ORLY MatteFX Iron Butterfly

Purchased Myself

Today we have the second ORLY MatteFX polish (out of the three that I have). This one is Iron Butterfly.

Iron Butterfly is a charcoal matte shimmer.

ORLY MatteFX Purple Velvet

Purchased Myself

I'm thinking of doing a Blue's post showing all of my blue nail polishes. I know that it's a popular tag on Instagram, and I have more blues then I thought I did. What do you think?!

I've figured out a way to do nail swatches on myself, unfortunately my nails are in a SAD state of affairs, so maybe I shouldn't do them on myself, until my hands are in better shape. Baha, What's done is done though! I'm also fiddling with hand poses, so please excuse randomness and possible shoddy-ness of the pictures.

ORLY MatteFX Purple Velvet is a deep purple matte polish. This DOES have very tiny micro shimmer in it, which you don't notice unless you really LOOK at it. 

I'm sure that you can tell that this nail polish does NOT self level.  Depending on the length of your nail you could possibly get away with one coat, I however used two coats. That is what I am more comfortable with.

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And of course because I couldn't just leave it alone, I put a layer of top coat over it!

I actually kind of like this more with a top coat. I used Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat and just look at that shine! Wowee!

My only issue with this polish is that it doesn't self level. I find with most matte polishes, they dry quickly and this was no exception. The entire mani from start to pictures was MAYBE 20 minutes, then it survived a shower as well. So kudos for this! Without the top coat though, I don't know if this would have lasted through the shower without chipping. 

You can find this polish for $8.99 at Sallys..BUT you may be able to find this on Clearance, that is how I got mine. 

What do you think? Top coat or no top coat?!

FOTD 16 Bold Eye Liner!

Hullu!

I hope you all are doing well!
This is the eye look that I wore yesterday (May 17th). I wanted to do something simple, but use a "bold" eyeliner.

I'm a little frazzled on how this turned out. One moment everything was okay and the next minute there was bumps, lumps and smudges! Seriously. it's my luck! When I started taking pictures everything looked good, then by the end of it, it went downhill. Pft.

It's all good though. it's not crazy noticeable unless you are in my face.

Blurry, but you kind of get the point of the look right?

I wanted the blue eyeliner to be the main focus of my eyes, I didn't make it crazy because it's pretty bold itself. I've had this eyeliner a long time but never tried it because I was too afraid it would compete with my blue eyes, but I quite like it! :D Whoopie!

EYES:

Milani Eye shadow Primer

Urban Decay Naked Palette: 

Naked (lid)

Creep (outer corner/crease) 

A mixture of Buck, Smog, Darkhorse & Hustle smudged along the bottom lash line.

Myface Cosmetics SLINKY Metal Liquid Liner - Bell bottom Blues

Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner - Radium (tightliner)

I used the Maybelline Shine Free Pressed Powder in Soft Cameo and dusted it all over my face. 

I'm testing this but so far am not impressed.

Have you tried a bold eyeliner before?!

Origins Zero Oil Review

The other night I was talking to Chris about how much I was avoiding this review because I absolutely hate talking negatively about products. I can't even return it because I can't find the receipt or shipping paper. Oh well. 

Zero Oil is marketed as a product that keeps places that you get shiny matte ALL DAY. When I first decided on buying this I thought it was a lotion, I apparently read this wrong because it is the farthest thing from a lotion. It is a liquid that if you are not careful with goes everywhere. This also has a gritty feeling to it, however it does go away the more you rub or pat it into your face so that is one good thing. 

When using this you have to make sure you shake this up EXTREMELY well. Figure the few times I did use it, I was shaking this for almost 5 minutes each time, so it's hard to shake up. The first time I applied this, I used my fingers, I didn't know that it was a water consistency until the first time I used it, then I also found out that you have to be oh so extra careful or it goes all over you. I applied it to my nose and cheeks, because those are the two places that I get the most oily and shiny throughout the day. Onto mistake number two, I assumed this would be like a moisturizer, I was wrong.. I don't think I have ever been so wrong in my entire life. My nose and cheeks were so dry that it's not even funny, it was practically like a desert. My skin started to produce extra sebum to compensate for the desert that was now my face. I was oily within 15 minutes of using this, which NEVER happens, even if I DON'T moisturize. 

Okay, so those were my mistakes.You live and learn. So I tried it the next day and this time I made sure that I moisturized before hand and used a cosmetic sponge. It was as bad over the moisturizer, but let me tell you my nose will never be the same after this. It's still quite dry and no me gusta. Regarding the sponge, I didn't have it any easier. the liquid soaked into the sponge so quick that it was like BAM BABY I am a dry sponge. Wtf?!  I wound up wearing a LOT of as well when trying to use the sponge because it seriously would skip and slide right OFF the sponge as well and soak in instantly...My legs were sure dry and shine free! (not that they get shiny anyways!)

