My unhealthy obsession with Max Factor "Fantasy Fire".

Zombies!

Ok, maybe it's not so much unhealthy, but that it's rounding the bend to be that way. :D A friend of mine was in the UK recently and brought me back the very coveted "Fantasy Fire" from Max Factor. Let's just say, it wasn't until I saw it in person that I realized I'd been needing it all of my life.

I've done three different manis in a week using it and wanted to show you each one. :D

The day after it arrived, I paired it with L'Oreal's "Miss Pixie". Miss Pixie is a jelly royal blue. The blue set off "Fantasy Fire" in the most dramatic way, making it flash copper in certain light and blue in others. In natural or indoor light, it looked purple. I wore this mani for a good week before I decided to take it off, begrudgingly.



So, then I realized I really needed to see FF over China Glaze's "Flying Dragon." "Flying Dragon" has amazing blue sparkles in the rich purple base. Because FF is a Neon, it dries almost matte, so I knew that FF would cancel that out and let the blue sparks shine. Hell yeah it did!



Outside/natural light


The thing I forget about Flying Dragon is that it chips SUPER easy and a whole chunk of nail polish came off the next day from one of my fingers. Just an excuse to change my mani!

NEXXXXXXT!


Are you drooling yet? Yeah, me too. Here I paired OPI's "Russian Navy" with Nuf Oh 51 and "Fantasy Fire." I mean, for the love of all things shiny and amazing.

And in the sunlight? Yeah, it's so much better. *sigh*




I've not ever been *this* excited about a nail polish. "Fantasy Fire" has forever changed my life.. (so dramatic) I implore you ALL to somehow get a hold of a bottle. You will not be sorry.

*products in this post were purchased by me or sent to me as a gift. All opinions are my own and 100% honest.

90 Days of Beauty, Day 79! OPI Extravagance!

Happy Friday Zombies!

I shopped my stash tonight and found my beloved OPI DS in "Extravagance" that always seems to get pushed to the back of my collection. I rescued her tonight. Thumbs up for berry nail polish with holo glitter goodness!



Just a fun macro!

The Goods:

Milani base coat
OPI "Extravagance"
China Glaze Fast Forward top coat

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Check out these other great blogs that are participating in the 90 day challenge as well!

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OPI "Tease-y Does It!"

Zombies!

I am on a roll today. This evening I changed my nail polish to an older polish that I bought around Christmas time last year. I've only worn it ONCE.....ONCE. It is so pretty and shimmery and I decided to take some pictures. I was STUNNED at how they turned out and just wanted to share a fun post.


FLASH


(China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat was used)

Isn't this a GORGEOUS Fall color. I can't stop staring at my nails. I probably could have gotten away with one coat, but I added another coat for good measure. As my bestie said when I texted her a picture of this "Yay for "old" polishes." hehehe

Have you recently pulled out an older polish and remembered WHY you bought it in the first place?

Rockin' For Audrey and Black Shatter!

Hey Zombies!

Happy weekend. My last week has been INSANE. The oldest kidlet's been home from school on Spring Break and we've been out and about (or aboot for my Canadian friends) all week! I am glad his break is almost over....I mean..um..

Let's move on to my nails!

I can't tell you how much I love OPI's Black Shatter. I like the ChG's crackle's too, but there's something about the way Black Shatter crackles and it's so much easier to work with. I just love it. I was feeling girly today, so I decided to pink and blue my nails and add the shatter over. 


The blue is China Glaze's "For Audrey." My favorite turquoise color ever.


The pink is? I have no idea the name. I purchased it at Ross in the "All About Color" Color Club set, but the names of the polish are not listed on the sets and I can't find it online. Can someone help me?

I used a base coat and a top coat for this look.  So awesome!

Swatch Spam! A little Morgana lipstick and Crackle fun!

Happy ass Sunday Zombies!

Are you ready for a little:



?

This last week was an interesting one for me. I spent the week with Mom (I had to also attend a funeral), got my hair cut and added purple to my bangs, and located China Glaze crackles in my Mom's small town, (which were hard to find here in Albuquerque!) I grabbed Cracked Concrete and Lightning Bolt (which I keep calling White Lightning. grrrr)

AND then, when I got home, my Morgana Cryptoria order was waiting patiently for me. Goodies galore!

Enjoy the swatches!













I adore these new lipstick shades. The scent is light in each one and they are so creamy and easy to apply, and of course pigmented! I really think for $10.00 these lippies are amazing.



I used Jordana garlic basecoat (no it does not smell like garlic), OPI's From A to Zurich as the base color and ChG's Cracked Concrete over, topping off with ChG's Quick dry top coat.  What an awesome combo, right? I really love these new crackle polishes. And in my head I have a million ideas for color combinations. Luckily, the bestie picked up Broken Hearted for me too!

I hope you're all having a nice weekend. Here's to an exciting week!

500 Follower Giveaway of AWESOME!!

Happy Thursday Zombies!

I am so amazed that I reached 500 followers (let alone the followers that have recently come over to the darkside!) that I had to do something to show my appreciation. I know there's only one winner of these giveaways, but I really do (from the bottom of my heart) appreciate all of you supporting and reading my blog and commenting day to day. I love my blog and my readers just as much as I love makeup.

