Makeup Geek Foiled Shadows Swatches

 I know that this is a nail blog but I wanted to do something a little different. I love makeup almost as much as I love nail polish. As soon as I saw that Makeup Geek was coming out with new foiled eye shadows I knew it was time for me to bite the bullet and get them. I have seen a ton of reviews about their first set of them and how amazing they are. This new set is just as stunning. I did take individual shots of each shadow but unfortunately the lighting was just crap. I do apologize for not having close ups of each color.

The formula on these shadows is quite unique. They are a powder, but due to them having more oil they have a cream feel to them. If you have oily lids I would strongly recommend a primer to help prevent creasing. 

You can purchase all 20 shadows as a set like I did or individually. If you get them as a set it does save you a bit of money which is always a good thing. You can find their products here.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

Beauty and the Beast Theme

*Disclaimer: Please excuse my nails in this look. I broke my middle finger nail and did not realize how bad the shape was until I painted and took photos.

Next up in my Disney Princess series I have Belle. Now I admit I did cheat a bit and use these adorable nail decals from Born Pretty Store . This was my first experience with nail decals and I am thrilled to say that they were so simple to use. All you have to do to apply them is hold the decal in water for about 10 seconds, slide it off the backing, and position on it on your nail. It's really that easy. You can check out all their other nail art products. They have a ton of different options and my code at the bottom on my post will help save you 10% off

 The yellow is China Glaze sun upon my skin. I used Opi I just cant cope-acabana to get the details on her dress. The base color is Essie mademoiselle. The roses are all a base of Essie double breasted jacket, with China Glaze bottoms up, and Color Club featured hair out to there for details. The stem is China Glaze treble maker and Opi jade is the new black. I used Seche Vite to seal everything in.

After I got done this with look I wasn't too thrilled with the yellow. I felt like it still looked patchy and is just not a great color on my skin tone. If I was to redo this I think I would use a different background color but when I think of Belle I think yellow.

Macro of ring finger

Macro of thumb

 **I was sent these products for review but it does not effect my opinion.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

4th of July Watermarble and Stamping

Polishes used: China Glaze I sea the point. Opi quarter of a cent-cherry, Essie blanc.

Cheeky Ch4 stamping plate with Mundo de unas white stamping polish

Seche vite as top coat

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

*Use code RA4X31 for 10% off all your Born Pretty Store purchases.

Coral and Mermaids

I broke my pointer finger so I ended up trimming down all my nails but I actually like the look a bit better than when they are really long. I absolutely love how this turned out. I knew I wanted to watermarble ocean currents but I was a bit nervous. I am still not the best at the technique and my middle finger did end up smearing but that's what stamping is for.

I used China Glaze's uv meant to be, dj blue my mind, and Color Club's meet me at the rink for the watermarble background. I did have two coats of Opi's alpine snow down as a base. The bubbles are from bm 505 with Mundo de Unas white. I didn't stamp the bubbles on my middle finger because I knew you wouldn't see them so I went straight in with Opi's cajun shrimp and bm-501 for the coral. The mermaid is Mo-You London Sailor 01 with Mundo de Unas black. Due to having to shrink the image it is a bit smudged. She reminds me of Ariel from the little mermaid when she is singing part of your world.

As always you want to use a good top coat to help prolong your design. My favorite is seche vite. You can get a bit of shrinkage with it so you want to make sure you wrap your tips.

Macro of thumb

Macro of middle finger

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

*Use code RA4X31 for 10% off all your Born Pretty Store purchases.