Look of the Day - Simple Sparkly Blue

Hey all!

In my post where I reviewed MAC's Siahi Fluidline, I said I had been wearing it with a blue look and I finally remembered to snap a couple of picture of the look (well, I didn't remember until I got home - 6 hours after it had been applied). Anyways, I love this look because it's super easy but still looks pretty rockin'.



Keep reading to see more photos and a full list of products!






Products:

Face:
Smashbox - Photofinish Primer Light
MAC - Pronlongwear foundation (NC15)
Benefit - 10 bronzer/highlight duo (I used the bronzing side to contour)
MAC - Soft & Gentle MSF (highlight on cheekbones)
MAC - Oh So Fair Beauty Powder Blush

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion (all over lid and up to brow to prime for shadow)
GOSH - Eyeshadow Base (just on lid to enhance colour)
MAC - Moonlight Night Pigment (all over lid, slightly into crease, bottom lashline)
MAC - Reflects Pearl Glitter (on top of Moonlight Night to add a little extra shimmer)
Revlon - Vintage Lace (blending colour)
MAC - Shroom (highlight under brow)
Urban Decay - Sin (inner corner on bottom lashline)

Liner:
MAC - Petrol Blue Pearlglide Eyeliner (line upper lashline)
MAC - Siahi Fluidline (waterline)

Lashes:
Benefit - BadGal Lash Mascara

Brows:
Wet 'n' Wild - Dark brow palette

Lips:
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Holiday nails...

Hi everyone.. Just a quick post for my Christmas nails mani..and some of my previous nail art that i made.. this would be the last photo picture of my long nails.. coz i had a broken nails a few days ago and really cant find things to fix it.. but anyways, I think it would be great as new year is coming soon.." new year for new nails"..  I will be MIA for while for i'll be out of town & will take a short vacation with my family..I will be back soon.. i'll be missing u.. and i promise to create new designs on my short nails... ;)

Hanukkah nails 

"Hapon" (Japanese)

I really dont like this mani.. LOL my nails look so thick

and it's because I got 5 layers of polish in here plus top coat!!

but i really love it for its an Asian accent..

2nd place winning entry from

 Rock Nail art contest by Kelly

and heres the new length of my nails...

"Christmas nails 2010"

"May this Yuletide season usher in LOVE, PEACE and Hope..
May we learn not to focus ourselves in knowing

 what we want and how to get it, 

but knowing what we have and how to share it..

A blessed and Merry Christmas  

and 

Happy New year everyone!! ;)

thanks for looking!! happy polishing!!

"Thank u my Lovelies for following my blog"

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Look of the Day - Holiday Greens

Hey guys!

I know it's been forever since I last posted a makeup look but now that my semester is over I've started actually caring about makeup again! Plus, I've been able to play with some of the makeup that I accumulated throughout the semester that I didn't have time to play with when I purchased it and that's been really fun.

This look is one that I came up with for the holiday season and that I have been wearing at various holiday parties and get togethers. It's gotten a lot of compliments and it's surprisingly very easy to do!



Keep reading for more photos and a list of the products I used!



(Flash)


(No flash)


(Up-close eye shot, no flash)

Products:

Face:
Smashbox - Photofinish Primer Light
MAC - Pronlongwear foundation (NC15)
Benefit - 10 bronzer/highlight duo (I used the bronzing side to contour)
MAC - Soft & Gentle MSF (highlight on cheekbones)
MAC - Trace Gold blush

Eyes:
LA Splash - Splashproof Eye Sealer/Base (all over lid and up to brow to prime for shadow)
GOSH - Eyeshadow Base (just on lid to enhance colour)
MAC - Humid Eyeshadow (all over lid, slightly into crease, bottom lashline)
Wet 'n' Wild - Dark shimmery green colour from the Snow Sprite palette (blending into the outer v and into crease)
MAC - Carbon (to darken)
Revlon - Vintage Lace (blending colour)
MAC - Nylon (highlight under brow and inner corner)
MAC - Goldmine (on top of Nylon)

Liner:
MAC - Undercurrent Pearlglide Eyeliner (line upper lashline)
Hard Candy - Dream Girl Liquid Eyeliner (on top of Undercurrent)
MAC - Blacktrack Fluidline (waterline)

Lashes:
L'Oreal - Voluminous Carbon Black Mascara

Brows:
Wet 'n' Wild - Dark brow palette

Lips:
NYX - Rose lipliner
MAC - Smash Hit Dazzle lipstick
MAC - Phiff! Dazzleglass

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H&M Happy Purple & GOSH Gasoline

H&M - Happy Purple, 2 coats

Happy Purple (perhaps a slightly strange name for such a vampy lacquer?) is a deep eggplant shimmer with some sparse, small magenta and blue glass flecks. The base is not blackened and the polish does look purple even in low light. The formula was fine and I could have gotten away with only one coat, but I always do two out of habit.

