Double Barrel Danger Sox Look

I thought I would share my makeup from yesterday, nothing fancy just a typical look.I got my hair cut a weekish ago so it is a little different I'll add the pictures of my hair at the end(sorry about the picture quality, it's rainy and blah here so the lighting is crap)I started with Absorbed spectrum pot and using a stiff concealer brush applied it to the outer 1/3 of the lid and blended it up

Singing Waters speak of Victorian Nights

I thought I would quickly show you the makeup I did for my Bday out with hubby.I had to do it quickly so it's a bit messy and I completely forgot to put on my Matte Silk so I ended up a shiny mess but we had fun anyway.This horrid picture was snapped before I did my hair or changed out of my PJ'sbut you can see the colors nicely I used my Birthday color ninihkihsini aohkíí (translated: singing

Tropical Watercolor eyes

It's been so hot & humid lately that I decided to do a tropical-ish look.But then my hubby's doc said that my eyes looked like a beautiful watercolor painting ergo the titleThere aren't many full face pictures because after this one the Hot Guy had to take the pictures,(My arthritis has been a demon lately) and his pictures had more boobies and butt than makeup so I will just have to break out

Dark Princess with Dragon's Wing

This was a request from my Tweeter girls.We were talking lipstick and combo's and I mentioned how prettyEvil Shades Dark Princess is when you top it with ES Hardcore lips Dragon's Wing and as the saying goes...It doesn't exist unless there are pictures! lolIn shade you can just see a bit of the teal shimmer and a bluer tone to Dark PrincessIndoor lighting it looks more blurpleIn direct sunlight

I am no Caged Gypsy!

I had time to sit down and do my makeup before taking my 10 year old daughter to get her hair cut.This is a pretty typical look for me...bright, sparkly and lots of purple.I did not have time to flat iron my hair....oopsSee my fab Bat earrings

This is Caged Gypsy, I'm working on a matte lipstick formula...not there yet but getting closer(Pardon my old lady lips)
I'm calling this a "Suede" since

New haircut & Makeup

Yesterday I had my beloved Elaine cut my hair (It needed it for about a month)And as much as I loved my last cut (You can see it here) you all know I get bored easily soI designed a new style and handed my wishlist and crazy hair over to Elaine.It's a much shorter, choppier version of what I hadOh and did I mention spikie? I love funky spiked mussy hairI love my hair and my Elaine!And look what

Sorry I've been busy

I am trying to post more regularly but I got rather busytrying to finish up some work and when things start rolling I lose track of everything until it's finished.So what stole me away from you....My new Spectrum pots!I have been working on this formula since early December.Originally the idea was to be the fat liner pencils but that was a huge fail about 3000 times.So I changed gears and looked

New Haircut & desperate need to redo my color

I have a fabulous hair designer, Elaine, she rocks!I have been so busy that I hadn't had a haircut in almost 2 months so I was looking a curly, shaggy mess!This was my last hair cut...I loved it but I'm so busy and summer is coming & I don't feel like trying to look semi normal to appease others anymore so this time Elaine and I designed a fun, funky and totally me cut.So do you wanna see?
I love

New makeup & CVS Beauty Club

On Tuesday I was seized with the desire to buy cosmetics and, because I had some CVS coupons burning a hole in my pocket, I decided to embrace the situation.

Earlier in the week I had stopped at CVS for some face wash and I bought a couple of Revlon eye shadows, Nude Slip and Violet Starlet.

Violet Starlet has a super neat greeny flash in it.

Nude Slip is one of those colors I just can't get enough of lately. It's like the Urban Decay Naked palette has inspired me to build an entire collection of wearable neutrals. (Wow...sounds exciting doesn't it?)

The other day I wore Nude Slip under (haha) Maybelline Lux Lilac and Urban Decay Mildew with UD Mildew eyeliner. It sounds garish but it was quite subtle and I would definitely wear it again.

Anyway, it was on this visit to CVS that I joined the beauty club, which is really just a rewards system within a rewards system. You can piggyback it onto your CVS ExtraCare account. Basically you get a 10% off coupon when you join, $5 ExtraBucks for every $50 you spend and $3 ExtraBucks on your birthday.

Now initially I thought the $50 reward level was a little much. That's a lot of makeup. However, qualifying Beauty Club purchases include hair care, sun care, skin care, hair accessories, hair color and even hosiery. So there are a number of items that would get you closer to your $50 reward, provided you like and use items that can be found at CVS, of course.

