OPI Euro Centrale Collection

Hello friends!

Last night I made a special trip (in the pouring rain) to Ulta, in "want" of the new OPI Euro Centrale collection for Spring/Summer 2013. I had 4 shades on my list but once I saw them it was soo hard to pick and choose so I ended up leaving with 6 which is better than 12! I can't wait to actually try them out, below are pictures of the shades I picked up (click to enlarge); stay tuned for actual pictures of them on my nails soon. Enjoy!

"Suzy's Hungary Again" & "You're Such a Budapest"

Trying to capture the very fine shimmer

"Can't Find My Czechbook" & "Polka.com"

"Polka.com"

"I Saw...U Saw...We Saw...Warsaw" & "Euroso Euro"

OPI Euro Centrale Collection for Spring/Summer 2013

Ulta $9.00 & don't forget to use the Ulta $3.50 off $10 Coupon!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Tiffany...

Maybelline Color Whispers Pics + Swatches

Today I'm featuring the other lip product that has stolen my heart recently. The Maybelline Color Whispers have a great sheer wash of color & wonderful colors to choose from for everyone. I picked up 4 neutral colors & I think there are only 3 or 4 more out of the collection that I'd like to have. Well, enough talking; the pics & swatches are below. Enjoy!

All pictures, including swatches are as follows:

Made-It Mauve, Mocha Muse, Lust For Blush, Some Like it Taupe

Beautiful & Simple packaging

Made-It Mauve, Mocha Muse, Lust For Blush, Some Like it Taupe

Thanks for checking out my blog!

-Tiffany...

Cover Girl Lip Perfection Jumbo Gloss Balm Pics + Swatches

So I've been a busy bee this week trying to get my hands on a few more of my new favorite lip product.  My favorite new lip product is the Cover Girl Lip Perfection Jumbo Gloss Balm, I always feel like I'm so impressioned to buy new products after watching YouTube videos. I decided that I'm going to only buy 1 of each product until I've tried it out & confirmed my love for it.  With that said, I picked up my first shade (Rose Twist) of this about a week ago & fell in love! I love the shade selection & how they include actual Neutrals, not just shades that "seem" to be neutral until they settle on your lips into a horrific orange shade; *ahem* (Revlon Balm Stain in Rendezvous)! Here are pictures & swatches of the 5 shades I've picked up so far. -click the Images to Enlarge.

Scarlet Twist, Watermelon Twist, Rose Twist, Blush Twist, Toffee Twist

Updates...oh Updates!

So lately I haven't exactly been on a "no-buy" but I have been more conscious and thoughtful of what I spend my money on. With that said, I did purchase $30 worth of nail polish this morning, I went crazy after trying 1 of the new Wet N Wild Megalast nail colors, it went on easy, I fell in love with the color on my nails (Sugar Coat) & I fell in lust with other swatches of the other colors in the collection! There were some gorgeous colors to consider & I enjoyed every second of putting them in my cart at CVS! Even with the 25% off I still had some buyers remorse but that is slowly slipping away!

Here's a list of the color's I picked up:
Wet Cement, Break the Ice, 2% Milk, Private Viewing, Sugar coat, Undercover, Bite the Bullet, Through the Grapevine, Under your Spell, Haze of Love, I Red a Book, On a Trip, Heatwave, Club Havana, Tropicalia, Candy-licious, Disturbia, & I Need a Refresh-Mint

Stay Tuned for another update when my "not so surprising" package arrives later this week & I can share all about it!

I'm craving...Makeup!

I feel so weird saying this but..."I craved makeup!", not so much to eat but I had that : I gotta have it, feeling! That special product that gave me that special feeling was "The Balm: Mary Lou Manizer, Highlighter/Illumintor", I've been wanting to try it so bad since I saw it a few months ago. I've never used a highlighter before now so I have a few things to learn before I delve into it to keep myself from looking like a glimmery clown. I totally missed the sale when it was no Hautelook & the announcements when ladies were picking it up at TJ Maxx so that made my craving even stronger. I won't pay full price for anything so buying it from Sephora and paying shipping was completely out of the question!

I wanted this so badly that I had been searching for a "dupe" & finally purchased the dupe on Thursday night: Physician's Formula Face Powder in Transluscent, I'm thinking it was totally me since most people who use it say it is amazing but I couldn't get this to show up on me at any angle! :(

So the search continued, on Saturday the family went out to an nearby Outlet Mall as an outing and at first we walked right through TJ Maxx in search of a perfect new makeup brush holder (which I didn't find) then we went into Best Buy, a book store & VS. On our way out I spotted it! A small The Balm kit with Mary Lou Manizer & a few bonus products that I couldn't live without! The sticker price was a bit of a shock but I knew that I wanted it so I'd better grab it up! The retail price on the front was $59 but I quickly flipped it over to see how much TJ Maxx was selling it for & that price in itself was Amazing! $10 for everything! Below I've included a picture of it & the sticker just in case you can't find it easy to believe me! I tried to grab up 2 but the 2nd kit had an $18 sticker which isn't bad but I didn't feel like paying 2 different prices for the same product! Well, enough talk, here are a few images of the package I got & hopefully I will be able to find more time to blog this week as things still calm down from the Holidays! Hope ya have a great week! :)

