The Penguin Makeup Challenge- Day 3!

Hey everyone!

So i'm stoked, yet also sad, to bring you the last look for the Penguin Makeup Challenge!

I've had fun playing around and trying to come up with looks for each week.

It's given me half a mind do another makeup challenge :p

SO, for today we had to use white & another color.

I was a little indecisive about my look, so I kept adding things to it until I was happy :0

First,

Here I just used 2 colors with a little flick of white eyeliner.

BUT I decided I needed something a little more...

* sorry this is blurry :/

So I lined my upper lash line. I liked this just fine,

but I felt like I should make it a little more fun if I could.

I finally decided to add a little double wing on the eyeliner. Nothing crazy, but a little more fun than the average way I had it before.

I used:

Sugarpill's 'Tako' in inner corners & brow bone

SP's 'Buttercupcake' on rest of lid

Lime Crime's 'Lunar Sea' uniliner

Covergirl Lashblast mascara

What do you guys think?

I'm kind of on the fence about it.

It reminds me of lemonade, haha.

Ah well. It's a combo I haven't really used before,

so it was fun to play with these.

Make sure you check out all the other lovely ladies participating!

'Asphyxiated' look

Hey everyone!

Hope your day has gone fabulously.

Quick post today-

I have a look for you featuring a couple of my newer shadows.

*straight on

So aside from greens and blues, purples are another absolute favorite of mine to wear on my eyes! 

Swatches (all Urban Decay):

* FRom L to R: 'Rockstar', 'Grifter', 'Asphyxia' & 'Polyester Bride'

I like that the purples in this look are a bit more subdued than many of the other looks i've done with purples. This is totally something I would wear out. I really love it.

What do you guys think?!?

Thanks for reading :)

Dollish Polish's 'Dolly DOES Polish' review (pic heavy)

Greetings, ladies!

So some of you may have seen my little 'adult' series I did recently featuring an entire collection from Dollish Polish.

There were so many polishes and posts that I figured I would now do a concise post summarizing my thoughts about the collection as a whole, in case any of you want to purchase it or any other polishes from her!

Here's the entire collection- 'Dolly DOES Polish'.

This is a set of 9 minis of a rainbow of gorgeous shimmers, each with glass flecks of assorted colors. I got the entire collection here for $40.50.

What drew me most to this collection (aside from me being a sucker for shimmer) was each polish's HILARIOUS name. In case you haven't noticed by the collection's title- they're all sexual innuendos of some kind. Right up my alley ;P

In case you missed any of my series, here's a quick pic summary of each polish.

'Slippery When Wet'

'Skeet Skeet Skeet'

'Baby Gravy'

'Dining at the Pink Taco'

I really have nothing but good things to say about these guys.

Here's what I liked:

- Arrived in the mail super fast

- Beautiful shimmers every color of the rainbow that sparkle like crazy in sunlight!

- Great consistency

- Went on SUPER, super smoothly and flawlessly

- Many were sheer, but it was very easy to build opacity

- Dried quickly

- Did not easily chip

- HILARIOUS names

What I didn't like:

- the price :/ At $40 (before tax), it has each mini selling for about $4.50. BUT- It's actually a pretty standard price for indie polish maker's minis, and totally worth it for these little beauties!

All in all, a fantastic product that I'm very glad I purchased. Go here for this collection & many other of her polishes!!

SO,

Which polish is your favorite from the series?

Let me know! :)

More UD goodies & Essie NOTD (pic heavy)

Hello, fine people!

Happy Friday!

I've got some more exciting little goodies to share with you today :)

BUT, first I want to get my little NOTD.

I was browsing in Walgreens awhile ago and came across an Essie display with some fantastic little numbers, so I grabbed a couple. 

One of these was 'Pilates Hottie' !

*Two coats*

'Pilates Hottie' is a very light lilac creme. It was a little underwhelming on the shelf, but on my nails- i love it! It totally surprised me. As with many other Essies and cremes (for me), application was a little tough. Two coats was more than enough to achieve opacity, though, and like I said- it's really a great little toned-down shade. Gives you a pop of color but is calming enough to not be too crazy. 

Moving on to my Urban Decay goodies!

So many of you know UD had a AWESOME, HUGE sale a few days ago.

Despite having just dropped some money at Ulta on some UD products, i couldn't NOT take advantage of the sale O_o

Here's what I got!

I got allllll this for $43! Now that's what i'm talking about.

Holiday nail kit. Nothing new, but i've had my eyes on it for awhile. I've never tried any UD nail polishes!

'The Black Palette'

Obviously punk rock, AC/DC, Black Sabbath inspired with some rockin' rich, jewel toned shadows. The only I already have is 'Cobra', so i'm stoked to try these out.

Here's swatches!

Also, I got 2 vintage eyeshadows (normally $17 bucks apiece) for $9 each!

Turns out that (oopsies) I already have 'Last Call' in another palette I just bought :X

SO, methinks i'll put that in my next giveaway!

I'll have swatches/a look with these soon.

