Friday, October 29, 2010

Nail Tutorial: Polka Dot Candy Colored Nails



Look cute with these candy colored nails =)
1. Start off with base coat
2. Color layer:
- pink: WetnWild in Flirty Rose Cream
- nude chocolate: ELF in Nude
- lavender: Sally Hansen in Fairy Nice
- peach: Revlon in Peach Nectar
- lime green: mix of Sinful Colors in Innocent and WetnWild in French White Creme
- white polka dots: any white nail pen (LA Colors Art Deco in All Unique)
      3. Seal in the color and add shine (Nicole by OPI in Top Coat plus)

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Everything and Anything Orange

Lately I have a new-found affinity for orange toned makeup, leaning towards peachy and milky orange variety. Orange tone as I've discovered can be quite versatile and flattering on Asian skin tone (prob because orange and yellow compliment each other haha)

Orange Blushes
The only ones I've had so far are Lancome Pop n Cheeks (too pretty to be used~), and Elf Studio Blush in Peachykeen. Neither I've tried yet (....So many unopened cosmetics in my drawers >_<)
ELF Studio Blush in Peachy Keen
Lancome Pop n Cheeks Blush



On the wish list: Shu Uemura Glow On Peach blushes (amazing pay off I've heard), and Canmake (Japanese drugstore brand) Cream Cheek in Vitamin C (the packaging is uber cute <3). Actually I'm also interested in trying out Canmake Powder Cheek, Castle Dew (a korean cosmetic brand) Gradient blush, and Nars blush. 
Canmake Cream Cheek




Shu Umemura Glow On Blushes















Orange Lipsticks
- The only ones I have is Lancome L'Absolu Rouge in Peche (however this has more of a red tone, almost a coral lipstick).
 However, I don't have any milky orange lipsticks so those are definitely on my wish list! Still on the look out for more peachy/orange lipsticks.
Etude House LUCIDarling Rouge #6
Nars Barbarella (described on the Nars website as a sheer peach)