Bettina Ocean + Update

Hi there, long time no post!
In my defense, I have a good excuse.  As I mentioned before, I've been -desperately- looking for job and my payers where finally answered.  Last week I started in a new job.  I'll be on probationary term for 3 months and if everything goes well, it will be permanent. 
Please keep me in your prayers! :)

Now to the polish: here is what I wore on my nails a couple weeks ago
Bettina Ocean with some studs I got at Icing.  I took the picture 4 days latter, so that is why the gold stud is a bit peeled.

I have many more manis ready, pictures just needs to be cropped and watermarked, but I'm waking up at 4am to get ready for work and then getting back home at about 5:30 pm so I'm too tired to work with them.
Think once I finish with Pueen's Love Elements and Gals Fairy set, I'll be on track again.

Until next lovelies!

Icing Paparazzi - this time with swatches

While browsing my stash, found Paparazzi and shared some bottle pictures in case anyone was interested in swatches.  Not the best shots, I'm using my old camera again, but are decent enough to give you an idea on how this polish looks.

The only thing I don't love about this polish is that is a topcoat gusher.  Due to the dense packed glitter it dries gritty (but not bumpy or uneven), I did two heavy coats of topcoat to make it super smooth.

blurry on purpose.  at night sparkles even more!

Hope you enjoy this brief glitter intervention :)

PS: don't forget about my giveaway!

Icing Paparazzi

I think Icing's Paparazzi  was my first holo-ish nail polish, but I didn't notice until a couple weeks ago.  I got it last year and have only used once, on my toes [that's why there are no pics]

Paparazzi leads more to bronze than pink and it looks like nails got bedazzled - lots of bling here!

silver shatter over matte

This is quite an old notd, I totally forgot about it.
This was my first time using a matte polish, Avon matte enamel in Violetta with a silver shatter from Icing over it.  I love this combo! It looked amazing all matte but I forgot to take pictures before the top coat.

Had a hard time pairing the silver shatter with other polishes but over a matte it works like a charm. The consistency of the shatter is very weird, almost like wet sand, on the thick side and dries quick. The consistency makes it glop a bit around the mouth of the bottle but you can gently push it all back inside with the brush, close it, roll the bottle and it mixes back with the rest of the polish.

Violetta is an amazing color. Its a vivid jewel-tone purple with very fine blue and fuchsia glitter. I like the fact that the formula is tick, there is no streaking and dries pretty fast too. I've heard that matte polishes chip quickly; specially this one; so if you want to preserve the original finish I would recommend using a matte topcoat.

showstopper

I did this look mainly using the Icing baked eyeshadow in Showstopper.

To add a bit of smokiness I used a black and blue from the 120 palette and a shimmery white for the tear duct. For the browbone used eggshell from Estee Lauder.  I rarely use blue eyeshadow as vivid as in this look but I like how this turned out  :)

 I'm still playing with the new camera settings, that is why my skin looks way more tanned, but I'm glad that is capturing the eyeshadow colors as close to how they look in person.

collective haul: Sallys, Forever21, Icing, Kmart

I had a Sallys Beauty discount coupon and I needed a base coat... as always I got more than what I went looking for :) Then at Kmart I went looking for a sport bra but couldn't find one in my size, so I wandered around the cosmetics isle and got something too.

- Beauty Secrets base coat
- 2 China Glaze polishes: For Audrey and the crackle in Crushed Candy (because it was mistakenly marked down)
- Palladio Herbal eye primer *check my review on it*
- mini Sallys nail polish for a franken.
- Jordana nail polish in Purple Glam
- Elf eyeshadow brush ( I always get the last brush available!)

The week before I finally! got the dress for my aunts wedding at Forever21. I'll let the dress for a outd by now. I've wanted some cupcake accessories, just for fun! + a ballerina necklace because it reminds me of my niece :)  they where only $1.50 each

That same day we went to Icing because I wanted to get more polishes. They had an area where you could get 5 items for $10, so I got 2 nail polishes, a baked eyeshadow and 2 palettes.The silver one is a crackle.

Also, there was a clipless curler on sale for $10 but with another sale they where having I got it for $5. I already tried it and works great.

Notd: forget now, party hardy

Sinful Colors forget now is cool bright fuchsia with blue and pink glitter.  I loved it in the bottle but at the beginning not so much on my nails.  It took me about two days (and 3 coats) to really appreciate its beauty. What I find so cool in this color is that even before top coat it looks super shinny, like its still wet; almost like glass.  I added even more sparkle to it layering an accent nail with Icing party hardy, a fuchsia base with pink and black glitter.