14: Something Glamorous: Turning Eye Dust into a Mani

 This hit me like a ton of bricks today. Why have a I never thought of it before? I have a couple of Jesse's Girl Eye Dust's & only break them out on special occasions. I have been eying that caviar manicure for weeks now & while looking through blogs online, I seen a post about Jesse's Girl Eye Dust's & then it hit me! I could put that on my freaking nails!

It's quite simple really. Paint your nails whatever color you desire. In this case I used L'Oreal's Club Prive. I I am also using Jesse's Girl Eye Dust in Pixie Dust

• This polish color is pretty sheer and while I painted around 5 coats on every nail, I only did 2 coats on the nail I was going to put the eye dust on, aka my bling finger. 
• Once that dries, paint your top coat on. Your only going to want to wait around 15 seconds for the top coat to dry because you don't want it to dry fully. Just enough so it is slightly dry but also tacky enough to hold the eye dust in place. 
• Then, grab a brush you never use & dip it in your eye dust (or any loose pigment) 
• Now, carefully put it in your nail(s) in a dabbing motion. Don't use a painting motion. It will mess up your nails!
• Add another top coat once that dries fully. 
• Show off your nails! Tell everyone you thought of it all by yourself! I wont tell : )

The Paint job you see is one that was done a day before. The Pixie Dust I done an hour before the pictures. As you can see L'Oreal's polish as already chipped. Not too bad but I mean c'mon!

It's Alex's birthday tonight so we are having a bon fire here. Alex's birthday always marks to the start of summer to us. Mine always marks the end, Oct. 8th. I guess it works out perfectly! What are you guys doing tonight? Anything fun? As always, thank you so much for stopping by!

Have you ever thought of anything wildly creative such as this?!

What's on your Nails?

sending lots of creative Pixie Dust your way,

xoxo

Erica

HairOTSummer & FOTD- Smoldering Plums All Over My Eyes

So I thought it would be fun to do a look using just what I got from Clinique a while back so here we go!
I have been doing alot of natural/neutral looks. I wanna do like a pink/purple one - yes guys pink can be complimenting!! So yeah I have pictures for that FOTD so I will be posting that later. For now, heres my: Smoldering Plums from Clinique look

Face: (in order)

• Avon Healthy Makeup Mousse Foundation
• Maybelline Superstay Concealer 
• Maybelline Dream Matte Powder (I use the applicator it comes with! use it! not all applicators are useless!)
• Laura Gellar Blush n Brighten in Honey Dipped
• Mark. Just Pinched Cream Blush Tint in Peachy
• Mark. Shadow in Biscotti (for a highlight) 

Eyes: (in order)

• YBF Automatic Eyebrow Pencil in Universal Taupe
• Jesse's Girl Eyeshadow Primer
• Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk - under brows, inner corner and inner 1st part of eye
• Clinique Smoldering Plums palette's Twilight Mauve (lighter color) over where I applied Milk
• Clinique Smoldering Plums palette's Brandied Plum on the outer corner
• Almay Eyeliner Crayon in Black in waterline & on lid. I also tightlined with this.
• Mark. Get In Line Liquid Eyeliner to create the wing
• Clinique Lash Doubling Mascara

 Lips-

• I went with my favorite lip combo and lined my lips with a medium pink color
• Nyx Matte Lip Color in Tokyo right smack in the middle of top and bottom lip- its a lighter color so it makes my lips look bigger
• Maybelline Born With It lipstick

About my hippie braid- This was actually worn all morning and right before I took it out I wanted to capture the kodak/half fallen braid moment! lol, I used to work as a server in a restaurant and every day I was asked by every girl who worked there and had to have her hair up to do the hippie braid on them. I have found it is actually harder for me to do it on others. I do have a video camera, but its not the best- if you are interested in a how-to type thing I can set it up for you, because it's fairly easy- just have to practice
So there yah have it! I hope you guys like my look

Eye Look: Bronzed Kiss

Hey ladies! Happy Sunday! can you believe I meant to post this last week, thought I did and then realized I didn't- I put the look on Beautylish and totally forgot about my main squeeze! (aka my blog)
Its nothing too dramatic and thats why I have been loving it for the day time. I never use brown liner and for this look, I did- I think it is perfect for a beautiful summer day when you dont wanna be too dramatic, and for me I very well can be!- cute and toned down. plus bronzed makeup I think is the quintessential color for summer- I hope you all enjoy it!

Eyes:

Jesse's Girl Eye Primer

Stila Shadow in Coco for brows

Avon Smooth Minerals Shadow Stick in Limestone as highlight

Mark. Shadow pan in Cocoa Puff:

- Lightest shadow for all over lid

- Medium for crease and outer corner

- Darkest for liner on lid

Smashbox offset Shadow Converter (to create the liner from the darkest shade)- 
quick tip: Visine works the same way the shadow converter does!

Almay Dial Up Mascara on the first dial, I just put mascara on the tippy tip of lashes

Avon Glimmer Sticks Liner in Brown Sugar  in water line 

I didn't have any pictures of my face with this! Oh well, The day I took this pic I wore this & went to the post office and then went bike riding on the trail



here's a little pic I took of some of the makeup I used for my look- I have been experimenting with photography and have really been loving it!

