Happy Halloween

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

As promised here is what I am for Halloween this year. I actually was two different things, my sister has a Halloween party which I dressed up for and then what I am actually today. Both costumes are very similar, I used the same nail design and a lot of the same makeup. 

For my sisters party I was Ivy from Batman, I may be able to find a picture from the party but I am not sure yet, If you see a picture here than I found one but if not than no. Today I am a forest nymph or green fairy. I only really did the makeup and nails this year so I am not really going to post an outfit.

For my makeup in this I used the greens from Wet N' Wild's Cool As A Cucumber palette, a no name eyeliner from Hot Topic, a neon glitter from Sally's Girl, black liquid eyeliner and black mascara. Pink lipgloss from HIP and Pearlescent Pink Blush from Wet N' Wild. 

My other costume I alternated between red and green. My eyes were green and I had green glitter. For my contour and lips/eyebrows were all red. Very Ivy-ish.

For my nails I used Essence Lime Up! and sponged on OPI's Don't Mess With OPI, Finger Paint's Scenery Greenery, and Orly's Rock Solid.

I hope your Halloween is as enjoyable as mine. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Sunday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

1 Day Left!!! Welcome to Superhero Sunday, full of fiver different superheros.

I used Essies Forever Young, Finger Paints Art Nouv-Yellow, and China Glaze Sexy In The City. Of course blue, black and white acrylic paint.

You have Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Captain America, and Fantastic 4.

I hope that you love this.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Saturday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Spider Saturday. Sad thing is that I am going to have to take this off before tonight because I have a Halloween Party to go to and it is costume only. Remember I will show you what I am going to be on Halloween and that will be makeup and nails maybe even outfit if I am feeling dangerous enough. 

I just did spiders and webs today but I am not sure that you can see the spiders but they are there. I used Wet N' Wilds Behind Closed Doors and grey acrylic paint. 

I hope you liked it.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Friday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

4 Days to go. Today I did a Freaky House. A lot of people have done this one but mine is hand painted also a little bit of a fail, HAHA!

I used Finger Paints Pretty As A Portrait and OPI Honk If You Love OPI. Black acrylic paint and Finger Paints Art Nouv-Yellow for the windows.

Pretty boring if you ask me. LOL.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Small Haul

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Yesterday I went to Sally's deciding to break some cash, bad idea haha! I had my eye on a few  things and some where impulse buys.

The big thing that I wanted was Seche Vite, now I know there is a controversy over Seche and I am fully aware of the side effects.  But that SHINE! It is better than anything I have ever seen before, INM, Poshe, anything.

I bought The Seche Support Awareness set which has the Seche Vite, China Glaze Go Go Pink which I actually adore, and a little angle key ring. I love buying things for breast cancer awareness because they are so cute and girly. This set cost me $8.99 which I have seen Seche go for that much alone so getting the other two free is a good deal.

Next is Orly's Rock Solid, now I wouldn't have bought this if I would have remembered the price tag. I don't like the price of them. I think it was around $7 or $8. I am glad I did though because it is like China Glazes Fairy Dust on crack.

Then I needed another base coat because mine is almost out and starting to get a little thicker than I had hoped it would be.  The one I normally get is Beauty Secrets Base Coat. I like their new packaging, the old packaging pissed me off a lot.

Lastly I picked up some glitter because of my Halloween costume. It is the Sally's Girl Glitter in Gleaming Green, which is a neon green colored glitter that shines to be yellow and green. You will see how I used it in my post when I post it. 

With a recent decision I may be getting my babysitting job back which would make me employed full time and that would mean that I would bring in a full income which means that I would be more inclined to make more hauls and keep up with nail collections. Like I would love to do. I need to get a better storage system for my polishes because as of right now I am in two plastic shoe boxes and an overflow into a basket which is filled to the top and all of my polishes are set sideways in this basket.  I am thinking the Melmer from Michael's or even looking around at some different stores like Bed Bath and Beyond. Maybe you can tell me some storage ideas.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Thursday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

All you TERRIFIED GHOSTIES, 5 Days and counting. I love Halloween to death! Today I  did something really easy because I am not feeling that great, lets hope I am not sick on Halloween, I usually am sick on one or more Holidays per year, A LOT of the time on my birthday. I had the stomach flu this year on my birthday, ohhhhhh 4 months until I'm 21!!!!!

I used a no name neon orange from Sally's Girl. Then I used white and black acrylic paint. As always :) 

I hope you liked this. My camera really hates neon colors.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Wednesday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Happy Witches Poison Wednesday, I didn't actually know what to do today... I remembered that I had previously did a witch earlier in October. Why not do her poison?  On my pinkie, middle, and index fingers is her poison. On my thumb and ring finger is cross bones and a skull. 

