LCN - Nail of the Day & New Bracelet!

LCN

Lasts for 3-4 weeks

Doesn't chip, break, etc.

Took 35min to do

$40 for a fill

No brainer

Oh, and that's my new bracelet.

Happy Friday!

OPI - Catch Me in Your Net

My nail of the day!

Sometimes a manicure can fix everything =)

Tag: The A to Z of Me!

Age

25. Yuck.

Bed size

Queen

Chore you hate

I don't think there's a chore that I like...

But probably the worst is laundry

Dogs

Don't have any, but love them!

Essential start of your day

Coffee. Lots of it:

Favorite color

Black

Gold or silver

Silver

Height

5ft2. I'm a peanut =)

Instruments I play

I am not musically inclined. At all.

Job Title

Analyst of Demand Planning

Kids

This is the only kid I like. He's a friend's baby!

Live

The dirty Jersey, close to NYC

Mom's name

Deanna! xoxo

Nickname

Sixx. After Nikki Sixx, the Motley Crue GOD:

Pet peeve

People with no manners

Quote from a movie

"Leave the gun, take the cannoli" - The Godfather

Right or left handed

Right

Siblings

My little brother! He's the best brother in the whole world!!!

Time you wake up

Around 7am for work. On weekends, I want to sleep forever!

Underwear

Whoa, weird question

Vegetables you dislike

All of them.

What makes you run late

Makeup. Plain and simple

X-rays you've had done

Umm, dental ones?

Yummy food you make

Cupcakes, of course!!!

Zoo animal

The best animal ever, a giraffe!

This photo was taken at Ripley's Believe it or Not museum - this is an albino giraffe!

Feel free to re-post with your own answers!

xoxo

Glittery Lipstick Pen!

Love it! I was walking around NYC during my lunch break,

and came across the cutest pen in the world!

The bullet acts as a cap, pen is underneath =)

MAC Fall Programs - The Verdict

MAC is one of my favorite brands - they are always coming out with new programs that are creative and exciting. Here are the current programs MAC has on counter currently, and of course a little commentary from yours truly =) Let me know what you guys think!

Styledriven

The visual:

So sexy! It has a vintage, yet modern feel with the perfect pair of red lips!

The collection:

The makeup is all from the Prolongwear franchise and is made to LAST.

I might invest in one of the lip pencils to fill in my lips before applying lipstick.

Art of Powder

The visual:

Love it. It makes powder look exciting, which is kind of a hard task

The collection:

The 3 products shown above are actually all different -

one is a highlighter, one is an eyeshadow and one is a bronzer.

I think the concept is cool, and the design on the powders are bitchin!

Seasonally Supreme

The visual:

It's "eh" for me. Nothing special

The collection:

12 Sheen Supreme lipsticks. I like the range of shades, and I also like the skinny tube.

Fall Colour: Angel Flame

The visual:

I'm sure these photos are on just about every blog now,

but seriously...WTF.

The collection:

...is normal. A mix of lipglasses, an eyeshadow quad, mineralize skinfinish etc.

All shades are in the pinky/beige family which is nice if you want natural makeup.

Try not to copy the above makeup though...

Fall Colour: Wild Colour

The visual:

Horrifying. Everyone hates clowns, myself included.

So I don't get the "creative" aspect of this, it's just plain miserable.

The collection:

Equally as horrifying. BRIGHT pigments, shadows, pencils and lipsticks.

The only thing I would ever use these shades for is Halloween.

Maybe that's what they were going for? I can only hope.

Fall Colour: Midnight Blue

The visual:

What girl doesn't want to look like a street walker? Oh...me.

The collection:

Great, actually. Aside from the hideous lipstick above,

all the items are useful and wearable - falsies, nail lacquers, pencils, brushes, etc

Posh Paradise

The visual:

In LOVE! It's so amazing, the hair is so fierce and so is the makeup & background

The collection:

Another LOVE! As some of you read,

I bought the lipstick Rare Exotic from this collection and think it kicks major ass.

It is insanely long-wearing and the colors are beautiful.

The collection has a mix of Mattene lipsticks, paint pots and 2 nail lacquers.

Matchmaster Foundation

The visual:

Very Pretty!

The collection:

This foundation promises to be "invisible" with coverage influenced by your own skin.

Sounds good to me, I haven't tried it yet so stay tuned on this one.

What collection is your favorite?

What Beauty Products Do You Use Until the Last Drop?

