Mardi Gras Manicure

Going to a Mardi Gras themed bridal shower on saturday. I wanted to repaint my nails today and one of my new polishes from my secret cupid seemed like a perfect MG purple. The name Flying Dragon, seemed to go along with the theme as well. Im not the greatest at nail art but i tried lol This wasnt that hard to do.

Colors Used:

*Wet n Wild Sagreena the Teenage Witch

*Color Club Sugar Plum Yum(scented!!)

*Color Club Gingerbread

*China Glaze Neon Flying Dragon

*Migi Nail Art Manicure Pen in Black and Blue(Not Pictured)

*Seche Vite Top Coat(Not Pictured)

*First I applied a base coat(Beauty Secrets from Sally's)

*Next I put nail guide stickers on the middle of each nail going diagonally.

*Then I painted one side with Sagreena and the other with Flying Dragon.

*I took the nail guide off to see which color i needed to add more. Then i painted in the bare spot.

*Im impatient with drying so i added one thin coat of Seche Vite.

*Next I applied Gingerbread to the tips of my fingers.

*I then went over it with Sugar Plum, Yum.

*I found it didnt cover all the green and purple underneath so i applied Gingerbread yet again to be more opaque.

*Next I drew a line with the black migi nail art pen under the glitter. (drawing with my left hand wasnt the greatest, sorry :()

*Applied Seche Vite so lines wouldnt smear(though i accidentally smeared my thumb and middle finger :/)

*Next I drew a little mask on my thumb with the Migi Nail Art Pens in Black, Blue, and Yellow

*applied seche vite

I have a hurt finger :( keep stabbing it at work when reaching in my bucket for a pin to hard tag clothes.

I took a better pic of Color Club Gingerbread so you can see all the sparkly goodness.

Urban Decay Sale on Hautelook til Thursday

If you arent a part of Hautelook, heres an invite link. This sale lasts until thursday 6am pacific.

Secret Cupid Nail Polish Exchange

So ive been part of the purse forum(aka tpf) for a few years now. But there are more categories the just different brands of handbags. We talk about not only bags, but fashion, make up, nails, celebrities, movies, sports, babies, tv shows, relationships, food, everyday life, finances, work, news, youtube videos, etc.... One of the places i have made a home at is The Nail Care in the Beauty Bar section. For about a year now we have been doing exchanges for VDay, Easter, Summer, and Christmas/New Years.  We receive a name of our body, along with a wish list, likes, and dislikes. Everyone gets at least 4 polishes but some people dont know how to count and give more ;) We also include candy, nail files, samples, etc... Theres no price limit so all nail care regular members from all different walks of life can participate. Its just a fun way to bring joy to someone else's life with these little nail polish gifts. We are happy with whatever we get. Majority of us join to give. There is our second annual Secret Cupid Exchange. I happened to receive my gift in the mail yesterday. I was so excited to come home to this package waitin after a long day at work. My hubby (aka Louie) tried to claim my package as his own lol

It was decorated with all kinds of cute valentine's day stickers.

I wonder whats underneath :D

Let the bubble wrap popping begin ;) Oh wait its pretty and i can reuse it. :)

Look at all these goodies for me :D Have to keep hubby's hands away from my treats. Ok, ok i'll share... maybe.. ;)

Cute little mail box held my polishes. I spotted these at Target, and almost bought one for my buddy.

Oo i wonder what pretties await inside!!

Hello Kitty Polish in Blueberry!! This polish has been on my wishlist for awhile, and I had totally forgotten about it til i opened this. You can find them being sold at Sephora here.

Periwinkle Blue Pastel

a rainbow glitter :) you can never have too many of these, or at least i can't :)

I wonder what pretty i get to open next :)

China Glaze For Audrey - Tiffany's Blue

I pick this polish up everytime i goto sally's but i never get it. Now when i wear this i can wear my tiffany bracelet. I think this color will go good with my new coach bag i bought 2 weeks ago.

Coach Poppy Patent Spotlight in Spearmint style #13835

China Glaze - Flying Dragon(Neon)

Deep purple with blue and red glitter. Cant wait to try this!!

Essie - Smokin' Hot

purple/gray creme

All Together and looking mighty pretty. :) Can't wait to try all these. Its time for a new color.. So which one to use first. hmmm..

No gift is complete without the card.

