Gamer fantasy inspired Candles by Lorien Blathanna

 Lorien Blathanna's Facebook

Ever wished you could take your gaming to the next level? well why not try with these AMAZING (and pretty spot on) themed scented candles! I received one of these candles as a birthday gift and was blown away...like how does that even happen from a candle?! it inspired me to fire up the PC and dive into the Dragon age world. NO RAGRETS. haha

Since then I made my own purchase from lorien Blathanna's etsy shop (NOTE: this is a UK shop). Fandoms from my purchase include Dragon Age and Skyrim! Im planning to get some LOTR and The Witcher inspired ones next :D

If your into eco friendly products then your really going to love what this shop has to offer. All of the candles are made with natural soy wax, natural fragrance oils and smokeless cotton Eco wicks (or sustainable wood wicks).containers for candles are in widely recycled or reusable jars, pouches are hand made and everything is delivered in recycled packaging. Im def into repurposing/ reusing and products like this make nerd shopping extra satisfying! Even if that's not something you seek out when buying, you'll still be hooked in by the all fandom inspired scents that are available. Here's a few:

See anything you like? (i bet you doooo!) links to both her Etsy shop and Facebook shop are available above for further details and info on each product. Keep a look out for future giveaways through Facebook and Instagram. Enjoy!

Geek Chic Cosmetics: Swatches and Review

Fandom Makeup products and everything you need to know before ordering...

Geek Chic Cosmetics is a U.S. indie brand that sells vegan and cruelty free makeup products.

GCC have a MEGA array of products with cute themed names that will entice you to buy them all! You can buy full size or sample sizes of nearly everything. Heres what my order consisted of:

For copyright reasons products cannot use the same names the product is modeled after, only "inspired by". You'll see the same applied in fan made art. heres what the product i purchased were inspirations of: Metal gear solid-sailormoon-Harry Potter-fallout-mass effect-Harley Quinn. Can you guess which ones which? ;) Below will be swatches of each and the pros and cons.

I used a mixture of "Brothers in arms" and "Solid snake" on my eyes, as you can see SUPER pigmented. I used Everlasting Storm for highlighting cheeks.

As for pricing and postage..as expected shipping was quite pricey. Heres a mockup order to show you what full size products i could get nearly equaling the same shipping cost as my actual order.

This was a major influence on my decision to get samples instead, but honestly Im very happy with my order! the customer service was quick to respond and very informative. The perk of samples is atleast i know now what full size products i definitely want when i make another order. I hope this was helpful, feel free to ask any questions if your looking to place an order!