Shakeup Your Makeup

I am so honored to share with you all my first give-away (and it's a doozie)!

When I think of amazing skincare products, the first name that comes to mind is Perricone MD. Not only is Perricone MD associated with skincare, but ultimately age less, healthy, glowing skin!
You have an oppportunity to win one of Perricone MD's best selling products, which will be for Perricone MD's Advanced Firming Activator. Have any of you tried this? If so, please leave a comment and let us know what you think. There are several reviews on the Perricone website you can read as well, which speak volumes for the product. You can also checkout reviews on Makeup Alley, here. The product is described as (from the website):

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I love Halloween. I'm not usually too big on dressing up, but this year a good friend of mine is having a costume party, so I decided that although I do not know what I am going to be (yet), that it was a good excuse to buy some fun nail polish and hit up the Halloween makeup aisle at the stores! Last year I purchased some Fantasy Makers eyeshadow at Walmart, and the quality was really nice. This year I found a display with tons of nail polish, eyeliners (below) and lip stick/glosses that looked like so much fun to play around with!

When I was at Meijer the other day, I noticed two displays of nail polish intermingled in with the Halloween makeup, so I decide to pick up a few colors that are not my normal reds or neutrals.

Massini makes some gorgeous colors, and they are only $1.88 a piece! Sinful also has some beautiful colors, and these two came out of their Vegas collection, but the orange screamed "pumpkins" to me, so I picked it up.



As you can see, I'm kind of on a glitter kick, so the four Massini colors I picked up are below. I also zoomed in on the bottle and took a snapshot of the actual color, since I haven't had the time to give myself a mani recently.

Slamming Red is a beautiful and bright cherry red with iridescent pink glitter throughout. I'm loving this, and I think it is going to be my next manicure...when I can find the time to!

Magnatism is a really deep golden brick, with tons of pearlescent shimmer. It's not as deep as a burgundy because of the frost to the color, but still a beautiful shade for fall.

Magic Attraction is my guilty pleasure nail polish. This is total glitter - a base of silver disco-ball iridescence with berry colored micro glitter, giving the entire bottle a pink hue. It's just gorgeous! I don't know when/where I'm wearing it, but I'm sure I'll find a place for it.

Brown Velvet is truly a golden bronze base color with tons of golden micro-glitter. This is a true pumpkin color, especially when you look at it from a distance.

Serena and Chloe is one of Sinful's colors from the Vegas collection. A very bright red-orange fire engine color, this can definitely go either as a bright summery shade, or move into some of the warmer tones of fall.

#61 Purple Glitter is just as it's name says...jam packed with purple and blue glitter!

Last but not least, I hit up the Fantasy Makers end cap, which had TONS of new products, including these gorgeous glitter eyeliners. The two colors I purchased were Secrecy (shimmery purple) and Mystical (glitter evergreen).

The other display had the Phantom Frights glitter eyeliner, which I bought Halo, a bright turquoise glitter.

I am absolutely in love with Mystical and Secrecy - the applicator is an actual brush and the color goes on smoothly and evenly. On the other hand, Halo (I mislabeled it below as Heaven) is a very sparse turquoise glitter. I think the biggest difficulty with this one is the applicator is felt tipped, which I tend to dislike. I do have a fine point artist brush I can use to get this out of the jar, though, so I'll try that next time. But, in reality, at $1.99 a piece, I can hardly complain!

I also purchased two of the Fantasy Makers Confetti, which I'm not positive what I'm going to do with, but I love glitter (obviously), so I figured it was a necessity. I think I might make some nail polish with this, or use it as an eyeliner. They are absolutely beautiful, extremely holographic pale pink and silver glitters.

For those of you who don't know, Fantasy Makers is Wet 'n Wild's Halloween line. There are tons of gorgeous lashes that would be a blast to use for Halloween, including glitter, gemstones and feathers, just to name a few. Also, there are lots of various nail polishes, face paints, etc. You can check them all out here on their website.

What will you all be going as for Halloween this year? Again, I have no idea what I will be, but whatever it is, it best have a lot of glitter and sparkle in the details!

