I just got 2 Rock and Republic blushes (Spank and Seduce) in the mail, and I'm thinking I might want one more....Those blushes are awesome! Sale is invite-only, and they only ship to USA and Canada, so you'll need to click on my link to check it out. It's 50% off, so click HERE to sign up and check it out! There's a code for an extra $10 off going around, BTYROCKS10 so don't forget to use that too! And there's ANOTHER code going round for $15 off, BTYTHX1115 so you can place two orders, one with each code!
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
NOTD: Nubar Petunia Sparkle: It's Freaking FUSCHIA?!
I bought Nubar's Petunia Sparkle, thinking it would look like a nice bright purple. Because that was what ALL the swatches I saw on blogs showed me. Purple. Straight-up purple. Nevermind that Nubar's own swatches showed a pink - I was thinking, bloggers don't lie, right? And they're usually much more accurate than lousy website swatches.
WRONG. In this case, all of you lied to me! :P But I don't blame you guys - it's just one of those polish that's a major PITA to photograph accurately, as I soon found out for myself.
See, when I took my photos of Petunia Sparkle, they all turned out like this:
Looks purple, right? That's the colour I saw in all the blog swatches I was reading, and that's the colour I thought I would get when I bought it.
But noo, it doesn't look like that at all - definitely not on me, at least. On me, it's more of a hot fuschia colour. Like, bright fuschia. Almost-neon-but-not-quite-but-still-full-of-bling fuschia.
This is how it REALLY looks like on me. And while I rarely edit my photos (I never photoshop them, although I do occasionally edit indoor photos for colour accuracy) I had to colour-edit this one picture below, because it was necessary. Despite my 2343252523 shots of Petunia Sparkle, it just kept showing up purple on my camera. But on me, it's not purple at all. It's really a lot more pink, a lot less purple, but still really hot.
See, see, see? I told you it was necessary, right? I know purples tend to photograph blue most of the time, and usually I can visually compensate for that, but somehow for this colour, it photographs so much bluer that the colour seems to be a different colour altogether! Of course it's still one hot sizzling colour - but when I bought it, I was really expecting it to be purple, not pink.
And it's really funny, because there I was thinking, "All those bloggers lied to me!" But when I tried to photograph it myself, ALL of my shots turned up purple, forcing me to resort to colour-editing. But I colour-edited them because I just wanted to show you guys what the colour really looked like on me. I don't want anyone who might buy nail polish based on my photos thinking it's a purple, because on me it's definitely fuschia!
(Before anyone starts thinking that I'm one of those bloggers who photoshops my cuticles and erases my pimples, I'd like to state my blog policy on photo-editing. My policy on photo-editing is that I do it to enhance colour accuracy, and that's it. I don't edit anything other than colour, period. I don't make my cuticles look neater, or my face look more contoured, and if you look my photos I think that's pretty obvious. It's a distinction I'd like to make clear, because I am indeed aware of the controversy that could potentially surround a post like this.)
WRONG. In this case, all of you lied to me! :P But I don't blame you guys - it's just one of those polish that's a major PITA to photograph accurately, as I soon found out for myself.
See, when I took my photos of Petunia Sparkle, they all turned out like this:
Looks purple, right? That's the colour I saw in all the blog swatches I was reading, and that's the colour I thought I would get when I bought it.
But noo, it doesn't look like that at all - definitely not on me, at least. On me, it's more of a hot fuschia colour. Like, bright fuschia. Almost-neon-but-not-quite-but-still-full-of-bling fuschia.
This is how it REALLY looks like on me. And while I rarely edit my photos (I never photoshop them, although I do occasionally edit indoor photos for colour accuracy) I had to colour-edit this one picture below, because it was necessary. Despite my 2343252523 shots of Petunia Sparkle, it just kept showing up purple on my camera. But on me, it's not purple at all. It's really a lot more pink, a lot less purple, but still really hot.
See, see, see? I told you it was necessary, right? I know purples tend to photograph blue most of the time, and usually I can visually compensate for that, but somehow for this colour, it photographs so much bluer that the colour seems to be a different colour altogether! Of course it's still one hot sizzling colour - but when I bought it, I was really expecting it to be purple, not pink.
And it's really funny, because there I was thinking, "All those bloggers lied to me!" But when I tried to photograph it myself, ALL of my shots turned up purple, forcing me to resort to colour-editing. But I colour-edited them because I just wanted to show you guys what the colour really looked like on me. I don't want anyone who might buy nail polish based on my photos thinking it's a purple, because on me it's definitely fuschia!
