Nail Art || Watermelon Nails #4

Polishes used:

Pink - Sinful Colors "Island Coral"

Green - China Glaze "Four Leaf Clover"

Light Green - E.L.F. "Mint Cream"

Black - Revlon Nail Art Chalkboard "Study Date" (black end)

How To

This is probably the easiest way to do a watermelon nail look. It works great as an accent nail or as a full manicure. You will want a dotting tool, pencil, or toothpick.

Step 1: Apply a whitebase coat.

Step 2: Apply the pink coat. Leave a french-tip. Don't worry if it looks messy on the edge, we will be cleaning it up later.

Step 3: Apply the green tip, remembering to leave a white line (as thick or thin as you design).

This is where you can use the dotting tool to add white to clean up the edges of the green and pink layers.

Step 4: Add the black polka dots with your clean dotting tool.

Step 5: Optional Add lighter green straight lines with the dotting tool.

Don't forget a top coat!!!

This isn't my favorite look, but it is nice for working with the dotting tool and the different layers/color.

Nail Art || Watermelon Nails #3

Polishes used:

Pink - Sally Hansen Hard as Nails "Mighty Mango"

Green - China Glaze "Four Leaf Clover"

Light Green - E.L.F. "Mint Cream"

Black - Revlon Nail Art Chalkboard "Study Date" (black end)

How To

This is something that looks best as an accent nail. Its not too difficult as long as you take your time. You will need a dotting tool of some sort, like a pencil or a toothpick.

Step 1: Apply a base coat.

Step 2: Create a sort of half-moon shape in green. If you want, you could also do a solid line.

Step 3: Using your dotting tool, add a thin white line either on the green or between the green and pink. Now our rind is almost complete.

Step 4: As that dries, use the dotting tool to create a rounded triangle-ish shape for the seeds (3-4 seeds).

Step 5: Use the dotting tool to add either straight lines or squiggly lines in the light green. Now our rind is complete.

Apply a top coat, and you're finished!

A Late Haul!!!!

Hello everyone! I know its been a while ... but I've just had so much fun playing with my new stuff!!!

In this particular haul, I ended up getting free shipping ($35+ order) and the brush set for like $3, which is why I even ordered. I am in love with the hair quality on these brushes but not so much the durability ... a.k.a. the head of my favorite brush fell off within a week and I had to superglue it back on. Sad day :(

Pictured here are the compressed powder (great for a foundation or a concealer), a mineral lipstick, and the zit zapper. Yes, I have seen some results with the zit zapper.

This is the mineral lipstick I ordered. The pigmentation is just fine, it feels nice on my lips, and the casing looks sleek. 2 thumbs up!

This is the elf trio polish set in nice and natural. They are shades that go with every season, as long as you can find their soul mate!

Since purchasing this, I have received the poreless primer ... and they both seem to work about the same. At first, I really loved them. Now, (and maybe I am using them wrong) I don't hardly use this ever. I use a bare minerals foundation, and this just clogs up my brush :(

This is the tone correcting concealer ... but I use it as an eyeshadow base and a concealer (for my eyes and, really, any other trouble spots on my face). For a $1, it is worth the purchase. I have been using Almay for a year or so, and this works just as well. (It is a little on the yellow side ...)

These are the makeup remover wipes. Although I keep telling myself I won't be buying these again ... I use them almost every night. They are convenient and they work ... what else can you ask for? They don't sting my eyes at all, but they are kind of oily? That's not 100% true, but I can't think of another way to explain it. DON'T use it on your face unless you intend to wash your face afterwards.

Nail polish!!! Of course. If you are subscribed to me on youtube (we just hit 120 friendlies!!!), you know I looooove nail polish... even if I can't wear it as often as I would like.

Here is the list of colors that come in it .....

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If you want more of an in-depth review ... let me know!!!!!!!!

e.l.f. 14-Piece Nail Cube (Jewel Tones)

This is the nail polish portion of my eyeslipsface.com haul. The colros I am reviewing are all from the.e.l.f. Essential 14-Piece Nail Cube - Limited Edition (Jewel Tones). It retails for $14 (which comes out to $1 each), but you can often find them on sale for $10.

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This first color is "Taupe of the world".

