Square Hue Bike Amsterdam -February 2016 Collection

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Good hello!
Okay, is it just me or is anyone else's allergies going insane right now?! Mine are and it feels like I am dying...okay not really but anyone with allergies can totally relate. The worst part? If it is outside, I am allergic to it! ...Oh, I'm also allergic to my cats but I will never get rid of them! Muhahaha. I'll suffer. 

This months SquareHue at first glance was uneventful to me...That was until I actually painted my nails! These polishes are so pretty all in their own ways and the one polish I thought I would like the least, is actually the one I like the most! Surprise, surprise! 

I saw someone say that they were disappointed in the fact that there was no green in the collection. I'm not disappointed, but I am surprised...but also at the same time, I can understand why there isn't a green in the collection. Ya know? 

Waterland District -

 A municipality in the Netherlands consisting of 9 village, cities, towns, and/or districts.

With this polish, depending on the length of you nail, you could get away with one coat, but I did two coats as a just in case...because that it what I prefer.  The formula was amazing as well! It was not too thick or too thin and it dried pretty quick. 

Vondelpark - 

Largest city park in Amsterdam

I love how dark this polish is! It is such a deep grape purple! In certain lights though it can look black, but that is okay! This is also a 1-2 coat polish depending on the length of your nails. I used two coats. I also want to mention that the formula is the same as Waterland District.

The Nieuwmarkt - 

A square in the center of Amsterdam

 This is a two coater. This is the polish that I was talking about. I really thought that I would hate this color, because I am just so over red nail polishes. However, this has such a lovely pink shimmer to it, which you can see that it makes it unique to my collection...I think. Regardless, it is a very pretty nail polish! Since this polish is a shimmer, the formula is thinner than the others, but I didn't have any issues with it at all!

Even though in the beginning I was feeling quite "meh" about the polishes, they all grew on me! I'm glad that these were in the box as well as Nieuwmarkt is PERFECT to wear for Valentines day! I also want to mention that the accent fingers were stamped with SquareHue polishes from the same collection. I used the MoYou Holy Shapes 01 Stamping plate. I would link it, but I don't know if there is still that issue going on with them. 

What do you think of this months collection?! If you missed last months collection, I posted pictures on my Instagram

Oh! Oh! Sheesh, I almost forgot to mention this! Did you know that you can now buy old collections of SquareHue?! That made me ridiculously happy to know! You can buy last years collections as well as a few collections from 2014 AND their nail care system! Woohoo! SquareHue Shop

Best,
Autumn 

Boogie Down With SquareHue's 1970s Decades Collection!

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I know, I haven't done a SquareHue post in a while. I have posted pictures on Instagram. I also tend to post them on snapchat as well, so if you want to add me there it's auttyw. #shamelessplug

For the month of August we have the ever fun Decade of the 1970s. Throw on your bell bottoms and strap on your platform shoes and lets see what we have!

First up we have a polish that everyone should have learned about in their history class. Watergate 1972.

This polish is a shimmery blue "microglitter" polish. This is a very sheer polish. It took at least 4-6 coats to achieve some type of opacity. You however will be surprised when the light hits this polish the right way, it becomes purple! Really, this is like a shimmery duochrome. Two polishes in one! This was actually the hardest for me to capture, I couldn't capture the purple shift AT ALL. 

This polish you should all recognize simply because it's name! iPolish 1976.

This polish is named after the year that Apple was founded! Apple is such an iconic brand and this White Creme polish is completely opaque in TWO coats. Really though, depending on how you apply it you could probably get away with one coat. I've been so mesmerized by this polish, in it's simplicity and blank nature. I'm loving that this was included in the box!

Let's head right into Night Fever 1977, throw some Bee Gees on and dance like you're at the Disco!

                                       

This polish just screams 1970's Disco Balls. This is a holographic glitter. It can be used ontop of polishes, one coat by itself of you can build it up (about 4 coats) to achieve a covered nail. This is a polish I would definitely suggest putting a topcoat over. The holographic-ness of it really came out when it had a shiny top coat applied!

I seriously am in love with this collection, I think this one has to be my favorite out of the past boxes. It's just so fun! The Duochrome of the blue, the cleanness of the white and the glitz of the glitter!

