Gradient Nails

I did my nails several days ago following a modified version of Celly's nail tutorial: http://www.makeupbycelly.com/2011/02/tutorial-gradient-nails.html
Queen of Blending has a similar nail tutorial with glitter polish and rhinestones which is the one that I used to this point:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTVR1tDoHsc

It is a gradient nail that starts neutral and gets more intense as you get closer to the tip of the nail. I used black as my neutral color and made a fade from purple to red-violet. I used a nail polish by ORLY that has a pinkish micro glitter to tie the colors in with each other and finished off with a black french tip.





Also, dinner was nice tonight. I made chicken with herbs and added it to pasta with feta and a dash of meyer lemon. Once I was finished cooking everything I added some arugula. I had made a winter fruit blend for salad, but I put some of it into the pasta. That's why there's grapefruit and blood oranges in the pasta.
Aaah yeah.

More Black Lips

I cannot get enough of MUFE's new black lipgloss. I just love how it changes the texture of black lipstick without taking away from the color. The only problem that I have with looks like these is feathering. They eyes and the blush are different from the last post. Also the lipstick that I used is Mac's Black lip mix this time.







Note to self: I really shouldn't wear this color out for drinks unless I have a straw.

Janell Monae and Kellindo Parker Acoustic Cover

I love Janelle Monae and I like her cover of this song. Fashion wise she always looks sharp, but so does her guitarist. I'm totally digging Kellindo Parker's manicure and might copy it.


Note: the guitarist is Kellindo Parker, not Andre 3000

Collection Remix: Style Black

So this was actually a bit of a surprise for me. I thought I was going to redo a different collection until I stumbled upon something that I have been dying to get for quite some time: a nice black lipgloss. *drool* MUFE, I love you so much right now.

Black Gloss Swatches

I just had to post this today! I went down to my local Sephora and picked up MUFE Metal Lab 00. Talk about a gorgeous black gloss! This is exactly the kind of black gloss that I've been looking for. I like it more when worn over black lipstick, but it's one of my favorite combos now.

Gloss alone:




Gloss over black lipstick:




For a comparison with Wrong Spell over Black:

Purple Look

This photo is a little late (I've been meaning to post this for some time now). I did it on a whim following Youtuber xxsgtigressxx's Arabic inspired makeup. I went with purples instead of greens and threw some glitter in there too! The eyeliner is one of MAC's cromographic pencils in a concealer shade because white is just too stark for me.
Unfortunately because everything was at night, I couldn't show the kind of depth that I would have wanted to.

Collection Remix: Naughty Nauticals

This collection from May 2008 was inspired by colors traditionally worn by sailors with a resort twist. Most of the eyeshadows and quads focused on cool eyes with a glint of gold. While most people were fawning over Bell Bottom Blue and Mutiny pigments all of my attention was on Port Red.