I recently received my newest shipment from Fyrinnae, which included the Pixie Epoxy I've anxiously been awaiting! I ordered a lot of dark shades, particularly those I can use as eyeliners. Being that fall/winter is around the corner, I've started sidelining a lot of my paler pastels and have been indulging in the darker browns and golds recently.



The first row has Lousy Tip, Sake & Sashimi and Bastet.

Lousy Tip is a beautiful deep penny-colored copper. This is very shimmery, but doesn't have chunks of glitter.

Sake & Sashimi is a deep mauve/copper blend with hints of olive. This is a shimmery shade as well, but it also has tiny pieces of iridescent glitter. I can't get a very exact picture of the color - this is one you definitely have to see in real life to experience all the colors!

Bastet is a matte black with deep golden shimmer/glitter. Although this will make a beautiful liner, using the Pixie Epoxy (below) you can see how gorgeous the color can be as an eyeshadow as well.


Boy Toy is a gorgeous, deep evergreen shade with gold, copper and turquoise shimmer.

Fyre & Ice is a deep purple (almost black) matte with purple, blue and a little gold shimmer. This is such a gorgeous eyeliner and blends well with tons of different colors because of the different shades of shimmer/glitter in the color. Again, this is another one of those colors that is difficult to photograph because of the complexity of it.

Biker Chic is a deep black with royal blue glitter. Another color that makes a beautiful eyeliner!


Wicked is a egg plant purple shimmer with blue and purple glitter. This color is very iridescent - one angle it looks purple, another it looks turquoise. It's so pretty, and a great way to get some color in your regiment for the winter months!

Sahmain Spirits was a sample that I received and I love it! It's a muted terra cotta color with lavender shimmer.

Faerie Realm is a very pale, almost iced pink/lavender with iridescent shimmer. I am so glad I received this as a sample - I've been using it so much, I know I am going to have to order a full-size!



I also ordered the Pixie Epoxy. This is a product you apply on your lid, allow to dry and become "tacky", and brush on your shimmery and glittery eyeshadows so there isn't any fall out, and the colors last all day! (Check out the website - there is a great description of the product and the ingredients there). I have to admit, I was a bit apprehensive, but at $5, I figured, why not?! The product is clear, dries quick enough that you don't delay your application, but isn't so instantaneous that you rush to get your eyeshadow on, either. I am so AMAZED at how it works!! Not only does it look better than when you apply your eyeshadow wet (no creping!), but you have intense, shimmery eyeshadow that lasts all day! Do note, this is not intended as a replacement for a base/primer, but mine didn't budge all day long.

Finally, I have swatched all the colors below. I used the Pixie Epoxy on top, all the way across the arm, and brushed the eyeshadows from top to bottom, so you could see the color with/without Pixie Epoxy. It really is amazing! Talk about no more buyer's remorse! The colors look as good on as they do in the jar now! There are so many more shades I am going to be buying because of this product.

Also, do remember - this works wonderfully on all of your eyeshadows, not just Fyrinnae! If you have some shimmery eyeshadows or pigments that fall out during application and don't last during the day, I would definitely give this a try. I used it with my Bare Escentuals and couldn't have been happier with the colors.

Last week I had the opportunity to take my little sister to the Indianapolis City Ballet. It was an amazing event, as they had brought in such unbelievable talent from all around the world, including the Ukraine, Canada, and New York, just to name a few!

For the event, I thought it would be fun to use some bolder colors than I am used to, particularly the lipstick - I mean, it's not very often we get the chance to go to the ballet here!


Face:
Bare Escentuals Foundation "Fair"
Bare Escentuals Feather Light Tinted Mineral Veil
Nars Blush "Laguna" - contour
Nars Blush "Orgasm" - blush

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Bare Escentuals Glimmer "Hottie" - all over lid
NYX Eyeshadow Single "Deep Space" - outer corner (over Hottie) and into crease
NYX Eyeshadow Single "Snow Cone" - highlight
Urban Decay Liquid Eyeliner "Roach"
Lashblast Mascara - Black

Lips:
MAC Lipstick Hello Kitty Collection "Most Popular"

Just another update, with a new trailer for New Moon.  This time, get a good look at the Volturi!