Sigma Paris Palette

 Hey Bloggerettes! It's been a hot minute since I last did a make up related post but I am coming back with a doozie! This post is all about the new Limited Edition Sigma Paris palette. The Paris palette was a collaboration between Sigma and a few well known Bloggers who were inspired by monuments in Paris. Very cool! It's made up of 8 eye shadows, 2 blushes, 1 highlight, an angled blush brush, and an eye shadow brush. My only complaint is the lack of a bronzer for conturing. Otherwise this is the perfect palette for day, night, every day, and travel!

The palette comes with a little pamphlet with details about the Bloggers, locations, and of course the makeup.

The sleeve, it looks like a cute little package!

The front of the palette. Mosaic details and filigree, very pretty.

The back. Ingredients and a list of the Bloggers who worked on this project. I have been a fan of XSparkage, Petrilude, and MACNC40 since I was 14 back in the LiveJournal days! Crazy, huh?

The palette is a flip top with a large mirror. The brushes have little cubbies, eye shadow brush on top, blush brush on bottom.

 Eiffel, black with rainbow sparkle. Seine, navy blue shimmer.

Closeup of Eiffel! Reminds me of Sugarpill Stella.

 Louvre, matte darkened teal. Orsay, bright teal with gold shimmer. 

 Elysees, burgundy brown shimmer. Notre Dame, brownish mauve.

Triomphe, duochrome brown to green. Versailles, champagne gold shimmer. Perfect highlight color.

Top swatches have Urban Decay Primer Potion Primer, bottom swatched Nyx Jumbo Pencil in Milk. L-R; Eiffel, Seine, Louvre, Orsay, Elysees, Notre Dame, Triomphe, Versailles.

 Top swatches have Urban Decay Primer Potion Primer, bottom swatched Nyx Jumbo Pencil in Milk. L-R; Eiffel, Seine, Louvre, Orsay, Elysees, Notre Dame, Triomphe, Versailles.

 Top swatches have Urban Decay Primer Potion Primer, bottom swatched Nyx Jumbo Pencil in Milk. L-R; Eiffel, Seine, Louvre, Orsay, Elysees.

Top swatches have Urban Decay Primer Potion Primer, bottom swatched Nyx Jumbo Pencil in Milk. L-R; Orsay, Elysees, Notre Dame, Triomphe, Versailles.

 Lumiere, a light gold shimmer highlight.

 Peche, matte peach blush.

 Rouge, a light matte plum blush.

No base, L-R; Rouge, Peche, Lumiere.

The softest brush in the universe!

Holographic engraving!

I've been using this palette everyday! It has so many looks and everything applies like BUTTAH.lol. Here's a cute looks I did using Eiffel, Louvre, Orsay, Elysees, Triomphe, Versailles eyeshadows and Lumiere highlight and Peche blush.

The Limited Edition Sigma Paris palette retails for $59. I used coupon code 'xsparkage' and received $10 off. Do you own the Paris palette? What do you think of it?

The Zebras Were Framed!

It was the one armed man! Hey there Bloggerettes! We Jacksonvillians are currently dealing with Tropical Storm Beryl and are not too happy! Dreary days and power outages, happy summer, right!? Anywho to brighten the day here's one of my most favorite manis to date! It was inspired by one of my favorite people, Betsey Johnson, and a pair of her fabulous earrings.

I started with a base of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu, 2 coats, on my index, ring, and pinkies. Followed by 1 coat of Glitter Gal Light as a Feather to give it a kick of holo. On my thumb and middle fingers I did a generous coat of Gelous then 3 coats of Milani Gold Jewel FX another coat of Gelous and finally a coat of Seche Vite. My glitta was smooth, lol! Next up I used my handy dandy Konad M57 plate, using the zebra design and Konad Black polish. For the rim I used LA Colors Art Deco in Intense Pink finishing up with a coat of Seche Vite. Phew, that was a lot of work!

2 coats of Tutu, 1 LaaF, and 3 Gold FX.

Stupid pinkie smudges! Somehow some little pink glitter got on my index finger too. I guess my mani just has some added character! I got so many compliments on this look it was crazy. I actually went to Sephora and wore a look using my new Sigma Paris palette and these nails and customers were asking me for help, etc instead of the employees. It definitely boosted my pride, which is always nice! What do you think? Here's a bonus "bleh rain, I'm so bored" picture, lol.

Zuza-San

Good morning Bloggerettes! It's that time again for our group mani! This time the theme was Gradient Friday! I stopped by Ulta today and finally picked up Zoya Zuza which I have been lemming since the first swatches came out. I knew that I wanted to use Zuza right away so I sat here for a hot minute thinking of a good gradient combo to combine with her. Sinful Color Mama-San was practically aching for some usage so I chose her and Nyx Gilded Glitter. 

2 coats of Mama-San, a rose colored foil.

Zuza over Mama-San. I used a folded up piece of paper towel for my gradient.

To finish this look off I added a coat of Gilded Glitter. The last addition really warmed up this look. I find this mani to appear almost romantic, if that makes sense. It's so pretty, I just can't stop staring! 

Zombri and I want you to check out the other ladies gorgeous gradients!

Edited to add my sunny Florida day pictures. See how my gradient glows! And check out my Color Club Electro Candy pedi!

Ruby Pumps, White Veil

 Sounds like a pretty hot wedding, eh? Today's mani is actually from a bit back. The boyfran asked me to sport red and white for his favorite hockey team, the Washington Capitals, during game 6 against the New York Rangers. I am in no way into any sports but I was happy to join in to support him. They won that game, he says due to my good luck mani, lol. Whatever! I did 1 even coat of Maybelline Racy Romance, 2 coats China Glaze Ruby Pumps, 1 coat of Sally Hansen White Veil, and a thick coat of Seche Vite.

This mani was gorgeous! Ruby Pumps is so vibrant and shiny. I can't believe it was my first time using it. The boyfran will tell you because I didn't do any more good luck manis the Caps lost the playoffs. IIIIII don't think so, lol!

Funhouse Danse

Hey there Bloggerettes! Today I have a very delicate and cute mani for you. It's also my first jelly sandwich. This is 2 coats of OPI Care to Danse(a sheer lavender jelly), 1 coat Dandy Nails Funhouse(a shredded teal, purple glitter with micro silver glitter), and 1 more coat of Care to Danse. 

Funhouse is such an awesome glitter. The only issue I had was a few shreds were sticking up through my top coat. I just used my little scissors and trimmed them up. Dandy Nails Funhouse retails for $8 for .5oz of polish. She's currently on hiatus but she should be back in stock soon!