Starrily- 'More Than Mistletoe'

I have a gorgeous, Christmas-y topcoat from Starrily for you today!

Here's 2 coats of 'More Than Mistletoe' over

Butter London's 'Yummy Mummy'.

'More Than Mistletoe' is a clear base filled with small bits of red, green, and holo microglitter,

medium red, green, & silver holo hexes, medium green circles,

and large red circle glitter.

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: Starrily

Type: Glitter Top Coat

Formula: Pretty good!

Opacity (1-5): 1

Application:  Good, but you might need to dig for the bigger glitters a bit

Price: $10

Get This: her Etsy site

I really loved this polish,

especially over the nude base.

The amount of holo and festivity in it are fabulous :))

This polish is from her Naughty List 2013 holiday collection.

There are a few others, so may sure you check them out, too.

What do you guys think about this polish?

'Knees Up'

Hey everyone,

super short post today.

I've had this polish for awhile now,

but have been waiting until Christmas or Valentine's to feature it.

IT'S MY FAVORITE COLOR EVER, so get ready.

This is 2 coats of Butter London's 'Knees Up'!

(sorry for the crappy pics! The photo editor I use changed it's site

 & everything is different, humph)

'Knees Up' is an absolutely gorgeous, rich metallic red.

 It's sexy and vivacious and everything awesome.

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: Butter London

Type: Metallic

Formula: Great!

Opacity (1-5): 5

Application: Awesome

Price:  $15

Get This: Beauty stores like Ulta and Sephora

What do you guys think?

Stay tuned for another V-day makeup look tomorrow! :)

2012 Favorites!! (long post!)

Well, I had planned on posting this the day after new years,
but we are getting NO sun or decent light for me to take pictures in,
and until I can make a decent lightbox- i have to stick with daylight :/

SO, I decided to do my Favorites post based on my favorite products from this past year,
instead of just December.
I've divided them into categories,
and here they are!


Face:

UD Naked Skin Foundation

My favorite foundation EVER.

UD De-Slick Oil Control Makeup Setting Spray

*pic from UD's website

Tarte's Cheek Stain

*pic from Tarte's wesbite

UD's Optical Blurring Brush

PERFECT for applying foundation!

*pic from UD wesbsite

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Primers:

Too Faceds Shadow Insurance

My favorite eye shadow primer!

^taken from Sephora's website

UD's Pore Perfecting Primer

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Eyes

L'Oreal Million Lashes mascara

Tarte Amazonian clay mascara

Urban Decay's 'Maui Wowie'

UD's 'Echo Beach', 'Black Market', & 'Armor'

(see the link for swatches!)

Sugarpill's 'Love+'

*not my picture

One of the BEST reds out there!

Lime Crime's 'Mirror Mirror'

Lime Crime has discontinued these Magic Dust shadows :((

BUT, you can still find them on sites like eBay, which i've included in the above link.

UD's 'Missionary', 'Bust', 'Sin, & 'Midnight Cowgirl'

These were some of my favorite neutrals this past year :)

SYN Cosmetics' 'Synfused' & 'Passion'

Makeup Geek's 'Burlesque'

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Nail polish

Butter London 'Yummy Mummy'

China Glaze 'Pure Joy'

ORLY Rage

*not my picture

CG Pink Voltage

Zoya Miley

OPI 'Every Month is Oktoberfest'

NOPI 'One Big Happy Fame-ily'

China Glaze 'Flip Flop Fantasy'

UD's 'Gunmetal' & 'Wrecked'

Well, that's it! Whew.
What do you think about this list?
What was YOUR favorite product from 2012?
Let me know! :)

Reindeer nail art fail

Hey ya'll.

I have an attempt at nail art for you today.

Awhile ago on Pinterest I saw these adorable reindeer nails from TopCoat It,

and figured they were something I MIGHT be able to pull off with my limited skill in that area.

My hands are just too shaky,

(thanks a lot, genetics),

and I'm not crazy about how it turned out at all...

but figured i'd post anyway.

Maybe one of you pros can do it and actually do it well! :P

Needless to say, TopCoat It's were MUCH better!

:/

I used:

NOPI's 'Hard-Kourt Fashionista - base

Butter London's 'Yummy Mummy' - antlers

NOPI's 'Kourt is Red-y for a Pedi'- nose

Sally Hansen's 'White On' & Maybelline's 'Onyx Rush'- eyes

dotting tool

nail art brush

With someone who's actually good at nail art,

this can look great.

If any of you re-create this,

let me know! :)

Thanks for reading!

7 Deadly Sins Tag

Hey everyone!

My only Friday class got cancelled today so i'm a happy camper.

I haven't felt much like blogging or doing any looks lately for some reason,

but I did decide to go ahead and do this fun little tag i've seen going around.

I feel like a lot of these are actually interchangeable because of the way whoever created this defined them... but whatever :P

I won't tag anyone specific in this,

but if you decide to do it,

leave me a link so I can go look!

:)

Here we go:

1) GREEDY

Which polish is the cheapest from your stash?

Pretty sure that all the PureIce polishes I own were like $1 :)

They're pretty good, considering, too!

2) WRATH

What polish do you have a love/hate relationship with?

I have a love/hate relationship with 'Too Schmexxxy' from DarlingDivaPolish & 'Be Brave ' from ORLY, because- though both look AWESOME in the bottle- I HATED how they looked on my nails. The first was way too clumpy, while the ORLY looked like pubes :/

3. GLUTTONY

What polish have you desired ever since you saw it?

