Tag Archives: Nyx

The Beginner’s Guide to Smart Beauty Splurges and Steals

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Phyrra

The Beginner's Guide to Beauty Splurges and Steals

We all want to know when it’s the best time to splurge or save on beauty items. Often when you’re shopping at Ulta, you can get some great steals with BOGOs (buy one get one) deals, which make it the best time to stock up on brands or products you like. Othertimes, there are really … read more

Posted in Featured, Makeup, Reviews, Tutorials | Tagged makeup tips, Nyx, Swatches, Tarte, tips for beauty bloggers, Ulta | 89 Comments

Nyx Wonder Pencil Review

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Phyrra

Quite a while back I picked up the Nyx Wonder Pencil in Light. This is one of those products that is aptly named and you need it. The Website Says Wonder Woman, meet the Wonder Pencil…the essential pencil that fulfills all of your beauty desires. Conquer 3 critical make-up tasks with one product: CONCEAL flaws … read more

Posted in Featured, Makeup, Reviews | Tagged Nyx, Review, Swatches | 11 Comments

Generation Beauty Event Recap

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Phyrra

Mai and Amy of Sugarpill at Generation Beauty

This is a post by contributing blogger Mai. Read more from Mai at Portrait of Mai. This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural Generation Beauty by ipsy event, an event for beauty tastemakers to meet up and be introduced to fellow enthusiasts in the atmosphere of LA Live. Generation Beauty was kind … read more

Posted in Featured, Makeup | Tagged bareMinerals, Generation Beauty, ipsy, Michelle Phan, Nyx, Pacifica, portrait of mai, Proactiv, Soho Beauty | 1 Comment

Get Ready With Me Video Vol. 2

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Phyrra

Hi there! I’ve got another Get Ready With Me video for you today! I developed the look around the Darling Girl Dirty Limerick Eyeshadow. It’s a light green-tinged yellow with flashes of turquoise to blue to violet. The turquoise blue is very strong and I think it’s an awesome color. I also used Darling Girl … read more

Posted in Featured, Hair, Tutorials | Tagged anastasia, bareMinerals, Darling Girl Cosmetics, hair video, Illamasqua, Kat Von D, Laura Mercier, NARS, Nyx, paula's choice, Physicians Formula, Sugarpill, Teal Look, tigi, Too Faced, Urban Decay, Video Tutorials | 5 Comments

Setting 2428-N, makes nail polish holographic.

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Jedi Ana

I have two relatively new passions, encouraged by very bad influences and both sure to be terrible for my wallet: holographic nail polish, and prop replicas. I love a whole lot of fandoms. Despite my username, Star Wars is actually quite far down my list of favourite Star____s, my favourite being Stargate (SG1 and Atlantis … read more

Posted in Featured, Movies, Nails | Tagged Barry M, Games, Nail Polish, Nyx, TV | 12 Comments

Dia De Los Muertos by The Daily Glamour

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Phyrra

This is a guest post from The Daily Glamour. While most sugar skull looks are full-face makeups, I though I’d try something dramatic, yet played down a bit. And of course I wanted it to be sexy!!! So my inspirations are shown on the left. I took from the top photo’s eyes, the middle photo’s … read more

Posted in Brands, Makeup, Tutorials | Tagged BftE Cosmetics, Nyx, tutorials, Urban Decay | 4 Comments

BftE Bite Me Tutorial

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Phyrra

I put together a red and purple look with BftE’s Bite Me Halloween set. I really like how it turned out, though I wish I’d remembered to add an inner corner highlight. I was distracted by Phaedra and Maximus.