Ahhh the madness of the season is nearly over so it seemed like a good time for me to re-cap some of the kawaii things I got for Christmas.

This was a stocking stuffer for me, a great set of STILA mini lip glazes. These are so sweet and portable and have yummy flavors too. My faves are the pearly and sparkly colors.

This great beauty kit is from POPBeauty and is much more vibrant than it looks in this photo. This is a treasure trove of festive colors ready made for parties and the winter months. You get five eye shadow/liners, two shades of bronzer, two shades of face powder, a multi-hued shimmer palette and eight lip colors, all in a velvet covered box.  It is called Cabaret Bouquet and was on sale at ULTA.

Another great make-up kit this one is from Pixi Beauty. I mean it has a little twee fairy on the box! All the colors are shimmery and sweet. You can get this right in Target and it was on sale to boot. You can also get it online at pixibeauty.com.

My sister-in-law was kind enough to get me this adorable Bare Minerals Sweet Obsession mineral powder eye kit. The smaller size jars come in a little foil candy cups. Arrragghhh – cute overload! So yummy I want to eat them!

Since I get cold tootsies in the winter (yes, even in Florida, what can I say, I am a big baby!) I looked for a pair of faux fur lined boots online and came up with these which were sent overnight from endless.com and arrived on my doorstep on the 24th. I’ve barely taken them off since. Except to put on these:

These are called Chastity Sweater Slippers and were $18 at Target. They are completely faux fur lined and delicious on cold toesies.

Hope your Christmas was loaded with kawaii goodies and joyful happiness. Remember to hit all the After Christmas sales too!

I’ve been away from the kawaii a bit so I have lots to catch up on. You’ll be seeing me more regular-like from now on.

Happy Kawaii New Year!

I must be honest and say that although I read the Twilight series (all but the last book since I figured I could only be driven 75 percent mad by three books) and despised the books on every conceivable level (bad writing, bad plotting, bad fantasy, bad character names, bad smell of the paper the books were printed on), I have quite enjoyed the marketing efforts (nice book cover, great photos from the movies, cool soundtrack) that have been tied in to the Twilight brand.

In essence the dark gothic Lolita feel to everything Twilight seems somewhat kawaii to me (there it is again my very broad interpretation of kawaii) so imagine my excitement to find a very classy new cosmetics line debut called Twlight Beauty.

Twilight Beauty has two options – Luna and Volturi. Kind of the light and the dark side if you will. The products are high quality, innovative and unique as well as packaged beautifully.

Take a gander:

These gorgeous palettes contain 2 eyeshadows, 2 lip colors and a blush and are named for the female characters in Twilight (from top to bottom: Rosalie, Bella, Alice and Victoria). These are portable in a classic black imprinted case, reasonably priced ($28) and really do ring true with the characters they are named after. At least in what has been shown in the films thus far that is. The Alice kit is my fave and the most kawaii in my opinion.

The Luna  Moonshadow eyeshadow compact comes in a variety of pairings each with a cream shadow and a glimmery powder. I love double duty cosmetics!

My favorite product that I purchased is the Mortal Glow blushing creme. This is a new product for me in that I have never used a creme blush that has such an unusual texture. It is a creme but also a mousse and dries to a powder finish. Absolutely gorgeous on but takes a little getting used to. Make sure you glaze your fingers over the product and don’t dig into it (oops!) because you’ll get too much product on your fingers. A foundation brush might be a good way to work with this but I love the tactile feel of it.

These two Volturi lipglosses are bolder than they go on. They are perfectly sheer so you will not end up with black lips. The pink shade is raspberry flavored and the black is licorice. They are yummy and non-sticky and give an interesting tint to lips.

This is a tie-in with DuWop’s Lip Venom, they’ve made a Just Bitten shade that looks like drops of blood in a vial. Very cool looking. This is a blood red lipstain, so be careful when applying. Once it sinks in the color stays for quite a while. You need to shake the venom up to get the best color for your lips. It is spicy and gives you a bit of a bee-stung pout but it’s not a painful tingling. And really it is a conversation starter too when you take it out to re-apply!

The Volturi Reign Body Mist comes in four great scents and has a gorgeous shimmer suspended in the gel like spray. I got the Bella scent – a pure, yummy vanilla. It comes in three other scents too: Forbidden Fruit– woodsy fresh and fruity, Wicked – Spicy cinnamon delight and Romance – Fresh flowers.

There are a few other products that I haven’t tried yet that you can discover for yourself on the website. Considering there are two more films to go I believe the line will be around for a while. The products aren’t cheap but they are of superb quality. They are quite different from other cosmetics I have and I love the direction the line is going in. I am excited to see the evolution.

It is no secret that I do a ton of online shopping! I love to shop indie at Shana Logic and other cute boutiques online, as well as on Etsy for kawaii goods of all kinds. One of my favorite places to shop might surprise you though – it is HSN!

You might be thinking – what? Do they even have anything kawaii?

Well, listen up and listen good kawaii lovers – you will be surprised to find that in HSN’s CLEARANCE section  you can not only find adorable and fun things to satisfy your kawaii-loving self but for CHEAP too!

Here are a few of my recent finds from HSN:

This is theBalm Read My Lips Kit in Nude on Clearance at HSN for $10! (from regular price of $40). I don’t know if the company is still in business since I saw some of their cute cosmetics for sale at Sephora too. You cannot beat this price though for 2 lipsticks, a lip pencil and lipstain. Holy Kawaii Clearance!

