China Glaze Cast A Spell Swatch

Hello Beautifuls,

I just wanted to share with you this nail polish that I bought from Sally Beauty Supply about a week ago because I found it on clearance. Cast a Spell is pretty new since it just came out with China Glaze's Halloween 2012 collection. It's a dark green base with golden olive shimmers. The shimmers are so pretty it will put you under a spell. The formula was great! You need only 1 or 2 coats. Sometimes two because it can be patchy in some spot so it really depends on how you apply it. This is a great color for fall and Halloween. I dig it.

Hope you like it too.


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Icing Vampire's Kiss Swatches

Yes, Halloween is over and it would have been perfect for the occasion to sport Vampire's Kiss. I find that the name suits it well. This dark jelly base color has a vampy dark side to it and the red glitters looks like blood splatter, lol. What a nice way to describe it eh?
I guess this probably wouldn't be something I'd wear on my nails on a typical day but other than Halloween, perhaps on days I'm feeling dark and gloomy enough to reach for it.
The formula was a bit on the thick side but you can get opaque coverage within 2 coats and the drying time is average.
If you've never purchased nail polishes from Icing, know that they are always on sale for BOGO 50% so you are actually getting a pretty good deal. I think they have a nice selection of colors and glitters to choose from.

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Fantasy Makers Devilish Diva Makeup Look / Swatches / Review

Hello beautiful,

Early this week I decided to pick up this stencil kit from Fantasy Makers aka Wet N Wild. Wanted to try it out today so I can show you the result and tell you what I think about it.

What I'm wearing

• For the stencil flames, I used the dark red cream and the yellow cream from the palette. I set the dark red cream with a burgundy powder eyeshadow.
• Face: Physicians Formula Bamboo Bronzer, Milani Baked Blush Fantastico Mauve
• Eyes: I kept the eyes simple. I just did a basic smoky brown look using a dark brown and a black eyeshadow. Then lined my eyes with a black eyeliner and finished with false lashes.
• Lips: I couldn't find my black lipstick so I used a black eyeshadow cream and topped it with MAC Prince Noir.

Review

• The kit comes with a 6 eyeshadow palette, a black eyeliner, and 3 stencil designs.

• The eyeshadows are cream. They are very pigmented and creamy. I was quite surprised but happy with the consitency of the cream shadow. I have not tried them as eyeshadows but I think these could potentially crease because they feel a little too emolient. However, I think they work well for the stencil purpose and they would need to be set with a powder eyeshadow to make them last longer and look more intense.
• The glitters you see are just overspray. There is no glitter underneath there.
• I had to cut the stencil in half and work one side at a time because it completely covers my eyes when I put it on. Fitting and positioning the stencil on my eyes was the most challenging part but once I have it where I want it, adding in the color is pretty easy.
• The stencil has a sticky side, which helps keep it in place on your skin.
• I personally feel that the mask was a bit too big for my face and the eye contour doesn't really go with where my eyes are, which is probably why I had a bit of a struggle applying and positioning the stencil.
• Overall, I think this is a pretty good kit and I would definitely recommend if you are planning to be a Devilish Diva for Halloween. You may have some difficulty with positioning the stencil but if you can make it work, the result is pretty devildivalicious.

 

What do you think of the look? Would you give this a try? What are you planning to be for Halloween?

 

 

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Fantasy Makers Hauling

Hello there,

One thing I love to check out around Halloween are the eyelashes and of course whatever is new and cool.
I purchased these items at Walgreens.

• Hauntingly Hip Stencil Kit Devilish Diva, $5.99. I absolutely love how the makeup of the stencil flame mask looks on the model...So Fierce! I wasn't sure if I should get it cause I was worried that the makeup palette might be crap but what the heck, I decided to purchase it anyways cause I think the stencil might work.

• Betwitching Eyes Wicked eyelashes, $3.99. Not sure if I will be pairing that with the stencil mask but we'll see how that goes. I loooove colored lashes. They look so cool. 

• Bewitching Eyes Twilight, $3.99. These are just wispy lashes that are covered with small holographic glitters. I hope that the glitters don't fall in eyes.

I'm gonna try to do some looks with these items so stay tuned. Hopefully, this weekend :D.
Have you done any Halloween shopping?


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My Halloween Costume and FOTD

Ok, I'm on a roll with posting today. I was going to recreate this look and retake better pictures of my Halloween look and costume because when I went out to the Halloween party, I was in such rush that the pictures I took weren't that great. However, since I am too lazy to redo the whole thing, I am just going to post the picture I took on the day I went out, lol.
Please forgive the blurness and tackiness of the body shot.

I purchased this saloon girl outfit from buycostumes.com for $50.00. I also was able to get 15% discount on it too. If interested, you can click HERE to see the costume info on the website. I know it might be too late to get this before Halloween but you can always get it for next year or if you just like wearing costumes.
Here is what it looks like on the model...Much better than me.

My thoughts on the costume...
The material wasn't the best but it looked pretty decent and the price wasn't too bad. On the back there is a laced ribbon and you can actually adjust to fit your needs. There is also a pink satin bow on the back around the waist line. The top was actually a bit big on me so my boobs was sorta out there and since I was in a rush, I didn't have time to sew of fix anything..Boo!
The outfit also comes with a matching choker, which seems to make me look like I don't have a neck, lol. I also wore fishnets and added a fabric rose to my hair.
Overall, I liked the costume. It's not something you see people typically wear to Halloween parties (I think).

