Craving Deborah Lippmann "Sweet Dreams"

Happy Saturday!  I saw the two new Deborah Lippmann nail polishes in my e-mail. I wanted to see if I could create a color similar to the new "Sweet Dreams" with what I already had in my nail polish stash.  This is my first attempt with OPI "If You Moust You Moust" and Revlon's "Grape Fizz."

I realized I should have used my Essie Luxeffect "As Gold As It Gets," because of the holographic glitter flecks!

 

Essie Base Coat (This is great!  It prevents yellowing of the nails.)

OPI "If You Moust You Moust" (Vintage Minnie Mouse Collection)

Revlon "Grape Fizz"

Dior Top Coat (It's dries super fast, and it's also super thin for a top coat.)

 

"Sweet Dreams"

"Ray of Light"

"Sweet Dreams" and "Ray of Light" are the two new 3-D Holographic nail lacquers from Deborah Lippmann. 

You can find them at Deborah Lippmann online, and Nordstrom.

They retail for $18 each.

I'm trying to resist buying "Sweet Dreams" for now, and just drool over nail blogger swatches, and reviews. : )  Let me know if you picked it up and your thoughts on the polish!

Revlon "Starry Pink" and OPI "Pink-ing of You"

I always go back to a favorite nail polish if I'm feeling unhappy or just bored. My spirit is always lifted when I like what I see on my nails. :)

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!! Let's all paint or nails pink! :)

OPI "Pink-ing of You" & Revlon "Starry Pink"
I found both of these at Target! I also really like Fred Meyer because they have a great selection of nail polish, and drugstore makeup.
Bf says our grocery shopping budget always includes a lipstick. lol He likes to poke fun at my beauty product hoarding habits.
What he meant to say is it always includes a nail polish!

OPI "Pink-ing of You" is one of my favorite pink nail polishes followed by OPI "Got A Date To-Knight!" I recently found it at Nordstrom Rack in Lynnwood, WA. It was the last one *bonus*! I'm currently trying to hunt down "Heart Throb" polish from OPI Sheer Romance Collection 2004. I absolutely love sheer pink polishes! There's something so soft and feminine about them that I adore. I also want to get my hands on "Strawberry Margarita!"

I applied 3 coats of "Pink-ing of You" and 1 coat under the Revlon "Starry Pink" glitter polish.
I like the pink with 2 coats better, but I wanted to show you what 3 coats looks like since we've already seen the 2 coats in an older post. :D

"Starry Pink" is too milky white pink for my taste. It gives the "white out" effect on your nails if applied alone. The glitters appear a bit cloudy once the polish dries. It's nice if you like a subtle hint of glitter.

I don't know why I've been so obsessed with nail polish these past 6 months. I guess it's because nail polish is affordable, easy for me to photography and talk about! lol

I did pick up Revlon "Facets of Fuchsia" (supposed to be a dupe for Deborah Lippmann "Bad Romance") and "Blue Mosaic." I can't wait to swatch them!!

I've been "hitting pan" with a lot of my makeup and beauty products. I get so excited to finish a toothpaste because it means I get to try a new one!! Colgate has been advertising this new Optic White toothpaste and I have 2 coupons saved already!! I love switching up shampoo, soap, toothpaste. I'm still couponing, are you?!

I've been so proud of myself for not shopping makeup as much as I used to..which means my beauty blog is much more boring now-a-days. Sigh.. You can't win them all!! That's also why you haven't seen many makeup reviews, FOTD, EOTD posts from me.
Here's my lazy person's EOTD from today (Sunday). I used a Chanel #59 Gold Rush e/s quad, Lancome Artliner, and Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash Mascara, and MUFE Brown Eyeliner. I did get the new Black Chanel lash curler and I will post my thoughts on it soon. My natural lashes currently suck, but I like the new lash curler for the most part. Circle lenses are the Hana Iceye Brown. They're hands down the most comfortable lenses ever!! They're even more comfortable than my regular Acuvue. I need moreeeeeeee!

