Purple & Gold FOTD

I'm off to Sally's today to see if I can pick up some of the new Finger Paints Special Effects flakies collection!! But first, here's my FOTD.

Eyes:

UDPP

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Sensuous

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Unexpected

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Glamourous

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Corrupt

MAC Eyeshadow in Shroom

MAC Eyeshadow in Beauty Marked

Clinique High Impact Mascara

Clinique Cream Shaper for Eyes in Black Diamond

Orly Androgynie Swatch & FOTD

Today I bring you a swatch of a nail polish I was really excited when I bought it at Sally's (on sale!) a few days ago. The nail polish is Orly Androgynie; it's a black based nail polish with a small golden sparkle, a slightly larger silver and almost holographic rainbow sparkle, and a large rainbow glitter. The nail polish looks gorgeous in the bottle. It applied well, I have on 3 coats on most nails, but others took only 2.

My problem with this nail polish is that there isn't near enough sparkle when applied as in the bottle! I was so excited to have some spectacularly glittery nails for new years, and that was not the result. It's still a gorgeous nail polish, but not what I was expecting.

In addition to this nail polish, I also picked up my first bottle of Seche Vite top coat. Besides its repulsive smell (even for a nail polish...) it works amazing. So glossy and dries so quickly. And not just to the touch like most fast drying top coats; it seems like the nail is sufficiently dry to actually proceed in activities soon afterwards!

Onto the swatches. It was really really difficult to capture, my camera was acting up and the sun had already gone down.

See how gorgeous it looks?

With flash

Without flash

Had an idea for a new years look to make it more glittery.

And finally, just my look of the day. I still cannot figure out why my pictures turn out like shit. :/

New Years Eve Look

I come to you bearing a look that I was trying out for new years eve. I could have spent way more time on this and made it look better... but it's late and I'm tired!

Tomorrow I plan on swatching a new nail polish I got yesterday from Sally's! It's gorgeous.

Anyway, this look is a purple smokey eye with bright red lips! It was kind of inspired by a very popular look in Selena Gomez's "I Love You Like a Love Song" (:

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil (Dark Brown)

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil (Milk)

Lise Watier Cosmopolitan SE Quad (Black glittery shadow)

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow (Duchess, Sensuous, Corrupt)

MAC Eyeshadow (Shroom)

88 Palette silver

Lips

Revlon Matte (Really Red)

Anabelle Lip Liner (Cherry)


Do you have something glamorous and spectacular planned for your makeup and nails for New Years Eve?

Body Shop 4-Step Smokey Eye Palette - Brown Gold + FOTD

In addition to the Quo by Orly nail polishes, I also got an eyeshadow quad from the Body Shop for Christmas. It's a warm brown smokey eye palette with a gold creme sparkle eyeshadow.

I enjoy this palette. The pigmentation is very good, they are extremely smooth and creamy and they blend so well. In addition to all this, the Body Shop sells only cruelty-free products which leaves me in good conscious after using them!

The packaging is beautiful - plastic case, well secured with a gold band that reads "the Body Shop". Large mirror inside and the palette came with a brown mini eyeliner and a small brush.

Here are some photos and swatches as well as my face of the day that I did with this palette (and "Purely Naked" eyeshadow from Makeup Geek). Enjoy!

Swatches taken with flash. As you can see, the gold creme eyeshadow ends up being a very light (almost disappointing, but not quite) gold glitter. Nice as a base!

Still working on figuring out how to capture the looks better. Thanks for looking!

Does a proclamation of cruelty-free from a makeup company help you make a decision on whether or not to buy the makeup?