Zoya–Green Nail Polishes

When I saw that Zoya was having a St. Patrick’s Day special where you could buy a trio of green polishes for $5 total, I decided to go for it! I love nail polish and hadn’t tried Zoya yet.

L-R: Suvi, Shawn, Ivanka

I’m dumb and didn’t do both photos in the same order…whoops. This one is L-R: Ivanka, Shawn, Suvi.

Shawn looks really unique and gorgeous in the bottle but it swatches so much darker! I haven’t tried it on my nails yet, but it seems like it’ll still look very dark. It’s still pretty but looks nothing like the bottle suggests. The other two are gorgeous. I don’t think my photos do Ivanka justice. It’s much brighter and more green in person but I could not get that to come off in photos! They’re all gorgeous shades.

My only real complaint about the polishes is that I think the brush is really small. I feel like I have to re-dip the brush and go over my nail so many times with these!

Nails of the Day: Tape Manicure

Base(blue): China Glaze – Shower Together
Top layer(yellow): Revlon Top Speed – Electric

This manicure was inspired by a video from sayanythingbr00ke (http://youtu.be/TUmln2Fv_UA)

I cut up a bunch of strips of electrical tape (just because I had a lot of it) and placed them randomly over the completely dry base coat, topped it off with a thick coat of the top layer, then immediately peeled the tape off. Once it was dry I put on a topcoat. This was my first try doing this type of manicure. It’s really easy! Next time it’ll probably look neater, though. Sometimes I forgot to press the tape down so some of the yellow got underneath it.

Almay Wake up Makeup - Review

I was curious about this new makeup from Almay so I picked one up from CVS. Unfortunately, it was very disappointing and I ended up returning it a few days later. Not only is there hardly any coverage, but this powder is glittery! It’s very unflattering and strange looking to have glitter all over the face! I did think it was interesting how the product felt moist even though it was a powder, but I really don’t think it did anything good for the appearance or feeling of my skin. The one thing I did really like was the brush. I wish this was sold separately because I think it would work really well as a foundation brush. The hairs are very densely packed and it’s a good length of hairs. It would be perfect for travel since it gets so compact and protects its hairs. However, I did not feel that the awesome brush was worth keeping a $12 powder I would never use!

St. Patrick’s Day Look

Here is the look I did for St. Patrick’s day this year.



Products used for eyes:
ELF Mineral Eye Primer
NYX Eyeshadow – Lime Green
L’Oreal HIP Eyeshadow – Flamboyant (Gold)
Wet ‘n Wild Eyeshadow – Cool as a Cucumber (Dark Green)
L’Oreal Eyeshadow Single – Morning Light
Physician’s Formula Eye Enhancing Mascara – Green Eyes (Green Only)
Physician's Formula Gel Cream Liner - Grenn Eyes (Green Only)
Lips:
NYX Lip Pencil – Hot Red
MAC Lipglass – Russian Red
Face:
Revlon Colorstay foundation
NYX Concealer in a jar
L’Oreal True Match Pressed Powder
Physician’s Formula Happy Booster Powder