Buxom Stay There in Shih Tzu, Chihuahua, and Schnauzer

As you might know from my earlier posts about the Buxom Stay There shadows I'm a fan. I decided to get a few more colours during the sephora F&F sale.

I think you get really nice colour payoff from these shadows. They are very blendable, light and play well with BE mineral shadows. I wear primer under them and have had no trouble with creaseing or fading. I have been using the ELF eye shadow brush or a synthetic paint brush to apply them and both work really well.

I like the Stay There shadows because you could wear them alone with a little eye liner and be done. Or in some cases with no eye liner and just mascara. So they are perfect for traveling or when you are in a hurry. In addition you can use them as the base to build more complex looks.

So here are some swatches and looks with each of my new additons.

Shih Tzu and Chihuahua

Shanauzer

When you pack it on Schnauzer looks more purple (like I did in the lower swatch), but when you smudge it out you can really see the plum tones (like I did in the top swatch).

All the Buxom Stay There shadows I own:

I added High Shine Frost because it is similar to Chihuahua and some might want to compare them. I think Chihuahua is less bright than Frost and you can make it very sheer. Chihuahua also has a grey undertone that is more noticable on the eye. I like them both.

Shih Tzu

EYES:

PTFE, wr/cr,
Creme de la creme under brow,
Buxom Stay There Shih Tzu lash into crease,
Oz in crease and outer 1/3ish,
Fearless in V to darken outer corner,
Caviar wet lined on top,
Flawless defintion mascara.


CHEEKS: Avant-Garden Blush
LIPS: Tarte Reduce tinted lip balm

Chihuahua

EYES:

PTFE, wr/cr,
Ecstacy under brow,
Buxom Stay There in Chihuahua lash to crease,
Stardust in crease and outer 1/2,
Berry Flambe in outer corner,
B&B in Slate along upper lash line,
Buxom mascara.


CHEEKS: Pink Ribbon blush
LIPS: Tarte Reuse tinted lip balm

Schnauzer

EYES:

PTFE, wr/cr,

Garland under brow,

Buxom Stay There Schnauzer lash to crease,

Frills in crease,

Buxom eye shadow stick in Smokin pistol along upper lash line, Frills along lower lash line,

Buxom Mascara.

CHEEKS: Pink Petal Blush

LIPS: Smashbox smile brightening gloss

 

Bare Escentuals: The Royal Treatment

I fianlly got the Royal Treatment collection from Bare escentuals. The first shipment got lost in the mail so it took forever for me to get it, but it was worth the wait. Both eye colours are beautiful. The blue, Crown, it a nice teal leaning blue (it is similar to TLC) with green sparkles in it. King looks peach in the pot but it definitly looks like a light gold on the eye. The lipgloss is called Beignet and it is a sheer peachy gold colour. I don't love the gloss but it's okay. Both King and Crown are worth having. I ended up using at least one of them in three of the looks I did this week.

The first look is just the Royal Treatment collection by itself.

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,
King lash to brow,
Crown lash into crease on outer 1/3ish,
Crown wet lined on top,
mascara.


LIPS: London with Beignet over it.

The second look is a typical fall look.

EYES:
TFSI, wr/cr,
King under brow,
Kiko lash to crease,
Beutiful Autumn in crease,
Spark in V ish,
Tiger's eye wet lined on top,
mascara.


CHEEKS: Joyous Jennifer
LIPS: Apricot quick stick with Smashbox candid over it.

 
In the last look I wanted to play with the green in Crown. This look reminded me of how much I love Azalea blush.
 

EYES:
TFSI, wr/cr,
Tiara under brow,
Buxom Saint bernard lash to crease,
Crown in crease,
King lash to creas on inner 1/3ish,
Envy blended into crown on outer 1/3ish,
Black Leather wet lined on top,
mascara.


CHEEKS: Azeala Blush
LIPS: Fruit Cocktail gloss

Here Kitty and Pug

My DH was playing music at a dinner and I wanted to do a kind of rock and roll look. Pug is a great base for smoky eyes of all colours.

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

LORAC Beige under brow,

Pug lash to crease,

Here Kitty in crease and outer corner,

1960 lash to crease on inner 1/3ish,

Deep Amythest wet lined on top,

mascara.

CHEEKS: Irrisistable ?

LIPS: London with Sugared Strawberry gloss over it.

Buxom Stay There in Pug and Unforgettable

While in KC I picked up Pug and the new charity colour from Bare Escentuals Unforgettable. Hopefully silver will be "in" this fall because my collection of silver shadows has really been growing! Pug is a beautiful pewter with some purpleish sparkle. I think it will make a great base for a lot of different looks. The look I'm posting was the first time I used it--I just did pug lash to crease no liner or anything, and I think it looked good. It will definitly bring it with me when I travel and use it a lot when I am in a hurry.

Unforgettable is also silver/grey it is sparkly and brighter when foiled.

EYES: Pug lash to crease, mascara.

CHEEKS and LIPS: Optimist blush and Jelly Roll gloss

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

Lilac Vibe under brow,

Flemenco lash to crease with a little cupcake over it,

Unforgettable in crease and outer corner

KVD purple liner from true love,

mascara.

 

CHEEKS: TTYL blush

LIPS: Las Vegas

Video: Buxom Stay There Eye Shadow

I've gotten a lot of requests for a video with the new Buxom Shadows so I finally did one this morning. I felt like I had a lot to say but forgot some of it so if you have any questions just let me know.

Buxom Stay There in Saint Bernard and Laura Does London: A Look and Swatches

I'm so excited toady--I got a bunch of new stuff and had to try as much of it as possible! So I did some comparison swatches of the Buxom Laura Does London collection and I swatched Buxom Stay there in Saint Bernard.

I only got one stay there shadow because I don't really wear cream shadows all that often. But my first impression is that I will be wearing the buxom shadow a lot! It has a nice mousse texture that blends easily. It is not really sparkly but it does have some sparkle. Saint Bernard is a beautiful green/blue. It definitly registers more green than blue. It is bright but dark enough to wear as a crease colour. I applied it with my finger in the swatch, then when I did my eyes I used a synthetic brush on one eye and a natural hair brush on the other. The colour payoff was very similar and it washed out of both brushes easily. If I were going to use it in the crease or if I wanted a thinner layer of colour I would use the natural hair brush. Overall my first impression of Stay There is very positive.

Here are the brushes I used and a few pictures of Saint Bernard:

I also got the Laura Does London collection. The kit has a Buxom Lipstick in London and a Buxom Gloss in Laura. London is very pale, pearly, neutral to cool pink. Laura is hot pink and it has a creamy look too it. So while it is not a full coverage buxom it is more opaque than many of the other sheer buxoms. Over London it looks very opaque. I love both colours. I did some comparison swatches with other buxoms people have suggested these are similar to.

London Alone

London with Laura over it

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

Buxom Stay There in Saint Bernard lash to

crease,

Aquamarine in crease and outer 1/4ish,

Masquerade lash to crease on outer 1/2ish

blended into aquamarine,

Midnight diamond wet lined on top, Aquamarine

dry on bottom,

Buxom Mascara.

CHEEKS: Giddy Pink Blush

LIPS: Buxom lipstick in London by itself in

the first picture and then London with Laura

Buxom over it in second picture.