Shiro Cosmetics Review

I have a review for you today! I know, it has been a while. I'd seen this product pop up on a few blogs and really wanted to give them a try!  The brand is Shiro Cosmetics. It is 100% vegan and uses natural ingredients. I love that the ingredients list and short and simple!  I bought the Intertubes in four shades. They come in multiple sizes. This is the size "mini" which is 4 grams and comes in a tin for $5. You can also get sample sizes as well as full sizes. 

The pigmentation on these is amazing so I went with some bold shades. Pigmentation wise I'd say they are comparable to OCC lip tars but the product itself is quite different. These look and feel like a balm when you put them on, sorta like Vaseline. The first layer is more sheer but you can apply more to build up opacity and it won't feel like you are wearing anything too thick. I find they apply well with both your finger or a lip brush. A lip brush gives me more of a defined, opaque look where as with my finger I have more leeway. These do last a while and as you'll see below, they stain slightly which is something I personally like. Because they can be sheer, they are easy to apply on the go! I would say my only complaint is that they can be a bit drying and you have to make sure you have very smooth lips when applying them or else the pigment will be patchy and stick to any dry skin.

Shiro Cosmetics have a "nerd" theme going on so everything is named after some sort of character, movie reference etc. hehe

From top left to bottom right:  

I am going to include the description straight from the website because they are great! They give you a good idea of what to expect from the product.

Rickrolled

We're no strangers to love
You know the rules, and so do I
A great lip color's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy

Color: Red-orange; can appear coral.
Flavor: Ginger. Contains real ginger oil; may cause mild stinging or a 'plumping' effect.
Opacity: May be applied sheer or built up to moderate opacity.
Stains: Yes - please keep away from upholstery and small children!

Ingredients*: shea butter, organic jojoba oil, candelilla wax, vitamin E, red #6, red #27, yellow #6, castor oil, mica, carnauba wax, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, ginger oil.

Over 9000

Vegeta! What does the scouter say about that lip product's awesomeness level?!

Color: Bold pink, a shade or two darker than bubblegum. You'll want to wear it at least 9001 times.
Flavor: Grapefruit.
Opacity: May be applied moderately opaque or built up to complete opacity.
Stains: Yes - please keep away from upholstery and small children!

Ingredients*: shea butter, organic jojoba oil, candelilla wax, vitamin E, red #27, castor oil, mica, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, grapefruit oil.

Leeroy Jenkins

Whenever you apply this lip color, you must preface the application by bellowing, "ALRIGHT CHUMS, LET'S DO THIS." I don't care where you are or what company you are keeping; this is a rule. Enjoy.

Color: Pale pinky-lavender (similar to the text color used for the Paladin class) with subtle blue interference and gold sparks.
Flavor: Spearmint. I know chicken would have been more meme-appropriate, but chicken is a terrible flavor for a lip product. Contains real spearmint oil; may cause mild stinging or a 'plumping' effect.
Opacity: May be applied moderately opaque or built up to complete opacity.
Stains: Yes - please keep away from upholstery and small children!

Ingredients*: shea butter, organic jojoba oil, candelilla wax, vitamin E, red #27, blue #1, castor oil, mica, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, silica, calcium aluminum borosilicate, spearmint oil.

Forty Cakes

That's as many as four tens! Fortunately, this lip color is in no way as terrible as Lex Luthor's deeds.

Color: Bright hot pink.

Flavor: Unflavored.

Opacity: May be applied sheer or built up to moderate opacity.

Stains: Yes - please keep away from upholstery and small children!

Ingredients: shea butter, organic jojoba oil, candelilla wax, vitamin E, castor oil, iron oxide, red #27

 Onto the hand swatches! Top left to right: Leeroy Jenkins, Forty Cakes, Over 9000, Rickrolled

^shade^

 ^sun^

^smudged^

^after washing hands^

 Shiro Cosmetics also included two free eyeshadow samples! Who doesn't love that?

Remake is from the The Tributes (Hunger Games!) collection and is described as "Shimmery gold-bronze with purple sparks."  Are You Sherr You Wanna Enchant That? is from "The Randomly Generated" collection and is described as "Dark brown-plum with bright white and blue sparks."

These are swatched on BARE skin, no primer. With primer, they would be even more opaque! I was very impressed by the pigmentation of these and they are gorgeous shades.

 ^shade^

 ^sun^

 Here are a couple looks I did using one or both of these eyeshadows.

Using "Remake"

Using both "Remake" and "Are You Sherr You Wanna Enchant That?"

These are a few other eyeshadow shades I'd love to get my hands on! So perfect for Fall/Winter...

Black Heart

What the. How did I go three days without posting here? I guess I've been having too much fun with my husband while he was on leave!  We saw Safe House, went out for happy hour with friends followed by Taboo at their place, got lunch at Whole Foods and took our dog to the awesome Del Mar dog beach (love that place and so does our dog!) and so on.

"Final Fantasy"

"Spooky Girl"

 Wore Madd Style Cosmetics vegan eyeshadow in "Final Fantasy" and "Spooky Girl".  "Final Fantasy" is a cook greenish/gold duochrome while "Spooky Girl" is matte black with holo glitter. Pretty awesome, right? It makes for an interesting smokey eye! To blend the edges I used the lightest matte shade in the Meet Matte palette by The Balm.  She has the sample deal going on again...check it out!

I wore this a couple days ago before the weather heated up again.  This week we're enjoying 80F and above temperatures though! It makes it instantly feel like summer. I already bought two new pairs of shorts. hehe

 (leggings Sears, boots Shoe Ocean, jacket Burlington Coat Factory, shirt Victoria's Secret, scarf)

Swatches

Some eyeshadow swatches!

I found this one on clearance at Target for under $1.50! It's a very pretty shimmery light blue...reminds me of a mermaid. I find Milani cosmetics with packaging like this a pain to open. I have to use my nail and that often chips the polish. The brush doesn't work well with this eyeshadow but I like the liner end if you're doing, uh, liner.

Top: wet. Left: no primer. Right: over primer.
A bit more sheer with no primer, applied dry. When wet, this doesn't smudge and is very opaque. Over primer this stays put very well and is more opaque than without  primer and blends well. So you can get three different applications with this eyeshadow!

 Okay, there are a million swatches of these out there but I love them so much I couldn't resist. They apply soo soft and smooth, like butter!  But they DO NOT BUDGE. Seriously, the wear on these is amazing. They look similar to the NYX jumbo pencils and both apply smoothly but the NYX ones are better for blending where as these are better as a liner or when you want a line (like in the crease).  These swatches are done without primer.

Stash & Bourbon

 Sin, Rehab, Juju, Delinquint, Clash

 I'm excited to show you guys these samples! I ordered 5 sample eyeshadows for $5 from Madd Style Cosmetics. She also threw in a sample baggie as well (did that with my last order too)! She had a few full size eyeshadows on sale for $3 (reg $5) so I got one of them too.  These are all loose eyeshadows.

sample sizes Final Fantasy, Young Blood, Touch of Grey, Honey Rose, Spooky Girl. 

Full size Hidden Track 

free sample of Ripple.

 same order. applied dry over elf primer.

 Duochrome, sparkle, matte, matte, sparkle, duochrome, shimmer

Spooky Girl, Hidden Track, Ripple

Final Fantasy, Young Blood, Touch of Grey, Honey rose

 Sample size vs full size

LOVE these! I want more!! The sample sizes are great because a little goes a very long way. These are easy to blend and can be applied dry or wet. They have great staying power and are very pigmented. I really recommend them! All of her products are vegan and it's great to support a small, home run business. :)