Darling Girl Cosmetics Swatch Spam

So I've decided to take on a rather ambitious project of swatching and photographing my entire makeup collection. Swatches have always been super helpful for me in decided what shades I want to purchase and I thought it'd be nice to have a full library of swatches for you in one easy to find place. I'll be putting up a page with links to all the swatch posts on my blog as soon as I've figured out how best to organize everything.

In the meantime, this is currently my entire collection of Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadows excluding the Hello Kitty Collection which is in another post and also excluding the Pretty Little Horses Collection which I have yet to receive in the mail. Please keep in mind I tried to photograph them as accurately as possible but they don't always come out as true to life as I would like them to. Also some of these colors marked as GWP may not be available for purchase as they are Susan's gift with purchase as well as Eye Candy which were oops colors I believe.

Tragic Romance - Warm red plum with gold shift

Danceteria - Sheer metallic silver loaded with holographic glitter

Emerald City (GWP) - Gorgeous emerald green with gold shift

Blue Monday - Light cornflower blue with coppery pink shift

Whisper - Barest hint of pink with silver shimmer
Stolen Kisses - Deep satin-y purple wine
Demonwasp (GWP) - Pretty medium green with a hint of a gold shift and holographic sparkle
Chasing Waterfalls - Gorgeous metallic blue water

Noble - Shimmery grey-ish beige
La La - Really pretty medium purple with a pinkish shift and holographic glitter
Hollywood (GWP) - Toasty shimmery brown with red sparkle
Butterfly Flutterby - Bright metallic blue with aqua glitter

Frolic - Red-based purple with a hint of blue shift
Gargoyle - Antique gold with purple sparkles
Palm Springs - Peach pink with silver shimmer
Peace - Dusty blue with a slight pink shift

Babylon - Shimmery light beige with peach undertones
Wicked - Lime green with a hint of gold shift
Polaris - Chocolate brown with a green shift and red glitter
New Beginnings (GWP) - Intense red-based matte purple with gold glitter

Exhale - Light lilac with a slight aqua shift and aqua glitter
Ethereal - Very light pink with silvery shimmer. This one definitely lives up to its name!
Covet - Grass green with a gold shift
Gelato - Bright bubble gum pink with a hint of aqua shift

Sugar Plum - Pretty shimmery mauve
Lily of the Valley - Bright white with white glitter
Mojito - Tiffany blue with hints of gold shimmer
Dandelion Dust (GWP) - Light frosty yellow with purple sparkle

Mardis Gras - Shimmery iridescent teal green
Pique - Coppery gold with a hint of orange shift and pink glitter
Chimera - Sheer silvery lavender with gold glitter
Twyla - Sheer mint green

Eye Candy - Light orange sherbet with gold sparks
Trust Fund - Goldilocks yellow with a slight pink shift
Eye Candy - Gorgeous burgundy with gold and iridescent sparks
Clusterfluff - Lilac taupe with aqua, pink and purple sparks

Belle - Sheer warm pink with a slight violet shift
Party Girl - Matte baby pink with a slight gold shift
Los Angelitos - Sheer pearly ivory with silver glitter
First Frost - Metallic light pink

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The Crow and the Powderpuff Giveaway

There's an awesome giveaway going on over at The Crow and the Powderpuff's blog and I highly suggest you go check it out! She's giving away 2 LE Wet N Wild Palettes from the Dreamweavers collection as well as Glamour Doll Eyes and Sugarpill pigments and a few other things. You can enter the giveaway here!

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Aromaleigh Wonderstruck Collection

This is my second favorite collection and unfortunately I'm missing some of the shades I really wanted from this collection, in particular Melancholy Maiden and Tattered and Grown.

Frumious - Dark rusted burgundy with blue, fuchsia and coral sparkle
Looking Glass - Silver-y blue/gray with holographic sparkle
We're All Mad Here - Light lime green with yellow sparkle
Opiate Advice - Lavender with aqua sparkle

Curious Dream - Very light blue-ish green with green iridescent sparkle
Temper Temper - Purple wine color with blue and fuchsia sparkle
The Wrong Alice - Gorgeous medium blue with gold shift and aqua and purple sparkle

The last remaining inventory of this collection can be purchased here.