SO, what do you think about my little haul?
Or about the Essie?
Let me know! :)

Serendipity Inspired- 'Cap'n Smudge'

Hey everyone!

Hope your week has gone well.

I realized I have two more weeks instead of two days off before fall semester starts,

so i'm pretty stoked at the moment :)

ALSO, it's been awhile since I did a look in my series 'Serendipity Inspired',

so I took the opportunity today to create another one.

(In case you have no idea what i'm talking about, this is a makeup series based off a series of amazingly illustrated and creatively written children's books).

You can see here, here, and here for other looks in the series so far.

Today's look is based off the creature Serendipity (for whom the series is named) in the book 'Cap'n Smudge':

She basically patrols the seas and makes sure no one pollutes them,

as Cap'n Smudge is wont to do :x

So she teaches him a lesson.

Anyway,

the colors in her are so bright that I figured they'd be great for a look.

Here's what I came up with!

So as I was posting this,

I realized it looks similar to a look i've already done several months ago :X oh well.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

'Tako' by Sugarpill in inner corners

'Dollipop' by SP on lid

'Junkshow' by UD on lid

'Misdemeanor' by UD in outer corners and crease

'Homegrown' & 'Graffiti' by UD on crease, brow bone, and lower lash line

Covergirl's Lashblast mascara

Covergirl's liquid eyeliner

I never could quite get a pic does the look justice, because it looks way better in person, in my opinion. but oh well. Despite using my new blending brush, I didn't blend the white and pink as well as I would have liked, but it's better than last time I did something like this. Practice makes perfect. Or so they say... Overall, I liked this look. It's definitely not something I'd feel comfortable wearing out in public because it's a little too much for me. 

Well, what do you guys think?

Which look is your favorite from the series so far?

ALSO,

check out my latest look from the Penguin Makeup Challenge!

Thanks for reading!

The Penguin Makeup Challenge- Day 2

Hello, lovlies! :)

I'm pretty stoked about today's post because it's the second look for the Penguin Makeup Challenge! (see Day 1 here)
Today's look had to be ONLY black and another color.

I've been itching to use some fantastic blues that I have,

so now was my perfect chance :)

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Urban Decay's 'Deep End' & 'Jinx' on lid

UD's 'Blackout' & 'Oil Slick' on outer corner and crease

UD's 'Shattered' on brow bone

Covergirl liquid eyeliner

Covergirl Lashblast mascara

I have to say, I really, really liked this look.

As I've said before, I really like bright blues against my eye color.

The pigmentation of 'Deep End' and 'Jinx' are amazing.

Unfortunately I don't think either color is available anymore :(

But UD's 'Haight' comes pretty close and could possssssibly do the trick instead.

'Blackout' is of course UD's infamous matte, pitch black shadow that's amazing.

I added 'Oil Slick' for the glitter and extra shimmer :p

Since we could only use TWO colors,

I didn't get to highlight my brow bone with 'Vanilla' like I like to,

so I made do with a tiny bit of 'Shattered' instead.

The look isn't quite as polished as I'd like,

but I totally love it anyway.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?!

Check out the other awesome ladies participating in this challenge :)

Glitterdaze- 'Flower Girl'

Hola!

I have the last polish in the little group I bought from GlitterDaze awhile ago for you tonight.

(see the others here, here, and here)

Without further ado,

here's 'Flower Girl'.

1 coat of 'Flower Girl' over 2 coats of OPI.

So this is 'Flower Girl' over OPI's 'Pink Friday'

(please excuse the total crap job of nail painting).

'Flower Girl' is a clear base with a rainbow of different colored hexagonal glitters inside, including holographic pink, red, green, turquoise, orange and gold bar glitter, and purple flower glitter- thus it's name.

This is a great topcoat that can go with almost any polish, but after trying it over a variety of colors, I liked this the best. It's a fun little polish, but I wish there had been more blossoms since it IS called 'flower girl' :/

It's not as unique as I hoped it would be,

but it's still pretty great.

You can get this polish along with alllllll Glitterdaze's awesome polish on their Etsy site.

This mini was $4.85.

So an overall not that impressive post,

but oh well!

Have a great day!

'Sea foam' look

Hey guys!

I don't know about where you live,

but its been icky and rainy here all day :/

BUT on the bright side,

it gave me a chance to play with my new UD palette!

Here's a look I came up with- i've dubbed it 'Sea foam' :)

So I know this is blurry, but out of the 2523 pics i took, it was the only one that really showed the pigment well. Sorry :/

*natural light, no flash

 *straight-on shot indoors, with flash.

*close up in fluorescent light

I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

UD's 'Polyester Bride' in inner corners

UD's 'Mildew' & 'Shattered' on lid

UD's 'Evidence' in crease

UD's 'Vanilla' on brow bone

Maybelline eyeliner in black

Covergirl Lashblast mascara in black

So all shadows except the last 2 are from the Ammo palette. 'Mildew' and 'Shattered' have caught my eye for awhile, so I was elated when I saw they came in this palette. This was my first time working with them and 'Polyester Bride', and i loved them all! Not surprisingly :)

I really love blues and greens on my eyes, because I feel it really makes them pop.