The size of the container is smaller than I assumed it would be bigger than it is. It's 18mL or .64 fl. oz. The bottle is quite small, about the size of my index finger. Considering this retails for $14, I definitely do not think it's worth it because you wind up wasting more than you use.  I was actually a bit pissed when I pulled this out of bigger box that I had ordered from Drugstore.com.. I wanted so bad to send this on a one way trip back, but I can't find the receipt to save my blummin' life. 

I'm really sorry for such a negative review. I extremely dislike doing negative reviews, but alas it needed to be done! 

PS I want to say thank you to everyone who kept distracting me as I tried to type this, I planned 20 minutes to type this, edit pictures etc and it's so far taken me over an hour... thanks. 

Urban Decay On HauteLook!

So, I decided that since I have the time I am just going to work on my post for what I purchased on www.Hautelook.com . ^_^



So, one day I was just hanging around on facebook and saw an update from hautelook saying that they were having Urban Decay again and I seriously got so excited! No lie, so I had to wait about 4 days for it to be available, and boy at 12pm my time (8am their time), when the sale started I was on looking and BOY was I surprised! So, long story short, I got 7 things.

5 eyeshadows, one cream eyeliner and one of their adorable pocket rockets.



There are going to be ton of pictures because I thought one picture didn't do it justice and I wanted everyone to see kinda every-ish angle. Lol. I used to go on Urban Decays website                             ( www.urbandecay.com ) and dream about the products that I wanted. (lol) So, im sure you can feel my excitement. 

SO! 



I got 4 of their Matte eyeshadows. Which are $17.00 each. BUT on Hautelook I only paid $5.00 for! I died a little with excitement!

I got Chronic, Cult, Narcotic, and Shakedown.

So there are the pictures. They may not come up completely true to color but I tried!

Now I did swatch these and they are beautiful!  On their website they say that the matte eyeshadows are incredibly silky, and they did not lie! Seriously, they are so soft and I can't even describe it! They aren't chalky though. They seem very bendable to me but like I said I haven't played around with them. OH! They are also very pigmented! eee!

Chronic is a bright light green and oh boy is it. It really is a beautiful color!

                          Narcotic is a bright turquoise.

                         Cult is an eggplant color.

                         Shakedown is a taupe color. 



Now, I got one other eyeshadow like I said (5 total) and it isnt a matte eyeshadow. Obviously or it would have been stated above XD.

The last lovely eyeshadow I have is called Gash, obviously XD.

Gash is a deep brick red.

Now, this color does have sparkles in it, but it is extremely beautiful! I don't discriminate against sparkly eyeshadows, I actually love them! This eyeshadow is also very soft, not as silky as the matte ones but it is still soft none the less (?)

Any-gobbles.

This eyeshadow is also $17.00 and I got it also for $5.00. I honestly think thats an amazing deal considering it is Urban Decay! Don't you think!? Lol.



NOW! Onto the last two items on my Urban Decay Agenda! Lol.

The next item is the Ink For Eyes cream eyeliner in Pyrotechnics. This item sells for $22.00! I only got it for $6.50! Whattt!! Yeah $6.50 baby! Lol.

This is what it looks like ...

(I didn't switch the pictures around I'm sorry!)

This eyeliner has a clear base with iridescent glitter, so if your wanted stand out eyeliner than this is not for you because all you get is the glitter. ^_^ I however love this! Seriously, its really cute, especially the packaging! Bah, I also love the brush. I didn't get a separate picture of it because I didn't think about it. Its a duel-ended brush it has your typical angled eyeliner brush, but the other end has a smudge brush...thing. I've honestly never used one but it says "Create razor-sharp lines, or smudgy, bedroom eyes." :O. Lol.

Anyways, overall I am excited to try this product out!

Now, the last product is a Pocket Rocket Lip Gloss. It retails for $19.00, I got it for $6.50. Not bad, not bad. This is the quote from the website itself. "Undress our men with a flick of your wrist. Pocket Rocket Lip Gloss combines two of our favorite things: naked dudes, and gorgeous lip color." I thought that was so clever! Now My pocket rocket is Jesse. It is described as Blackberry with a warm sparkle. 

Now I just want to point out, the color it looks in the tube isnt the color it is. The color looks more like a coppery color, but when you use it, or at least take the brush out, thats when you get the blackberry color! Just a little warning. ^_^ I had the option of getting Julio which is just a clear lipgloss with sparkle, and I didn't think I needed a clear one, but now I am kicking myself in the butt for not getting it! Lol.

Anyways, here is what it looks like!

I very like the fact that it is a brush applicator and not a doe foot one. I don't mind the doe foot applicator but I like the brush ones at the same time!

Oh and the top does say "rub me" which on the back of the tube it says "rub me for you pheromone fix" Not sure if that works, but hey, try it if you want ^_^ Lol. I did and I don't think I felt any different.

ANYWAYS! So there is my little haul from Hautelook! I might do a review of each of the products separately, here or on my youtube, I haven't quite decided yet since I haven't even played with them XD lol

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And remember! You are beautiful no matter what shape or size you are!

Be happy and healthy everyone!

<3

~~~Autumn~~~