Pink Wednesday with a hint of Grey

You may think that the title is misleading, but it's not I swear!

This is 2 coats of NYC Fuchsia Shock Creme, with 1 coat Wet & Wind Grey's Anatomy on top.

You can see at the different angles is has a shimmer on it. I love using Grey's Anatomy as a layer over top of other colors. Especially the ones I do not like as much. :) Grey's Anatomy itself is fairly boring, so if you thought about not getting it, I would recommend it even just for this use.

Work friendly Pink Wednesday

Most people have jobs, I hope at least, and if you have a job like I do that would be awkward wearing a flashy polish to sometimes it can be hard to be unique and work friendly. Well this is a gradiant and stamped mani I wore to work and while it was noticed by the girls, the men (namely my boss) said nothing about it.

Started with 2 coats of Sally Hansen's Diamond

Then sponged on Sally Hansen's Pink Promise til it really showed on the tips.

Then i stamped on a really simple flower design with Konad's Special White.

It was cute, but by no means simple!

Pretty in Pink Wednesday

These are just so cute I can hardly stand it. Done with Color Club polish and Konad Special White.

Nail Foil Collection and Descriptions - Pink Foils

The following is the next installment of the nail art foil collection series. This one will contain all of my pink foils which will include photos of the product, close up images of the foils and also a brief personal description of them. These foils were purchased by me from Dollar Nail Art.

If you do not know what nail art foil is or how to use it please follow this link here to my Introduction to Nail Foils post for more information.

 Azalea:

Azalea is a colour similar to Passion Pink except it has more of a purple tinge to it and is also slightly darker. Like the other metallic foils mentioned before this one, it has no pattern to it, only solid colour.

 

 

English Rose:

Now this is where we get to the interesting foils! English Rose is a semi-transparent foil with a pink rose pattern along the entire length of the nail. With this foil you can change the appearance of it depending on what background colour you use. Where the foil is white in the photo, your background colour will show through, making this foil very versatile and one of my favorites.

Fuchsia Fantasy:

Like Diamond Red and Gold Crush, Fuchsia Fantasy has a diamond tile like pattern along the entire length of the foil with a hot pink base. The diamond pattern reflect pink, purple, blue and red depending on where the light hits it creating a holographic appearance.

 Light Rose:

Light Rose is exactly what its name suggests, a light rose coloured foil with a highly reflective metallic finish. It has sort of a lilac hint to it but when compared to some of the other purples it just didn't fit. There is no pattern to this foil, it is just a solid colour

 

 

Magenta AB:

Magenta AB is a holographic foil with a hot pink base. Depending on where the light hits this foil it reflects orange, red, blue, and purple. When applied to the nail it creates a rainbow down the length of the nail. This is very similar to Peach Burst or Gold Spectrum except with a different base colour. To see this foil in use please check out tartofraises1's blog post here  

Passion Pink:

Passion Pink is a really pretty solid hot pink colour with a nice metallic reflect to it. There is no pattern to this foil at all. If you want to see this foil in action, please click the link here to see Miss80Million's tutorial on Youtube.

 Tearose:

Yet again another foil whos name is a good description. Tearose is a pretty rosy pink colour with a reflective metallic finish. There is no pattern to this foil at all it is just solid colour.

 Wine:

Like its name suggests, Wine is a deep wine colour with a metallic reflect to it. it is a lot darker than Azalea and when compared to it it takes on more of a red colour than the purple hint that Azalea has. This would look nice matched with a true gold colour to create a royal look. This has no pattern to it only a solid colour


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Pink Wednesday Gradient

Started with 2 coats of Sally Hansen's Pink Promise

First layer of sponging on Zoya Faye

The next day when I finished it up with more Faye and a top coat.

I really loved how this turned out even if it was a bit cutesy for me. The worst part was the next day I went out in all black, looking incredibly badass, but had this cute little pink mani.

Pink Wednesday A little late. XD

I wanted to try something a little different than the plates i see most people using, so I used the chains on BM12. They are a bit punky, but I like them.

Pink Wednesday - Swirly

No this is not the kind of swirly Nelson gives on Simpsons. I did a drag Marble. :D

The base color is 2 wet coats of Sally Hansen's White On, with dotted Orly Gorgeous, which I then swirled around using a bamboo skewer for grilling.... I could not find some good pointed orange stick and I find these work just fine. Plus they were only $1 for 100 of them at Food Lion(a local grocery store). So yeah drag marbling is easy and pretty fun. :D

Pink Wednesday for toes

This is 2 coats of Nina Ultra Pro's Punki Pink and Sally Hansen's Rockstar Pink on top.

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush, Amused

Yesterday I went on the hunt for a cool toned pink blush. I realized I am very much lacking in that department as most of my blushes lean warm. At Sephora I came across the new Tarte amazonian clay long wear blushes and decided to try one out! I picked up "Amused."

oooh prettyyyy

I simply love this blush! The packaging is sturdy (and cute!), pigmentation is wonderful and it blends smoothly. Tarte claims 12 hours of wear and although I didn't test this out for 12 hours yet, it did last at least 7 hours on me (I took my makeup off after that time lol). That works for me! I also love that it is formulated without parabens, sulfates, petrochemicals, etc... It's without a doubt a very high quality and natural product.

I bought it at Sephora for $25. I would definitely say the Tarte quality is on par with my beloved Nars blushes ($27 at Sephora) and my 3 Rock and Republic Blushes. I realllly don't need any more blushes, but I don't think I will be able to resist another one! I already have my eyes set on Blissful! Amused is definitely a unique color in my blush collection!

Have you tried out these blushes? Thoughts?

MAC Fanfare Lipstick

Last week I did a Back2Mac at the MAC store the other day and decided to get a lipstick! I am a big fan of MAC's paint pots, eyeshadows, blushes, msfn, etc... but I had never tried any of their lipsticks before. I had my mind set on trying out a few of their very popular shades: creme cup, angel, russian red, cosmo, ruby woo, etc... but found that none of them were what I was looking for. I realized after swatching all these colors that what I wanted was an everyday type of lipstick...Fanfare was exactly that for me.

Fanfare is a really pretty "my lips but [a million times] better" medium pink, with a touch of coral. It is also part of the Cremesheen category, so it has a smooth, creamy texture, wonderful pigmentation, and a bit of a sheen to it (definitely no glitter or anything!) It may look boring in the tube, but on my lips it's a perfect medium pink/coral color. The wear is lovely; it's very comfortable on the lips and lasts for a good few hours.

I tried looking through my other lipsticks to see if I had any similar colors. You can see that the two on the right, revlon peach and nyx watermelon are both much more orange. Revlon pink in the afternoon (which is also a new acquisition of mine) is the closest I found within my collection: It's a bit lighter and slightly more pink than Fanfare.
Overall, I think it's a beautiful color and quite underrated--I've never heard any hype around this color. Definitely a lippie to check out if you happen to be at a MAC store!

Valentines Day Eye of the Night

I of course decided to go with a pinkypurpley girly look for Valentines day this year. How typical. Was a good excuse for me to get out of my neutral rut and use my neglected pink and purple eyeshadows :)

List of Products Used:

Mac Bare Study as a primer

Urban Decay Purple haze

Mac Phloof, swish, signed sealed

Bobbi Brown Gel Eye Liner in Black Ink

Covergirl Lashblast Volume (2 coats!)

and a little bit of Anastasia brow powder in brunette

Hope you had a lovely Valentines Day yesterday!