NOTD-Nicole by Opi Boys n' berry

I have been wearing tons of milky pink colors on my nails lately...in fact it feels that all of NOTD have been milky pinks or nude colors so I was craving something a little bit more rich. I pulled my nail polish collection and found one of the richest colors I have which is Boys n' Berry by Nicole by OPI. This is a gorgeous berry color with tons and tons of gold shimmer that's so microfine all you see is shine.

Mission accomplished. :) I love this color and it looks amazing on the toes as well as most intense darker colors do.
Do you have a favorite berry nail polish?
Hope you all are having an amazing day.

Spring is in the air!

It's so warm and pretty outside and it feels so spring like and gorgeous. I pulled some products that are perfect for this weather together today to do my makeup:

1. From the naked palette, I have been using the first color which is virgin. Virgin is a gorgeous white but it has a soft pearl hue to it that makes it soft on the eye. I put this all over the lid and it instantly opens up the eye and makes me look well rested. I use the second color on this palette, Sin half way thru the lid and up in my crease. Sin is a gorgeous shimmer champagne color. In the outer crease I use a bit of toasted which is the 9th color on this palette. Toasted is a gorgeous soft purple mauve (very hard to describe) shimmery color.
Below we have sin, virgin and toasted. Gorgeous for a soft spring like look.

2. I used vitalumiere aqua as a foundation today as there is nothing better than the feel of no make up when the weather is warm. This is absolutely gorgeous. It's very light on the skin and it feels like you have nothing on.

3. The lip product that always comes to mind when the weather is warm is Clarins Eclant minute. I have used this for what feels like years. It's amazing on. It's very soft and it gives a unique shine to the lips. It's not sticky so it doesn't last very long but who wants sticky when the weather is nice and warm?



4. For my nails I'm loving the nude colors such as Essies's topless and barefoot. This is a gorgeous nude. It's very difficult to find a nude polish but Essie did amazing with this.

What makeup are you loving right now?
I hope you all have had an amazing week.

My spring colors

The weather is warming up here and I'm getting spring fever...So I pulled out a bunch of products that make me think of spring. These are completely random and I'm sure once I post this I'll think of several others I should have posted. :)
1. Starting with MAC lazy day which is a gorgeous light soft pink color and the seashell lipstick packaging makes me think about spring and summer even more. This is a limited edition product but MAC makes several gorgeous pink colors that are perfect for spring. I even kept the packing of this because I thought it was super cute.

2. OPI strawberry margarita  nail polish. This is bright hot pink...enough said. This screams spring and summer!

3. MAC Well Dressed blush. I think most everyone owns this. It's a sexy bubble gum soft pink with a silver shimmer to it that gives it a slight sheen to the cheeks and a soft pinkish glow. It's absolutely stunning.

4. MAC honey lust. This is a gorgeous honey gold. I wear this all summer long. This swatches terrible...it swatches chunky as it is a luster but it looks beautiful on and it's one of my favorite colors. This looks especially good on blondes or lighter skin tones.

These are some of the products that make me think of spring. What are some of the products that get you in the mood for warm weather?

BWC lipstick

Hi everyone,
I recently won a giveaway hosted by Maria Rosaria and the blog is http://venuslovesvirgo.blogspot.com/
You should all check her blog out and follow her if you don't already because she is amazing. She posts several reviews on beauty products and other items, and  has amazing taste. She is an animal lover as am I and she only reviews products that are cruelty free. She recently had a giveaway and I was one of the winners. The giveaway was a lipstick from BWC which stands for beauty without cruelty. I am a huge animal lover too....here are my cats (always on top of the clothes I'm trying to wash) and my wonderful pup.

Here is a little bit about BWC:

Beauty Without Cruelty was founded in 1963 in England by the trustees of BWC Charitable Trust, an animal welfare organization. Its goal was to manufacture and distribute natural, color cosmetics that were NOT tested on animals (as was the norm) and did NOT contain any animal ingredients. Noel Gabriel, Katherine Long developed the first, full line of cruelty-free color cosmetics. As a huge animal love, I think it is extremely important to support these companies. For more details and to see the products, please check their site at www.beautywithoutcruelty.com and www.Internatural.com


On to the lipstick...I got wild watermelon which is a soft shimmer pink. First, the packaging is gorgeous. It is so classy and girly. I absolutely love it. The color itself is very nice and very pigmented. It felt very comfortable on and lasted a decent time. I have been browsing their site and will defiantly try some more of their products. Onto to the pictures of the lipstick:

I think it's extremely important to support a company who did something revolutionary when others didn't. BWC created a brand that wasn't tested on animals when others weren't, and as an animal lover, I appreciate companies like BWC.

