Makeup Monday: Lorac Unzipped Cheek Palette & Alter Ego Set

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Welcome to the first evah Makeup Monday! As you know, if you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, I'm really delving into the world of makeup and enjoying the beautiful things and I thought it would be fun to do a makeup post on the blog once in a while! So Makeup Mondays are here!!

For the first Makeup Monday, let's look at the Ulta exclusive Lorac Unzipped Cheek Palette & Alter Ego lipstick set. This set is $30 and includes the cheek palette with 4 blushes and a full sized Alter Ego lipstick. I love my Unzipped palettes and so I kind of felt this was an essential, heehee.

The Alter Ego lipstick is called Girl Next Door and is a coral pink shade. This is a matte finish, which I love.

From first swatch, these blushes seem very pigmented, though a bit powdery in the swatch, particularly Unashamed (the bright pink). I know that looks like a crazy scary pink but I think it will be sooo lovely in the summer, especially with a bit of a tan!

As this is just a swatch post, I cannot attest to the lasting power of these yet. I will say that Unapologetic looks like the color I will get the least use out of, but then again, you never know!

I am happy I bought this set and if you like Lorac like I do, I would hurry because it is Limited Edition and only at Ulta!

And don't forget to shop through Ebates to earn cash back!!

Are you excited for Makeup Mondays??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Ethereal Lacquer Black Rose with Glitter & Gradient

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I was fortunate enough to win this gorgeous Mei Mei's Signatures exclusive Ethereal Lacquer from my friend Saira's giveaway a few months back and it somehow got lost in Mount Polish. I pulled it out for a jazzy birthday party manicure and wow, it's lovely!

I used two coats of EL Black Rose and stared at the beauty. Like... just stared.

I mean... come on. So gorgeous.

Then, because I was going to a 30th birthday party in a party bus and all that jazz, I wanted MORE so I added a gradient coat of Messy Jessi Bailey, a polish created to help benefit Bailey Haney and raise awareness for Neuroblastoma.

THEN I dabbed a little bit of Wingdust Funky Town on the tips of my nails and figured that was probably enough bling for one manicure, heehee. I purchased Funky Town from Llarowe but I cannot find it on her site or on the Wingdust site.

Whatcha think? Clearly more is more is better for me, lol!!!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Ginger & Liz Stress Management

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Ginger & Liz is a brand that I found at Ulta and knew nothing about before purchasing. It is a vegan brand founded by two friends and the polishes are toluene, formaldehyde, DBP, camphor and resin free. 

The polish I purchased was on clearance for $6.97, from the original price of $12.00. And of course I had to pick the teal color, duh. What, are you new here? :-p 

Stress Management is a gorgeous dark teal creme polish and this baby covered in one coat. Yep. You heard me. One coat. 

Color me impressed! My Ulta doesn't have a lot of Ginger & Liz polishes but I would certainly look into this brand, the formula was great, this color is gorgeous, and this did not stain my nails! Plus, the polishes are vegan! Whoo!

Have you tried Ginger & Liz before??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Liquid Sky Lacquer Pink Gradient

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I have a simple little gradient today! I grabbed two Liquid Sky Lacquer's and went to work. I used Love Is In The Air as my base (2 coats) and then A Nice Chianti for the gradient color. It's very simple but I really like these two colors together! Caroline does some amazing holos, too!

Whatcha think??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Anti-Valentine's Day

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Today's prompt is Anti-Valentine's and I don't really even know what that means, aside from nails that aren't pink or have hearts on them so I did this little doo dah here: 

I used China Glaze Dashboard Dreamer and License & Registration Pls as my base colors (index finger is L&R, Pls), let that dry and then blobbed Cons-Ulta My Manicurist and L&R, Pls on the index and middle fingers, and Dashboard Dreamer and Cons-Ulta My Manicurist on the ring and pinky fingers. Then I smooshed the colors together with a ziplock bag. I really liked how the shimmer in Dashboard Dreamer was apparent on the nails that had the darker base color. So pretty!! 

Don't forget to visit the rest of the Twinsies and see their take on Anti-Valentine's Day!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Rimmel Round and Round In Circles

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Another new spring polish from Rimmel is Round and Round in Circles, a pale yellow creme polish. As with all yellows ever, it seems, this had a sort of streaky formula and required 3 careful coats.

This first picture is in direct light.

This picture is in indirect light and you can really see the streaks here. Such a shame, because this color is so fun and happy!

I found my Rimmel polishes at Walgreens and I believe they were about $1.79.

Have you tried the new Rimmel pastels for spring yet?
Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Sally Hansen Goldi-Flecks and CSM Over The Rainblue

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Sally Hansen Big Glitter Top Coat in Goldi-Flecks is a white and gold glitter topper in a clear base. The shapes and sizes of the glitter are assorted, so this is the perfect glitter topper for a lot of different looks. I used one coat over CND Mint Convertible and I loved the gold and white with the mint!

Macro!

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Over The Rain-blue is a blue and silver bar glitter topper. Bar glitter isn't my most favorite glitter, just because it usually ends up peeling up and then I pick at it and it's a mess. Or the pieces hang off of the edge of the nail and I cannot handle that situation. These bar glitters aren't as densely packed so the blue glitter is what you primarily see and that's okay with me :-) I used one coat and then dabbed a little bit more to fill in some areas. My base color is OPI's My Boyfriend Scales Walls. This was sort of a perfect Detroit Lions manicure, too ;-)

You can purchase Sally Hansen polishes basically errywhere, so go get you some!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda