'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 :/

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.

:)

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!

Valentine's Eve look :)

Okay, this will be my last Valentine's Day post,

sorry!

I got started late with the posts so i'm stuffing in everything I can.

This is the look I'm wearing tonight for Valentine's day :)

I used (ALL SYN Cosmetics pigments):

'Synfused' - browbone

'Synfused', 'Entice', and 'Audacity'- lid

'Contempt' & 'Trace'- crease

Covergirl Bombshell Volume mascara

Covergirl Line Exact liquid eyeliner

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

The pictures really don't do it justice.

The combo and shimmer are uh-mazing together.

I can never get me enough of SYN Cosmetics!

If you haven't tried her stuff yet,

GO NOW- all her pigments are $4.00 right now!

Lovey Dovey Peacock

Happy Valentine's Day, fellow bloggers!

I'm killing two birds with one stone this post.

I wanted to have a look for Vday,

but I also wanted to use my new shadows from my Too Faced palette.

Thus, I came up with this look:

I used all unnamed shadows from the 

Too Faced Jingle All the Way palette:

a pink, a glittery teal, and a soft beige.

Very peacock-ish.

But I like the pink with it, too :)

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?

Valentine's Day look

Well, along with everyone else,

I'm having a Valentine's themed post.

Though, I won't have near as many as I had last year.

Anyway, I wanted to create a flirty V-day look,

so I took to playing a bit.

This is what I came up with!

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

UD 24/7 Eye pencil in 'Ransom' & Sleek's ' '- crease

Lime Crime's 'Pearl-ple'- highlight

Sleek's ' ' & SYN Cosmetics' 'Audacity'- inner corner of lid

SYN Cosmetics' 'Trance'- lid & waterline

Covergirl Bombshell mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

What do you guys think?

I ended up really, really liking this look.

I actually wore it out :)

Would you wear it?

Mystic Nights 2.0

So last year, about this time, I created a look called Mystic Nights.

I really love the dark, forest-y, mysterious shades together,

so I figured I'd recreate it :)

Here's version 2.0 WITH a funky lip!

I tried to do an ombre lip with my two favorite lime crime lipsticks,

but it didn't work out too well :/

Other than that,

I freaking love this look.

I used solely UD's Vice2 palette on my lids.

Here are the specifics:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

'Prank' & 'Madness'- crease

'Damaged'- lid

'Prank' & 'Lovesick- outer corner of lid

'Betrayal'- waterline

Covergirl Bombshell mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

Lime Crime 'Airborn Unicron' & 'Oh No She Didn't'- lips

Skyrim Makeup Series- 'Aura Whisper'

Helloooooo.

Switching gears just a bit for my Skyrim look today.

Rather than using a place or race as my inspiration,

I decided to use a 'shout',

specifically, the Aura Whisper.

Shouts in this game are special powers that do various things.

These shouts are formed by a series of words that can only be learnt

by the Dragonborn (& a few select others)

after absorbing dragon souls.

As you can see, the Aura Whisper is actually a whisper rather than a shout,

but it has a magical effect all the same-

it reveals any living things' life force (or aura) that's near you,

which is a definite upper hand!

Here's my inspiration from the Aura Whisper:

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

UD's 24/7 eyeliner in 'Bourbon', blended out- crease

SYN Cosmetics' 'Entice'- crease highlight

SYN Cosmetics' 'Faded' & 'Roman'- lid

Covergirl Bombshell mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

I wanted this look to remind me of a whisper,

something soft, faint, and fleeting.

So I used that rather than the color of the shout as inspiration.

In the end, 'Faded' & 'Roman' didn't go to together quite as well as I'd hoped,

but I really loved 'Entice' over the crease.

:)

What do you all think?

Nail mail/makeup additions

Several new things today :)

First, my most recent purchases from Zoya came in last week!

Can you guess which these are? ;P

Stay tuned for swatches of these bad boys in the coming weeks.

As for the makeup, I scooped up Covergirl's latest mascara:

CG is usually a solid brand when it comes to mascaras,

so I'm excited to try this one.

Lastly, this little rando thing,

I've never even heard of this brand?

But it was $1 and Spring-y looking,

so, why not?

Swatches seemed decent enough!

Have any of you had experience with these?

What are your thoughts?

:)