I know you're probably all "Autumn, what the heck is up with the single finger swatch?!" Well, I wanted to try and get this post up and all of my previous 4 finger swatches...turned out 100% blurry and complete crap and I thought this might be a bit easier for myself given my time frame of cranking this out. I promise the 1980's will be back to regular swatches! <3

The polishes mentioned in this blog post were provided for free for review. All opinions and pictures are my own. The Bee Gees Night Fever Music Video was linked from YouTube. All rights to the name, video, etc belong to Barry Gibb, The Estate of Robin Gibb and The Estate of Maurice Gibb, under exclusive license to Warner Strategic Marketing Inc., a Warner Music Group Company

Paula Dorf Perfect Color in Ecstasy

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Paula Dorf is a company that I've been interested in for a while because I think they have some of the prettiest stuff and I love their packaging! 

The Paula Dorf Perfect Color is a multi-use product, it can be used on the eyes, lips and cheeks. This product is similar to Nars The Multiple but is about $7 cheaper then Nars. 

I don't know about you but I am such a sucker for multi-purpose products, if I can use it on more than one place I'm happy. It just makes makeup application go quicker.

I love that on the packaging it says "Become your own makeup artist".

As per the packaging, it's rubberized so..I'm sure you can tell that mine is a wee bit dirty and that's just from using it twice. It's more or less from dust I think then anything.. Rubberized packaging is a bit hard to keep clean because it attracts everything.

Ecstasy is a light pink with some gold shimmer in it. Thankfully when you apply this to where ever you decide to apply it, it's not crazy glitter, discoball-ish on your face. I didn't see any shimmer on my face when I applied it.

What I really like is that you can build it up to be a gorgeous pink of you can wear it sheer to just give you a kiss of pink. 

Above is what the product looks like built up on my hand..actually it wasn't super built up, just two swipes. You can tell that it is a pretty pigmented product on it's own. However as you can see in the picture below, it's not too crazy looking on the eye. That was me building it up with a brush, which didn't work at all and it was synthetic fibered...then I used a CLEAN finger and tried to pat it on and it just wasn't working. What I think is that if you do intend to wear this on your eye, wear a base color under it, whether it be a white or a color of a similar shade. I will say that with this just being over top a eye shadow primer with some brown in the crease it looked nice, it looks sloppy here BUT it did last quite a while and I didn't experience any creasing.

Here you can see the PC in Ecstasy in all of it's glory on the lips. I have to say that this is probably my favorite way to wear this product! This is such a light and perfect color for me and that is coming from someone who doesn't wear colored lip products. This went on very easy, was creamy, smooth, obviously pigmented and it lasted quite a while on the lips. 

I added this onto my cheeks because well...it's also made for putting on your cheeks! I lightly dabbed it on my cheeks and blended it out. I probably would have added more because I feel that you can't really see it in all it's magnificence. This was easy to apply on the cheeks and it actually gave me such a nice color, that I didn't feel dead looking. Now, I will also say that this is coming from a person who has worn blush like...four times in her life IF THAT. 

In the end I do think that this is a bloody fantastic multi-use product. I've definitely used it quite a few times and I'm in love with it. I actually want to own all of the colors that Paula Dorf has, they all look stunning.

You can find the Paula Dorf Perfect Color products here ->  www.pauladorf.com/makeup/face/perfect-color

Before I sign off, please bear with me on posts. I've been sick for the entire month of February and am getting over having the flu for the second time...thankfully it was a minor case this time! I've got quite a few posts backlogged that I need to type up!

Product was provided for free review. No monetary compensation was provided. All opinions are my own.

Nature's Bounty Hair, Skin & Nails Gummies With Biotin Review and GIVEAWAY

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Hello Everyone! I hope you're all doing well!

Today I have a review of Nature's Bounty Hair, Skin & Nails Gummies with Biotin! Stay tuned towards the bottom for a giveaway!

I used these gummies for 30 days as part of the Nature's Bounty 30-day Hair, Skin and Nails Challenge. The bottle contained 80 gummies total, with no milk/lactose, artificial flavors, soy, gluten, wheat, yeast, fish, or sodium.  The three main ingredients are Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Biotin, which all work to strengthen hair and nails and keep skin looking great. The nutrients help support natural beauty from within: Vitamin E contributes to skin health, Vitamin C is involved with collagen production, and biotin acts at the base of the nail and also promotes healthy hair.

