Quick Mani with China Glaze Fortune Teller

Super quick mani using a black creme and an accent nail of China Glaze Fortune Teller. Then mattified!!!

Annelise

Coastal Scent St. Patty's Day Look

My sister placed an order with Coastal Scents a few months ago and got the free sample set #18 with her order. She mostly wears neutral makeup, so the pretty greens became mine! This was my St. Patricks Day look this year. I REALLY love these greens, they are so bright and vibrant!

I Used
Darling Girl Cosmetics Primped and Primed
Coastal Scents Polar Bare (white) inner corner
CS Honeysuckle (light yellow toned green) lid
CS Tropic Green (bright medium green) outer V
CS Alpengeist (sheer, slightly chunky, metallic silver) crease
Wet n Wild Creme Brulee on the browbone
WnW black eyeliner
Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid liner
Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara

Annelise

Lush Lacquer Halloweenie Mani

This is 2 coats of Lush Lacquer Halloweenie over Revlon Haunted Heart. Both are limited edition shades, though I think Haunted Heart has been renamed and added to the core Revlon line.

Annelise

Darling Girl Valentine's Day Look with Phobos and a Tutorial!!!

I really loved the way the Positively Peachy look came out the other day, so I tired the same technique but with one of my new Darling Girl Stardusts in Phobos. Seriously the two Stardusts I have are amazing! Not only are they sparkly and shimmery, but they shift colors and have duochromey-ness. I've got my eye on Callisto next.

This is a picture heavy post and the tut is down at the bottom :)

 Eeek! I've never done a tutorial before, so bear with me please!

1. Apply primer and a sticky nude base all over the eyelid. I'm using DG Primped and Primed which acts as both primer and base.



2. Apply a black base to the outer V and crease. Then a white base to the inner corner. I used NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Slate and Cottage Cheese.



3. Blend the bases together with your finger or a brush. I used a small, flat concealer brush.




4. Pat your shimmery/shifty/duochrome eyeshadow on top of the bases. I used DG Phobos from the new Stardust collection.



5. Blend out the crease and apply your browbone highlight. For this look I decided to keep a harsh edge, but used Wet n Wild Creme Brulee on my browbone.



6. Swipe on a cream or liquid liner to create a cat eye. I used Maybelline Line Stiletto.




7. If you like apply eyeliner, I used Wet n Wild Coloricon in black.





8. Curl lashes and apply mascara. I used my favorite Revlon Extra Curl eyelash curler and Smashbox Full Exposure mascara.

Hope that was helpful. If you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them!

ANA

Wet n Wild Spoiled nail polish Ants In My Pants

Just a quick mani from around Halloween time. This is basecoat, 2 coats of China Glaze Velvet Bow, 1 coat of Spoiled Ants In My Pants (AIMP) and topcoat. I believe I only used one coat of topcoat for these pictures. AIMP is a repromote of last years limited edition Wet n Wild fast dry collection for Halloween called Behind Closed Doors. It's also a dupe of Deborah Lippmann's Ruby Red Slipper nail polish.

And this is 2 coats of China Glaze Velvet Bow before adding Spoiled AIMP.

ANA

Quickie mani: Barielle Elle's Spell and China Glaze Velvet Bow

This is an old mani from Christmas that I forgot about. I used 1 coat of basecoat, 2 coats of China Glaze Velvet Bow and 2 coats of Barielle Elle's Spell.

ANA

Darling Girl Valentine's Day Sweetheart Collection swatches

Like all Darling Girl reviews, this will be short and sweet. Everything Susan makes is absolutely amazing. Formulas are soft and buttery and pack a pigmented punch! A note on the lip swatch though. I apply my lip products super thick which makes lipstick, or in this case lip balms, look patchy in photos (especially darker colors). In person I never notice any unevenness or bald spots.

All swatches were done over foundation except where it says "GG" meaning it was swatched over Darling Girl Glitter Glue.

Descriptions:

Promise Ring: "A soft ivory with gold iridescence."

Cupid's Bow: "A soft peachy pink satin with just the tiniest touch of gold flash."

Lovestruck: "A gorgeous chestnut brown with green shift and with pink and blue sparkles. Similar finish to Comet."

Be Still My Heart: "A gorgeous plummy brown with just a hint of copper flash. This was formulated as a blush but I think most ladies will love this as an eye shadow."

Heart of Gold: "An opaque slightly blackened red topped off with a touch of gold pearl. A lustre finish."

This is a look I did using the whole Sweetheart collection.

ANA

Darling Girl Valentine's Day collection look and swatches

Darling Girl Valentine's Day "Sweetheart Collection". I'll have swatches up tomorrow, but this is the look I did using everything from the collection.

I Used:

DG Promise Ring on inner 1/3 of eyelid

DG Cupid's Bow on middle 1/3

DG Lovestruck on outer 1/3, crease and lower lashline

Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper

Maybelline Mascara

DG blush Be Still My Heart

DG Heart of Gold lip balm

ANA