Fantasy Fire over Milani Deep Thought- Swatches

Happy New Year lovers! I can't believe it's already 2013. What happened to 2012, it seriously just zoomed by. For the New Year my blog-elution is to do more swatches and makeup posts.  To kick off that resolution, today I have for you my first manicure.  Max Factor Fantasy Fire over Milani Deep Thoughts.

There is nothing new I can say about Fantasy Fire that you don't already know.  It's just EPIC, simply put.  The way it transforms a color is magical.  When I first got it last year I wore it over the always popular Revlon Royal, you can see that here.  I tried it before over purple but it wasn't the right purple.  Milani Deep Thoughts is the PERFECT purple for Fantasy Fire.  It's just this deep rich hue and the formula is AH-MAZING! 

Look at the gorgeous color shift from red to gold to green.  Just to let you know this is a picture heavy post....next picture lol!

This is my FAVORITE photo.  I can't believe I was able to capture this, the blessings of a lightbox hehe.  

Here's a close-up, Fantasy Fire is honestly the perfect name for this nail polish.  It makes me think of a dragons' breath, especially over Deep Thoughts.  There's a very mythical look to it or I'm just bugging from my cold lol.

SWOON! :D  I think I might like it over Deep Thoughts more than Royal.
What do you think?  What's your favorite Fantasy Fire combo?  Is there a color combo you would like to see Fantasy Fire/Clarins 230 over?  Let me know below ;)

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Coral Glam, Stripes and Glequins

Hey girlfrans,  I've got some sexy nails to share with you today.  If you follow me on Instagram or Tumblr you know I got an AH-MAZING prize from my boo Marie of Pretty Project.  Included in the prize was the base color for todays nails.

Oh yeah, Layla Hologram Effect in Coral Glam.  Does it get any more awesome than hologram effect nail polish?  I don't think so.  I'm officially obsessed with them. 

Here is a close up, look at all the color.  It almost looks like pink fire.  This is only 2 coats of Coral Glam, no undies...Say What? 

For the design I used New York Color City Sweets Pink for the stripes and Born Pretty Store Diamond Shaped Glequins. I wish I could capture how pretty the Glequins are.  They are purple and holo and just the perfect match for Coral Glam.

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Fall/Winter Favorites- Lipstick (Swatches)

Hey everyone, I hope you're enjoying your day so far.  Today I have a picture heavy swatch post for you.  My favorite lipsticks to wear during the fall/winter season.

My favorites range from nude to dark purple.  Very rich shades compared to the vibrant peaches and pinks of spring & summer. Well then, lets get to some swatches!

Wet n Wild Bare It All One of my newest purchases and my only true nude lip color.  I'm already in love with it.  The shade goes great with my complexion and the matte finish makes it 100 times sexier ;)

Maybelline Sunlit Bronze I've had this for a long time.  I'm not even sure they still sell it.  Another neutral shade that adds just enough color to a low key makeup look.

Revlon Wild Orchid My favorite pink to wear this season.  It's more fuchsia than pink actually and the pearl finish is just stunning.

Maybelline Scarlet Simmer The first red lippy I ever purchased.  It's a little more red than berry IRL.  I bought this back when I was just getting into lipstick and makeup so I was playing it safe.

Sephora Lip Attitude Chic C13 I've had this for a while now.  This is my go to red lipstick.

Wet n Wild Stoplight Red A recent purchase, I actually bought a back up tube.  That's how much I love this lipstick.  This red pops IRL!

Wet n Wild Cherry Bomb I literally got this the other day.  Very pretty dark berry color.   This is  thee lip color for Fall.

Milani Black Cherry I won this in the Milani Fall into Beauty giveaway.  In the bottle it's super dark. I was a little nervous because I don't do a lot of dark lippies.  As you can see it's a beautiful dark cherry color.  Just pictured this with a gold eye look O_O

Sephora Rouge R24 My only dark color for a long time and my go to dark lipstick.  I bought this after seeing Rihanna wearing a similar lip color. 

Do you have any of the lipsticks I mentioned?  What's your favorite lip color to wear during the fall/winter season?

Here is an overall view of the swatches! :)

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Nails Inc. The After Party (Swatch/Review)

Salutations Loves!  It's Election Day and I hope you plan on voting if you haven't already.  Gotta practice our civil rights.  I will be voting later with the whole family after Mr. Starlett Approved gets home from work.  For now I bring you nails.

Photo Courtesy of Sephora,com

Swatches of Nails Inc.  The After Party set as well as a simple nail design.  The After Party is available at Sephora for $25.  It includes full size bottles of Disco Lane,  Soho Street and Covent Garden Market.  Lets start in that order...shall we?

