NOTD: China Glaze Nova

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I'm still in Cape Cod for another week and so far this week has been very annoying because there's been stormy weather and no internet at the new house! I'm at an ice cream place that has wifi though so I decided to upload a picture of my nails of the day a few days ago when I went to the Provincetown pride parade, which was so much fun! I felt that this nail polish, which is pure silver glitter that reflects every color of the rainbow, was a perfect choice for a pride parade =)

I don't think it's really possible to capture this nail polish in a picture, it's SO sparkly! I did my best though, enjoy!

I'll be back home on Saturday but I don't think I'll do makeup for a few days after.

In Cape Cod for 2 weeks!

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as of today, I will be in Cape Cod for 2 weeks! I have been looking forward to this vacation for so long and I'm so excited! I'm not sure what this means for blogging and makeup and stuff, but I do have some makeup with me, so we'll see! I can see some gorgeous sunset inspired looks happening =) I mean, just look at the sunset we had tonight at the beach!

Imitating a MAC desig

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Today I saw this makeup look on Johnny Weir from a MAC photoshoot and it looked like a lot of fun so I did it! It gives emotion to a blank face which I thought was a very cool effect. There were a lot of ways to photograph this, so there are a lot of pictures in this post!

What I used:

- NYX eyeshadow base

- NYX black eyeshadow

- Jordana snowy white eyeshadow

- NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

- 2 pairs of false lashes from Harmon

- Wet'n'wild Mega Eyes Defining Marker

Imitating a Sephora add

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So, coincidentally, after going to Harmon and getting my first dark purple lipstick (NYX Black Label lipstick in Seductive) because I love interesting lip colors, I got the new Sephora beauty report in the mail and it had a look with purple lips and eyeshadow on the cover! I went to try the lipstick out and figured, why not go ahead and try to imitate the add! So I did and here's what I came up with:

I was pretty happy with the turnout, and here is a link to the sephora page for the look I was imitating. I know the colors look really off, but that's because the lighting in my room is much different than their professional sets!

What I used:

eyes:

- NYX eyeshadow base

- Jordana eyeshadow in Ms. Jordana

- Sephora Flashy liner in Flashy Brown and flashy violet

Lips:

- NYX black label lipstick in Seductive

Face:

- Coastal Scents contour and blush palette

NOTD: China Glaze IDK

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omg, I am so in love with this color! It's a gorgeous holographic purple from the China Glaze OMG collection. It's so mesmerizing with it's ovular rainbows that flash around whenever you look at it =)

Inspired by Keane's Night Train Cover Art

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Sorry I haven't been posting this past week, I guess I just slacked off =( anyway, on Friday night, I got to see Keane, which is one of my favorite bands, live at the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn. It was a great location for a summer night concert, and Keane was absolutely phenomenal! So I decided to do a makeup look inspired by the cover art on their new album, Night Train!

What I used:

- NYX eyeshadow base

- Ben Nye Cosmic Blue

- Kryolan Midnight Blue Eye Dust

- Wet-n-Wild Mega Eyes Defining Marker

- Coastal Scents 88 Palette

- Buxom Mascara

Also, here is a video of the concert I saw! Keane comes on around 3:45, after Ingrid Michaelson.

Having Fun with Lip Colors!

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Soo, here's the lip stuff that I was doing yesterday! I kind of discovered a new love for lip design and color, I think it makes a nice, bold statement and photographs really well. Also, I think a lot of people regard black lipstick as gothic or depressing, but I definitely disagree. Of course it's a statement making color, but I wish that statement wasn't seen as a negative or rebellious one because black lipstick looks so cool! I'm not saying in any way that everyone sees it that way, but I know that some people do.

Anyway, enough with my rant about black lipstick and onto the pictures! ok for the first few, I had on black over metallic blue, which made a really cool shade that wasn't quite black or matte and had some blue undertones in it. The first c

ouple of pictures I thought looked most editorial.

Here's one with the rainbow wing makeup I had on (obviously that got smudged a bit)

Blue!
Blue heart
silver!

MAC funtabulous dazzleglass over matte black lipstick (sorry about the feathering on this one, eek!)

Hope you like them!

NOTD: China Glaze Adore

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So here are my nails of the day, China Glaze Adore, which is a GORGEOUS chrome blue. The Picture captures the color very well, although it might be a tad more silvery depending on the lighting.

In a little bit I'll be posting a bunch of pictures of awesome lips that I did yesterday

Rainbow Wings

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So I did this look today and I'm very happy with how it turned out! It's just a nice red wing and little bits of colored eyeliner on the bottom lash line in rainbow order, and of course some rhinestones! =)

Here are some more pictures of how this looked without the rhinestones and black eyeliner on the waterline.

