Products used:

UDPP in Eden

UD Sellout (highlight)

UD Honey (inner lid)

UD Peace (outer lid)

UD Grafitti (above crease)

L'oreal Telescopic liquid line

Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse in shade 1

MAC Dollymix blush

How did I not own Mint Apple before? What the heck is a mint apple for that matter?

Anyways, this is 3 coats of Sinful Mint Apple stamped with Sally Hansen Forbidden Fudge. The stamp is from the first Bundle Monster sets. I just can't seem to get the hang on stamping, I always aim a little too far down my nail or end up warping the image. Practice makes perfect, right?

I remember when I first picked up the Urban Decay Deluxe palette. I must have used it everyday for months. It is a fantastic palette, the one I own that has gotten the most use for sure. But as you collect, even favorites get forgotten. So last week when I couldn't find my hand-mirror (my preference) I decided this palette's mirror would have to do. And upon opening it I decided to also use it for my EOTD.

And actually, now that I've gotten back into using this palette I've realized that quite a few shades are a bit of a pain to work with, kinda washed out and a little sheer (like the upcoming FOTD using Graffiti and Peace where you can barely even see the difference between them). Has anyone else ever thought this or am I solely alone and just being a brat?
Looking back though, I realize why I was so in love with this palette. Because it came with a small vial of Primer Potion. The first primer I ever used, and it completely changed things. Maybe my original love of this palette was one clouded by the power of primer.

Oh, and do you like my stubborn eyelashes? This is the clump on my left eye that naturally doesn't want to separate- lash brush be damned!
Products used:

UDPP

UD Sellout (highlight)

UD Ransom (crease)

UD Honey

L'oreal Telescopic liquid liner

Tarte Clean Slate face primer

Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse in shade 1

MAC Sweetness blush

You may remember a little while back I showed you a little bit of a franken I made- Chaos. I finally made myself a big bottle of this and wore it as a full mani. And then I went to work and saw we had gotten in the SH crackle polishes and I snapped up Fuchsia Shock.

...it's like a gluey consistency and won't seem to break down even with pure acetone. It happened to 2 Seche bottles, I've used them before with no issue so I thought this was weird! Any guesses?

Anyways, back on topic...

I quickly applied a coat of Fuchsia Shock over the polish I already had and was kind of disappointed. When I picked this up I have grand visions of it over so many colors- in my opinion pink goes with nearly any color. So when I brushed it on and the pink barely had enough coverage to go over pale blue, I was a little disappointed. I mean, you can see the glitter in my base polish THROUGH the pink. No Bueno!

So on my other hand I decided to try a thicker coat. Now, I want to say that this is not easy. The brush this polish comes with is small (think Essie) and I can only coat half my nail before this stuff starts to dry. Sometimes if you take too long to apply it it gets mad or something and doesn't quite work right- so you have to move fast. The small brush makes this really annoying and I think that OPI has it right (can't comment on others) with the mop like brush that covers (albeit somewhat messy) in one quick coat.

Just to be sure, I did a bunch of swatches on paper. Which, I have photos of but they are kinda on my dead camera at the moment so I will upload them tomorrow and link later. Among them I tried both dark and light colors and decided that this was one polish I would be returning- which I have never done before. Over dark colors it was pretty much useless. You can't tell that it is pink because it takes on the color beneath it. Even over lighter colors (think pink would look awesome over yellow? SO DID I) it takes on the tone of the base (over yellow it appears orange). If you apply it thick enough this isn't so much of a problem- but I had issues getting it to be consistently thick on each finger.

While I haven't tried the other colors, I have discussed the silver one and have seen it used and it also seems to be more on the sheer side (on her nails it went on more like a metallic top coat and had minimal crackles).

As for how it crackles, I can't put my finger on it but I just don't care for the way it does- both thick and thin. I was over all unimpressed. These retail for $6.99 and can be found in most drug stores.

5 minutes to create an EOTD? Here's one of my favorite quick looks and way to wear sheerer shades.

UDPP

MAC Blacktrack paint pot on lid, blended out

Fyrinnae Anemone over blacktrack

Wet n Wild Brulee for highlight

L'oreal Telescopic liquid liner

L'oreal One Million Lashes mascara

Anemone is an absolutely freaking gorgeous color but for me it's a little sheer and hard for me to work into a FOTD, but over black it brings out all those gorgeous shifts in the color (Rapunzel Had Extensions is another favorite for this). The reason I really love to do this kind of look is it's not neutral, it works for day or night, you can drop the liner and even the highlight if you must.

What is your go to quick FOTD?

I've had this quad for awhile, and never tried it until now. Maybelline in my book is usually a big floppy fail for eyeshadows. How about the Eye Studio quad line though?

If you've used Maybelline shadows before then you have probably experienced the disappointment of sheer, powdery colors that won't even show up on your lid. So of course, you would probably expect the same from these. Right?

WRONG! While these aren't the most amazing thing I've ever used, they do what I expect. The colors are all very glowy and shimmery (I'm pretty sure NONE of the quads have matte shades) and are easy to blend and also show up how I would expect them too. These aren't going to be super bright colors, keep in mind. The shades in Give Me Gold should work for most colorings, and is a great quad for when I don't have a lot of time to do my eyes. They also looked just as good at the end of the night as when I put them on.

Done using a random pigment received in a swap only known as Psyche. I can't seem to find where it came from but it's a beautiful dark silver. If anyone has any idea what this product is please let me know!

UDPP

MAC Blacktrack paint pot (on lid)

Mystery company pigment in Psyche

UD Polyester Bride eyshadow (highlight)

No clue on anything else, I know I'm horrible!