March/April Watch List

Here I am with a more upbeat talk today, about the shows I watched in March and April. I just for a Roku 3, so hopefully I'll be watching some more anime! I haven't watched as much as I used to because I'm not always in the mood for subtitles. I much prefer dubs, as usually I'm working on something while I watch TV. 

Without further ado, the shows I watched the most these last 2 months. 

The Walking Dead

That finale UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Teen Mom 2

Okay, so I admit for the longest time I HATED Teen Mom 2. Mainly because I can't stand Jenelle and Leah annoys me. While craving more of the Teen Mom drama I started watching Teen Mom 2 and I got sucked in. I really continued to watch for Kailyn and Chelsea, but now I'm also curious about Leah's downfall. 

Game of Thrones

Since GOT returned Sunday, I spent a week marathoning seasons 4 and 5 in preparation for the latest season. I didn't start from season 1 because truthfully I've seen the first 3 seasons too many times. I'm also thinking of giving the books another chance via audio book. 

Penny Dreadful

Alright, so this one barely made the list. I've started to rewatch it this week in preparation of season 3. 

Sailor Moon Crystal

Season 3 is here!!!! I'm terribly behind and have just seen the first episode of the new season - writing and cosplay making has consumed so much of my time! I'm not sure how I feel about the opening replacing Moon Pride, but I LOVE Sailor Moon's new transformation sequence!

Orphan Black

I just started watching this show after seeing trailers for a few years on BBC America - it had piqued my interest but I never got around to watching it. I am really enjoying bit so far, I'm only on season 1 but I'm very curious about the clones. 

@Midnight 

I recently discovered that Hulu gets all of the @Midnight episodes so I've been watching it the day after. It is such a funny show! For those that don't know, it is a game show on Comedy Central revolving around trending topics and events on social media. The contestants are comedians and it is hosted by Chris Hardwick. 

Star Vs The Forces of Evil 

I started watching this after catching a snippet of it after a Gravity Falls episode. I thought it looked cool so I checked it out...I ended up loving it. This is a show for Gravity Falls and Steven Universe fans! Based on quite a few magical girl anime such as Sailor Moon, Revolutionary Girl Utena and Cardcaptor Sakura it is a fun watch.

It's about a princess from another dimension called Mewnie named Star Butterfly,  she is pretty much a magical girl with a weapon resembling something from Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura. She is given the family wand upon her birthday and is sent to earth to learn to use it responsibly. The shows chronicalizes her misadventures on earth and fighting monsters/her enemies, many enemies and problems creates by her irresponsibility with magic. 

I love Star's quirky personality and I find much that she does funny. Her world is fascinating. Plus her ex boyfriend is a demon who's pretty cute...I'm curious about him!

Gravity Falls

Gravity Falls has ended and the finale tore me up with the feels. I've been watching Weirdmageddon again as well as going back and watching season 1.

I don't remember if I talked about Gravity Falls yet. It is a wonderful hidden gem of a show. It's about two twins named Dipper and Mabel Pines, their parents send them to stay in Gravity Falls, Oregon for the summer with their Great Uncle aka Gruncle Stan. Stan Pines runs and owns The Mystery Shack, an oddities parlour, roadside attraction. Dipper and Mabel begin to encounter strange things in Gravity Falls and Dipper sets out to learn the secrets of the mysterious town. 

YouTube

Okay, this doesn't really county but I have watched a lot if YouTube videos the last 2 months. From my renewed interest in Shane Dawson to Grav3yardgirl and Game of Thrones theory videos.

There you have it! What shows have you been watching lately? Comment and let me know.

Xoxo

Heather Zombie 💜

Review: Ruby Kisses Matte Lipstick

I love matte lipsticks. They are seriously my favorite, especially liquid to matte ones. For those that don't know, my favorite lipstick brand Lime Crime makes these amazing liquid to matte lipsticks called Velvetines. I probably own 10 of them. Either last year or earlier this year they came out with a new one - Pansy which is a beautiful royal purple color.

Purple is my favorite color. All of the purple lipsticks I owned were pink based and bright. While Pansy is blue based and deeper. I seriously fell in love with the color....but not the price tag! Velvetines are expensive. I used to order mine from Amazon but now it's very hard to get Lime Crime products on Amazon. Any time they get a velvetine in stock is sells out quickly. I refuse to buy directly from Lime Crime's website because of the many horror stories that I have heard. I also have been unable to buy one of Jeffree Star's liquid lipsticks (which I hear are just as amazing..and you get more product for about the same price...I want one so badly!).

I was pretty bummed not being able to get this color. Then one day I was browsing online and came across this lipstick called Purple Affair by Ruby Kisses. It isn't identical to Pansy...but it's a beautiful blue based purple! Even better, it's matte! I was so ecstatic that I immediately bought it.

The color was just as beautiful in person, but application was not fun. This lipstick goes on pretty patchy and you have to layer it a few times to get full opacity.  It also sort of bleeds. That was pretty disappointing for me as someone who is spoiled by Lime Crime's and MAC's very opaque formulas.

Above, is the application straight from the tube. Yes, I am fully aware that the lighting/lipstick makes my skin look grey here. Hey, now I look like Frankenstein's monster from Penny Dreadful!

Who watches Penny Dreadful? I love it so much. It's creepy and Victorian, which is pretty awesome in my book. They also have characters from stories of that era. Such as Victor Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and some characters from Dracula. I LOVE Dorian *^* he's sexy as hell.

Anyway, enough fangirling. Back to this review!  I don't mind all that much having to layer the color on because it is gorgeous!! I would recommend applying it with a lip brush, even warming the tube up by holding it in your hand for 30 seconds or so before application.  Each time I applied it directly from the tube, it was kind of messy.

 These matte lipsticks retail for about $2.99 and really I can forgive all faults for that price.

The lipstick feels super dry when you're putting it on from the tube. But once it's on it is very light weight. I didn't feel that super caked matte lip feeling that some matte lipsticks have. I honestly didn't feel like I really had anything on my lips.

The longevity was so-so. I did a kiss test (I kissed the top of my cat's head hehe) and there was absolutely zero transfer surprisingly! But after eating and drinking, towards the end of the day I noticed that some of the lipstick flaked off. So this isn't a lipstick you can apply and forget about all day. I often find myself reaching for my Velvetines when I go out because I don't have to worry about re-applying.

✩What I liked✩

• The color
• How it feels on the lips
• The packaging

✩What I didn't like✩

• The opacity
• The difficulty to apply
• Lipstick flaking off after drinking/possibly just after time.

✩Final Grade✩

C

            

Although I love the color and the matte-ness of this lipstick, the opacity is annoying to deal with as well as the application. I haven't found (besides Pansy) another color quite like this yet, so I may be stuck with the application problems until I give in and get Pansy. This isn't a horrible quality lipstick, but it also isn't the best quality. 

XOXO

Moon Prism power, makeup!