Shiro Cosmetics Notebook Collection Mini Review + Swatches + FOTD

left to right: Heart Attack, Task Force, Shinigami, More Sugar, Perfect World
bottom (for comparison) Sugarpill's Weekender and Goldilux

Shiro Cosmetics' Death Note inspired collection is something I've been meaning to swatch for a long time. I've had the samples for quite some time now, but better late than never, I suppose. These were swatched in natural light.

I'm calling this a mini-review because I don't have much to say about it. The colors are lovely and complement each other well. They all go on smoothly and wear well. I'm especially glad for the soft gold that "Perfect World" is, though "Heart Attack" was probably my favorite color. You've probably noticed only half the collection is swatched here. All my shots of the other half were total garbage, but these were my favorite colors anyway. The only color I'm sad I couldn't capture correctly was "Second Kira," a charcoal color with gold sparkles. The swatch for it on Shiro's official website accurately portrays its awesomeness.

Death Note was one of my favorite anime in highschool. I cosplayed every main character at some point; L, Light and Misa. For Otakon 2007 I cosplayed L and my girlfriend cosplayed Light. So I feel a certain connection to this collection.

someone caught a photo of us kissing

I did a quick makeup look a while ago with Perfect World, Heart Attack and Second Kira along with Sugarpill's Asylum. It turned out pretty well, and is a nice warm color look. It was a very soft, smokey, almost innocent look at first.. which I liked.

with Buxom's Lip Polish in Destiny (still rocking the mermaid hair)

But I couldn't resist adding a more bold lip color to it. Amazing how much a darker lip can affect a look.

with Illamasqua's Hermetic Lipgloss

I  also wore one of my favorite outfits this day. I wish I had full body shots of it, but these blurry things will have to do.

Sheer Dot Blouse - Iron Fist

Demon Vial Necklace - Suppurate System

Steampunk Vest - Lip Service

♥ le petit alice

h.Jelly Dark Red Rum - outfit post

Time to check one more thing to check off my bucket list; owning something from Dark Red Rum. Too bad the Summer months are fast approaching, as this knit is a bit warm. With something as elaborate as this I think it's best to keep everything else very simple; so no jewelry, some basic makeup, etc.

This gorgeous thing has huge billowing sleeves and lacing details and I'm totally in love with it. Even my boyfriend, who could not care less about fashion, really, REALLY likes it.

As far as Dark Red Rum goes I deeply desire this dress, I'd even be willing to get it altered to fit me perfectly. But it's incredibly expensive, so I may hold off on this insane, wallet-slaying purchase for now. Too bad there's only one left. [sob]

♥ le petit alice

Shopping Haul - 4.27.12

I got a knock off Alexander McQueen style clutch off of ebay after lusting heavily over the real thing recently. The quality actually isn't terrible, and it was only about fifteen dollars. I can't imagine I'll have too many occasions to use it, but it was cheap enough that I didn't mind skipping lunch at a restaurant to fund it.

I also went out to grab some things in the city a few days ago. I stopped by Neiman Marcus and finally got to pick up Deborah Lippman's Good Girl Gone Bad nail polish along with Glitter in the Air.

two coats of Good Girl Gone Bad with topcoat

I also stopped by the Disney Store, where I honestly didn't expect to get anything. Then I found this adorable Bambi themed linen spray. It's clearly aimed for use with baby clothing, but it smells really nice and I like to be able to freshen up my closet occasionally. Initially it smells a bit like candied pineapple to me and I kind of fell it love with it.

The last thing I got for myself were some chocolates.

Back row, left to right: Pistachio Cup (pistachio buttercream) Cacao Forte (99% Dark Ganache) Blue Cheese Truffle (soft blue cheese & dark chocolate rolled in almonds) 

Front row, left to right: Key Lime (fresh key lime juice in white chocolate) Fleur de Sel Caramel (caramel infused with grey french sea salt) Bananas Foster (banana and caramel flambeed with rum)

While I was looking I asked them to tell me which was the most unique chocolate that they had and they brought out the Blue Cheese Truffle. The taste was definitely unique, smokey and subtle and delicious. It was definitely my favorite of the six that I got.

♥ le petit alice

Le Petit Prince - Outfit

I got new shorts from h.naoto recently and I had to build an outfit around them as soon as possible. You can't see it in this picture, obviously, but they have amazing frills and a really cute bow on the back. I haven't dressed in anything close to kodona style since high school, but I still love the look.

Top - h.Naoto GRAMM

Shorts - h.Naoto FRILL

Tights - ASOS

Boots - groove [hot topic]

Vampire Fang Blood Vial Necklace - suppurate system

because there's nothing more manly than having a bow on your butt...

Just a shot of my makeup from Photo Booth

♥ le petit alice

All Saints Siouxsie Jumper

I've had some issue with AllSaints' customer service as of my last few online orders. I'd be through dealing with them if they didn't sell so many things I lust after. This morning, after some turmoil and one lost package, I acquired the Siouxsie Jumper which I'm pretty in love with. It's super comfy and like most items I've gotten from AllSaints the 0 fits me relatively well.

I also took a few low quality photo booth pictures since I'm currently lacking a tripod.

Makeup

Eyeshadow - Urban Decay 'Creep' 'Virgin' and 'Decay' from the original Naked palette

Lipgloss - Illamasqua 'Hermetic'

♥ le petit alice

Saturday Shoot

I haven't been part of a photo shoot since I left college last year, but this Saturday I decided to help out a friend who needed me to stand in to do some lighting tests for a shoot. It ended up turning into its own thing and I had a lot of fun. I definitely want to do it again soon!

I finally got to wear my new NAOTO SEVEN headband out. It's so lovely and elegant.. not something I can't see myself wearing out every day, unfortunately.

Hopefully photos from the shoot turn out decently so I can post a few on here for you to see! I'm eager to show off the GRAMM dress I was wearing. It's quickly become one of my favorites and it's super comfy as well!

makeup with sugarpill and illamasqua

My makeup was a little sloppy because I was in a rush.
Sugarpill's Tako, Love+ and Bulletproof pressed shadows.
Eyelashes, which you cannot see very well here, are Illamasqua #017.

♥ le petit alice