Archive for September, 2011

Make Up Store Britta

Friday, September 30th, 2011

It’s another fun Holo Friday with Kerstin! Say hello to Britta, my first polish from Make Up Store. It’s a light pink holo, and it’s quite lovely! Well, apart from the bald spots you get if you’re not smart to use a top coat as a base and in between layers. Anyway, I ended up with four coats, and the sun peeked through the clouds every now and then so I could get some good shots:

The base color looks lighter on the nail than in the bottle.

The next one is taken in the shade, where it looks more matte, still with a slight holo effect:

And last, but not least, holo overload!

Now I’m off to have some “Fredagsmys”! In English that would be.. ehm.. Friday cuddle? That may sound naughtier than it is.. =)

Cherry Culture 5 Years Anniversary Sale

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

I got this in my inbox today and thought I would share it in case someone is interested in some shopping:

25% off at Cherry Culture  until September 30th, when you use the code CC5Y. I can highly recommend you take a look at the L. A. Girl polishes, especially the Metal Collection. You can see some of the polishes in these posts:

Sterling Silver Gradient
Iron Red

Millenium
Chromium Green

Hmm.. my nails look quite shorter in some of those posts.. =)

Other nice things to pick up are the NYX jumbo eyeshadow pencils, NYX round lipsticks, Milani’s 3D polishes (I have Cyberspace and Hi-Res so far) and so on.

Happy shopping! I might pick up a few more things even though I placed an order only a month ago.. *shopaholic*

 

Zodiac Theme – Pisces Look

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

Purity is having a Zodiac theme going and today it’s time for Pisces. When I think of Pisces, fish and the color blue pops up, so that’s what I went for in my look. I envisioned my eye as the fish with the tail out in the corners. It was a quick look I made after washing off the eye makeup I wore for work, so my skin doesn’t look too good. It ended up a very soft look, I was considering using a really dark blue for the fish shape but I kinda liked the soft and “blurry” look.

Face
Meow – Pampered Puss foundation in Frisky Chartreux (or whatever’s left of it…)

Eyes
Too Faced – Shadow Insurance
Nyx – Jumbo Eyeshadow pencil in Milk applied on lower waterline, and blended on inner half of lid
Meow Cosmetics – Birdsong on inner two thirds of the lid, and inside of the tails
Meow Cosmetics – Sleeping In on outer third of lid
Meow Cosmetics – Dolphin in crease, contour of the fish tail, and under lower lashline
Everyday Minerals – Floating Feathers on brow bone, inner corners, and applied on top of Bird Song, and under lower lasline
Lumene – Blueberry Curl Mascara on upper and lower lashes
Viva La Diva – Mix & Match Eyebrow Color, medium brown shade used to lightly fill in eyebrows

Lips
MNY – My Tube Gloss in 686 (A light minty green shimmer)

I apologize for the weird coloring in the photos, I haven’t really got acquainted with my new compact camera yet.

And a sleepy looking close-up:

It’s in no way a masterpiece, but it was fun to do and I finally got to use some of my blue shadows, I usually stay away from them as I think they clash a little with my eyecolor.

Holo Friday With Nubar Reclaim

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Kerstin at Skimmerskuggan has started up a Holo Friday series, and posting holo polishes every Friday. Today I finally managed to get something up for the theme. This is my first Nubar polish, and a gorgeous one at that! Reclaim is a beautiful medium grassy green with a good holographic effect, and was quite easy to apply.

I was expecting some guests when I decided to put this one since the sun was showing itself, so I slapped on two quick coats which dried almost instantly, went out on the balcony to take a few pics and then the guests arrived. So this was a real quick one!



Isn’t it wonderful?

Some Swatches Of Isadora Light Touch Natural Radiant Make-Up SPF 15

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

I’ve seen a lot of posts about this new foundation from Isadora, and when I went past them at the super market I decided to make some quick swatches of three of the shades. I also had my Flawless Finish Foundation from ELF in my purse, which I find is a fairly good match for me when applied lightly, so I put that on as well for comparison. The photos are taken after I came home, unfortunately the sun was pretty much gone so you’ll have to do with poor indoor lighting.

The top mess is ELF Flawless Finish Foundation in Sand, which looks quite a bit lighter than the Isadora shades. And then we have the Light Touch Foundation swatches:
Bottom row L-R: 50 Nude, 51 Beige, 52 Sand.

I tried to swatch them on my face as well:

Unblended, L-R: ELF Sand, Isadora 50 Nude, 51 Beige, 52 Sand.

