Recent Goodies!

Hey everyone!

I hope you are all doing well! I wasn't quite sure what to call it but I wanted to show you some of the goodies that I have recently picked up!

I've recently been actually BUYING things that are blog related along with something that I've been wanting to get for ages, but FINALLY remembered to pick it up.

First stop was Sally's. I wasn't going to renew my card because I rarely go there as or late, but I then I realized I have been there 3 times in the past month, so I just renewed it and got something free, so it's a win/win.

I needed to replace my China Glaze In Awe of Amber, little did I know it was discontinued years ago. Giant let down. So I searched for something that was similar. 

Finger Paints Figure of Art is as close as I could get, it's different enough that I think I love it more than IAoA.

I also picked up ORLY Bonder, China Glaze Fairy Dust (FINALLY I have it!) and I got the Ion Blow Dry Cream Serum. I figured since I blow dry my hair after I was it (I HAVE to blow dry my hair..long story) and this could definitely be a good investment. This is the product I got for free. I'm excited to try it!

I picked up the ELF bronzer because I needed one and I was at Kmart and grabbed it. Little did I know it's glittery!! -_- I'll find some kind of use for it. :P
I picked up the Kiss nail stickers because I have to create a themed manicure and want to see if I can do it with these stickers.

I did pick up a couple other things but don't have pictures. I got a planner so I can better schedule and plan blog posts. Using my iPad got rather annoying because I never keep up with it that way. I'd rather have it on paper! I also picked up nail polish remover. I grabbed the Beauty Secrets Pumpkin Spice scented remover, which I will be reviewing soon. I grabbed a regular remover too.

That's really the extent of my purchases. Nothing extremely exciting.

I hope you all are doing well! Have you bought anything good recently?!

GIGANTIC Nail Polish Haul!! *updated*

Hello everyone!

Before I even get into this post I want to tell you that I am so sorry I am so behind! When we went to Orlando for 3 days we were SUPPOSED TO have Wifi in the room and there was NONE. I will be damned if I am going to sit in the lobby for hours with weird people watching me. Trust me it KILLED me not being able to interact and blog like I wanted! :( BUT I am going to get back into the groove! Unfortunately as well I'm going to have to stop the FOTD Challenge. I really don't want too but with moving then having no internet to do posts I am about 2 weeks behind and I wont be able to make those days up. It stinks!

Since I was working Premiere for the brand Olivia Garden I KNEW I was going to have Sunday off because I had a CVS Nuance party with ClumpsOfMascara. Corrinne from GalacticLacquer and I decided that on Sunday before the party we were going to SHOP! Let me tell you, this girl is amazing for one, but she was also a bad influence, but in a VERY good way hah. She influenced a chunk of the polishes that I bought. Haha which is A-OK with me! But lets get into the polishes! (there are ALOT) All of these polishes were on amazing deals for Premiere. I'll tell you the prices, but honestly don't expect to find them at these prices unless you go to a beauty trade show like this

The first polish I have to show you is from Trind. This brand of polish comes from Holland. It also happens that they were giving this color away. None of their polishes have names but the label says CC116

This purchase was DEFINITELY influenced by Corrinne 100%. I probably would have not bought it if she wasn't there actually.

Nail Envy & Avoplex Cuticle Oil $8 for the set.

Click to read more<3

Nail Polish Haul!

Hey everyone!

When I BOUGHT all of these polishes earlier, I was EXTREMELY excited to finally get my hands on a few new China Glaze and ORLY polishes. After I got home, I looked up swatches (I went into Sally's not knowing what I wanted) and I realized how extremely underwhelmed I was at the China Glaze nail polishes that I bought. :( 

This Holographic polish from China Glaze (Strap On Your Moon Boots) I realized this was going to be the polish that I was MOST disappointed in. When I first picture the bottle up, I knew it wasn't that holographic, but I figured the swatches would be different. I looked  up a few different bloggers and it's subtle. If you remember China Glaze's Tronica collection from 2011, THOSE are way way more holographic then this entire collection is.

To see what else I got, click to read more!

Walmart Haul

So I am not going to lie. I guess I have no logical excuse for why I have not blogged. There's been A LOT going on in my personal life. The stress and everything else that has been going on has been insane. I've got blogs writen up but honestly I've just not been feeling up to blogging. It's been horrid I feel like I am letting y'all down. With that being said. I've got a haul for you!

I went to Walmart in the hopes of picking up some FLOWER cosmetics, but honestly I had a mascara in my hand and just wound up putting it back after carrying it around for 15 minutes. I've got one of the nail polishes, but we aren't going to talk about it right now..'nough said about that.