I was totally happy with this look :D

What do you guys think?! 

July favorites!

Hellooooo!

So obviously July ended several days ago,

but i've just now had time to do my favorites :x

SO I'M DOING THEM NOW.

1. China Glaze 'Sun Worshiper'

*not my picture

So I featured this polish awhile back in my 'Live Loud!' week. It's a fantastic, orange juice- colored neon from the Poolside collection released a couple years ago. It's really just such a bright, fun, summery color that is perfect for right now, and i've just really been feeling it. Even my pompous Lit. professor commented on how he liked it! :p

I DEFINITELY suggest this!

2. Clean and Clear Morning Burst Scrub

Yet another thing orange! :)

So i'm not a big struggler with acne,

but I like to use at least a little something to wash my face.

I hate to admit it, but though i'm always good about taking my eye makeup off,

i'm NOT good about washing the rest of my face :( so bad (and gross), i know.

ANYWAY, I was looking for something simple to start using,

and I really love this stuff.

It has Vitamin C and Gensing in it, as well as these little beads that burst and exfoliate your skin. It's really like getting a mini facial before you get ready for the day :)

love it!

3. Urban Decay's 'Blackout'

So many of you probably know this shadow.

IT'S ONLY ONE OF THE BEST BLACKS OUT THERE.

I've had this shade for over a year now,

and I never cease to fall in love with it again.

I've had more nights this month than usual where I've gone out,

and i LOVE to use this shadow for a nighttime look. It's a lovely, matte, seductive, solid black

that can obviously go with anything.

ACTUALLY, i'll probably be using this in the newt week or two during the Penguin Makeup Challenge !

I know that's not much,

but that's really it for July this month!

What do you guys think of these products?

Ever tried any of them?

Urban Decay haul!!

Happy Friday!

Man, have I got some exciting new goodies for you today! :D

So I was meandering around in Ulta the other day,

and I finally decided to buy a couple things i've had my eyes on for awhile now.

We've had a lot of nail polish the past couple weeks,

let's get back to my first love- makeup!

Here's my haul:

UD's Ammo palette, UD's 24/7 Blending Brush, sample of UD's brand new liquid foundation, AND UD's 'Asphyxia'

HOLLAAAA ! :)

I want to focus on the palette for now.

(i'll do posts featuring the other items soon, don't worry :p)

So this is UD's Ammo palette:

Now this palette is nothing new; it was released awhile ago.

I had kind of overlooked it, because i THOUGHT I already had most of the shades here in other palettes- but turns out I was wrong. Finally realizing this, I quickly scooped it up.

The only shade from this I already have is 'Sin'. I've had 'Sin' forever, and its one of my absolute favorite neutrals. Many of the other shades in this palette remind me faintly of other UD shades, but I bought it anyway :p

Let's see swatches!

As you can see, it's a mixture of all kinds of velvety shades. All of that amazing shimmer that I love most about UD, while 3 are even packed with some microglitter. I have a couple UD shades already that have microglitter, and i'm not a super big fan of them- but I have a feeling I might change my mind after using these :)

Do any of you have this palette?

Or shades?

What are your thoughts?

Have a great day! :)

9 Days of my Head in the Gutter- Day 9

Alas!

We have reached the last day in my adult series! :/

The final polish in the Dolly DOES Polish collection is 'Walk of Shame'.

This is a royal purple with violet/pink glass fleck shimmer.

Here you can juuuuuuust see the hints of violet and pink. I wasn't able to get any pictures of this in the sunlight (wahh!) but you can REALLY see the pink then. 

Here i've used 2 coats, and easily reached opacity.

I'm not usually that much of a fan of deep purples on me because i think it clashes with my skin tone, BUT, i was surprised how much I totally loved this polish!

It really became a favorite.

SO, what do you guys think?

I'm going to do a review/follow up post of this whole collection here soon

ALSO,

make sure you check out my first look for the Penguin Makeup Challenge!

Let me know what you think!

:)

The Penguin Makeup Challenge- Day 1

Hello lovlies!!

:D

It's that time!

Today is the first day of the Penguin Makeup Challenge.

The look had today had to be ONLY in black and white,

so here's what I came up with.

*sorry for my totally unruly eyebrows

So here was my initial look. I'm a minimalist, and though I could have gone crazy with this- i actually really liked something simple. I DID branch out and do something a little weird with the eyeliner, though :p 

After playing with it a couple times,

I decided I didn't like the eyeliner coming through my inner corner (there goes my sense of adventure), so I cut it back:

I actually like this better,

and this is something I would totally wear out.

I've never worn solely white on my eyes before,

and it really made mine pop!

I used:

'Tako' by Sugarpill

Covergirl black liquid liner

Covergirl's LashBlast mascara

Yep, that's it!

I like that this is a look that totally anyone could do,

and it's really easy.

Now don't worry,

for next week i'll be much more fun :)

But I love a little simplicity every now and then!

What do you think?

Check out everyone else that's participating!