Easter polishes!

HAPPY EASTER!

Today is the day the Lord has made :)

I will rejoice and be glad in it!

Praise God for such a wonderful day today.

Also, I have some exciting and adorable Easter polishes for you!

Both from Pop Culture Cosmetics!

This is 'Bunny Trail' over Essie's 'To bUy or Not to Buy'

Secondly, 'Easter Dress' over Sinful Colors' !

Revlon Matte Balm Stain- 'Audacious'

Whew!

Sorry it's been almost/over a week since I posted last.

I've had so much going on with job fairs, wedding planning,

and now moving houses!

Anyway,

ya'll know I'm in love with Revlon's Matte Balm Stains,

(see a full review of them here)

and now that it's Spring/close to Summer,

I was ready to pick up some brighter colors :)

Here's 'Audacious'!

'Audacious' is a bright, peachy-orange shade.

:)

It's much brighter than these pictures can show,

AND I LOVE IT.

!!! 

As always, the formula and wearability of these balm stains are incredible.

I HIGHLY recommend you scoop one or two of these babies up for the coming season,

if you haven't already!

Game of Thrones makeup series- R'hllor, The Lord of Light

GAME OF THRONES PREMIER TODAY OMG.

In honor of that, I'm so excited to pick back up

my Game of Thrones makeup series!

(See HERE for all my Game of Thrones looks last year)

Today's look is based on R'hllor, the Lord of Light.

"For the night is dark and full of terrors."

In case you don't read the books or watch the series,

this is an increasingly popular and apparently strong

or 'real' God in Westeros. 

His most prominent disciple is

the lady Melisandre, who's a freak in and of herself,

and who's also the guiding force behind Stannis Baratheon's movement.

Here's my look for R'hllor:

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Tako'- browbone

Lime Crime's 'Siren' inner corner

SYN Cosmetics' 'Ruthless' -lid

Sugarpill's 'Flamepoint', SYN Cosmetics' 'Blaze'- crease

BFTE's 'Lemon' and Sugarpill's 'Buttercupcake'- waterline

Although the yellow on the waterline turned out a bit too bright,

and the inner corners are a little sloppy,

I still like it.

The Lord of Light is all about fire (obviously),

and often blood sacrifice, so I think the reds were definitely a good choice.

What do you guys think?

Grass is Lime Greener

I have my last polish from China Glaze's City Flourish collection to show you today.

It's easily my second favorite of the bunch.

This bad boy is essentially a neon and SCREAMS awesomeness.

Here's 3 coats of 'Grass is Lime Greener'.

'Grass is Lime Greener' is a (shockingly!) neon lime green creme.
IT'S AMAZEBALLS.
Totally perfect for the coming summer.
I can already tell I'll be wearing it to every show I got to :)

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: China Glaze

Type: Creme

Formula: Good!

Opacity (1-5): 4

Application: Good

Price: $7 

Get This: online or local beauty stores like Sally's and Ulta

What do you guys think of this polish?
I freaking love it.

Metro Pollen-tin

This could not be a more appropriate polish since my eyes are RAVAGED 

by the pollen from everything blooming right now.

fml.

Anyway, here's another polish from CG's new City Flourish Spring collection.

This is 3 coats of 'Metro Pollen-ton'.

'Metro Pollen-tin' is a rich "marigold-yellow".

This is one of the few yellow polishes Ive seen hat actually looks good on your nails.

It wasn't streaky, simulating the color of poop or fungus...

it's just a solid polish :)

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: China Glaze

Type: Creme

Formula: Good!

Opacity (1-5): 4

Application: Good

Price: $7 

Get This: online or local beauty stores like Sally's and Ulta

CG's NEW 'Petal to the Metal'

This is probably my most FAVORITE polish of this season, period.

It reminds me faintly of 'Flip Flop Fantasy' from CG a couple years ago,

and i loveddddddd that polish. Still do :)

Here's 3 coats of 'Petal to the Metal' from CG's City Flourish Spring 2014 collection.

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: China Glaze

Type: Creme

Formula: Eh, it was pretty streaky :/

Opacity (1-5): 4

Application: Okay. Nothing to rave about, but it was decent.

Price: $7 for a mini

Get This: online or local beauty stores like Sally's and Ulta

I freaking ADORE this polish.

It's basically a neon and is just perfect for the upcoming season.

However, the streaky-ness does completely suck. Meh.

First look of Spring

Now that Spring is officially here,

I figured it was time to do a Spring-y look :)

I decided to use the four shadows I bought a couple months ago from Rite Aid:

This little bugger is from a totally unknown brand,

but hey, it was ONE DOLLAR.