One of the first nail websites I ever perused was Llarowe, which of course has tons of amazing holos. I was immediately drawn to this baby from Glitter Gal!

I was initially DYING to get 'Connect the Dots' from Lynnderella, but it soon became clear that it was nearly impossible to score any of her polishes. SO, I began looking for an alternative. I feel like there are tons of black & white glitter topcoats out there, but 'Salt n Peppa' from Lush Lacquer adds more of a twist with tiny holographic micro glitter mixed in. I LOVE IT.

The very first brand of nail polish I was ever interested in (aside from the basics like CG, OPI, etc) was HITS No. Olimpo collection. This is Hermes, and it's uh-mazing.

4) SLOTH

What polish do you hate wearing because of the hassle to apply or remove it?

Though I love how both OPI's 'How's It Snowin?' & CG's 'I'm Not Lion' look- they are a PAIN to get off- even with the foil method. But that's the price you pay with glitters!

5) PRIDE

Which polish are you most proud to own?

'Across the Universe'- my only DL polish! They're so amazing but just so pricey, so the one I have, I cherish!

'The Walking Dead' is not only one of my favorite shows, but also an amazing polish from one of my all time favorite indie makers, All That Glitters. Proud to own it!

'Black Knight' is one of 3 BL polishes that I currently own,

and look how yummy it is! Proud momma :)

6)LUST

Which polish makes your nails look sexy?

Obviously, I'm a fan of red. I think if any nail color were to make my nails look sexy- it would be red. Seen above are BL's 'Knees Up', OPI's 'It's Always Oktoberfest', & Zoya's 'Kimmy'! :)

7) ENVY

What polish is your biggest lemming? You envy those who have it.

Is it cheating to saw I envy ALL the polishes from their Ornate collection...? :x

'Pumpkin King' & Halloween look!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, ladies!

I can't wait to take my daughter trick or treating tonight.

Even though she's one and I don't really let her have candy,

its hilarious to see her in her costume and she'll enjoy just getting out.

I'll try to post a pic or two on here :)

ANYWAY,

I've saved my most favorite Halloween indie polish for last.

Without further ado- 'Pumpkin King' from All That Glitters !

Here's 1 coat of 'Pumpkin King' over 2 coats of Butter London's 'Yummy Mummy'.

'Pumpkin King' is a clear base with tiny orange hexagonal glitter, large black & orange hexagonal glitter, and intermittent black bar glitter.

NOMZ. After shaking the bottle up well, 1 coat was all I needed. I even thought I should have used it more sparsely, but oh well. I'm a minimalist, so I love how exciting yet not too busy this topcoat is at the same time. AND, i love it over 'Yummy Mummy'. Figured that was too perfect ;)

You can see my other recent Halloween posts using polishes from All That Glitters here and here. You can get 'Pumpkin King' on her Etsy site for $8. She's super nice and works hard to get polishes out to you quickly :)

As I've stated before, All That Glitters has some of the best quality polishes i've ever tried from ANY indie brand, so be sure to go support her and grab some while they're available! 

ALSO, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT

LuxeBeautyForever.com

FOR MY GUEST POST TODAY!

It's a Halloween look ;P

So go show me some love!

'Yummy Mummy'

Hey everyone!

Hope everyone is having a lovely Saturday :)

I have a fantastic little number for you today.

Here's Butter London's 'Yummy Mummy'!

Here's 3 coats of 'Yummu Mummy', which is a nude cream with slight pink/silver shimmer. I wasn't able to really capture it in the photos, but the shimmer is what I love most about this polish. I thought it looked so boring initially, but i absolutely love it. It's been my go-to color for a month or two now; i've just not gotten around to posting about it.

Totally worth the hefty price tag!

Do any of you have this?

Thanks for reading! :)

July 4th nail art & indie

Happy Independence Day!

To all my international followers,

I know this day holds little significance for you (unless you're from the UK, heh heh),

but it's still a great excuse to drink, be with the people you love, and relax!

I've got some nail art to show you AND my third and final July 4th indie.

First up- the nail art.

:)

I know this is super simple, but I still quite like how it came out!

There's a lot going on, so i'll break it down for ya.

I used the following:

Thumb: China Glaze's 'White on White' as base; Sinful Colors Nail Art in red and blue

Pointer: Kleancolor 'metallic blue' with tiny confetti stars on top

Middle: CG's 'Blue Year's Eve'; stamped with BM20 & white Konad polish

Ring: Butter London's 'Knees Up'

Pinky: OPI's 'Into the Night'; stamped with BM14 & Konad white polish

It's been awhile since i've done any stamping,

so this holiday was a perfect excuse to do some :)

Next up,

my last July 4th indie polish to show you.

This is 1 coat of DarlingDivaPolish's 'Anita' over CG's 'White on White'.

'Anita' is a clear base with micro holographic glitter and large white (matte), red, & blue hexagonal glitter.

This is the polish i've been most excited to show you guys out of the 3,

and it's the one I ended up liking the least :(

The polish was just terribly gloopy and like it threw up all over my nails.

Despite only using 1 coat,

it was still really hard to work with.

I've bought one other glitter from this shop,

and it was the same way :(

I do know, however, that she has some other polishes which are not topcoats that are highly popular,

so it must just be these.

She does have a TON of other polishes in her shop that look great.

You can get 'Anita' and others for about $8.

That's it for me!

What do you guys think?