Kat Von D - Adora Palette look

 My poor Adora palette has been feeling a bit neglected of late so I decided to put it to some use the other day. This look was a bit impromptu, I wasn't entirely sure what I wanted to do with the palette but I'm pleased with how this came out.

Spotty Nails

Got a couple of new Konad plates, so I decided to test out the cute polka dot pattern. This was a little more messy than I would have liked. I used sticky tape to mask off the tips as I didn't want dots on them. Unfortunately, it left a sticky residue that made the pink section look a little scruffy. The nail art pen I used to create the lines smeared when I applied my topcoat even though I must have left it for over an hour before actually applying the topcoat.

For this look I used -

• China Glaze - White on White (base shade)
• China Glaze - White Cap (over White on White)
• Essie - Flirty Fuchsia
• Konad Plate M79
• Black special polish
• Black nail art pen

I would try this again, but next time I'll use nail polish remover & a cotton bud to wipe off sections of the base to replace with the pink rather than using sticky tape.

New Hair Colour & A Look To Match

Over the weekend, I decided to sort my fringe out. Most of it is black but a small part I kept blue (from the disastrous Smurf-Head experiment). The only problem was, it was a dark indigo, so it blended in a bit too well with the black. Bright blue seemed the way forward, but, as it turned out, my fringe went turquoise. It was a surprise but a good one.
The colour reminded me of Sugarpill's Chromalust in Starling, so I decided to use it in a look & ended up throwing some purple in there & a bit of black (of course!).

Nails - Jealousy & Gilt

Today's nails & I'm back on to the brighter colours. I decided to do a pattern on just the tips, rather than all over for a change. A bit of glitter seemed right thrown in there too.

What I used for these -

• OPI - Who The Shrek Are You? (base colour)
• China Glaze - Medallion (a thin layer for the glitter)
• Konad plate M62
• Black special polish

Kat Von D - Foiled Love Lipstick in Valentine

As soon as I saw this on the Sephora site, I fell in love. Valentine is described as being a metallic hot pink with iridescent micro glitter.

The packaging is stunning. As with previous KVD lippies, it has a beautiful rose design on the lid & the end of the tube is clear so you can see the shade of lipstick. Unlike the other lippies, this comes in a metallic silver tube.

Urban Decay - 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner in Perversion

I've been playing around with this for a couple of weeks now. I love liquid liners, especially ones that stay put. As far as the 24/7 Liquid Liner goes, it's comparable to MAC's Superslick Liquid Eye Liner & Illamasqua's Precision Ink. All three are waterproof & when removed, they flake off rather than smearing all over the place (a huge reason why I like these kind of liners). Wear-time is great with these type of liners, they stay put all day until you remove them. I haven't noticed any flaking or peeling with them.

Nails - Shades of Grey

Yesterday's nails & I managed to leave the neon & animal print alone for once. My matte topcoat was looking neglected, so I decided to experiment a little. I usually use it over dark, shimmery polishes, so I decided to try it with something lighter.