NOTD: Sally Hansen All Fired Up Review

I am getting in the Holiday spirit with my nails. I went with a very classic red color. I was trying to decide what color to paint them and I couldn't remember the last time I had painted them red, so that's what I did.

Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure Polishes are by far one of the best formulations of polish out there, especially in the drugstore. They are currently in the process of re-releasing these polishes with a new formulation and new colors. My guess is that they will bring in some of the past limited edition shades as well as some of the current colors and hopefully some new colors. I know that they have been spotted in Walgreens and CVS, but I have not seen them yet. I am anxious to try them out and see if I notice any differences. One of the nicest things about these polishes is that they have a base coat and a top coat built into the polish.

All Fired up is a classic bright red that leans a bit on the orangey side. This is bot a very unique color. There are many other brands with basically the same color. For example I have Essie's Too Too Hot and when I swatched the two of them on my nails I couldn't tell the difference. However there is one major difference, the consistency of the Essie polish doesn't even come close to the Sally Hansen one.

On my accent nail I have Essie Luxe Effects Set in stones, which is silver glitter with all different sizes of glitter in a clear base. This is a great glitter for layering and it is very easy to work with. Essie ploishes are generally known for having a concistency that is difficult to work with, but this one is not (especially for a glitter).

Neither of these polishes are limited edition so this should be pretty easy to track down if you need to get your hands on them. You may even be able to find Sally Hansen All Fired Up at a discounted price. I know Walgreens was selling them for more than 50% to get ready for the NEW ones. Hopefully CVS, RiteAid, Target Etc with follow suit and do the same. 

Don't mind the mess on my thumb! lol

I hope you like my red NOTD, leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite red is!

Bye Bye
xoxo Ashley

Monday Questionnaire November 26th 2012

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend, mine was OK. LOL I basically worked and slept, but I did find some time to spend with my sister so that was nice!

1) Mood
     
Frustrated. I want to be at home so I can watch the season Finale of         DWTS, but I'm at work. Go team Vally!!!!!!!

2) What would you do if you dropped your cell phone in the toilet?
    
I would reach in and grab it as fast as I could, the same way I did when I dropped in the bath tub last summer! FAIL it died, I wasn't fast enough :(

3) What is the best Make-up tip you have learned recently?

Oh I have a good one. I was watching a YouTube video and I learned how to do a perfect winged eyeliner and it is so easy, probably the best tip I have learned to this day. Check the video out here if you want to learn how!

4) Current Nail Polish

Essie Butler Please (limited edition Holiday 2012) and Sinful Colors Faceted on accent nail. Check out my review here!!!

5) What was the last beauty product that you used up?

I just used up my Maybelline Instant Age Rewind concealer in honey, I love this stuff for under eye concealing and I already bought a new one. I use this every day

 

(Source: Google)

6) Favorite thing to go shopping for?

That's a hard one because I love to go shopping for a lot of things clothes, shoes, purses, makeup, accessories etc. LOL But if I had to pick one I would say..... Accessories. I love going to places like forever 21 and finding tons of cute affordable things!

7) Current Outfit

Jeans, Mint tank top, black slouchy tee, brown combat boots from Target , sheer tan and white scarf, my Michael Kors watch and some Forever21 bracelets

8) What is your favorite sport to watch? 

Definitely basketball, Go CAVS! I really like baseball and football too!

9) Best part of your weekend?

The Cleveland Browns beating the Pittsburgh Steelers WooHoo! And finding those L'oreal Colour Riche Eye Shadows.

10) Weekly Goals

Start getting my Secret Santa present together and clean!

Have a great week everyone and if you would like, copy and paste the questionnaire below and leave it for me to read in the comments.