What do you think about this lipstick?

Hope you all have had an amazing day.


Kim Kardashian golden grammy 2011 eyeshadows

I don't usually post celebrity posts but was recently watching a video that showed all the products Kim K's make up artist used on her for the Grammy's. The eyeshadows were all Urban Decay and I owned all of them so I thought it would be interesting to do some swatches:
1. She used Blunt all over the lid which is a gold beige shimmer.

2. The next color she used mainly is chopper which she put mainly on the crease. Chopper  is a soft brown copper color. This has some glitter on it but the fall out is not as bad as say "midnight cowboy". I love this color.

3. Also along the crease she used Blazed which is a golden apricot type of color. Another one of my fave. It's similar to MAC's all that glitter but more goldish.

There are several videos on her look on youtube. I was going to post a picture of her but I hate to upload pictures from google that aren't mine. You can always google her look for the grammy's. She looks stunning.

Let me know what you think of her golden eye make up look. I love golden eyeshadows so of course I loved it.

Hope you all are doing amazing

Februar Favorites

Hi Everyone,
Happy March! I can't believe February is over already! I say this every month but in all fairness February is a short month. :)
Here are some of my faves this month:
1. MAC club eyeshadow. This is a duochrome green/brown color. Everyone needs this color in their lives :) This is such a unique color and one that you're not going to find very often. Urban Decay does one  similar called Launge ( I swatch this every time I go to sephora) which I'll get soon and review.

2. I usually wear club all over my lid for a quick smokey eye, and to open up the eyes I use an inner corner highlight. The one I have loved wearing is MAC Nylon which is a super bright shimmer yellow. Nylon holds a special spot in my heart. This was one of my first MAC shadows and one that I use a lot. It really opens up the eye. If you love inner corner highlights, you must get this. The pic below came out a bit too stark. It's extremely pigmented but not this stark.

3. For lips, I have adored wearing MAC pretty please. It's a shimmering light pink color. The shimmer highlights the lips for maximum pout power. Sexy!

4. MAC cremesheen glass in "partial to pink". This is my fave cremesheen. I have several of them but I have gone thru three of this which is saying a lot for someone who has too many glosses to count. This is a sheer cotton candy pink gloss. It's very soft and not sticky at all. The only con is it does not last long on the lips.

5. Soft "ballerina" pink nail polishes. I feel a recurring theme with the soft, sheer, cotton candy theme this month, but as a girly girl, I can't help myself. This month I have been love wearing soft sheer nudes and pinks on my nails mainly by Essie. I think this is one of Essie's best. Unfortunately a lot of people complain about the sheerness of some of the Essies's polishes, but I truly enjoy wearing a sheer "your nails but better" color every once in a while. Some of my faves this month have been Essie "ballet slippers", Essie "East Hampton Cottage" and Orly "Sweet Blush". Below is East Hampton Cottage.

6. For hair I have been loving using Shu Uemura fiber lift to give my roots a lift and the oil for my ends. Love both of these products very much. The oil below is pretty expensive at over $60 but it's absolutely gorgeous. It gives everything you would want an oil to give - shine, shimmer, softens, does not weigh down...it's glamor in a bottle.



These are a few of my fave February favorites. What products stood out for you this month?

Hope you all have had an amazing day.

NOTD - Essie Lollipop

Isn't this such a sexy red? I'm on polishout 2011 so this is the first polish I have bought for the year but I can't resist a bright red as the weather warms up, and this is defiantly as bright of a candy apple red color as they get. I specially bought this for pedicures but wanted to show the color to you guys so I gave myself a quick manicure. This is one of Essie's "good" colors in the fact that it does not streak and it goes opaque with one coat, but I gave myself two coats for good measure.

This will be perfect on the toes...I'm going to the beach next month on vacation and I will be taking this with me for my pedicures. I think red looks gorgeous with a tan.

What is your favorite red color?



NOTD -Sephora by OPI "Call Your Mother"

I love this color...this is another one of those dirty lilac colors that is similar to Sephora by Opi In "metro chic" but more lilac and less dark. As the weather gets warmer I'm winning myself off the dark colors and this is a good transition color. This is one of my all time favorite polishes and sometimes I find myself wearing this for weeks at a time. It wears very well and it's a very unique color.

What is your favorite murky polish?