Snow, when it is pristine and clean, is very pretty to look at. It catches the light and shimmers away. However, there is one big problem: it's bloody cold. It also will get you wet and it can be quite the inconvenience. Blech! Can't we just have the pretty look without the mess?

My cosmetic-loving brain,. of course, immediately thought of eyeshadow. Hmmm. What the heck, I'll go with it! May I direct your attention to Make Up For Ever's white diamond shadow, shade 301?

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One of my favourite red lipsticks, simply because I adore the formula and colour both:

Every time I wear one of my MUFE reds (I also have 205), I marvel at how long it wears, and how it doesn't dry out my lips! This here is a single coat - totally opaque and lovely with its slightly glossy finish. Love it!

This post brought to you in part by a reader request. I'm working on another one that should hopefully come your way soon, and am totally up for more if you want to throw them at me!

Today's post is all about purple lipgloss, brought to you by Captain Chapped. Please forgive. This is Lull, from MAC's Bluestorm collection.

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Liiiiiiiiiiners! Pencil liners! Easy to store, travel with, wield... So of course I've gotta have a bunch of purples on hand!

Miss Fortune pearlglide, Bordeauxline powerpoint, Fab Orchid/Dash Lily double ended pencil

Lots of purpley options! And glitter! I loveeeee the colours of the double ended pencil, but honestly? It's kind of a bitch. The dark side is insanely smudgey, and the sparkly side is really hard so if you just grab it and try to apply, it'll probably hurt.

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Hi everyone! Hope you had a super awesome weekend. I'm still sceptical you all aren't sick of looking at smears of purple on my arm, but since you said to keep going... I will! Today are various non-MAC pressed purple shadow swatches (and one glitter liner!).

Here you are looking at Urban Decay Deluxe shadows in Fishnet and Ransom, and the purple from Smashbox's Celebrita quad.

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Look! Purple lips! Sorry about the couple of flakies. This, unlike the last purple lip product featured, is a warmer purple and as such much easier to wear.

What is it, you say?

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I had a request to do lip swatches of my lustreglasses, so here they are! Sadly, I only have four of them.

Love Knot

My one and only limited edition lustreglass, it was also my first of this formula. I'm absolutely infatuated with this shade, by the way, because of the kick-ass duochrome.

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This post is mostly not pressed shadows. You'll see!

Purple halves of MES Earthly Riches, Mi'Lady and Hot Contrast (THE MELANGE TURNS PURPLE)
I love Earthly Riches so hard. I don't have a lot of MES, by the way. These three? About half my collection of the formula. I generally believe that MES=mess.

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The swatching of my purple pressed MAC shadows continues. Yes, this is an illness.

Roustabout (Amazon Eyes quad), Demi-sweet (Sweetie Cakes quad), Leap (from Corps de Couleur quad)

Um, wow. Way to be nearly identical, Roustabout and Demi-Sweet. I actually really love Leap, though. I think the Corps de Couleur quad in general is ridiculously pretty, in a soft, ethereal sort of way (but wasn't that the general vibe of Danse anyway?).

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Well i've been living under a rock for the last few weeks, I guess depression can do that to you. Anyway i'm a little better and want to post about this new brand of makeup I ordered off the net. I love to support little companies and try new products. The site is Star Makeup Haven. They have cheap eyeshadow that is comparable to Mac and other brands. Same size pan and each shadow is only $4.95us. They let you build a customizable palette, which I did. The shipping was decent and I would order from them again. But after getting 15 shadows for around $50us i'm good for now.

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