So whatevs.

If you saw the swatches in the post,

it looked like it would produce some decent looks.

Here's my go with it:

I was highly pleased with the pigmentation and quality of these shadows,

especially since they were so dirt cheap and from an iffy brand.

I really love the bright, Spring colored combo they create together :)

What do you all think?

'On a Clear Day'

OH HAI.

Did you think I'd forgotten about you?

I haven't! I've just been SUPER freaking swamped.

I've been going to bed as soon as all my stuff is done and daughter is put to bed,

and the time that's usually able to be spent on myself (i.e. blogging)-

I've spent going to bed early instead :x

Anyway, I have a polish from a completely NEW indie maker!

Well, new to me anyway.

I hadn't even heard of the brand until recently.

Here's 2 coats of 'On a Clear Day' from Indie Polish !

'On a Clear Day' is a turquoise polish with juuuuuust a hint of shimmer.

It's really lovely, especially for the upcoming seasons :)

I was really impressed with this polish.

GO check out her store;

she's got some really cool & unique polishes there!

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: Indie Polish

Type: Shimmrt

Formula: Great!

Opacity (1-5): 4-5

Application: Fantastic

Price: $4 for a mini

Get This: no longer sold :/

Nail Mail!

blahhhhh.

Sorry I have been so MIA.

I had this astronomically huge senior project I've been working on that was due this week,

so FINALLY, i'm able to have a life again now that it's turned in.

My first post back isn't too exciting,

but it will be soon :)

I've got swatches and looks to show you all in the next week,

so stay tuned!

As for today, here's my nail mail that came in this past week:

Can you guess which ones these are? ;P

AND some new indies:

These are from a totally new (to me) indie maker.

I can't wait to show you!

:)

Beauty Mail ! - Sleek Candy Collection palette

I've had several successes with Sleek palettes in the past.

So when I was browsing and came across this palette the other week,

I knew I had to try it.

The colors are fun and bright-

just in time for Spring around the corner!

This is Sleek's LE Candy palette:

The mineral shadows are all matte, satin, or shimmer.

I cannot freaking wait to try these out.

Here are some swatches!

Has anyone else tried this particular palette?

Rest assured you'll see some looks with these babies soon!

Bold V-day look

I have a much brighter and bolder Valentine's Day look for you today.

Here's what I came up with:

I used:

Too Faced' Shadow Insurance

Sleek's 'Powi'- browbone

Sleek's 'Pout' & BFTE's 'Raspberry'- lid

Sleek's 'Sugarlite' & BFTE's 'Grape'- crease

Covergirl Bombshell mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

This look isn't as polished as I would like,

but it looks okay.

What do you all think?

Pentatonix Daft Punk look!

So for those of you who don't know who Pentatonix is,

it's this little group of 5 (duh) people who can sing basically

anything acapella, and their harmonizing is just insane.

Not to mention their vocal ranges and other various talents that come into play in their music.

My favorite song of theirs is this bad-A little Daft Punk medley.

Here it is:

I based my look today off the girl.

This look was PURELY for fun,

not to show off any skill (or lack thereof!)

or even good application.

I just thought her look was so out there & fun

that I wanted to recreate it myself :)
(I could NOT find a bright blue wig for the life of me)

Here's my version!

ahahaha
So silly.
The look really would have been like a gajillion times better with a blue wig.
But. Whatever.
It was still so fun to play around & create this :P




I used:
Too Faced's Shadow Insurance
UD's 'Asphyxia'- lid
Sleek's 'Bolt' & 'Chill' and Lime Crime's 'Atlanteal'- blue around eyes
unnnamed shimmery white from Maybelline- corner of eyes
SYN Cosmetucs' 'Absolute'- under eyes
Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner
unnamed holo glitter shadow from Maybelline- glitter stripe on face






What do you guys think?
It was too fun.
Even more important, the video is amazeballs.
So make sure you check out allll their stuff on youtube & iTunes!
:)

Old & New Halloween looks

H A P P Y  H A L L O W E E N !

:D

I decided to repost one of my favorite looks that I've done-

my Halloween look from last year.

PLUS, another Halloween look I did the other day!

Here's last year, 'Candy Corn'.

This was a dramatic & playful look.

Click here to see the full post & what I used!

This year,

I stuck with the same brand,

but attempted a different look.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Tako', Flamepoint', & 'Poison Plum'- lid

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

L'Oreal Lash Out mascara

Simple, but bright and Halloweeny :)

Which do you like best?

Hope you all have a safe & happy Halloween!