Zoya’s Akyra (from Utopia | Winter 2007/08) is a gorgeous muted teal color. I kind of wish for a brighter, bolder teal, but I think this one is excellent because it’s very wearable. It also looks great with both cool and warm skintones from what I’ve found, which is a definite plus. It has great opacity, and you can get great color with two coats of polish! $6
This color, as well as the rest of Utopia, is available at fine salons and www.zoya.com.
I used Uppity fluidline all over lid, Creme Royale eyeshadow on inner lid, Goldmine eyeshadow on inner lid, Mi’Lady (red) eyeshadow on middle of lid, Manor eyeshadow on outer lid and crease, Velvet Lady eyeshadow in outer crease, Ricepaper eyeshadow above crease and on brow, Goldmine eyeshadow on lower lash line, and Black Karat kohl power on lower lash line. I wore Margin blush on cheeks with Sculpt sculpting powder to contour and Peach Haze beauty powder to highlight. I had Thrills lipstick with Poetique lipglass on my lips.
It’s official — Stacey “Fergie” Ferguson has been recruited by MAC Cosmetics to be their next Viva Glam spokesperson.
FERGIE GETS GLAM: MAC Cosmetics has tapped Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson, the Grammy Award-winning singer, as the next Viva Glam spokeswoman. The deal includes a Viva Glam ad campaign featuring Ferguson, which breaks in February, as well as a new limited edition MAC Viva Glam Lipglass. Since 1994, the MAC Viva Glam campaigns have raised more than $95 million dollars to benefit the MAC AIDS Fund, which supports people living with HIV/AIDS globally.
Love her? Hate her? What do you think of the newest Viva Glam spokesperson?
Zoya’s Irene (from Utopia | Winter 2007/08) is a gorgeous gold-yellow-geren. It reminds me a bit of a more green Old Gold pigment by MAC, only in nail polish form. I love how opaque the color is after just two coats! It has the loveliest gold shimmer, and I never thought I’d be willing to wear a green polish before I put on Irene. $6
This color, as well as the rest of Utopia, is available at fine salons and www.zoya.com.
What is your favorite red lipstick? Who makes it? What is it called? Tell us why it’s your favorite!
I love Red No. 5 by MAC, which came out awhile ago; it’s a raspberry red, and it’s dark enough so it isn’t fire-engine red, but it’s still bold for the right occasion.
I was jonesing to try out those interesting nails featured in the Antiquitease promotional photos: white base with gold overlay. Now, luckily I didn’t have to really bother with experimentation and delving into my creative mind, because Carleen explained how to do it! I didn’t quite follow it step for step, as I’m absentminded and tend to recreate without remembering to look at what I’m trying to copycat.
So how did I do it? I used two coats of a white (creme finish) polish then put one coat of Gold Veneer polish on top. I would add the gold polish to one nail at a time. You have to add the texture/swirls/crackling before the polish dries, so it’s better to do one or two at a time, crackle, then move on. I personally tried to do two at a time and found the second one ended up already being a bit too dry!
For the crackling, I ripped off a small square of paper towel, maybe four inches on each side. Mine is textured (at least somewhat) as Carleen suggests, but I ended up using the edge of the paper towel to create better variance across each nail. Just pressing the paper towel ended up giving me the pattern on the paper towel, which was very uniform.
Now that I’ve done it once and experienced first hand how easy it is, I’m definitely going to try again to make them resemble the original Antiquitease photo. What do you think of these kinds of nails? Love ‘em, hate ‘em? My boyfriend said they look dirty!
