Showing posts with label aurora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aurora. Show all posts

Monday, January 14, 2013

Zoya Dream Boxes Holo-Day Cheer and Eye Candy Review and Swatches

During the holiday season Zoya had an amazing sale. A gift box filled with three polishes of your choice for only $24 ($20 with an additional code for a brief time). With polishes labled at $8 each these polishes weren't discounted (aside from the brief time) but each dream box shipped free! So there was a savings of about $6. There were two choices; pick your own and pre- made (pre- made had quite a few choices). While i love options i go a little crazy when faced with endless options so i decided on two pre-made boxes - Holo-Day Cheer and Eye Candy. Holographic polish and shimmers! My favorites i just could not pass these up.



Each matte black box came with a black velvet insert for three polishes. So if you wanted to put different polishes in this box or take the insert out and use the box for something else, you can!


 The polishes shown above are from the Eye Candy box. Eye Candy contained Ivanka a shimmery, medium green, Charla a medium, shimmery, blue, and Mimi a rich purple shimmer with a bit of a gold reflection. Each one is high quality and applys opaque in about two coats which is surprising for a thinner type of nail polish. I love how this polish applys as it has minimal streaking which is a bit of a problem for some shimmery polishes.


 Ivanka-

Zoya Ivanka

 Charla-

Zoya Charla

Zoya Charla

 Mimi-

Zoya Mimi
Zoya Mimi
 Zoya Dream Box Holo-Day Cheer-
This box contained polishes that are from the Zoya Ornate collection for holiday 2012. These polishes contain fine holographic pigments. Aurora a medium purple with holographic pigment, Blaze a bright red with holographic pigment and Storm an opaque black polish with holographic pigment. These polishes applied evenly, dried fast, had a decent amount of holographic pigment, and were opaque in about two coats.


 Aurora-

Zoya Aurora

Zoya Aurora

 Blaze-

Zoya Blaze
Zoya Blaze
 Storm-

Zoya Storm

Zoya Storm

Monday, July 30, 2012

MAC Heavenly Creature Mineralize Eye Shadow in Earthly, Aurora, and Universal Appeal


 This is my third and final installment of the MAC Heavenly Creature Mineralize Eyeshadow review and swatches. If you are interested in my review or swatches of the other colors of this collection click here for Bright Moon, Water, and Sky, or here for Neo Nebula, Invincible Light, and Magnetic Attraction.



Earthly-
This is a great stand alone shadow. It contains taupe, brown, and gold. It is very natural looking. Since it is swirled with both taupe and brown any skin color can be matched by blending. This means you can make a perfectly natural look with adding a touch of gold, or a slight smoky look adding a touch of brown. You can create contrast and drama as well. Apply wet or over primer for drama and dry over lids for shimmer.




MAC Heavenly Creature Mineralize Eye Shadow in Earthly. Over Primer. Gold, taupe, brown, mixed. No flash.

MAC Heavenly Creature Mineralize Eye Shadow in Earthly. Over Primer. Gold, taupe, brown, mixed. With Flash.


Gold over taupe on lid, mix in crease, taupe under brow, and brown in outer corner.

Gold over taupe on lid, mix in crease, taupe under brow, and brown in outer corner.




Aurora-
This shadow contains a brick red, pinkish taupe, brown, and a hint of gold. This is another natural shade that I think would suit a large range of skin tones. This is another all in one shadow. You have a lid color, crease color, under brow, and outer corner. How you play with it and your skin color determine where each goes, but hey remember there are no real rules in makeup. Apply wet or dry.





MAC Heavenly Creature Mineralize Eye Shadow in Aurora. Pinkish taupe, brown/gold, brick, and mixed. Over Primer. With Flash.

MAC Heavenly Creature Mineralize Eye Shadow in Aurora. Pinkish taupe, brown/gold, brick, and mixed. Over Primer. Without Flash.




Universal Appeal
This shadow combines an old idea in a new way. Anyone who has taken a basic art class knows complimentary colors.. compliment each other. Red/green, blue/orange, and lastly, purple/yellow. All these combos create the best contrast. Not to mention that adding one to the other will create brown, always. Ok art lesson over. Companies for some time now have been combining purple and yellow but Mac has done it a little differntly. Since these colors are swirled together with a metallic base. You can use purple, yellow, dark burgundy (red metallic- base) or swirl it up for a shimmery brown. This is very versatile and can be combine with Neo Nebula, Invincible Light, Aurora, Earthly, even Magnetic Attraction. This shade can blend anyway you want it to. So if you have the other shades, or you just picked up this one I hope your having fun with all the color combinations.


MAC Heavenly Creature Mineralize Eye Shadow in Universal Appeal. Dark Burgundy (you can see the red metallic in this shot), golden yellow, pearlesq purple, and a combination of all. Over primer. With Flash.
MAC Heavenly Creature Mineralize Eye Shadow in Universal Appeal. Dark Burgundy (you can see the red metallic in this shot), golden yellow, pearlesq purple, and a combination of all. Over primer. Without Flash.
For these shadows and other products, please check out MAC.