Beauty Squared Round-Up - April 27, 2014

Hello lovelies! Happy Sunday to you. Here are the beauty links we've gathered for you from this week. Read on!

• Marc Jacobs' Summer 2014 collection is previewed on Allure.com. 
• The Muse reviews the Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips All-in-1 Custom Nude Palette - a skin highlighter and eyeshadow combo. 
• 11 things you should never, ever put on your face. 
• Lorde's MAC collaboration - goth glam.
• Lupita Nyong'o meets her style icon, Alek Wex.
• A review of Hourglass' Ambient Lighting Blushes in Radiant Magenta, Mood Exposure, Luminous Flush and Diffused Heat. 
• A review of Lise Watier's Creme Satin Blush in Rose Eden by Tracy of Beauty Reflections. 
• A Sephora Pantone Radiant Orchid haul - take a look at these swatches of the blush set, lip balm and brushes!
• The best vegan foundations - lots and lots to choose from!
• Lipstick sculptures. Yes, you read that correctly. 

Adora BatBrat

This is Adora BatBrat. She is a goth, although I am not 100% sure exactly what is and isn't a goth* just as I'm not 100% sure what is and what isn't a hipster. To me Adora looks like a dark fairy, not so much a vampire, although of course, our idea of vampire, as well as goth is changing. 


Ah well, here she is on the cover of GOTH magazine so we'll go with that. Oh and in her adorable Swedish accent she refers to herself as the Goth makeup queen of YouTube.


*if any readers out there know more about Goth, please, feel free to educate me.

Adora BatBrat is from Sweden, does make-up tutorials on YouTube and has her own website as well. Her look may not be one that I will ever adopt but I have to admire her creativity. I thought I took a long time to get ready in the morning but this makeup must trump my time.

Her look is a combination of fantasy, fairy and goth and she transforms herself into an otherwordly creature. Although, I could never make my self look like this without being in costume, I can't fault her passion or her creativity. There is something lovely albeit dark and strange about her looks and I admire her vision.

So what do you think? Is this your style? Does Adora BatBrat scare you or inspire you?

C.