H&M - Happy Purple & GOSH - Gasoline, 2 + 1 coats

Gasoline is one of my very favourite lacquers - silver, pink and blue glass flecks in a reddish purple jelly base. It's just about the only polish I recall ever buying a backup of! The cloudy winter's day did no favours for this pretty lacquer and I'm sorry for the subpar pictures, I'm still trying to figure out my mum's camera.

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Nail art stamping spam!

I should preface this post by stating that I'm really bad at stamping. It may be because of the shape of my nails which are super curved - they're half spheres, actually. In addition to the normal Konad rubber stamper I got myself a brandless one made of silicone. Smaller designs I can stamp with the Konad one but larger full nail designs are impossible without using the silicone stamper I rarely bother with stamping just because the whole process is so time consuming and the results I get often disappoint me.

Make Up Store - Dolly, Wet 'n' Wild - Black Creme & Konad M66 w/ Konad special white

Dolly is a pretty one with iridescent yellow shimmer in a blue/mint green base and I think Misa Silk Robe is a close relative of hers. I love this polish although it needs some extra decor or it looks like poo with my skintone. I think I was inspired by (= ripped off) one of Konad's promo pics.

Revlon - Not So Blue-Berry & Konad M69 w/ Konad special white

Not So Blue-Berry was my first scented polish - it's such a pretty blurple foil and smells delicious, but oh how it bubbled on me! I had to make sure that the first coat was bone dry until I carefully applied the second coat, hoping that it would cover the rash-like texture.

 Revlon - Grape Icy & Bundle Monster 03 w/ Konad special white

Another one of Revlon's scented polishes was Grape Icy from their 2010 Scents of Summer collection which I was somewhat disappointed with. It was streaky and sheer, recquiring three coats for opacity, plus the colour is very ordinary (I must have half a dozen near dupes). The smell was nice, though.

Color Club - Yachty Yachty Yadda & Konad M39 w/ red franken

A manicure with super girly pink base and super girly magenta butterflies make for a happy Bruno.

Grey franken, GOSH - Wild Lilac & Konad M3 w/ Wet 'n' Wild black

This one was actually inspired by a studded t-shirt I found in a secondhand store! The base was some random quick grey franken using Wet 'n' Wild black and white polishes, then adding a gradation with GOSH Wild Lilac and a makeup sponge. Next, I stamped on tons of stars and finally added small violet paillettes from a craft store.

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Nails of the Day - Classy and Girly

So today's mani is based on the theme "Girly Nails" which is the theme of a Nail Art Competition on another board I'm a member of. I think the end result is pretty it's just not really "me".
This is also a very simple design so even nail art beginners can give this one a try if they would like.


(Left hand)


(Right hand)

Products:
• China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
• GOSH - Silk (base)
• China Glaze - Rainbow (on top of base)
• Zoya - Nova (pink glitter tip)
• L.A. Colors Art Deco - Silver Glitter (line under pink glitter tip and on top of black design)
• L.A. Colors Art Deco - Black Sparkle (black design)
• Seche Vite Top Coat

In certain lights the opalescence of China Glaze - Rainbow adds a beautiful pink sheen to the base colour but unfortunately, my camera couldn't pick it up very well. Ah well, hope you like it anyways! Read Full...

Haul Saturdays - Volume 12

Welcome to Volume 12 of Haul Saturdays - a weekly post chronicling whatever beauty related purchases I made throughout that week.



