Fun with Nails

Loving Polish! <3

 

 

 

The colors I used for this look are Sinful colors in Snow me white, Julep in Sasha, Sally Hanson hard as nails in Black Heart, and Color club which didn't have the name on it :( (super pretty teal blue!)

 Nails are the easiest way to experiment with colors and mixing patterns :D <3 <3 <3

 

Fall/Warm Winter

Climate Change

So, after moving from Wisconsin to Georgia I've learned I no longer have a real 'winter' season!  This is some of the looks I wore in fall in Wisconsin and winter in Georgia which is closely similar time!!

This was an outfit for a night out at the hookah bar, was feeling trendy! Maurices top, necklace, and bracelet.  K&K highwaisted shorts from pacsun, belt from spencers, Pretty Polly black suspender tights from Nordstrom, and maurices combat boots.



 

Relaxing around the house and shopping day Maurices top, leggings, combat boots, and black under tank top.

 

Work outfit Maurices top and purse, bcbgeneration earrings, spencer liquid leggings, bongo Kmart black boots.

 

Shopping day again!  Maurices purse, green undertank, striped teeshirt, camo scarf, leggings, Express blazer, AE payless shoesource booties.

 

Hanging out at home again, Maurices red top, black under tank, leggings, AE Payless shoesource booties.

 

Work day again, maurices polkadot blazer, white tank top, leggings, wetseal tank top, AE payless shoesource booties.

 

Work again! (I work :P) Express blazer, maurices black undertank top, lace top, lace skirt, and lace bootie heels.

 

Superbowl!! (Next year we'll do better and make it!) Walmart packer teeshirt and cap, maurices silver jeans and black combat boots.

Hangout night! (this is definitely for those warmer nights): Maurices teeshirt, combat boots, icing black leg warmers, American Eagle mini skirt.

 

Interview attire: Express blazer, Maurices teeshirt and heels, Deb black pants.

Hangout (cooler day): Victoria's secret cream bralette, cream sweater, tan boots, Maurices silver jeans, cream icing leg warmers, and Charlotte Russe headband.

 

Another interview outfit! Express blazer, maurices top and heels, Deb black pants.

 

Going out outfit: Maurices over shirt, combat boots, purse, Charlotte Russe headband, belt, Forever 21 dress, Icing leg warmers, Walmart basic tights :D

 

Fun going out outfit (around holidays particularly) American Eagle sweater, skirt from Halloween outfit (HA!), black texture tights and legwarmers Icing, Maurices combat boots, Charlotte Russe necklace.

 

Holiday outfit again :D Maurices tank underneath and top, Walmart leggings, cream icing leg warmers, bongo Kmart black boots.

 

Going out outfit!: Maurices black undershirt, mesh jacket, combat boots, walmart black teeshirt, American eagle mini skirt, Charlotte Russe bow tights and grey kitten socks.

 

 Hangout, shopping outfit: Maurices hat, necklace, Pacsun tank, Victoria's secret cheetah top, miss me jeans, icing leg warmers, bongo Kmart boots.

 

 

Workoutfit: Maurices necklace, top, belt, bracelets, Charlotte Russe skater skirt, AE Payless Shoesource bootie, Walmart tights. 

 

 

I'm excited for spring and summer! I'm thinking of doing a 14-30 day dress event this summer to get some use out of all my dresses!!

 

Excited for the warm weather because I was freezing waiting for the manager this morning!!

 

 

 

Thanks for Reading <3 you guys!!



For the love of Lippy's Haul

Do Not Come Between a Girl and Her Lippy's!

 

I have to be honest....I <3 Lippy's! Everytime a new line of lip products comes out I get too excited and pick up most of the colors without reserve!  Lipgloss, lipstick, lipbalm, liquid lipstick...the excitements the same.  In the last couple months a few different new releases have caught my eye but alas I am not in a position to purchase everything I want.  This for one has taught me what colors I lean to but also sometimes trying a shade or two first is good to know if I'm going to really appriciate the formulation.  I recently hauled a few of the new formulas in a couple shades and thought I'd share with you guys :D

 

 

As you can sort of see I picked up from top left clockwise: Maybelline Colorsensational the elixir gloss, L'Oreal extraordinaire liquid lipstick, Rimmel  show off lip lacquers, Revlon colorburst lacquer balm and matte balm, Rimmel Stay glossy lipglosses, and lastly a Wet and Wild lipstick

 

 

From left to right, top to bottom: Revlon Matte Balm in Standout and Striking, Rimmel Show Off in Stellar and Nude Eclipse, L'Oreal extraordinaire in Rose Symphony, Maybelline elixirs in Hibiscus Haven and Caviar Couture, Rimmel stay glossy in black diva and wet n wild vamp it up lipstick, Revlon matte balm in Unapologetic, Revlon lacquer balm in Provocateur and Demure.