I did however pick up a few nail polishes! You know I had to jump on the new Hard Candy polishes! Holla! I've been holding out since they came out because I know myself. I'll eventually end up with them all because they are GORGEOUS. I am LOVING their new bottles designs, I honestly wasn't a fan of the old ones, which is why I didn't have many.

Check out what I picked up from Walmart by clicking Read More!

CVS Nail Polish Haul

Hello everyone!

I did have a post set for well, yesterday actually but I've been feeling a bit under the weather and I'm not sure why. I'm not sick but I just feel blah. Anyhoodles, I went to CVS yesterday on the search for Wet n Wild Clear nail polish or at least NYC Clear nail polish and seriously, anyone else seeing this trend but I've been to a couple of Walgreens and they are completely out of the Clear WnW Wild Shine polish. Really? Ugh, the woman wouldn't even go into the back and look so we just left and went to CVS, they only had ONE clear NYC polish. What's the deal? Lol, has there been some kind of clear polish shortage and I missed the memo? Almost every other brand I saw had no clear polish either. Bah!

So whilst there, I decided to pick up a few other polishes. NYC was buy 1 get 1 50% off and since those polishes are 99cents each, I couldn't pass it up. The Milani polishes were buy one get one 50% off as well and I've never tried Milani before. Granted I picked up glitter polishes to mix into other polishes, but that is beside the point at this present moment! :P The Spoiled polishes were 2 for $3, those I definitely couldn't pass up. The ONE Spoiled polish that I wanted was half gone and still sitting on the display. .. really? Bah oh well. As per the Revlon nail polish it was 75% off, that bad boy I couldn't pass up! :P  I had a $4 any $12 beauty purchase so I used that and my total came out to a little over $15. Which, in my opinion I don't think is too bad. I really do like the NYC polishes. 

French White Tip is a nice white, it is kind of streaky, but it does the job that I need it to do. So far I have THREE bottles of this!

Starry Silver Glitter are the two bottles on the right. I REALLY love this polish. I think I've got 2 other bottles , plus an empty one...so in total I think I have had 5 bottles. I told you I love it :P

This is the first time I've tried any of these colors. So far it's going good except for the black. It's not exactly black and it's sheer. It's kind of odd, as you can tell in the bottle it's not a true black, nor is it a creme as the bottle suggests!

The Extra Shiny Top Coat, is a derp on my part, I thought it was a plain clear coat, but once again it's been good to me so far!

As for Fuchsia Shock and Pink Promenade (The entire time I had this, I thought it said pomegranate fail!) These two have been gorgeous too me! Mix them together and oh my goodness! It's like a pink heaven.

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Per these being my first two Milani polishes I don't have much of an opinion as of yet. These are hexagon glitters and they don't have unique names at all. Silver and Red.. yes those are the names. The red is from the Jewel FX collection but the silver is not. I'm not sure why considering its the exact same polish but different glitter. C'est la vie.

So far, I have been enjoying Spoiled polishes. This is my second bottle of Pearly White Teeth and the one on the right at this moment, I can't remember the name. I've never tried this one before but like the glitter combination. HOWEVER, I'm not too thrilled with the suspension base. As you can tell the glitter is compacted as the bottom and the base is ontop. The only reason there is glitter floating up top is because I was jiggling it around. Tis all. I've not tested this, but I will get back to you!

As for my last polish 

This was the 75% off polish. It's a gorgeous pink color and it's called Jelly. I've not tried it as of yet.. in complete honesty, my nails haven't been painted in a few weeks because I have been mixing polishes. Shame shame.

So this is my nail polish haul! I'm definitely going to be picking up a LOT more NYC polishes and I need to get some Wet n Wild polishes (I seriously have a LIST of the ones I need/want) I can do another "haul" then if you want!

I hope you all are having an amazing week! 

First Ever Cult Nails Haul!

Hello Loves! (Just as a warning this is going to be picture heavy!)

Today I am going to show you what I purchased from Cult Nails!

As most of you know, or at least anyone who is in the Nail Polish world knows that it is Cult Nails Second Anniversary. A 2nd Anniversary trio was put out for sale so I decided what the heck I'm going to purchase it! Before I get into the haul though, let me just give you some background info..

Cult Nails is a 4-free as well as Cruelty Free nail polish brand. Maria (owner/founder) is located in Florida. I LOVE supporting Florida brands.. since I live in Flo-rida as well. Funny enough where the brand is located is DIRECTLY on the other side of the state, you could draw a straight line and connect the two. (the little things in life) Enough about that.

I purchased a total of 5 polishes and Nail are Rhinestones. 