Chatter's Salon:
• OPI - Pink of Hearts 2010, The "It" Color, I Get a Kick Out of Gold!, Significant Other Color, Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees, and the Go Goth! Mini Set which includes Unripened, Sanguine, Nevermore, and Obscurity polishes
• China Glaze - Tantalize Me polish

eBay:
• China Glaze - Entourage polish

Shopper's Drug Mart:
• Nicole by OPI - Respect the World Matte, Party in the Penthouse, Too Rich For You, Positive Energy Matte, and Virtuous Violet Matte polishes
• GOSH - Yellow Doll, Silky Mint, and Sweet Rose polishes
• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Purple Gala polish

As always, if you want to see swatches of anything above, let me know! Read Full...

Gosh Intense Lip Colour

I haven't even worn these yet,but the colours excite me

Swatches

From the Gosh autumn collection shade 302 (nudey toffee brown) n the left,and 301 (a deep rose pink)

The pink has actually photographed brighter than its true colour.

They both have mirrors on them,and...

They light up via a button,located on the top of the lid,for those times you may need to top up,but its too dark!

What more could a girl want......

Available from the 29th of September RRP £7.99.There are also 4 other brighter shades in the collection

What do you girlies think to these?

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Look of the Day - Bronze Smokey Eye with a Twist

I wasn't feeling very creative today so when I sat down to do my makeup I just did a simple bronze smokey eye.
Then, as I was reaching for my brown eyeliner, I spotted my GOSH Extreme Art Eyeliner in this beautiful turquoise colour and I thought that it might be interesting to add a little twist to my simple smokey eye. So, this is what I ended up with:


I actually love the way it turned out and I think I'm going to have to go out in the next while and pick up a few more of these eyeliners, they're great!

Products:

Face:
• Smashbox Photo Finish Primer Light
• Revlon Colorstay Foundation
• Benefit Powderflage
• MAC Blow Powder
• MAC Wedge e/s (contour)
• MAC Soft & Gentle MSF
• MAC Pinch O' Peach blush

Eyes:
• GOSH Eyeshadow Base
• MAC Ricepaper e/s (inner corner)
• MAC Woodwinked e/s (middle lid)
• MAC Bronze e/s (outer corner)
• MAC Soft Brown e/s (blend)
• MAC Nylon e/s (highlight)
• GOSH Extreme Art Eyeliner #11
• Loreal Voluminous mascara

Lips:
• MAC London Life l/s
• MAC Just Add Colour l/g Read Full...

Look of the Day - Featuring MAC Alice + Olivia Pigments

Ok, so the title is a little misleading since this isn't actually today's LOTD, but it's a look I wore this past weekend that I didn't get around to posting. I still hadn't tried out any of the pigments I got from the Alice + Olivia collection so I decided that I absolutely had to do a look that incorporated them and this is what I came up with:



Keep reading for more pictures and a list of the products I used.








Products:

Face:
• Smashbox Photo Finish Primer Light
• Revlon Colorstay Foundation
• Benefit Powderflage
• MAC Blow Powder
• MAC Wedge e/s (contour)
• MAC Soft & Gentle MSF
• MAC Pink Swoon blush

Eyes:
• GOSH Eyeshadow Base
• MAC Alice + Olivia If It Sparkles... pigment (inner corner)
• MAC Stars & Rockets e/s (middle lid)
• MAC Alice + Olivia Later. pigment (outer corner/crease)
• MAC Digit e/s (blend)
• MAC Crystal e/s (highlight)
• MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
• MAC Carbon e/s (over blacktrack to smudge)
• Loreal Voluminous mascara

Lips:
• MAC Snazzy Dazzle l/s
• MAC Fab Frenzy! Superglasss Read Full...

Look of the Day - Dare to Wear Brights

I wanted to play with the other colours (besides blue) that I got from the MAC Dare to Wear Collection and this is what I ended up with:


Products:
• GOSH Eyeshadow Base
• MAC Gesso e/s
• MAC Paradisco e/s
• MAC Shock-A-Holic e/s
• MAC Fig 1. e/s
• MAC Louder, Please e/s
• Revlon Vintage Lace e/s (blending)
• MAC Shroom e/s

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Look of the Day - Dare to Wear Blues

I decided that I wanted to create a look using some of my eyeshadows from the recent MAC Dare to Wear Collection and since there were quite a few blues released, they were the first ones I reached for.



Keep reading for more photos and a list of all products used.

