Saturday 19 November 2011

NOTW: Orly "Oui" from the Holiday Soiree Collection 2011

NOTW: Orly's "Oui" from the 2011 Holiday Soiree Collection




Hey beauties! I recently purchased this Orly shade at Sally's and I wanted to share it with you because it's super gorgeous!!

It is from the Holiday Soiree Collection. Sadly I could only get my hands on one but there are 5 more amazing colors in the collection. (Check out the other shades here.)

I was attracted to "Oui" the most - it is a duo-chrome type color that shines a beautiful rich purple or shimmery gold depending upon how the light reflects on it. The prettiest part of all is that the polish is also full of glitter!


Here are some swatches:




With gold shimmer (this picture does not do it justice):


With purple shimmer: 









The formula of this polish is thick but easy to apply and fast drying. I used two generous coats of "Oui" and topped it off with China Glaze Fast Forward top coat. The shade is very unique and I love it a lot! I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of this collection. Be sure to click on the link above and look at other colors...beware though, because you won't be able to resist buying at least one!




Peace
&
LOVE

Friday 18 November 2011

Review - O.P.I Black Shatter Nail Lacquer

Review ~ O.P.I ~ Black Shatter







Hey everyone. Tonight I am going to give my review on O.P.I's Black Shatter nail lacquer. I just had to review this one, because unfortunately I am really disappointed in the quality of this product.

This is a "crackle" nail polish - you wear a lighter color underneath and it separates on your nails making a crackle effect (like the design on the cover of the polish shown above) letting the light color peek through. These are great, I have many crackle polishes from other brands that I love very much. I did not care for this one at all though, here's why:

This polish applied and looked great for the first two weeks that I owned it. After just a few weeks I could not remove the lid because the polish somehow got stuck to the outside of the bottle opening and the inside of the applicator making it impossible to open. Still to this day I have to run it under very hot water for 2-3 minutes to get the lid to come off. (This trick always works like a charm!) After one month of owning this product the formula became clumpy and very difficult to apply as a result of this and stopped working altogether. All that happens now when I apply it is basically nothing. It no longer creates a crackle effect and it ends up looking like a clumpy mess. I tried running the brush under hot water to remove the clumps and revive the polish but the formula itself is now chunky and it cannot be fixed. The bristles on the brush are all stuck together as well. The cost for it was around $12 CAD at a random salon in a mall. I expected it to last me a long time as O.P.I polishes normally do. I have also asked around out of curiosity and every person I spoke to who owned this polish had similar complaints to mine. This one was a total fail for me! 


Here are some pictures of what my bottle of Black Shatter looks like:












Please know that I have nothing against O.P.I as a brand in general - this is just my opinion on this product and I wanted to share my experiences with it. 

I highly recommend China Glaze CRACKLEglaze in "Black Mesh" as an alternative to this one, it works much better without all of the mess and it is almost half the price ($6.99 at Sally Beauty Supply). 





Please let me know about your experiences with this product I would love to know if you enjoy it or if you have the same complaints about it as I do.



Thanks for taking the time to read this review. 


PEACE & LOVE 

Small Sally Beauty Supply Haul

Small Haul - Sally Beauty Supply












Hey Ladies!!! Hope you are all having a wonderful November! I am so sorry for the lack of posts lately, life has been hectic around here. It's also been snowing a lot where I live and it is starting to get super cold! I finally have a night to myself so I thought I would share what I purchased at my recent trip to Sally's.


I actually only went to Sally's to get some hair color (my roots are showing big time!) but I ended up getting a couple other things. Here are the goodies:









My current hair color is Ion Color Brilliance liquid permanent hair color in "Dark Brown". If you want to see what it looks like on the hair, check out some previous blog posts written before this one. I really love this color on me and the brand Ion itself. These colors only cost $4.99 and they are salon quality. I also grabbed some of my favorite deep conditioner (great for keeping your hair healthy and for a moisturizer for your hair after you color it) - Ion Repair Solutions Effective Care Treatment - it claims to "Strengthen and moisturize weak, damaged hair". It is 100% vegan too! It was on sale for $7.99 so I couldn't have been happier, this is a great product!




Since I bought 3 hair colors (only two are shown above because the third color is for my bestie) I also got a free gift - Ion Color Brilliance Holiday Wristlet - this is a sparkly silver wristlet with sequins on it. Inside was a hair color applicator which I really needed and two hair clips. If you by 3 Ion Color Brilliance hair colors in the month of November you will get this free gift too.







