China Glaze & Misa nail haul

Hello ladies! Yes, I did it again. I have bought yet MORE nail polish. Some of you may be wondering why I am suddenly posting about nail polish instead of my usual make up stuff. The reason is that I now have so much make up I can't stand to buy more (and there-for have nothing new to post about in that area) and nail polish is so much cheaper. Each bottle is $2-$3 on average so I'm saving money these days. I do still have some reviews/swatches to do on some make up stuff so this isn't suddenly going to be a nail-only blog or anything.

Anyways, here is my gorgeous haul. I got everything from transdesign.com. I am going to have a hard time choosing what color to use first, but on Monday I am going to wear Bahamian Escape to celebrate my twin nephews being born. My sister is going to have induced laybor Monday evening. The reason for that is that her last kid was born in the car, less then an hour after her water broke, so she doesn't want to risk not making it to the hospital. Plus, her doctor is the only one at her hospital that will deliver twins naturally. They told her that if her docter didn't get there in time they would do a c-section whether she liked/needed it or not. Apparently they have NEVER done a natural twin birth there. To me thats effing retarted, but supposedly they get more money for c-sections, greedy bastards.

Also, I've had a few request for nail stash pics, which I will do soon, and some nail care videos. I will get started on those next week after things have calmed down. I do have some ideas for nail tutorials so you may see those soon.

Nail Polish Haul: Jordana & Sinful Colors

I found a place down the street that has a bunch of Sinful Color polish and grabbed these 3.






Annnnnnnnd I found these Jordana polishes in a dollar store.

Sally Hansen n/p haul & swatches: Lime Lights, Violet Sparks, Mellow Yellow

Walgreens has SH nail stuff 40% off this week so I got these colors that I had been wanting. They are about $3 originally.

Lime Lights, 4 coats but it looks the same as 3. In most lighting its totally lime like you see on the middle of my nails.



Violet Sparks, 4 coats. The bubbles are my fault, not the np's.



Mellow Yellow, 3 coats. In the bottle it looks green but when you put it on its almost a banana yellow. Very pretty and smooth (when left over glitter in my SV doesn't mess it up *grumbles*)

Nail's Of The Day: Sinful Colors - Daddy's Girl (purple w/ gold flecks)

I loooove this color. Its a dark vibrant purple with gold/fucshia glitter flecks and a nice glassy finish. You can get this at Walgreens or Cherryculture.com for just $2.

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What, MORE nail polish? Yeah, 'cause I had coupons!

I have been on a huge nail polish binge the last few weeks. I think I've bought 23 new polishes since January. I'm totally slowing down though, because I don't need that many new colors. Right? Right! I mean, I'm just going to get a few more, because Sally's has the Chine Glaze $1 off coupons, and I think Clair's is having a BOGO 1/2 off sale or something, and I need a few of their glitters and stuff. But thats totally it for this month. I hope. Um, yeah...

So! I got all these for a whopping $6.59. I had a $5 coupon, and the $1 off China Glaze coupon, plus for the Sally Girl nail polishes Sally's has a B5G1F coupon. Plus I have the Sally's discount card which rocks. In total I saved $7.89!



This color is so gorgeous! I loooove it.
This is a really pretty purple but it took about 7 coats, lol.

Cherryculture Haul: NYX & Sinful Colors + NOTD

I got a really great package from CherryCulture yesterday!

I got some NYX round lip glosses. You know how they use to smell like lemon air freshener? Now they smell like SHERBERT ICE CREAM!!!! (not too strongly though) And they fixed the stopper so it doesn't come out.

All these colors are so gorgeous!


I got some more Sinful Colors nail polish. I am becoming obsessed with these. I am a little sad because on the CherryCulture website it said Hypnotizing Trend was called Katrina, and I wanted it because thats my name. The number on the sticker & CC is the same so I'm pretty sure its not a mistake which the actual color.


I couldn't wait to try out this color.

& here I put on a few of the NYX hearts

Nail's Of The Day: China Glaze Flying Dragon

I really thought this color was going to be amazing because in the bottle its a gorgeous purple with blue & fucshia glitter, but when I put it on I was not impressed. The glitter isn't really glitter in the sense that it doesn't reflect light or change color at all. Its just flat and you can't really see it unless you are upclose. Also without a top coat its not shiny at all. I think with some other sparkly color layered over it it could be great, but I think with a brand like China Glaze you shouldn't have to resort to that.

In this photo you can see the glitter but its not this impressive in person.



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Nail Polish Haul: China Glaze, Sinful Colors, Pure Ice, Sally GIrl

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New cute dress & NOTD

I found this cute dress at Rainbow for $17. It inspired me to do the nail combo below.




