FOTD December 26, 2012 "Baby It's Cold Outside"

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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 - Natural Twinkle

Lips:

Jordana Easyliner Lip Liner - Rock N Rose

Wet N Wild Lipstick - 521A

 

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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
Wet N Wild Blue Had Me At Hello Palette
L'Oreal Infallible Eyeliner - Carbon Black

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"Christmas Party" Manicure

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! This is the last installment in my Christmas themed manicures.  Its pretty simple but really stunning.  Everything Christmas nails should be, red and full of sparkle!  I wished the pictures captured how truly sparkly they are.  Thanks for reading and I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!!
Products Used:
Sally Hansen Miracle Cure as base coat
Sinful Colors - Sugar Sugar
Revlon - Stunning
Sally Hansen Dries Instantly Top Coat

"Tiny Bubbles" Manicure/Tutorial

Teal has become a new modern holiday color.  I've been seeing it pop up more and more in holiday decorations, makeup and nail art.  It took me a while to figure out how to incorporate it in a manicure that it would be the feature color but still have a holiday feel to it.  I paired it with silver, because everything looks festive with silver, sparkle and shine!! LOL  I called this "tiny bubbles" because it made me think of a festive holiday cocktail.  Hope you enjoy!

I started with a base coat of Sally Hansen Miracle Cure and followed that with one coat of Celeb City also by Sally Hansen in the Xtreme Wear line.

Next I applied one coat of Stunning by Revlon for added sparkle.

With a medium sized dotting tool I applied random dots of Rise and Shine by Sinful Colors and White On by Sally Hansen to each nail.

On my thumb and ring finger I applied a smaller dot in the middle of each dot in the opposite color for a little added interest.  I finished with one coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly and cleaned excess polish from my cuticles.  Super easy and oh so cute!!

FOTD December 13, 2012 Winter Storm Eyes

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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

e.l.f. Studio Blush 83139 Gotta Glow

Cover Girl Cheekers - Pretty Peach

Lips:

Jordana Easy Lipliner Pencil Baby Berry

 Mary Kay Signature Constant Color Lip Creme - Island Pink

 

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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 Never Fail Eyeliner - Carbon Black
Wet n Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Collection - Blue Had Me at Hello

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Shimmery Winter Night Manicure/Tutorial

This is the second manicure in my Holiday 2012 series.  I wanted to create a look that would reflect a dark starry winter sky sparkling with stars and snowflakes.  I like the way this manicure turned out but after it was done I felt like the snowflakes would have looked better in white instead of silver.  Oh well, there's always next year!  Here are the steps to acheive this manicure:

I started by painting my nails with two coats of Dark Navy by ELF

I used the Snowflake and the little stars on Bundle Monster Plate BM14

 I used Celeb City by Sally Hansen for the stamping.  I placed stars on my thumb and pinky finger and snowflakes on all fingers except my pinky.

 I dabbed a bit of Stunning by Revlon onto my stamping plate and with a dotting tool I picked up bits of the chunkier glitter and placed it randomly around my nails

I cleaned up and applied my favorite top coat, Dries Instantly by Sally Hansen and Voila!!  Shimmery Winter Nights!