Sally Hansen Salon Effects - Love Letter

Hey y'all! Sorry it's been so long since I last posted! I didn't have much to post on really.... I couldn't decide on what I wanted to do with my nails! Such a problem. haha Last night I finally decided to apply some of my newest Sally Hansen prints... Love Letter.  And I have to say... I love it! I've gotten tons of compliments on them already! Several asked if I did them myself. (of course I did! ;-) haha ) Anyway, here they are!

These prints were another set that applied really easily. I'm not sure why their prints would apply differently... but they do. And these went on well! 

I also got a new phone cover! I don't know about you all that have iphones... but I've found it difficult to find cute cases! I finally found some from a company called Agent18. 

I love this pink and orange combo! So cute! Not only that, but their products are on tv shows... like How I Met Your Mother and Up All Night (Christina Applegate's phone) 

Finally, if you're a classic movie fan or basically just a fan of really good movies in general... you MUST go see The Artist! What an amazing movie. It really takes some great acting to be in a silent movie. And it really makes you focus more since you have to pay attention to their facial expressions and the words. I was expecting a good movie, but it was beyond what I thought it would be. GREAT movie. It deserves every award it's up for! It'll definitely be one that I buy when it's out. Great acting, great storyline, great music and a super cute dog (Uggie). GO SEE IT! http://weinsteinco.com/sites/the-artist/

I couldn't help it. I had to post a picture of Uggie. Seriously, a bow tie! I want that dog. 

Anywho.... I'll try not to stay away so long next time! Til then, glam it up!

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

Hey y'all! Well I got my Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette yesterday! I haven't tried too much of it yet, but I think I'll like it. I tried to swatch it.... but had a hard time with it. So I just have pics of the shadows in the container. The palette comes with a mini lip gloss (Lip Junkie) and a brush. So far, to be honest, I feel like it's not as pigmented as I had hoped. I think Too Faced shadows are better. But I'll keep playing around with UD. I need TiffanyD to post most tutorials with it! Anyway, here's the packaging....

I also got Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes! mascara with my insider points. It did alright... but I can't say it's any better than Maybelline's Falsies Flared that I've been using. I'll try it again tomorrow. 

Here's all the colors with the brush. Left to right: Foxy, Half Baked, Booty Call, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted and Blackout. TiffanyD has a really great tutorial for this palette... it was for NYE, but I say go for it anytime! You can always tone it down a bit. I sort of did it yesterday, but I still don't have the right Sigma brushes for it... they're on their way! lol Anyway, here's a link to her video: http://makeupbytiffanyd.blogspot.com/2011/12/midnight-black-cat-eye-makeup-tutorial.html 

I also bought a brush cleanser from MAC.... also because of TiffanyD. haha Really does a great job! And it's also probably the only item I will own from MAC as everything else looks super expensive. The cleanser is only $13 and free shipping! 

This does a great job of cleaning the brushes without having to use water. Gets them clean in seconds! Love it. 

I think I'll talk about the foundation and concealer in my next post when I get my new brushes. lol OH! I remember what I was going to mention today. butter London has their Spring/Summer 2012 Collection out! The ones I'm wanting: Trout Pout, Disco Biscuit and Knackered. 

I looked at swatches of Trout Pout and it's much brighter than it appears here. Any you're wanting?

That about wraps it up for today! More to come soon! Til then, glam it up! 

Sweet Tart-an

Hey y'all! Ok, so I love the Zoya polish..... but I had one finger that chipped pretty badly a bit too fast for me. Who knows, maybe I was extra rough on them this week. I'll try again. Anyway, I was told I should put some pink on. Gladly! Pink is my signature color! So, I decided to finally use one of the Sally Hansen prints I bought awhile back. It's the pink argyle called Sweet Tart-an. I like it much more than the black and silver one I had before!

Today I also tried the braid trend! I put my hair up and figured, I have to use bobby pins on my layers anyway... why not try a braid?! So I did. And I love it! I really wish my hair would grow faster because there's so many things I want to try on my hair!! 

I also ordered two more brushes from Sigma... as soon as I get them I'll have more pics and another review. I've had a chance to really try out the brushes... let's just say, I was missing out before I got these!! I should be getting my Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette tomorrow!! Pretty excited about that one. =) Also started using a new foundation and concealer that I'm really loving so far... so I'll go over that another time too.  

Other things to discuss.... you know I love my man Tim Tebow. Well, his foundation just started Team Tebow! All you gotta do is donate $25 and you get a shirt, a car decal, newsletters and the first opportunity to volunteer at the foundation's events! Check it: http://timtebowfoundation.org/teamtebow

 I'm pretty pumped to be a part of this and am eagerly awaiting my membership pack! Go check it out... pretty awesome deal!

Finally, I started reading a really great book the other night. 'Kisses from Katie' which is about a young woman who gave up everything she had to move to Uganda and help the people there. On top of that, she adopted 14 girls there! Such a great book! http://amazima.org/katiesbook.html Thanks to my friend Kristin (whose blog is on the left in my favorite blogs list) for suggesting this read!

I think that about covers it for this post! I hope you all check out the things I talked about today! I'll hopefully be back soon with my new stuff!! Til then, glam it up!

Sigma Brushes & Zoya Polish

Hey again y'all! Well, I got my Sigma brushes!! I ordered The Cities - Paris. I love them!! However, I will have to order some brushes separately. I found that I still need a few others, but luckily you can order whatever you need! Ok, so the pictures!

Love this packaging! So stylish!

It also came with this lovely guide about all of the brushes it comes with, as well as descriptions of the other three cities brushes.

This is how everything looks for travel. This should be very convenient for vacations! 

Somehow I can't get this photo to flip, but these are the brushes it comes with! From top to bottom: Eye Liner - E05; Tapered Blending - E35; Small Tapered Blending - E45; Large Shader - E60; Small Contour - F05; Duo Fibre Powder/Blush - F15; and Large Powder - F30. The small silver brush came free and is another blending brush. So far I am loving these brushes! The bristles are very soft and they're all around well made brushes. These brushes are red to represent the romance capital of the world, Paris. Very pretty!

Here they all are in one of the cups. I love this! It works so perfectly on my countertop! I used a few this morning, and they work wonderfully! I'm excited to try more! I highly recommend these brushes! I hope you all give them a try! Like I said, I'm going to have to buy a few more for my purposes, but is that really a bad thing? ;-) 

Ok, now for my Zoya polish! Another product I am highly impressed with! I was going to wait until my Nails Inc started chipping more, but boy did that stay on well! But since I got my brushes, I decided to go ahead. As you all know, I purchased the shade 'Kelly'. How could I pass that up since it's my name?! Anyhow, I love the shade! I was pleasantly surprised. I'm not a huge fan of gray, but this is really a different shade of it! It has blue and purple undertones and really just is beautiful. I also was completely impressed with the application! It went on so smoothly! I'll have to try some other shades, but they all go on this well... Zoya may be my new favorite brand of polish! Dare I say I like it better than butter London and OPI?! I'll try more shades and see. But I expect that statement will be true. Here's the picture!

Well, there you have it! My newest purchases! I am very happy with both!! My next debate is whether or not I should buy Urban Decay's Naked 2 palette. I've seen varying reviews on it. And having three Too Faced palettes I'm not sure I need it. Any thoughts? Til next time, glam it up!

***Update*** I ended up buying the palette with my VIB discount. I figured that was a better buy than lip balm that with shipping ended up being $27. Lip balm! The palette had free shipping plus comes with 12 shades, a double sided brush and gloss. Soooo better buy I'm thinking. Will update when it arrives!