Beautifully Disney Haunted Mansion Collection- Mini Lipstick Setswatches & review

Hi everyone!

Today's post is more Disney makeup. The one thing I love more than makeup and nail polish is Disney so the Beautifully a Disney line from the Disney Parks is right up my alley. I've reviewed the eye shadows, Polish, and glosses on here before from a few collections, but never the lipsticks. I was never much of a lipstick wearer until recently.  This last Disneyland trip, I decided to pick up a set of lipsticks to try and I ended up deciding on the Haunted Mansion collection lipstick set.  Beautifully Disney doesn't have any full size lipsticks, just the mini sets (at least not yet). Anyways, enough chatter... On to the pictures! 

The front of the packaging. I love it. LOVE. 

The back of the packaging has the name of the colors at the top, here you can also see the price. Not a really awful price, all things considered. 

I decided to show a size comparison to a MAC lipstick, which I feel is s pretty universal size and packaging. 

Look Alive is a gorgeous dark red with hints of brown. I feel like it's kind of that Pantone Marsala color of the year kind of shade, it's totally beautiful. 

Ball and Chain is your classic bright fire engine red. There's not much more I can say about it.

Bride and Doom is a pale pink neutral. It's really pretty, but not particularly flattering on me, so I have to mix it with something else to look good on my skin tone. 

Ghost Host is my favorite color of the bunch. It's a gorgeous pinky lavender color that is super flattering on me. 

The formula on all these is pretty creamy and good. They're not particularly long lasting, like most non-matte lipsticks. They all have a cream finish and feel really comfortable on the lips.  Overall I have to say I really like these and I can't wait to get some more of these lipstick sets on future Disney trips!

Thanks for reading!

Nicel

ELF - Light and Dark blush palettes swatches & review

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Today's post is another makeup one.  I haven't been able to do my nails in a little while because I've been making bows and filling orders and making bows generally wrecks my nails :( I will be getting some nail polish posts up soon as well!.


Today I have the new ELF (Eyes, Lips, Face) Blush palettes. They came out with 2, Light and Dark.  I picked these up at Old Navy for $8 each. Who knew Old Navy had ELF? Interesting...

Light Palette has the pale pinks and nude peachy type blush.  Its really pretty for that simple "flushed" look... or that just out of the cold look.

Dark palette has more of the darker "fall" type blushes.  My favorite is the bottom left, brick red with gold sparkles. Its so pretty!



Also, possibly my favorite thing about these palettes is that the individual colors pop out and you can mix and match between these 2 palettes, so if you want to darken up one of the "light" colors, you can or its great to take on a trip and have both light and dark blushes.

The formula on these is just like the Studio blushes, those are the $3.  All the blushes are pretty powdery, but they blend beautifully, so its not that big a deal... just know that powder will go everywhere, just like the studio blushes.  I really love the regular blushes, and to have this palette be the same quality made me really happy! You can get this at Old Navy, Target, and ELF's website.

NYX Wicked Lippies - Risque

Hi everyone! Its been a really long time, I know. I keep promising I'll be good about posting and I never do it. Whoops.

Anyways, its one of my new years' resolutions to start posting more and making more videos so I will be doing that.  I'm starting with a fabulous green lipstick.  As you  may or may  not know, my birthday is on St. Patty's Day and I kinda wanted this lipstick when I first saw it, but I never went out and got it.  The other day I was with a friend at Ulta and I happened to see the (completely picked over) display, and I decided to pick up the green lipstick for character looks and for my birthday! I will post a pic after my birthday with this actually on my lips, until then... a hand swatch will have to do!

Risque is a really gorgeous shimmery green "frost" lipstick. Its a perfect emerald green. Formula is smooth and it applies surprisingly well (I have problem lips and generally lipstick is a pain to apply). Its not particularly long wearing, but that's okay.  Its great for quick looks, costume looks or special occasions.


As always, thanks for reading!

NOTD: Model's Own Emerald Black

Hey everyone!