FOTD from Saturday. Yes, I have on way too much Rock & Republic Xrated Blush!!
That stuff is so pigmented. My aunts really like it on me when they were visiting. They say it instantly liven ups the face. I normally use my favoriteeee R&R "Bedroom" (special thanks to Jean for the best gift ever!). I used 2 eyeshadows from my Bobbi Brown Tortoise Bronze palette, but you can't really tell what's going on in the eye department from the above. I do really enjoy the more neutral eye looks these days. Falsies would have enhanced the overall look, but I am too lazy for them.
I always feel that falsies are required for EOTD, FOTD posts..and I barely wear falsies so I get discouraged to share. I still take pics of my makeup weekly (because I want to look back when I'm an old lady and be like..hey! that was my makeup choices back in the day), but it's never anything exciting to post on blog.
It's so pretty!!!
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL TO ME.

I did purchase 3 Chanel eyeshadow quads from a blog sale last month (score!!). I do want to share my thoughts on Chanel eyeshadow with you since these are pretty much my first powder eyeshadows by Chanel.

I am trying out a new lash serum called Lashem. I hope it helps my lashes grow longer and fuller. Lash extensions totally ruined my real lashes. I love the look of false lashes, but I dislike removing the lash glue from my eyes. I always seem to have some remnant glue left on my lash line days after!

::Rambles::

In other no one really cares Steph, life news:

I've had a crazy start to October. Minh and I almost got creamed in a car accident on the highway on Wednesday. A teal Dodge Concord just starting flying in our direction head on. It was like WHOAAAAAAA why is this car doing crazy donuts in front of us ON THE HIGHWAY? The driver must have hydroplaned since it was a super wet and rainy day (what's new Seattle Fall 2011?). I don't know how many times I repeated OMG, OMG OMG OMG.

It was heavy lunch time traffic on I-5 North too! Her car spun 360 twice and ended up smashing into the median (while sliding towards us!!). The front of her car was facing oncoming traffic after all the vehicle acrobatics. She flew across two lanes of traffic and luckily did not hit anyone! Several cars dodge her crazy vehicle rain dance. *MIRACLE*

We pulled over and Minh ran out to check on the driver. Minh said she was trembling and couldn't really talk. Good thing she didn't have a passenger because her car was a goner. I stayed in the car and called 911 to report the accident. We stayed to fill out witness statements for the police (and most like for the driver's insurance).

If we were driving any faster her car would have smashed into ours, then who knows what. I don't even want to think about it, but Minh and I kept talking about it after. "What if she hit us, and then a semi-truck ran into us?!" I was like SHUT UP!!

I do admire Minh for always stopping to helping strangers in almost any situation. He says he would want others to do the same for him. He was pretty surprised that no one stopped to help the girl. I'm sure the drivers who were able to dodge her called in the accident while they continued to drive on the highway..

People need to quit texting and driving. You know who you are!! I see it far too often for comfort. Let's save lives, not put them ask risk!

BTW, it was my 2 year anniversary living in Seattle last week. I still dislike Fall/Winter weather here. I don't think Washington folk understand how wonderful Autumn is in other parts of the country. The wet and miserable weather in WA this time of year is not enjoyable. I miss seeing massives amounts of leaves changing color. I miss going to the apple cider farm, and eating old fashion donuts with hot cider in Michigan. I hope to head home to visit in November. I wish I didn't fear flying so much. I'm starting to get more and more paranoid as I get older. ahh

I've been thinking about buying Cod Liver Oil. I've heard that it's great for the skin.
I did buy Flinstone vitamins today just because I wanted to full-fill a childhood want. lol
FINALLY!! FLINSTONE VITAMINS ARE MINE! They're not just for kids, you know. The instructions say adults can take them too. :) Plus, they're on sale this week at Target!

Everyday, I take 2 biotin, 2 vitamin E. Now I'm going to add in Flinstone vitamins, and Gingko Biloba. Minh takes Gingko Biloba because he's says it's great for his memory. He took it all throughout law school. I'm going to try it and see how it works even though I think I have an awesome memory!! If there's anything I'm proud of, it's my memory of daily life situations.
Random Question: Are you not supposed to take vitamins with tea?

P.S. I dislike 98% of Halloween related decorations and "fun" events..like haunted houses, or scary movies!! EW

I also have a fun small giveaway coming up for you! I want to share with you these cool temporary lip tattoos from Violent Lips. I just need to go get my lip threaded before I take any up close lip photos. HAHA.
I think they'd be great for Halloween dress up fun. It's the one day of the year where you can be crazy and accepted!

