Nail Mail & a look with new Wet N Wild trio

So I recently discovered Pop Culture Cosmetics & their amazinggggg polishes.

When I saw that they had a collection centered around fairies,

I knew that I obviously had to buy at least some of them!

They had a great deal on choose 5 minis,

So I went with that.

Be sure to stay tuned for these gorgeous bad boys in the near future!

Anyways, onwards to the look.

If you saw the post the other day,

I recent;y scooped up a couple of the new Wet N Wild trios.

Today I did a look with 'I'm Seeing Triples!'

I tried to do the look according to how the trio suggested initially,

just out of curiosity. 

Here's what I got:

Hooray!

I really loved these shadows.

I couldn't believe how pigmented they were!

Granted, I did use NYX Jumbo Eye pencil in Milk as a primer, but still...

Also, they blended wonderfully together!

Fantastic quality for the price.

Can't wait to try the rest!

What are your thoughts?

Wearable & Neutral Smokey Eye

Hey guys!

I'm taking a break from Christmas posts today to bring you a look i've had several people ask me about- a neutral and wearable smokey eye!

Being that there is an influx of parties right now with Christmas & New Years right around the corner, I figured this would be a good time to post it.

I do this look a multitude of ways,

but here's my most recent version.

*prior to eyeliner*

I used:

UD's Primer Potion

NYX Milk- inner corners

UD's 'Flow' & 'Chase' - on lid

UD's 'Deeper' & 'M.I.A.'- crease

UD's 'Anonymous' on brow bone

Covergirl Line Exact liquid eyeliner

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes mascara

What do you think?!

Since I have brown eyes, shades of brown are some of my favorite to wear on my eyes. However, this look would look great with any eye color.

This also happens to be one of my most favorite looks to wear.

It's nothing too loud, but still looks a little more sexy and vampy than daytime makeup.

All you need is one or two good brushes and a little blending to achieve this look!

Simple & Easy Festive look!

Happy Saturday!

I'm feeling uber festive today,

and am even taking my daughter to see Santa :)

In honor of the Christmas season officially upon us with December starting today,

I have a fun and simply Christmas look for you.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Love+' & MUG 'Razzleberry' on lid

NYX Jumbo eye pencil in 'Milk' at corners

UD's 'Homegrown' & 'Junkie' on lower lash line

UD's 'Anonymous' on brow bone

Covergirl Line Exact liquid eyeliner

L'oreal Million Voluminous Lashes mascara

This was SUPER simple to do and would be great for a Christmas party or something :)

I had a lot of fun wearing and creating it!
What do you think?
Thanks for reading! :)

Holiday nail mail/haul!

Hey everyone!

Today is my last day of class before Thanksgiving.

I have to work Black Friday so I don't get much of a break,

but it's better than nothing.

Better yet, all my nail mail arrived today!
I've been accruing some of this for quite some time in anticipation for Christmas,
since it's my favorite :)
It's mostly nail polish, but a couple cosmetics in there as well.



These indie beauties from Kawaii Nail Lacquer!

These polishes from China Glaze Holiday Joy collection!

A few polishes from Color Club's Winter Affair collection:

A few from CG's new Cirque Du Soleil collection!

Lastly, UD's Optical Blurring Brush & NYX Jumbo liner in 'Milk'

indie nail mail & NYX glitter look

Supppppp?

Exciting and disappointing post for you guys today.

But let's do the positive first!

Yesterday I got in my Halloween nail mail!

Can you guess the polishes!?

If not, you'll have to wait until later this month to find out :P

Can't wait to show you guys these.

NOW on to the disappointment...

I posted the other day about the awesomely glittery NYX cream eyeshadow palettes I purchased.

I finally got around to playing with them and creating a look,

and let's just say it didn't work out too well :/

So head on isn't too bad,

but in the second picture you can see the horrible creasing and clumping going on.

I was afraid this would happen before I bought them, and lo and behold- here we are.

First (after primer), I applied UD's 'Maui Wowie', 'Honey', & 'Chopper' on the inner, middle, and outer corners of my eyes respectively. Then I dabbed on 4 of the 5 glitter cream shadows lightly over the area, attempting to build up a little opacity if I could but not expecting much. THEN, i dabbed on some more of the 3 UD shades BACK over the glitter to hold it in place. 

I gave it ample time to dry.

I'm just not sure what's going on.

I'm no pro with cream shadows, but I've heard this might by patchy regardless of your skill level. However, i'm not willing to chalk it up to crappy eyeshadow without playing with them more and studying up on different techniques to use with glitter cream shadows.

We shall see!

The jury is still out.

What are your thoughts on cream eye shadows?

Easy to work with or no?

What works best for you?

Any help would be awesome! :)

NYX Glitter Cream Palettes

HAPPY FRIDAY!

I'm pretty excited about today's post.

I was shopping in one of my favorite clothing stores yesterday and while waiting to check out, I saw these two gorgeous glitter palettes sitting all lonely on a table...

SO OF COURSE I HAD TO RESCUE THEM.

NYX 'Bronze Goddess'

NYX 'Ice Queen'

Woooooo! So much glitter and glitz,I can hardly stand it.

These are cream shadows, and i have very little experience with those, so adding the fact that they're GLITTER cream shadows might prove to be difficult for me to work with. At least at first. But they were too mesmerizing to pass up.

They'll be perfect for upcoming fall and winter holidays/parties!

I've never tried any NYX products (but I've been wanting to), so i'm anxious to try these out. 

Have you of you tried this palette?!

PLEASE let me know if you have- i'm super curious to know what you think about them.

Stay tuned for a look/review with these soon!

ALSO,

Have you entered my giveaway yet?!

Do so here. It ends Oct 8!

Open to international followers, too!! :)