Lime Crime Velvetine Alternative ~ Peacock DUPE!

When I first saw Lime Crime's new Velvetine shade Peacock, as part of their limited edition trio (along with Buffy and Beet It), I fell in love a bit. But I couldn't a) justify getting the trio just for that one colour, especially since the other two really didn't excite me and b) was curious to see if I could in fact find a similar looking colour.
Like a lot of Lime Crime's colour, this one is pretty unique. I remember when Chinchilla first came out, I could not for the life of me find a good dupe anywhere, and then other companies cottoned on that grey-lilac was the thing and gradually more and more alternative made themselves known. Much like that, Peacock has been really difficult to find a dupe of, not half because the swatches of the actual product vary quite a lot as well. I see the original promo swatch as a dark teal, it has definite green undertones. However I have seen swatches where it looks more like a deep, dusty blue with very little to no green at all. Because I prefer the colour of the original swatch, that is the colour I set out to find a dupe of.
DupeThat, the best site for finding accessible, high street and sometimes indie dupes of all sorts of make up brands also seemed to struggle, only being able to find one option which wasn't a liquid to matte finish and also wasn't that close a match.

Source: Dupethat.com

BUT! I think I have managed during my travels around the internet, to find a pretty good dupe! The actual swatch belongs with MsUndeadRainbows, from her Rainbow Reviews youtube channel (the actual video can be found here). The product itself is the Impulse Cosmetics Matte Lip Lacquer and the colour is Agent X. Have a look for yourself:

Source: Rainbow Reviews

I think that is a pretty good match! So thank you MsUndeadRainbow for these amazing swatches! Personally I think this is a much better dupe compared to the Necromancy 's Necromantia, especially since this is actually a liquid to matte liquid lipstick and the colour is much more similar. Not only do Impulse Cosmetics offer sample sizes of all of their lip lacquer colours (which is a lot of different colours!) but the full size tubes are much cheaper that Lime Crime as well! Horray for affordable dupes! And if you happen to prefer a normal lipstick formula to the liquid one, then they also sell this colour in a normal tube!

That's all from me for today! If you've found another good dupe for Peacock, then let me know in the comments!

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Face of the Day ~ catch up!

Due to not having access to a good camera most of my efforts with make up have only be documented on Instagram, but I thought I would do a round up of my recent favourite looks!

I love this look! It's like a cute little nymph! And the wig complimented it perfectly! This was for the opening night of a play I wrote and directed, so I wanted to make an effort.

 WIG ~ ebay // LIPS ~ Portland Black Lipstick Company in 'The Coral Is Coming From Inside The House' // EYES ~ Illamasqua Precision Eyeliner in 'Scribe', can't remember the rest! //

This was for a murder mystery I attended where my character was a bit of a vixen. Turned out quite 70s in the end...

 WIG ~ Tressair // LIPS ~ Lime Crime velvetine in Black Velvet // EYES ~ Illamasqua Precision Eyeliner in Scribe, Rimmel Exaggerate Liquid Liner, Lime Crime glitter in Taurus 

Just a day when I felt like spending some time on my face. There's something really clean looking about this, although I ended up adding a colour similar to my lips under my eyes to really tie everything together.

 LIPS ~ Illamasqua lipstick in Apocalips // EYES ~ Concrete Minerals loose eyeshadow in Ember, Sugarpill pressed eyeshadow in Love+, Barry M white eyeliner 

For one of my best friend's hen night we went to a cabaret show, so I really wanted to glam up to the max. I had the whole day to get ready so it was really chill. I'm really happy with how this turned out!

 EYES ~ Sugarpill Chromalust Loose Eyeshadow in Goldilux, Sugarpill Pressed Eyeshadow in Poison Plus and 2am, Conrete Minerals eyeshadow in Ravage, Nyx Jumbo eye pencil in Milk, Mac Time To Tango pressed shadow 

For seeing The Ruling Class with James McEvoy, I went for a bumper bang and a simple face. 

LIPS ~ My Beauty Addiction in Breathless // EYES ~ random palette

A more every day look for a rehearsal. Lately been challenging myself with using only a limited neutral palette...mainly it's boring but paired with a dark lip and I can just about deal with it!

 LIPS ~ Make Up Revolution in Velvet Vamp, Lime Crime in Black Velvet // EYES ~ No. 7 palette

WIG ~ Gothic Lolita Wigs with Implexus dreads added // LIPS ~ Illamasqua in Apocalips, Lime Crime glitter in Pisces // EYES & BROWS ~ Portland Black Lipstick Company in Difficult Island, Sugarpill in Mochi, Acid Berry, 2am, Love+, Poison Plum, Kiko Cosmetics in Pearly Meadow Green and Indigo Blue, Miami slick eyeliner in Aureus Tourquaise, Lunar Sea eyeliner by Lime Crime

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Fotd + Ootd ~ Shironuri gothic lolita dragon.

