Wet n Wild and L'Oreal: Bright Blue Look!

Today I have an old look from Spring or Summer 2013 I think? I really like how this look came out, I plan on doing it again for the 4th of July.

I used:
ELF Eyelid Primer
Darling Girl Glitter Glue
Wet n Wild Shades of the Hamptons  palette (light blue on lid, medium blue in crease and outer corner.)
L'Oreal Cherie Merie on inner corner
L'Oreal Dive Right In patted over the whole lid and blended above crease
Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid liner
WnW black eyeliner
Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara

Darling Girl Cosmetics American Gothic Look

Hi! A real quick eye of the day today. All I wore was Elf Eyelid primer, Darling Girl American Gothic Watercolor Paint Pot all over the lid (review, swatches, and a fotd HERE!), and L'Oreal Strawberry Blonde Infallible eyeshadow on the inner corner. I think I'm wearing Maybelline Colossal Volum mascara.

**This was bought by me BEFORE I became a Darling Girl model for the Pick Of The Week. No discount code was used on this purchase.**

L'Oreal Temptress' Power

L'Oreal Temptress' Power is a really awesome looking polish in the bottle. On the nail without a base color it is pretty funky looking, not real flattering to me. BUT if you layer it over brown... KAPOW! IT'S TOTALLY WICKED!

This is one coat of L'Oreal Temptress' Power over one coat of Sinful Colors Nirvana.

**All products purchased by me.**

L'Oreal Owl's Night + Raven's Strength swatches and review

L'Oreal recently came out with a Project Runway Collection called "Colors Take Flight". There are for sets within the collection. I bought one nail polish from the Owl set and one from the Raven set. Perfection... That's all I can say really. Gorgeous colors, great formula, good dry time. I love 'em! If I could find the other colors I would totally scoop them up. I got them at Walgreens for $4.22 with a coupon. Totally worth it. The eyeshadows look awesome too, but I'm a little hesitant to shell out $10 for an eyeshadow quad. I might get the Owl quad anyway lol!

Owl's Night is a dark charcoaly-black jellyish shimmer with golden olive sparkles. I don't have anything like this, though it does remind me a bit of China Glaze Wagon Trail.

 Sunlight

 Shade

Flash

This is Raven's Strength, I don't have anything like this, but I have seen pictures comparing Revlon and Chanel charcoal-grey-black shimmers. I can't remember their names... Something like Graphite or Carbonite? Of all the pictures I've seen comparing them I personally find Raven's Strength the prettiest. I like that it's a true black base, unlike Revlon and Chanel that come across as more deep grey. I also like the the silvery shimmer is blue toned, it's unique in my opinion.

 Sunlight

 Shade

Flash

From what I've seen L'Oreal has come out with a great collection and their nail polish formula has greatly improved!

ANA

Evil Shades Look

(Swatches and review of Evil Shades HERE)

In my review I mention Up til Dawn as the prettiest eyeshadow I've ever worn, and now I'm going to show the look I did with it.

I'm Wearing:
elf eyelid primer
ES spectrum pot "Photonic Green" on outer half of lid
ES "Up til Dawn" on whole eyelid
Glamour Doll Eyes "Frankenglamour" on outer V and crease
Prestige liquid glitter liner "Super Nova" along top lash line
Revlon Extra Curl eyelash curler
L'Oreal Double Extend mascara
ES Pink Noise Blush
Burts bees chapstick
ES Hardcore Lips "Feline's Kyss" (very, very thin layer see review for details)

 Close up of right eye with a thin layer of ES Spectrum Pot in Photonic Green before applying eyeshadow.

 You can really see all the pretty green sparkles!

I love this look SOOO much!!! It's a great delicate, feminine way to wear green without looking over the top or clownish. It would be so awesome if Evil Shades had a collection of nude eyeshadows with contrasting, bright shimmer. Like aqua or red or orange! Alright, enough daydreaming lol.

ANA

Challenge Calendar: Disney look + review Maybelline Mythical Mermaid

Today's challenge is Disney inspired! My whole life (even to this day) I have loved Disney movies, especially the princess movies. My all time favorite being Belle from Beauty and the Beast. But thinking making up wise, Beauty and the Best doesn't have the same impact as The Little Mermaid. The original Little Mermaid (A favorite story of mine), written in Denmark during 1836 by Hans Christian Anderson, is a beautifully sad story of love and sacrifice. If you haven't read it you're missing out! While the story is not as good, Disney's Little Mermaid is bright and colorful and has an uplifting happy ending. That's what I decided to go with!

Mermaids remind me of... Sunlight reflecting off the ocean... Brightly colored sea glass rubbed smooth by the surf... Bubbles shimmering in translucent waters... And dark, murky green seaweed... What does that remind me of? OH YAH! The Mythical Mermaid quad by Maybelline! lol...

(L-R) Shimmery light yellow with a slight green tone, Shimmery pale mint, Super bright blue toned turquoise and Shimmery forest green with aqua and teal sparkles.

Every color in this quad is super smooth, velvety and nicely pigmented! So gorgeous, I'm totally in love with it! I realized I don't talk about what other products I use for each look, so I'm going to try and be better about that. I always start with ELF eyelid primer and since its a green look I used Maybelline Dream Mousse Shadow in Mint Dream as my base. I love the mousse shadows because they are very soft and silky and feel "whipped" which is where the mousse part comes from. To apply, I swipe my fingertip across the top of the product a few times and apply a thin layer over my whole eyelid. It leaves a smooth, slightly shimmery wash of color and in a few minutes it is dried completely to a powder-like finish. In those few minutes as it's drying it has a dewy feeling that is perfect for applying eyeshadow.

Swatches below of the Maybelline Dream Mousse Shadow in Mint Dream (top left) and Blue Heaven (bottom right) The colors aren't strong or vibrant, so I wouldn't use it as an eyeshadow on its own.

I used Prestige eyeliner in Rhapsody on waterline, Prestige liquid liner in Big Teal on top lashline and Kat Von D tattoo liner in Trooper on lashline at base of eyelashes. Mascara is L'Oreal Double Extend mascara in black.

This is L'oreal Yellow Seahorse from their new Summer Siren limited edition line. It's has a thick almost "gooey" formula that most of L'Oreal's polishes have, it's sheer and takes 4 medium coats to get opaque. It has super pretty orangey-gold small glass fleck like glitter in it. I tried to capture the sparkliness in the picture below.

 To get a scale like fish tail effect I used medium sized glitter. Sheer orange with a green sheen in the top left corner of the nail going across diagonally. Then metallic green scattered across the edge of the orange and finally the iridescent clear glitter along the edge of the green.

ANA