Zombie Nails for Halloween!

Hello everyone! I hope all of you in the hurricane's path are staying safe and dry. My classes have already been cancelled for today and tomorrow, so we shall see what happens. I'm glad I don't have to leave the house though. Today, I have for you some zombie nails inspired by Sarah at Samarium's Swatches. I don't like mine quite as much as her's, but I'm still happy with how they turned out!

I started with a base of Essie Sand Tropez and painted/sponged with some dark purples, reds, and oranges. I covered that in two coats of a sheer pink; I wanted to use more of a nude shade, but I didn't have any. I will say that they do look much better in person rather than in these photos. They don't look quite as pink in person but I couldn't capture it properly.

I applied Esse Matte About You over the sheer pink before I started painting the blood using a dotting tool and striping brush. It took forever but I'm so happy with how it turned out. What do you think?

Butter London Autumn/Winter 2012 Polish & Lippy Swatches & Review

Hey everybody! Today I have some swatches of a few of the new Butter London polish/Lippy sets for Autumn/Winter '12. I put the polishes and lip glosses next to each other so you can see what they look like together. The Lippys (Lippies? I don't know..) have a slanted doe foot applicator that makes them really easy to apply. The color is also very rich and pigmented on all of them and they are decently comfortable to wear, although slightly sticky.

The first set here is Come to Bed Red. The polish is a rich, bright, siren red that is going to get attention without a doubt. It had a great formula as well, needing only two easy coats. Not going to lie, I was nervous about the Lippy. However, once I started applying it, I realized it wasn't as scary as I thought! It was really easy to get nice, clean lines with it and I'm actually really happy with how it looked on me.

The next set is Tea With the Queen, a pink-leaning nude shade. I like the Lippy better than the polish in this case, to be honest. Same formula on the Lippy as mentioned above, but the polish needed three coats instead of two.

Lastly we have La Moss, a deep, dark burgundy shade just in time for the impending fall season. If the Come to Bed Red Lippy scared me, La Moss had me shaking in my boots. This is a BOLD color and I'm not sure that I could pull it off outside of swatching it, but it's neat to have it in my stash in case I'm ever feeling really brave. The polish is fabulous though, needing three coats but applying like a dream. I went pretty easy on the Lippy since it was so dark and actually really liked it.

These nail polishes and Lippys can be purchased through Butter London's website or in stores such as Ulta. The sets retail for $25 on Ulta's website I believe, whereas the Lippys themselves are $17 and the polishes are $14. What are your thoughts? Do you rock bold lips?

Shades of Autumn Water Marble

Hey everybody! I was just thinking over the weekend how I haven't done a water marble in a while, so I worked on one yesterday with some seasonal colors. I'm pretty happy with it considering that I haven't practiced in a long time.

For this marble, I used Rescue Beauty Lounge Santa Fe, Milani Dark Coffee, Zoya Elisa, and OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons. This marble wasn't as easy as some of my previous ones; Elisa did not spread well at all and Don't Pretzel My Buttons was temperamental, but Dark Coffee and Santa Fe worked great.

And here's a little family photo of the colors I used for this mani. So what do you think? I hope you guys like it! I have a couple more fall nail art manis to show you that I'm really excited about! :)

Milani Swatches: Part Two

Hi all! Here is the second half of the Milani nail polish swatches that I have for you, starting with Just Grayt, a nice gray shade that kind of reminds me of wet concrete.

Teddy Brown is a dirty, dusty shade of taupe. I love this type of shade for fall.
 

Natural Touch is a dirty rose pink/beige shade. Very grandma-esque.

Morning Coffee is a unique reddish brown shade. I don't own anything like this and I'm really glad to have all these browns to add to my stash.

Dark Coffee is a deep, dark brown, exactly like black coffee. Only without the nasty aftertaste. :P

Chocolate Sprinkles is my favorite out of this second set of colors. This is the most sparkly, warm, and gorgeous shade of brown that I've ever seen.

Milani polishes can be purchased at most drugstores and on their website.What do you think about browns and neutrals for fall? Are you on board?

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

Buxom Full-Bodied Lip Gloss in Yoo-Hoo, Hey Baby, & Hot Mama

I'm back with some more lip swatches for you today. These are a couple of the Full-Bodied lip glosses from Buxom. They are made to plump your lips like the other Buxom glosses, but they are formulated without the tingly sensation for those who aren't so fond of it. They have a flat, foamy paddle-like applicator that takes a bit of getting used to, but holds just enough gloss to make applying super quick and easy.

The first color I have to show you is called Yoo-Hoo and it's a nude gloss. I'm not quite sure how I feel about nude lip shades yet. This one wasn't bad once I dabbed off a bit of the gloss so it wasn't settled down in the lines of my lips so much.

Hey Baby is a bright and shimmery fuchsia. This one applies pretty bold, but you could easily dab some of the gloss off to tone the color down a bit. I really enjoyed this color though, brightness and all!

This is Hot Mama, a bright scarlet gloss. I was really interested to see what this shade would look like on me and to tell you the truth, I really like it!

Buxom products can be purchased at Sephora stores or online at Sephora.com. The Full-Bodied glosses retail for $19 and come in a variety of shades, which can be seen here. So what do you guys think? Are you enjoying these posts? I am!

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*