Sally Beauty Mini Haul

Hello,

About a week ago I was reading the lovely Pang's blog - Beauty Redefined by Pang.  She has an amazing blog and you need to check it out - you want to see amazing swatches hers is the blog!  Anywhoo... she posted about Sally's beauty supply having a bunch of nail polish on clearance.  Then I got an email the next day from Sally's says the Clearance was an additional 50% off!  I found a few gems!

From left to right: China Glaze "Howl you Doin'", Orly "Macabre Masquerade" & Orly Matte FX Flakie topcoat

These were on Clearance $3.99 and then I got 50% off - so for $2 each these were a steal.  Most of what they had were what I consider "fall" colors.  

When I swatched them "Howl you doin'" was a bit thick (top swatch), you can see it's kind of goopey.  I will have to add some thinner or only use it as an accent. The Orly "Macabre Masquerade" on the other hand is a really nice formula and I like the true blue color of it.  

As you saw above I also got the Orly Matte Fx Flakie topcoat - and that is exactly what is - a flakie top coat that is matte - although it did chip after two days so that was sad.

Have you scored any beauty steals lately?

Jasmine

MOTW - China Glaze "Don't be a Luna-tic"

Hello!

This week I picked up 2 of China Glaze's Holographic Colors at Sally Beauty Supply ($6.59) this week - their colors were really picked over but I was able to get "Don't be a Luna-tic" a light teal color.

As you can tell from the bottle shot it doesn't look very "holographic".



You can see a little bit in the swatch above - but for the most part you cant see a strong "holo" unless your under bright Halogen or "real" daylight.

In the picture above on the right is "indoor" lighting and the left my light box with "daylight lamps".

So it's a so-so holo nail polish, but it is much more easily available than most holo polishes. 

Have you tried any of the China Glaze Holographics yet?

Jasmine

NOTW - China Glaze Spontaneous

Hello~

This week I noticed a lot of purple/lilac polishes catching my eye.  And because I am a bit pale and light lilacs can make me look like I have hypothermia, so I opted for a deeper lavender.  Spontaneous by China Glaze.

 

Spontaneous was part of the "what's your color" collection, which assigned a color to each sign -Libra: Spontaneous Nail Polish - Lavender, acts a as a tonic, balancing the mind, body and spirit. Somehow, you keep everything together, even in crazy times. 

I had no idea that was the inspiration behind this polish when I got it, and it just so happens I am a Libra - CrAzY.....

 

 

And here's how the manicure turned out -

 

 

On the left is daylight and on the right is indoor lighting, I actually added a sparkly accent nail as I had a Love & Beauty polish from Forever 21 that matched very well.  Sometimes I think I'm too old to have a "trendy" manicure - but clients thought I was 29 the other day so maybe it's ok.  :)

 

What color have you been "feeling" this week?

 

Jasmine

 

 

 

NOTD...Part Deux

Hello:
Well if you read my first post about doing my nails, I mentioned I only like to do it once a week and I hate chipped nail polish.  Well...needless to say my manicure the Revlon's Top Speed polish in Guava only lasted 2 1/2 days.  I don't know if it was because a fast dry polish doesn't do well with a basecoat or what.  But I need to fix up my digits ASAP.

So I got out the new Sallt Hansen Salon Manicure in Barely Blue Bell and then attempted a sparkly french tip with China Glaze in Full Spectrum ( which has light teal sparkles within the silver). 

I am not 100% proud of my work but I really like the Sally Hansen color.  Which is a bit surprising as I don't usually look good in blues, so it was a pleasant surprise :) 

Jasmine

Summer Polish Hual

Hello:
I went to Sally's Beauty Supply today to pick some new fun colors for summer.  Their selection is pretty picked over (for the new collections).  But I managed to find a few :)  I also went to Walgreens to see if anything caught my eye.  Here's the what I got and you can see I love me some coral and pink.

Here are the colors and where I got them (from left to right):
Sinful Colors in Island Coral (Walgreens)
Nina Ultra Pro in Tangerine Dream (Sally's)
Revlon Top Speed in Guava (Walgreens)
China Glaze in Rich & Famous (Sally's)
China Glaze in Ahoy! (Sally's)
Essie in e-nuf is e-nuf (Walgreens)
Orly in Oh Cabana Boy (Sally's)

Here are some closer shots-

I also picked up an Orly french manicure kit and I'm kind of kicking myself for not getting the one to paint your nails white and have neon pink tips.

I also picked up a neon orange mini for my toes :)
And at Walgreens I got a polish I had never heard of last week (Pebble Beach in Ruby Step 3).  Ugggg I always use a base and top coat and this stuff went on really grainy and then chipped in a day.  Have any of you tried Pebble Beach?

Hopefully I should have a few pics of my new manicures coming soon.  And I picked up a new eye primer so I need to do some swatches very soon!

Jasmine