Kat Von D Christmas Haul

Hey ladies! So I'm aaalmost done with all of the posts I need to get up of my Christmas gifts. Today I've got the two items I received from the Kat Von D line from my twin sissy for Xmas.

Kat Von D Kat Eye Brush Set:

This set comes with 5 brushes for your eyes all packed nice and neatly into a lovely little travel brush roll!

There's even a flap that goes over the brushes to keep them nice n safe.

Eyeshadow Brush:

Personally I think this might be a bit too big for me in terms of an all over the lid kind of brush, but I could definitely see myself using it as a highlight brush, etc.

Blending Brush:

Yay! I've finally got one! I usually use my crease brush to blend, and while it does a fine enough job of it, it's nice to have a separate one specifically for blending.

Smudge Brush:

I definitely do not own any brush like this! I imagine it's great for the upper and lower lash lines when you want to smudge/smoke out your look.

Eyeliner Brush:

While I have an angled eyeliner brush, I don't have a straight one. It'll be nice to try this one out and see which I prefer. It's very sturdy though, so I can imagine it'll be great for applying a precise line without it wobbling and making the shadow go everywhere.

Brow Brush:

To be honest, I'll probably just end up using this as another eyeliner brush, because I don't fill in my brows. I've never really seen the point...they're rather dark as it is. But maybe I'll experiment with it one day!

Kat Von D True Romance Eyeshadow Palette in Ludwig:

I already have one of these palettes, the True Love one, and while the quality / pigmentation of the shadows are amazing, I just don't find myself using them as much as I'd like. Largely because they're purple shadows and I've been into neutral eyes ever since the Naked Palette. BUT!! This palette is a neutral palette, aside from the 2 green shades, but even then, I do regularly find myself wearing green eyeshadow, so I think I may find myself using this palette on a daily basis. But enough of my jibber jabbering, let's get to the photos!

Oooooh aaaaaah.

Does anyone else spy some Urban Decay Naked Palette dupes? Virgin? Sin? Sidecar? Smog? Or am I off my rocker?

Swatches:

Swatches:

Clay was the only shadow that was a bit chalky and hard to swatch, but I think it's because there's some chunky glitter in there. I can see myself doing numerous eye looks with this palette and can't wait to play around with it finally!

What products have you tried from the Kat Von D range? Thoughts?

Eyes of the Day (2 smokey eyes)

I got the inspiration to try out some smokey eyes from some tutorial On Demand, haha. So naturally, I reached for my Kat Von D palette.

(I just didn't feel like doing both my eyes, then wiping off the makeup, then doing it all over again, so I did one on each eye, tehe. Wow I'm lazy tonight!)

The purple smokey out didn't turn out...smokey enough? LOL. I think me trying to blend with q-tips just ended up taking the color off? Who knows. I REPEAT, I need some proper brushes. But I really like how the bronze smokey eye turned out..even if it's not hugely smokey? Let's call it a DAY smokey eye, hahahaha. Or let's just not call it a smokey eye at all, shall we? ;)

I basically also copied how the lady On Demand said to do a smokey eye. I put the lid colors on (a dark sparkly brown and purple) then the black color on the inner and outer corner of each eye, and blended inwards. Then I just added a highlight color underneath the brow (sparkly beige and sparkly white). Hope that makes sense! I'm too lazy at the moment to make diagrams, lol, sorry, but it is 2 am! =P

Eye of the Day (purple+brown)

Purple/Brown Look.

Just a look I did the other day when I was bored. Using none other than my Kat Von D palette. Yes, I clearly require more eyeshadows, perhaps when I'm working again, haha. Or I'll sneak some in when doing some back to school shopping, who knows! :D Not sure how I feel about it, I kind of like it, what do you guys think? Again, I didn't use my primer (I'm cheap, I like to save it for when I'm actually going out), so it looks kind of shitty (excuse my language).

The lid looks black, which is kind of weird, since it's a dark purple, but turned out darker than I had hoped? If I had wanted black I would of used black! Lol. Oh welllll.

Kat Von D True Love Eyeshadow Palette: True Romance

I decided to do some looks using my most recent, most expensive, and favorite bit of makeup at the moment: my Kat Von D True Love Eyeshadow Palette in True Romance:

I was going on about how much I wanted it and my twinnie got it for me for my birthday. I wasn't expecting it so it was extra nice. HEHE. I've been constantly using the purple side, but not so much the bronze side. The palette is 32 dollars, but that's fair enough because you get 8 high quality shadows...minus 1, haha. One of them, Benji, is a cream shadow and as I've read before in reviews, it dries out after one use. Lame, but what can ya do?

Purple Look:

Paramore Look (the eyeshadow I did for the concert!)

This is essentially the same eye as above, but instead of the white color, I've used the Peanut color instead for under the brow.

Bronze Eye:

Because I didn't use any primer, I couldn't be bothered and don't feel like wasting it, haha, this eye is a lil toned down and natural but I like that. For the lid, I mixed the black and dark brown together to make one color. =)