Today's NOTD is a color I love. I felt like doing something a little darker for fall even though it's so freakin hot here still. 

Emerald black. 3 coats. Black and deep Emerald duo chrome. The formula on this guy is awesome, I just did 3 thin coats because I sucked at the first coat so I had to even it out.  This color is so gorgeous and pretty perfect for fall. Rumor has it Forever 21 will start carrying this brand, though I haven't much looked in to it.

Thanks for reading!

Nicel

NOTD: Color Club The Uptown

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Today on the blog I have a polish that is a tad controversial at the moment and highly sought after. Recently, Color Club has changed the formula of its popular color, The Uptown. Once nail polish addicts caught wind of this, a frenzy began for every last bottle of the old formula. Yours truly also caught old formula fever and I scoured the racks aty local beauty supply until... Success! I found one lonely bottle of it.

The Uptown. 2 coats over Orly Charged Up. The Uptown is a gorgeous duo chrome flakie in a purple base. So much  flakie goodness it's insane with a really great formula. 

So ladies, if you have yet to find the original formula, keep searching! Try Bed Bath and Beyond, a lot of people have been having success there. 

Thanks for reading!

Nicel

NOTD: China Glaze But Of Corpse

I Hi everyone! Phew! It's been a whole 6 months. Yikes. Life has been pretty crazy but it's almost Halloween! My favorite time of the year, and with that comes a new Halloween collection favorite! 

My NOTD today is China Glaze But of Corpse from the Apocalypse collection. 

But Of Corpse. 2 coats. Shimmery green with matte black glitter. The formula is pretty fantastic, 2 easy coats but it does dry matte/slightly textured so I added Seche Vite and Gelous on top to make it nice and glassy smooth. Such a beautiful color but then again I am a sucker for greens!

Thanks for reading!

Nicel

Revlon Sun Candy - Swatches + Review

Hi Everyone!!

Today on the blog I have swatches and reviews of 2 of the Revlon Sun Candy nail polishes.  These are the same kind of concept as the Moon Candy, but brighter colors and glitter instead of flakies, at least from what I can tell.

Northern Lights. Direct sunlight. 2 coats of base polish, 2 coats of glitter.  Base color is a cerulean blue kind of a color while the glitter is an opal type of glitter in a translucent blue tinted base.  The base polish applied beautifully on this.  I really love this for sunny days, which is why I guess they're called "Sun Candy."

 Sun Shower. Direct sunlight.  3 coats base polish, 2 coats glitter.  The base polish for this is a minty green, it was streakier than Northern Lights, it took 3 coats to get good coverage on the nail.  The glitter is the same as in Northern Lights, but its in a minty tinted base instead of blue.  Overall I think I like Northern Lights better because of its performance but I like this better because of its base color.  I'm a sucker for mint greens! Too bad its streaky and annoying!

Overall I think these are a cool concept.  I hope the other colors in this series are less streaky than Sun Shower and perform more like Northern Lights.


Thanks for reading!

Sally Hansen Satin Glam Swatches + Review

Hiya!

Today on the blog I have swatches of 3 of the Satin Glam polishes from Sally Hansen.  These are really cool.  They're glittery polishes that dry to a satin finish (somewhere between matte and glossy). On to the pictures and review!

Teal Tulle. 2 Coats, Glittery teal.  This is my favorite of the ones I own. Its beautiful and even though it has a satin finish, it catches the sun beautifully! Definitely will be wearing this a lot this spring/summer I think.  I used this a while ago in a "Sully" from Monsters Inc/Monsters University mani with Sally Hansen Insta Dri in Grape Shifter on top and it was my favorite mani I did in a long time.  I forgot to take pictures of it (d'oh!) but next time I do it I will be sure to blog.

 Silk Onyx.  2 Coats, black base shimmery silver throughout.  This is a really cool color, when it dries it kind of reminds me of a pencil, if that makes any sense! The color is beautiful and the finish is beautiful as well, the silver shimmer throughout catches the sun really nicely even if it is a satin finish.

