Love, Angeline Polish: Wham! Swatches and Review

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Hello Lovelies! It's another Monday and I'm already feeling sluggish. Thankfully I have coffee, that miraculous liquid that keeps me upright. I'll be needing it today!

First of all, there is only about 13 hours left in the Pure Nail Oil™ July sale. Pure is currently on sale for 30% off ($14.99) and will not go on sale again until January 2014. If you've been wanting to try it out, now is the time! I've also teamed up with Ana from Simple Nail Art Tips, and Leticia from Teen Polish Junkie for a Get Naked Challenge! you can find all the details in my original post here. Come on and join us! You can do the challenge anytime during the month of July, so don't feel like you have to do it right now.

Today I have an awesome glitter topper from Love, Angeline Polish, one of my fave new Indie Brands.  I had been talking with Natosha, the creator of Love, Angeline, and she was kind enough to send me a surprise package with a few of her polishes to share with you all! Such a sweet gesture! This baby is from her I Love the 80's and is called Wham! I'm sure you get the name.

Wham! is an awesome mix of neon green, black, and watermelon colored matte glitters in a clear base. I paired this one with Catrice Meet Me At Coral Island, a beautiful Coral Creme. This combo really reminds me of watermelons! Love it!

This is 2 coats fo Wham! over Meet Me At Coral Island, with top coat:

Doesn't that combo remind  you of watermelons?? I love it! So bright and happy! This is such a summery glitter.

Wham!'s formula was excellent, with no glopping or thickening during use. Application was easy peasy with no glitter fishing, dabbing on glitters, or clumping on the nail. Dry time was quick, however Wham! does dry just slightly textured so I do recommend top coat to smooth things out.

I am really loving this polish! I have some more from Love, Angeline that I'll be sharing with you over the next couple of weeks and I am so excited! I love finding great Indie Brands, and Love, Angeline is certainly awesome.

You can check out Love, Angeline's creations at Love, Angeline on Big Cartel. The Summer Rainbows Collection is currently on sale for $4 (this collection includes a bunch of gorgeous neons, so don't miss out!)- 1/2 price!. You can also follow Love, Angeline on Facebook and Instagram for sales info, new releases and swatches.

What do you think of Wham! Are you a fan of neon glitters?

I'll be back this afternoon with a beauty from Fandom Cosmetics, and tomorrow is my first Try It Out Tuesday, so be sure to check back!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber

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Paranormal Encounters

At the end of April I wrote about Illamasqua's new collection Paranormal, which certainly contains a lot of goodies that most makeup lovers would love to sink their fangs into. Although I haven't tried any of the products yet, I got very inspired by the looks in this collection and decided to recreate one of them. :)

Coral is a great choice if you want to make green eyes pop.

Purple lips matches flawlessly with coral eyes. I don't know why but I have been very inspired by this color combo lately.

I don't know if orange eyebrows are my cup of tea but they where essential for an accurate recreation of this look. :)

Step 1. After priming your eyes, trace your crease with a warm midtone brown. I used Purely naked by Makeup Geek. This will work as our transition color.

Step 2. Apply a warm coral or copper shade to your entire lid. Blend it like a maniac, using a skin tone eyeshadow around the edges.

Step 3. Do your foundation and lighten your brows with concealer. Finish with a powder on the areas where you tend to get most shiny.

Step 4. Fill in your brows with a burnt orange. The one I used is also from Makeup Geek and it's called Chickadee.

Step 5. Now, dust a soft wash of shimmery eyeshadow over your lids. I used Shimma shimma by Makeup Geek.

Step 6. Concentrate the shimmer on your inner corners, browbones and center of the lids. To accentuate the shine even more apply the Jumbo Pencil in Milk by N.Y.X. underneath.

Step 7. Dip Illamasqua's medium pencil in Sophie into black gel liner and line the inner rims of your eyes as well as the lower lash line.

Step 8. Using a white eyeliner line your upper lash line starting at the inner corner and fading it so that it ends softly about 2/3 of the way.

Step 9. Curl your lashes and apply a lot of mascara. I chose not to apply false lashes because the model in my inspirational picture does not appear to have any.

Face

*Skin base foundation 02 (Illamasqua)

*Studio Finish Concealer (M.A.C.)* 

*Mineral Veil (Bare Minerals)

Eyebrows

*Studio Finish Concealer (M.A.C.) 

*Chickadee (Makeup Geek)

Eyes

*Shadow Insurance (original) (Too Faced)

*Mango tango (Makeup Geek)

*Shimma shimma (Makeup Geek)

*#351 (Inglot) 

*Jumbo Pencil Milk (NYX)

*Gel liner Immortal (Makeup Geek)

*Medium Pencil Sophie (Illamasqua)

*AquaColor White (Kryolan)

Lips

*Lipstick Kontrol (Illamasqua)

*Jumbo Pencil Milk (NYX)

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Inspirational picture:

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I sincerely hope you liked my take on this look! For a very long time now I have been planning to do a series of looks inspired by Illamasqua's different collections, and I might start that series some time soon, actually. :)

I'm also thinking about doing a Q&A post where you guys can ask whatever you want (makeup related or not) but I'm not sure about that. Do you have any questions that you would like me to answer? :)

Thanks for reading!