Buy This! (I swear this isn't sponsored)

So recently I have been trying to clean up my computer. I have too many useless meme and gifs that I am hoarding because I think that one day I will find the perfect text to use it as a response to. Well in that hoard there are a lot of beauty posts. So my goal is to go through them...... before I delete them.

So today I have one of my favourite blushes EVER. Normally when it comes to makeup I'm not a snob. I don't care if it's drug store or high end, if it performs well, I like it. I never like to judge a brand based on it's price, and I always believe that you can usually find comparable dupes of most high end brands for less.

Now I want you to take what I just said, and throw it out the window. This product is high end, expensive, and if there is a dupe out there I don't ever want it's name spoken on this blog.

This blush is NARS Taj Mahal. I wont lie I bought it because of all the praise I read online about it. Let me tell you, they weren't wrong. Taj Mahal is a burnt orange, shimmery blush, that is super pigmented. And when you put it on you'll look like you have been kissed by the angel Gabriel. The one potential problem with this is like I said it is super pigmented, so you have to have to use it with a delicate touch. That and the packaging has kind of a rubbery finish, so it attracts dirt like crazy.

If you have chocolate skin, you need this. Literally. I cannot stress how pretty this is on our skin. If you have lighter skin, it can still work for you, but you need to be very careful with it so you don't go into Oompa Lompa cheek mode.

If you want to get your hands on this blush it retails for $30/£23.00 and you can find it on websites like Sephora or NARS. And in most department stores that sell higher end makeup.

What are some of your favourite blushes?

My Travel Essentials

Find out why these things made my makeup travel essentials list! All you have to do is head on over to Jacquie's Claws Up where I was a guest blogger. If you don't follow her, you should. I have a few go to blogs, that I will always check on my own to see if they have posted something new, and her's is for sure one of them. She started out as a mostly nail blog, but over the years has seamlessly transitioned it to a blog that not only features nails, but everything from fashion, makeup to her planning her upcoming wedding! She is also ok with mismatched socks, which makes her a good person in my books.

Eye Think You Should See This

So today will be two firsts for me. 1) For the first time ever, I'm going to show you an eye look I did. 2) This look was the first time in my life(Well since I started wearing makeup less than a year ago) I had used a colourful eyeshadow. Yes, you heard me, this was my first time. It was like losing my virginity all over again. It made me a bit nervous, but in the end I was happy, and it can only get better from here!

Up until this point the ONLY palette I owned was the original Urban Decay Naked Palette(which I adore). But this past birthday, Robyn was kind enough to give me a gift card to Sephora(Huzzah!). I ended up being torn between the Urban Decay Spectrum Eyeshadow Palette, and the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette. I was going back and forth between which I should get the Spectrum palette felt safer to me, but the Vida Loca was was so fun, I just didn't know if I had the yarbles to pull it off. So one day when I was in Sephora in late October I saw one lone Kat Von D Vida Loca Remix palette just sitting there, and I just didn't have the heart to leave it. Looking back I'm glad I took it because that one palette was the ONLY time I ever saw it in stores(which worked out because the gift card doesn't work online if you are international).

Anywhoo long story short I sat on the palette for over two months before I finally mustered up the courage to use it, and it's safe to say, I'm in love.

For this look(I wanted to put manicure :P ), I started out with Urban Decays Original Primer Potion, then I put a base down of UD's Buck from the Original Naked Palette to even everything out. Then from the Mi Vida Loca Remix palette I used Black Metal for my outer V and Anthem for my crease. Then I the lid I used UD's Smog and in my inner corner I used UD's Half Baked. I finished off by using my Wet N Wild pencil on 1/3 of my waterline and bottom lashes(not that it lasts more than 5 minutes), then I did a winged liner look on my upper lash line with some Wet N Wild Liquid liner. Then I finished up with Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara in black and some other mascara that I don't remember at the moment.

Soooooooo what do you think? Be nice and leave my brows out of this :P Also what are your favourite palettes? 

This is sort of a makeup post, but not really.

Well I have had another one of those weeks where I think I updated recently, but the reality was it's been a week. Anyway, let's get down to business. So I only started really wearing makeup in January. Before that I would only wear it if I HAD to. Now I wear it pretty much any time I leave the house. Now I'm no pro, but I think I'm decent, but I do feel a little iffy when I go into cosmetic stores. I always think they see my makeup and think "Wow, who invited Baba Yaga?". I mean I'm sure they don't say that but if there is anyp lace I feel insecure about my skills it's in a cosmetic store. The one place I feel the most awkward is Sephora, because I feel like everyone there is on point. Well a couple days ago I went in with some of my cousins and when we were checking out the lady behind the counter asked me about my makeup look, because she loved it! This is a first for me, having someone at Sephora take an interest in what I had on. It made me feel fantastic!

What does that all have to do with the manicure? Well since I have been getting into makeup I have been lurking a lot of makeup accounts. Some of these artists are soooooooo creative and I love looking at their work. Even though they sometimes do crazy stuff that I could never do on my own face, I can still use it and translate it to my nails. Like today, I have this manicure inspired by makeup artist Alene Filippova. This look caught my eye immediately when I scrolled past. I just had to put it on my nails :)

A photo posted by Alena Filippova (@filippovaalena) on Jul 29, 2015 at 11:16pm PDT

 For my nails I started off with a black base, then I top coated it. I then added tape down the centre, and with a fan brush, brushed on the gold(Which is a nameless Dior). Once I removed the tape I top coated it again, put another strip of tape down the centre, and with the fan brush added the red(Revlon Red Carpet). Finally I top coated the whole thing. I did it with and without matte topcoat. I think I like it better shiny as the matte dulled the red.

So tell me. Do you like the makeup? What are some of your favourite products?

Brrrrraaaaiiinnnsss! Zombie Nails: Pt 1

So I did these nails for a contest over at The Polished Zombie's 200 reader giveaways.  I used mainly OPI's polishes on my nails along with Cult Nails Quench and Essie's Fishnet stockings. Oh and false nails that I roughed up.  And as you can see I didn't just stop at nails.  I figured I might as well go all out (well worth the hour I had all this on for).  Win or lose that gash is pretty badass. I would write more but I'm tired.  Enjoy!

ETA now that I'm a tad less tired: There is acrylic paint under the false nails make the nails look darker(they were white to begin with).  Then on top of the nails I sponged on OPI's Onyx, Over The Taupe and Suzi Loves Cowboys.  And around my cuticles and in the broken bits of nails I have Cult nails Quench and Essie's fishnet stockings.

 

 Everything I used