Go Gold.  2 Coats, shimmery light gold.  This is really beautiful too, its much more glittery and in your face on the nails than the other 2 are, I feel like.  Its still a gorgeous color but I feel like I'm wearing a ground up coin on my nails or something, I don't know.  Something about this color I'm just not feeling.  I feel like the other 2 colors I own has shimmer that's a little more subtle, but not this guy.  Even with the satin finish, the brightness is definitely visible.

Overall, the formula on these guys is really good.  Really smooth and easy to put on and wear.  They also look great with a matte topcoat to make them completely matte, and they also look great with a glossy topcoat to make it a more traditional polish.  Wear time is pretty decent on these alone, but if a matte topcoat is put over it it lasts longer and the matte topcoats kind of satin out after a day or two of use.   I think that's about it!

Thanks for reading!

Nicole by OPI Roughles - On What Grounds Swatches + Review

Hi everyone!

Today on the blog I have another textured polish.  This one I got in my March Glam Bag from Ipsy.  As you may know if you've read my blog before, I really dislike the textured thing.  I have to have glassy smooth nails at all times, so this whole textured trend is driving me nuts!! I did a post of a bunch of different kinds and different brands here figuring I would give a bunch a shot to try, still didn't like any of them.  But anywho, here is today's post (which is also my first Nicole by OPI polish *gasp*)

The name, "On What Grounds" actually perfect because it has some brown spots that remind me of coffee grounds.  The color of this is beautiful, as you can see it is a baby blue with dark blue and brown grit.  I love the base color and if it was dark blue and brown glitter instead of the textured thing I would probably wear it often.  This was 2 coats of the polish, I could have gotten away with one I think, but I missed a few spots and thought it would be good to even it out a little. Overall the formula isn't a problem, the color isn't a problem and it looks kinda cool, I really just can't handle my nails being rough!

If you like the textured trend, you might want to check these out.  I know there are a whole host of pastel colors of these out there, I just haven't sought them out and wouldn't have this if it wasn't for my Ipsy bag.

Thanks for reading!

I'm Back + Hair Bows, Archery and Wedding Planning... Oh My!

Whew! Well, its been a while.

Long story short, I decided to take a couple of full time legal assistant jobs and they didn't work out for me.  They were sucking up too much of my time and making me miserable - I'm not meant for a desk job. I'm meant for freedom and creativity.  A few of you might think its foolish giving up a really good paying job for uncertainty, but I'm so happy now.  Especially because my bosses were a little not all there.

So what am I doing now? I started my own shop where I currently sell hair bows, I will in the future have jewelry, nail polish jewelry and maybe my own nail polish line.  Its something I've wanted to do for a very long time now.  Even though I haven't been blogging or doing videos as much, makeup and nail polish have still remained a passion of mine.  Below are some of the bows available at my shop, Enchanted Wares Boutique.

I'll be having more designs soon, as well as jewelry! I'm really excited about this venture!

So just in case starting a business and looking for a part time job wasn't enough, I'm starting to plan my wedding!! I'm getting married on July 9, 2015 at a small ceremony and then honeymooning at Walt Disney World!  I'll be doing updates and wedding blogs and vlogs as I plan.  Its going to be a big DIY kind of a wedding since we are on a limited budget and we really want most of the money to go to our Honeymoon.  The "us" time is more important than the party we throw for everyone else.

My wedding will be Tangled "I See the Light" Themed.  That song is pretty much perfect to describe our relationship and how we both kind of came alive when we met.  My fiance is amazing and totally okay with this whole thing :) I am giving him some concessions like letting him have half of the wedding cake to make it batman :D It is his wedding too, afterall.

Other than that, I took up Archery and I'm LOVING it.  Its very fun shooting pointy objects.  I'll also be doing some videos about that I think on my vlog channel.

So I think that's about it.  Would you guys be interested in wedding planning and wedding DIY posts here?

Thanks for reading!

Baby Lips Electro Collection - Swatches & Review

Hey Guys!

