Venemous Villains Maleficent

Today I went to Mac to check out Venomous Villains and make my preorder. Maleficent was the only sub collection that had me smitten as a whole in so far as the concept behind the products and the reference to other characters. I thought the whole idea of the nail polish was really unique in that it represented the fairies other than Maleficent: Flora (Bad Fairy), Fauna (Mean and Green), and Merryweather (Formidible!). I was going to limit myself to two nail polishes, but as it turns out I didn't buy a single one. Why? Because they all seem so dupeable. This is my guess as to what went into each product.


from right to left

Bad Fairy:
Magenta base with Copper Reflects and Very Pink Reflects

Mean and Green:
Green base with Gold Reflects and Pink Reflects

Formidable!:
Burgundy base with Teal reflects

I ended up only buying "Wrong Spell" to go with my black lipsticks and MUFE 49. I was hoping it would be super vampy... kind of like YSL Pur Black lipgloss at a much cheaper price.

Last Bit of Summer

These colors aren't like me, but today I really wanted to work with bright colors and blending bright matte colors. In a way it's continuing with the theme of the last post, but instead of primary and neighboring secondary colors, it goes from one primary to another trying to create a smooth blend into the secondary color that was skipped (I'll admit, I used Goldenrod to help with the transition).

Teal Obsession

Finally, a chance to wear my beloved blue-greens.

Purple Pinup

The end of a busy week. A lot of thinking about homework, independent projects, aaaand... Battlestar Galactica. My roommate got me into it and now I'm hooked. That's why I need to get out of the house tonight; so that I can do something more productive like socialize.







Flash

Baden-Württemberg

One of the reasons why I really like going to Germany, aside from the people and language is for the food. When I was in Tübingen there were all sorts of wonderful desserts to be had. Of course when I came back here and tried to cook it, it didn't quite pan out as well as what you can get there. And let's not talk about the real black forest ham... it makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

Nordrhein-Westfallen

Well I promised some people that I'd put up pictures from my trip to Germany this summer on the blog. If you follow this blog for makeup, sorry about all of the vacation pics. For those who want to see pics of Germany, this is not the most scenic part of the vacation, but there were still some good shots. Hope you enjoy!

My Fabulous Feline

I thought I'd just post a look inspired by Temptalia's most recent user submission theme. Of course MAC has the new Fabulous Felines collection and seemed interesting when the preliminary information came out, but when you get down to it, this collection doesn't seem like it even holds a match up to things like Dare to Wear. But still working on looks that reminiscent of your favorite feline are always fun.

You've all seen Zorro, the wonderful tuxedo'd cat:


She's quite a princess so I thought that I'd do something that looks as high maintenance as she is. I decided to go for black with bright highlights in white, gold, and white-gold. I tried to do pink lips, but I should have used a lip liner for a fuller color. I didn't want to do a cat eye because I'm sure that's what everyone thinks of when they do feline inspired makeup. Not the best, but it was still fun to do.

Gearing up for fall

Well I am back from my trip which was a very nice one indeed. I just thought I'd put up a picture from yesterday. I liked the look a lot, but I didn't like any of the lighting for taking pictures. Finally I found a way to use Jardin Aires in a way that I like.