Make Up

Snazaroo face paint in White

Seventeen Stay Time foundation in Soft Ivory

Collection Pressed Powder in Ivory

My Beauty Addiction Lipstick in Gunmetal

Illamasqua Precision Ink in Scribe

Lime Crime eyeshadow in Love Potion No. 9

Sugarpill Pressed Eyeshadow in Poison Plum

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Wedges & lilac petticoat ~ ASOS // Lace kimono ~ New Look // Dress ~ French market // Horns ~ gift // Flower crown ~ Handmade // Wig ~ Coscraft

This is the outfit from my second day at the London MCM Comic Con. Took me long enough to actually get this post together, just in time for me to prepare my next outfit for October's MCM outfit! I know the photos aren't great and the background certainly isn't atmospheric but I took them on my tiny camera just before heading out - sometimes you just don't have time for a fancy photo shoot with an SLR!
Either way, I based this outfit around those horns that my other half got me for my birthday last year. I don't like it as much as my white deer look but this one was really comfy! This was another attempt at some Shironuri makeup - I am currently obsessed with white liquid eyeliner! Lawd, that stuff makes everything look cool! Although I wouldn't recommend Illamsqua's one...it has the strangest texture when dry.
Sorry again for the continued absence from here - I've got more free time coming up and access to a camera so hopefully I'll be picking up regularity!

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Wishlist ~ Birthday wants!

With my birthday being next month (14th August), I thought another wishlist post was entirely warranted! Right?? Especially because after that date I won't be able to identify with Taylor Swift's "22" anymore, and that really deserves some kind of consolation prize. There are of course a few 'sensible' things I want, like a tripod, or some professional lighting for video auditions (turns out precariously balancing your camera on a pile of boxes and books isn't as easy as it looks), but this is more of a frivolous wishlist! Let me know what's currently on yours!

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1. Collectif ~ Nieve Pillbox Hat, £22.50
With my retro wardrobe slowly expanding, what I like lack at the moment is appropriate head wear, and this is just perfect! This smaller, sweet version is nice too.

2. Clear Vision By Apatico ~ Holographic Harness Belt, £49.65
Even though I have been in love with the holographic trend as long as it has existed, I don't really own anything holographic. I think this would definitely be a great start...Or this bad boy. Not holographic, but awesome anyway.

3. Glitters For Dinner ~ Sailor Moon Inspired Set, $85
Because duh. (although I still want this baby).

4. Kat Von D ~ Everlasting Liquid Lipstick, $20
Like, just any of them. Ugh. Or anything from this brand actually...just gimme Kat Von D! Her palettes look amazing as well. And her normal lipsticks...want all!

5. Dita Von Teese ~ Madame X bra, £40
This is the under-wired version, which I prefer to the non-wired one. Ugh, so so pretty. Not passionate about the underwear but the set does look really beautiful. Dat bra though.

6. Garbage of the Galaxy ~ 'Not Of This Earth' Banner, £11.83
Recently I've been properly decorating my room to just the way I like it. This would be a perfect addition! I have just the empty wall space for it...

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Ootd + Fotd ~ Pastel deer lolita.

White Hercules platforms ~ YRU // Crochet tights & socks ~ New Look // Chiffon skirt ~ Club L via ASOS // Lace skirt ~ New Look // Crochet top ~ gift // Underbust corset ~ Ebay // Wig ~ Gothic Lolita Wigs // Antlers ~ Hysteria Machine // Flower crown ~ Handmade

I went to the London MCM Comic Con a few weeks ago and because I didn't have the funds or enough forward planning to do any actual cosplay, I decided to do some themed outfits instead, you know, put some kind of effort in! For Saturday I decided on a white deer theme, and Sunday (which is coming in another post) I went for a black dragon theme.
So for my white deer theme I went for a floaty, ethereal look, which I obviously couldn't have completed without Hysteria Machine's amazing antlers! I ordered them very last minute and they still arrived right on time! I was so happy! I also took this weekend as an opportunity to try out some shironuri make up, inspired by Minori (look her up! Her make up is pure art!). I only did half a white face because I didn't know how it would fair in a hot room for lots of hours. I also had a limited amount of time; there was a lot of extra detail I would have liked to have added but my friends grew impatient so I had to keep it limited. I also need practise applying lashes, because I'm really bad at it! And find a white powder to set my face paint, because I feel like talcum powder is slightly yellow and probably was the wrong thing to use. All in all, I learnt many a thing!

Snazaroo face paint in White // Seventeen Stay Time Foundation in Soft Ivory // Collection Pressed Powder in Ivory // Lime Crime lipstick in Chinchilla // Sweetpea & Fay in Laminations & Shmoody // Illamasqua  Precision Ink in Scribe // Lime Crime eyeshadw in Love Potion No. 9 // Lashes from Primark // Pearls from Hobbycraft

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