I went back and forth for probably 4 hours before I finally settled on purchasing anything. What the hell right? Mine as well, I just dwindled my nail polishes to less than half of what they used to be and I've wanted to try a couple of her polishes anyways.

I decided to go ahead and purchase the 2nd Anniversary Trio which retails for $36 but it currently on sale for $30. I'm not sure when the price goes up to $36, but I think it is within the next few days. 

There is a little treat that comes with purchasing the trio though. From the website itself ;;

*Free gift will be either a pair of cubic zirconia earrings, a pair of 1/2 carat genuine diamond earrings (2 pairs will be given away), OR 1 pair of 1 carat genuine diamond earrings (1 pair will be given away).  FREE GIFT ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!  Earrings will not be replaced if imperfect, damaged, lost, stolen, or missing.

So 3 lucky ladies are going to be getting REAL diamond earrings! Holy crap, that is 1. absolutely generous of her to do! and 2. pretty freaking amazing and it makes opening the box from her even more exciting. Even for those who don't get the real ones, there is still going to be a pair of CZ earrings. In my opinion, it's still a win win.

When I received the box and opened it, you can tell that they definitely take care of their polishes when shipping. Each one was individually wrapped in paper and it had a sticker on it with the Cult Nails logo and the name of the polish. You can definitely tell that she takes pride in not only creating her polishes but as well as the packing and shipping aspect of it all. Along with each individually wrapped polish there were cotton balls to help cushion as well. This was probably one of the best packaged things I have ever seen.

Swatches are under the bottle shots / descriptions

The polishes in the trio are
Tempest - High gloss white nail polish -2 Coats

Blaze - Gold and Copper glitter (Does this remind anyone else of Gryiffindor from Harry Potter?!) 3 Coats (the only reason I used 3 coats is because I smudged it and did 3 to even it out. You can get away with 2 coats though)

Fetish - Black with a wax looking finish to it. -2 Coats

All 3 of these are absolutely GORGEOUS. I've been wanting a white polish for a while so I am pretty excited for it! As for the other two, I am equally stoked for them! 

I also purchased;;

Alter Ego - sheer top coat that casts a green and gold tinge over any polish you put it over. This is also limited edition ($12) I LOVE top coats like this, so I am excited to try it out over different polishes.
1 coat over ORLY Liquid Vinyl

Mazo - Sheer Nude with gold shimmer. (This is on last chance for  $7) I've been drawn to nude polishes lately and I decided on this one and am pretty excited about it! 3 Coats

Swatches:
Sunlight

Shade

The last thing I added to my order, just because were the Multi-Colored Nail Rhinestones. I thought they would be cute to jazz up a manicure!

So, what do you think?! I personally think I fared pretty well considering CN is a Independent brand. In total with tax included I spent $55.12.  I wanted to get Nevermore, BUT I figured since there was already a black polish in the set, I didn't need another one.. even though I still want it like a crazy person.

These polishes definitely exceeded my expectations! I am so pleased that I decided to go ahead and purchase these! 

You can purchase from Cult Nails HERE

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Upon reading the CN twitter, the Anniversary polishes will be sold individually starting on MONDAY 28/01/13! 
They also so ship internationally, so for you beauties who want to try them out you can! xx

Disclaimer: I purchased the above mentioned products with my own money. I am in no way affiliated with Cult Nails nor am I being sponsored or paid to talk about the above mentioned products. All opinions are 150% my own. 

SauceBox Cosmetics

Hello Loves!

Today I have 3 eye shadows to show you from SauceBox Cosmetics. They are an indie company that was started in 2010 by a Mother and Daughter duo out of California. They have single shadows (which are what I am going to show you today) and palettes.  I wanted to get a couple of their palettes but couldn't afford it at the moment. Maybe one day.
I had heard quite a lot about them from Marina of mCubedMakeup  so I decided that I would just take the jump and order a few eye shadows from them!

Their single eye shadows retail for $8 each. I thought that was a really good price for them! I'm assuming they had quite a lot more on their website because I saw people talk about mascaras and primers, but all I saw were shadows. Shame! :( I miss the good stuff! Bah
A lot of their shadows are also on sale! So check that out as well!

Oh! I also want to mention I did get a 15% off because of a Bella Shoot discount code, Zadidoll also has one.  ( bellashoot15 valid until 12.31.12 ). SauceBox also ships worldwide! I ordered mine 6 days before Christmas (on my birthday) and it took a bit longer to get here, but then again. I didn't really mind since I did it during one of the most busiest shipping months! :P

The 3 eye shadows I purchased were Coral Reef, Russian Rouge (more on why later) and Killer.

Before I get into the shadows I want to talk about the packaging. How cute it is?! Each shadow is in a cardboard container with Sauce Box written in lime green.

