August Manicures

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

Face of the Day - Trying New Products!

Products Used:


Urban Decay DeSlick Spray
Boots Instant Matte
Revlon Colorstay foundation
ELF Translucent Mattifying Powder
Jordana blush - Tawny Beige

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

MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
Jordana eyeshadow - A Classic
Wet n Wild Vanity palette - lightest matte
Milani Liquif'eye - Black
Wet n Wild Greed palette - matte black
Jordana Best Lash mascara

Revlon Super Lustrous gloss - Coral Reef

Revlon Kissable Balm Stains

I had a few coupons to use for these so I picked up the two colors that interested me the most from Target last week. I like how they apply and the way they feel on the lips. They stay glossy for a pretty long time before that goes away and leaves the slightly lighter stain. They really do last a long time. I like them a lot. These are basically the only colors that interested me so I probably won't get more, but I'm pleased with these!

Rendezvous

Smitten

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

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 - Halloween

I'm not doing anything Halloween-specific today, so I figured I'd just do a look with Halloween colors!

Face:
Milk of Magnesia (primer)
MAC Matchmaster foundation
NYX Concealer in a Jar
Revlon Colorstay Pressed Powder

Eyes:
Palladio primer
LA Colors eyeshadow trio - Boardwalk
Milani Infinite Liquid Eyeliner - Everlast
Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner - Perversion
NYX single eyeshadow - Black
L'Oreal Voluminous mascara - Carbon Black

Lips:
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick - Kiss Me Coral

Halloween Manicure - Candy Corn!

I started with the Revlon base coat, then a layer of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in White on. After letting that dry, I did the yellow layer with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow. Then I used Maybelline Orange Blazes over that. I decided not to make a big deal out of trying to get all the sections evenly spaced or the lines perfectly straight because anyone who's ever eaten a bag of candy corn knows that there are a lot of weird ones in there! After the three colors were done I did a coat of China Glaze White Cap (This is seriously one of my favorite polishes - it looks awesome over pretty much everything) and then topped off everything with a coat of Seche Vite.

This took me quite awhile (2:45 including taking and editing the photos for this post) but not because it's hard - just because I was using small motions with little product on the brush to avoid making a mess (as you can see I had very little clean up) and because I was really careful in letting each color dry before adding to it so as not to smear them at all.  I'm happy with the outcome, though!

Rainbow Eyes : Inspired by Pixiwoo

After watching this video from Pixiwoo this week I knew I was going to have to recreate it for myself! I didn't copy everything exactly - it was more of an inspiration. 

I highlighted the shadows I used because I thought it'd be easier that way.

 NYX Yellow Funk, Jordana Luv2$hop,Wet n Wild Enter A New Realm (red only), generic 88 palette from eBay (mix of three greens), MUFE #92 and #75, Wet n Wild I <3 Matte (blue only)

Products and tools used to create the look.

I first put a layer of Urban Decay Primer Potion and a layer of NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk over the entire lid up to the brows and under the eyes. I used NYX eyeliner in Acid Green under the green area because I thought the green might need a little extra. Then I did all the shadow work, then brows, then lashes.

I used the darker powder in the Tweezerman brow powder duo for my brows.
To get the blue lashes, I used the white primer side of Revlon Lash Fantasy Total Definition mascara, then applied several layers of blue eyeshadow with a sort of flat-topped eyeshadow brush.

Halloween Nail Polish

 L-R: (unnamed neon orange) from L.A. Colors Color Craze Extreme Brights collection, Wet n Wild 9.0.2.1.Orange, Maybelline Orange Blazes




Wet n Wild Black Creme, Finger Paints Where Art Renoir?, Milani Silver Dazzle




China Glaze's Halloween polishes from last year - Mummy May I, Zombie Zest, Ick-A-Bod-Y

China Glaze Ick-A-Bod-Y over the L.A. Colors neon orange and the Milani Silver Dazzle




L: China Glaze Cracked Concrete over Finger Paints Where Art Renoir?
R: OPI Black Shatter over Wet n Wild 9.0.2.1.Orange



L: China Glaze Cracked Concrete over Zombie Zest
R: Black Shatter over Finger Paints Original Orange

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!

Rainbow and White Crackle Manicure

This is probably my favorite manicure I’ve done to date. It’s so fun! And it lasted really well on my nails.

The top picture is me trying out different things on my nail wheel. I knew I wouldn’t be patient enough to try to get the lines straight and even enough to leave them alone, so crackle seemed like a good solution. I thought I would like the contrast of the black, but I ended up loving the look of the white.

