There is a whole family of rusty brown shades that is completely irresistible. You know the color I’m talking about; the browns with a bit of copper or gold, the browns that glow and have a little bit of a life of their own? Cosmic Owl by Femme Fatale is just such a shade.

Let’s change things up a bit today and I’ll start off with my review of the shadow.

Cosmic Owl applies smoothly and is a dream to blend. I do want to note that it blends into a much cooler toned, dark shade than when it’s applied with a patting motion. That makes it a great candidate for a “one shadow look” because you can get a nice dark cool toned crease and have a lovely contrasting warm metallic lid. It’s really very pretty!

It wore well for me regardless of how I applied it. As with most loose shadows, some sort of a sticky base is a bit necessary but it performed equally well over all of the bases that I tried. (I will say that my favorite look was when it was applied in conjunction with glitter glue, but that’s just because glitter glue is straight up magic).

You can purchase Cosmic Owl from the Femme Fatale website for $8.25 (Australian Dollars) for a full size or $4.95 for a mini size. (USD: $6.29 $3.78, as of August 19, 2016).

From the Femme Fatale Website:

A gorgeous smooth bronze-brown with golden tones – almost leans olive or orange in some lights.

I would say that this description is fairly accurate. I get more of the olive tones in photographs than in real life but the burnt orange/gold tones don’t tend to show up as well in pictures as they do in real life.

with flash

indirect sunlight

indoor mixed lighting

direct sunlight

Cosmic Owl over primer and glitter glue:

BASE: Urban Decay Anti-Aging Primer Potion (UDAAPP) and Darling Girl Glitter Glue. COMPANION PALETTE: The Balm Meet Matt(e) Nude Palette. BLENDING: “Matt Lombardi”. TRANSITION/BLENDING LOWER LASH LINE: “Matt Singh”. CREASE: “Matte Rosen” and Femme Fatale (FF) “Cosmic Owl”. LID: FF “Cosmic Owl”. TIGHTLINE: Avon Always on Point eyeliner “black”. WATERLINE: Marc Jacobs gel liner “Ody(Sea)”. BROWS: Nuance Brow powder. INNER CORNER: FF “Secret Shiny”. MASCARA: Jordana Best Lash Extreme.

The glitter glue really brings out that warm golden sheen.

Over a black base:

BASE: UDAAPP and Rimmel Scandaleyes eyeshadow pencil “Blackmail”. BLENDING: MUFE “Vanilla”. TRANSITION: MUFE “Canyon” and MAC “Uninterrupted”. OUTER CORNER: MUFE “Morello Cherry”. LID: FF “Cosmic Owl”. INNER CORNER: FF “Secret Shiny”. LOWER LASH LINE: “Uninterrupted” and “Canyon” to blend with Urban Decay eyeliner “Psychadelic Sister” to line and “Cosmic Owl” patter over the liner. MASCARA: Jordana

As a one shadow look:

BASE: UDAAPP. BROW HIGHLIGHT AND INNER CORNER: MUFE “Vanilla”. CREASE/TRANSITION: FF “Cosmic Owl” applied with a fluffy brush. LID: FF “Cosmic Owl” patted on with a flat shader brush. LOWER LASH LINE: “Cosmic Owl”. WATERLINE/TIGHTLINE: Avon liner. MASCARA: Jordana

Over primer:

BASE: UDAAPP. Companion Palette: The Balm “Meet Matt(e) Nude”. BLEND: “Matt Lombardi”. TRANSITION: “Matt Singh”. CREASE: “Matt Rosen” and FF “Cosmic Owl”. LID: FF “Cosmic Owl”. WATERLINE/TIGHTLINE: Avon always on point liner. MASCARA: Jordana

Have you ever ordered anything from Femme Fatale Cosmetics? Do you have Cosmic Owl? How bad do you want Cosmic Owl just because it has the coolest name ever? Do you have other shades in your collection that are similar to this? I think it’s in the same color family as Fyrinnae Bawdy Librarian and Fireside Interlude (although it isn’t a dupe for either of those).

Tidbits:

• I quit running for a few months because of some weirdness with my ankles but I just started the C25k plan last week. So far I hate running intervals and  my ankles are still weird but I really like how slowly it eases you into a running regiment. 
• I started reading Emily Post’s “Etiquette” last week and I’m weirdly obsessed with the minutia of 1920’s “polite society”.