The gummies themselves are Strawberry flavored and remind me of strawberries and cream, which I am not the  biggest fan of but they're pretty tasty, I actually grew to like these quite a bit! This has 2g of sugar in it, but they're sweet enough that they were my sweet treat every day!

I started out by taking ONE gummy ONCE a day, but after about a week or two I started taking TWO gummies once a day. They suggest taking two gummies once or twice a day, but I just took them once a day. Hair and skin wise, I've seen a great improvement! I'm really impressed with these gummies. This is going to be really gross, but I can go almost two weeks between washes, where I used to have to wash my hair every other day because it got that oily. You can't even tell that my hair is oily! My hair itself has also felt thicker and more full. I have thin hair and it lays pretty flat a lot of the time, but my hair has just been.. well to put it lightly, I've been enjoying it. Skin wise, I've seen a HUGE improvement. It has not been as oily as it typically gets, and with living in Florida my skin gets very oily. My skin has also looked more vibrant, if that makes sense. It just looks healthier.

As for my nails, they've been growing like crazy BUT they've not been any stronger. They're still paper thing and just...well just shoddy. I know a lot of people had amazing results when it came to using this with their nails, but for me I didn't have the greatest. I'm going too keep taking these though and hope that since I'm changing how I'm eating and what not, that I will have better luck!

I really love these gummies and I've been recommending them to EVERYONE, who asks me about Vitamins.

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Fresh Guard by Efferdent

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Hola! I hope you all are doing well!

Today's review is going to be different then what I usually do. This time I enlisted the help of my Dad! The products in question are Efferdent's new Fresh Guard line! We're going to be chatting about two products and I'm going to share my Dad's and my's views and opinions of each product! And don't worry, I'm not going to gross you out by showing you teeth or mouth guards... well I could show you my mouth guard, but that would require me to actually know what happened to it! I either misplaced it or my Niece got a hold it.

The first product we're going to chatter about are the Fresh Guard Wipes.

The Fresh Guard Wipes retail for around $6.99 for 20 wipes and you can find them pretty much anywhere you can find Efferdent. I've seen them listed on Walgreens.com as well as Walmart.com.

As you can tell by the packaging, these were created to clean retainers, mouthguards as well as removeable braces.. Now, I tried these on my teeth, so I could get a feel for them since my mouthguard went AWHOL. These were actually really nice, they didn't taste weird at all, it was actually a slight mint taste. They also didn't bother my teeth and they felt more fresh. I definitely wouldn't replace these for brushing since that's not the point of them

My Dad thought these were really nice as well as handy to have to clean his dentures after he ate. He said these have a nice minty taste as well as they helped his dentures feel clean. 

The cloth itself is HUGE. For myself I definitely think it could be smaller because you don't need to use a huge portion of it to clean your braces, mouthguard or retainer. That's my only gripe really and it's not even a gripe, it's just personal preference. I do highly recommend these and so does my Dad.

The Fresh Guard Soak is formulated for the same thing as the wipes. Retainers, mouthguards, removeable braces. This retails for around $5.48 at Walmart, but you should be able to find it at Walgreens as well. I'm pretty sure you can find these wherever you can find regular Efferdent products.

Now, for the same reasoning above, I had my Dad test this out for me. I couldn't test this myself, since my mouthguard is AWHOL. You can let your dental device soak for more than 10 minutes, the package says no less than 5 minutes but no more than 10. My Dad let his teeth soak for 10 minutes. He said, they left his teeth feeling nice and minty and while they did get clean, it didn't take the stains out of his teeth. He typically uses the regular Efferdent, which he lets soak for 15 minutes OR over night if that's how he feels and that takes the tobacco and coffee stains out of his teeth. It lightened the stains SLIGHTLY but didn't remove them like the regular Efferdent.

All in all, myself as well as my Dad recommend these. The wipes are handy for those with dentures for spot cleaning after meals if they're out and about. The soak not so much for dentures, BUT at the same time it is NOT designed for them. I do think that these would work perfectly with what they're designed for. I will definitely update this, or do an updated review when I find my mouthguard, but in reality I'm going to wind up having to buy a new one.  I really like both products and find them to be very handy!

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Products were provided for free for review. All opinions are my own as well as my Fathers.