So....all mush aside, let's get to it.

Up for grabs is:

Mini "Hot Mama" liquid kiss from Darling Girl Cosmetics


Petite Jar of "Balletusa" from Darling Girl's Hello Kitty collection


Petite Jar of "Sugar Minuet" from Darling Girl's Hello Kitty collection


AND  the following nail polish Wet n Wild "Frosted Fuchsia", OPI "Austin-tacious Turquoise" from the Texas collection, and a Milani Nail Art pen in "Black Sketch"

WAIT, there is more:

Full size "Raindrops on Roses" from Hi-Fi Cosmetics



and a full size "Ransom Notes" from Hi- Fi Cosmetics

OMG there is more!

2 full size eyeshadow and 1 glitter gel from Brazen Cosmetics. Each from the Limited Edition St. Patty's Day collection.

Eyeshadows are "Wicked Awesome" (a wicked awesome spring lime green with tons of sparkle and lime green glitter) and "Shenanigans" ( a dark almost-black forest green with mega green sparkles.)




And a full size glitter gel in "Shillelagh" (a spirited mix of lime and emerald green glitters to make any girl feel festive)

*pictures of Shillelagh and Wicked Awesome to come!*

And whatever else I throw in to the mix!

Now..what's the catch?!

• You must be a follower in Makeup Zombie either via Google Connect, Facebook, or Twitter. 
• You must leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite type of post on Makeup Zombie (LOTD, reviews, etc.) and why OR leave a comment on the discussion tab of the MZ Facebook page under the topic "500 Follower Giveaway of Awesome." I will not count comments on the page as an entry.
• Please leave your email so that I can contact you if you win!

 Extra entries are as follows (please leave all links in ONE comment if possible) and each different action will be one entry

• Become a "fan" of Brazen Cosmetics on Facebook
• Become a "fan" of Hi-Fi Cosmetics on Facebook or a follow on Twitter
• Follow Darling Girl Cosmetics on Twitter
• Post this giveaway on your blog, your Facebook page, your twitter page, or whatever else page you may have.
• Make a blog post about this giveaway

The giveaway IS open Internationally and will end at 11:59 pm (MST) on 03/31/2011 and winner announced 04/01/2011 !

Good luck to everyone and have fun with this!

Swatch Spam Saturday! Persephone Minerals and OPI!

ZOMBIES!

Are you all ready for a little:



A few weeks back, I did a trade with Victoria from Persephone Minerals. I sampled up some of my loot, for samples of Persephone colors I'd been lusting over. We both agreed to jar up the samples for each other. :) It was so fun, and I adore the eyeshadow I received. Thanks again Victoria!





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Unfortunately, some of the colors didn't want to photograph very accurately. Kyla's Purple is much more purple in real life with tons of sparkle and Sailor Venus has what looks to be aqua sparkles in it. So unique. These colors are so much prettier in real life and very soft and pigmented. Love them!

Speaking of a new love of mine. I recently purchased OPI's Russian Navy, after seeing a review of it on NAILSTAH'S blog. I immediately fell in love. I've been loving deep blue colors that glow from the inside out. This particular deep blue has pink shimmer. It is so unique and a new favorite in my collection.





It reminds me a little of China Glaze's "Little Drummer Boy" but the application is not as tricky and it's deeper and more complex.

My hubs and I got our tax return yesterday and went a little cahrazy! We always get things we've really really wanted through the year, and clothes for the kiddo's and then put the rest away in savings. I poured over what I wanted yesterday and finally ordered a shit ton of MAC. Of alllll the things in the world. HAHA I will soon show you all my little MAC collection. Oh I also discovered Tokidoki eyeshadow! You can not tell me that packaging is not freaking AWESOME! LOVE!

I hope you're all having a terrific weekend!

West Wind Drake and Killer Nails!

Yo Zombies!

I don't have much to post tonight, cause I'm saving all my good stuff for the next few days. So, I just thought I'd take some of this and some of that to show you.

Some (or all) of you may know that I play World of Warcraft, (better known as WoW.) I'm an avid player and have been for almost 2 years. I know, I know, it's been out longer than that, but I still consider myself a gamer girl. I have a level 85 gnome warrior (among all my other toons) known as Maeybe. She's a little ball of fun and kick ass! Just last night (and most people will get lost right about NOW) I was able to purchase the Drake of the West Wind with 200 Tol Barad commendations. (Which means, I had to become revered with Baradin's Wardens and do 200 daily quests in and around Tol Barad.)

I squeed so bad I almost pee'd my pants when I was finally able to buy this bad boy.


That's me (well, Maeybe) outside of Ratchet on my new bad ass friend. *happy grin*

Oh and today, I got in the mail my OPI Black Shatter nailpolish!  I purchased it off of Ebay for $15.00 (I don't want to talk about it) but it was new and never opened. This is the coolest nail polish ever. I know OPI isn't the first to think of this concept, but I really love it. And now I want to swatch every single on of my nail polishes with it over them. HAHA

I immediately did my nails today with Color Club's What a Shock! (from the Electro Candy collection) with Black Shatter over. Oh hellz yes!



So now, since I have my Drake, I shall go and find something else to do with my evening other than WoW! YAY!