Monday, May 21, 2012

Blurple Gradient!

This is my post for the 90 Day Challenge today, no clue what day it's on, but at least I'm posting lol

I've really been on a gradient kick lately. I just love how they look and there are so many different combinations. I couldn't decide what colors to use so I asked the SO to pick 2 colors, and I had to add "and not green" because he ALWAYS says green lol. So he chose blue and purple.

After choosing the blue and purple that I thought would look great together I did my base coat with China Glaze "Gothic Lolita"

 I love this polish. I really should wear it more. The formula is great and opaque in 1 coat. I was surprised. I planned on only doing 1 coat anyways since it was just a base for the sponging. But this is how it looks with one coat :)

I then used 2 Wet N Wild colors for the sponging: " Teal Of Fortune" and "Hannah Pinktana"

 Wet N Wild "Teal Of Fortune"

 Wet N Wild "Hannah Pinktana"

 I started off sponging the top half of the nail with ToF and then the top half with HP. I kept switching between the two colors sponging over lapping them in the center of the nail so they would blend and fade into each other. 



 The purple was more sparkly then the blue so I added a coat of Northern Lights to each nail.
Man do these puppies sparkle in the sun :) I'm really enjoying the gradients and I'm most likely be doing more. Should I keep posting them? or is everyone tired of seeing them? Please let me know in the comments below!!!

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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Femme Fatale Swatches

I have some more swatches!!! This time they are from Femme Fatale Cosmetics. I recieved a few samples to review. I love each and every color that I got. When I looked at them in the baggies and I really liked them....
 ....but when I swatched them I swooned :)
Top: Ignite, Archangel, Inscribe
Bottom: Mysticism, Wrath Baby, Shadow Dance
 Will you look at those colors!!!!
 Top: Ignite, Archangel, Inscribe
Bottom: Mysticism, Wrath Baby, Shadow Dance

 I think my favorites out of these are Archangel and Mysticism.

I know I will be making an order soon. Femme Fatale is in Austriallia so shipping is a little longer, but totally worth it. Samples are $1.10 and Full sizes are $5.00. I can't wait to use these suckers on my peepers :) I need to start taking pics of the shadows on my eyes :)

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Chromatic Cosmetics Swatches

So I'm trying to keep up with the 90 Day challenge... but I keep getting behind, so I have no idea what day I should be on, and I don't feel like trying to figure it out anymore lol. So this is just an entry for the challenge whatever day it's suppose to be :) On to the pretties!!!!

Today I have some swatches from Chromatic Cosmetics. I'm go glad I found this company. I recently placed a second order and all of the shadows surpassed my expectations. I stumbled across their etsy page one day while I was bored. I had a hard time deciding what colors to try and ended up ordering 30 samples lol. The baggie samples are $0.99 for 1 or $2.00 for 3.
The samples are a very nice amount.
If you haven't checked them out you really should!!
 L to R - Top Row: Bereavement, Platonic, Autopsy, Hemoglobin, Sparkle-tini, Terrestrial
L to R - Bottom Row: Oh Mr. Sun, Midnight Lights, Blitzen, Seraph, Paramour, Lost Boy
 L to R - Top Row: Bereavement, Platonic, Autopsy, Hemoglobin, Sparkle-tini, Terrestrial
L to R - Bottom Row: Oh Mr. Sun, Midnight Lights, Blitzen, Seraph, Paramour, Lost Boy

The only one I wasn't thrilled with was "Bereavement" the glitter in it was too big for my liking, but it is still an awesome color :)

My favorite is "Terrestrial" I bought a full jar with my last order. You can see it in a look I did a bit back here: My Eyes of Day 31 It is such an awesome color. It works as a highlight color and if you dust it over other shadows it adds so much to it and it can transform it into a totally different color!!! If you only order one shadow from Chromatic it should and must be "Terrestrial"!!!


Top Row: Ja Makin' Me Crazy, Pina Colada, Violater, Maryjane, Black Magic, Puppy Love
Bottom Row: Cadaver, Bedroom Eyes, Volatile, Mistletoe, Hard Cider, Shamrocked

 Top Row: Ja Makin' Me Crazy, Pina Colada, Violater, Maryjane, Black Magic, Puppy Love
Bottom Row: Cadaver, Bedroom Eyes, Volatile, Mistletoe, Hard Cider, Shamrocked

I know that "Bedroom Eyes" and "Volatile" look alike, but they are more different in person. The blue/green shimmer in "Volatile" is so awesome.
"Bedroom Eyes" is described as - a hot pink/fuchsia with a blue/purple duochrome effect and sparks of white gold & sapphire shimmer
"Volatile" is described as - hothothot fuchsia that shifts into teal, kicked up with cool shimmer.