Blended slightly, L-R: ELF Sand, Isadora 50 Nude, 51 Beige, 52 Sand.

The ELF swatch looks quite yellow on me but I think it helps to even out the pink overtones in my face. My face really doesn’t match my body…

I’ve actually only used one liquid foundation in the past, and that was Lorea’l True Match in C1 Rose Ivory. After a while I realized though that it was too pink for me, so I think I should go for more yellow tones.

I may pick up this foundation in either Nude or Beige, I haven’t really decided which one looks the best yet. I’m hoping they’ll melt in and not look quite as dark as they appear to be. Have anyone of you tested this foundation yet?

China Glaze Skyscraper

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Skyscraper is a dark blue jelly loaded with silver glitter, and while I wore it I could hardly keep my eyes away from my nails! What you see here is three coats (if you have short nails you can probably do just fine with two) plus a layer of China Glaze Fast Forward. I didn’t find it very gritty at all, and it got quite smooth with top coat.

Unfortunately the sun had troubles breaking through the clouds, I guess it would have looked better in full sunlight.

The next photo is taken inside with flash, the base looks a little darker there, and that’s more what it looks like inside.

And a close-up under the kitchen lamp:

Yummy!

My Latest Haul

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

I just wanted to show you what I ordered from Nailsupplies.us, as you can see it was before the OPI’s disappeared from the site.

First we have five China Glaze polishes from the Metro Fall collection.

L-R: Trendsetter, Traffic Jam, Street Chic, Concrete Catwalk, Skyscraper.

And the rest of the polishes, which I’ve had on my buying-list for a while:

L-R, China Glaze Senorita Bonita from the Island Escape collection, OPI Serena Williams Glam Slam! England collection with Grape… Set… Match and Servin’ Up Sparkle, and OPI Last Friday Night from the Katy Perry collection.

I’m curious to try out the Metro polishes, I’m not a creme-fanatic but I ended up with three cremes anyway.

Is there anything in particular you want to see?

KleanColor Metallic Black And Some Layering With Nfu Oh 48

Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Mmmm.. black… *said in Homer Simpson style while drooling*. KleanColor Metallic Black looks nearly black with its silver shimmer, and dries a little matte. I really love this finish, and as with the rest of the polishes in this collection one coat was enough (except for the ring finger, I was clumsy and dented it).

It looks like there’s tip wear, but I had just filed my nails and it kind of looked weird because of that.

The shimmer looks quite lovely in the sun.

While I was taking photos inside, my cat Lakrits wanted to join in, so here you have a fur background =)

I thought this polish was perfect to layer something on, so I chose my Nfu Oh 48 to put on top of it. That one has a sheer pink base, with silver shimmer and flakies that change color between yellow, orange, green and some kind of salmon pink. Let’s see what that looks like:

I really like this combination!

Here you see some of the color shifts in the flakies.

Ooops, haven’t done my cleanup I see..

KleanColor Metallic Aqua

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

I’m continuing trying out KleanColor polishes, now it’s time for Metallic Aqua. After the staining from Metallic Pink I thought it would be best to use a base coat, so I put on Seche Ridge Filling Base Coat, and then one coat of Metallic Aqua. I don’t remember having any troubles with the drying time here.

And what do I have to say about this one? I love the color! I wouldn’t really call it aqua though, it’s more blue than that.

In natural light.

With flash to show the shimmer.

A Colorful Eye Look With UD 15th Anniversary Palette

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

My, that was an imaginative headline.. I didn’t know what to call this post really. I was playing around with my latest love last weekend and ended up using six of the shadows in the 15th Anniversary Eyeshadow Collection. I don’t think I’ve ever used that many at once!

Eyes
Urban Decay – Primer Potion all over lid and blended up to the browbone
Urban Decay – Flow on inner half of eyelid, and under the inner part lower lashline
Urban Decay – Junkshow on outer half of lid, blended into Flow
Urban Decay – Deep End in crease
Urban Decay – Omen in lower part of the crease and outer v
Urban Decay – Half Truth in outer v
Urban Decay – Vanilla in inner corners and on browbone
Urban Decay – 24/7 pencil eyeliner along outer half of lower lashline, with Omen on top
Isadora – Inliner Kajal in Blond on lower waterline
Smashbox – Hyperlash Mascara
ELF – Cream eyeliner in Black (I think it is, my memory is bad..)
Viva La Diva – Mix & Match Eyebrow Color

I see that I should have taken the eyeliner a bit further in, but other than that I’m pretty happy with this look.

It’s not really a look I would wear at work, but I could definitely sport this at a party!