Thursday, March 13, 2014

Naked 3 swatches



 A few weeks back I caved and purchased the Naked 3 palette. I love eyeshadow palettes but I don't wear much on my eyes since I wear glasses 24/7. So, since purchasing the Naked 3 I have only used it twice. It's an awesome palette, so pigmented, but it was my first time with shimmery shades so I had no idea that there would be so much fall out.




I swatched the shadows on the back of my hand over Maybelline 24Hr Color Tattoo in Just Beige(LE).

Top-bottom:
Strange
Dust
Burnout
Limit
Buzz


















Top-Bottom:
Trick
Nooner
Liar
Factory
Mugshot

T-B:
Darkside
Black Heart


































The only colors that I had trouble with was Strange and Dust, the first two colors. Strange is a light cream matte, to me it felt a little powdery when swatching compared to the others. Dust was very soft making it have a lot of fall-out. Over all I love this palette, I may not reach for it every time I do my makeup, but it's definitely a great purchase.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Recent Purchase Swatches!



 It's been a month since my last post, sorry about that! I've been under the weather for awhile and I'm finally feeling better. So as I said I would do, here are swatches from the products in my last post.


First things first, nail polishes!


  • Zoya PixieDust in Arabella
  • Zoya PixieDust in Carter
  • Zoya PixieDust in Dhara

Zoya - Arabella

Arabella is more of a metallic than a glitter yet very shimmery

Zoya - Carter

Carter, my favorite from the pixie dusts, is very glittery and shimmery, yet hard to get a picture.

Zoya - Dhara

Dhara is more like Arabella, metallic yet very shimmery. Also, this polish looks like it never dries.

Zoya - Josie

Josie - a grass green cream

OPI - Hey Baby

Hey baby is exactly what it is advertised as, glossy cream

Dupes - Julep Paris (left) and Sally Hansen Twinkle Toes-ty(Right)

Both polishes have the same shaped glitter and same smaller glitter

Dupes - Julep Paris (Ring Finger) and Sally Hansen Twinkle Toes-ty(Middle Finger)

The only differences are that the julep polish is a little less gold than the Sally Hansen and the Sally Hansen is less dense than the Julep.

Deborah Lippmann - Glitter and Be Gay

This is a really beautiful gold/multicolor glitter. Extremely sparkly, two coats over bare nails. Reminds me of a chest full of gold and jewels.

Deborah Lippmann - Shake Your Money Maker

One coat over black polish. Shake Your Money Maker is a green and yellow glitter with a transparent dark green base. In order to get this polish like Glitter and Be Gay with no base color, you would need about 3-4 coats.



Makeup

MAC Viva Glam Rihanna

Red with barely noticeable gold shimmer.

 Studded Kiss

Matte deep brick red

 Punk Couture

Matte, plum, and patchy

 Hautecore 


Matte Black

 Cyber


Matte almost black purple

 Urban Decay - Turn On


Creamy light pink


Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Blushing Bride and Urban Decay Eye Pencil in Cuff
  • I swatched the blush very lightly because that is how lightly I use it, or maybe lighter. Blushing Bride is true to its description of "plummy rose" and although in the pan there is a lot of shimmer, when applied its not that noticeable. 
  • Cuff, described as a metallic silver shimmer with silver micro-sparkle is also true to its description and does last very long.