NOTD: January 29, 2014

A blue-ish purple mani for today! This is 2 coats of Dr.'s REMEDY in Lovely Lavender over my Dr.'s REMEDY base coat. I received both of these products from this haul.
I did quite enjoy the colour and that the polish applied easily, however this chipped almost immediately without a top coat.

Are you prone to immediate polish chips?

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NOTD: January 26, 2014

Today I tried something new with a light brown mani.  This is two coats of Nails Inc. Jermyn Street over and under my Revlon Multi-Care Base+Top Coat.

What do you think? Have you ever used brown nail polish?

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Sephora 20% off Haul

Sephora recently had a promotion going on where VIBs got 20% off their purchase. Here's what I picked up!

Back row L to R: NARS Nail Polish in Disco Inferno, Tarte Stop & Stare 6 piece Eyeliner & Lash Set, Stila Portrait of a Perfect Blush
Front row L to R (freebies): DKNY Be Delicious Skin, Tata Harper Resurfacing Mask, WEI Golden Root Purifying Mask, Benefit Happy Birthday Gift

This is NARS in Disco Inferno, it's described as an iridescent silver green, but when I used it had purple in there too. Almost a duochrome.

Tarte Stop & Stare Set L side Top to Bottom: Skinny SmolderEYES Amazonian Clay Waterproof liners in Onyx, Azurite Green, Purple Garnet, SmolderEYES Amazonian Clay Waterproof liners in Taupe and Rose Gold
R side: lights, camera, flashes Statement Mascara

I have been loving this set! The skinny eye liner pencils are smooth and creamy and very pigmented, basically on par with Urban Decay's 24/7 liners. The bigger pencils are great for all over lid shading and perfect neutral colours!

Stila Portrait of a Perfect Blush L to R: Golden, Illume, Pretty Pink, Precious Pink, Rose

At $12 this is a steal! Love the variety of colours and finishes in this palette! Great for someone like me just getting into blush!

Last year's birthday gift was from Benefit and included a mini They're Real! mascara and Watt's Up!

 

 

Did you pick up anything during the 20% off event?

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NOTD: January 22, 2014

A perfect winter mani in my opinion, definitely a look I will do again and again!

This is two coats of Color Club Lady Holiday over my Revlon Multi-Care Base+Top Coat. For the accent I layered on coat of Color Club Savoy Nights over Lady Holiday. Both Color Club polish are from this haul.

What do you think?

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NOTD: January 21, 2014

A bright pinky red mani!  This is two coats of OPI The One That Got Away (from this haul) over my Revlon Multi-Care Base+Top Coat with NYC Matte Me Crazy on the accent nail.

I really like how this mani looks shiny, the matte coat isn't that exciting for me here, but I will definitely need to try it out with more polish!

Which of my polish would you like to see mattified?

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Christmas and Birthday Haul

L to R: Color Club Savoy Nights, Color Club Lady Holiday, Color Club Sugar Rays, Color Club Apollo Star, butter London Artful Dodger, butter London Primrose Hill Picnic, Nicole by OPI Totally in the Dark, Essie Lilacism

L to R: Dr.'s Remedy Remover, Dr.'s Remedy Base Coat, Dr.'s Remedy Deserving Diamond, Dr.'s Remedy Lovely Lavender

So there you have it! The beauty items I received for my birthday and Christmas!

What items were on your wishlist?

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NOTD: January 18, 2014

A vampy, winter appropriate NOTD! This is two coats of Nails Inc. Richmond Terrace (from this haul) over my Orly Top2Bottom base coat.

Sephora describes this shade as a rich glossy plum, but I found this more red and less purple or blue than a true plum shade.

Regardless it was a nice vampy shade that was easy to work with!

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