I used Color Club Yum Gum, Raspberry Rush, and Gimme A Grape Big Kiss for the gradient and art work. Then the little black dots are Tangled In My Web by Wet N' Wild, I picked the glitter out and placed it where I wanted.

That is all for today :) Sorry it looks so nasty around my cuticles this cold air got to me today and I was in a rush.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Tuesday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Tricked Out Tuesday, since I previously did Treats Tuesday I figured I would do Tricks Tuesday. Basically card tricks though because I fail at everything else lol. 

I used Essie's Forever Young as the base and then I went in with White and Black Acrylic  Paint. A lot of my designs revolve around the acrylic paints.

Today was a really long day. Sorry I didn't post this sooner, I babysat all day today. Soon I will be doing this full time so all of my posts will be in the morning or at night and A LOT on the weekends and Monday's.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Monday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Welcome to Mummy Monday. I used the same technique that I did for last Monday and did it again on instead of using the tip of the brush I used a sponge. I also added a bit of red which is totally not like most mummies out there.

I used OPI's Uh-oh Roll Down The Window and French Quarter For Your Thoughts and Essies Forever Young. Some Black and White Acrylic Paint.

Do you have Halloween posts?

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Sunday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Skeleton Sunday, you know how hard it is for me to come up with names for the certain days, Tuesday and Thursday next week still don't have names, so I don't know what I am going to do those days. We will find out soon huh?

Skeletons are great for Halloween. I didn't do a complete skeleton. Just the skull and some little bones. I really love how this turned out. I think I will be doing more of these. Sadly we went out to eat and I broke my left ring fingernail half way off so I am down to numbs like my natural length no visible nail lines no nothing. Shorties, ugh I hate them this short and the hang nails I get when they are this short.

I used OPI Honk If You Love OPI and white and black acrylic paints. 

Did you like this?

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Saturday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

*NOTE* This for some odd reason didn't post yesterday, I pressed publish and left. I didn't mess with the schedule button or anything. Blogger must really not like me.

Today is Saturday so I decided to do Silly Pumpkins. This didn't come out the way I wanted but in the end I really like the stripes and how the little guys came out. 

I used Sinful Colors Cloud 9 as my base and then of course my black acrylic paint.

Did you like this?

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Friday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

You may have seen this design a lot of places but I thought it was so effing cute that I had to do it. Frankenstein Friday!

What it really is, is a green base with black stitches and a Frankenstein face on my thumb. It wasn't hard at all well besides my right hand.

I used Essence Colour and Go in Lime UP! which is a dupe for one of the OPI Shrek polishes I want to say Fiercely Fiona. Then the other stuff is in black and white acrylic paint.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Thursday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Another fail in my book. TombStone Thursday, a basic graveyard look. I used a blue base and created black tombstones and crosses. I tried to write RIP on the tombstones but it just looks like little lines. 

I used Essence @Holographics in Blue Ray which isn't really holographic more of a multichrome. Then the tombstones are made out of black acrylic paint. 

Again sorry for there not being any light there  usually is but it is a really sick looking out today. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO
Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Wednesday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Webbed Wednesday meets Pink Wednesday! I did a really neon pink with crackle on all of the nails besides my left ring finger which has a nice big web on it. Also notice that shine? Yeah that's Seche Vite, I am completely sold on it. Much better than IMN. I plan on buying this very soon. Most likely at Sally's.

I used Creme Pink by Sinful Colors and Black Mesh by China Glaze. Some Acrylic paint as well.

I am pretty worn out so I am going to hit the road. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Tuseday- FAIL

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Treats Tuesday. Don't you hate when you have a GREAT idea in your mind but it comes out like crap on your nails. I do.

I had a design in mind that each nail would be full of different Halloween treats.

On my thumb orange and yellow Gobstoppers. 

On my index finger I decided to write TREATS with black.

My middle finger was supposed to look like Red Hots but it actually looks like red little blobs.

My ring finger is very obvious Candy Corn. 

My pinkie was supposed to be those creepy eye candies. 

I used OPI's Atomic Orange and Revlon's Minted, Colorful acrylic paints. 

FAIL FAIL FAIL. I absolutely hated this. So much so that I only did one hand and you can bet your ass I took it off within seconds after taking these pictures. ICK.

Talking about pictures, outside is really dim right now and it would look as if I was taking pictures inside anyways so I just decided that I would use my light box. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Halloween Challenge Monday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Today is the start of my Halloween themed nail art challenge. This is a great way to experiment with nail art.