I started with a base layer of China Glaze White On White. The pink is Covergirl Fuchsia Girl, blue is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away, the yellow is the Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow, and the orange is Maybelline Orange Blazes.

After the stripes were dried, I went over with China Glaze Lightning Bolt crackle polish.

I used the China Glaze Strong Adhesion base coat and the Fast Forward top coat as well.

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.

Look of the day: Rainbow eyes!

 I forgot to write down the products I used on my face! I'm pretty sure I used the ELF Studio blush in Pink Passion, and I know that I used NYX Megashine lipgloss in La-La.

For this look, I started with Palladio eye primer, then put on NYX jumbo eye pencil in Yellow on the inner 1/3 of my lid and the jumbo eye pencil in Cherry on the rest of the lid. Next, I used NYX single eyeshadow in Yellow Funk on the inner 1/2 and NYX single eyeshadow in Cherry on the outer 1/2. I went over the line where they met with Jordana single eyeshadow in Luv2Shop.

For the bottom, I lined the inner 1/2 with NYX eyeliner in Acid Green and the outer 1/2 with the purple from the Physician's Formula gel creamliner trio for green eyes. I went over the green with the Covergirl single in Kelly Green and the purple is a shadow I got a few years ago from Merle Norman. It was part of a line called Luxiva. I have no idea what it's called or if it's still available. It's basically a shimmery lilac shade.

The blue eyeliner is the Milani Infinite liquid liner in Infinite. 

I used L'Oreal Telescopic mascara in Carbon Black on my top and bottom lashes.

In order to clean up the outer edge, I wiped away the excess red with an Almay eye makeup remover pad that I folded in half to make a flat edge. 

Konad - m60 plate

Here are some of the manicures I've done with the Konad m60 plate. The white is the Konad special polish.

Base: Maybelline - Orange Blazes

Base: China Glaze - Something Sweet
Stamp: Sparkly purple from Sonia Kashuk 'lend a hand' trio

Base: Revlon Top Speed - Violet

Sunglasses - H&M

Top 10: Spring Nail Polishes

China Glaze - Lemon Fizz

China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint

China Glaze - Something Sweet

China Glaze - Spontaneous

Essence - The World's Coolest

Finger Paints - Vermillion $ Painting

Revlon - Tropical Tempation

Revlon - Candy

Sephora by OPI - Caribbean Cocktail

Zoya - Dannii

Look of the Day: Sherbet

 After I did this look it reminded me of the sherbet that's pink, orange, and yellow (I think cherry, orange and lemon flavored)
Products used:

Face:
Palladio Herbal Primer
L'Oreal True Match Compact Makeup
NYX Concealer
ELF Complexion Perfection
ELF Mist & Set
Milani Mai Tai

Eyes:
Palladio Eye Primer
NYX Jumbo Pencil - Orange
Covergirl Tropical Fusion quad - Orange only - lid color
NYX - Yellow Funk - inner corner, inner half of crease
ELF - Golden Glow - outer half of crease
Shimmer hot pink shadow from Wet Seal - outer 1/3 of lid
Physician's Formula Glam Brown Eyes Gel Creamliners - gold - under bottom lashes
Tarte Treasure Chest - gold - on top of liner for bottom lashes
Sonia Kashuk - Cream liner - black - upper lashline
Maybelline One by One Mascara - blackest black
Ardell lashes - Luckies

Lips:
ELF Luscious Liquid Lipstick - Pink Lemonade

Halloween!

Halloween is probably my favorite holiday. I decided to get all festive for the few days preceding the actual holiday.

Halloween themed nails! Very simple; just using the colors. Finger Paints in Original Orange and a Claire’s art nail polish in black.

I wore these awesome spider earrings from Claire’s very frequently throughout most of the month. I think they’re just so cool..I may keep wearing them even though Halloween season is over.

The Saturday before Halloween I decided to do candy-corn themed eyeshadow. I used corresponding NYX Jumbo eyeshadow pencils as a base for each color. I can’t remember which white I used, but the yellow is a matte yellow from NYX and the orange is from Jordana. I used Ardell fashion lashes #116, which are ridiculously long and awesome looking.

Orange Nails

Here's another random idea for nails. I knew I wanted to do orange, but after having bought the double-ended dotting tool/brush I was in a mood to try new things, so I decided to add the stripes.
Base color : Revlon Craving Coral
Orange Stripe : Finger Paints Original Orange
Yellow Stripe : Essence Sundancer