Black And White Nail Art Challenge

I love a challenge. I may not always succeed, but I love having something to shoot for. I have been seeing tons of challenges on blogs lately so I decided to try it out myself. I chose this one because it seems like I could do most of these without any serious issues. I also thought this would be a great way to introduce more nail art and nail polish swatch content for the blog. Yay! (Then maybe I will try the 31 day nail art challenge. Depending on my success with this one.)

What do you think about these challenges? Do you like them or find them to be lame?

Do they help you get out of a creativity rut?

Will you try to do this with me and all the other bloggers working through it? It will be fun, I promise!

Top 10 Lip Colors For Spring 2012

Hello everybody! Today is a quick post again. I wanted to share my second top 10 spring colors video. Today is all about lipsticks. I will have swatches to go with this once I get a hold of a camera again.

My top 10:
1) NYX Matte Lipstick- Indie Flick
2) OCC Lip Tar - Grandma
3) Revlon Just Bitten Lip Stain - Passion
4) OCC Lip Tar - Harlot
5) NARS - Barbarella
6) Illamasqua - Scandal
7) NYX - Stella
8) Darling Girl - Coraline
9) Kiss My Sass - Georgia Kiss
10) OCC Lip Tar - Strumpet


I tried to get a nice mix and I had a very hard time picking only 10. I tried to pick some that were on trend for this spring - ie tangerine tango and/or neon! I tried to keep a wide range of brands and prices as well. I really like NYX Indie Flick and recently discovered Haute Melon (which I have been wearing for a week straight now). I also have a deep love for OCC Lip Tars so I just had to put a few in this list.

What do you think of these colors? Do any of these colors appeal to you? (swatches coming soon)

What colors do you find yourself reaching for in the spring time? 

Top 10 Nail Polishes for Spring 2012

Hey everyone I just wanted to share with you my newest video. I picked 10 polishes I thought would be great for spring.

My top 10:
(In no specific order)

1) OPI - I Eat Mainely Lobster
2) Zoya - Eva
3) China Glaze - Peachy Keen
4) China Glaze - Orange Marmalade
5) Sally Hansen - Mint Sorbet
6) OPI - Gargantuan Green Grape
7) China Glaze - Aquadelic
8) China Glaze - Dorothy Who?
9) OPI - Lucky Lucky Lavender
10) OPI - Dutch'Ya Just Love OPI?

What colors do you like for spring? Did you agree with any of my picks?

Do you change the colors your picked based on the season even if they are not "season appropriate?"

Detrivore Cosmetics Swatches

Today I want to show you some swatches from Detrivore Cosmetics. I picked up 10 shadows when they were having a special: Buy 10 for $20. I picked up a toooooon of matte shadows. I have recently become very interested in matte eyeshadows, they are still new to me. I think I like them a lot better than ones that are very shimmery and/or frosty. The 10 shadows I bought were:


Creature- bright purple matte
Bone- white matte
Bog Body- bright teal matte
Porcelain- light brown matte
Tommyknocker- medium yellowish green matte 
Starlet- pink matte
BSoD- bright blue matte
Facade- peach matte
Decay- pastel green matte
Torment- medium brown matte

Top - Creature, Bone, Bog Body, Porcelain

Middle - Tommyknocker, Starlet, BSoD

Bottom - Facade, Decay, Torment

Top - Creature, Bone, Bog Body, Porcelain

Middle - Tommyknocker, Starlet, BSoD

Bottom - Facade, Decay, Torment

Creature

Bone

Bog Body

Porcelain

Tommyknocker

Starlet

BSoD

Facade

Decay

Torment

Swatches

over bare skin - no primer

Top - Facade, Torment, Porcelain, Bone, Starlet

Bottom - Tommyknocker, Decay, Bog Body, BSoD, Creature

I really love these shadows. They are rather easy to work with even though they are matte shadows. The colors are very vivd and opaque. If you use a light hand when applying you can make them less intense.

I would love to own every matte shadow in the collection!

What do you think of these  eyeshadows or mattes in general?

NTMS Disney Challenge - Ratigan Picture Tutorial

Hello everyone! I meant to post this sooner, but the internet had other plans. But that is fine because NOW IS THE TIME for a quick photo tutorial!

The look

What I used

Tutorial Time!

I have already primed my eyes with Urban Decay Primer Potion and then placed Maybelline Color Tattoo Fierce & Tangy over the inner 3/4 of my lid.

Next pat Detrivore Facade all over Fierce & Tangy and then added Pretty Addictions Peach Punch in the inner 1/4.

Then using NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Purple Velvet place on the outer 1/2 of my lid and made a winged shape.

Next pat Pretty Addictions Hocus Pocus over Purple Velvet and tried to blend as best as you can.

Next place a little bit of Glamour Doll Eyes Electric Chair in the inner corner and then use Glamour Doll Eyes Pistol Pistol to darken up the crease.

Ta da! This is the finished product.

I am quite pleased with how this turned out. I feel that my blending skills are slowly getting better and I really loved how the purple and orange worked together. I also really like the winged shape I created. I really love wearing a bold winged liner and this give you a similar shape but a more dramatic look.

What do you think? Have you ever done a look and totally surprised yourself with how great it turned out?

Would you like a video tutorial as well/in place of photo tutorials?

NTMS Challenge - Disney

This weeks challenge in NTMS is Disney. I decided to do a look inspired by one of my favorite movies: The Great Mouse Detective. I picked Ratigan as my inspiration.

And here is the look I created. I wanted to use the orange and purple as the main part of my look. I darkened the crease a little instead of leaving it bright and used a bright color on my lips to pull in the red from the lining of his cape.

What I used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Maybelline - Color Tattoo in Fierce & Tangy

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Purple Velvet

Glamour Doll Eyes - Electric Chair, Pistol Pistol

Detrivore - Facade

Pretty Addictions - Peach Punch, Hocus Pocus

bareMinerals - Original SPF 15 Foundation in Fair

Stila - Love At First Blush Palette

Benefit - Hervana

Kat Von D - Everlasting Liquid Love Lipstick in Jeffree

What do you think of this look? I really like it! I was afraid this would end up being a bit crazy, but I think depending on what you are doing, you could probably wear this look out without a problem. Here is the tutorial if you are interested in how I did this.

Hmmm...A Giveaway?

What do you think of a 50 follower giveaway? I am almost at 40 and I don't think 11 more is too much to ask. I think I will give away a few items from Moon Rabbit Cosmetics, ELF, and maybe a few nail polishes? What do you think? Would you be interested?