I know this isn’t nail polish related, but I’ve done a makeup look that I wanted to share! Recently, I’ve been experimenting with new looks and bolder colors. I purchased the Pixi Lumi Lux Eyeshadow Palette from Target; it has 20 different eyeshadows, several of which I wouldn’t have purchased individually. I was playing around with the green and yellow shades tonight and I think this look came out really wearable and pretty. I know these pictures aren’t the greatest. I did this at 11:30 pm, so I have no natural lighting and the flash washed out the colors a bit. What do you guys think?
xoxo
Valerie
Products used:
On my eyes: Urban Decay Primer Potion; Pixi Eyeshadows in white gold, fresh green, emerald green, and olive gold; Botanics Eye Definer in Liquorice; L’Oreal Voluminous mascara in Black. On my lips: Maybelline Color Sensational lipstick in Plaza Pink, and Maybelline Color Sensational lipgloss in Sugared Honey.
This nail polish is called Loretta by Zoya. I purchased this shade simply because my mom is named Loretta. I didn’t really examine the color or finish when ordering, and I haven’t come across swatches anywhere online. It is a very sheer, milky, soft pink; it really looks natural and would be great for a French Manicure. It seems like this color would be overlooked because it is so tame, but I like the way it lets the moons and tips of my nails become the focus. This is such a change for me since I’ve been wearing outrageous glitter for the past two weeks. I have three coats of Loretta in this picture; I didn’t paint my tips white, that is just how they are.
This is the very first time I’ve used a Zoya polish and I already love them! The formula is superb! I love the bottles, they’re so chic! The brushes are good quality! Exclamation points! There are so many beautiful colors from this company, I feel another Zoya order coming on very soon!
xoxo
Valerie
P.S. I find it mildly amusing that Zoya’s Loretta nail polish is the exact shade my mom Loretta hates with a passion. She would never be caught wearing light pink.
I got my package from Zoya, and immediately ripped it open! I recieved: Roxy, a purple glitter; Moxie, a cool-tone deep hot pink creme; Blair, a blackened deep red shimmer; Loretta, a sheer milky pink; and Celine (not pictured), a warm-toned hot pink creme. I’m upset: I didn’t order Celine, I ordered Drew! Moxie and Celine are practically duplicates of eachother! The number on my invoice matches the color Celine, so the mix-up is likely user-error; Valerie should not be ordering online so late at night with so many colors to choose from. Oh well, I’ll just have to place another order to get Drew, and a couple others I’ve had my eye on. I will be wearing these very soon and posting some pictures of them! Take a look at some bottle shots in the meantime!
xoxo
Valerie
P.S. I apologize in advance, but won’t be showing photos of Celine because it does not look good on me. I have already given it to my warm-complexioned mother, Loretta.
I’m SO excited! When Zoya had the Twitter 5000 followers promotion, I jumped on the chance to own my very own Zoyas! I have never tried this brand before, but I’ve seen the lovely swatches on other’s blogs. I only picked out five which was very hard, and at the time I didn’t want to get (too) crazy. Ever since August 5th I’ve been waiting for my goodies, checking it’s progress across the USA on UPS.com. Every day, kicking myself for not ordering more, and paying extra for the 2 day express shipping. My Zoya package finally arrived today, two weeks after ordering. However, since I live in an apartment complex, I have things shipped to my Dad’s house the next town over…. I think I might burst! I can’t wait until my husband picks it up on his way home!
xoxo
Valerie
Beautiful Girl is another shade from my Sinful Colors haul at Walgreens. I love this shade of pink! Of course, because I love pink! It is a light pink creme that applied and wore wonderfully.
xoxo
Valerie
I got Mind’s Eye by Orly quite a while ago, and was never really impressed with the color. It is a deep burgundy (red-brown toned) creme polish. I decided to wear it and see how I liked it, and I got so many compliments at work. I was surprised at how many people just LOVE this color! I’m still not loving it, but I’ll keep it as it’s a nice safe shade that will work well in the fall.
xoxo
Valerie
I am in love with Petit Four by Orly! It is from the Sugar Coated by Orly collection. I’ve heard so much about Bon Bon, but I personally think Petit Four is so much prettier! It’s a perfect light pink-lavender creme, and opaque in 2 coats. It’s so pretty and feminine! I love it!
xoxo
Valerie
One of my favorite purple polishes is Fantasea by Orly. It is a duochrome polish, with a smokey medium purple base and flashes of bronze and pink. This is 3 coats, I just love it!
xoxo
Valerie
I’ve really gotta stop going to Target! So last time I found myself strolling through the nail polish section, I picked up a couple by Sally Hansen. Plum Power is a beautiful deep plum, it has a great shimmer of purple and blue. Blazing Blue is a midnight blue with strong blue shimmer that keeps it from looking black. These are both great colors; can’t wait to use them!
xoxo
Valerie
Here is Shirley and Buddy by Sinful Colors. I used three coats of this polish in the image below, and it is still so SHEER! The base is a shimmer light sheer pink, and it has blue and pink micro glitter. I don’t really care for it on its own. It looks awesome in the bottle, but just fails to impress me on the nail. So I thought, why not try Shirley and Buddy layered over different colors and see how it looks?
I layered Shirley and Buddy over: Orly Flirty Girl, a sheer creme white-pink; China Glaze Rich and Famous, a creme hot pink; Sinful Colors Beautiful Girl, a creme light pink; and China Glaze Black Diamond, a shimmery dark coal grey. For the swatches, I used 2 coats of the base color, and 2 coats of Shirley and Buddy over top. I did like how it looked over the two softer pinks, Flirty Girl and Beautiful Girl; but over Rich and Famous’ hot pink, and Black Diamonds grey shimmer, it really fell flat in my opinion.
What do you guys think about this one? Should I try different colored bases? Or does this one go out the door?
xoxo
Valerie
