Thursday, December 23, 2010

Nails of the Day! Ultra Pro - Starry Night

This is a beautiful deep purple/bluish nail polish. And in person it looks purple but in all of the pictures it came out as a deep blue. I can't figure out how to photograph it so that you guys can see the color the way I see it on my nails. Hope you enjoy!
                                       








As for the formula of this nail polish, it is fast drying but if you don't apply a good thin layer at first it can get a bit clumpy.
Top coat - Seche vite

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Review: Wet n Wild gel eyeliner (black)

This eyeliner is very pigmented and it’s the most inky gel liner I have seen (I don't know if that is saying much haha).  It has a very creamy and smooth texture and glides on very easily. It also comes with a small angled brush but I didn't like that as much because it was very stiff so I just used an angled brush that I already own. 



It has great staying power and it did not smudge or flake off at all. However, I accidentally rubbed one eye because I forgot that I was wearing liner and so it smudged a little bit but other than that it did not budge. 

I also did a swatch comparison with blacktrack fluidline by M.A.C. and to the naked eye it looks like the wet n wild eyeliner dries darker(more black) . I’m not sure if you can really tell from the picture, but the left one is blacktrack and the right is WnW. 

On a side note: I’ve had my fluidline for a while and it’s dried out a little because when I first bought it, it was really creamy.  I might have to update this post in a month and see if my WnW gel liner dried out at all.  


The picture below was taken after about 5 hours into wearing the eyeliner and as you can see it still looks good. 



I think the Wet N' Wild gel eyeliner is a great and inexpensive alternative to the more expensive gel liners out there. And for the price of $3.93 (Walmart) I think it is a great buy. 





Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Nails of the Day! Orly - Star Spangled

This is a gorgeous red glitter polish with very fine glitter. The first thing that came to mind when I painted my nails was that the color reminded me of Dorothy's shoes from Wizard of OZ haha.

                               taken with HDR setting on iphone

                                              w/flash
                                               w/o flash

I used about 3 coats but I'm sure with two coats it will look just as good. I just loved the color so much I wanted to continue applying haha
Top coat - Orly glosser