Hi there friends!
So I have been a naughty blogger, I know I know.
A lot has been going on the last few months, I had a health issue I had to sort out, then I got a promotion at work (yay!), and also to be honest YouTube has taken over my life! *sigh* But things seemed to have settled down now and so I'm hoping to get back at it!
Also I have my Zoya back to school BOGO order arriving soon so I will have some goodies to share! I did buy some polishes from different summer collections, but I'll be honest I wasn't over the moon. For some reason I bought quite a few of the Essie spring/summer collection as I was drawn to all of the neons. But just as many Essie polishes in the past, they were very disappointing.
So now that summer is coming to an end and my life doesn't feel as chaotic, I'm going to really make an effort to keep up on blogging. I think the one thing I learned about blogging after I started is how much work it can be when you're doing swatches and taking pictures. Kudos to all of you beauty and nail bloggers out there who keep this up consistently!
And so on that note, thank you for your patience and understanding. I hope you all had a wonderful summer and are looking forward to fall as much as I am! I'm hoping to get more into the indie polishes out there this fall as well. Oh and I'm going to London at the end of the year and can't wait to pick up some goodies from "over the pond".
p.s. on my digits today is Zoya Charisma which I'm kind of liking as a nice summer to fall transition color :)
cheers xx
amanda
Hello Lovelies!!
I know it's been a while and this is probably the fastest purchase to blog post I've ever done! I've been eying the new Flower Beauty by Drew Barrymore for awhile, but I don't go to Wal-Mart that often if I'm honest. So today I made a special trip just to check it out.
First I really hate shopping at Wal-Mart for the simple reason that it's always a mess and they never seem to restock and today was no different! Also I've been a bit frustrated lately at the drugstore cosmetic areas lately because apparently people have no problems opening up product that is FOR SALE and testing it. Then they put the cap back on, and put it back!! With THEIR GERMS all over it! GAH!!!! When will the drugstores start putting out testers like the department store brands?????
Anyway enough of my moaning and onto this BEAUTIFUL nail polish! OMG I'm so excited about this polish that I'm also on Wal-mart's website right now picking out more colors!!! I picked up two colors and the one I'm going to show you now is Precious Poppy.
First off let me just say that I have had a long lasting love affair with red nail polish. So when I find a good one I fall hard, and that is exactly what happened with this polish! The color is a beautiful red maybe even a hot pinkish red, but red none the less! And the formula on this stuff! OMG again it's dreamy! Nice and creamy, did not get gloppy at all! The first coat went on well with little to no streaking, and it all evened out nicely with two coats. It dried quickly and fairly shiny with no top coat. In the video on their website, Drew says that there is a built top coat and I would say that it dried like it had a top coat. I did however add top coat to it just for that extra shine!
Again, I'm in love!!! I would totally recommend this polish, it's 3-free, cruelty free, and made in the USA which makes it a winner in my book!!!
Have you tried Flower yet? I'm dying to get some of the beauty items now! It's been a long time since I've fell in love with a polish it makes me so happy! Oh and the price is awesome for the quality that you get!
cheers xx
p.s. Thank you Drew Barrymore for making some great products at affordable prices and standing behind a product you love xx
Hello Lovelies!!!
I have more butter London Spring loveliness for you today! Wooo I know you're excited! hehe Anyway I'm pretty sure I mentioned in my haul post that I had picked up a bunch of polishes, and I'm still trying to get them all on here!
So today I have butter London Fiver for you. I know, I know another mint green nail polish/beauty post....I felt the same way about all of the mintyness (new word I just made up that spell check doesn't recognize!) out there! And to be honest I was trying really hard NOT to jump on the trendy band wagon, but alas I broke down and now I might be a convert! If you're like me you've been thinking that pastels aren't really anything new, right? I mean I was a teenager in the 80's, I remember what I was wearing and pastels were big then. However I don't remember them being used in so many amazing ways!!!
Sorry for the yellow-ish tint to this pic, this was the best one of the nails of the bunch I took and I'm not wearing this anymore so I can't take new ones for this post, ugh I know bad blogger! Anyway, you can still how lovely this polish is. I mean really it's like this summer's new white! And I think this color will look awesome with a tan!
What do you think? Have you jumped on the mint wagon yet?
cheers
xx
Hello Lovelies!!
I am totally backed up in posts!!! I've lots of pics of things I've done, but just haven't had a chance to post anything! I had my birthday a few weeks ago and then I got a miserable cold, blah. But I'm feeling better now and so on with the posts!!!!
