OPI Euro Centrale Comparison - Pink

This week I'm going to compare the polishes from the OPI Euro Centrale mini set to the other polishes in my collection. 

First up: the pink! The slightly coral-leaning pink of Suzi's Hungary AGAIN! is not particularly unique to my collection as I find that type of shade to be particularly flattering against my skin tone. While none of these polishes are exactly the same, the OPI, Revlon, and Urban Outfitters colors are similar enough that you certainly would not need more than one of them in your collection. The China Glaze is more of a true pink than the others, although it is certainly not too far off.

L-R: Urban Outfitters - Cocktail, Revlon Top Speed - Guava, OPI - Suzi's Hungary AGAIN!, China Glaze - Sugar High

Face of the Day - Copper Eyes

The inspiration for today's look came from a picture I cut out of a magazine awhile ago where the model had a coppery eyeshadow on all around the eyes and extended quite a bit off the side of the lid. I didn't extend mine quite as much but I did a bit more that usual and I like the way it looks a lot!

The eyeshadows for this look came from the Original Palette from Sleek.

Outfit of the Day

Quite awhile ago I made regular outfit of the day posts. I stopped doing it, but I've missed it! I think it helps me keep putting variety in my outfits, since I don't want to post the same one twice! I may not post every day, but I'm excited to be back with it again. 

The highlight of today's outfit is the shoes! My grandma gave them to me today since they didn't fit her, and they happened to match what I was already wearing. They're surprisingly comfortable, and I think they'll still be cute with tights when it's a little cooler. 

The whole outfit's on under the cut:

August Manicures

Curious about the polishes I used? They're listed under the cut!

Nail Polish Collection - Bottle Photos

I recently took on the project of arranging my polishes by color and swatching them in a small notebook I can easily take with me to ensure new polishes I see in stores are actually unique to my collection, as it's getting to the point where it's easy to have repeats. As a way of cataloging which polishes made which swatch, I took photos of them in the same order I swatched them. I didn't photograph the two Konad polishes or any of my base/topcoats, but this is everything else. As always, click the photos if you want to see them larger, and ask me if you have any more specific questions! 

Photos under the jump since there are six of them and I don't want it to load too slowly!

Nail Polish Swatches

These are most, if not all, of the nail polishes I've added to my collection over the last two months. 

China Glaze - Stone Cold

Essie - Navigate Her

Essie - Tart Deco

Essie - Turquoise & Caicos 

Revlon - Posh 

Pixi - Paradise Pink 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Pacific Blue 

Illamasqua - Nomad

Brash (Payless) - Turquoise Twist 

L-R: Revlon - Impulse, Revlon - Flirt, SXY (Payless) - Pink Prestige, Essie - Lights

L-R: Wet n Wild megalast - Tropicalia, Club Havana, Through the Grapevine, Pixi -  Coral Cabana

Recent Manicures!

For this manicure, I did the pink stripes first and went back with the yellow after. They were pretty much randomly placed.  Yellow: Zoya - Pippa
Pink: Essie - Lights

Main base: Wet n Wild - Tropicalia
Main dots: Essie - e-nuf is e-nuf
Accent base: Essie - Tart Deco
Accent dots: Wet n Wild - Club Havana

Base: China Glaze - Stone Cold
Tips: Milani Nail Art striping polishes

May 18 FOTD - Wet n Wild Fauna eyeshadows, new Maybelline mascara

Face:
Urban Decay De Slick spray
Revlon Colorstay Combo/Oily
Revlon Photoready concealer
L'Oreal True Match powder
Milani Minerals blush - Luminous

Eyes:
MAC paint pot - Painterly
Milani Shadow Eyez - Royal Purple
Urban Decay - Ransom eyeshadow
Wet n Wild - Fauna eyeshadow trio
Physician's Formula Nude Eyes liner trio - black
Maybelline Mega Plush waterproof mascara
Wet n Wild I <3 Matte palette (black over liner, dark brown for brows)
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara for brows

Lips:
NYX lipstick - Femme

May 15th FOTD - L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows

Face: 
Revlon Colorstay Combo/Oily
NYX Concealer jar
L'Oreal True Match powder
Milani Minerals blush - Mai Tai

Eyes:
MAC Painterly paint pot
L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadow - Gold Imperial, Golden Sage
Revlon Grow Luscious eyeliner - Espresso
Maybelline The Colossal mascara

Lips:
Wet n Wild 903C
Revlon Colorstay Mineral Lipglaze - Continuous Coral

Face of the Day - February 17

Face:
Palladio primer
Revlon Colorstay foundation
L'Oreal True Match powder
Jordana blush - Coral Sandy Beach

Brows:
Prestige Brow Perfection pencil- Light/Medium
Revlon Brow Fantasy (gel only) - Dark Brown

Eyes:
NYX HD primer
NYX jumbo pencil - French Fries
Milani eyeshadow - Java Bean
Maybelline 24Hr Bold mascara

Lips:
Covergirl lipstick - Fairytale
Kat Von D lipgloss - Marg

Face of the Day - January 22

Face:
Palladio primer
Revlon Colorstay foundation
Milani HD concealer
Milani compact makeup pressed powder
Milani minerals blush - Luminous

Eyes:
NYX HD primer
ELF Beauty Book Bright Eyes Edition (3rd shade in the middle row, first two on the bottom row)
Sonia Kashuk gel liner - ebony
Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara
Prestige Brow Perfection - Light/Medium

Lips:
Milani lipstick - Mandaraina
Kat Von D lipgloss - Marg

I picked up the blush, powder, concealer and lipstick yesterday at CVS. I think I'm really going to like all of them, except for the powder which is too dark and too yellow for my skin. It's not terribly obvious except to me but it's enough that it bothers me so I probably won't use it much.