 

1) Mood
2) What would you do if you dropped your cell phone in the toilet?
3) What is the best Make-up tip you have learned recently? 
4) Current Nail Polish
5) What was the last beauty product that you used up?
6) Favorite thing to go shopping for? 
7) Current Outfit
8) What is your favorite sport to watch?
9) Best part of your weekend?
10) Weekly Goals 





  

Walgreens Haul: New L'oreal Colour Riche Eyeshadows and Sinful Colors Display

I found the new L'oreal Colour Riche eye shadows at Walgreens the other night and I couldn't believe my eyes! Seriously though, I feel like every time a new drugstore product is spotted and other bloggers and YouTube gurus start talking about it I get so excited to find it and try it out myself. Unfortunately for me where I live makes it hard to do that (I don't know why but most things take forever to hit the stores here). :( I am always searching for what feels like forever for new products, so the fact that I found these so fast made my whole day, well night since it was like midnight! 

 I also found some other fun items! My favorite Mouse Herbal Essence Volumizing Mouse, this stuff smells AMAZING (shout out to my friend Jess for introducing this stuff to me). It was on sale for $2.99 and I got $3 back in register rewards, so it was basically free. I picked up the Soho Beauty Sponge for $7.99, this looks like a dupe for the beauty blender and it's less than half the price.

 There was a new Sinful Colors end cap display with a bunch of nail polishes, nail art polishes, lip glosses and best of all GLITTER! The glitter was my fave find of course, they were $1.99 each. I will be doing a review of these once I get a chance to use them. The nail polishes were also $1.99.

Here are some pics of the display

Some of these Sinful Colors are part of their permanent collection and their are also some new ones in here that are most likely limited edition, so if you see one you like you should get it while you can! I saw some of these colors on a different display at RiteAid also.


And here are the L'oreal Colour Riche Eye Shadows...

These are the first two i picked up. The one on the right is 313 Neon Skirt and the one on the left is 105 Rose for Romance. There were 6 quads in the display that I saw at Walgreens. I of course had to go back the next day and I picked up two more. 

And these are the second two that I picked up, the one on the left is 817 So Over It and the one on the right is 211 Blue Haute Couture (love that name).

I have used the L'oreal Colour Riche Eye shadows twice now, I will being doing a review on these shortly, so keep an eye out for that!

Bye Bye
 xoxo Ashley

 

NOTD: Essie Butler Please Review

It's been a few days since my last post, I know, but I have been WAY too busy working, hanging out with my sister and working. Oh did I mention WORKING! So as much as I wanted to keep up with the everyday posting, it was damn near impossible. I am still recovering from the lack of sleep from the past few days, but I'm here with another NOTD, because we all know, and if you don't you do now, that i paint my nails way too often!

This is Essie Butler Please and it is from their Holiday 2012 collection. This is almost an exact dupe for Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, which is one of the most amazing blue's EVER. Butler Please is a tad bit darker than Pacific Blue. I wish I could say that I love this polish, but I just can't. The consistency of this polish is a pain in the butt, it applies pretty thick and goopy. However I really think that the color is worth the trouble and you only need 2 coats to reach full opacity. This polish retails for about $8 at Target, RiteAid, Walgreens and Ulta.

On my ring finger/accent nail I have Sinful Colors Faceted, It's a really pretty glitter top coat with blue, purple, green and the tinsely things! lol I found this at Rite Aid $1.99, I also saw it at Walgreens the other day, and I think its limited edition. I really like the consistency of this glitter, it went on very smooth and even. This is a new favorite glitter, for sure!

If you like this color, or love it like i do I say it's worth the $8. But to be honest I think that Sally Hansen's Pacific blue is cheaper, WAY better consistency and I like the color just a teeny bit more! So really you should skip this and go get SH Pacific Blue unless you already have it of course!

Bye Bye

xoxo Ashley

NOTD: NYC Matte Me Crazy Topcoat Review

I have been searching for a Matte topcoat for quite some time now and I finally found one! woohoo!

 

I found NYC Matte Me Crazy at Target, and it was the last bottle by the way, lucky me! :) Can't beat the price either, it was under $2. I know that many other brands make a Matte topcoat, ranging in price from $7-$15. So when I found this I was pretty stoked. Since this is the first Matte topcoat I have tried I have nothing to compare it to, but I think it works pretty good!