First off I have a little fun french mani I did with two new butter London pretties! I picked up Alcopop (exclusive color to Ulta) and Fairy Lights. I don't remember if I bought these together or not, but once I had them home and all lined up with my other bL's to wear I noticed how lovely they would be together. So for an Easter/Spring look I did this:
OMG!!!! I still love this look and will totally do this again!! First I have to say what a lovely pink cream polish Alcopop is. This picture doesn't really bring out the true pink of this polish, in the bottle it looks a little softer then pepto pink LOL I love it!!! And what can I say about Fairy Lights?!?! I know this is a popular polish with bL lovers, and now I know why. This is a beautiful pink/rose/purple metal/foil polish that is to die for!
The application on both of these were very nice, fairly lights was getting a little gloppy towards the end, but I've learned that's pretty standard for metalic/foil polishes.
What do you think of a non-traditional french mani? Would you rock this look?
cheers for now
xx
Hello lovelies!!!
In trying to get more into the spring mood, I've decided to put on something I bought a while back. I'm not sure if it's going to work, sadly. I bought Revlon Whimsical as I'd been lusting after the Deborah Lippmann Stairway to Heaven and I read some blogs that said it was a close dupe and since it was much more affordable then the DL I tried it out.
So as I said I've it a while and kept thinking about wearing it, but I just couldn't bring myself to since I just wasn't feeling the lighter colors. Sadly my nails inc mani started chipping today due to bad top coat application by yours truly, so I thought I'd give it a go.
I'm not sure it really makes me feel Whimsical....
I think I like how it looks natural with a little bit of bling added. But at the same time I dislike it for the same reason. I feel like I should go to a baby shower wearing this, and I'm not particularly fond of baby showers. You know what I mean if you've ever been to one and you're not a baby person. In the bottle this polish looks like a very pale blue cream base with light pink and blue hex glitter scattered about. But as you can see once it's on the blue part of the cream base kinda goes away. This is three coats. Possibly layered over another shade it might stand out more. But I'm afraid to get this much glitter to appear you'd have to put three layers over whatever base coat you chose.
Anyway I'm sorry if this post seems kinda down and out, but I feel like this polish bummed me out. Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow and like it more....but I'm not holding my breath.
Have you ever bought a polish that you were dying over only to be disappointed by it? Let me know how you bounced back from it!! Hopefully the upcoming holiday will inspire me to do something fabulous for St. Patty's day!
cheers! xx
Hello there!
As I stated previously in this post I would be doing separate (can't ever spell this right the first go) posts on my polish purchases from my haul!
So today I have for you nails inc London in Notting Hill Gate and from their Feathers line York. These are my first nails inc polishes, I look at them every time I go to Sephora but am never blown away by the colors they carry there. I'd been dying to try the Feathers effects and got lucky with the neon shade. First let me say that I'm in love with their formula! The neon pink was thin but covered nicely in two coats I think. And the same with the Feathers, I probably could have done with only one coat of that but I got excited!
I mean seriously this pink is GORGEOUS! Even though the York Feathers effect doesn't have any pink in it, I think pink, orange, and white go well together! These polishes dried super fast even before I added my Seche Vite top coat. I did two top coats on the accent nail as there was a little texture to the nail that I didn't want. I just really can't say how much I love this pink, it's going to be a go to color for this summer I think!
I can't wait to get more of the nails inc colors!! Do you have any nails inc polishes? Do you love them as much as me? Comment below and let me know whatcha think!
cheers xx
Hello Everyone!
Today I have my review of Zoya Sharon, which was recently brought back for a limited time with a purchase for the Peter Som NYFW SS2013. I purchased the Qtica Overnight Intense Foot Repair Balm, which I will say is AWESOME!
But onto Sharon, oh I love orange polish! In the bottle this one reminds me of orange sherbert I think, but on the finger it is a bit brighter then that. I adore this color and as usual the Zoya formula was great. I didn't take any pics before top coat, but it dried with a glossy finish. I used my Orly matte top coat and here is the end result:
Please forgive my horrible clean up job and the lack of moisturizer on my cuticles! I had swatched a few others before and my fingers were a little dry. You can bubbles in the polish, but those are from the top coat not Sharon. Overall I loved how this simple little manicure turned out!
Now for the down side.....the top coat. I hadn't used this before so I didn't know how it was. I've been wearing this manicure for about 5 days now and yesterday I noticed this:
Overall I love Sharon and was really happy to be able to pick it up!
Do you have a matte top coat you could suggest/recommend? I love the way matte nails look, so I'm totally bummed about this.
cheers xx
