Shooting Star Beauty

My two new Sleek Palettes

2011-01-26T17:52:00.001-08:00

Here are the swatches. The top is the Acid palette and the bottom is the Sunset palette

Here are my new Babies LOL! can't go wrong for $10 CDN each and $13 shipping.
The one on the Left is ACID 570 Palette and the one on the Right is the Sunset 568 palette.

They are very smooth shadows and apply extremely well I can't believe it !!

Rainbow Tiger Nails

2011-01-19T07:29:00.000-08:00

A Little bit about myself

2011-01-12T09:03:00.000-08:00

Name: Natalie
Country: Canada
Age: 27
Status: Married
Interests: Camping, Hanging out with Friends and Family, Hiking, Canoeing, Going to the Cottage, Fishing and pretty much anything that has to do with the outdoors and nature.

Hobbies: Makeup, Nail polish and Photography
Job: I currently work for a camera store as a sales person. I love the job and the people I work with.

Favorite Colors: Yellow and Orange
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, Twilight
Favorite books: Memoirs of a Geisha

The country I would like to visit the most is Japan I love the culture. I have a thing for Geisha, Amine and there life style.

Orly "LUXE" Nail Polish

2010-12-18T07:17:00.001-08:00

I just bought this Nail Polish from Sally beauty supply and I am totally in love with it. It is from the Orly collection in the color Luxe. This gold flex nail polish is perfect for the holidays. Its almost like a silvery gold and the sparkle is amazing.

Old Fashion Christmas Nails

2010-12-09T18:25:00.001-08:00

To do this look I used a couple of techniques. One was the french manicure and the second was the feathered look
I started by doing a french manicure with Peace on earth by: China Glaze, then i did two curved stripes with Tuscan Sun by: Sally Hansen. Then I used a nail art brush with Peace on earth to do feathers on the right corner of each nail.
Then I added and rusty red rein-stone at the tip of the feathers to add dimension.
these colors remind me of and old fashioned Christmas and this combo looks really good together

let me know what you think?

Christmas Gift Nails

2010-11-16T17:45:00.001-08:00

Christmas is just around the corner so I'll be doing a few different looks
here is how i pulled this off
I did 2 coats of Curry Up Don't Be Late by: O.P.I. on the whole nail, then I took An Affair In Red Square by: O.P.I. on the upper half of my nail. Then I did the very tips of my nails with We'll Always Have Paris by: O.P.I..
Lastly I took black by: Silk Line and drew a vertical and horizontal line on each nail, followed by loops where the lines crossed.

let me know what you think

Blizzard Nails

2010-11-16T17:30:00.000-08:00

I thought this looked really cute so here is how i did it
The bottom half of my nails I used Secret Peri-Wink-Le by: China Glaze and for the top half I used For Audrey by: China Glaze. Then I covered the whole nail with Diamond Dazzle by: Milani. I let it all dry then I added strips with Sky Blue by: Art Deco and to finish the look I added a few strips of a light silver by: Silk Line

Ed Hardy Geisha Palette

2010-11-14T16:33:00.000-08:00

So on my trip to Toronto to IMATS I picked up the Geisha Ed Hardy makeup palette at Shoppers Drug Mart for $19.99 CND
it come in a really nice box.
when you open the box there is a big mirror with two flaps that open up with LED lights. BRILLIANT !! Its like your own mini makeup station
it has 6 eye shadows and 6 lip colors, 1 blush 2 perfumes and 3 brushes.
the eye shadows range from black matte eye shadow, dark blue matte shadow, light teal matte shadow, gold,silver and white shimmer shadows. Really pigmented and really easy to work with.
one blush in a peachy nude color and i love it.
the lip glosses are very pigmented and offer a really good range of colors three different tones of red, two pink tones and a gold tone as well.
I've done two eye looks with it and i love it.

IMATS Toronto 2010

2010-11-08T12:03:00.000-08:00

Here is a sneak peak of my purchases I got at IMATS Toronto 2010.

