Jesse's Girl Blackstar Blue

I know I'll be reswatching this later as well but for now here is Jesse's Girl Eye Dust Blackstar Blue, a dark hued pigment with light blue sparkles.  This is one pat, dry, no extra added.


Here in direct sun you can see the light blue sparkles really shine through.


Slightly shifted in the sun and you can see how dark the base color is.


And finally in the shade this color really has a matte feel to it, so it might be a lot easier for me to wear out since blacks normally make me shy away.



Jesse's Girl sells for $4.99 a piece online or at Rite Aid stores. You can visit Jesse's Girl on their website, Like them on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me using store credit for external work I provided.  For more information, please read this post.

ManGlaze Gleen Rantern/NawSome Sauce

Update 12 September 2011: ManGlaze, cheeky fellows they are, have renamed this polish "NawSome Sauce".

The finale in the upcoming ManGlaze shades to be released later this year is Gleen Rantern, a forest green matte.  Next to Metal Licka, this was the color I've been most looking forward to, since I have slowly started getting into green polishes.  This is worn with no base, no top coat, and only one coat.  Best part, there was zero staining from the polish - very important to me!


Additional shade picture so you can see how well it wears.  I haven't tried it against Zoya Veruschuka yet, but I think this is more green and less blue.


And here it is with a top coat of Seche Vite.
Loads of sparkly goodness!


And just some additional shiny goodness.  Again, this color has not yet been released.


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Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company because of a Twitter giveaway.  For more information, please read this post.

Jesse's Girl Rouge Flambe

I'm still learning with these makeup swatches.  I kind of like just posting "Here's a swatch" and moving on but how helpful is this?  I know that my makeup posts get far less comments (and my page views have dropped significantly) but I don't blog for fame or fortune, I blog to share and to serve as a graphic database for myself and others.  (Especially for myself.)


Today's Eye Dust from Jesse's Girl is Rouge Flambe, a dark red - almost rusty color.


In the sun, you can see some shimmer.


However in the shade, it almost looks matte.  I made the decision to still swatch dry, but instead of one pat using the sifter, I patted with the sifter, then added a bit more with my finger.  I think after my Antique Green gone wrong project, this is a better way to show the pigments off.  I'm going to end up having to redo swatches at some point for my previous ones but that's okay - I'm not too far into this project, so no big deal.


Enjoy your Sunday!  This time next week, I'll be in Vegas at Cosmoprof North America - Las Vegas!


Jesse's Girl sells for $4.99 a piece online or at Rite Aid stores. You can visit Jesse's Girl on their website, Like them on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me using store credit for external work I provided.  For more information, please read this post.

Zoya Minka

Bouncing around a little again to the Zoya Touch collection and today is Minka, a latte beige creme "with a metallic kiss."  I used a base of Zoya Get Even, 2 coats of polish and a top of Zoya Armor.  The formula was a little on the thick side but it was overall nice.


My nails are in horrible shape right now... I'm waiting until Wednesday to get my nails shaped for Cosmoprof.  This is a delightful nude but that's about it for me.  It did give me a bit of lobster red hands which was weird considering the color but very office appropriate.


Much cooler in the shade - more of that mocha color I was thinking of.


And finally indoors with the flash - slightly shimmery, mostly a creme - good times.


Zoya can be purchased on their website for $8/bottle.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Jesse's Girl Antique Green

Normally, I'm obsessed with green eyeshadows.  It's one color that pretty much always looks good with my brown eyes.  However, Jesse's Girl eye dust in Antique Green just didn't have a lot of oomph for me.  As soon as I opened my pot, my finger slipped and I ended up with a chunk of it under my nail.


Look at all that sparkle.


Okay so sun time
In the sun you can see that it doesn't really have much punch behind it which granted, this is one swipe, dry, no primer.


Sun take 2 and you can see the dark base of the green without all the pretty sparkles.


The shade is pretty lackluster as well.  I'm very sad about this because I absolutely have loved these eye dusts but this one fell short.  It was already too dark green for my tastes but the lack of opacity and pigment just didn't hit a home run.

Jesse's Girl sells for $4.99 a piece online or at Rite Aid stores. You can visit Jesse's Girl on their website, Like them on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me using store credit for external work I provided.  For more information, please read this post.