FOTD June 5, 2013 "Mermaid Eyes"

Products Used:

Covergirl Outlast Foundation - Natural Beige

Covergirl Translucent Powder

NYX Eyebrow Powder - Brunette

ELF Eyelid Primer

NYX JEP - Milk

Wet N Wild Comfort Zone Palette

Wet N Wild Petal Pusher Palette

Wet N Wild Blue Had Me At Hello Palette
Covergirl Perfect Point Plus Eyeliner - Onyx
Rimmel Scandal Eyes Mascara - Extreme Black
ELF Essentials Blush - Glow
Wet N Wild Megashield Lip Color - Lolly Popstar

"Not a Mint Julep" Nail Art/Manicure

I just got my first Julep box and couldn't fight the urge to use all of the polishes that came in it.  Now that I look at the picture I can see what I would have done differently, I would have only done the glitter on my ring finger.  But overall I think it came out pretty cute.  Not sure if I like the Julep polishes though.  I found them to be quite thick and took forever to dry.  What do you guys think of them?

Products Used:

Sinful Colors Base Coat

Julep - Mackenzie (green)

Julep - Alice (Lavendar)

Julep - Paris (Glitter)

Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - White On

Kiss Jet Dry Top Coat

Super Easy Nail Art

So I've been having more fun with my new polishes.  I watched some easy nail art tutorials that MissJenFaboulous did on youtube and had to give a couple of them a try.  Here are the manicures I tried out this week:

Products Used:

Sinful Colors Base Coat

Sinful Colors - Unicorn (yellow)

Sinful Colors - Hazard (coral)

Sinful Colors - Skinny Dipping (blue)

Kiss Jet Dry top coat

Products Used:
Sinful Colors Base Coat

Sinful Colors - Tempest

Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - Deap Purple

Sally Hansen XTreme Wear - White On

Kiss Jet Dry Top Coat

"Summer Picnic" Nail Art

I think I had a little too much fun with the new Sinful Colors polishes I picked up!  I was in a spring/pastel mood but didn't really have any polishes in my collection in the pastel range.  So I headed to Walgreens and picked up a few and then couldn't decided which one I wanted to use first, so I used them all!! hahahahaha

Products Used:

Sinful Colors Basecoat

Sinful Colors Starfish (pink)

Sinful Colors Skinny Dipping (blue)

Sinful Colors Hazard (coral)

Sinful Colors Tempest (lavendar)

Sinful Colors Unicorn (yellow)

Sally Hansen White On for Stamping

Bundle Monster Stamping Plate - BM19

Pure Ice - Don't You Wish (for a little sparkle)

Kiss Jet Dry top coat

"Star Spangled New Year" Manicure/Tutorial

This manicure is so sparkly and fun and sooooo easy to do.  You don't have to be great at painting your nails, there is no precision in this manicure, you can be rather sloppy and still get great results!!  Let's get started:

I started by painting one coat of Don't You Wish by Pure Ice over my entire bare nail:

Then I painted Dark Navy by ELF just on the tips of my nails.  It really doesn't have to be neat or a straight line becuase the edge gets covered.

Next I took a wet makeup sponge and painted a bit of Celeb City by Sally Hansen onto it and lightly dabbed it onto the center of my nail.

 

 

I stippled on a bit of Rockstar Pink by Sally Hansen.  It doesn't take much of this glitter polish.  It's very opaque so I just lightly dabbed it on.

Using Bundle Monster plate number BM21 I stamped a star design onto each nail with Black Out by Sally Hansen.

After applying Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat and clean up, we're all done!!  Thanks for reading and Happy New Year!!

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FOTD December 5, 2012 Sparkling Taupe Eyes

I know you're probably getting tired of looks using the Black Radiance Palette.  It is just so different from anything I've ever used.  The colors are quite unique, rich and smokey.  This morning I only used eyeshadow as eye liner and I really like the effect.  I sprayed a little makeup setting mist on my angled eye liner brush and loaded it with the black/gold color in the palette to line my upper and lower lash lines.  I did the same thing with a matte black eyeshadow for my water line.  Now this is what really surprised me, it is lasting longer in my water line than any eyeliner product I have ever used.  I was a little afraid at first of putting a mixture with the makeup setting mist in my eye, worried that it would burn and/or itch.  To my pleasant surprise, it did neither and was quite comfortable.  I really can't believe how well it is holding up and wearing.  I may never use regular eyeliner again!!  Well, that might be going too far, but seriously, the results were so much better than I expected. On to the look!

