superbloogs: Mei 2009

Minggu, 31 Mei 2009

PREVIEW: Zoya Fall 2009 Truth or Dare

The choice is yours... Truth, Dare or Both?

Zoya Nail Polish lets you decide what fashion is right for you this fall. Will it be Truth or Dare? Should you? Would you? hmmmmmmmm...

Zoya Truth Collection - classic, bright and straightforward

Penny (ZP492) - copper gold metallic

Kalmia (ZP493) - rose copper metallic

Salma (ZP494) - scarlet red metallic

Isla (ZP495) - venetian red metallic

Anaka (ZP496) - fuchsia metallic glimmer

Drew (ZP497) - mauve rose metallic

Zoya Dare Collection - edgy, dark and mysterious

Vanessa (ZP486) - blue red cream

Ciara (ZP487) - burgundy plum cream

Demi (ZP488) - purple mauve cream

Pinta (ZP489) - inky violet cream

Envy (ZP490) - gleaming Jade green (!!!!)

Ibiza (ZP491) - gleaming Sapphire blue (with a little shimmer too)

To compliment the collections, six super glossy lip balms from Zoya Hot Lips are also available.

These collections are available starting July 15th. I can hardly wait. The Dare collection looks AMAZING. I am beyond excited about Envy, especially!
I'll have swatches as soon as I can get my hands on these :) WOOHOO!!!!!!!!

It's not nail polish!

I particularly liked this eye look I did the other day, so I took a few pictures!

I love the way bright pink and bronze look together. I love doing a bronze eye with a hit of bright color. I usually do hot pink or turquoise to accent the bronze.

What I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance from lid to brow
Fyrinnae Shrouded In Gold all over lid
Fyrinnae Lousy Tip in crease and lower lashline
MAC Fuchsia pigment applied with MAC 209 brush and a little MAC Water Based Mixing Medium as liner
Tightline with Urban Decay Zero 24/7 Eyeliner
Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara
Urban Decay Brow Box in Brown Sugar

I've been on the hunt for the perfect hot pink liner and so far my search has come up empty. I have one that I like from Hot Topic, but the texture is odd and if you apply too much it peels off. The best I've been able to do for hot pink liner is pigment in mixing medium, but I'd prefer something more durable, like a pencil, gel or liquid liner. Anyone know of a great bright pink / hot pink / neon pink liner?

What do you think would happen if I used a long-wearing lipliner as eyeliner, like Urban Decay 24/7 lipliner? Disaster? I have Gash... maybe I'll do an experiment. Hmm....

Sabtu, 30 Mei 2009

Matte on Glossy Konad and Reminder about OC Nail Art's Konad Contest!

When I was swatching some of the new neons from Zoya and Essie a few weeks ago, I decided to do a little Konad experiment.

Before I removed my polish, I slapped on a quick Konad design using KO Black. KO Black, in case you're not familiar with it, is a matte black polish, perhaps even the mattest black there is.

While I am not crazy about my color choice, I do love how it turned out. Does anyone remember those velvet color by numbers type posters? All of the outlines of the image are done in black velvet, and you have to color in the spaces in between to make the picture? I have a Sailor Moon one somewhere that I made years ago. This looks exactly like that. The outline is done in black velvet.

The only downside to it is that it didn't last very long. Since I had applied a coat of Seche Vite to make the neon glossy, the KO Black had nothing to stick to and started chipping off within minutes. You can even see in the picture where parts of it had fallen off. When I took a shower later that day, almost all of the KO Black washed off! Weird.

Sealing it with a top coat would defeat the purpose of the matte on glossy look. I'll probably give this another try soon, maybe I'll use basecoat as topcoat to see if it helps the matte design stay on.

And speaking of Konad, don't forget about OC Nail Art's Konad Contest! It ends TOMORROW!

Here's my original post with all the rules, but I'll summarize.

Create a design using any of the items in the B Kit (also known as the Luxury Kit) which contains: m4, m8, m15, and m21 plates and red, white and green special polish.

Submit your pictures or videos to Kathleen (contest@ocnailart.com), along with the name of the blog that referred you and permission for Kathleen to use your images.

The winner AND the blogger who referred them will receive the humongous Professional Salon Case, the one that costs $437 and contains just about every Konad product ever.

Please visit the original post for full rules and details. Again, it ends Sunday, May 31st at midnight, so get your entries in!!