Lastly I bought a couple of nail polishes. I just couldn't help myself. 




  



I picked up an Orly polish in the color "Oui" which is from the Holiday Soiree collection ($6.49) and a China Glaze CRACKLEglaze in "Black Mesh" ($6.99). (More posts coming soon featuring these!)



 That is everything I got from Sally's. Please check all of these products out for yourselves, I promise you will love them! Thanks as always for reading and I will talk to you all in my next post.


Peace + Love

Tuesday 1 November 2011

October Beauty Favories 2011

October Favorites



Hi everyone! It's the beginning of November, so it's that time again to share with you my most used and favorite products from the month of October. I really fell into Fall this month and started using darker more vibrant colors on my eyes, lips and face. I am also going to throw in a couple non beauty favorites at the end. If you have any questions about any products mentioned or want a more in depth review, please don't hesitate to contact me! 


Here are the products I have been loving:



Eyes


L-R: "Frosted Lilac", "Rust", "Prune", "Daisy" and "Midnight"


I used NYX eyeshadow all month long, I almost always reached for a single shadow from my collection no matter what look I was doing. Above are the 5 I used the most.









This is pretty much the only eyeliner I used in October, it's the Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips custom eye enhancing Gel CreamLiner trio for Hazel eyes. These are highly pigmented, great for doing wings or looks on the top lash line and for tight lining and lining the water line. These stay put all day long no matter where you put them! The trio comes with a shimmery brown, a purple with tiny silver glitter and a jet black with larger purple/pink glitter. I really love these and highly recommend them! They are worth every penny.










This is my all time favorite mascara! I have not found one that I love more yet from the drugstore or from a higher end brand. This gives my short thin lashes so much volume, definition and length. I wore this every day in October. 




Lips


I wore 2 lips combos for the whole month. Red for a night out or if I was wearing a natural eye look and Berry nude when I wanted a more natural lip shade.




Hard Candy Visibly Wet Shockingly Glossy lip pencil in "Must Have" and Hard Candy Glossaholic lip gloss in "Fireball".



Rimmel London Lasting Finish lipstick in "Airy Fairy" and Hard Candy's Glossaholic lip gloss in "Gorgeous".





Face


Foundation and Concealer:
Femme Couture Flawless Touch creme foundation and Revlon PhotoReady Concealer in Light.





Blush and Bronzer:
NYC (New York Color) Matte Bronzer in "Sunny" and  Rimmel London Lasting Finish blush in "Berry".






Hair



I have 3 favorites this month that fall into the Hair category.



#1: Hair Bows





#2: Ion Anti Frizz Solutions styling mousse:











This is a lightweight medium hold mousse. I used this every single day in October whether I scrunched my natural curls or blow dried my hair straight. It really does tame frizz very well and leave your hair feeling soft, shiny and silky. This product claims to be a heat protectant as well which is an added bonus. It is alcohol and paraben free, completely vegan, and cruelty free. I am enjoying this a lot, I will be going back to Sally's to get more when this is gone.






#3: Got2B Dazzling shine spray

I have been using this product for years and it does exactly what it claims, it provides shine and de-frizzes the hair!





 

Brushes:





I used these two brushes a lot last month. They are from Spa Resource and can be purchased at Walmart.






I did not really use one particular fragrance or nail polish a lot in October, I changed all of those things up pretty often throughout the month which is why those categories are not included this time around. I do however want to add some non beauty favorites in my post this month - just a couple of extra things I have been loving all month long. This is a fun thing to do, since all I ever really talk about on my blog are things related to being beautiful. 



The first non beauty thing I have been loving is SWEETS! I know, not good for my health, but I have a huge sweet tooth.


 


These Skittles satisfied my sweet tooth cravings a lot in October! :) 




I just want to share one last thing with you all. It is an album that has been playing over and over again since it came out in late August. It's David Guetta's Nothing But the Beat: Deluxe Edition. If you like dance music and house - I highly suggest you check this album out if you haven't yet. I am obsessed. The Deluxe Edition of this album has two discs, one with collaborations and one with just straight up house music. My top 5 songs from both discs according to iTunes are Titanium (Feat. Sia), Crank It Up (Feat. Akon), The Future, The Alphabeat and Lunar (Feat. Afrojack).






And that is it. Those are all of the things I have been loving ever so much in the month of October, 2011! Try some of these things out for yourself, you won't be disappointed.

I want to send peace and love to all of you and thank you so much for reading!

=)