It has a bit of a purple-ish hue to it, even though its a brown. In comparision to the "Smokey Brown", this shade is lighter.

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Blushing Beauty

This one in my top favorite colors. Its very christmas-like and reminds me of tinsel. Yes, it goes on opaque, but it really looks much better with 2 coats. If you have ANY color under it, its opaque in one coat.

I really like the little bit of sparkle that is has ... it even has a bit of a bronze tint to it.

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Dazzle Diva

This requires no less than 3 coats to look like my nail in the photo. It's a opalescent color, which might be why I don't like it very much.

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Red-y or Not

This is a very jolly, merry, christmas-y color. The little bit of glittery look that is has is very nice. It goes really well with the "blushing beauty" and all the browns. Two coats.

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Desert Haze

Desert haze is very similar to "Innocent", except that it is darker.

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Sea Escape

... Not sure about this one. Okay, that's not true. I'm sure that the idea was good, but this is not a favorite color. It seems to be black polish with lots of blue glitter in it. Unfortunately, its really hard to see any blue unless you are looking really close. 

On the other hand, if you use either the "Gold Star" or "Chic Confetti" on top of this, you are able to see the blue sparkles. Not sure why ...

Anyways, this makes a good base for "Dazzle Diva".

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Cherry Bomb

This color was oe of the reasons I chose this set. I was disappointed with it. It is so dark, it almost looks like a brown. If you are a vampire, it looks like dried blood. Three coats until is was opaque. 

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Violet Velvet

Who likes purple? Who enjoys date night? Good, here is the polish for you. It goes on really dark, but you can definitely see the nice shade of violet. It is opaque (with no base coat) after one coat, but it looks best with 2 coats.

If I had to describe the look this gives you, it would be "mysterious" .....

....oooooo.......

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Misty Haze

I do love gray nail polish. Why? It goes with every color out there!!!!

This was a very nice color, 2 coats needed, has a tiny hint of blue.

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Chic Confetti

Eh. Its Christmas confetti: white, blue, green, red, and gold. I like glitter, but not confetti so much. If you like to have a party on your fingernails, have at it. It does work really well, its just not my type.

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Gold Star

THIS is my type. It works great with 2 coats on almost every color, especially red and green. And white. This is probably my favorite polish in the whole set. It is a great combination of tiny glitter and larger glitter. Very much recommended! (Also, you can find this in a trio on the website)

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Glamour Girl

This is like taupe with gold glitter. Enough said.

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Green Machine

At first, I was like "Ah!! Green!" When it was on my fingers, it was more like "ah ... that's pretty dark ..."

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Yes, I'm missing a color, "Smokey Brown". I can't find the picture! (There is a picture on my previous post, though.)

If you are looking to buy this set, you can find it here:

http://www.eyeslipsface.com/elf/gifts/holiday-silver-box-sets/holiday_14-piece_nail_cube

E.L.F. Polish Trio Review

I recently received my huge haul from eyeslipsface.com. It included polish, makeup removers, the zip zapper ... lots of stuff! Today I want to talk about just this trio.

First, you should know that ELF offers 3 versions of this trio for $3. The set you see above is the "Nice and Natural". This trio set must be a very popular item, because when I went to order, I only had 2 or 3 different sets to choose from; the rest were out of stock!

Next. I do like ELF polish. It takes a long time to dry properly if you apply it too thick; keep that in mind when using it.

 In this "Nice and Natural" set, I loved all three colors. They go well together, they make a great base to add with other colors (neutrals or neons), they work well as accents ... if you like fall or chocolate, this is the set to have.

The colors in the picture are as follows, from left to right: "Smokey Brown", "Innocent", and "Nude".

Smokey Brown is a nice ...  dusty, smokey color. I want to get a nice royal blue to use with it. No, it doesn't look like poop.

The innocent is a much lighter version of smokey brown. It is a nice color for spring, as you could easily incorporate it into a color scheme of all pastels.

Nude was also just that; nude. I could hardly tell it was on my fingers. For someone with a darker skin tone, I'm sure it would stand out nicely. I would also make for great accents with a stamp kit.




If you are interested in purchasing this set, you can find it here:

http://www.eyeslipsface.com/elf/nails/sets/3-piece_nail_polish_set