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Aromaleigh Astronomical Collection

I think of the last remaining LE collections this one is my favorite. All the colors in this collection are stunningly beautiful and after I place my very last order with AL I will have every shade in this collection. If you like very sparkley shades this collection is for you as this is the sparkliest of the 4 remaining collections.

Fusion - Light green with a hint of a gold shift and tons of navy sparkle
Milky Way - Very light slightly pink-y beige with gorgeous iridescent sparkle
Wavelength - Pretty silver-y medium blue with silver sparkle
Retrograde - Mauve with copper and iridescent sparkle

Event Horizon - Gorgeous mermaid blue/green with a gold shift and blue and yellow iridescent sparkle
Megaparsec - Burgundy with tons of gold sparkle
Pulsar - Pumpkin orange with a slight greenish gold shift and green iridescent sparkle
Crescent - Canary yellow with blue sparkle

Umbra - Dusty lilac with iridescent sparkle and a hint of a gold shift
Escape Velocity - Dusty navy with rainbow sparkles
Nadir - Champagne rose with pink, copper and iridescent sparkle

The last remaining inventory of this collection can be purchased here.

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Aromaleigh Spells Collection

The Spells Collection seems to be one of the more popular collection as many of the shades were sold out by the time I had ordered. This is partly the reason why I don't have as many shades from this collection. However there are still some of these beautiful shades available for sale right now.

Riddikulus - Pinky purple with holographic and pink sparkles. Reminds me of My Little Ponies...xD
Impervius - Metallic silvery grey
Serpensortia - Golden olive with purple sparkle

Rictusempra - Rust orange-y brown with iridescent and orange sparkle
Diffindo - Dusty aqua with gold and holographic sparkle

*EDIT 9/19/11* I was lucky enough to be able to purchase Miss K's last jar of Wingardium Leviosa when she discovered a few stragglers! Swatch is below.

Wingardium Leviosa - Gorgeous dusty mauve with holographic sparkle

*EDIT 9/28/11* Miss K found even more stragglers and this time of some of the most sought after shades in this collection! Swatches below.

Nox - Blackened plum with red, green and copper glitter
Obliviate - Medium grape purple with iridescent green and purple glitter
Tarantallegra - Light pearl pink with blue and green iridescent glitter and a light green/gold shift
Morsmordre - Dark blue-based purple with lots of green iridescent glitter
Priori Encantato - Burnished golden brown with green and red glitter

The last remaining inventory of this collection can be purchased here.

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Aromaleigh Mythos Collection

The lovely Miss K of the now close Aromaleigh has announced that she still has quite an inventory of her last few collections (Mythos, Astronomical, Spells and Wonderstruck) and is selling off what she can for the LAST TIME. So if you're having problems deciding what colors you want check out my swatches! Keep in mind that as always, these shades are much more sparkley and beautiful in real life.

Theia -  Light sea foam green with silver and yellow sparkle
Ananke - Gorgeous fuschia with purple and silver sparkle
Nyx - Dusty violet with aqua and holographic sparkle. My camera eats purple apparently so this appears more blue than it actually is.
Eos - Rusty rose gold with a strong gold shift. This was a completely unexpected color and is absolutely gorgeous! SO much better in person than in pictures.

Athena - Purple wine color with violet and holographic sparkle. This appears more red in the picture than it really is in real life.
Rhea - Silvery white with tons of silver sparkle
Erobos - Dark plum purple with purple and holographic sparkle
Tethys - Light chartreuse with blue and  purple sparkle and a very slight hint of gold shift.

The last remaining inventory of this collection can be purchased here.

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Venomous Cosmetics Giveaway!

In case you haven't heard, Venomous Cosmetics is holding an awesome 400 fan giveaway! There will be two winners winning either a neutral or bright Venomous Cosmetics makeup pack! I'll be reviewing this company soon but in the meantime I'd highly recommend entering because their products are gorgeous!

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