Saturday 30 March 2013

Review and Swatches: China Glaze nail polish in Harvest Moon

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Have you seen The Hunger Games? Better yet, have you seen China Glaze's The Hunger Games inspired nail polish collection? Today's review is on Harvest Moon from The Hunger Games Capitol Colors Collection (Spring 2012).

Swatches of China Glaze nail polish in Harvest Moon (The Hunger Games Collection)
Swatches of China Glaze nail polish in Harvest Moon
(The Hunger Games Capitol Colors Collection)




Saturday 23 March 2013

Review and Swatches: Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Star Light

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Do you love sparkle, shimmer and gltiz? If so, this post is just the thing for you. Today's reveiw is on Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Star Light.

Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Star Light
 Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Star Light


Sunday 17 March 2013

Review and Swatches: Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Emerald City

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Once more, with feeling! In the continuing spirit of St. Patrick's day, today's review is on Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Emerald City.

Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Emerald City
Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Emerald City

Saturday 16 March 2013

Review and Swatches: Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in 19

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Today's post is another St. Patrick's day green-themed post, with a review of Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in 19.


Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in 19
 Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in 19



Friday 15 March 2013

St. Patrick's Day Look

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Want a green eye look to go with your St. Pat's green cupcakes and green fizzy drink (or beer :P)? Here it is! This is a really easy, really sparkly look that will have you ready for St. Pat's!


St. Patrick's Day inspired green eye look
St. Patrick's Day inspired green eye look

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Look: Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party

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You may have noticed I haven't been posting as many looks up as I used to. I've been suffering from make-up creative block. Until recently, I hadn't seen much to inspire me to do new looks. That changed when I saw these pictures of actress Ginnifer Goodwin at the Oscars after party.

Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars after party.
Picture property of Just Jared.
Source: http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2820345/ginnifer-goodwin-josh-dallas-vanity-fair-oscars-party-2013-04/


Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars after party.
Picture property of Just Jared.
Source: http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2820345/ginnifer-goodwin-josh-dallas-vanity-fair-oscars-party-2013-04/
This is the kind of makeup I would do with this dress! It's bold, it ties into the dress without being too matchy-matchy and it's perfectly balanced- she kept the rest of her face neutral with some light bronzing anda neutral lip. Most of the time on the red carpet, you see very neutral makeup and if someone does a basic smoky eye or a red/pink lip, they're classed as adventurous or bold. For me, that's not bold. Playing with colour in different ways is bold.

So I tried to recreate it...
I have to say this was the most difficult relatively-simple look I've done in ages. I hadn't done a bold look in so long, it was like I was learning how to use make-up all over again. Plus, a fair amount of my makeup is in storage, so I didn't have the perfect colours and so had to mix and match. I think it turned out ok. Hopefully you'll like it!


Review and Swatches: China Glaze Nail Polish in Stella

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Following on from my post about Midnight Ride, this post is about the other nail polish I am currently in love with, China Glaze's Stella. This polish was part of the Retro Diva collection in 2009.

Swatch of China Glaze nail polish in Stella
China Glaze's Stella nail polish is on my ring finger.

Sorry I just re-used the Midnight Ride photo. I love it too much to change this manicure just yet. I wore Stella last (and it's my current pedicure colour, but I'm not posting photos of my feet :P) so it feels like it'd be a bit much to have Stella on fingers and toes. Also, the tip of the nail is done in China Glaze Tinsel Town. I'll get to a review of that later.


Monday 11 March 2013

Review and Swatches: China Glaze Nail Polish in Midnight Ride

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Today's post is a review of China Glaze's Midnight Ride nail polish. This came out as part of their Rodeo Diva collection ages ago (2008, I think) but I only recently managed to get myself some China Glaze nail polishes so I thought I'd review it anyway, as it's new to me. To be completely spoiler-y, I love it.

Swatches of China Glaze Nail Polish in Midnight Ride
China Glaze Nail Polish in Midnight Ride
(accent nail is China Glaze's Stella and Tinsel Town)