So I joined, because I am a sucker, and I got my 10% off coupon and a stray ExtraBuck. The coupon is only good for three days, so when I felt compelled to go peruse the cosmetics aisles on Tuesday during my lunch hour, I went back to CVS.

I actually did "need" a few things. I am out of my Sally Hansen nail polish clean-up pens and CVS had Sally Hansen products on sale. I also had in mind picking up some Physician's Formula bronzer, as every bronzer I own seems to be destined to fall to its death on tile bathroom floors.

I chose something called "Happy Booster" bronzer.

I must admit it is terribly cute.

Supposedly these are "mood boosting" bronzers and blushes. I mean, okay, sure. I can't speak to the veracity of that claim but it does what a bronzer should do otherwise.

The back of it reads like a bad translation to English: "The sweet scent of Violet provides a feeling of joy each time you apply." Hm well if you say so. It does have a scent so if that kind of thing bugs you, be warned.

See? Cuuuuute.

Plus these come with a $3 off coupon on the package and you get $7 ExtraBucks when you buy it. So it's almost like getting it for $4 instead of $14. Yay coupons! I will spend the $7 on something boring like contact solution. (Or maybe Easter candy. I will keep you posted.)

My Sally Hansen correcting pens are different now.

First I hyperventilated a little bit when I saw this, but honestly it's the same thing. Plus they're $5.49 now instead of $9.99. BOGO 1/2 off right now at CVS!

You can also get ExtraBucks rewards right now for buying Maybelline or CVS brand skincare products, and Revlon cosmetics (including the Top Speed polishes) are BOGO 1/2 off too.

I'm not one of those super savvy couponing people but I am a huge cheapskate so CVS' reward program gets a thumbs-up in my book.

Oh and because this site is called "Nail Polish Nonsense" and not "Makeup Nonsense" or "Plain Ol' Nonsense," here is some nail polish I wore recently, Like It Like That from one of the more recent Misa collections. It's more grass green and less teal in real life.

***CLOSED *** New Years Giveaway!***CLOSED ***

I decided to usher in the New Year but clearing out my "extras"What does that have to do with you or a giveaway?I have accumulated a LOT of duplicates, extras and unloved products....Those are taking up space in my very small space that is where you come in.I have all of this...Look closer
Makeup, fake nail (sent for a review done forever ago), Nail polish, eye liners, Makeup brushes etc.
All new

A happy hair day and FOTD

Those of you who've followed me for a while know that a couple of months agoI got a haircut from hell! Now I'm not talking too short of fringe or slightly crooked...I'm talkingI asked for thisand she gave me this...OK not exactly but close.So I had to go and have it "fixed" and the sweet lady who did her best to make it better had a mess to work with. There was even a large chunk razored out

Holiday tips from the experts

I thought I would share some great tips straight from the experts Target Beauty - JK Jemma Kidd from LaForce Stevens on Vimeo.
Target Beauty - NP Set Holiday 2010 from LaForce Stevens on Vimeo.
Target Beauty - Pixi Holiday 2010 from LaForce Stevens on Vimeo.
Target Beauty - Umberto Holiday 2010 from LaForce Stevens on Vimeo.
And now I have to run to Target to ummm....pick up some.....uh tape...

Nude but not naked

A mirical happened today...I put makeup on! seriously, the first time in 2 weeks! It has been,still is, too hot to bother.Today my Sephora order came in so I decided to play! Now you have to look at me! hahaha!Don't look too close, my skin is very angry about the heat!
I tried a nude look...meh!My winged liner turned out decent though. YAY!
Yeah a Nude lip...not so nude on me but the swatches I

A little me time

OK I will admit that I am so bad about not taking time to take care of me.I am grreat at keeping track of Chris' 8 trillion Doctors appointments, when his refills are due or when he needs a change in meds. I can keep up with my 8 year old daughters play rehersals, art contests, homework, doctors appts. medications, refills and when she needs a change in her meds. I manage my Sons soccer practice,

300+ Follower Giveaway!!!!!!!!!

I am so thrilled at the response my blog has gottenI honestly thought I would have maybe a few loyal followers and a couple of people who might read it occasionally. But here I sit with 300+ followers and it seems that most of you even read my ramblings daily!So in appreciation for all of your love, support and encouragment I got together a giveaway for you.I wish I could give each of you a gift

Contest anyone? I'm in a contest mood!