 

I used the topcoat over a dark almost black purple nail polish, Orly Wild Wisteria. This is a creme with absolutely no shimmer or sparkle at all. I thought this was a little boring so I glammed it up a bit with some glitter!

 

 

I used Maybelline Color Show Sequins Gold's Night Out on about half of each nail making it thicker at the tip. And then on the very tip I used Milani Jewel FX in Gold to make the glitter even thicker at the tip!

I hope you like my fun glittery nail design, you should try it yourself it is very easy. I thought it would be much harder than it was, so try it out! 

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Bye Bye

xoxo Ashley

Monday Questionnaire November 19, 2012

It's been a whole week since I started my blog! Yay. And I am totally loving it. Look at these beautiful babies I found today at CVS, the Kardashians new make-up line! I found the Eyelashes, thanks to the lovely lady who helped me! She was so awesome and went in the back and got them for me, can't wait to try them out and do a review for you all! This was all they had so far at the CVS I went to, hopefully I will find of the other items soon!

 

 1) Mood

     Overwhelmed. I have a lot to do this week having two jobs espcially one that involves working til 3:45am on black friday

2) If you had to choose only one nail polish to use for the rest of your life which one would it be?

    This was a hard decision but I have to go with Wet n Wild Fergie in the color Ferguson Crest Syrah, it's B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L.

 

3) What is your favorite thing to eat on thanksgiving?

     

     Hands down it would have to be twice baked potatoes and challah bread!

4) Current Nail Polish:

     

     Revlon Rainforest and Maybelline Sequins Silver Gleam (limited edition out right now)  NOTD Review here!

5) Favorite Lipgloss at the moment:

    Maybelline ColorSensational Lip Gloss in Plum Luster, this stuff is the shiz!

6) What is your Favorite Thanksgiving tradition?

    

     Got to my aunt and uncle's and having a bonfire, so much fun, really going to miss it this year!

7) Current Outfit:

     

     Hunter green pants, cream coverup/sweater thingy, black tee, brown combat boots and a sheer white and tan scarf! Loving the fall weather that finally arrived

8) Chocolate cream, Pumpkin, or Pecan Pie

    Well this is easy since I LOVE chocolate cream pie and I hate pumpkin and Pecan pie :)

9) Are there any TV shows that you are really loving right now?

    More than one that's for sure. Completely loving Chicago Fire, The Vampire Diaries and The Next Iron Chef Redemption.

 

(Source: Google)

Team Delena all day, everyday!!!!!

10) Weekly Goals

         Put my clean laundry away and get through this week without dieing lol

 Leave me a comment with your answers to the monday questionnaire.

 I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving, safe travels and be careful if you are being brave and going out for black friday!

Bye Bye 

xoxo Ashley

    

 

NOTD: Revlon Rainforest Review

It's been 3 days so you know what that means, new nail polish post! lol I went with Revlon Rainforest with an accent nail in Maybelline Silver Gleam. My nails are looking a bit short and stubby for my liking, unfortunately I broke a nail the other day, I know it was really sad but I'll survive, so of course I had to file them down so they were all the same length!

Revlon Rainforest is a very dark green almost black base with gold and green glitter. This polish is a great consistency, it is very easy to work with and you can get complete full coverage in two coats. This Revlon colorstay nail polishes are very long wearing and doesn't chip. These retail for about $7.99, a bit pricey but definitely worth it. Or you could just wait for them to go on sale which happens quite often at both CVS and RiteAid.

Speaking of chipping! We all know that chunky glitter polishes are guilty of that. Maybelline Color Show Sequins in Silver Gleam however is not. This is one of the best glitter polishes ever! I have tried a few of the other colors form this collection (they are all glitters, hence the name Sequins) and so far they are all just as good! These are limited edition and I found mine at RiteAid for $3.99 each. If you see them and you want them, grab them! There were 8 colors and 2 of each color in the display.

I know that I will be coming back to both these polishes again and again. Especially the Silver Gleam, prepare yourself to see that all the time as my accent nail.

Bye Bye
xoxo Ashley