Spicing Up a Midweek Mani with L.A. Girl–Uninhibited

Now that my business meeting is over and people don’t need to take my quite as seriously, I can have just a little bit more fun with the nails! What I decided to sport today is two coats of L.A. Girl–Uninhibited on top of Butter London–Snog. I love how Uninhibited is composed of two different sizes of black glitter!

January 2013 Ipsy Bag

January’s Ipsy Bag is all about having the tools and products to look like a super star and even had little stars printed on the inside of the bag which I thought were absolutely adorable! I always look forward to what Michelle Phan and her crew have put together and this month’s bag was another winner for me!

NYX-The Curve: Functional or Forget About It?

I have to admit that when I first heard about this last year, I did not want to admit how curious I was about how The Curve worked. As soon as I saw its curvaceous body, all I wanted to do was hold it. Very romantic talk for an eye liner I know! I have always had somewhat shaky hands when it comes to applying eye liner (I can paint nails just not my eyes!) so knowing NYX’s affordable price point, I picked one up at London Drugs over Boxing Week and decided I had nothing to lose!

An innovative, ergonomic shape that makes applying liquid liner mistake-proof. The grip zone provides just the right hold to make application precise, secure and best of all...effortless.

The Curve also promises to be water-resistant, quick drying, smudge-proof and last up to 14 hours without feathering, skipping or running. Sounds like a pretty amazing eye liner!

Swatch It Up: Butter London–Snog

My last nail polish haul seems to contain many colours that I just couldn’t wait to wear! I wanted to do nail art for my Nerdy Nail Challenge, but I have a business meeting tomorrow, so I didn’t think it was appropriate for me to have “fun” nails just yet. They will be coming this week though so I ask you to be patient with me! I don’t know if any of you have noticed, but when nail polish bottles get too big, I often have trouble holding them because I have extremely small hands. Butter London bottles are so wide that I’m never able to get those beautiful bottle shots that a lot of you girls do!

This is the very saucy Butter London-Snog! I love the name of this polish and I just might bring this out again closer to Valentine’s Day. This is a bright, happy hot pink creme that was opaque in 3 coats for me and also had a great glossy shine all on its own. I know that a lot of us probably have a pink like this somewhere in our collection, but I like that Snog leans more on the intense hot pink. The other pinks I have don’t have a creme finish which is why I picked up this beauty!

Have a great start to the week everyone!

Round Five of Sample Sundays!

It has gotten to the point where I actually look forward to choosing new products for Sample Sundays and the thought of rifling through my bottomless pit of samples brings me great joy. Again, I’ve chosen just a few samples for the next two weeks as I always forget how long it takes to use up facial products!

Here is what will be in the sample bucket for the next little while:

Body

1. Petal Organics Firming Body Cream (0.5oz)

2. Mereadesso Beautiful Body Balm (30mL)

3. Kandy Kane Natural Body Scrub (1 oz)

Face

4. AHAVA Hydration Cream Mask (20mL)

5. Original Purity Skin Care Raw Seeds Facial Gelee (0.25oz)

6. L’Occitane 25% Shea Butter Ultra Rich Face Cream (15mL)

7. L’Occitane 5% Shea Butter Fabulous Serum (7mL)

8. Delizioso Skincare Watermelon and CoQ10 Natural Face Polish (15mL)

9. Mereadesso Face and Neck Toning Gel (7mL)

I have been looking forward to trying the L’Occitane Shea Butter line. I’m getting so sick of my Korres samples…it’s time to switch things up!

Swatch It Up: Deborah Lippmann–Sweet Dreams

In my last nail mail post I had mentioned that I would never purchase another Deborah Lippmann polish and I should clarify that I only meant because of price. They seem like such an extravagance that only if a colour was truly unique or possibly on sale would I ever splurge again. Over the holidays, Nail Polish Canada had all Deborah Lippmann polishes for 30% off and since they never go on sale I was all over it!

This is Deborah Lippmann-Sweet Dreams which is described on the Deborah Lippmann site as a “candied pink 3D holographic” polish. Now, for those of us who are absolute nail polish whores, I would not consider this polish to be holographic at all! This is the perfect example of a FLAKIE! What I have on is three coats as this polish can be a bit sheer. Even with three coats there is still some VNL.

Eeek! You can totally see fingerprints with flash!

To be honest, I haven’t decided how I feel about this polish…I feel like it doesn’t really suit my skin tone. This is certainly a unique polish, but I feel like I fell in love with the bottle more than the colour itself. Have you ever had “bottle-love”?