Today's post is about the new Maybelline Baby Lips Electro Collection. I found these at Walmart just mixed in with the regular baby lips, so I'm not sure if they're limited edition or not, but they are pretty awesome!

 

Left to Right: Pink Shock, Strike a Rose, Oh! Orange, Fierce N Tangy, Minty Sheer, Berry Bomb

Minty Sheer and Fierce N Tangy are color-less so they aren't swatched above.

Pink Shock is hot pink
Strike a Rose is a pinky coral
Oh! Orange is orange (imagine that!)
Berry Bomb is a grape purple color

Strike a Rose is definitely my favorite from this collection. Its a gorgeous color. Second favorite would have to be Oh! Orange. I keep wanting to try orange lipstick, but I'm too afraid to pull off a real bold orange lip, so this is a good enough substitute! Berry Bomb is the sheerest of the colored balms in this collection, it takes a lot to get a little purple to show up.

These are awesome. I'm love Baby Lips. I have 2 of the regular ones and I loved those so when I heard they were coming out with a collection of "brights" I was alllll over it! I love the black packaging with the neon letters, I love the formula of these, I love the sheer wash of color and the easy slap on and go way these apply. I just love them all! I can't really say how much I love them, I just love them!!!

These would also be a very good way to begin getting in to bright lips if you're not comfortable with a full-on bright lip. With these you get a little wash of brightness, but its not overpowering!

You can find these at Walmart for $3 (and I'm sure other drugstores, I just haven't seen them anywhere else yet!). If you see them.... get them!!


Thanks for reading!

Sation - Unicorns are Teal

Hey Guys!

Today's post is a polish from my most recent favorite color family... teal! Its also from a brand that's not super well-known to me, but I'm starting to dabble in to it.

Unicorns are Teal. 2 coats. Perfect teal creme. I love this color! Its a perfect teal. Formula is wonderful. The only other Sation polish I have came in a glam bag. Its a really sheer peachy-skin tone color. It doesn't really suit my skin tone so I don't really wear it. This one, I will get so much use out of! I love this!!!

Thanks for reading!

A Couple Orly Glitters!

Hey Guys!

Today's post is about a couple of Orly glitters I found at Marshalls for $3.99 each. I was super drawn to them so I decided to pick them up! Check it out:

Mermaid Tale. 2 coats over Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Jade Jump. Hex mint green glitter, hex holo glitter, small mint glitter in a clear base. This is such a gorgeous summer/mermaid mani... I fell in love this this and am still wearing it! The pictures aren't doing it justice. 

Ultraviolet. 2 coats over Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lively Lilac. Blue-toned purple hex glitter and small magenta glitter in a clear base. This is awesome! I love how the two tones of purple mesh together to give this glitter extra dimension. I love this!


Love these two and I'm so glad I got them for a really great deal at my work (Marshalls!). You guys should stroll in to a Marshalls or TJ Maxx near you and see what they have... we are starting to get a lot of good stuff we never had before!

Thanks for reading!

My First Spa Ritual Polishes!

Hey Guys!!

Today I have swatches of my first 3 Spa Ritual polishes. I got these at Marshalls for $3.99 each and since I liked all the colors and have been meaning to try out this brand, I decided to go for it! Here we go:

Dreams Becoming Reality. 2 Coats. Deep teal. I love this kind of color. This is one of my favorite color families... the dark turquoise/teal color. This was among one of the nicest I've worked with formula wise. 2 coats for full opacity. Super easy to work with!

Shoot for the Stars. 2 coats. Medium red-toned purple. Super pretty color. I actually don't think I have anything this shade in my collection. Beautiful formula just like Dreams Becoming Reality.

Silver. 2 coats. Not the most exciting name ever, but it does the job of describing it. Great formula for a straight up silver. Not anything super unique or exciting about this color... but I love silvers!


Overall, I'm super happy with my first Spa Ritual experience. If you're a fan of this brand of have been meaning to try it out.. check your local Marshalls or TJ Maxx first... they might have a few of these you can try out for cheap!

Thanks for reading!