Wearable Thanksgiving Look 2014

Goooooood morning!

So last year, I created a wearable Thanksgiving look that I really fell in love with.

I had a lot of people comment on it, as well, so I figured I would try to create another one.

My goal is to make this look something fun and great for the holidays, but also (duh) wearable-

so anyone could create it AND wear it :)

Here's my look this year!

I love the dimensions that the shimmer of this looks gives.

It's muh fave :)

I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

(all SYN Cosmetics' shadows)

'Trace'- inner corner

'Blaze' & 'Ruthless'- lid

'Down' & 'Rapid'- crease

L'Oreal mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

I absolutely love these colors together for Fall,

which those of you who have followed my blog for awhile know.

They're just gorgeous,

and SYN Cosmetics does not disappoint!

What are your thoughts?!

Caribbean Cruise

Hello, everyone!

I just got back from my honeymoon, (Princess Cays and Turks & Caicos),

and I did a Caribbean inspired look for it :)

Summer in October, hey hey.

Here's my Caribbean Cruise, last-of-summer look:

I was focused mainly on that Caribbean-water blue on the second half of the lid :)

It matched my dress perfectly, and I thought it looked exactly like the water outside our window!

I used (all UD shadows):

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

'Vanilla'- inner corner

'Deep End'- second half of lid

'Prank' & 'Revolver'- crease

'Madness'- highlight over crease

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

L'Oreal mascara (to be reviewed soon!!)

What do you guys think of this look?

Remind you of the beach?

Bondage, Baby

Okay, so this look has more than just Bondage in it,

but I like the title :P

For anyone starting to feel incredibly uneasy, but Bondage I'm referring to an eyeshadow,

not S&M.

I did a look today using several shadows from Urban Decay's new Vice 3 palette that i acquired a couple weeks ago.

Today was really the first chance I've had to play around with it,

and it's amazeballs.

( full post of swatches coming soon)

The rest of the shadows came from older Vice palettes.

Here's Bondage, Baby.

This look would be a sultry, nighttime/date night look.

The colors I used reminded me very much of Fall, too.

I'm IN LOVE with 'Sonic' and 'Bondage',

and will def use them more in the future.

I used:

'Lucky', 'Sonic', and 'Bondage' are all from Vice 3.

'Ambush' and 'Derailed' are form Vice 2,

and 'Freebird' is from the original Vice!

Check back soon to see full swatches of the Vice 3 palette :)

Latest SYN Cosmetics shadows/swatches!

Hellurrrrr.

Though I haven't been blogging/doing anything exciting with makeup lately,

I'm still a lover of SYN Cosmetics' stuff.

I recently got 5 new shadows/glitters in the mail,

and I wanted to share them with you!

Here they are over a Too Faced shadow primer:

(no editing!!)

She's currently out of my all time favorite shadows, Synfused, so 'Slim' is a nice alternative!

(If you look at most looks I've done in the past year or so- there's a good chance I used 'Synfused' in most of them)

'Entice' is another one I've used before that I LOVED,

so replenishing it was necessary, obvi.

This is a metallic shadow and glitter,

both of which are new to me.

I foresee doing some amazing Fall looks with 'Zone'! 

:P

You can check out these and more on the SYN Cosmetics website here.

Tooty Fruity

I've got my first Summer-y look for you today.

I have yet to really use my Sleek Candy palette that I bought a couple months ago,

so I took the time to create a look with it.

Here's 'Tooty Fruity'.

I used (all Sleek shadows):

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

'Pear Drop'- inner corner

'Bubble Gum' & Sugarpill's 'Afterparty'- crease

'Apple Sour' & 'Mint Cream'- lid

Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara

I actually really loved this.

It's fun and bright,

and I forgot how much I loved bright blues on my eyes.

:)

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?

Game of Thrones review & roundup

So in lieu of the new season of Game of Thrones starting TOMORROW,

I decided to put together all my past GoT related posts.

I have polishes & makeup looks to show ya,

in case you didn't see them or follow my blog then :)

First up, GoT manis.

The Eyrie :)

from Not Too Polished

Casterly Rock

Not Too Polished

Winterfell

Not Too Polished

Direwolf

Fanchromatic Nails

And now for a few of the GoT looks:

The Lannisters

The Tyrells

The Targaryens

Winterfell ( the Starks )

I'm super excited to continue my GoT makeup series this year!

Stay tuned TOMORROW for my latest installment :)

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?

Whimsical Garden

I wanted to do a look that combined the jewel tones of Winter

but also represented the new florals of Spring.

I ALSO wanted to use my brand new SYN Cosmetics shadows.

Here's what I came up with:

Whimsical Garden

I used (all SYN Cosmetics' pigments):

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

'Orlow'- lid

Delerious & Jilt- crease

LuLu- lower lash line

Covergirl Bombshell mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

What do you guys think??

The sparkle and glitter from 'Jilt' is even more beautiful in real life than 

you can see in the pictures.

The green 'Orlow' really surprised me, too.

So gorgeous!

:)

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!