Since today is Monday I have to do a post with M. I have really been into military and war type games, Modern Warfare 2 in particular. I am not sure what it is about it but I can't stop playing it. I  have also made a lot of good friends there as well. 

M is for Military. Now you can change the colors a tad, I am not sure how it would look if you did neon colors though. LOL. The colors I used were all from OPI. 

Uh-Oh Roll Down The Window

A-Taupe The Space Needle

French Quarter For Your Thoughts

At First I wanted to sponge the design on but I found that if you use the tip of the brush and just do different dots it will turn out something similar to this. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Intro To My Halloween Special.

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I am proud to be doing another daily post type thing. This time I am doing nail art, Halloween nail art to be exact. Tomorrow is day one of the Halloween nail art posts. 

Each day will have a different post, Monday's will start with an M, Tuesday's with a T, and so on. This is going to be hard since there is 2 T's and 2 S's in one week. This is going to  be going on until the day before Halloween. On Halloween I will show you what my nails look like on that day since I plan on dressing up. 

I already have ideas written down on what I would like to do on certain days but I would like different ideas, so if you have one please don't be afraid to tell me. 

Well there you have it. Before you know it tomorrows post will be up. I hope this inspires you.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Revlon Glitters.

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Revlon released these in August and ever since they have become the in thing right now. There are three of these glitters and initially I was only going to buy two out of the three. There is 051 Starry Pink, 934 Blue Mosaic, and 940 Facets Of Fuchsia, now I am not 100% sure why they jump around in numbering but it is an interesting aspect. I was thinking that these may have been toned down since it is in the fall time that they released these but surprisingly they are bright with the exception of Facets of Fuchsia.

Starry Pink is a baby pink almost on the lilac side. It is very murky or dusty. The glitter is a silver glitter that is a mix between small circular glitter and larger hexagonal glitter. The only sad thing is with the murky base the glitters kind of get lost, it is hard to find them.

Blue Mosaic is clear base with different colored glitter. There is light blue, small, round glitters, Big hexagonal silver, baby blue, and green glitters. This one is very unique. Since it is in a clear base I recommend using it over something else. Although you can layer tons of coats to achieve opaqueness with this alone. It is my favorite out of the bunch.

Lastly Facets Of Fuchsia and the most widely talked about. This is a black based jelly with bright fuchsia glitter. The glitter is actually small round glitters and larger hexagonal glitters. This is a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance which is based off of Lady Gaga's song. I would love to say this is my favorite because of it's diverseness but I find it to be kind of bland. LOL I am not sure how to describe it.

The best place to buy these would be at Target because the price tag is fairly cheaper there at $3.79. Also with Target you can always find coupons. I actually purchased mine at Ulta when they were having their buy two get one free deal going on, plus I had a $5 off of a $10 purchase together I purchased all of the glitters for $5. Got to be smart when shopping. 

Do you have these polishes, Do you plan on getting them, What is your favorite(s)?

Stay tuned for my up coming series for Halloween, it will be different and kind of a cute idea. :D

Sorry for my crummy pictures, I like to take them during the day when the sun is out but the sun really hasn't been out much were I live.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Review- Urban Decay Naked Palette & Mini Look Book

Hello Lacquered Lovelies and Makeup Freaks,

This is the first review that I promised you yesterday, I thought I would post it today since I have until Sunday to announce something for this up coming holiday.

Urban Decay's Naked palette was released store wide on August 1st. 2010, I think I had purchased mine somewhere close to August 1st. 2011. This palette comes with 12 neutral shades, a mini eyeshadow primer, and a brush, the original palette came with a double sided eyeliner in Zero and Whiskey. I don't mind that there is a brush instead but I would have rather seen the eyeliners. I think this palette will be great for this up and coming fall.

 I know you have probably seen like 100000 and 1 reviews on this palette but I just thought I would make mine stand out a little more.

The colors are great, perfect for a natural look, a smokey look, or even an evening look.

• Virgin is a satin-y nude color, it's not a shimmer but not a flat matte finish. More frostier than anything but not too overly done. I wouldn't use it as a highlight because of the frostiness but it is a good all over wash.
• Sin is a champagne color with a pull towards pink. This is a frosty finish. It is a part of the permanent line so you can buy it separately. It also makes an appearance in the Book Of Shadows Vol. 4, the Fun Palette, and Ammo Palette.
• Naked is a matte taupe-y brown. I find this is a great color to go all over your lid.
• Sidecar is a jam packed sparkle light brown. This color is really hard to work with. There is a lot of sparkle fall out, my suggestion is to pat the eyeshadow on and not sweep it on. I heard this is from the Book Of Shadows Vol. 1.

