Shoe inspired

I've said this like a billion times, there's nothing I love more than a winged black liner and wine or berry lips. So easy and always super classy. It seems that I also wear the same look from my "blue water" post... alot. If not that look, some kind of variation of it.
The look I went for is a variation which was actually inspired by a boot. Not a boot boot, but a soccer boot. My brother has a pair of the Cristiano Ronaldo Nike Mercurial VIII which are just so pretty! Like I mentioned in one of my recent posts, I love soccer. And if you follow men's soccer, you know that boots come in pretty much every color of the rainbow and they dont seem to mind.
Anyway, this look is inspired by them. I just added some purple to the outer 1/3 of the lower lash line along with my favorite lip color ever: OCC Lip Tar in Anime. This is an insanely hot pink shade which is definitely not suited for those scared of color. I can tell you one thing, this color will make you stand out in a crowd!

Day to night

I had a few things going on Saturday: church, a birthday party, and a girls night out. So I decided to do a simple look in the morning and transform that look into 2 different looks as the day progressed.

I started off as a simple winged liner and wine lip with a bit of gold shimmer on the lower lash line to make my eyes sparkle. As an all over lid color, I just used my regular powder foundation. Also, I went a bit heavier on the contouring than I usually do. This was the look I wore to church.

 

For my nephew's birthday party, I decided to play up the eyes more and get completely rid of the wine lip. I took a charcoal grey, created soft kind of a "cut crease", and blended out any harsh lines using the same powder foundation. Lined the outer half of my lower lash line with the same grey and added a tad bit more of the gold pigment. To finish the eyes, I added some very long and dramatic false lashes. For my lips, I used a very sheer red gloss just to add a slight tint.

 

Since we were going on a Girls Night, I wanted my eyes to be even more dramatic. Using the same charcoal color, I packed on more color on the outer V and blended it out to create a cat eye effect. On my lid, I used a shimmery silver and added some glitter on top of the silver. I used the same glitter on the inner 3rd of my lower lash line. Tah-dah! As for the lips, the first is a nude ombre lip, but I wasnt too fond of it, so I took that off and used a soft pink gloss.

Each look took me about 15 minutes to do. Sorry for the color variation in the photos, they werent edited, its just that some were taken with my phone and some with my camera.

 

 

Seattle Seahawks: Beast Mode!

I have to confess, I'm not the biggest football fan. I'm more if a soccer gal, but that doesn't mean I won't support my local team!  :)

Super proud of the Seahawks, they have given us a great season and still have more to give. I just know they'll make it to the Super Bowl! Meanwhile, watch out Atlanta, because Seattle is bringing it this Sunday! BEAST MODE!

Here are my nails for this weekends game, don't forget to tune in!

****UPDATE 1/21/14****

 

Since the beginning of this season, I have made 4 more designs which you can see on my recent post. I will be making a tutorial on some of the designs in the next few days and will link it both here and on my other post. Enjoy!


** UPDATE 1/27/14**
Blog post with the picture tutorials is now up and can be found here.

Go Seahawks!

 

Seattle Seahawks nails

 

 Seahawks nails

 

Seahawks nails 

I'm back!

I know it has been a while, but holiday season is always very hectic for me. Now that Im back to my usual routine, I have quite a number of posts coming soon. I wanted to start with one of my favorite looks I wore during these past couple months. It was definitely very festive.
Hope you love it and I'll probably post something else tomorrow.