My Little Pony makeup series- Pinkie Pie

Today's look in my My Little Pony series is based off of Pinkie Pie:

She's silly, energetic, and somewhat of a goofball :)

Here's the simple yet definitely 'pink' look I created based off of this character:

(in natural light)

(in indoor light)

I used:

UD's Primer Potion

UD's 'Freebird'- inner corners

SYN Cosmetics' 'Audacity'- lid

Sugarpill's 'Dollipop' & Sleek's 'Parma Violet'- crease

UD's 'Noise'- highlight

Too Faced's Rock 'N Roll palette

So I've been seeing this palette from Too Faced pop up various places lately,

and when I saw the vibrant, metallic swatches- I knew I had to have it.

A week, eBay purchase, and $34 later- I got it!

The idea behind the palette was to provide shadows & instructions to create 3 separate looks, 

characterized as either Easy (top row), Classic (middle row), & Fashion (bottom row):

Time for swatches!

You can see there are a mix of metallics, satins, 1 matte, and glitters in this palette :)

The larger shadows I would use on the brow bone & inner corners:

Then you have the darker shadows for the lids/crease:

I cannot freaking wait to create some looks with these bad boys.

Have any of you tried this palette?

What are your thoughts?

Newest beauty mail :)

With Valentine's Day rapidly approaching,

I've made some online purchases for future makeup looks that came in recently :)

Here are my newest pigments from SYN Cosmetics!

Tada!!

I <3 them :)

Favorite makeup & nail looks of 2014

Happy New Year!

I wanted to do a quick recap of my favorite makeup and nail looks of 2014.
And by quick, i mean QUICK.

Thus, these picture collages of my favorite makeup looks & manis :)

Newest SYN Cosmetics swatches & sale info :)

Ya'll know I'm crazy for some good, glittery, metallic pigments.

Few specialize in that better than SYN Cosmetics.

She gets it right every time! :)

Here are my latest purchases:

(pictured over Too Faced's Shadow Insurance- no photo editing other than text)

It's a little hard to see here, but 'Snap' isn't just a lovely purple;

it shines gold in the right light, too.

:: drools ::

These greens are luscious and gorg.

I foresee maybe doing a fun Grinch makeup look with them :)

If you like these,

head on over to her shop.

Currently, most (if not all) pigments are half off- just $3.99 !

GO NOW.

:)

Let me know what you think!

Zoya 'Blair'

Today I have the second polish from the trio I bought from Zoya recently.

This is the one that first drew my eye ;P

Here's 2 coats of 'Blair'.

'Blair' is a deep, red wine metallic polish.

It's easily opaque in two coats,

The formula was great, like most Zoyas.

I foresee this little baby being a great base for some nail art/stamping for Christmas :)

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?

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.

Zoya 'Jules'

I have a nice metallic polish to post about today.

I bought this a couple months ago and am 

just now getting around to swatching it for you guys,

even though i've worn it already several times :)

Here's 3 coats of Zoya's 'Jules'.

'Jules' is a metallic taupe with gold, silver, and champagne shimmer.

However, I found the polish to lean much more gold than anything else.

I was looking for something slightly more taupe-ish than this turned out to be,

 but I like it anyway.

:)

Elfin' Around!

Today I have a polish from China Glaze's new Happy Holiglaze holiday collection.

Here's 1 coat of 'Elfin' Around'!

'Elfin' Around' is a rusty, orange-y red metallic.

It's PACKED with intense, gorgeous shimmer.

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: China Glaze

Type: Metallic

Formula: Great!

Opacity (1-5): 5

Application: Perfect!

Price: $7-$8

Get This: beauty stores like ULTA and Sally's or large supermarkets

'Rogue Red' from Covergirl Catching Fire collection

This is the second of the two polishes I grabbed

from Covergirl's newest Catching Fire collection.

It's a gorgeous orange-red for Fall!

'Rogue Red' is a fiery orangeish-red metallic with golden shimmer.

As you can see, my camera can barely handle all the sparkle it has.

The pictures make it look slightly more red than it really is.

Also, pretty sure ORLY had an exact dupe of this a couple years ago...

I'll be investigating that for later :P

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: Covergirl

Type: Metallic

Formula: Awesome

Opacity (1-5): 5

Application:  Great!!

Price: $4-$5 for a mini

Get This: local supermarkets or drugstores

I totally love this polish.

It's perfect for the season & gives me tons of that sparkle that I love!

CG 'Gossip Over Gimlets'

I've got another polish from China Glaze's Fall '13 collection for you.

Here's 2 coats of 'Gossip Over Gimlets' !

'Gossip Over Gimlets' is a champagne gold/platinum metallic.

It's gorgeous and beyond eye catching.

I'm a sucker for polishes exactly like this,

so I know i'll be wearing this a lot in the future :)

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: China Glaze

Type: Metallic

Formula: Great!!

Opacity (1-5): 5

Application:  Awesome, as with almost all CGs :))

Price: $7-$8

Get This: at your local supermarket or beauty stores

Spotted: Fall!

Now that Fall (and bits of winter?) is definitely here to stay,

I decided to do fun & simple Fall nail art :)

I love using my dotting tool,

so I just went with that.

That's Zoya's 'Flynn' as a base,

and the dots are Sally Hansen's 'Red Carpet', Zoya's 'Thandie',

& an unnamed metallic gold from Kleancolor :)

I'm no pro at nail art,

thus why I never do it,

but I wanted to at least attempt some this time.

'Seared Bronze' Glosstini from Catching Fire/Capitol Beauty Studio collection

Today I have a mini from Covergirl's latest Catching Fire collection.

Here's 2 coats of 'Scorched Bronze'.

and just so you can see more of the sparkle,

here's a swatch of it under indoor lighting:

'Seared Bronze' is a light brown metallic with lots of gold and slight red shimmer.

Depending on the light,

the polish looks way more gold than brown.

Either way, it went on beautifully & I loved it.

POLISH INFORMATION

Brand: Covergirl

Type: Metallic

Formula: Great!!

Opacity (1-5): 4

Application:  Awesome!

Price: $3-$4

Get This: at your local CVS or Walgreens 

This was the first polish from the Glosstini line that I've tried,
but not my first polish from Covergirl.
If you haven't seen me swatch their polishes before,
know that they're AMAZING.
As good or better quality than some pricey brands :)

October Favorites!!

It's that time again!

Here are my favorite products from this month :)

1. Urban Decay B6 Vitamin- Infused Complexion Prep Spray

*not my picture

This stuff is the perfect last piece of the puzzle if you want your makeup to last

ALL. DAY.

It's a fairly new pickup of mine,

but I'll have a full review of this bad boy soon.

Suffice it to say- it's awesome.

2. MakeupGeek 'Burlesque'

*pic from makeupgeek.com

Just like last Fall, I'm still obsessed with the wine-red, plum color.

This is perfectly expressed in MUG's shadow, 'Burlesque'.

Tons of pigmentation & a hint of sparkle!

See it used most recently by me here.

3. Foils & Metallics like Zoya 'Channing' & CG's 'Strike up a Cosmo'

I'm a sucker for sparkle anyway,

and these shimmering fall shakes packed with glitz make me swoon!

4. L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly mascara

*not my picture

This is one of my most recent purchases, so I don't have a review on it yet.

Needless to say, though, first impression are that this bad boy ROCKS.

Cannot wait to share with you all.

What do you think of these products?

What were your favorites from October?