Top Row: Infatuation, Nutcracker, Starry Night, Three Wishes, Designer Drug, Blushing Bride
Bottom Row: Powder Room, Walk of Shame, Dream Weaver, Cafe Mocha, Stoned, Fruit Cake

Top Row: Infatuation, Nutcracker, Starry Night, Three Wishes, Designer Drug, Blushing Bride
Bottom Row: Powder Room, Walk of Shame, Dream Weaver, Cafe Mocha, Stoned, Fruit Cake

It's really hard for me to find words to describe each color, then are all so beautiful and unique. I want to owe every color that they make. All the shades apply like a dream. I've used them with primer and with Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy and they work great both ways.

If you haven't tried out Chromatic Cosmetics then I highly suggest that you do so now.

I have more shadows from this company. Theses are just the samples I purchased with my first order. If you'd like to see more please leave a comment letting me know and I will do swatches of my most recent order.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Neons, Crackle, and Striping - Days 41, 42 & 43

Day 41 of the 90 Day Challenge
I did this mani before I realized that the popular trend right now is gradient manis. I wanted to do something bright, but I didn't want just one color. I decided to try doing a gradient. I haven't done many, maybe 1 or 2 in the past. I love how it came out :)
For this mani I did a base coat of China Glaze - "Oxygen" and then using a makeup sponge I sponged using:
China Glaze - "In The Lime Light"
Sinful Colors - "Neon Melon"
Sinful Colors - "Summer Peach"
 China Glaze - "In The Lime Light"
Sinful Colors - "Neon Melon"
Sinful Colors - "Summer Peach"
 
 Most of the nails turned out great. I had a few where the orange wanted to over take the yellow, but all and all it turned out awesome. I loved it and I can see me doing this one again. I plan on trying other neon colors. The sad thing though is while I had this mani I ended up breaking about 3 nails :( But on the upside they are all about the same length now!!
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Day 42 of the 90 Day Challenge

My SO wanted me to paint my nails using green and gray. I decided to paint them green ad use gray crackle on top. The problem came when I couldn't decide which green to use.... so I choose 5 greens :)

 L to R: China Glaze "Tree Hugger", "Four Leaf Clover", "Paper Chasing", Zoya "Ivanka", and Revlon "Rain Forest"

 Thumb = "Rain Forest", Pointer = "Ivanka", Middle = "Paper Chasing", Ring = "Four Leaf Clover", Pinky = "Tree Hugger"

After I applied 2 coats of each polish to each nail I saw that 2 had a shimmer but the other 3 didn't so I added a coat of Icing "Call Me Glitzy" over the last 3. This way they all looked to have a similar finish.

 I then added a coat of 2012 by Cherimoya "DNA" crackle polish.
Final Results:



All of the polishes went on great. The crackle was a bit thick and goopy, but it turned out so that's what matters :) I have a bunch of the 2012 crackles and I should use them more. I wonder if you can add thinner to crackle or if that would ruin it... Will have to do some research :)
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Day 43 of the 90 Day Challenge

The last thing for today is a mani that I am currently wearing while typing up this post. I used the gradient method again but I also used some striping tape :)

I used 2 coats of Nicole by O.P.I. "Kim-Pletely In Love" but I forgot to take a picture :/ sorry

I then sponged over that using Sinful Colors "Dream On" and "Bikini"

 Sinful Colors "Dream On"

 Sinful Colors "Bikini"


I added a coat of SV Quick Dry and then applied striping tape to each nail. I used the same designs on my other hand too. I then applied 1 coat of China Glaze "Smoke and Ashes"


I need to work on getting my tape straight but other then that I really like the results :)

Well that's it for today. I'm trying to catch up with the 90 challenge that's why I posted for 3 days in one post.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Orange you glad I posted? - Day 40

Day 40 of the 90 Day Challenge

So the other day I didn't know what to put on my nails so I posted in the facebook group "Never Too Much Sparkle" and asked for a color suggestion. Wendi from Makeup Zombie responded with "Orange!!" So that's what I did.

I started with 2 coats of Spoiled "Jail Bait"
 I've read that a lot of people do not like the brushes for the Spoiled line, but I must admit that I love them. When ever I use them I hardly have any clean up to do. They are the perfect shape and size for my nails. I guess I'm lucky lol

 "Jail Bait" is a jelly neon orange. The formula if great and is opaque in 2 coats. It went on like butter, for me anyways.

 I've been having a lot of fun playing with my scrapbooking scissors so I figured I'd use them on this mani. I made to cuts so I'd have a strip of zig-zag tape and applied it in the center of each nail.

 I used 1 coat of China Glaze "Liquid Leather" and topped it with a coat of OTD Northern Lights

 This mani made me think of halloween and/or Charlie Brown lol. I think the black toned down the bright orange some, but it still caught my eyes all day at work while typing :)

The day after I wasn't feeling real good, so I couldn't do my nails so I opted to just add a coat of chunky glitter to my existing mani using Jordana "Copper Blaze"...


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