 

Carry On Carbonite, Carry On

So I think I should give a fair warning that this is not my best work but I shall share it anyway.  This past week I was on the Hunt for an elusive polish that I've heard so much about.  As you go through YouTube nail vlogs you may come across videos comparing Chanel's "Graphite" to Revlon's "Carbonite".  I looked through so many blog & vlog comparisons & although I could see a difference the addition of extra sparkle in the Chanel wasn't so great that I wanted to pay the $25 price tag! The Revlon product is just around $5 & looked so similar so the search began.  I called around 4 drug stores & none of them had it in stock so I eventually found a CVS that carried it & asked for it to be placed on hold. Upon the hubby arriving home I told him after dinner that we would be headed out to CVS(about 20 min away) to pick it up. As planned we went out & when I arrived at CVS the young lady behind the counter couldn't find the polish anywhere on hold! I had called twice to check the price & make sure it was on hold but it just wasn't there! 

I left sadly, even so sadly that hubby stopped by McDonald's on the way home for a treat to cheer me up. The next day I remembered that we had 2 CVS's but couldn't fathom that maybe I had gone to the wrong CVS so I called the other store & BAM there it was! I went out that morning to pick it up & i was so ecstatic that I sent 2 pictures to a friend of mine, a picture of the name on the top & a picture of the bottle! haha I waited until the next day to paint my toes, not my nails because to be honest I didn't really Love the color as I had tried it on 1 nail the night before. Overall I'm not really happy with the color & really could care less if it came or went but I guess maybe I like the chase...It has been gloomy here all week so here is the 1 "alright" picture that came out on my camera & a picture of the color in bottle.

I will be posting more tomorrow with the color that I used on my nails to accompany these spark-lish-ious toes!

A Tale of 2 Colors (part 2)

In continuence of my last post (Tuesday) I actually was wearing this new color that I'm writing about now & still am.  I had planned on a trip to Ulta on Tuesday to pick up some new Cover girl shadows: Shimmering Sands(trio) & Pure Romance (quad) that were recommended via YouTube & they were running a buy one, get one 1/2 off at Ulta + I had a $3.50 off $10.00 again, which as you know I'm a huge fan of! As I was walking around the store I noticed they had 2 Fall-ish displays; 1 with deep blues(think Midnight Cami) & Metallics(think Orly Rage). I immediately fell in love with the Orly collections which included a silver, gold, & rose gold.

A friend just happened to ring me as I was figuring out which to buy so I asked her opinion & she thought that I should go with the Gold but I really can't commit to the Gold Rush yet so I opted for the rose gold (Rage). I was so excited that I couldn't even wait to get home, we had to go over to Target for something & I immediately painted my ring finger nail in the parking lot! After I had put my Bug to bed I immediately grabbed my All In One base coat, nail polish remover, & polish to settle in for the Bachelor Pad finale. I got started & I just immediately fell in love with the shimmery pink/gold color, 1 coat was beautiful but I'm used to doing 2 so I applied another & to be honest it may have taken away from the shimmer & cause my nails to look a bit more dark & busy. None the less I still loved it & am still wearing it on Day 3, it seems like it would be a great nail to wear as I haven't noticed any major chipping & it was a great combination with the base as it seemed to dry faster than last time. With no further adeu I present to you pictures of my current nail.

 


Make sure to come back to see which next-to-impossible nail color I hunted down this week & to read about the journey it entailed(as usual!)

My Search results

So I went out this morning in search of:
Essie
  Merino Cool
  Carry On
  Power Clutch

Good News! I found all 3 at my local Ulta store.  After standing in line at the counter behind 2 ladies who couldn't decide whether they wanted the free In Style magazines and holding onto my screaming toddlers hand for dear life I came out victorious! I did a few swipes of each on top of my current nail polish because I was so excited when I got home & sent those pictures to a friend(pictures will never be seen here!). Each polish was $8.00 & I picked up all 3 with a 20% coupon for $20.50!

My entire Essie Collection to date...

The new guys in town...

My current color: Merino Cool...

I love my current color & as for the other 2 I think I will be saving them for the official Fall since they are super dark but I'm glad I was able to snatch them up before they became hard to find.  Apparently our Ulta just received the Fall 2011 collection because as I was hitting up the polish department the lady had the display on her cart just about to put it all out on the shelf! The application was fabulous & as I said I don't use a top coat right now but this is just a straight 2 coat application & I'm extremely happy with the results of it & that I was able to locate all 3 on my journey today! :)