NOTD: OPI - The One That Got Away

I made the fatal flaw of mis-typing my blog URL!  lol!  Oops!

Anyway!

This is OPI's The One That Got Away, inspired/created by Katy Perry.  I love this shade!  Particularly when my nails are all even and long. It applies very smoothly and there's no streak marks or anything.  Perfect!

I'm back a married woman!

I think in my last post I had talked about how I would be MIA because I was moving and getting married.... well, that's all done now and hopefully I'll be back posting regularly again!  :)

My makeup setup has been destroyed during the move (aka I have started using my desk as an ACTUAL desk and my makeup has been put in drawers... :( boo!), so that makes things a little tougher, but I'll see what I can come up with.

Until then, here's some pictures of what's been going on!  I think my shoes were sooo cute! 

New Year, New Life, New Blogs!

Hey Everyone!  

I mentioned in my last post that I’ll be getting married soon (35 days!!) and I’ve been slacking on my blog… However!  I’m starting to get some things organized so I can start blogging hardcore again in March!

My computer crashed in December and I lost a few of the posts I had written but not posted, which is totally frustrating and annoying… but I’m preparing to reswatch/recreate what I can remember that I lost.

I wanted to fill you in on what I’ve got planned for when I come back!

As always, send any requests to dropdeadgorgeousblog@gmail.com.  I’d particularly love if yall would send your favorite celebrity looks from the awards season for me to recreate!

Makeup:

Bridal Makeup

Awards Season Celebrity Makeup

Beauty From The Earth Swatches/Looks (New order coming in!)

FOTDs

Giveaway (meant to do this a few months ago!  Oops!)
OCC Lip Tar swatches - 23 colors!

Nails (Swatches):

OPI Sephora – Flurry Up!

OPI Sephora – Only Gold For Me

OPI Sephora – Arm Candy

OPI Sephora – New Year’s Red-Solution

OPI – The One That Got Away

OPI – Play the Peonies

OPI – I Lily Love You

OPI – Come to Poppy

OPI – Be A Dahlia Won’t You

OPI – I Juggle… Men

OPI – Royal Flush Blush

OPI – Silver Shatter

China Glaze – Flip Flop Fantasy

China Glaze – Naked

China Glaze – Innocence

China Glaze – Lorelei’s Tiara

China Glaze – Some Like It Haute

China Glaze – Pool Party

China Glaze – Thataway (reswatch)

China Glaze – Grape Pop (reswatch)

China Glaze – Wild Mink (reswatch)

China Glaze – Exceptionally Gifted

China Glaze – For Audrey

China Glaze – Liquid Leather

China Glaze – In Awe of Amber

China Glaze – Your Touch

Orly – Shine On Crazy Diamond

Orly – Halleys Comet

Orly – It’s Up to Blue

And just for fun, here's a few of my engagement photos that we had taken in December.  :)

Have an awesome day!

NOTD: China Glaze - Spontaneous w/ Konad

 Hello everyone! 

I've been a blogging slacker lately.  I'm getting married towards the end of February so I've been busy dealing with that.  On top of that, my computer crashed and I'm frustrated with electronics - another excuse!

You all can expect that towards the beginning of March I'll have a lot more new stuff and I'll be super active over the summer!  I have a lot of looks done and ready to write posts about, including swatches of 23 shades of OCC lip tars!  Awesome!  If you have any requests, please email dropdeadgorgeousblog@gmail.com.  :)

I may repost a Valentine's Day look I did last year.  It's one of my favorite looks I've ever done! :) 

Wedding pics to come! :-)

Happy New Year!


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This is a guest NOTD!  I did my sisters nails. :)

China Glaze - Spontaneous

This is a lovely purple shade.  :)  My sister never wears purple, so we were branching out!

Konadicure is done with:

• Konad Plate M60
• Konad Special Polish in White

NOTD: China Glaze - Shower Together w/ OPI - I Juggle...Men

China Glaze - Shower Together

In real life, this is more blue than green (it's showing green on my computer).  It's super pretty and looks good in 2 coats!

This has one coat of OPI - I Juggle...Men on it.  It adds some sparkle.  :)  It's hard to photograph, but it's lovely.  I wish it wasn't SO subtle though.

And just for fun:

I was messing around with some new striping polishes I got from Sally Beauty Supply (So Easy Stride Rite brand).

