Fantasy Fire over Aruba

I dug out my Maxfactor Fantasy Fire and layered it over Essie's Aruba which is a stunning deep blue colour.

As most of you have probably seen, Fantasy Fire is a stunning multicoloured polish. Many have been comparing it to Clarins 230 polish, I haven't tried this so can't say for myself how closely related they are. However, from other people's images the two polishes do look like a very close match.

Fantasy Fire itself is very sheer, I have tried it by itself before, but even four coats didn't look great to me. I think this polish is best as a layered. Here I put two coats of it over one coat of Essie's Aruba blue.

I have seen people layer this over black which also looks stunning.

Nail Varnish Displays

I went into town with mum yesterday and noticed some pretty fully stacked nail polish displays in Boots, which, on a Saturday afternoon, is quite a surprise. I haven't bought or done any nail art in a while, I need to get back into it.

 

Onto the displays: Maxfactor, Revlon, Rimmel, Models Own.

 

 

Rimmel's Metal Rush polishes seem to be duochrome, once my nails have grown back to an acceptable length I must try them out.




 

MaxFactor Fantasy Fire - Naked

I have a previous post on MaxFactor Fantasy Fire where I layer it over a Barry M polish, but I wanted to show what FF looks like on its own. 


As I already mentioned, it is a gorgeous polish but it is so sheer and in these pictures I am wearing four coats and the nail line is still visible.

This is a stunning polish but on its own it needs too many coats and when I was wearing this polish alone I had tip wear after a day. 


I will definitely only be wearing this layered over other polishes.

MaxFactor - Fantasy Fire

I stumbled across MaxFactor Fantasy Fire whilst flicking through some blogs, the name stood out to me before the pictures did. I then read that some people are comparing it to the rare and expensive Clarins 230 polish. Then I went into town and picked up a bottle Fantasy Fire (£3.99)

Hope you are ready for lots of pictures! 

This is a sheer polish, I started painted a nail and knew straight away it would take multiple coats to reach a solid colour so I layered it over China Glaze Coconut Kiss.

Two coats of Coconut Kiss and two coats of Fantasy Fire:

Fantasy Fire is a shimmering duochrome polish, mostly purple and blue tones, but in other lights it has golden, green and amber lacing through it. Stunning. I would definitely say layering this over a blue or purple is the way to go, it would take several layers if used by itself, the bottle is tiny so you would use it up very fast.

Cocktail eyes

Like I said in an earlier post I had a friend come to visit me over the weekend, I took him into town for cocktails. 

This is a pink pussycat, champagne, crushed strawberries and ice.

The second drink, had gin, lime, vodka and something else..... I can't remember what it was called though! It tasted like old fashioned cloudy lemonade with a kick. Very nice!

It had been a while since I had used bright colours on my eyes, so going out for a few drinks was a good excuse. This is the look:

After applying a base of Maxfactor smokey eye effects (I used the white end) I used eyeshadows from the Sleek acid i-divine palette. I used the silvery grey on the outer corner followed by the red-ish purple on the middle of the eye then the brighter blue on the inner corner.
To finish I used a Too Faced glitter eyeliner in Mad Mad Love on the upper lash line, the glitter isn't obvious in the pictures, but does catch the light well. The I used black mascara (Maybelline Falsies) to finish the look.

Playing with neon and glitter

I am having a few days off work which has been great, I haven't done too much but it is nice to just mooch around, have a few lie ins. I was playing around with my Sleek Acid eyeshadows again and this is what I came up with.

After priming my eyes I applied the white end of Maxfactor Smokey eye effects as a base. Then using the bright pink on the inner corner, orange on the outer corner and yellow on the crease. Next up I used three types of Urban Decay's glitter eye liners in Baked, stage Dive and Air Guitar.

Finally I used my fav mascara Maybelline Falsies in black.

I love playing around with new looks, I just love Sleek's Acid palette, this is the only item I own from the brand and would like to try out more products. They are always bringing new products out, so I am going to keep a look out to see what the future holds.

Neon lights

I haven't done any bright eye make up looks recently, so today I quite fancied playing around with bright colours. This is what I ended up with.

I used my Maxfactor smokey eye effects (the silver end) as a base, then I used pink, orange and yellow from the Sleek acid i-divine palette. Next using Urban Decay liquid eyeliner in Radium and Urban Decay glitter eye liner in Stagedive I lined the top lash line with alternating dots.

To finish I applied Maybelline False lash Effect mascara.

I miss using bright colours, I must not leave it so long to play with bold looks next time.

A sea of blues and greens

So the last post was a purple eye shadow look and I was saying how it was a nice change from my usual blue hues I go for. Having said that I woke up this morning and really wanted to use some fresh blues and greens because it was so bright and sunny outside, feels like spring had most definitely sprung. This is look I came up with:

After applying a white base I used three Barry M dazzle dusts, mint green on the inner corner, baby blue on the middle and finally electric blue on the outer corner and blending all three colours so there was no visible line. To finish I applied black mascara. I love my blues and greens, what colours do you love and keep going back to?

These are the products I used to create this look: