Swatch-fest: Pure Ice

 

Ok! First, the header has been changed as well as... BUTTONS! I'm still trying to decide if I should just make a new YouTube channel rather than using the one that I've had since... forever.

Second, I now have a tripod that WON'T BREAK or HIDE! No more shaky camera! I'm still working on angles for nail swatches.

Third, I'm working on my March Favorites. Definitely will have a video for it as well :D

Anyway, I went to Walmart earlier, and ended up getting four polishes... three of which were Pure Ice. I actually sat on the ground trying to figure out which ones to get. Trying to resist any greens. I survived!  

So this is going to be a mini-swatch-fest. No page breaks.

Deja Vu. A royal blue, that in the bottle looks like it has purple/magenta sparkles or duochrome. On the nail though I didn't notice it too much. The formula was perfect fine, 3 coats is all it took to get it opaque.

Endless Fortune. Gold micro glitter with holographic diamond glitters. This is a clear base. I ended up layering it on top of another Pure Ice polish that I own, Excuse Me. It takes a little to get the large diamond glitters to place themselves out as they seem to want to group together.

Come Closer. Magenta bar glitter with blue bar glitters mixed in. I thought this one would actually have a clear base, but it has a magenta base to match the dominate glitter in the bottle. Fairly sure that with enough layers it could be opaque. I ended up layering this one over another Pure Ice I have, Watermelon Ice.

Close up of Come Closer

Series: Drugstore vs. High-end Mascaras

Which do you prefer?

Which do you find yourself reaching for the most?

Drugstore mascaras or high-end mascaras? 

Better yet, do you prefer the travel size or the full size for high-end mascaras?

Reason why this came up, is because I was tossing out old make-up I had in a "to trash" bin, and came across a high-end mascara. I got to thinking, I wonder what others prefer.

 

For me, it's drugstore mascaras. The formulation always seem to hold true to the descriptions. Although, and perhaps it's just me, I don't hate high-end mascaras. I'm more or less torn with them. For high-end mascaras, I normally will purchase the trial/travel size first before the full size. This is where I become torn, I LOVE what I get with the travel size, but when I purchase the full size, I'm disappointed. The formula never seems to be the same as the travel size. 

For example, I had received the travel size Kat Von D Sin-Full Lash mascara as a perk during one of my ventures to Sephora. I LOVED that mascara, and after some time, noticed I was beginning to run out. So, of course, love the mascara, just get the full size. Mistake. I used it the next day after purchasing it, and noticed the formula seemed different. It was more wet than the travel size formula (which was a happy medium, not wet and not dry). It clumped, smudged onto my lower water line and below it (raccoon eyes!). Not to mention, one of my biggest issues when it comes to mascara is when TOO much mascara gets around where the wand meets the brush, just a glob of mascara sitting on the flats of the mascara mocking me. Basically, the stopper isn't doing the job of pulling the excess mascara off.

That has happened to me with three different brands of high-end mascaras. Travel size works wonders. What the hell happened to the full size.

Has anyone else encountered this with high-end mascaras? Or am I the only odd ball out there that this happens to?

So, moral of this. Drugstore mascara for me, thumbs up. High-end TRAVEL size mascara, thumbs up.

Tutorial: My Everyday Eye Make-Up for Work

 

 

Ok! This one is going to be a little different. Just slightly. While I don't have a tripod that isn't broke, well I have one, it's just MIA at the moment... I decided to do a video of the products that I used. It's a little silly maybe, but it's my first go at it! It's a bit shaky (or shake worthy as I put it), but I tried my best to keep the camera as still as possible. HOPEFULLY... I can get the video to work in the post.

And of course, AFTER I've uploaded the video, I notice a spelling mistake... WITH URBAN! GAH! I slapped an annotation over it with the proper spelling, but how embarrassing. I think I was just so excited with doing this, I didn't rightfully notice.

Should I redo the video? Or just leave it as is?

Plus, I'm working on a new layout, I'll probably put it up after this post, but I'm still working on the buttons to make everything look a bit more neat around here.

Video and still photo tutorial after the break! (Note, I do make an appearance ;x)