Swatch It Up | Rainbow Honey - The Kraken

WOW. Just wow. I probably have about 20 Rainbow Honey polishes and can you believe this is the FIRST time I’m wearing one?! Shaaaamme! For my very first Rainbow Honey, I decided to wear The Kraken and it is AMAZING! My eyes are still coming out of my head! This polish could have been a one coater, but I am wearing two in the photos out of habit. This is an absolutely gorgeous blue-green jelly glitter with that shimmers like crazy and reminds me of gold coins at the bottom of the ocean floor. This polish is so pretty that I highly recommend everyone just get it. Seriously, I love it!

WishTrend | Wish Box Plus Other Korean Makeup Goodies!

I am going crazy with Korean beauty products at the moment and my latest discovery is WishTrend and the Wish Box. The minute I saw the words “Wish Box”, my beauty antennae perked up and I knew I had to get just one. Each one is limited edition with a theme that consists of a variety of products and brands. What I love about WishTrend is that I am seeing brands that I have never heard of before. You’re not going to see brands like Etude House and Skinfood on this site. The only brand I recognized from WishTrend is Skin79 which really excited me because I have been curious to try brands other than the “popular” ones we’re used to seeing.

So, does anyone want to see what was in the Wish Box? I know you must be dying of suspense because even I wanted to see all the products in the flesh! The Wish Box came wrapped in a silver bag with 5 items inside.

Topbox | August “Regular” Edition

For the month of August, I was once again unimpressed with the Prive box selections and opted for the regular Topbox once more. I have found that I generally prefer the regular Topboxes to the Prive ones, but I can’t tell if it’s because of the product selection or the element of surprise! It’s probably a bit of both, but I was very pleased with what I received this month even if I already had one of the products!

Review | Born Pretty Sweet Color Polish in S095

Today I have a beautiful swatch from the Born Pretty Store Sweet Color series in the colour S095. This is my first Sweet Color polish and I really do not think it will be my last because there are so many to choose from! Each of these polishes retail for around $6 with the exception of the flakie polishes which retail for $11.79.

I am wearing two coats in these swatches and they were VERY easy to apply. I love the textured gold cap too! It really makes the bottles stand out against my nail polish army of black caps! The actual colour of S095 is darker than what is shown on the Born Pretty website leaning much more on the dark olive green in real-life. You can still see the hints of gold in certain light which really made this polish a beauty!

Review | BA Star Mineral Eye Shadow in Chocolate Star Dust

My foray into eye make up really began with mineral eye shadow. I loved how easily it blended and with a primer, how long it lasted on my lids. Call me sentimental, but to this day, I still prefer loose and powder eye shadows to creams ones. I recently got to know a brand called BA*STAR that is a #1 make up brand with cheerleaders, dancers and competitors that obviously need to sparkle from afar during performances! The BA*STAR product line includes: glitter, eye shadows, mascaras, blushes, lip pencils and lip gloss and even cosmetic bags and glittery head bands!

SeasonsBox | July 2013 “Get In Touch With Nature”

I write this SeasonsBox review with a bit of a heavy subscription heart as Seasonsbox will no longer be shipping to Canadians despite its Canadian origins. Founder, Agnes Kozera, decided to go to law school a few months ago resulting in the switch to America-centric operations. Ever since the switch, I have had a field day with shipping times and receiving multiple boxes of one month and missing some all together. The wait time for inquiries has grown from 48 hours to close to 1.5 weeks for me! Not that I’m complaining, but I received TWO July boxes, the other of which I gave away. I just hope that I didn’t deprive someone else of a box…at any rate, yet another Canadian subscription bites the dust…now that I’ve thoroughly depressed you all, let’s see what I received for July’s Seasonsbox shall we?

Edit: Sept.3/13 Seasonsbox has announced on their Facebook page that they WILL be shipping to Canadians once again. Shipping fees will vary and because their site is down have yet to be released.