I'm in a contest kind of mood so I came up with a fun little contest for my lovely readers.
So here is my crazy idea...muahaha! (that's my evil laugh)
This will be a two part contest and you may enter one or both.
You all know how I love things odd, outside the box and creative so here it is...

Part 1 Create a makeup look. (Sounds easy)
 You cannot you any cosmetics! What!!! Oh yes, just an eye

Green and pink eye of the day!

I love green and pink together!

This is my face incase you are tired of looking at my hands. lol


This is how pale I am right now!


And a shadow over my face.


Eyeball closed


Peek a boo


A big kiss

Breakdown:
Face:
ELF mattifying powder
NARS Blush orgasm
Eyes:
NYX Eyeshadow base white
UD Grafitti on lid and blended up
Evil Shades Double barrel in crease
Evil Shades 2010 on brow bone
Hard

Question of the week/Review of the week

The issue at hand today: Why are mass market brand mineral makeup dispensers so incredibly jank?

A bit of background: I switched to mineral makeup several years ago because liquid foundation is the devil. No, sorry, that's not totally accurate. It's just that liquid foundation was a terrible, terrible thing for me. How many did I try over the years? A dozen? Probably more. And they were all terrible, they would just sit there on my skin and slide around all day, and then they would give me zits. To be perfectly frank, I find liquid foundation disgusting. But I understand this puts me in a minority. I switched to powder foundation and tried both NARS and MAC (WTF, CAPS LOCK LOL), both terrible and NARS being the worst. Eventually I realized that I don't like or need that much maquillage slathered over my face and I tried Jane Iredale makeup at the recommendation of a salon owner. Later I switched to Bare Escentuals on the advice of a friend.

Not long ago I ran out of Bare Escentuals foundation and Mineral Veil. (Let's not even talk about Mineral Veil...there is literally no replacement for it and I miss it so much I could cry. Really, don't talk about it.) To replace the two of these things costs $44, American, plus tax. Due to I am unemployed, this is not feasible. And seeing as how you can practically buy mineral makeup at the corner gas station anymore, I decided to give cheaper brands a try.

Now I understand "cheaper" is relative. No one has to pay $44 for makeup, but I like to, and I used to have a job that afforded me that pleasure. The two mass market brand mineral foundations I tried cost $11.99 and $12.49, which is also not really "cheap," depending on your perspective, your budget, and the importance of makeup to you personally. But for the purposes of this post let's consider it cheap enough.

The first one I tried was Revlon ColorStay Mineral Foundation, which I purchased at Target for $11.99. It comes in eight shades and has an SPF factor of 10 (Bare Escentuals is SPF 15). It is also sold in the worst dispenser in the world. I won't try to tell you that the Bare Escentuals sifter is foolproof, because I've dropped plenty of them and also they are terrifically inconvenient for travel. But I can fit a makeup brush in there, which is more than I can say for Revlon's crappy dispenser.

Where to begin? The shape of the sifter is odd, practically ensuring you'll leave a third of the product unused because you can't get at it; the brush is stubby and painfully scratchy; the powder reservoir is too narrow to get a real brush into; the brush apparatus is clumsy and droppable. The makeup itself? Fine, if not spectacular. The coverage was decent, although it didn't seem to last as long as Bare Escentuals. (That may just be the Mineral Veil difference...but then again we're not talking about you-know-what.)

I hated the Revlon container so much that I decided to try L'Oreal Bare Naturale Mineral Foundation for my next purchase. I picked up a coupon circular in my apartment building mailroom and, sure enough, there was a coupon for L'Oreal cosmetics, making it only $10.49 at Target. The L'Oreal mineral foundation comes in 10 shades with an SPF of 19.

To be honest, it's a much nicer mass market mineral foundation. The L'Oreal shade works better for me and seems to provide better coverage for a longer time. Also, the container is less stupid, but only slightly. You have to pop the brush out of its dumb little bell jar, leaving you with a clumsy "handle" that's covered with powder, since the bottom of the brush is the lid of the powder reservoir. At least the bottom of the jar resembles a traditional sifter, although somewhat dinkier in size. Though L'Oreal's brush is softer than Revlon's (by a lot), I am still using a regular old Sephora brush with this. It's just not worth it to fool around with the too-cute-by-half arrangement that L'Oreal has chosen.

Anyone use mineral makeup? Have you found anything you like at mass market prices?