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Face:



Revlon Age Defying Makeup Normal/Combination Skin - Medium Beige

Maybelline New York Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Treatment Concealer, Light 20

Cover Girl Professional Loose Powder

Covergirl Cheekers Blush - Pretty Peach

Lips:

Jordana Easyliner Lip Liner - Baby Berry

Avon Lipstick - (I couldn't read the name but it was a soft bronzey peach color)

 

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Eyes:

e.l.f. Essential Eyelid Primer-7501 Sheer

NYX Cosmetics Eyebrow Kit With Stencil Set, Brunettes
L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Mascara - Carbon Black
elf Makeup Mist & Set
Black Radiance Palette - Downtown Browns
Wet N Wild I Love Matte Palette - Black as eyeliner

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Nail Art of the Week - Gunmetal and Purple

Once again I have drawn inspiration from ChalkboardNails blog.  I swear that blog is like crack for nail addicts!!! LOL.  Truly a great place to get inspiration from and get great reviews and swatches of the latest nail polish on the market.  Here is my take on one of her recent designs.  She used a true silver polish with a holographic bar glitter in it.  Here is the link for her Original Post.  When I looked thru my nail polish collection I was struck by how nice this Gunmetal grey looked next to the purple so I decided to go with that color combo.  I painted my nails first with a coat of Sally Hansen Miracle Cure as a base coat and followed with one coat of Sally Hansen XTreme Wear in Gunmetal.

Next I applied a stripe down the middle of each nail with Wet n Wild -Wild Shine polish in Eggplant Frost.

I then painted a glitter polish - NYX Nail Polish in Dynamic Glitter over the Eggplant Frost. 

Finally I followed with my favorite top Coat - Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat.

Simple yet stunning results and I love the way the colors look together!  Thanks so much for reading!

FOTD November 9, 2012 Purple Smokey Eye

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Face:

L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Makeup, 1oz COOL CREAMY NATUREL C3

Maybelline New York Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Treatment Concealer, Light 20

Cover Girl Professional Loose Powder

elf Makeup Mist & Set - sprayed on contour brush to apply bronzer

Wet n Wild Coloricon Bronzer with SPF 15, TICKET TO BRAZIL 739 (Contour)

Wet n Wild Coloricon Bronzer with SPF 15, RESERVE YOUR CABANA(Highlight)



L.A Colors Blush - Berry Plum

Lips:

Jordana Lip Liner - Posh Plum

Mary Kay Lipstick - Very Berry

 

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Eyes:

e.l.f. Essential Eyelid Primer-7501 Sheer

NYX Cosmetics Eyebrow Kit With Stencil Set, Brunettes
L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Mascara - Carbon Black
L'Oreal Paris Infallible Eyeliner - Carbon Black
Wet n Wild Eyeshadow Collection - Petal Pusher

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FOTD September 20, 2012

So sorry I've been MIA for the last few days.  I've been stuck at home in bed with a virus.  Very happy to be back in the world of the living today!!  I did spend alot of time on Pinterest these last few days getting some great inspiration for makeup looks.  I saw a similar look to this that was a purple gradient look and thought I'd give it a try.  Let me know what you think and thanks so much for taking a look at my blog today!

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Face:

L'Oreal True Match Foundation - Creamy Natural

ELF Tone Correcting Concealer - Apricot Beige

Covergirl Professional Translucent Powder - Medium

Wet N Wild Bronzer - Ticket to Brazil (Contour)

Wet N Wild Bronzer - Reserve Your Cabana (Highlight)

Covergirl Cheekers Blush - Natural Twinkle

Lips:

NYC Smooch Proof Lip Color - 482

 

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Eyes:

ELF Eyelid Primer

NYX Eyebrow Kit - Brunette

ELF Cream Eyeshadow - Black

LA Colors Trio - Iris

Wet N Wild Petal Pusher Palette

Wet N Wild Megalast Eyeliner - Blackest Black

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Mascara - Extreme Black

 

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