Overall Beauty Coupon Code

I have been asked how much oversee shipping for Overall Beauty eye shadow samples costs & here's the good news: It's fairly cheap, starting at $3 (for up to 6 samples).


The even better news is that Kim, the lovely owner of Overall Beauty.com, is giving my readers a coupon code when they place an eye shadow order:
Order at least 6 e/s samples & this code will take off $1.50 of your order. Samples retail for $1.50, so you'll get one sample for free!
All you need to do is to write TABATHA in the comment section at checkout.
(This code only works for e/s orders, not for polish orders or any other items.)


Happy shopping ;-)

Fresh Mint

Hi guys,


Today I'd like to show you another mineral e/s from Overall Beauty.
It's called "Dragon Gems" & it's a mint green.
The Overall Beauty website describes it as a light baby soft green with sparkly pink highlights.


Their description is spot on, it's a mint green with pink sparkles that actually show up. Alas, my camera had problems to really capture them. This is the best pic I took (pls click to enlarge):

As with most mineral eye shadows, it works best layered over a base. Application was good, though a tad dusty, but nothing you couldn't deal with. The clue is to use a good brush - this goes for applying eye shadows in general, not only for mineral products. A good brush makes the difference IMO. I use MAC brushes, but from what I hear the ones from Sigma or Real Techniques work very well, too.


I did this look, using "Dragon Gems" on my lower lid (over a base: NYX "Horse Reddish") & in my crease without a base:

face: NARS sheer glow foundation in "Punjab"


cheeks: MAC "Amazon Princess" blush duo (lighter side).


eyes: Overall Beauty "Dragon Gems": on lower lid with NYX "Horse Reddish" as a base, without base in the crease. MAC "Vanilla" e/s to highlight. MAC "Carbon" e/s to line.


lips: MAC "Play Time"


nails: Rescue Beauty Lounge (RBL) "Recycle"


I chose to wear a dark green polish to match the look, RBL "Recycle":

Thanks for looking!

*Overall Beauty mineral e/s sent for review, all other products purchased by me*

Being Golden

For my first make-up look using an Overall Beauty mineral eye shadow, I decided to pick "Pretty Gold".


The website says "Looking for a gold that works for all eye colors? Then this is the gold for you! Precious metals don't sparkle, they flash. [...] Molten in gold, copper, and desert sun."


My opinion: This is a very nice, rather warm gold. While it's bordering on being metallic, it still has a very nice sparkle effect to it. It's not too light nor too dark & intensity varies as you can layer it over a base to get a bolder effect or apply it without one for a sheer wash of color.
"Pretty Gold" was easy to apply (it wasn't overly dusty or something like that) & a little goes a long way. 
The color is lovely, as all other golds in my collection are lighter toned & a darker gold which borders on being copper was something I wanted to have in my stash since quite a while.

I applied Pretty Gold over a base (MAC "Bare Study paint pot) on my lower lid & without base in my crease.


This is the look I created (Including special guest appearance of Dorian, my dog. Do you see him? *gg*):

face: MAC Studio Sculpt SPF15 in NW25

eyes: MAC "Bare Study" paint pot on lower lid, Overall Beauty "Pretty Gold"    layered over "Bare Study", "Pretty Gold" also in crease. MAC "Vanilla" e/s to highlight. MAC "Push the Edge" pigment to line upper & lower lashline.

cheeks: NARS "Luster" blush, NARS "Albatross" to highlight

lips: MAC "Bordeauxline" powerpoint pencil to fill in lips, MAC "Play Time" lipstick

nail polish: Sephora by OPI "Hell to the No"

Thanks for looking :-)

*Overall Beauty  mineral  e/s sent for review. All other items purchased by myself*

Overall Beauty Mineral Eye Shadow

A few days ago I received a bunch of Overall Beauty mineral eye shadow samples:

The colors I got are:


- Deadend Street (described as a blue-green)
- Princess (medium purple)
- Flashy Denim (described as denim blue with gold highlights)
- Pretty Gold (metal finish that flashes both gold & copper)
- Rapunzel (gold)
- Last Exit (grey)
- Dragon Gems (soft baby green with pink sparkles)

These mineral eye shadows have the following ingredients:
Zinc Oxyde USP, Titanium Dioxide, Mica, Iron Oxides & may contain Ultramarine Blue & Kaolin Clay.


You can order them at Overall Beauty.com (they also have other amazing items, e.g. nal polishes from BB Couture). 
The mineral eye shadows come in various sizes: 


- sample size ($1.50)
- 5 gram ($7.99)
- 10 gram ($11.99)


Within the next days/weeks I'll create looks using these eye shadow - please check them out :-)

*Products provided for review*

The Call Of The Nymphs

Hi everyone!


This is a face of the day I did a few weeks ago. I look way too pale (Why is my cam doing this to me?! So sucky!), so please just imagine me a few shades darker (~ MAC NW 30 at the moment) & everything's fine :-D

Face: Chanel Vitalumière Aqua B40


Cheeks: Benefit "Coralista"


Eyes: MAC "Vanilla" all over lid, MAC "Deep Truth" above crease, MAC fluidline "Siahi" to line upper lashline, "Carbon" & "Deep Truth" to line lower lashline.


Lips: YSL Rouge Volupté #30 Faubourg Peach


Nails: Orly "Lunar Eclipse"


Thanks for looking :-)

Tiger Lily

Tiger lily, your a silly little jezebel

Midnight medusa, playing games of kiss & tell

Luscious lies upon your lips

Seven sons under your spell

(Roxx Gang "Tiger Lily")

I took these pics quite a while ago (before Easter if I remember correctly), but never posted them, mainly because I didn't like the wig. When I ordered it, I imagined it to be completely different, but alas it wasn't. 

It's my first "wig letdown" & as I love all my others, one failure isn't too bad, right?

IMO, I look too much like an Emo - but much worse: my BF thinks I look like Michael Jackson (& I've a hard time taking that as a compliment *lol*).

But then I thought WTH?! I took these pics & now I'm gonna share them with you :-D

So here we go:

Face: MAC Mineralize Satinfinish Foundation NW20

Cheeks: MAC Bite of an Apple

Eyes: MAC Going Bananas on lid, MAC Vanilla to highlight, Essence "Berlin Story" liquid eyeliner to line

Lips: MAC VG Cyndi

Nails: Misa Happy Happy w/ P2 Black Crackle

Hairbow: Etsy

Jewelry: random

Chicken: rescued from Kik :-D

Blog Award

I got a "Creative - in German that's "Kreativ" - Blogger" award from O. from Bombones Malos - thank you very much :-)) I'm really happy about it!

The rules for this award are the following:

First of all this award is ment as an award for smaller blogs to make them better known, not for blogs that already have 1000+ followers. 

When you receive this award you need to write a post about it, explain the rules,  include the "Kreativ Blogger" award pic & a link to the person from whom you got the award. 

Then write a comment on their blog to let them know you accept the award & also include a link to the post in which you blooged about it.

After you did that, you should pass it on to 3-5 blogs that you think deserve this award. Then write a comment on their blogs to let them know they got tagged & include a link to your own post that explains the rules.

These are the blogs I chose:

Anastasya Chernook

Vanilla - Notes From My Closet

Looks of LoveT