This challenge will end on May 26th, and then a new one will begin! Polls for the new challenge are posted in my makeup group Makeup Monstrosity. So if you’d like to vote, feel free to join. You can upload an image in the comments, leave a link to your blog post, etc. If you’d like, you can email me your submission at toxidlotus@gmail.com. I am excited to see how you lovelies will have been inspired! So have fun.

Crystal is a good sport.

This challenge will end on May 12th, and then a new one will begin! Polls for the new challenge are posted in my makeup group Makeup Monstrosity. So if you’d like to vote, feel free to join. You can upload an image in the comments, leave a link to your blog post, etc. If you’d like, you can email me your submission at toxidlotus@gmail.com. I am excited to see how you lovelies will have been inspired! So have fun.

Below are this last weeks submissions.

Luna: Do you have any future plans for different products? Any future collections in the works?
Vanessa: I wanted to launch Chinovi with just eyeshadows to ensure I would be able to manage everything. I have full intentions of offering so much more! I currently have matte shadows, brow powders and blushes being tested out. Look for them in the new year! As far as collections go… I have tons of ideas! I just finished creating the Holiday 2012 collection, “Oh, Christmas Tree” and am going to focus next on fine tuning the mattes, brow powders and blushes. I do have a collection that has been in the works for a year… it’s called the “Beauty Queens” collection and it is bases on all the girls in my family!

Luna: What is your favorite item that you make?
Vanessa: My favorite items to make are definitely eyeshadows! So many possibilities, not enough time!!

Luna: What is your favorite beauty item from another indie company?
Vanessa: Black Magic from OHWTO is my go to facial soap. I love how my face feels and looks afterwards. Which reminds me, I need to order more! I also am loving Darling Girls Azalea blush… gorgeous!

Luna: Would you rather be a Crow or a Bat?
Vanessa: I’d rather be a crow. They don’t creep my out the way bats do. Plus, I’m a HUGE “Game of Thrones” fan, and Jon Snow is often referred to as “crow”… and he’s HOT!

Luna: Is there anything else you’d like to add?
Vanessa: I just want to say, Thank you for giving me this opportunity! I love that you have created such a great blog that spotlights indie products and companies like me! You’re awesome, Luna!

Sooooo, it’s been awhile since I planned on doing the indie interviews. Sorry Vanessa! I’ve had yours as a draft for um months. Whoops. But hey I’m getting it done right now. I hope not much has changed or I’ll have to do a second interview! Your blushes are pretty. I still love Gidget. I think you have it up for sale now. I think you reformulated it though. I’ll have to order some to see how it compares. The sample I have is beautiful. I have to agree with you on Black Magic is amazing and addicting. I need to sneak some more samples from you. Shhhh don’t tell my husband.

Now this makeup challenge will be open until Sunday, May 5th. You can upload an image in the comments, or you can link to me your blog post, tumblr or wherever else you may have uploaded your inspiration. If you’d rather email me your submission you can do so at toxidlotus@gmail.com. I am excited to see how you lovlies will have been inspired! So have fun.

When you see these, you know it’s me. No one else. Don’t steal my shit yo.

Now this makeup challenge will be open until Sunday, April 28th. You can upload an image in the comments, or you can link to me your blog post, tumblr or wherever else you may have uploaded your inspiration. If you’d rather email me your submission you can do so at toxidlotus@gmail.com. I am excited to see how you lovlies will have been inspired! So have fun.

This weeks makeup challenge is Sailor Moon! I’m excited! Hopefully this week I can get it together and make a look. The makeup challenge is basically just an inspiration. You can be quite literal for this challenge and paint flowers, or bees all over your face, or you can pull inspiration from it for an every day look. This makeup challenge is not limited to facial makeup. If you prefer to do something with your nails, have at it! I’m not picky.

Now this makeup challenge will be open until Sunday, April 21st. You can upload an image in the comments, or you can link to me your blog post, tumblr or wherever else you may have uploaded your inspiration. If you’d rather email me your submission you can do so at toxidlotus@gmail.com. I am excited to see how you lovlies will have been inspired! So have fun.

Pink Slip Shaving soap is currently available online here at OHWTO.COM. For $5.95 you will receive a dark-pinish 4oz square bar. This soap came in a stiff cellophane bag sealed with a sticker stating what the product was and what company it was from. Then it was wrapped in saran wrap with the ingredient sticker. One bar should last around 2 months. This product is vegan.

Official description: Originally formulated as a gentle facial soap for more mature skin, skin which might not have appreciated Black Magic facial soap, Pink Slip was built on a different base and with different Essential Oils, for different needs. Then I tried it as a shaving soap and it was all over, heh. This stuff is AWESOME for shaving with.

The trick to getting the best performance out of this soap is a nylon bath pouf. You know the ones I’m talking about, I think we all have one in our showers, or have at some point. I’ve used my usual bristle brush, and washcloths, and even just my hands, all of which worked okay to varying degrees, but to really make the best lather, the bath pouf is superior. A rich, thick, pink (hence the name) and long-lasting lather comes out of those things when used with this soap that’ll put any commercial shaving foam to shame.

Ingredients: Coconut oil, palm oil, Safflower oil, Vegetable glycerin, Purified water, Sodium hydroxide, Sorbitol, Sorbitan oleate, Soybean protein, Wheat protein, Proprietary essential oil blend, French pink clay, Vitamin E, Chamomile.

Final thoughts, Would I purchase this again? Yes, yes I would. I love this soap. I like that the scent isn’t overpowering, I like that it feels like silk on wherever it is that you’re shaving. Since it lasts so long, the cost is so minimal it’s not even funny. Ahem for those who use it on the nether regions it does not irritate. Just saying… Anyways, you want this soap, you really do. Shoo, go on, go buy it! Shop description is spot on.

NOTE
With this soap I highly recommend some sort of soap holder so it can dry out between uses. I am a fan of wooden soap holders such as these They’re pretty cheap. I also recommend the razors from Dollar Shave Club. Husband and I get the $9 razors. BEST.THING.EVER

Now this makeup challenge will be open until Sunday, April 14th. You can upload an image in the comments, or you can link to me your blog post, tumblr or wherever else you may have uploaded your inspiration. I am excited to see how you lovlies will have been inspired! So have fun.

This is a limited edition, tribute eyeshadow, from My Pretty Zombie. This particular eyeshadow was created to honor a dear friend and customer. All proceeds of this eyeshadow are going towards help with the final costs. This eyeshdow is available until April 23, 2013. This is a very pretty color, I highly recommend purchasing, and purchasing a backup. As you can see in the photos this shadow changes depending on what you apply it over. I have not swatched this over primer yet, but I will in the next day or so. It completely slipped my mind. I posted multiple photos to try and how the awesome, but they don’t do it any justice.

Stars Beneath Glass is available here from My Pretty Zombie. This product is vegan. You will receive product in a jar without a sifter, packed 1.5g by weight.

Official description: Steely blue with a gold shift.

Ingredients: Mica, ferric ferrocyanide, titanium dioxide, silica, iron oxide, ultramarines, magnesium myristate.

Applied over bare skin and glitter glue, under a daylight bulb.

Mochi!

Haus of Gloi Butterbombs!

This necklace.

This eyeshadow.

This hat!

This smoked salmon Chirashizushi. Om nom nom.

hehehe! This awesome cat.

These pretty spiders, and this video.

These eyelets!

And my salsa recipe!

Also these kitties are awesome, and this one and this one!