Along those same lines is this sweet little kit from theBalm for your eyes. It comes with a luggage tag and is portable itself with a wee little mini-brush. You can actually use one of the shades as a blush if you’ve got a teeny tiny blush brush. This was originally $18.50 marked down to $5.00. No mistake there – that’s right – five bucks!

This Barbie Loves Stila Collection (in Jewel Doll)  comes in a paint can (so adorable) and includes a Barbie palette, yummy lipgloss and gorgeous black mascara. The original price was $40 and is on sale for $13.98. You must trust me that you will never find  even one single Stila item for this price let alone, three! These are full-size products too and you get a blush and two eyeshadows in the palette. Worth every penny!

They offer another kit too, so if you can just get both! This is called Foxy Doll kit and comes with a different mascara, palette and lip glaze. The kits mimic the make-up on the dolls to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of your favorite girly-girl Barbie.

I know it’s not Easter but since when do kawaii bunnies have anything to do with holidays? To be fair these are more retro kawaii. These are perfect for springtime or just to put out something cute. The plates are unfortunately sold out but the bowl is on clearance for $19.00 from $49.00. Great value. This comes from the catalog company Grandin Road on HSN.

This is the Garden Party ring from Hot in Hollywood, a costume jewelry designer brand on HSN. The enamel flowers are so sweet and the crystal stone looks like a piece of candy. This is on sale in two colors for only $29.95.

Also by Hot in Hollywood is this saints crystal bracelet. So completely funky and cool I just had to have it. It is on sale for only$19.95 and comes in four crystal colors.

Next time I will focus on finds from QVC, Sephora and whomever strikes my fancy. And has CLEARANCE! Polish up your credit cards girlies!

Yay the winner of the Eyeko Beauty contest is: KawaiiKrazy! Congrats my dear – I have sent you an email and I will just need your mailing address.

Bonus winner: Gaby Montero! Eyeko was kind enough to send me an extra tote, an extra Eyeko Tinted Cream and Minty Fat Balm, so these are all yours!

While I did purchase the prizes myself it was very kind of Eyeko to send the extras. They are a wonderful company to work with!

A new update to follow!

I just got my shipment of Lime Crime make-up from Shana Logic and I thought I’d share the colors and my thoughts on them. Overall I am very impressed and can absolutely see collecting all of the vivid colors since you really control how vibrant they go on. Next up to try: Candyfuture lipstick!

Here’s what I got:

Lime Crime Sheer Magic Pixie Dust: this has been discontinued according to Doe Deere colorful Unicorn Girl creator of Lime Crime. I used it as it was intended (a matte, sheer, lightweight finishing powder) and it really didn’t wow me. I don’t like matte anything and even though this was lightweight I had to put some shimmer over it. Also it is a pretty small jar of powder and will go fast. Doe Deere has said she will be focusing the line more on color in the future so I can see why she bagged this one.

Lime Criminal Magic Eye Dust: This is a pure punch of pigmented color. All natural talc-free and vibrant is kind of a lackluster word for it. This particular shade is punched up lime green with tiny yellow speckles. What is genius about these products is you have such control over the color depositing. I played around with a variety of brushes to get subtle color-washes and then tried them as eyeliners (using a wet brush) which was perfect. They turn metallic and have superb staying power. It doesn’t take much either from the sifter jar. These will last you a while because you only need a scant bit and it really goes on silky smooth too. Stays on and on. Won’t disappear since it is mostly all mica. This looks amazing with Empress.

Empress Magick Dust: This is a pure purple with a sheen to it that works great with other colors. I put this on my lid and then dusted Lime Criminal on the brow bone for a stunning combination. It was vivid but yet didn’t look garish which is really one of the best features of these products. Go dramatic or go subtle. But even when it is as dramatic as pictured it doesn’t look like clown make-up, it just glitters, glows and looks gorgeous!

Twilight Magic Dust: I was the least impressed with this shade. Billed as “a complex blue with violet highlights, making the color purple in appearance. It’s the exact color of the sky at twilight.” Actually on me it was the exact color of a black eye. Not good. I tried it wet as a liner and it was much better but I don’t see myself wearing this as a base color for my lids. BTW I have the palest pale ivory skin, so it is not like the color didn’t work with my skintone. My skin is a perfect canvas for color. This one just did not work.

Diva Magic Dust: This is absolutely my favorite because it is a multi-tasker. You can use this as eyeshadow, a bronzer, mixed with lipgloss or wet as an eyeliner. Truly awesome! Diva is a gorgeous bronze heated up by reds and golds. Super shimmery! It is drop dead stunning and blends like a dream. Looks good with everything. You should probably pick up two since you will use this one every day.

Nymph Magic Dust: This is one I purchased to use as a highlighter on my eyes and face. It is a white with brilliant sparks of gold; more gold than white. It can be layered over other eyeshadows to add gold sparkles or used by itself as a highlighter color. I didn’t really see much white, just gorgeous gold. How this looks in the sunlight is exactly what I expect a golden veil to be. You can also use this for a variety of different make-up tasks. I would love this in red lipgloss for instance.

Fairy Wings Magic Dust: This is super gorgeous and can be used also as a multi-tasker. You will absolutely want to use this with lipstick or gloss and it can be used as a highlighter and you can mix it with any of the colorful dusts to create a unique shade of your own. I should have gotten two of these also! The color is exactly what fairy wings would look like in the sunlight – a white with brilliant sparks of violet.

As I purchase more colors I will make updates to this collection.

I am really impressed with Lime Crime and expect it to become one of my all time kawaii cosmetic faves!