Over the past couple weeks I have been sharing swatches of all the new ELF nail polish shades that I found in my local Target stores (these are currently on clearance so grab them while you can!) and I decided to do a short round up post for those who didn't catch the first polishes I shared.
Here is another new ELF nail polish shade in Futuristic, found in Target stores right now (in the green cardboard trees with stocking stuffers). This shade seems very similar to their Liquid Metal, a new shade on their website, I don't have a comparison photo yet, but since it had a different name I felt compelled to own it for my never ending ELF polish collection. Futuristic is a heavy shimmer metal, like a melted down quarter coin. It's almost like you're painting on metal particles, it need two generous coats to be completely opaque. I love the shade though, I don't have a dark silver metallic shade and this one was a very fun find, especially for just $2!
Last week I was in a filming mood, so I decided to share my eyelash routine and favorite products via my webcam on my laptop. Over the past couple years, I have been asked many questions on my lashes, so I thought this video would answer all those as well as show what products I feel I can't live without.
I'm currently interested in trying a new eyelash curler, so please, comment below and tell me which one(s) you use and love! All recommendations are welcome! :)
ELF has added a new mascara to their line, this is the Mineral Natural Volumizing Mascara at $5.00 and in one shade, Jet Black. Click the link above or the photo below to be directed to the product page where you can earn a discount on this new product!
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Thursday evening I went to visit some family and my cousin, Kristen aka RainySunrayNails, is in town. So, we spent about 2.5 hours playing with polishes and slowly creating the most awesome manicure I've ever sported! It started as a simple mani of Nicole By OPI Khloe Had A Little Lam-Lam with an accent nail of Butter London Diamond Geezer topped with FingerPaints Santa's Magic. Well, then we started looking at stamps and ended up adding (stamped with Sinful Colors Casablanca) some stars, stripes, paisleys and a nail of clustered dots - all adorned with the holographic glitters from Santa's Magic. Normally a manicure will last a day on me before I want to change to another shade or do some swatches, but our eclectic holo mani is going to be worn down to chips :)
The weekend before Christmas I was doing some last minute gift shopping and I decided to stop by Kohl'sdepartment store to check out their Candie's nail polishes. I first heard about these on Instagram and I thought it would be fun to buy a couple to try out. These retail at $8.00 each (.34 oz), but I was lucky to buy them on sale for $5.60 each! (they might be on sale still, I just ordered a few more on their website, using a 20% off code as well, code: NEWYEAR20). I picked up La-La-Li-Lac, a soft lilac creme, and White Noise, a clear based holographic bar glitter polish with mini round holographic glitters mixed in there for a glitzy background to the bars. These are both unique shades to my collection, so I was really excited to get these home to my polish family.
The bottles may be obnoxiously clunky and large for most people, but I love how big the tops are. I have long fingers and usually smaller bottle are harder for me to work with comfortably, my double jointed knuckled always end up locking so I have to hold the smaller tops with my finger tips and lose some of my steadiness. The large tops are a perfect fit for me, plus the flat edges provide a good grip. The brush is squared and easy to fan out against the nail. Overall, I love the quality, the design and the shades I purchased (which is why I jumped online and bought many more! lol!) The Candie's polishes come in Glitter, Smooth (creme) and Metallic.
La-La-Li-Lac | Candie's Smooth Nail Polish | "This creamy formula adds the perfect dose of sugar to any outfit."
White Noise (on top of La-La-Li-Lac) | Candie's Glitter Nail Polish | "Flecks of glitter add sparkle and shimmer to your nails, giving your overall ensemble standout appeal."
Here is another new ELF nail polish shade found exclusively in Target stores right now (check the green cardboard trees with little stocking stuffers in them). This shade is called Copper, and it's a warm copper metallic shade, with minimal visible brush strokes in the finish. I don't normally like copper tones but this one is delicate and not over-the-top metallic, I actually really like it. It's a bit similar to their Blush shade in terms of the shade intensity, Blush leans more towards champagne in comparison to Copper, but both have that muted metallic effect.
Tuesday morning, my December Glossybox arrived at the doorstep, boy was I anxious to rip it open! I haven't seen anyone's December box yet, but I know it had to be amazing - my September box was worth $81, and my November box was worth $63! Well, this box is valued less than the first two, but it had 7 items in it!
The boxes range from $18.33 - $21.00 per box, depending on the plan you choose when subscribing. Each month your box will have 5 "luxury travel sized" beauty products - some may be full size, but still travel friendly. Product brands range from Burberry and Illamasqua to Zoya and Shea Terra, they list about 30 brands on their website. Oh, and the packaging is well worth the money, it is really put together nicely, much nicer than most beauty subscription services.
I filmed an unboxing video, but I still wanted to share the product photos so you can get a better look at everything. Here's everything that came in my December 2012 Glossybox (US): Denise Richards Volume Extend Finishing Spray by Cristophe $20/10 oz (value: $3) Heartland Fragrance Co. Bath Salts - White Tea $10/30 oz (value: $1.83) Mark. Lipclick Luxe Lipstick - M.Powerment Petal $12/.106 oz (value: $12) FULL SIZE received! Pleats Please by Issey Miyake fragrance $92/3.4oz (value: $.81) Wella Velvet Amplifier $16/1.9 oz (value: $.42) Zoya Nail Lacquer - Ziv (from the Ornate Holiday Winter collection) $8/.5 oz (value: $8) FULL SIZE received! Jewelmint Jewelry (Park Avenue Ring style, but in silver) Various Styles/$29.99 (value: $29.99)