Disco Lane is actually why I got this set.  I have nothing like it in my collection and I'm weak for holographic glitter.  Thrown into my favorite color black...I DIE!  Look at all the tiny sparkles.  The glitter does settle on the bottom a little so you have to give it a good shake before using it.  Very smooth formula, full coverage in 2 coats.  It dries matte and has a coarse texture.  For this swatch I used 2 coats of Seche Vite to get the perfect shine.

Next up is Soho Street. The Party Glitter!

The title, very appropriate!  It seriously looks like a party on my fingertips.  This is 1 coat of Soho Street over Sally Hansen Pacific Blue.  This baby is jam-packed with silver, gold, red, blue, green and violet medium hex and small round glitters.  You can easily get full coverage in 2-3 coats.  The glitters are so shiny and reflective my nubs look like tiny disco balls :)

Last but not least Covent Garden Market.

This is officially my favorite red glitter nail polish.  It's that perfect Jessica Rabbit red.  My nubs feel very va va voom with this on.  Good formula, smooth application but a bit thick.  Full coverage in just 2 coats.  A thirsty glitter, it dried matte and I needed 2 coats of Seche Vite for optimal shine and sparkle.

Overall, I love all of these and plan on wearing them often during the holiday season.  I actually started from Halloween :).

My costume color scheme, as you already know was black and red.  So I threw on some red blood drips using Sinful Colors Sugar Sugar over Disco Lane.

Any Holiday Collections/Sets you're looking forward to getting?  I still have my eyes on China Glaze Holiday Joy and some the the Orly Naughty or Nice.

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HITS- Trendy (Swatch/Review)

Greetings Everyone!  I got a quick swatch post for you today of HITS Trendy.  This is another beauty I got in my prize from Dany of Danyvianna.  It's pretty sheer so I layered 2 coats of Trendy over 1 coat of black nail polish.

It is a beautiful multi-chrome polish that shifts from gold to green to dark blue.  It reminds me of a beetle.  The Golden Stag Beetle to be exact, check out an image HERE.  See the resemblance, huh? 

The formula itself is good.  Smooth application, a little streaky but expected from a polish like this.  There are a couple other HITS polishes on my wishlist that I plan on getting in a future swap with Dany. So excited about that :) HITS is a Brazilian brand but they are available on Llarowe if you're interested in getting your hands on some.

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NYC Halloween 2012 Sweet & Devilish Collection (Swatch/Review & FOTD)

Happy Halloween Beauties!!!  As all of you know New York was hit by Hurricane Sandy.  Right now everyone is dealing with the aftermath.  Fortunately my family and I are fine.  There was no major damage in our neighborhood.  While stuck indoors I took advantage and did a few swatches and worked on this Halloween post for you guys.  Warning: There is a lot in this post, I hope you're ready for it :)   Let's start with the nail polishes.

First up is Haunted.  It's a black jelly-creme based polish with tiny round gold glitters.  I only used 2 coats and got full coverage. To get the best out of this polish you have to be very generous with the brush.  Between the texture, the sparse glitter and the fast drying of the polish, if you use too little for each coat it's not going to be pretty.

Enchanted is a frost shade polish with tiny round gold  glitters  It's a bit sheer, I only used 2 coats here, another coat would take care of that little VNL.  It's a lot like Haunted when it comes to application.  The finish is a bit streaky and getting an even distribution of the glitter was difficult.  

All in all I really like both colors but the fact that they're quick dry makes it hard to get the best out of them, in my opinion.

The other item I picked up from the Sweet & Devilish collection was Tempted, a 2 in 1 Lip Color.  When I bought it I thought it could do this really cool and easy gradient look.  Do a red to black or black to red look.

It worked pretty okay on my arm.

Not so much on my lips.  I wasn't feeling it.  Instead for my lips I did red on top, black on the bottom.  I smacked my lips together and it blended the colors in a pretty cool way.

Close up you can see the black within the red as if it was sponged on. The lip color alone is awesome.  It's shiny on it's own which is perfect because gloss would ruin the blending.  

Here is my complete Halloween makeup look, inspired by Tempted.

From a distance the lip color looks like a perfect shade of blood red.  

My costume is very simple, I'm going to be a witch ;).  Micah is going to be a pirate he's been practicing his swashbuckling all week lol.

What I Used:

Face

• Tarte Smooth Operator
• Cover FX Total Cover Cream Foundation B25
• Too Faced Brightening & Perfecting Bronzer Peach Leopard
• Milani Baked Blush Red Vino

Eyes

• Makeup Forever Diamond Shadow
• Urban Decay Heat
• New York Color Kohl Eyeliner Pencil 926 White
• New York Color Kohl Eyeliner Pencil 925 Sable
• Milani Runway Lashes Mascara 106 Black
• New York Color Liquid Eyeliner 888 Pearlized Black

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