The Beauty B.

Friday, October 1, 2010

OPI Go Goth Swatches

As I mentioned in my last post, I love Halloween! Since this is the start of October, I thought it'd be appropriate for some Halloween polish swatches.

The OPI Go Goth collection is a 4 piece set of mini polishes. The box says "dramatically alternative shades for Halloween" and I definitely agree!

Unripened - A black base with blue teal glitter. Really pretty!

Nevermore - A blackened purple glitter. Very nice, but similar to some other polishes we've seen lately.

Sanguine - A dark reddish brown. Very vampy.

Obscurity - A simple black matte.

I really love these colors for Halloween! I have some great ideas for nail art with these, so stay tuned :)

Today is the start of my favorite month, October! I love it so much because it is the month of my birthday, Fall, and Halloween (my favorite holiday). In order to celebrate my love for Halloween I am going to do my nails in some sort of Halloween style the whole month! Therefore, most of my nail posts will be Halloween themed, but don't worry I'll have some regular stuff thrown in there too.

Here's a simple nail look to kick it off...

Orange with black glitter! The orange polish is from a brand called Absolute! that I found at locally owned beauty store. The color is simply called Orange. I then added Revlon's glitter topcoat in Galaxy on top. It's a black glitter loaded with lots of silver chunks.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Persistently Polished Giveaway

Erin at Persistently Polished is doing an awesome giveaway. She is doing a giveaway for MAC's Bad Fairy! If you weren't lucky enough to get this polish (like me, all sold out everywhere!) then check out this giveaway!!

http://persistentlypolished.blogspot.com/

MAC Aquadisiac

This has been an eyeshadow I have wanted for a while now. I recently gave in and bought it! So I thought I'd do an eye of the day with it!

I used MAC Aquadisiac all over my lid. I then used a little white eyeshadow to lighten up the inner corner and to highlight my brow bone. Next I used the teal color from my L'Oreal HIP duo in Flashy. I put that in the crease and outer corner. I then used that same color to line the outer half of my lower lash line. I used Aquadisiac on the inner side. It creates an effect similar to my eyelids. I finished with Estee Lauder Pure Color liquid eyeliner in Pure Black and of course Bad Gal Mascara by Benefit!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Sally Hansen LCD

Time for a random swatch!

I really like the polish LCD by Sally Hansen, but it's quite sheer. I decided in order to make it pop I would layer it on top of a pink creme. I started with Essie Need A Vacation which is a bright light pink. Then I used LCD on top. It really made the color stand out. Pink, sparkly, and fun!

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Essie Lapis of Luxury

I recently started getting interested in Fimo nail art. I love how 3D it is! I purchased a pack of 100 Fimo canes from Bundle Monster and had to do a nail of the day with them. Here it is!

I used Essie Lapis of Luxury as my base. This is a great cornflower blue. I do not have anything like this in my collection! I then chose a cute matching heart. This was my first attempt and I put too much topcoat on top of my Fimo slices, so there are some bubbles. However, I now know what to do next time!