Channeling Kourtney Kardash: London Fog & Tangerines: FOTD

Hey Beauties! I did my makeup like this last night for a night out! Hope you enjoy! I love this look, it is a smokey eye look which was inspired by the promo pics for Kardashian's new season (6) that Kourtney took- I love how she did the bright lip and the dramatic eye...I cant just pick one yah no! I think it is appropriate for the night-time so I had a lot of fun creating this look. I re-discovered the taupe color I used for the medium shadow color, I love it- it's Mark. London Bridge which is think was unfortunately a limited edition color from the Flip For It's they did a couple years back, the London Bridge was (obviously) in the london palette. It looks silver in the pan, but as soon you swatch it or use it, the color is a really pretty taupe/gold color.

Face:

• Revlon Colorstay Foundation
• Maybelline Dream Matte Powder
• Physician's Formula Cashmere Bronzer
• Mark. Just Pinched Instant Blush Tint in Peachy

Eyes:

• Avon Smooth Minerals Jumbo Pencil in Limestone on brow bone
• Mark. Keep It Going Long Wear Liner in Entourage- I tight-lined & lined upper lid
• Almay Eyeliner Crayon in Black on waterline
• Milani Brow Fix Kit for Brows
• Almay Dial Up Mascara (black)
• Jesse's Girl Eye Shadow Primer, I reviewed
• NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Shadow:

• Lightest Color: (White) Mark. Rebel on ball of eyes, on brow bone, & near tear ducts
• Medium Color: (Antique Taupe) Mark. London Bridge in crease, in the outer corner and the inner corner
• Darkest Color: (Black) Mark. Corset in outer corner of eyes. Also lined underneath eye.

Lips: 

• Avon Ultra Color Lipstick in Tangerine and I also lined my lips with it using the pointy part of the lipstick

Inspiration:

Jesse's Girl Eye Shadow Primer

Hey guys, I have been wanting to do a review on this for a really long time! So here it goes

Jeese's Girl Website: "Your eyes, like an artist's canvas, require a primer for best results from your vibrant color palette. Jesse's Girl Eye Shadow Primer provides a silky, crease proof base for smoother application and long lasting color."$5.99

*the color I used for the Primer swatches is Luvstruck by Mark.

                                            

First Thought: when I first picked this up, I honestly didn't like it! I liked my Mark. one a lot better. The mark. one just seemed to have a more concealer like consistency and plus it acts as a concealor. This review isnt about the mark. primer tho which I could possibly do one in the future but I really don't use it as much as this one.

 Consistency: it feels like they took it and blended the formula to make it whipped or something.It is really light & airy formula. it blends into your lid well, not heavy what so ever.  

Color: It is a really pale nude color on the packaging, but I think that any skin color could use this stuff. The color you see in the package isn't the color it comes off on your skin. It basically just clear on the lid/skin.

  

Application: I just dab it all over my eye lid with the doe-foot applicator, and then I blend it into my lid with my finger.-but here's the trick with this stuff- make sure the primer is evenly applied or the color of your shadow will stick (and almost come out darker) on your lid where the primer is more heavily applied.

What do I think: I mean it really does everything that a primer is supposed to do. My makeup does not crease at all through out the day. Having said that, my makeup stays on throughout the day. When I do take off my makeup at night tho, it seems as if the shadow I put on at the beginning of the day is nonexistent on my lid by then. So it would be nice if it had more lasting power but like I said, it stays on through pretty much the whole day- but not quite. For $5.99, I think its a good product. I have had it for around a year now, so a little goes a long way. 

• Ok now, idk if this is going to be a good thing or a bad thing for anybody else but the formula distorts the color -in a good way- I think personally. As you can see, on the pink swatches I did (above and below), It adds another dimension to the color. It makes the color a bit more shiner & deeper.

• With the 2 swatches I tested I noticed also the swatch with the primer underneath does stick around much longer than the   one w/out the primer underneath.

Left swatch w/out primer

*please note* I swatched them twice because my camera died! This last pic and the other swatch pics are different pictures, to let you know. 

whats your favorite shadow primer?

FOTD: Rebel Roses & Plums

Hi ladies! this is actually my very first FOTD! I always take the pic and it seems like it never turns out like I want it to! My camera has a mind of its own...today my camera was in a great mood and ready to focus and look closely!

Face:

• Primer: L'Oreal Studio Secrets Magic Perfecting Base
• Concealer: Maybelline Super Stay (Light)
• Foundation: I have been mixing because of my tan: Revlon Colorstay (220)   
• Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse (Light Beige Med.0) 
• Highlighter: Revlon Beyond Natural Concealer/Highlighter Duo (Light 300). Highlighter part only 
• Bronzer: I again have been mixing Physicians Formula Cashmere Wear in Light                   
• The Body Shop Exotic Sun Powder in shade Sunset Bronze 1 
• Blush: Physician's Formula Happy Booster in Natural  
• Elf Brow Cream in Light                                                                                                         & Milani Brow Fix in 02 Medium

Eyes:

• Jesse's Girl Eye Shadow Primer
• NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk in inner corner/ near tear ducts 
• Avon Smooth Minerals Eyeshadow Pencil in Limestone on brow bone
• Mark. Shadow in Lotus all over lid
• Clinique Eye Shadow in Brandied Plum in crease
• Mark. shadow in the Rebel Rose quad in Saucy in outer corner
• I tight-lined Mark. Keep It Going Gel Liner in Entourage & I also used it on the upper lash line
• Almay Eyeliner Crayon in Black in waterline which I got on my CVS haul recently 75% off!
• Almay One Coat Dial Up Mascara that came with the liner

  Lips: 

• Maybelline Born With It Lipstick
• Soft Lips in Shell