(Before anyone starts thinking that I'm one of those bloggers who photoshops my cuticles and erases my pimples, I'd like to state my blog policy on photo-editing. My policy on photo-editing is that I do it to enhance colour accuracy, and that's it. I don't edit anything other than colour, period. I don't make my cuticles look neater, or my face look more contoured, and if you look my photos I think that's pretty obvious. It's a distinction I'd like to make clear, because I am indeed aware of the controversy that could potentially surround a post like this.)
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Beauty Blog Link Love
Have you ever tried epilating? Well, now Rae has -- and she just loves her new Emjoi Emagine!
Vote NOW on what Makeup Series you'd like to see next on Betty Girl Makeup. Poll closes Friday, August 6th @ 11:59pm.
Jellyminx shows a summery golden pink look and features a surprise guest!
Kim Porter swatches products from the MAC In The Groove Collection to show you what it looks like on NC50 skin.
Krasey Beauty has exclusive swatches of the new Make Up For Ever Lab Shine Collection.
Rachel's been trying out new mineral makeup from Lily Lolo over at Queen of Turquoise.
Hot Beauty Health shares a list of the top 10 virtual hairstyle and makeover sites to try out a new look!
Musicalhouses makes Illamasqua's Beg blush wearable in her latest FOTD.
Find out everything about Summer 2010 makeup trends in the Makeup4All on-line beauty magazine.
Joeybunny over at the PinkSith blog tells us what worked and what didn't during her testing of Raw Minerals Makeup and Brushes. Did you know she's a Team Jacob and not a Team Cullen?
Jolie Laide Girl gets all hot and bothered playing with the Urban Decay Naked Palette.
Check out what makes Guerlain's Meteorites Perles primer so special on Beauty Addict.
Fed up of struggling to access your new makeup? Yeah... Lipglossiping is, too!
Christelle from Beauty Crazed learns that multiple X's are not always inappropriate... sometimes they mean mascara!
I Heart Cosmetics has become totally obsessed with the Clarisonic.
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Retrodiva is giving away the brand new Sampar's Good Weekend Kit, a new travel-friendly kit for urban skin survival.
Win an Infiniti by Conair You Curl curling iron from Audrey Dao.
There's still time to enter the Summer Smooth Skin Giveaway at The Gloss Menagerie!
Got troublesome skin? Enter Hellcandy's skincare giveaway for the chance to win some B-Liv products!
Do you want a new traincase? CSN stores is giving one Spiced Beauty reader a $40 gift card!
Vote NOW on what Makeup Series you'd like to see next on Betty Girl Makeup. Poll closes Friday, August 6th @ 11:59pm.
Jellyminx shows a summery golden pink look and features a surprise guest!
Kim Porter swatches products from the MAC In The Groove Collection to show you what it looks like on NC50 skin.
Krasey Beauty has exclusive swatches of the new Make Up For Ever Lab Shine Collection.
Rachel's been trying out new mineral makeup from Lily Lolo over at Queen of Turquoise.
Hot Beauty Health shares a list of the top 10 virtual hairstyle and makeover sites to try out a new look!
Musicalhouses makes Illamasqua's Beg blush wearable in her latest FOTD.
Find out everything about Summer 2010 makeup trends in the Makeup4All on-line beauty magazine.
Joeybunny over at the PinkSith blog tells us what worked and what didn't during her testing of Raw Minerals Makeup and Brushes. Did you know she's a Team Jacob and not a Team Cullen?
Jolie Laide Girl gets all hot and bothered playing with the Urban Decay Naked Palette.
Check out what makes Guerlain's Meteorites Perles primer so special on Beauty Addict.
Fed up of struggling to access your new makeup? Yeah... Lipglossiping is, too!
Christelle from Beauty Crazed learns that multiple X's are not always inappropriate... sometimes they mean mascara!
I Heart Cosmetics has become totally obsessed with the Clarisonic.
Retrodiva is giving away the brand new Sampar's Good Weekend Kit, a new travel-friendly kit for urban skin survival.
Win an Infiniti by Conair You Curl curling iron from Audrey Dao.
There's still time to enter the Summer Smooth Skin Giveaway at The Gloss Menagerie!
Got troublesome skin? Enter Hellcandy's skincare giveaway for the chance to win some B-Liv products!
Do you want a new traincase? CSN stores is giving one Spiced Beauty reader a $40 gift card!
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