Thursday, February 10, 2011

NOTD: Essie Smokin' Hot

Here's my current NOTD. Essie Smokin' Hot, from the Winter 2010 collection.






Really feeling this color. It's grey, but has an eggplant plum-ish undertone. I think I remembered seeing RBL coming out with a color in the same family, so can't wait to see that one...Not that I need any new colors at the moment, lol!

Also want to note that this has the best formula. It was a dream to apply, in two coats, and was quick to dry. I didn't use Poshe this time, so it's not quite as shiny or flawless as I would like but that's not this color's fault, hehe. Blame it on the Orly In a Snap, grr!

Anywhoo, check this one out if you haven't yet. :-) I can see it being a timeless classic for a long while.

<3

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

FOTD: Prussian Parfait Amour

So here's what I'm wearing today. Some makeup, yay!! My skin's kinda dry lately so I haven't been in the mood to wear foundation, but today it's fine. Thanks for looking :-)


Face
Prescriptives Virtual Skin (Antelope)
MAC Select Cover up Concealer, Becca Concealer
Nars Loose Powder
Cargo Bronzer (Dark)
MAC Blush (Gingerly)
Nars Albatross

Eyes
UDPP
MAC Parfait Amour, Prussian, Soft Brown, Brule, Bamboo
MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
Stila Eye Kohl (Sapphire)
Covergirl Lash Blast Fusion

Lips
MAC lip pencil (Hover)
Nars lip gloss (Stolen Kisses)

Take care!! <3

Monday, February 7, 2011

A Couple of NOTDs and a surprise!

Hey Guys!!
Sorry I've been MIA, I have had to take some personal time out and deal with some stuff *sigh* but I wanted to post about a lovely surprise I received in the mail last month. Totally unexpected, but can I just say that NARS does some awesome--say it again, AWESOME--customer service. I mean really, you'll see what I mean.

Look what they sent me as a free Holiday gift!!





Yes, this is the Nars Everlasting Love Palette. I think it retails for like $75 or something. Anyway, who just mails this out to people?! Hehe, who cares, I love Nars Santa :-) I haven't swatched any of the colors yet (still in shock, really) but I am so looking forward to doing an evening smokey eye (maybe for Valentine's Day??) with it.

Anywhoo, I finally pulled out Rescue Beauty Lounge polish in Diddy Mow, and I have to say it's so pretty. I had been dreading doing green for a while, but this one rocks.

And also happened to snatch up an OPI Katy Perry polish. I really didn't want any of the other colors, but this one called to me.  It's called Not Like The Movies


Aren't the shimmers and duochrome amazing?! Freaking love it! I do need to complain, though. This is two coats--it really could do for a third after taking these pics. And my workhorse Poshe topcoat shrank the top line and the tips, so I'll have to remember that the next time I wear it. But overall, I wanted a unique color and I definitely got it. No other polish like this in my stash.

Did you get any KP polishes?

I think I mentioned in my last post that I hadn't really been wearing any makeup for a while, just basic looks, if anything at all. Well, I want to get back into it soon, so hopefully I'll remember to take pics when I start. It's hard when you haven't been doing it for a while to "get back on the horse". LOL. But I'm up for the challenge :-) I have been skipping a lot of the collections that have been coming out and focusing on filling in holes of my stash. So I'll need to do a haul post of what I got soon, too.

Ok, that about wraps it up kiddos!!

Take care!

<3