What I used:

- Ben Nye Lumiere Luxe powder in Cherry Red, applied wet with an eyeliner brush

- Ben Nye eyeshadows from the Lumiere Palette in Tangerine, Sun Yellow, Chartreuse, Jade, Cosmic Blue, and Amethyst

- NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean

- Buxom Mascara

- Rhinestones

Double NOTD: NYC Luxury Lime Creme and Rimmel Green with Envy

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Here are my Nails of the Day from yesterday and today! Yesterday's was NYC Luxury Lime Creme, which is a very sheer, pale lime green with a bit of blue shimmer.

Today's is Rimmel Green with Envy, which is a nice teal that leans to the green side, obviously the picture doesn't show that too well! I LOVE the formula of Rimmel colors it's very easy to apply (the brush helps) and it's opaque in 2 coats. This is also a great pedicure color.
OK, I'm off to do a really cool rainbowy makeup look that I will post as soon as possible =)

Again, if you have any suggestions or requests, I will be happy to do them!!

Product Review: Sephora Flashy Eyeliners

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These are some of my favorite eyeliners, Sephora flashy liners! They're very pigmented and stay on for a long time. Each time a new color comes out I always make sure to get it. From left to right:

Deep Black: good matte black

Flashy Black: shimmery black

Flashy Ultra Violet: medium purple with blue shimmer

Flashy Mauve: Very light pink with a blue tint

Flashy Blue: Bright turquoise

Flashy Green: nice velvety green, almost teal

Flashy Ultra Green: grass green, nice and bright

Flashy Brown: very pretty copper

Flashy Copper: (not copper colored) metallic gold

Flashy Silver: (not silver) white shimmer. I use it as a base for using eyeshadow as eyeliner

You can get these at Sephora for 8$

NOTD: Mattese NYC Neon Flame

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Here are my nails of the day, Mattese Neon Flame. The picture isnt very accurate because it depicts it as an orange red, but its really a very reddish hot pink/ magenta, even with some coral tones in it.

Inspired by a Cow's Tapetum

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So after reading the title of this blog post, you're probably a little freaked out! While I was at camp, I dissected a cow's eye and got inspired by the Tapetum, which is an iridescent colorful layer at the back of the eye. I wanted to keep this look simple, just a nice gradient of color, and more wearable than some of my other looks recently hahaha =)

What I used:

- NYX Eyeshadow base

- Coastal Scents 88 shimmer palette

- Wet'n'wild Mega Eyes Defining Marker

- Buxom Mascara

- NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

NOTD: China Glaze Admire

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this is the first of my nails of the day posts: China Glaze Admire

It's a really pretty pale chrome pink that's very reflective and changes tone somewhat in different light; its more gold inside, but outside it becomes much more metallic and silvery.

Product Review: L'oreal Telescopic Explosion Mascara

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So what I want to do, in terms of a blog schedule of sorts, is have a makeup look and a product review/nail post, each every other day.

Today's product review is on L'oreal's Telescopic Explosion Mascara, which came out a while ago. It is a lot like Givenchy's Phenomen'eyes Mascara in that it has the same sort of brush idea: a mascara brush shaped like a ball. However, it does have a much longer wand than Phenomen'eyes, which might make it easier or harder to use, depending on your preference. I can't compare it formula-wise to phenomen'eyes because I don't have/ have never used phenomen'eyes. The formula for this has never been a problem for me (a lot of people say that it's too wet or goopy) but I don't find that it does anything incredible to my lashes.. I do suppose it adds some length, but I've seen many better mascaras. The one thing I like a lot is the ball applicator, I find it makes putting on mascara very easy and makes it possible to get all of your lashes precisely where you want them to go.

My natural lashes:

With Telescopic Explosion:

The wand:

Request: Indica Islands of Light Music Video Look

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So I got a request to do the makeup look from the music video for Islands of Light by Indica. It's a very defined teal/grey look with a cool wing shape, and false lashes with some red rhinestones and black eyeliner.

What I used:

- Ben Nye Peacock Lumiere Luxe Powder in Peacock

- Ben Nye Liquiset

- Ardell Lashes #139

- NYX Felt Tip Liner

- red rhinestones

- NYX black eyeshadow

- NYX Jumbo Eye pencil in black bean

Just so you know, I'm always open to suggestions! whatever look you want me to do I will =)

Coming up: I'd like to do a video post on how to do yin yang nails, and just general tools for doing nails, A post on makeup organization, a video about how to do water marbling on nails, and many more makeup/ nail looks! Now that I'm home from camp I plan to do a lot more blog posts than I have been doing =) I was thinking of doing a series of makeup looks inspired by different skies from different parts of the day, how does that sound?

Yin Yang Nails!

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So here's a design I did last night and I've been getting lots of compliments on them today!

What I used:

- Mattese White

- Color Club Art Club Black

and a dotting tool and striping brush of course!