Not my best work, but certainly not my worst!  lol!  I later went back and did silver tips on all 10 nails - but I don't have a picture of that.

FOTD: August 14, 2011

Okay.  The late dates are getting really embarrassing... lol! I'll try to get a little better about recent looks.  Bah! I need a new computer, is what!

After having a few months to reflect, that shade of red doesn't look so good on me!  lol!  Anyway!


Main Products Used:

FACE:

• Smashbox Photo Finish Face Primer
• Stila Tinted Moisturizer in Medium
• NYX blush in Peach

EYES:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original
• NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk 
• Make-Up Designory e/s in Pink Illusion (lid), Bone (brow bone)
• L'Oreal HIP cream liner in Black 
• MAC e/l in Smolder (water line)

LIPS:

• OCC Lip Tar in Stalker, Reverb, Tone and Clear

Inspiration: Glittery Teal

Main Products Used:

• Benefit Stay Don't Stray
• MAC pigments in Dark Soul (lid), Naval Blue (crease), Frozen White (brow bone)
• BFTE minerals in Peacock (lid),
• NYX Glitter Cream Palette - 2nd Blue (lash line)
• MAC e/l in Smolder
• L'Oreal Million Lashes Mascara
• MAC e/s in Soft Brown (eye brows)

FOTD: July 3, 2011

FACE:

•  Laura Geller Spackle in Bronze
• Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse
• MUFE Concealer Palette in No. 1
• Covergirl Clean Pressed Powder
• Rimmel Natural Bronzer in Sunlight 01
• Smashbox blush in Under/Cover 

EYES:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original
• MAC e/s in Print and Dazzlelight
• Bobbi Brown e/s in Cement
• L'Oreal Million Lashes
• Maybelline Pulse Perfection (yes, both!)
• Bobbi Brown e/s in Mahogany (brows)

LIPS:

• MAC l/s in Angel
• NARS l/g in Turkish Delight
• Sephora l/l in Candid Candy

NOTD: OPI - Indi-a Mood For Love w/ Konad

OPI - Indi-a Mood For Love

The above picture is very color accurate (on my computer, anyway) to the shade in real life.  :)  It's a gorgeous hot pink, but also very wearable.  More like, a toned down hot pink - maybe?  lol!

This picture is NOT color accurate, but I think my nails look so nice.  :-P  I'm trying hard to grow them out!

Konadicure!

• Konad plate M60
• Konad Special Polish in White

I actually went to get my toes done when I had this mani, and the lady doing my feet was very impressed!  :)  It's always nice when a professional is impressed!  :)  She'd never heard of Konad though!  Weird!

Haul: MUG Contest!

A few months ago, I won a MakeupGeek.com contest for an Arabic look I did.  :)

I claimed my prizes late, but they were awesome and let me get something anyway!  The original prize was unavailable, so they let me get $120 worth of MUD (Make-Up Designory) and MUG (Makeup Geek) products.

Here's the winnings and swatches!

Make-Up Designory Cheek Color: Poppy (left), Bubblegum (right)

Make-Up Designory Eye Color:  Bone (top left), Smoked Sapphire (top right); Pink Illusion (bottom left), Pacific (bottom right).

I already had a 4-pan empty MAC palette, so I just ordered pans.  They were not magnetic.  BUT!  MUD eye shadows DO fit in MAC palettes!  :)  Good to know!

Make-Up Designory Lip Color in Ladybug

And for fun - the lighting in these pictures made them look weird, so here they are as a bonus! I was trying to take a picture without flash to show the true color. The color in these are pretty accurate... they just look like an ad or something! :-P

Collection: Konad Plates

I took these picture, and I've acquired two more plates since.  So the nail wheel with the examples (below) is also a little out of date... Oh, my procrastination gets the better of me sometimes!

First, here are the plates (M2, M29, M57, M60, M62, M64, M78)!  They're all genuine Konad.

Here is a nail wheel with some examples (just done quickly).  The first picture is plain polish so you can see the colors better.

Here are my two acquisitions since I first took these pictures:

 

Inspiration: Pink and Blue

Main Products Used:

• Benefit Stay Don't Stray
• MAC pigments in Pinked Mauve (lid), Naval Blue (crease)
• BFTE minerals in Grape (crease), Blueberry (crease)
• MAC e/l in Smolder
• L'Oreal Million Lashes Mascara
• Estee Lauder Brow Perfecting Duo in Brunette