Revlon "Minted" and "Not So Blueberry"

Revlon "Minted" & Revlon "Not So Blueberry"

I was at Fred Meyer (grocery store) earlier today and saw that Revlon polishes were buy 1, get 1 half off. :D

I've been wanting a mint, pastel green for a few months. I had such a hard time hunting down "Minted" and I was so happy to find it today. :D I really wonder how it compares to Essie's "Mint Candy Apple" because I've heard so many great things about it.

Revlon really needs to reinvent their nail polish packaging already!

#370 "Not So Blueberry" was priced at $4.99 because it's from a different line. They say Scented Perfume on the bottle. I guess it does give off a fragrance even after the polish has dried. I don't really know why you would need a scented nail polish. lol

#85 "Minted" was more affordable at $4.49. :D
I really like Revlon nail polish colors, but I really don't like the brush ~ it's so thin making it harder to apply. The packaging is so dated in my opinion! Anyone agree?

"Not So Blueberry" is such a unique polish in comparison to the other colors by Revlon. I was going to go for "Silver Dollar," but the whimsical purple really stood out.
It was also the last one so I knew I had to get it. lol I needed another polish anyways to take advantage of the sale.
It's one of the prettiest drugstores purples I've seen on shelves as of yet. :) I would describe it as a fairy tale lavender.

This polish combination reminds me of My Little Pony. haha

I used two coats of each polish. I think "Not So Bluberry" would look even better with a third coat since it' has silver shimmers in it. :)

Minh asked me why I was so happy today and I said because my new nail polishes makes me happy!

Tangerine

"Tangerine" #410 by Revlon


It was $3.74 at Bartell Drugs when I picked it up last month. : )
Better photos coming soon of this very wearable orange nail polish.

My dogs all take turn sleeping on one of the couch cushions! lol
Nickel "Chicken Legs" Chihuahua
He's so awkwardly positioned lol

Gnite from Seattle!

A picture of Wally for earlier today. :)

End of April Makeup Haul

Happy Friday!

I wanted to share my haul from yesterday. =^_^= I'm not wearing any makeup today so no FOTD pics to share. I've been busy working and catching up on DSK work. I really am behind! That's why there hasn't been a new post at the jewelry blog. As for right now, catching up on my favorite blogs, and beauty blogging is really making me happy. ^_^

I only picked up one item from the MAC Fashion Flower Collection and that item was Lucky Green eyeshadow!

*Update Lucky Green Eyeshadow*

The flower is so pretty I can't bring myself to using it just yet!
I think I need to look at it a few more times before I use it!

The MAC MA talked me into trying out Lovelorn (pink) and I ended up loving it!
Have any of you tried MAC's Lovelorn or Blankety?

MAC lipsticks will always be one of my favorites. I just love the formula and the color pay off.

I'm so bad at taking photos of swatches..that's why you rarely see them on blog.
I think it's easier to see the makeup on my face rather than on the back of my hand.

I got a new pair of EOS Pink contacts in my prescription! (-6.50, -6.50).
It's so hard for me to find my prescription in circle lenses now-a-days.
My prescription increased this past year. 0_0" I know!

I haven't worn circle lenses at all this month. I'm so behind on the new styles of lenses.
I hope to get back into it!
My friend Marisa sent me a picture text of the new LE EOS lip balms!
They're available at Bartell Drugs for $6.49. I also found them online at Target for $5.09!

The "flavors" are Passion Fruit (purple), and Strawberry Sorbet (pink).
I lovee the smell of the Strawberry Sorbet!

I'm so excited to have these to add to my collection! I have all of the egg shaped one now. : )

100% natural!
95 % organic!

How can you beat that?

While I was at Bartell Drugs I noticed 25% off all their Revlon products.
I found their new summer nail polishes and just had to have them.
They were only $3.74 each! Regularly $4.99/bottle.

Sunshine Sparkle, Blue Lagoon, and Tangerine!

I can't wait to try them out!

I'm looking forward to watching Ellen today! Josh Groban is performing! ^_^