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Nixie Professional

Bionic primes with De-Crease

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I decided it was high-time I checked out eye shadow primers. Being the budget-minded gal I am, I hopped over to my local  drugstore to grab L’Oreal’s De-Crease Eye Shadow Base. First up, I wanted to try a swatch test before I actually went crazy creating eye makeup looks. The photo below shows seven eyeshadows [...]

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Somewhere… over the rainbow…

Some days a girl just needs to have fun… I have all these amazing eye shadow colors sitting around begging to be used in a bright and fantastic way. So today, trends be darned. I did my own rainbow lip look! And a big THANK YOU to IowaGirl for the inspiration! Would Dorothy be proud? [...]

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Halloween Idea: Nature Fairy Look

The finished look - Nature Fairy for Halloween

Continuing my Halloween makeup series… I created this look on a whim. And that’s pretty much what it is… whimsical. Many years ago, I was Poison Ivy (from Batman) for Halloween and did a look similar to this. It’s adaptable for all sorts of costumes- fairies, princesses (use pinks and blues with no vines and [...]

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Stormy Eye Look Using Nixie Eyeshadows

Nixie-purple

As promised on Wednesday, here is a look using Nixie Professional eyeshadows that is a little more “everyday” friendly. I took my inspiration from the famed “Stormy Eye” from New York’s Fashion Week. I used a brown-based deep purple Nixie eyeshadow for this look. Starting with a medium, slightly floppy shadow brush, apply the shadow [...]

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Nixie Professional Eyeshadows Reviewed (And My Watermelon Eye)

Nixie palette eyeshadows

I received my new mineral eyeshadow palette from Nixie Professional and had an incredible time playing with the pops of colors. Here’s a photo of the colors in my palette: As you can see, some of the eyeshadow colors are a bit out of my normal range. There’s (clockwise from upper left) an Olive green [...]

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