• Buck is a matte medium beige-y brown. It is almost a darkened version of Naked. I use it in the crease with Naked.
• Half Baked is a metallic frosty bronze gold color. I actually think this is my favorite of the 12 colors. A permanent color. In the Vegan Palette as well, the Sustainable Palette, .
• Smog is a deepened bronze color with a coppery sheen to it. Again it is a shimmery finish. Also a permanent color. Also in the Vegan Palette, Ammo Palette, the Summer of Love Palette, and the Book Of Shadows Vol.3 .
• Darkhorse is a darker bronze color that pulls a little towards the plum side. it is a shimmer. In the Rollergirl Palette, the Feminine Palette, 

• Toasted is a medium brown with a pull towards pink. It is a frosty finish. It is a permanent color.
• Hustle is a plum chocolate with a shimmery finish. I love this color with Half Baked.
• Creep is a black with multi colored shimmer. Urban Decay said that is was gold shimmer but I don't see any gold. 
• Gunmetal is a dark grey color with a metallic finish. It shows up in the Dangerous Palette and the Book Of Shadows Vol. 4. 

The eyeshadow brush is called the Good Karma Eyeshadow Brush. It is a 100% Vegan brush. Similar in shape to Sigma E60, it is a flat eyeshadow brush with a deep c a the end of the hairs. I actually don't use it very much. That is why I said I was a little disappointed with having a brush rather than a eyeliner. If bought alone this brush would cost you $26 which is comparable to MAC prices. The packaging of this brush when it is alone is really cute.

The Urban Decay Primer Potion, I like this stuff a lot but I think I like Benefits Stay Don't Stray more, I want to try Too Faced Shadow Insurance. The primer is a clear based primer. I notice for me that I still have creases. This is only a mini version of the primer, I think primer usually comes with all of the Urban Decay Palettes. The original size costs $18 but they have the new squeezy tube which is a $1 more. Personally I would rather spend the extra $1 because at the end you will have to dissect the primer bottle to get the rest out. The minis on the Urban Decay Website cost $9 which isn't too bad. They also have the Sin and Original Primer Potion duo for $26, I think this is the best deal.

Overall this palette costs $48 at many places like Sephora and Ulta for 12 Eyeshadows, 1 Mini Primer Potion, and 1 Eyeshadow Brush. Individually this would cost me $239 to purchase. It would have been cheaper if they would have kept the eyeliner. I actually purchased this for $38 because I had a $10 off coupon for standing in line at the Grand Opening here in Idaho. Score right?

Here is my little look book.

Eye look one.

This is Naked all over the lid with Buck in the Crease and Sin as the highlight and inner corner highlight. I applied Buch on the outer half of my lower lash line and Naked on the inner half.

Eye look two.

This is Half Baked all on the inner half of the lid and Smog on the outer half. Darkhorse in the crease and as liner on the bottom half. 

Eye look three.

This is Creep all over the lid. Hustle and Toasted in the Crease. Sin as a brow bone highlight. Half Baked as a inner highlight and bottom lash line liner. Creep is on the waterline. 

Each look was with Maybelline's Colossal mascara in black. 

I have an Urban Decay Wish List.

• Urban Decay Book Of Shadows Alice and Wonderland. Very hard to find, not available on the website or stores.
• Urban Decay Book Of Shadows Vol. 4
• Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Eyeshadow Collection Palette
• Urban Decay Eyeshadows in Baked, Lounge, Maui Wowie, Mildew, Perversion, Polyester Bride, Roach, Strip, Woodstock, and YDK
• Urban Decay Cream Shadows in Moonshine, Mushroom, Rehab, and Whipped.
• Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadows in Honey, Ransom, Ruthless, Scratch, Shag, and Underground
• Urban Decay Star Dust Eyeshadows in Space Cowboy
• Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Bourbon, Mildew, Oil Slick, Ransom, Yeyo, and Zero
• Urban Decay Heavy Metal Eyeliners in Baked, Distortion, Glam Rock, Metal Head, and Stagedive.
• Urban Decay False Lashes in Baby Doll, Vamp, Queen, Plush, Lure, and Black Velvet
• Urban Decay Urban Defense in Halo
• Urban Decay De-Slick Mattifying Powder
• Urban Decay Afterglow in Bang, Crush, Quickie, and Score. 
• Urban Decay Lipstick in Indecent, JailBait, Naked, Peroxide, and Wanted
• Urban Decay Lip Junkie in Naked, Crush, and Peroxide
• Urban Decay Pocket Rocket in Kirk, Max, and Collin
• Urban Decay The Revolution Eyelash Curler
• Urban Decay Good Karma Shading Brush
• Urban Decay Sparkling Lickable Body Powder in Honey

Hahah Huge LIST.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Quick Pink Wednesday

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Today I decided to do something different. It is Wednesday after all. I wanted to hold on to the Halloween nail art but I am still holding on to brighter colors and not such deep nail art. 