 

From left to right, top to bottom: 

  Rimmel Show Off in Stellar and Nude Eclipse, L'Oreal extraordinaire in Rose Symphony, Maybelline elixirs in Hibiscus Haven and Caviar Couture, Rimmel stay glossy in black diva and wet n wild vamp it up lipstick, Rimmel stay glossy in Non-Stop Glamour and Revlon matte balm in complex, Revlon lacquer balm in Provocateur and Demure.

Heres my natural lips to start out with...they were a little stained from pink lipstick yesterday lol

 

Rimmel Lacquer Balm in Demure is a really awesome pink sheened nude that I would say is an awesome color to just toss in your bag for a go to smooth on shade. All these lacquers also have a light mint smell, which I like makes me feel fresh!

Revlon Lacquer Balm in Provocateur is a candy apple blue based red, it is a really easy fun way to wear a red lip if you prefer non-matte.  I am in love with all the Revlon lippys to be honest.

 

Revlon Matte Balm in Complex is a very sophisticated way to wear a nude, it would look good if you're going for a retro feel I feel like.  It does highlight the dryness (you can see where my lip has actually cracked from dryness) of your lips so exfoliation is key with the mattes.  

You'll have to start to forgive my application on some of these as my lips got drier and I hurried a little (look at my poor piercing stone coved in lip product lol).  This is Revlon matte balm in unapologetic which is a very intense reddish hot pink reminded me of MACs impassioned.  I think this is a fun color to wear for a pop of color, it definitely wouldn't be an easy color to pull into your clothes and accessories as it's so quite unique.

Revlon matte balm in Striking is a true red to slightly orange red shade that I am also in love with, if you want a fast everyday red look along the matte family this is it! If you're down with reds of every texture picking up this one and the lacquer balm in provocateur is well advised if I do say so myself :D

Revlon matte balm in standout is a much deeper red, it feels a little more dramatic and night time like with my skin tone.  I still like it but it wont be one I reach for constantly in the day time, also I had put lip balm on a bit b4 this picture cause it didn't upload the first time so it looks decidedly less matte, an idea if you want to add a bit of sheen to these :)

Rimmel show off in nude eclipse is an example of how this formula can make most colors look amazing.  Usually I'd find this too 'concealer' like and I wouldn't wear it but the sheen and texture of it makes it more wearable, I would still work hard to pair it with the right complimenting makeup but this makes this color wearable for me.  Also these have a very plastic smell but I don't mind it too much.

I do believe the Revlon balms and Rimmel show off are my favorite two new formulations.  I would love to find the show off formula in the reds! (naturally right!?) this is Stellar which is similar to unapologetic except this formula is much more amazing.  It's a bright pink with red tones and is very fun and POW!

This is the L'Oreal Extraordinaire in Rose Symphony which I managed to talk myself into only one because then I could get one of the new shadows also :D although I think it looks absolutely beautiful on, lovely color, nice shine, I find it has a tacky plastic feel on the lips.  It wears very unevenly too, and the smell is very melony which I didn't mind but some may dislike.

 



 

The Maybelline elixirs are much more comfortable in my opinion but I think I will use them mostly as lipstick topping gloss, with the exception of perhaps Cavair Couture here and there.  In the tube it looks like an extremely dark vamp shade but on the lips it turns into a beautiful berry gloss.  I think it can be used on it's own for sort of a soft fall or winter shade, maybe night for spring or summer.

This shade I picked up specifically to be a layer gloss, it reminded me so much of Candy Yum Yum lipstick from MAC.  It's Hibiscus Haven and is a clean, bright blue based pink which I still could see wearing it on it's own but on lipstick is amazing!

This is that color over Candy Yum Yum and you can really see how they pop together <3

Rimmel stay glossy in Non-Stop Glamour is just a shimmery nude color that I would definitely pair over nude lippy shades to add shine and shimmer and just AAAAHHHHHH lol I love me some shimmery gloss!

The Black Diva shade I bought with the intention of possibly layering to either darken reds or really really vamp my dark colors.  Maybe around Halloween I'll pick up one of those cheap black lipsticks to play with.

 In the mean time this is wet and wilds vamp it up which is dark as can be and really should be used with a lip pencil, I couldn't find a dark vamp red for the life of me so maybe using a black liner with this lipcolor will have to do.  You can tell how uneven my application was as my lips where dying! lol

 Here is the two of them together which is definitely extremely vampy and fun!

 So that's all loves I hope you enjoyed I was not a fan of the L'Oreal liquid lipstick but I'll be gunning for some amazing shades from Rimmels show off line!! <3 <3 <3

P.S. I can actually say I'm in love, not sure where to wear it but <3





Top 12 Favorite MAC Lipsticks

Much Love MAC <3

I have a kind of MAC obsession, it started with the Venomous Villains collection and hasn't ended yet.  Here I chose some of my favorite MAC lipsticks, if I was between similar permanent or limited edition shades I picked the permanent shade but still love some of the limited edition colors!

