Lime Green Eye Shadow Swatches!

After procuring the latest Sugarpill lime green, AcidBerry, from the Heart Breaker collection I decided it would be a good time to swatch some of my lime green vegan eye shadows.

I swatched (from left to right in the photo below) Sugarpill Acidberry pressed eye shadow, MTcoffinz Acid Reign pressed eye shadow, and my own Zombify Margarita loose eye shadow.

Sugarpill's Acidberry is definitely the closest to a classic green, it has more blue in it out of the three shades swatched and slight sheen/shimmer. MTcoffinz's Acid Reign is more yellow green and very shiny, near metallic compared to Acidberry (I suspect the two would look amazing in a look together!). My own Zombify Margarita loose shadow is more of a golden/yellow lime green with shimmer. The swatches were done on bare skin (right) and over MTcoffinz Under The Rainbow primer (left), so you get an idea of how the colors look with and without primer.

I'm excited to play with the colors together to create various looks! All colors can be built up or toned down for bold or subtle looks. 

I'll be sure to post what I come up with! :) 

Stay Spooky,

Gothcupcake

Introducing Zombify Cosmetics!!

I've been hard at work getting these together and finally I have listed 13 eye shadows in my Etsy shop! The makeup line is Zombify by Zoe Zombie and is a line of vegan eyeshadows in bright colors with lots of shimmer.

If you haven't discovered it already, friend our Zombify cosmetics facebook page for exclusive contests, giveaways, makeup tutorials, reviews, photos and more!

I hope you boils and ghouls have been fangtastic, and now that I've gotten the makeup line launched I hope to have more time to post! Lots of exciting trips and projects to share with you!

Stay Spooky,
Gothcupcake

Resurrected Zombie Flats

It seemed as if my refund check could not come fast enough, when late last week my beloved Iron Fist zombie flats bit the dust. I bought them in July 2009 as a birthday present to myself and Friday at work my red and black striped toes were poking out the sides and top of the shoes! So, as a quick fix, I grabbed some clear packaging tape and MacGyver-ed myself a way to keep my toes safe until I got home.



Enter hot pink Duct tape, black electric tape, a sheet of craft foam and my handy dandy hot glue gun. I removed the temporary-fix clear packaging tape from my shoes and carefully snipped off the cute black bows before reinforcing the soles and edges of the shoe with Duct tape. Then I wrapped the shoes in hot pink Duct tape, and used the electrical tape to make stripes, as well as reinforce the edges where my foot would go into the shoe. I took out and traced the insoles of the shoes onto the craft foam and made 4 total. I used 2 as insoles and the other 2 as outer soles. I secured all with hot glue and glued the bows from the back of the shoes onto the toes. The pink is much more vibrant in person, it's seriously dayglo pink, but the look comes off as indie/punk. I might try to save more of my shoes this way...



I wore them out to do errands and shopping today and got a few compliments. I know they probably won't last very long, but I've at least prolonged the life of my once-zombie flats for a bit. Plus, the foam is super comfy!

Stay Spooky,
Gothcupcake