-3 pairs of eye lashes from NYX
-2 NYX lip glosses
-4 NYX Eye shadows
-3 Jumbo pencils from NYX
-3 NYX Pigments
-1 NYX shimmer palette

1 Kryolan Aquacolor 24 color palette

8- lip tars from OCC

1-88 neutral eye shadow palette

1- Ed Hardy makeup palette

I will do a review of each item soon so stay tuned

Pumpkin Nail Tutorial

2010-10-27T17:10:00.001-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!! here is how I did this look my base color is Brights Power by: O.P.I I let this dry completely and then I used Green-Wich Village by:O.P.I on the lower part of the thumb and ring finger on both hands. I drew leaves with it and used Who the Shrek Are You by:O.P.I as a highlight using a nail art brush. Then for the highlight of the pumpkin I used In My Back Pocket by:O.P.I with a nail art brush to draw vertical lines to create the ringkles on the pumpkin body. I also used this color to do a french tip on the rest of my nails. Tell me what you think

Midnight Matte Nail design

2010-10-25T15:29:00.001-07:00

I fell in love with this look let me tell you how i did it
first I put one thick coat of Obscurity by: O.P.I (Go Goth collection) its a really nice matte charcoal color. Then I used Silver by: Silk Line to add a feathered effect from the bottom corner going towards the upper corner. I then put Matte About you by: Essie to turn the silver matte and finally with a white by: Silk Line I added swirls and dots on each nail.
don't put a top coat you don't want to turn you look into a Glossy finish.
tell me what you think

Bridal nails

2010-10-12T18:26:00.001-07:00

So I did this look for my friends wedding and I thought I would share it with all of you.

I put one coat of Pink-A-Doodle by: O.P.I
Then I used White by: Silk Line to do a french tip and add a feathered effect from the upper corner of the nail down towards the opposite corner.
I then used three very small beads to the upper corner to embellish the look.
tell me what you all think

Fall Nails

2010-10-12T18:18:00.001-07:00

This look turned out better than I thought, it looks really good

here is how i did it
I put two coats of Tuscan sun by: Sally Hansen its a really nice copper color.
Then I used Yoga-Ta Ger Tins Blue! by: O.P.I to make flower petals on the bottom corner of the nail and I also added a few feathers on the opposite top corner of the nail.
Then I added Curry Up Don't Be Late by: O.P.I to the center of the flower and added a few more feathers to the look

tell me what you think

In Love With Benefit Skinny Jeans

2010-10-12T17:31:00.000-07:00

I just bought this product today well about 10mins ago at Murale for $24 and I had to try it right away.
I already have R.S.V.P Crease-less cream shadow and this color is perfect for spring and summer and then I Fell I love <3
Skinny Jeans Crease-less Cream shadow, what a beautiful color perfect for fall. it goes on soooo smooth, blends really well and works amazing as a base for any eye shadow. Its perfect for a smoky eye and or on its own. I only hope they would have more shades.
If you don't have this product or shade what are you waiting for? LOL

Brown and Beige Nails

2010-10-03T18:42:00.000-07:00

I had allot of fun doing this look
I bought 3 new shade this weekend from Sally Hansen, they were 3 for $10 at my local Superstore
I used Chestnut by: Sally Hansen to do the base and the I took Classic Camel by: China Glaze and a nail art brush to do the design. First I drew a diagonal line across my nail from one corner to the other. Then I drew an other diagonal parallel to the other. Lastly I painted half a flower on the upper half of the nail with one dot on the beside the flower.
let me know what you think.

My New Favorite Top Coat

2010-10-03T17:12:00.000-07:00

Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

I've seen allot and I mean allot of people on Youtube and Luuux talk about this product so I decided that I would buy it if I could find it here in Canada.
So I found it at Sally's Beauty supply store for $11.29 and bought one to see if it really was as amazing as people said it was.

Pro's: Dries all layers of polish in less then 2 minutes. So what I do is but the base color and drop a layer of Seche Vite on top before I do my designs then when I'm all done I trow another layer of it on to finish it off.

Con's: It smells really strong and you have to make sure you open a window when you do your nails or else you risk on getting a little dizzy...lol

All in all I love it and will keep on buying it.