 

Bare Again Sheen Supreme, Innocence, Beware! cremesheen, Saint Germain amplified, Costa Chic frost

Viva Glam Nicki satin, Candy Yum-Yum matte, Runaway Red satin, Scarlet Ibis matte

Rebel satin, Prince Noir matte, Plumful lustre, Rocker matte

 

 

First this is my natural lip color with only baby lips in clear...I will admit my lips got redder and sore by the end of all this swatching!!

Bare Again is a sheen supreme and has by far the glossiest finish of all these lipsticks.  I love this one as a very fast easy neutral lip.  If I don't want to reapply 2+ products it's easy to throw this in my bag!  It doesn't change my lip color a ton, just neutralizes the pink a bit and evens the tones.

Innocence, Beware! is a cremesheen and therefore has another slightly creamy, glossy finish.  This is hands down one of my favorite colors!  It is one of the first MAC lipsticks I bought with the venomous villans collection.  I even bought a 2nd repromote when I finally could.  I like to pair it with Devisly Stylish lipglass which was part of the collection and also limited edition.  It makes a very light natural lip which looks a little pinker on me.

Saint Germain is amplified finish and very pigmented, similar to Viva Glam Gaga but that being a lustre that is much more sheer.  It is a very light blue pink which I love for a unique statement lip, most people think of bright or deep colors for statement lips but this is a cool switch.

Costa Chic is a frost and one of my go to coral colors.  I really like a few colors such as Betty Bright, Cut a Caper, Flamingo, and Ever Hip that are all similar to this family.  This though is a permanent and can be paired with a lot of coral lipglasses.  I was between including a peach or a coral lipstick but I find myself loving coral lipsticks from MAC.  Corals are my LOVES for summer!

Viva Glam Nikki is a satin and this is obviously the first one.  It is a bright coral pink and this picture does NOT do the shade justice.  I love pairing it with the matching lipglass and is once again a more unexpected statement lip.  Very fun and summery.

This was so difficult for me.  This color is one that I missed a few times and ended up buying every known dupe in man kind for, most being very similar but this is the one and only Candy Yum-yum which is now permenant at MAC.  It is a matte shade and such a vivid blue pink that it still shocks me!  When I compare it to other bright pinks it's blue tones truly make it look worlds brighter.  It's not an everyday color and it's not for the faint of heart but it's easy to fall in love with this color!

Runaway red is a beautiful slightly darker red.  It is a satin and actually in the tube looks much darker though it glides on much more true red then the dark hue it appears.  I love this color for a red that isn't quite 'red' but is definitely a red lip, it screams SEXY! lol to me atleast.

On the other side of red is the orange toned Scarlet Ibis, a matte color I LOVE this color.  I wear it summer, winter, it looks more interesting then a regular red but still has a classic feel.  I believe L'Oreals la laque in I laque you a lot is similar but not a matte shade, I like the matte effect of this lipstick so much.

Rebel is a berry, or pink toned color that was ALL over youtube and blogs for a while so I gave it a whirl and got what all the fuss was about.  If you don't want a color that is purely red or pink this is it.  A good fall color it has a satin finish and isn't as drying as some of the matte deep colors.

 

This is NOT the best picture of Prince Noir, blurry and around my lips was so red and dry it was hard to get to look smooth. Usually this isn't the case but worn on it's own it is still fairly unforgiving with a matte drier texture.  This is my favorite full on vampy color.  Blackened red it just makes me feel dark and myserious, if done with a smokey eye you have to be really subtle so as not to over do the two together.

Oh how I love love this color, Plumful which is a lustre is one of my fall my lips but better colors.  It adds a bit of a plummy pink tone to my lips but the lustre keeps it sheer and natural looking.  I pair it with electrolush lipglass for a very 'done' natural look.

This picture is deceptive, no that I see it close to Rebel it looks the same though it is Rocker which is a matte (think I put too much lip balm on as I was so dry by this point) Rocker is a deepened red, it makes me think if Runaway Red and Prince Noir shacked up and had a baby this would be the offspring.  It is a vampy red whichout being too dark or too deep, it's good for if I want another sexy color and feel like going farther from a true red then Runaway red.  It doesn't have any real pink/berry undertones like Rebel does so it's odd it photographed that way, you can see it's differences best in the hand swatch!

 

 

I really love MAC and hope I've shared some true love with you guys <3

I have long looked at other permanent colors and even the special editions that they release but I usually do have something similar so I can finally pass on a lot of the colors :D

 

Goodbye Lovies!!