The top of the packaging is also very cute. Don't make me describe it, so I shall just show you.. so you can see it :P.

Coral Reef is a color that I don't have anywhere in my collection. It is a peachy-coral shade with shimmer in it. It is absolutely gorgeous! The texture of this shadow is very soft and silky. It is not soft enough to cause fall out so don't worry about that!!

Killer is a true grey matte eye shadow. I don't have any true grey matte eye shadows.. Okay wait..I have one its a L'Oreal Infallible 24/hr one.. I forgot I had that.. Killer is more cool-toned then Sultry Smoke. (i'll do a comparison in a later post) This has the same texture as Coral Reef.

Russian Rouge as you guessed is a matte red. This is definitely a true red and highly pigmented so be careful! It could stain! :P It's gorgeous though. The texture is not as soft as Coral Reef, but it is still soft.

Oh!! To tell you why I bought Russian Rouge. I heard their matte black eye shadow (which is sold out) and this one were compared to Sugarpill, so I wanted to try it out, since I have Love+ and do a comparing post. Maybe save you all a few dollars since SP is $12 and SauceBox is $8. We will see in the next post! xx

I can't wait to get more SauceBox cosmetics.. I really can't. I've got to save my pennies though! They are very affordable, but at the moment,  I just am broke. Which is okay. It helps curb the eye shadow/nail polish addiction LOL. I can't wait to see what they come out with in 2013. Whatever it is I bet it will be absolutely spectacular!!

Oh! Jeeze, almost forgot, SauceBox is also Cruelty Free! So, gorgeous shadows, cruelty free. What more could you want?

Don't forget to check SauceBox out on Facebook and on Twitter



Disclaimer: I paid for these shadows myself with my own money. I am not being paid or sponsored to do this blog post. All opinions are my own. 

Beautylish's Boutique! -UPDATE

So I have something very exciting to talk about!!!

I was one of the lucky people who got early access into Beautylish's new boutique! Needless to say I was extremely excited! I was checking their site all day and at random times,  until I realized that they were going to email you when it was your turn to get in! Haha I finally got that email around MIDNIGHT this morning. I actually had fallen asleep pretty early and kept waking up at random times through the night and around midnight my body was like GET UP ITS TIME! So, I woke up haha, checked my email, saw I had it and rushed to the website.

The first boutique that they are offering is Sugarpill cosmetics. I have ALWAYS wanted to try Sugarpill and this was my opportunity! Granted I only bought 3 shadows, but I want to see what else they come out with as well.

Now you must be yelling at my about my wedding budget, but a few months back, when Beautylish had announced that they were going to be opening a boutique they had an option where people could sign up and if you got a certain amount of people you got credits toward the shop. 51 people clicked my link and signed up, thank you to everyone who clicked and signed up! <3 Because of that I wound up getting $160 in credit to the boutique and a free t-shirt.
These are the products that I wound up purchasing.

Sugarpill Loose Eye shadow in Birthday Girl



& Asylum 



You must be thinking that I am crazy for a red eye shadow, I can assure you I am not. Ever since I started getting into makeup I have been wanting an amazing red eye shadow.

I also bought one of their pressed eye shadows in Love+



Yes, this one is red as well, but its a different finish. Don't judge!

I am really excited to get these shadows in the mail! I'm thinking about getting a few more, but for right now, I think I am going to hold off!

They are also doing special that if you buy their Heart Breaker palette you get their limited edition shadow in @#$%!  , now this is an exclusive limited edition shadow. First you could only get it at IMATS, now you can only get it on Beautylish.



I am excited that I was one of the FIRST people to actually order from their store! I wasnt the first, but one of! :P I would give you a peak into the store, but I am going to just leave it at this for a little while! Plus, there isnt much to look at just yet haha!

UPDATE! 8/16/12 8:46pm

Hey everyone! Just a little update! My package already shipped from Beautylish! How crazy is that!

I just got the confirmation and tracking number around 10 minutes ago.

I also wanted to say that Shrinkle, the founder behind Sugarpill also put up a blog post and there are 5 sets of lashes that are on in the  Beautylish boutique, they don't even have them on their website!  So, definitely scoop those babies up while you can!  I will put up a blog post when I get my package! <3

Shrinkle's Blog Post

Are you excited about the Beautylish shop?! Did you get priority access? I would love to hear what you think/got!

Beautylish!

Store



Disclaimer: I am not being paid or sponsored to talk about the above mentioned companies. All opinions are my own. The pictures of the 3 shadows that I purchased are owned my Sugarpill and I got them off of the Beautylish website. I do not own those images.