Julep Maven - Classic with a Twist April 2013

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Collection

Because the Complete Salon Manicure line of polishes from Sally Hansen has been spotted on clearance at Walgreens, I figured now would be a good time to post my collection! I only have five from them since they're my least favorite line of Sally Hansen's, yet they're the most expensive. I prefer more opaque formulas. They're not difficult to work with if you don't mind sheerer polishes or putting on several layers, and as long as you don't have tiny nail beds, because the brush is quite wide.

The swatches are all done with about five coats.

For the names of the polishes and bottle photos, keep reading!

Face of the Day - Bright Purple & Pink Eyes

Products:

Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro
Revlon Colorstay
Milani HD Advanced concealer
Milani Minerals Compact Makeup
Prestige Brow Perfection Light/Medium
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara
Maybelline Color Tattoo - Fuchsia Fever
Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box - Fishnet
Make Up For Ever #92
Make Up For Ever #75 (on eyes and cheeks)
Wet n Wild Eyeshadow - Brulee
NYX single eyeshadow - Black
Milani Liquif'eye - Black
L'Oreal Voluminous False Lashes
Rimmel Lasting Finish lipstick - Airy Fairy

Face of the Day

I completely forgot to take a photo of the products I used today! Many of them are ones I've used before, however.

Products used:

Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro primer
Revlon Colorstay foundation
Milani HD Advanced concealer
Milani Minerals Compact Makeup
Cargo blush - Key Largo
Prestige Brow Perfection - Light/Medium
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara
MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box - Honey, Peace
Wet n Wild Creme Brulee eyeshadow
Physicians Formula black gel liner (from the Hazel Eyes trio, but it doesn't really matter)
L'Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black mascara
MAC lipstick - Impassioned
Revlon Super Lustrous lipgloss - Coral Reef

My outfit today was pretty boring - just jeans and a tshirt, and shoes I've shown here before - so I didn't take photos of it, either. My fragrance of the day was more of my sample of Marc Jacobs' Oh Lola!

Face of the Day

Products Used:


Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro primer
Revlon Colorstay liquid foundation
Revlon Colorstay under eye concealer
Revlon Photoready concealer
Physicians Formula Healthy Wear powder foundation
Physicians Formula Happy Booster blush - Rose

Prestige Brow Perfection pencil - Light/Medium
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara

MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils - Cucumber, Peacock, Yellow
MAC eyeshadow - Lucky Green
Urban Decay Deluxe Palette - Peace, Honey
Wet n Wild Vanity Palette - palest matte shade
Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel Creamliner for hazel eyes - black
L'Oreal Voluminous mascara - Carbon Black

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain - Smitten

Gumball/Confetti Dot Manicure

This is one of the most fun manicure's I've done in awhile, but it's also one of  the easiest I've ever done that isn't just a single color! It's so simple - just choose several colors of polish you like together, then get a dotting tool of some kind (or several if you want different sized dots). Choose one color at a time and randomly place dots on your nails, continuing with the other colors until the whole surface is covered with dots! By going with one color over all the nails at once, you can avoid having to wait for the dots to dry since they'll be almost completely dry by the time you start the next color. And there's no need for a base color if you choose polishes that aren't particularly sheer. Also, because only a little bit of each dot overlaps another, the polish doesn't get too thick and start chipping or peeling off quickly as can sometimes happen with thicker manicures. It's lasted several days on me with no chipping whatsoever - and of course it also says something that I've been willing to leave it on that long! I tend to switch manicures more often than this.

The polishes I chose to use this time, L-R:

Zoya - Pippa

China Glaze - Gaga for Green

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Blue Me Away!

Wet n Wild Megalast - On A Trip

Essie - Lights

Wet n Wild Megalast - Club Havana

I used the Seche Clear base coat and Seche Vite top coat for this manicure.

Edit: I just noticed this is my 200th post! It doesn't feel like I've done that many!

Face of the Day - April 4

If you've been following my blog for a very long time, you may remember that this is very similar to looks I used to do pretty often a few years back. (I'm sure there's at least one post of a looks similar to this one) I still love it - I had just been really trying to try a lot of different looks! I've been wanting to do more of my very bright looks like I used to do almost daily again recently - maybe I'll stick with it, we'll see!

Face:
Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro
Revlon Colorstay foundation
L'Oreal True Match powder
Milani Mineral blush - Sweet Rose

Eyes:
NYX HD Primer
NYX Jumbo Pencil - Cherry, Orange, Yellow
NYX eyeshadow - Yellow Funk, Cherry
Jordana single eyeshadow - luv2shop
Jordana duo - perfect team (white only)
Milani Infinite liner - Infinite
NYX Slide on liner - Pretty Violet
Covergirl Lash Perfection mascara

Lips:
Rimmel Lasting Finish lipstick - In Vogue
Revlon Super Lustrous gloss - Pink Pop

L.A. Colors Color Craze Nail Polish Set - Swatches

These are the nail polishes I used the week of November 7th - 13th. I got them all together in a set from Marshall's. Unfortunately, the individual polishes do not have names. The photos are in reverse order - I wore the orange on the 13th and they go backwards from there.

Playing around

I felt like playing around with my makeup tonight and because I liked how both eyes turned out I thought I'd share them (even if I do look crazy with two different eye looks at once).

I used the NYX HD primer, nude from Wet n Wild I <3 Matte palette, and L'Oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lashes mascara on both eyes.

The lipstick I used is Milani Rose Hip.

For the pink eye, it's just Makeup Forever #75 eyeshadow, Physician's Formula 2 in 1 eye booster in black on the upper lash line, and Rimmel white eyeliner on the waterline. Since I realized that the Milani lipstick is the same shade as the eyeshadow, I decided to also use the shadow as a blush to do a monochromatic look.

For the other eye, I used the blue and green from the Wet n Wild I <3 Matte palette. I really packed on the blue to get it as intense as possible, but the green was applied with a lighter hand. I used Milani Liquif'eye pencil in Aqua on the waterline. I used the Wet n Wild blush in Pearlescent Pink.

I got the mascara in the mail today from a giveaway L'Oreal had on their Facebook page earlier. This was my first time using it but I think I'm going to like it! Have you tried this mascara? What do you think of it?

Face of the Day - Wet n Wild Matte palette

If there are two things I love most in makeup products, it's bright color and a matte finish, so I was really excited when I heard about the Wet n Wild I <3 Matte palette. I found one right away - it was a bit broken but not too badly and I got it at a discount as a result. For this look, I used all but the two brown shades in the middle of the right side. I also used Wet n Wild blush and lipstick, keeping everything matte.

Face:
L'Oreal True Match compact
NYX Concealer in a jar
Revlon Colorstay powder
Wet n Wild blush - Heather Silk

Eyes:
Palladio primer
Wet n Wild I <3 Matte palette

• Green: lid
• Blue: crease
• Purple: underneath the eyes
• White: inner corner
• Beige: below the brows
• Black: to set liner on upper lash line and water line

Milani Liquif'eye liner - black
Maybelline One by One mascara

Lipstick:
Wet n Wild 905D