OPI My Address is Hollywood is my base color, It is a medium pink with a darker fuchsia shimmer, some have said gold as well but I am not sure. I used this color in my 30 Untrieds.

Max 2012 Crackle in Innocence is just a white crackle. I have wanted one for so long, so I am excited to actually own one. I got 10 crackles in all from 2012, I plan on keeping 6 and GIVING AWAY 4. I will be doing a giveaway at either 150 or 200 followers, Yes I know I have a while to go before I get that many, I just have to work myself up.

China Glaze Crackle in Tarnished Gold is a foil-y gold crackle. I bought this because I had seen the Sally Hansen one on someone but I didn't want to spend the amount on S.H. when I could buy this one for the same price at Sallys. I did layer a top coat between, if you don't they won't crackle on top of each other. 

I had originally done this design with Revlons Minted, Max 2012 Innocence, and China Glazes Tarnished Gold, Personally I liked that combo a lot better.

I am brewing something up for the up coming holiday, so keep your eyes out for that. It has taken me awhile to come up with this certain series. I hope you all like it! Expect the opening on Sunday, October 16th and it will run until Monday, October 31st. So two weeks.

 I didn't realize that I have taken such a long break and for that I am sorry, I am sick and the 30 Untireds really was draining on me. I have reviews planned for 3 things that will take place within the next week. One is nail related and the other two are makeup related. 

Keep a look out for the exciting things to come.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

A Halloween Pink Wednesday.

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

Long time no talk... LOL only 2 days. I told you I was going to take a little break after my 30 Untrieds. I think my break is done.

Now coming up with a Halloween design for pink is hard, really hard. I only have three or so ideas but I guess that is okay since there is only 3 more after today.

Today's theme is a girly witch. 

I used Finger Paints Rose Patina as my base pink, black and white acrylic paint, and LA Colors Art Deco in Baby Pink.

On my thumb I did a corset type of pattern, my boyfriend said it looks more like a shoe, lol.

On my index finger I have the start of the broom.

On my middle finger I have some of the broom and the little witch, I thought I did her backwards.

On my ring finger I have the rest of the broom. 

On my pinkie I have a little witch hat. 

Woohooo clever right?

Stay tuned for my other Pink Wednesday's in October.

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Beginning of Halloween Posts

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I was debating if I wanted to do 13 days of Halloween or a full month, I guess it is a full month. I am not sure I will post everyday but I will be sure to post what I do when I do it.

Today I wanted to test the new crackles that I got from SamsBeauty. See my last post for details, but I won them. 

I used Sinful Colors Secret Admire, a black polish with grey silver glitter. 

2012 Crackle in Innocence which is a white cream crackle. 

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3

Nail Mail Round 3 and Haul

Hello Lacquered Lovelies,

I wanted to do two separate posts to show case the different polishes I picked up. I worked today and got $20 so I figured why not? I also was sent something from SamBeauty for winning OlivaMakeupChannels giveaway, she has a blog and a youtube.

In the mail I received 10, 2012 Max Makeup by Cherimoya Cracked nail polishes, all random. I think whoever packed this really must have loved pinks and purples because that is the bulk of what I got. I may add some of these into my first giveaway which I might do around 150-200 followers ( I have a ways to go )

-Eternity (black)

-Innocence (white)

-Genesis (darker purple)

-Apostles (lighter purple more neon)

-Fault Line (dark red)

-Medusa (shimmery lighter red)

-Memories (a medium pink/red)

-Extinction (a brown pinky color)

-Pandemic (nude ish pink)

-Purgatory (baby pink)

Lastly I went back to my Fred Meyer to see if they still had any of the On The Prowl collection, they did. I also got more clearance items <3

-Buy Me A Drink by Wet N' Wild

-Jungle Fever by Wet N' Wild

-Yum Gum by Color Club

-Glitter Envy by Color Club

I think I am going to go to Ulta because tomorrow they start their buy two get one free on their Revlon (Maybelline, Almay, Rimmel, and La Splash)  and it seems as if the new glitters will be there. Also Ulta brand polishes are 2 for $6, Pixels are 2 for $4, OPI has buy two get a top coat or base coat free, and Butter London is buy 2 get one free! Good Sales!!!

Enjoy yourself

XOXO

Pam <3