On Trend w/ Allure: Hot Pink Peepers

I saw in last month's Allure magazine that hot pink & red shadows were all the rage on the Spring runways.  Definately not a run of the mill spring look and totally outside of 90% of the general public's comfort zone.  Since I'm a freak and own a hundred eyeshadows in every color of the rainbow just cuz I think they're pretty, I gave it a go :)

Original UDPP, MAC Shroom lash to brow, Urban Decay Woodstock applied in a gradient of wash of color on the lid getting heaviest on the outter > & crease.  Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Perversion on lashlines & waterlines.  Maybelline Falsies Black Drama topped with Cover Girl LashBlast Length in Very Black.

Delinquents like Morphine & Shrooms

I recently picked up the new Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencils.  Of course the first ones I just HAD to play with were the purples, Morphine & Delinquent.  These shadow pencils are absolutely unbelievable!  I have very oily lids, thus you will see that I always use a primer.  These little wonders actually lasted about 7 hours on my lid before creasing WITHOUT PRIMER!  With primer, the wear time is ridiculous.  It was still there until I took it off with make up remover 24 hours later!  They're super creamy and pigmented, but don't offer much play time for blending.  I found that with this particular combo the best blending method was to use the pencil itself to smudge into the other color, kind of layering them on that blend line until it looked good.  Is that vague enough for you?  LOL  Morphine has some serious blue flash/duochrome that made this really difficult to photograph!

UD 24/7 Shadow Pencil in Morphine on entire lid, UD 24/7 Shadow Pencil in Delinquent on waterlines, lower lashline, outer lid & crease.  The Morphine base really put a blue shift to Delinquent.  Delinquent on its own is a royal purple shimmer with plum glitter in it.

Direct sunlight showed the colors better




Pic caught me mid blink but the colors look accurate LOL

 

Going Bold w/ Urban Decay Book of Shadows 3

I'm a huge Urban Decay fan and I was lucky enough to have a friend pick one up during the presale at Sephora New York in August!  So I've had a long time to play with this baby :)  Here is one of my favorite looks using this glorious box of shadows:

Original UDPP. Kush on the inner half of the lid, Radium on the outer half of the lid, Perversion lightly in the crease.  UD 24/7 Liner in Binge on waterlines.  MAC Blanc Type on browbone.  Bare Escentuals Buxom Mascara in Blackest Black.

Deep Sea Flakes

This was such a gorgeous combo.  Please ignore my flaking cuticles!

China Glaze Bermuda Breakaway topped with Nfu Oh 52

Silver Butterflies in Metallic Red Net

This is probably my favorite manicure I've ever done. 

Base: Zoya Carrie Ann
Stamp 1: Konad Special Black w/ Konad M57
Stamp 2: Nfu Oh 61 w/ Konad M78

China Glaze Crushed Candy Crackle on Atlantis

I'm still on the fence about the new wave of cracked out polishes.  I'm generally not a fan of the distressed look on anything, especially my fresh manicure LOL  That being said, I tend to like the superbling glitters or shimmers under their craggy creaminess.  The glitter peaking out of the cracks really catches the eye and adds interest in my opinion.

3 coats China Glaze Atlantis, 1 coat China Glaze Crushed Candy, Poshe TopCoat



Blurred to show glitter :)



Holo Swirly Goodness

This is probably my fave Konad design.  It always transfers easily and always looks cool regardless of the color combo I use :)  Dovima is gorgeous with a top coat.  I'm interested to see how it compares to Rescue Beauty Lounge Iconoclast when I finally get Iconoclast in my hot little hands!

Base:  Zoya Dovima   Stamp:  China Glaze LOL w/ Konad M63