NOTD: Color Club in British Invasion

British Invasion - is a clear base polish with white, blue and pink bright confetti. 

Brand: Color Club

Name: Something New

Collection: Poptastic 

Color: clear, white, blue, pink

Texture: clear base, confetti 

Coats: 2 

Retail $: $8

Rating: B-

RetroUrbanRainbow says.... applying takes work to get the confetti pieces on your nails, and it easily chipped and peeled off within a couple hours. While beautiful...pass please.

NOTD: Color Club in Something New

Something New - is a clear base polish with white and light blue/gray, tiny pieces and shaped in a circular fashion. 

Brand: Color Club 

Name: Something New

Color: clear and white confetti 

Texture: clear base 

Coats: 3

Retail $: $8 

Rating: B+ 

RetroUrbanRainbow says.... if you don't mind the time consuming nature of multiple coats, then Something New is a great confetti addition. 

I'm Aaaaalive & Urban Decay's Electric Palette

I'M AAAAALIVE!!!!!!!!!! It has been months and months, which turned into over 1.5 years. GAH! I'm ashamed of my lack of inspiration. It's not that my love and/or obsession with cosmetics and the art/fashion has decreased, but every time i planned to write something...I was't feeling it. So new year (HAPPY 2015!) means new posts and new inspiration. I am promising! And trying to figure out my life as well. Ahhhh, to be an adult...right?!

On to Urban Decay's new palette....ELECTRIC.

When I walked into Sephora a couple weeks before my birthday, I stopped dead in my tracks when resting my eyes on this palette. It literally halted me in my tracks! Being on a budget for the holiday season I sadly walked away, wistfully wishing I could bring her home. Then came January, where I celebrated my birthday with friends. My awesome roommate, Megan (her real name) got me this palette. She knows that I don't do browns and nudes, that I'm all about COLOR. Bright, passionate, obsessive ELECTRIC color! One of the best birthday gifts I have gotten :)

As you can see from the photos below, the lighting was pretty terrible - but the powerful colors do manage to show through. They aren't done justice that is the truth. All colors are extremely pigmented, with the exception of Revolt. As usual, this palette is highly blendable - which is one of my favorite things about UD. I'm in love, baby...

Revolt - pure silver and metallic, shimmery but kinda transparent
Gonzo - comes off matte, but has slight glitter in the robins egg blue
Slowburn - orangey red matte color
Savage - barbie pink matte color
Fringe - very metallic turquoise with shimmers
Chaos - classic blue matte
Jilted - gorgeous fushia
Urban- metallic purple, shimmers
Freak - shimmery, lime green metallic
Thrash - lemon-lime, shimmery

Price: $49
Pros: easy to blend, pigmented color & free brush
Cons: disclaimer noting not all colors are FDA approved for your eyes
Rating: A-
RetroUrbanRainbow says: a must for color lovers!

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NOTD: China Glaze in Electric Beat

There is something alluring about the "Electric Beat" color. It's this fantastic, off beat blue. A creamy color, that has one fault...its consistency. It has a few coats but kept lumping and clumping. Tragic.
 

Brand: China Glaze

Collection: ElectroPop Collection

Name: Electric Beat

Color: light, dirty blue

Texture: creamy, lumpy

Coats: 3

Retail $: 6.99

Rating: C

RetroUrbanRainbow says....the texture murders all goodness

Paris Hotel Las Vegas - Inspired Makeup

It's been ages since I posted any inspired or makeup looks at all. I should be shunned. (don't!) My friend came into town to visit, and I had to spend time at his hotel. He was staying at the Paris Hotel. (No, not in Paris. Gotta love Vegas, you don't have to leave the country to go to Europe.) I left work a little early to spend some quality time at the pool and walked around the hotel and casino. The Paris is one of the mid higher hotels on the strip. They have a lot of bronze/gold and blues going on. While the sun was streaming through the room, it wasn't friendly for photographing. Not to mention we had 30 minutes after the pool to get ready for the evening.

NOTD: Essie in Shifting Power

Shifting Power is a great color, and also not a great color. It’s one of those break evens. In the bottle, it’s a creamy and delicate gold. Applied its streaky and when photographed, its transparent. Not to mention, it makes my hands look fake tanned. That’s real sun baby!

Brand: Essie

Collection: Winter 2008

Name: Shifting Power

Color: gold cream

Texture: streaky

Coats: 2

Retail $:8

Rating: C

RetroUrbanRainbow says....not for $8

NOTD: OPI in Divine Swine

I guess I have had this color for some time now, and completely forgot about it. My bad. Divine Swine is a girly, bright magenta with chucks of silver glitter. It gets decent coverage on one coat and looks great as a stand alone. OPI knows how to put out a winner of glitters. 

Brand: OPI

Collection: The Muppet Collection Holiday 2011

Name: Divine Swine

Color: magenta, silver

Texture: chunky glitter in a clear base

Coats: 2

Retail $: 8.99

Rating: B+

RetroUrbanRainbow says....hop on miss piggy with this color.