CQ Silver Taupe

This has to be one of the most unique finishes that I've ever seen on a polish. Maybe it's because I don't know about many finishes besides the standard ones, like glitter, shimmer, frost, metallic, cream, jelly, duochrome, flakie, etc. But this polish doesn't really fall into either one of those.

So, is this what "glass fleck" polish means? I didn't think glass fleck polishes gave off a speckled kind of look, but I have no idea in all honesty. If it IS glass fleck, it's my one and only glass fleck polish at the moment =]. Onto the pictures!

Here are some bottle pictures. If my camera could zoom in as close as I wanted it to, the pictures would be better. Hopefully you can make out what I'm talking about anyway!









Just nail shots:











So, I posted a lot of pictures, and hopefully you can make out the finish in at least one. The polish in real life looks almost speckled. The base is a medium taupe with a hint of violet, and it's speckled with shimmer silver pieces. If it's not glass fleck, I was thinking it was kind of a micro-flakie...nail polish. Yeah, I just made that up. I don't own any flakie polishes, but that's the closest thing I could compare it to. If they're flakies, they're almost ground up to a powder, and pieces of different sizes are covering my nail. Does this make sense at all?

Please leave a comment with what this finish is called! =] Thanks!

Other stuff: this is 3 coats, and I had to do medium coats because it was rather sheer when I did my usual thin coats. I got this at Rite Aid if you're interested. =] That's about it!

What do you think of this polish?

Janna

E.L.F. Brightening Eye Color Looks/Review

Hello everyone!

I'm going to talk a little about the e.l.f. quads I picked up a while back. They're mentioned in THIS haul post, and I got them from the Dollar Tree.

(In my first few posts I was using my sister's old camera. . . but recently I've switched cameras and the pictures are SO much better. Anyone notice? lol)

I was really suprised to see that e.l.f. was sold in the Dollar Tree in my town, so I picked up two of the Brightening Eye Color quads, Butternut and Punk Funk.


Butternut


Punk Funk
I love the colors in each of these, even though I never wear anything like Punk Funk in real life. I only got that one because the colors were so pretty and bright, and I used my "it's only a dollar!" mantra that I've been using too much lately.

One thing I noticed with these right off the bat is that you really need to use a base (like a cream eyeshadow) or a primer, at least in my experience. If not, the colors don't show up nearly as pigmented as they look and they come off very easily.

I did two looks using these quads; one used just the Butternut colors, and the other used just the Punk Funk colors. Here's what I came up with:

(NOTE: I am NOT a professional =P)

Butternut:








The first two pictures are more close to real life, especially with how they show the dark shadow in the crease. The second two photos got washed out.

I love these colors! They were really easy to blend and I love the outcome =]

I used the first shadow (lightest) as a highlight, the second color (peach) on the lid, the fourth color (brown shimmer) in the crease, and the third (dark brown) in the outer corner.

Now onto the COLOR! Here's Punk Funk:








That last picture (click to enlarge) really shows the glitter that's in these colors!
Super bright, especially for what I'm used to wearing, but I actually really like this =]

Blending was the most difficult part about this look. I used the first color (white) as a highlight, the fourth color (pink) on the lid, the second (blue) as a crease color, and the third (purple) on the outer corner and on my lower lash line.

This is kinda close to how it looks in real life, but the colors show up a lot darker in person. Maybe the flash washed it out? (It was SO hard taking these!!)

These are additional things I used in both looks:

CQ smartliner in black (waterline), e.l.f. liquid eyeliner in black (upper lash line), L'Oreal Telescopic Explosion Mascara in black, e.l.f. Defining Eye Brush, and the lightest color from the "dreamy" cream eyeshadow trio by Avon for my base.

I think these are great for only a dollar! (I didn't use the applicators that come with them, so I can't give you an opinion on those.) I've been wearing these for at least 3 hours so far, and no creases =] You can find them at the eyes lips face website, in Target, or in a Dollar Tree store.

Do you own anything from e.l.f.?

Oh, and just for fun....




Thanks for stopping by,

Janna

Super Quick Haul Post

I've been going crazy lately with polish!

I woke up to a text from my friend today saying, "All nail enamel is buy one get one 1/2 off at Rite Aid!!"

So needless to say, today I went to Rite Aid. The sale continues through August 7th, if you're interested =]

Here's what I grabbed:



First up is Borghese Stellare Notte. I've been dying for this after seeing it on other people's blogs, it's absolutely gorgeous, and this is my first Borghese polish =]

Next up is a CQ polish (also my first) in Chocolate Plum. Did anyone ever notice how difficult it is to find a true brown polish? At least in a drugstore, it's really hard. This was the only one that even came close to brown. It has copperish burgundy-ish shimmer, and it's actually quite pretty even though it's not the true brown I was looking for.

Third is Sinful Colors Lang Lang. What a terrible name! lol This polish is a gorgeous deep electric purple (think China Glaze Coconut Kiss) but it photographed very blue; sorry about that. I'll find a way to take a better picture when I swatch it.

And lastly is my first Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure polish, Polar Bare. I know, I had allll those colors to choose from, and I picked white. I realized when I was doing my current pedicure with ChG Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (pictures to come), the white I was using didn't look as good as it should, so I bought this in hopes that it would give me a pretty base for neons, water marbling, and sheers.

Very good picks, if I say so myself. My mom was with me at Rite Aid, so I had her checkout with the Sally Hansen and the Borghese, so the SH would be 1/2 off, and I checked out with the two cheaper polishes, so one of those would be half off...but then I got to the register and they told me Sinfuls weren't BOGO =[ But I got it anyway since the purple was so pretty.

Final thoughts: I was up late last night playing with my layout and got so frustrated. I changed the template a little bit. What are your thoughts on it now? Is it distracting?


Thanks so much for reading!

Janna