Milani Cool Vibe with Sinful Colors UFO over

Nail polish haul & Nail Of The Day

My newest addiction right now is nail polish. I don't know how long its going to last so I'm trying not to go crazy and buy 38267922 bottles that I will probably go months without using. I don't want to be one of those people who has 200+ colors (says the girl with over 100 eye shadows). Today I got 3 colors and 3 of those super thin brush polishes that you use for artsy designs.

I also got a new top coat a few days ago. My old Sally Hansen one was getting a little thick and I think it was giving me bubbles (those annoying bumps that ruin your mani's). So I did some research and the Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat had a good rep. This is $8 at Sally's. I wish I'd gotten the Sally membership cause then it would have been only $5. Oh well, next time.




UFO

Daddy's Girl

Whats Your Name (black with blue sparkles)


Seche Vite


And my current mani, ELF Berry Pink (my fave pink)

Review: Rimmel Stay Matte + SkinPure Complex Foundation

Quality: 2 out of 5
Packaging: 5 out of 5
Price: $7.99
Size: 1 oz
Where To Buy: any drugstore
Would I Buy Again: No, I took it back.

Shine control formula for 12 hours matte coverage. With Skin Pure Complex for a visibly purified complexion and gentle botanical extracts to help soothe sensitive skin. Oil-free. Non-comedogenic. Non-acnegenic. Fragrance free. Paraben free.

I so wanted to like this foundation but there were several things that didn't workout.

First the lightest shade 100 Ivory was way to dark for my skin. In Revlon's ColorStay foundation I'm their lightest shade (also called Ivory) but this foundation would match their Buff or Sand Beige shade. This might work for me in the summer if I tanned a bit.

Second this did nothing to keep my skin matte. My face got oily quickly (like in 2-3 hours) and later in the day I noticed I had lines of foundation on the sides of my mouth where your cheeks crease as you smile.

Coverage was light-medium, which doesn't work for someone like me who has a lot of redness from breakouts. My pores also seems to stand out a bit more.

All in all it really didn't work for me so I returned it. However this did work well for Tanya from The Pink Train Case so I'm sure it would work for others.

PROS:
-the packaging is really nice, I like the slim tube better then the square or round jars other foundations come in and the opening points down so you can get all of it out
-no smell
-cheap price

CONS:
-bad color selection
-didn't control oil for me at all
-foundation creased/moved

MAC FF Haul

I got my FF haul from MAC a few days ago. I got the lipsticks Chatterbox, Lovelorn, and Angel. Those are my first MAC lipsticks. I also ordered Prep + Prime SPF 50 but they sent me a fluidline instead. I emailed them about the problem and they emailed me back in 15 hours and said they would send me the P&P free of charge and I could keep the fluidline, which is awesome. I'm glad that MAC has such good customer service.

Review: Jane Aqua Ceuticals Sheer Tinited Moisturizer SPF 30

Quality: 5 out of 5
Performance: 5 out of 5
Packaging: 5 out of 5
Size: 1.5 oz
Price: $6.99
Where To Buy: Walgreens, Rite Aid
Will I Buy Again: Yes!

I saw it at Walgreens and just had to try it. I don't usually do inpulse buys but I figured since I've never use a TM before I could try this out and wear it to the gym at the very least.

This is the first tinted moisturizer I've ever tried, so perhaps I don't know what I'm missing but I love this product! I know I'm going to use it tons in the summer when my family has swim/birthday partys (which is very often May-August).

This product comes in 4 shades: Fair (very fair, pink or porcelain undertones), Light Warm Tones (beige or yellow undertones), Medium Warm Tones (mediterranean, tanned complexion) and Dark Tones (deep, warm complexion). I use the lightest which is suppose to be for fair/pink toned skin but its great on my light neutral/warm skin.



PROS:
-SPF 30, protects your skin
-paraben free
-has green tea and white tea extracts
-gives good light to almost medium coverage, I have huge pores, uneven skin, and breakouts but I feel ok going out in just this (i.e the gym, quick errands, or beach/pool)
-makes my skin a little glowy
-gives light oil control, not as much as my normal foundation but I can just rinse my face mid-day and re apply which is good because you need to touch up sunscreen anyways
-makes a nice base for regular foundation, my foundation goes on really nice over it
-you get a very good quantity for the prize, 1.5 oz for $7

CONS:
-strong sunscreen smell when you put it on and take it off, but I kind of like the smell of sunscreen

INGREDIENTS: Active Ingredients: Ethylhexl Methoxycinnamate, 7.5% Benzophenone-3, 6.0% Ethylhexl Salicylate, 5.0%. Other ingredients: Agua, Dimenthicone, Camellia Sinesis Leaf Extract, Butylene Glycol, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearic Acid, Sorbitan Stearate, Triethanolamine, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 60, Gylcerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Caprylyl Glycol, Chlorphenesin, Carbomer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Iodopropynl Butylcarbamate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Propylene Glycol, Juniperus Communis Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Extract, Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract. May contain: Iron Oxides, Titanium Dioxide.