(Indoors)
(Natural light)
Products:

Face:
• Smashbox Photo Finish Primer Light
• Benefit Boi-ing Concealer
• Revlon Colorstay Foundation
• Benefit Powderflage
• MAC Blot Powder
• MAC Wedge e/s (contouring)
• MAC Soft & Gentle MSF
• MAC Pink Swoon blush

Eyes:
• GOSH Eyeshadow Base
• MAC Aquadisiac e/s
• MAC Winkle e/s
• MAC Atlantic Blue e/s
• MAC Deep Truth e/s
• MAC Crystal Avalanche e/s
• Revlon Vintage Lace e/s (blending colour)

Lips:
• MAC Sweetie l/s
• MAC Totally Bang! Superglass Read Full...

Haul Saturdays - Volume 6

Welcome to Volume 6 of Haul Saturdays - a weekly post chronicling whatever beauty related purchases I made throughout that week.
New: I'll be posting haul pics from now on with this post. :)

eBay:
• Zoya polishes in Julieanne, Ivanka, Jancyn, Shawn, and Cheryl

Wal-Mart:
• Sally Hansen HD polishes in Three D, Hi-Res, Hi-Def, and Pixel Pretty

Sally Beauty Supply:
• China Glaze polishes in Hawaiian Punch and Naked
• Orly polish in Star Spangled

Shopper's Drug Mart:
• Back-up of Smashbox Photo Finish Light Primer
• GOSH polishes in Gold, Purple Heart, Flamingo, Ocean, Miss Grey, Golden Brown, Wild Lilac, Blue Monday, Avantgarde, Metallic Purple, Golden Dragon and Metallic Blue

If anyone wants any swatches of anything here, let me know and I'll try my best to get it done asap. Read Full...

Makeup Recreation - MAC Haute and Naughty Promo Pic

Tonight I decided to try to recreate the more dramatic of the looks from the promo picture for the recently released MAC Haute & Naughty Mascara.

I'm not overly happy with what I ended up with but I think it turned out ok. Unfortunately the only glitter I had was much chunkier than the glitter in the promo pic and I didn't have any false lashes that really matched the pic so I just skipped those. I think the less chunky glitter and a set of semi-clumpy false lashes would have made me a lot happier with this look.

Anyway, onto the pictures (top pic with flash; bottom pic without):



Products:
• GOSH Eyeshadow Base
• MAC "Carbon" e/s
• MAC "Violet Trance" e/s
• MAC "Satellite Dreams" e/s
• MAC "Digit" e/s
• MAC "Purple Shower" e/s
• MAC "Beautiful Iris" e/s
• MAC "Gesso" e/s
• MAC "Blacktrack" Fluidline
• L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

I'm hoping to find the time tomorrow to do the other, less dramatic look featured in the promo picture.
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ANOTHER RANDOM POST!

HI LADIES!! A week ago I received 2 packages one was came from Lisa GLAMMED UP and another is from Michelle THE LACQUER FILES... I was so happy when I received 2 packages in a week and what keeps me more excited it's a polish mail..woooooooottt!! woooottt!! let me share to u what manicures I came up with before I show to u what's inside with the packages...

on this mani I used China glaze fortune teller.. I've been wanting this polish so much ang I am so glad that Lisa able to send me this polish... I used different fauxnad plates for the spider web using the China Glaze millennium for stamping..

china glaze fortune teller

I wish they will have a pink, green, purple polish version of this

here's what Lisa sent me... weeee!! this made me jumping over joy!!

I am so surprised for the shipping days of the package took only for a week

heres what's inside the package..!! OMG!!

bunches of polishes and ofcourse a complete set of BM plates!!

thank u so much LISA u are really a SWEET HEART!!

china glaze babies & hard candy

my first love bites, nicka, Chg Matte, L.A colors Enchanting,

Revlon perfume polish "grapes"

klean color, SH Purple Pizza, pure ice, Purple glitter polish (*LOVE*)

another mood polish yay! my very first Finger paint polish and it's awesome coz it's green..

Milani Digital (awesome holo)

See the franken polish its similar with Massini Slamming red and I love it coz it's so gorgeous!!

Hard candy Mr. wrong!!

On the 2nd package It was came from Michelle from THE LACQUER FILES it was my prize from her Spring nail art contest.. check out her blog for she's having a Horror nail art Contest

Here are my prizes.. OH MY GOSH!! I've got my very first GOSH polish!! and I love the nail art polish, tools & decals she sent me.. thank u so much Michelle!! XOXO

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