Abstract Floral Nails

2010-09-29T18:25:00.001-07:00

This look was a little hard to do because of my short nails but here is how I did it.
On the bottom half of my nails I put Awakening by: China Glaze and on the upper half I put Debutante by: NOX Twilight. Then I used white by: Silk Line to do the diagonal lines starting from the top corner pulling towards the opposite bottom corner. Finally I used Curry Up Don't Be Late by: O.P.I and a Dotting tool to do three dots on the bottom of each nail.
Let me know what you think

Bamboo and Cherry Blossom Nails

2010-09-25T19:42:00.000-07:00

This was an easy look to do
step #1 I put Classic Camel by: China Glaze
step #2 I used the Konad Stamping tool M3 to do the Flowers in white
Step #3 I used pink by Silk Line to do the middle of each Flower
Step #4 I used Black by: Silk Line to do the bamboo
step #5 I used (for the first time) Seche Vite as a top coat
and that's all five easy steps and you can do it to

tell me what you think

Coral and Taupe Nails

2010-09-14T18:48:00.001-07:00

For this nail look I used Bright Lights-Big Color by O.P.I. and I sponged the tip of my nails with You Don't Know Jacques! from O.P.I. then I let it dry completely. I used White by Silk Line to draw white flowers on the thumb and ring finger on each hand, added white dots and top coat.

This look was very easy all I used was a makeup sponge and a white nail art pen.
Let me know what you think.

Pinky Purple and Black Nails

2010-09-11T09:21:00.000-07:00

Really easy to do I covered the entire nail with Charisma by: Zoya and then with a makeup sponge I dabbed Black Expressionism by: finger paints. the first coat of black I lightly dabbed it on the the upper half of my nail so that I could still see the pink underneath but the second coat I put on the very tip and made sure it was opaque. lastly I put on the top coat and that's it your done
tell me what you think.

Peek-A-Boo Nails

2010-09-04T15:09:00.000-07:00

I think these are cute so I'm going to share them with you.
the first thing I did was use Black by: Silk line and drew a half circle at the bottom of the nail, then I used a White to fill it in.
I picked Five O.P.I. colors, one for each nail so the green was "who the Shrek are you" the pink was "la paz-itively hot" the blue was "Orge-the-top blue" the orange was "in my back pocket" and the purple was "lucky lucky lavender. I added to eyes and voila! its that easy.
Hope you like it, let me know

Neon Star Nails

2010-08-24T19:00:00.000-07:00

Perfect for short nails and long whatever you please. It is a very easy look to do. I used Pink Voltage (neon) by: China Glaze and put two coats all over the nail. Then I put Flying Dragon (neon) by: China Glaze on the upper half and before it dries I used a dotting tool and smudged out the purple into the pink. Last step was to put silver star decors at the bottom corner of the nail. Please keep in mind these two colors dry kinda matte so to give it an all round shine I used O.P.I. Top Coat to finish it all off.
Hope you enjoy let me know what you think.

O.P.I. recognized my Blog on Twitter how cool is that

2010-08-22T18:13:00.000-07:00

I never thought I'd get O.P.I. to recognize my work but when I went on there website to add them to my Twitter there I was my Blog was on there twitter page for the new Suede finish look I did about a week ago. How cool is that? that means so much to me and makes me all warm and fuzzy inside LOL!!

Yellow and Silver Nails

2010-08-21T15:53:00.000-07:00

Saturday night look I always love to yellow and silver color combination so I decided to try it out on my nails. The base color was Birthday Babe by: O.P.I. and then the yellow is The "IT" Color by: O.P.I. and then all the details were done with White by: Silk Line.

O.P.I Suede Finsh Nail Polish

2010-08-20T12:47:00.001-07:00

I tried the suede finish polish by O.P.I. for the fist time today and I absolutely love it. It dries super fast and goes on so smooth I couldn't believe it. The color is called Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow Suede. beautiful color for fall and winter. can't wait to try more. I also used Purple With A Purpose by: O.P.I. and then I used black by: Silk Line to add a little detail.
A few tips when using suede and or matte finish nail polishes. They don't last as long as regular nail polishes and it can scratch easily O.P.I. recommends that you do the tips in a glossy finish Nail Polish to make it last a bit longer. If you put a top coat on the suede or matte finish polishes you turn it into a glossy polish.