Face of the Day - December 3rd

For the eyes, I started with NYX HD primer and a thin layer of the Sephora jumbo pencil  in Green. I used the Urban Decay shadows in Graffiti and Scratch from the Deluxe Shadow Box, with Graffiti on the lid and Scratch above. I applied both with the same brush - the all-over shadow brush from Mark.
I used a small angled brush from Coastal Scents to apply the copper eyeliner from the Physician's Formula Glam Collection for brown eyes.
I used Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara.

I used L'Oreal True Match compact foundation, Rimmel Match Perfection concealer, and REvlon Colorstay pressed powder.
I used the ELF Studio Complexion brush with Physician's Formula Happy Booster light bronzer and the ELF Mineral blush brush with Wet n Wild blush in Pearlescent Pink.
For lips, I first did a layer of Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick in Kiss Me Coral, then topped it off with Jordana lipgloss in Darling. 

Face of the Day - October 13

Face:
MAC Matchmaster foundation
Rimmel Match Perfection concealer
Revlon Colorstay pressed powder
Jordana blush - Coral Sandy Beach
Physician's Formula Happy Booster translucent powder

Eyes:
Palladio primer
LA Colors trio - Sand Dune
Milani Liquif'eye eyeliner - black
Maybelline The Colossal mascara

Lips:
Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick - Kiss Me Coral
Revlon Colorstay Mineral Lipglaze - Coral

Face of the Day - September 9th

Eyes:
Palladio eye primer
Ulta minerals eyeshadow - Marine (used wet on the entire lid)
ELF Beauty Book Bright Eye Edition - Teal (to fade lid color out)
Milani Infinite liquid liner
Maybelline One by One mascara

Lips:
Rimmel Moisture Renew lipstick - Rosette

Face:
I honestly can't remember what I used on my face that day! I know I used Milani baked blush in Terra Sole and the Physician's Formula Happy Booster translucent powder on my cheeks, but I can't remember what I used as far as a foundation or powder, sorry!

Outfit of the Day: July 3rd

T-shirt: The Gap

Shorts: Target

Earrings: Wet Seal

Shoes: Payless

Outfit of the Day–Coral and Pink

Top: Express

Jeans: Express, via Plato’s Closet

Shoes: H&M

Sunglasses: Forever 21

And just in case you’re wondering, my toenail polish is Revlon’s Craving Coral.

Outfit of the Day: 6.20.11

Sorry for getting this one out late! Somehow slipped my mind to post yesterday.

Top: Old Navy

Jeans: Express

Earrings: Wet Seal

Shoes: Target

I seriously regret not having bought this shirt in a million colors. It was $5 last summer and it really is one of my favorite shirts – lightweight and comfortable without being totally transparent.

Look of the Day: 6.6.11

Today's look has almost nothing on the face because it's really hot! This is my first time using this lipstick and it's a gorgeous color! It doesn't seem to last very long, unfortunately.

 Products used:

Face:

NYX Concealer in a Jar - Fair

L'Oreal True Match pressed powder - C1

Physician's Formula Happy Booster blush - Natural

ELF Mist & Set Spray

Eyes:

Palladio primer

Physician's Formula Glam Blue Eyes gel creamliner (blue)

Blue eyeshadow and white/purple duochrome eyeshadow - NP Set loose shadow duo from a few years ago, not sure the name because I put them in different containers.

Revlon Colorstay liquid eyeliner

Revlon Lash Fantasy - primer side only

Rimmel Sexy Curves waterproof mascara - black

Lips:

Rimmel Moisture Renew lipstick in Rosette

Nails of the Day: Konad Flower Accent Nail

Base color: Revlon Top Speed - Guava
Flower from Konad m60 plate with white Konad special polish.

I seriously LOVE this color!! I think it really goes well with my skin tone, and it's so fun for summer - it kind of reminds me of popsicles.

I still haven't figured out how to stamp a Konad design in the same place on multiple nails, but it didn't really bother me with this one since they weren't right next to each other. Hopefully I'll get it down eventually!

Spring Nail Haul and Swatches

These are the nail polishes I've gotten over the past few months!

L-R: Sally Hansen - Lacey Lilac, Sinful Colors - Soul Mate, Maybelline - Timely Turquoise

Top, L-R: China Glaze - Electric Pineapple* (Island Escape Collection), China Glaze - For Audrey, China Glaze - Dorothy Who?, Finger Paints - Laugh My Art Off, Sinful Colors - Hazard, Maybelline Orange Blazes (LE)
Bottom, L-R: Revlon Matte Suede - Powder Puff, Revlon - Frankly Scarlet, OPI - Black Shatter, Urban Outfitters - Afterhours

*There are two swatches of Electric Pineapple because I could NOT get it to photograph as it looks in real life! The real color is more of a combination of the two swatches.