Ultimate Eyeshadow Palette

I bought this palette from Target a few weeks ago. I was kinda going back and forth about it because I already have the BH Cosmetics palette and I never use it. Ok...well I've used it once...for my sister's homecoming make-up. But I figured ::talking to myself in my head:: "oh hey....for $15...who cares if it just sits under the bathroom sink. It's so flippin pretty". So I bought it. Which I was ONLY going to Target to check out their clearance section. Then when I came home with a ton of bags, my boyfriend goes "what...did you buy the whole store?". Why yes....yes I did.

I kinda want to do a comparison of this and the BH Cosmetics palette in the near future. Just seems like a lot of work though, you know? ::sigh:: so maybe some day.

.....that's the look I get when I neglect him.

871 Pink?

Pink Wednesday! Pink Wednesday! Pink Wednesday! Heyyyyyyyyy! So today I have a polish by Sinful Colors. Usually they have these cute little names for their polishes. But...I don't know if it's just an old color or what...but it's just called "Pink". I have had it for a while so it is possible that they decided to not be so creative with the name. However, it is by far one of my favorite polishes. It's a super-neon-bright-in-your-face pink. I usually like to do a stamp or some sort of thing over it, but today I just did Crown Me Already by OPI on the accent nail. There are so many glitters coming out for the holiday season! I prefer this one. It goes with practically everything and it's really easy to work with.

Sultry Raven's Pout

While surfing the web one day, I came across a couple reviews about this lipstick. I'm a huge sucker for youtube raves and people gushing about products. I don't know...maybe it's just me. If enough people talk about a product, it has to be great right? So I checked out my local drugstore to see if the Project Runway line from Loreal was still there. And just my luck, it was. Only a few items because they were about to take it off the shelf. I don't like putting any product on me in the store, so I picked it up along with Audacious Amazon's Pout. So I took it home and did some swatches on my hand. WHAT THE HECK. Sultry Raven's Pout was kinda dirty looking on my hand. Very unappealing. Light caramel would best describe the color. But for shits and giggles, I put it on my lips. Now, I have pretty pigmented lips and it's hard for me to find a nude that doesn't make me look dead or that goes nicely with my skin. This color was absolutely perfect. It concealed the little red tint I had on my lips and gave them a nice natural color. I'm so glad I got it now.

DS Original

This has to be one of my favorite OPI polishes that I own. I just love it so much...I should have bought another bottle. I haven't had a chance to get my hands on the GOSH polish or nfu oh 61, so this will have to do until then. I love holos and I wish that I more of them. All the other ones that claim to be holos are just full of crap.

this polish just makes me so darn happy!

Essence Walk of Fame

I bought a couple of the Essence nail polishes a few weeks ago. I'm not sure where exactly they sell them, but I know for sure Ulta and Fred Meyer have them. The brand in general is supposed to be comparable to Wet'n'Wild and is along the same price points as well. These were .99 each and I think the most expensive thing from the entire cosmetic line is around 5.99. They also come out with limited edition products, similar to MAC and the higher end brands, which are only available while supplies last. Sooooooo yeah. I got Walk of Fame which is a dusty taupe color. Every time I tried to take a picture, the color was a little off and it kept changing color with every picture I took. Very frustrating. These two are the closest from the actual color. It is a tad lighter than the pictures, but not by much. All in all, I really like these little polishes. For .99, it's a really good deal for what you get. I didn't have any problem with streaking, but the first coat was pretty sheer. I probably should have done one more coat...but oh well.

The Old Bill

I'm just going to do a quick swatch of Butter London's The Old Bill for ya. It's a metallic gold that I think would be really pretty for darker skin tones. Not saying that it wouldn't look good on lighter skin, but there's just something about golds that look so good on darker skin. Seemed a tad on the sheerer side and I needed 2 coats for it. The first coat was a bit streaky, but then it evened out on the second. Overall, I found it ok. It's not a color that I would wear all the time and therefor isn't worth the $14 that I paid for it. I did however get it on sale during Ulta's Buy 1 get 1 free sale. Dont' get me wrong, it's a nice color. Just not one of my favorites.

Happy Movember!

I finally did the mustache design that I've been wanting to do for the last couple days. It's nothing fancy, but I did want something to celebrate Movember. Last year, I bought a massage bar from Lush and it had a little mustache on it. SUPER cute. I forgot the name of it thought....but that's not the point here. So like I said in my previous post, Movember is to raise awareness for men's health (specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men). And during Movember, men grow out mustaches and basically become walking billboards for the cause. Similar to when women change their status' on facebook to their bra color or where they put their purses, it's just a round about way to bring up conversation and bring up awareness to the cause. I think most men don't really know the reasoning to it, they just want an excuse to grow out perverted mustaches. But hey, now you know.

Oh yeah....I used China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint for the base color, the konad white for the polka dots, and then the konad black for the mustache.