Thanks Coronita for all my pretty polishes!!! It made my day opening up my package last night!! :)

Strawberries and Champagne - Beauty From the Earth EOTD

 

I got 2 sample baggies in my Beauty From the Earth Blogger Set. For some reason i forgot to post this when i wrote about the other items. Excuse my messy hair in the pics below. I had taken a shower right before this. Was getting ready to go pick my mom up from the airport. I think this could easily be used for a Valentines Day Look.

Items Used:

*BFTE Bubbles - Peachy Pink Duochrome

*BFTE Stunning - Magenta Pink

*Maybelline Master Drama Precise Pen Liner

*Maybelline Illegal Length Fiber Extensions Mascara

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*First I applied NYX Milk to my lids and blended out.

*Next I applied Bubbles onto my lids and to my lower lashline.

*Next I applied Stunning to my crease and rounded it to my lower lashline outer corner.

*Next I applied Maybelline Master Drama Precise Liner and winged out.

*Applied Illegal Length Mascara.

*MAC Tippy Blush

*Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain in Passion

Review:

Bubbles is a peachy pink duochrome with a sheen finish. I adored this color. It was love at first sight. I need to order the full size version because i see myself using it a lot. It stayed put and applied smoothly. Didnt take much product to be opaque on the lid.

Stunning is a Magenta Pink with a sheen finish. This one wanted to apply sheer and took a lot of product to show up. Had to keep applying more and more to the crease to get more depth. Too bad really because its a really pretty color. I might need to try it again. I came across another sample i had in classy which i think i could add to this look.

Final Verdict: These colors did last though through my eyes that were having an allergic attack all day. I love BFTE shadows. Some shadows though can be hit or miss. They might look beautiful when you look at them but when applied not very good color payoff. Some also can apply vibrant but in a few min the vibrancy dims. These 2 however vibrancy lasted. Was just disappointed in the color payoff of stunning. Wish it didnt take like 3 or 4 swipes to get the color payoff i was wanting. :/ Bubbles though i highly recommend.

Chocolate Covered Raspberry

Went to the Downtown Glendale Chocolate Festival Affaire on Sat with my hubby. Its a festival they have annually in the beginning of February. One of the big sponsors is Cerreta. I was told they bought the rights to be the only ones to sell chocolate covered strawberries. Theres all these little booths selling chocolate, wooden roses, dog collars, bath beads, lotions, kettle corn, art, coffee, cocktail mixes, wine, bbq sauce, seasonings and soup, etc... Theres horse and carriage rides, which i got to go on last year. :D So we first stopped to get some wooden roses. They are actually the flowers i had for my wedding 7 years ago(02/19/05). I saw them at a art walk when i was in fl. A french guy named Jean(big shocker lol) made them for us. :) Then we got chocolate covered strawberry, cerreta mint chocolate truffles, candy bars, chocolate mint fudge, chocolate covered cheesecake, lemon cupcake, peppermint cupcake, chocolate drizzled banana and brownie kebob, and a carmel covered apple with peanuts. We took it all home because it was too crowded to enjoy anything :( When leaving we got some home made root beer which is yum. For $4 you get a mug and either get just root beer, a root bear float, or a root beer slushie. Every refill is a $1. We brought our mug from 2 festivals ago and got another.

So I decided to do a look that made me think of chocolate of course.

Items Used:

*Maybelline Color Tattoo Pomegranate Punk

*ELF 24k 15 Piece Palette

*ELF Classic Palette

*Maybelline Master Drama Precise Pen Liner in Black

*Tarte Emphaseyes Clay Liner in Black

*MAC Tippy Blush

*Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain in Passion

*Revlon Pink Lip Gloss

*Maybelline Illegal Length Fiber Extensions Mascara

*I first applied Pomegranate Punk to my lids.

*I then dabbed my shadow brush into the bright red in the classic palette and the brick red in the 24k palette and patted it onto my lids over the PP. I think also applied it to my lower lashline.

*Next I took the brown from the elf palette and put it in my crease and rounded it around to the outer corner of my lower lashline.

*Next I Applied the Tarte Liner to my upper lashline.

*Next I went over with Master Drama Precise Liquid Liner Pen and winged it out.

*Next I applied Illegal Length Mascara.

I did this look in like 5 min lol because my hubby was wanting to leave and i had did my foundation 3 times because my skin just wasnt wanting to work with my foundation. :/ I think this would be a good vday look. :)