For the look, my makeup was dramatic. I wore dark smokey blue eyeshadows and paired with MAC Rebel lipstick. And to complete the look, I of course had to curl my hair. Sorry, I didn't take better pictures of the makeup. I wish I did though.

That's it for my Halloween OOTD and FOTD. What are you going to be for Halloween? If you have pictures, I'd love to see them too.

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Masquerade inspired look

So I guess this is going to be the last look I'll be doing for Halloween. It didn't quite turn out as good as I had hoped. The lace pattern didn't show up as much as I wanted it to and the mask turned out a bit brighter than I expected. Lastly, I didn't have any gold liquid liner, which would have been ideal for the outter details of the mask. I curled my hair because I feel it coordinates better with the look. Anyways, I did the best I could with what I had.

Products used:

Mask: NYX jumbo eyepencil Electric Blue, NYX Eyeshadow single Atlantic, Milani Liquif'Eye Gold, lace, black eyeshadow.

Eyes: Urban Decay Primer Potion, Urban Decay Naked palette, Sally Girl baked eyeshadow, Lorac Front of the Line Pro Eyeliner, false eyelashes.

Lips: Wet N Wild ColorIcon Lipliner Berry Red, N.Y.C Lipstick Retro Red.

Face: Benefit Erase Paste, Wet N Wild bronzer Princess, Ulta Cheek Color Afterglow.

I added a Halloween theme to my nails. The tips of my nails looks like dripping blood. I used a sheer light pink OPI nail polish as base, it's a mini nail polish and it doesn't have a name on it (I think it was on the packaging), I bought it as a set and came with 2 other mini OPI. The red bloody tips were done using Sally Girl mini nail polish. It costs only $1.00.

To complete the masquerade look, I added some feathers, a rose, and a couple butterflies that I had put together and attached it to a head band. I used a couple hair pin to position it and secure it...And voila!

Fairy Makeup Look (using Wet N Wild eyeshadows)

I was actually working on this look last night but I was so tired that I didn't get a chance to upload and post a picture. This is actually pretty easy to do. I am using one of my favorite eyeshadow palette. If you don't have it, you should check it out because the colors are so creamy, pigmented, and it's dirt cheap! I used some feather eyelashes that I bought last month at Walgreens and thought it would be great for a fairy look. I'm also wearing a lot of blush for this look. Also contouring my face with a darker blush, I guess it's hard to see on the pic.

Products Used:

Face: Estee Lauder Individualist Natural Finish foundation, Make Up Forever HD powder, MAC On a Mission blush, ELF pink passion blush, MAC Hang Loose blush duo (the purple side), Benefit Erase Paste.

Eyes: Glue stick for eyebrows, Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer in ocean, MAC Grand Entrance  (from Intriguing Scarlet palette), Wet N Wild Lust eyeshadow palette, Fantasy Makers Feather Fetish Lashes, Wet N Wild Mega Liner in black, Essence Surfer Babe Waterproof eyeliner in Hang Loose.

Lips: MAC Blooming Lovely Lipstick, a little bit of gold shimmers on center of lips.

Swatches are done without a primer. See how pigmented it is!?

Vampire Look for Halloween

Halloween isn't Halloween without Vampires. So I had to come up with a Vampire makeup look...Very pale matte skin, slightly contoured face with a bluish-grey eyeshadow, heavy smoky eyes, thick long eyelashes, dark lips that appeared to be stained with blood!

Product Used

Face: Revlon Colorstay foundation, Benefit Erase Paste, Make Up Forever High Definition powder, white eyeshadows, Bluish-Grey eyeshadow for countour.

Eyes: Urban Decay Primer Potion, NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow pencil in Black Bean, black, grey, silver, and white eyeshadows, Urban Decay 24/7 zero for eyebrows.

Lips: NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow pencil in Black Bean, NYC lipstick in Retro Red, MAC Wicked Ways Lipglass.

Sexy Witch for Halloween

It's about time I did a Halloween look. Since witches are quite popular during Halloween, I had to do a Witch makeup look. I hope you guys like it! It was a lot of work but I had so much fun creating this look.

Products Used

Eyes: Urban Decay Primer Potion, NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Black Bean and Purple Velvet, Sally Girl Baked Eyeshadow (purple), NYX 10 color palette - Secret World and Strike a Pose, Wet N Wild Mega Liner Black, purple glitters, Essence Surfer Babe - Hang Loose, Ardell Star Lashes, Prestige Waterproof lipliner - Diva (eyebrows)

Face: Revlon Colorstay foundation, Estee Lauder Individualist, Bare Escentuals Mineral foundation, NYX - Taupe blush, MAC Hang Loose blush.

Lips: MAC - go for it lipstick, Artmatic lipgloss

Halloween Nail Polish

China Glaze came up with these new funky Halloween nail polishes and of course I picked up a couple at Sally Beauty Supply for $4.49 each. I think they are limited editions. There was 3 colors in that collection but I only picked up 2. The purple didn't look all that to me and I had quite a few purples anyways.

Zombie Zest has a sheer dark olive green base color with green and gold glitters. First thing that came to mind when I applied it on my nails was "OMG, this one look just like...Orly Cosmix nail polish in it's not rocket science!!" So guess what I did, I swatched them next to each other and they look almost identical. The only small difference is that Zombie Zest is just slightly slighly darker but Orly has a much better formula.

Ick-A-Bod-Y has a sheer dark base with a lot of orange glitter! Removing all those glitters is going to be a pain in the butt; however, this looks very halloween and cool!