number 1 (of 4): 23!

Random Ramblings Aided by Wine: This is part of Christine’s 1000 Likes Collection. I’m always drawn to rose golds in a big way, and this is no different. I haven’t worn this in a look yet, but it swatched well! I can’t wait to play around with it some more (which will sadly, probably have to wait until after the holidays)!

Here, enjoy some swatches!

These were, sadly, taken with my cell phone camera (once again). So just imagine them even more detailed and shiny and sparkly and beautiful. I’ve asked for a digital camera that takes good macros for Christmas, so fingers crossed that we won’t have to do this much longer!

Number 2: Portrait of Purrian Gray

[We’re going to take a small time out right here so I can go on about this collection. The credit for dreaming up the Catssic Literature collection goes to artist MAKEUP5EVER (some of whose artwork/thoughts/musings you can find right here). It all began from a post on IMAM and evolved into this Hello Waffle/MAKEUP5EVER collaboration! I can’t imagine anyone more suited to the task of bringing the Catssic Literature collection to life, than Christine. And of course, couldn’t imagine anyone aside from MAKEUP5EVER doing the label artwork! The collection turned out amazing and now we all get to have cat-based literature puns on our eyes! Mwahahahahaaha!]

SWATCHES!!!!!!

Random thoughts: As you (kind of) see, Portrait of Purrian Gray is a gray/white with gold sparkles. I really enjoyed The Portrait of Dorian Gray when I read it growing up; seeing such beautiful artwork and such a beautiful color cemented my need for this shadow! It wasn’t my favorite of the bunch once swatched, mostly because it blended in with my skin too well unless it was over glitter glue, but I have a feeling this will be awesome in the inner corner of my eye!

Number 3: Catticus Finch:

Random thoughts: MAAAAAAAN. This shadow hit me right in the feels. Atticus Finch is one of my favorite characters from classic literature and I adore that he was brought into this collection! I will be blunt and say that I wish there was an entire collection based solely on To Kill A Mockingbird, because I need an eyeshadow based on Boo Radley in my life! So many good ideas are hiding out in this book! Anyways… swatches:



This is suuuuuch a pretty purple in the sunlight, no?

Number four: Franz Katfka:

Random thoughts (still aided by wine): Complete honesty here: I was absolutely bored to freaking tears while reading The Metamorphosis in high school. I couldn’t. I love reading, so, so much, and yet I had such trouble getting interested in this story! However, Christine’s color is lovely and the artwork for this shadow was fantastic, so I wanted it all the same! My in-jar picture doesn’t show the color off NEARLY enough, so here are some swatches (which, by the way, Christine did an amazing job capturing beetle/roach/insect-y brown and turning it into something interesting)!

I may or may not have already been drinking wine when I put the captions on the pictures. My bad. In all seriousness, this color is GORGEOUS. I love greens in a big, big way, and this is a beautiful one! I wore it the other day as a one-shadow wash and it worked out so well! I can’t wait to try it again!

Overall, my only complaint is that these shadows were quite sheer across the board. A good sticky base goes a long way here, but majority of days, I don’t have time (read: I’m too lazy) to use a sticky base.

BONUS TIME!

This has nothing to do with indie makeup, so you can stop here if you wish.

My fiancé is very into bowling right now, and I’ve decided to join the fun. Here is my birthday present from him:

HE BOUGHT ME A BOWLING BALL! I spent thirty minutes or so getting all kinds of random measurements taken, and the holes are drilled just for me. Do you want to know the best part? Do you? This specific line is SCENTED bowling balls, and mine smells like cinnamon streusel. I shit you not! I’m so excited! I kept sniffing it before bowling. It made me feel better, because I’m AWEFUL at bowling!