ice!

good evening, friends!

So apparently yesterday was my 100th post! yay!

ALSO, hello, welcome, & thank you to my new followers :))

So after the creatively lacking title of yesterday's post, I decided to follow that same theme and title today's 'Ice'.

I'm a little disheartened because my pictures did not translate the actual look, even though I tried them in every kind of light, including daylight (which is usually the best). Despite that, I decided to post them anyway :/

*outside, no flash

*me and my shnoz

*close up

** inside, flash

So, there you have it. meh.

In these photos, it looks a lot like other stuff i've done :(

BUT I PROMISE IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.

I used:

'metallic white' from Ulta in the inner corners

Urban Decay's 'Crystal' on the middle lid

'metallic blue' from Ulta on outer corners

Urban Decay's 'Uzi' on inner corners

UD's 'Zephyr' on brow bone and eyelashes

To me, this look is icy. I really liked the look 'Zephyr' gave when dusted on my eyelashes (though of course that was one of the things that didn't translate well in photos).

ANYWAY,

that's 'ice' for ya.

Wish it had translated better, but oh well :/

Hope everyone has a great night!

lilac look & 'Zoya Week'- Day 1!

hey guys,

two posts in one today!

First off, last night I got the idea (also thanks to Kaki) to maybe try to pair some looks with some mail posts.

SO, this next look was inspired by my last post.

*outside, shade

*inside, with flash

swatches! (all urban decay)

'Ransom', 'Zephyr', & 'Gunmetal'

I didn't have a shade that was the same color as the NOPI, so I decide to make my own. I blended 'Ransom' (a rich, shimmery purple) with 'Zephyr' (white with slight shimmer, mostly matte) and voila! I achieved something along those lines... so it was good enough for me. I then used a bit of 'Ransom' & 'Gunmetal' on the brow bone.

:D

Now on to part 2 of the post...

I realized that I've got quite a few Zoyas from recent promotions that I never got around to swatching... WTF. 

So, i'm dedicating this week to all my little seemingly forgotten Zoya beauties :)))

For day 1 I have 'Kimmy'

*sunlight

Zoya describes 'Kimmy' as "gleaming metallic candy apple red brightened by gold sparkle". This little number really is a fire-engine red that has UBER spark-taculous appeal.  It's fantastic.

Here I tried to capture some of the gold (because there's actually quite a lot of it), but it didn't capture as much as I'd like. The red looks more orange here, too, since it's under a fluorescent light.

This is definitely my favorite red EVER. In any kind of light, it sparkles like crazy & it's so, so gorgeous.

What do you guys think?

What's your favorite red?

Thanks for reading!