Thursday 24 March 2016

Femme Fatale Cosmetics COTM - April 2016

Today I have for you swatches of the Colour of the Month from Femme Fatale.

This is Fairyduster. Fairy duster is described as a blueish concrete grey crelly. filled with pink-gold chameleon flakes, red shimmer and fine holographic sparkle.
Unfortunately it was overcast when I photographed this one but there is definitely some sparkle there in real life. The shimmer was absolutely gorgeous in the sun too!

Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Fairyduster - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Fairyduster - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Fairyduster - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Fairyduster - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Fairyduster - natural light


 DETAILS
  • Fairy duster will be available for preorder from 7am AEST April 1st to 10am AEST April 2nd. 
  • Fairyduster was provided by Femme Fatale for swatching purposes - Femme Fatale
  • Coats to opacity - Two
  • Topcoat - 1 coat of Seche Vite
Until next time.....

Tuesday 22 March 2016

Femme Fatale Cosmetics, Enchanted Fables collection and comparisons

Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by! Today I have a very long and very pic heavy post for you!
I have swatches of the soon to be released Femme Fatale Enchanted Fables collection, along with some comparisons at the end for anyone interested.
Like the last time I did a blog post on the latest Femme Fatale collection, this is just going to be pictures really. I'll throw in a brief description and how many coats I did.



A quick note about these pictures: I take my pictures outside in natural lighting and because this was such a huge collection, I was not able to do these all in one day ( not even close haha ) So all sorts of lighting was used depending on what the weather was like on that day.  Please bear this in mind when viewing :)





    Alice   
Description - This is a gorgeous baby blue creme with gold shimmer.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat.


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Alice - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Alice - natural light


   Ariel     
Description - This is a dark green with red to gold overlay.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat.



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Ariel - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Ariel - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Ariel - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Ariel - natural light


   Aurora     
Description - This is a thermal that shifts from a very pale pink to a darker pink. It has a lovely blue overlay.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Aurora - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Aurora - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Aurora - natural light


   Belle     
Description - I guess you would call Belle a brown, with just the slightest hint of red? With a lot of gold shimmer. 
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Belle - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Belle - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Belle - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Belle - natural light

   Cinderella     
Description - This is a beautiful purple leaning blue, with pink shimmer.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Cinderella - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Cinderella - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Cinderella - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Cinderella - natural light


   Eilonwy      
Description - This is an unusual colour. I would describe it as a dusty mauve base with strong blue overlay.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Eilonwy - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Eilonwy - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Eilonwy - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Eilonwy - natural light


   Eliza     
Description - This is a pink to brown thermal with gold shimmer.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Eliza - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Eliza - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Eliza - natural light


   Emeralda     
Description - This is an olive green crelly with a lot of pink shimmer.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Emeralda - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Emeralda - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Emeralda - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Emeralda - natural light


   Evil Queen     
This shade cannot be purchased and is only available to those who buy the complete Enchanted Fables collection through Femme Fatale Cosmetics own website.

Description - This is a blue to red multichrome with silver holo glitter.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Evil Queen - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Evil Queen - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Evil Queen - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Evil Queen - natural light


   Faline     
Description - This is a tan brown creme with subtle gold shimmer.
Number of coats - 2 coats with topcoat. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Faline - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Faline - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Faline - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Faline - natural light


   Jasmine     
Description - This is a green to teal thermal with a lot of green shimmer.
The difference in the two shades is very minimal but still very beautiful.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Jasmine - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Jasmine - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Jasmine - natural light


   Kida     
Description - This is a thermal that shifts from clear to brown but it has so much blue/purple shifting shimmer, it's not actually clear. 
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Kida - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Kida - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Kida - natural light


   Megara     
Description - This is a thermal that shifts from pink to purple with plenty of copper shimmer.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Megara - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Megara - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Megara - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Megara - natural light


   Merida     
Description - Merida is an orange with purple overlay. 
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Merida - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Merida - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Merida - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Merida - natural light




   Nala     
I actually swatched this one 3 times before I settled on these pictures because the colour kept playing tricks on me. If you've seen the look book that Sophie put together for this release, you'll notice I probably wasn't the only one having this trouble haha.

Description - This is a grey creme with strong copper overlay.
Number of coats - 2 coats with topcoat. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Nala - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Nala - natural light 
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Nala - natural light


   Perdita     
Description - This is a dark blue creme with red to gold overlay.
Now this colour is quite similar to Ariel at first glance but they are different.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Perdita - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Perdita - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Perdita - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Perdita - natural light




   Rapunzel     

Rapunzel was another colour I swatched three times, the weather just didn't want to cooperate with me! We finally got there.
Description - This is a pink that leans lavender with really strong gold shimmer.
Number of coats - 2 coats with topcoat.


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Rapunzel - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Rapunzel - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Rapunzel - natural light



   Red Riding Hood     
Description - This is described as a clear to red thermal but its had so much golden green shimmer added, it now appears as a yellow to orange thermal.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 




Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Red Riding Hood - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Red Riding Hood - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Red Riding Hood - natural light


   Rose Red     
Description - This is a berry red with blue overlay.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Rose Red - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Rose Red - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Rose Red - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Rose Red - natural light


   Snow White      
Description - This is a thermal that shifts from a vibrant yellow to orange and has a blue overlay that gives it a slightly greenish hue.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Snow White - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Snow White - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Snow White - natural light


   Thumbelina     
Description - This a purple crelly with purple to pink shifting shimmer.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Thumbelina - natural light 
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Thumbelina - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Thumbelina - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Thumbelina - natural light


   Tiger lily     
Description - This is a hard one to describe. It appears to be a mauve with almost red undertones. It also has a strong light green/aqua overlay.
Number of coats - 3 coats with topcoat. 



Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Tiger Lily - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Tiger Lily - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Tiger Lily - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Tiger Lily - natural light


   Tinker Bell      
Description - This is a purple creme with strong green to red overlay.
This is almost identical to Glass Coffin.
Number of coats - 2 coats with topcoat.




Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Tinker Bell - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Tinker Bell - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Tinker Bell - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Tinker Bell - natural light
Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Tinker Bell - natural light

Now, onto the comparisons!
I have compared these to other Femme fatale colours that I thought might be close.
These are pretty self explanatory, the names are written in the pictures for convenience.


Perdita - Ariel - Poisoned Apple

Please note, this is the original, faded version of Loves Wound, I do not yet have the reformulated version.

Rapunzel - Loves Wound

Infamous Riddle - Emeralda

Nala - Hundred Years Winter - Kida

Eliza - Belle

Dreamscape - Tinker Bell - Glass Coffin - Tiger Lily

Sunrise Funfair - Red Riding Hood - Faline - Snow White


Phew! Did you make it to the end? ;) I hope you found this post helpful!



All of these colours ( excluding older colours I have shown in my comparisons ) are available for preorder between the 1st and the 5th of April at Femme Fatale Cosmetics worldwide shipping is available*
They will also be available at certain Femme Fatale stockists after the preorder with the exception of Evil Queen.

*Shipping restrictions may apply, please see the Femme Fatale Cosmetics website for more information.

 This collection was provided by Femme Fatale for swatching purposes.




Until next time.....




UPDATED 1st April - I have had several requests for other comparisons so I thought I would include them here.


Crown of Ribbons - Rapunzel
Stargazing on Saturn - Perdita
Hundred Years Winter - Tiger Lily
Kida - Up above the world you fly - Hundred Years Winter