I’ll admit it: I’m a bit of a hoarder when it comes to beauty products. My routines change frequently and I’m always looking for colorful new additions to my makeup collection. It certainly doesn’t help that I’m an impulse buyer and insist on having the newest thing as soon as it comes out.
But as products come and go, get tossed away and traded off, there are some that have earned a permanent place in my seemingly bottomless makeup bag. Here are my top 5 geeky beauty essentials!
If we have spoken for ten minutes or more, you know I’m a massive fan of Zodiac Starforce. ZS is a magical girl comic from creators Kevin Panetta and Paulina Ganucheau. Starring five incredible ladies, Zodiac Starforce deals with regular high school problems, cut with fighting monsters. It’s a lot. But this crew is up for it.
A few weeks ago, we showed the wonderful Bésame Cosmetics some love by featuring them in one of our Brand Spotlight posts. Today, I’m here to show off one of the very products featured in that post. That’s right: my Bésame Cosmetics Field Agent Lip Kit finally came in.
I think I’ve always wanted to be Buttercup from the Powerpuff Girls. She’s badass, strong, and looks great in green. When I saw that PeriPera sold Powerpuff Girl makeup on Amazon, I jumped at the possibility of becoming a bit more like that tough gal. Since PeriPera is a company from outside of the United States, it took a bit longer than Amazon Prime’s usual 2-day window to get my lipstick, but once it was in my hands, I was in love.
Splurge on skincare in the name of self-care, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. (Okay, well, it is fun but also really, really dangerous for my wallet.)
Last year, skincare powerhouse GlamGlow teamed up with the recently revamped Power Rangers film for an exclusive line of their best-selling GravityMud masks in colors inspired by its villains. And thus, the GlamGlow Power Rangers GravityMud was born.
Alright Geeks, time to pamper! While out shopping a while back, I found Riley Rose, a cosmetic offshoot of Forever 21. I hadn’t heard anything about it before being drawn in by the crisp colors and beautiful storefront. So, I didn’t know it was related to F21 at all. But I came out, $60 poorer with a bag full of face masks. The mask I knew I had to share with you, fellow cosmetic warriors, is the Gudetama Mask.
Through our Cosmetic Corner segment, I think it’s safe to say I’ve made one thing very clear: I really, really love makeup.
Obviously, I’m no Instagram-make-up-artist-level expert. BUT! I’m perfectly comfortable with that. It’s just fun— to play, to experiment, and to splurge in the name of self-care. (Thank god we have that as an excuse now to rationalize buyer’s remorse, right?)
Well, recently, I found my new favorite place to do that: Besame Cosmetics.
During our trip to Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con, we got to visit Espionage Cosmetics HQ and sit down with their owner and Glitter Jedi, Jaimie Cordero, to chat all things nerd makeup.
One of the first things Jaimie says about Espionage Cosmetics is that it isn’t quite the business she expected to have, because it’s so much bigger and so much better. Espionage’s first product line (The Browncoats Collection) came about as a response to the devastating news that Firefly actually only has one season. It sold out at its first con and has since exploded into the glittery empire it is today.
For quite some time now, Espionage Cosmetics has been killing the nail wrap game (check out Jordan’s thoughts on them). But last year, they released two palettes for the nerd in all of us: the Colovaria palette, and the RPG palette. Both feature some powerful pops of color. But, being the Harry Potter Fangirl that I am, I opted for Colovaria.
Have you ever seen a makeup collection or palette that you’re not entirely sure you’ll ever use, but you just need to get your hands on it anyway? That’s exactly how I felt when I saw The Marauders, Mugwumps, and Muggles Collection. It’s a collection of Harry Potter-inspired eyeshadows and lip tints by Shiro Cosmetics. The collection in its entirety includes twenty shades of loose powder eyeshadows, three different lip tints, and two different “Chocolate Frog” face powders.