Shiro Cosmetics: There and Back Again: A Hobbit Collection

It should be no surprise to anyone, who knows me, that I like Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit. Granted, I struggled through reading them. I managed to read all of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, but was so bored, that I said frak it to Return of the King  and waited for the movie to come out. I've been attempting to read The Hobbit, since my fiance says it's awesome, and he doesn't read, so if he's actually recommending a book that he read, I want to do my best to get through it, I'm on Chapter four, it's just a slow process...

But, I love the movies, I have many happy memories of watching them with my dad and shipping Legolas/Gimili, and Sam/Frodo, and whenever I am home, and they're on, we make it a habit to watch them together.

I've also named all my Eevee's after the characters of the fellowship and characters in the movies... Jolteon is Gimli, Legolas is Vaporeon, Elrond is Glaceon, Arwen is Sylveon, and Boromir is Flareon. I'm working on evolving Aragorn into Umbreon, Frodo into Leafeon, and Galadriel into Espeon.

Oh I also have a cat named Gandalf the Gray:

So anyhow when I found There and Back Again: A Hobbit Collection by Shiro Cosmetics I couldn't resist.

Disclaimer: I am a poor pre-k teacher. I spent my hard-earned monies to buy this makeup. I am not affiliated with the website, and this is just my honest opinion.

The most awesome thing about Shiro Cosmetics is they're nerd themed. There's a Pokemon eyeshadow collection, a game of thrones makeup collection, a Link collection, and all sorts of fun nerd-themed makeup for geeks like me.

Also, they're 100% Vegan and Cruelty free, which makes this crazy cat lady happy.

AND THEY SEND CANDY WITH EVERY ORDER AND I LOVE CANDY.

Shipping was fast, and the best part was, the envelope is small enough that it fit into my tiny apartment mailbox, and I didn't need to go into the office to get it. YAY!

The candy may or may not have disappeared immediately after I took this picture.

These are all my Hobbit eye-shadows. There are three different sizes you can get. You can get a sample size, which is about 1/4th of a teaspoon, mini jars, which are 1.0 grams each, that's the size I got, or you can get jars that are 2.0 grams each. If you get a whole collection, it's 10% off. I chose jars because with my cats and my klutziness, I figured those were less likely to make a mess of my apartment. 

Each color is labeled with the name of the shadow, and the ingredients in the shadow.

I attempted to swatch the colors... Word of advice, DON'T USE MR CLEAN MAGIC ERASER TO CLEAN THE MAKEUP OFF YOUR ARMS, I thought it was just a normal sponge, I washed the swatches off, and about ten minutes later, my arms were covered in a chemical burn. I asked my fiance what happened, and that's when he told me it was a Magic Eraser NOT a sponge. 

from l to r: War of Five Armies, When the Thrush Knocks, Fifteen Birds in Five Fir Trees, There and Back Again, Chiefest of Calamities, Lingered in Twilight.

War of Five Armies is the color of dried blood. It's a brown that's a cross between coffee grounds and a sword stained with old blood. It's sort of rust colored. I don't think my swatch gives much justice to it, to be honest. I really like brown colors because I can do semi-neutral looks with them. 

When the Thrush Knocks is a pretty coppery color. It shimmers much more then my pathetic attempt at a swatch shows. 

Fifteen Birds in Five Fir Trees is GORGEOUS!!!  It's a dark forest green with reddish and silver sparkles, and I can't wait to wear it. 

There and Back Again is a pretty emerald green color. Think Emerald City in Wicked or the Wizard or Oz.

Chiefest of Calamities is Gryffindor colors. Think Gryffindor scarlet.. It's very much an orange-red color, I normally don't like orange. It's one of the colors my mother insists upon having in my wedding, and I refuse. But this eyeshadow color has a nice pop. I think it goes on more red than orange.

Lingered in Twilight make me happy. It's an amazing dark teal color with shimmer... think a starry Rivendell night, and that's the color. I cannot wait to wear it. 

from l to r: King Under the Mountain, Attercop Attercop, Riddles in the Dark, and Farewell wherever you Fare.

King Under the Mountain is a silver sparkly color, and I did an awful job trying to make a swatch of it. I apologize. It's a dark gray earth color with silver sparkles. 

Attercop Attercop is a black base shadow with loads of blue shimmer and glitter. It will look awesome on me with my blue eyes... and it sparkles.

Riddles in the Dark is a greenish black with gold sparkles.

Farewell Wherever You May Roam is a brownish gray and perfect for a neutral base.

from l to r: A Regular Bears Meeting, The Wandering Wizard, The Last Homely House, An Unexpected Party, and Not Drawing Room Fashion.

A Regular Bears Meeting is a dark reddish brown.

The Wandering Wizard is a light grayish blue, although I think it's more blue than gray, at least that's what it looked like when I attempted to swatch it. It will make a nice highlighter color :)

The Last Homely House is brownish with a slight shimmer of green. I like the color, but would think that a color invoking Elrond and Rivendell would be more of a light gray/white/blue color with silver sparkle like the waterfalls of Rivendell.

[I've just gotten to the part in The Hobbit, where they got captured by Goblins]

An Unexpected Party is a tan color with a slight greenish shimmer.

Not Drawing Room Fashion is an awesome gray color. I freaking love gray eyeshadow, I have silver in my eyes, and gray eyeshadows really bring out the silver, and it almost matches my Oil Slick 24/7 eyeliner pencil perfectly.

Sorry my swatches SUCKED!! I'll get better, I promise. And these were just color on my arm, no primer or anything, so I'm sure the colors would look brighter with primer.

I really like these colors. A lot of them I can use for neutral looks that may even be school acceptable, and the other half are all beautiful shimmery and glittery colors. I'm excited to see what sorts of looks I can come up with.

And I highly recommend Shiro Comsetics, they have some really awesome colors, and they have great service, and the stuff gets here fast!!!!