I saw this question on Allure.com and it got me thinking - I buy so many products. Like, lots of them. Certain things I get tired of and only use a few times. Other things that I LOVE I will scrape out of the jar/tube like my life depends on it.

Here are my scrape-the-bottom-until-there's-nothing-left products:

1. Foundation or base - I'll confess, I hate buying foundation. It's not fun or interesting, it's more of a necessity. Therefore, I use up every last bit of it!
2. Mascara - I use my Haute & Naughty mascara from MAC every day. When I ran out a few weeks ago and was forced to use a few others I had laying around, it was torture. If you're used to your lashing looking a certain way, then you start using a mascara that just doesn't do it for you, it's miserable.
3. Primers - whether it be the UD Primer Potion, or the MAC Prep + Prime face powder, I always find myself replacing them once they run out. Priming in my mind is necessary if you want your makeup to last longer!
4. Eyeliner - black eyeliner (accompanied with a different eye shadow and mascara each day) is my go-to look most days. Replacing it is a must.
5. Face toner & Makeup Remover - Again, not the most fun beauty products to buy, but I can't get by without them.

On the flip side, doing this little list made me think of all the products I DON'T use up. All the eyeshadows, lipsticks, glosses, perfumes, etc that I buy and just sit there after I tire of them. Of course, every beauty product you buy won't be ideal or perfect - that's the fun of trying new things. But I do feel like my makeup cabinet is somewhat of a beauty graveyard in a way. I know, kinda morbid but MOST things I buy I don't use up.

So what does that mean? I'm going to try and not buy as many things. I know, my heart is racing too at the thought of LESS makeup, but i'm going to make a conscious effort to only buy something if I'm in love with it.

What do you guys think, what products do you always use up? Also, what products do you never use up? I'd be interested to see if your answers are similar to mine! <3

My First Butter Polish

This is my first nail polish from Butter - the shade is The Old Bill. I love the color! You guys have been raving about Butter polishes so I wanted one of my own (of course).

I took it to my nail salon this weekend and had it applied professionally. It reminds me of a color I would wear as an eyeshadow - kind of a coppery bronze. She applied 2 coats of polish and a top coat, and it's starting to chip already which i'm not happy about, but at least I have the color for touch-ups! =)

Hope everyone had an amazing Labor Day weekend! xoxo

Pure Color Sensuous Rouge - 3 Shades!

Last week, I shared with you my “wish list” for the fall season. WELL, needless to say I caved and had to get something right? I got not one, but three shades of the Estee Lauder Pure Color Sensuous Rouge lipstick (what a long name huh?) Below are a few photos of each, I tried my best to capture what each shade actually looked like on camera. The shades I got are – Rose Exposed, Fig & Plum Fatale. I really went outside the box with these – I wanted colors that I don’t already have and give my fall makeup a new spin.



The first impression I had was – the shades look extremely dark in the tube, but on lips they are gorgeous and nicely pigmented. They seem to be pretty long wearing which is a must for me. The idea behind these, is there is a moisturizing core in the middle and the lipstick wrapped around it. Check out them out, let me know what you guys think!

From left: Rose Exposed, Plum Fatale & Fig

Rose Exposed

Without flash - I really like this color. A bit of red & pink

With flash - a nice fall color with rosy cheeks

Fig

I never usually do browns, but wanted to switch it up. Rawrrr

Has a little sheen to it

Plum Fatale

No flash. It's so vampy!

No flash

With flash - has a slight sparkle to it but in a classy way

With flash. I used to be afraid of wearing plum but I love this!

Thoughts after using each:

The Rose Exposed is the safest of the 3 - just a bit different from what lipstick I usually wear.

Fig isn't my favorite, but I wanted to try a brownish shade. Not sure how that will go - to be continued.

Plum Fatale - I was so pleasantly surprised by this shade! As you can see, it looks so dark in the tube - almost black. But on lips, it is just so fun and different. I can totally see myself wearing it out to dinner - with very minimal eye makeup to avoid looking like a psycho.

What do you guys think?

Rainbow Eyes

Just a little eye candy for your viewing pleasure =)

Celebrity Barbie Dolls

Hi dolls! So I wanted to do a fun/mindless post today, hope you enjoy. Some of them are old, some are new, but I picked the most interesting ones (in my opinion, at least!) As a little girl I was obsessed with Barbies - I still have boxes and boxes of them in the attic. Which one is your favorite?

Lucille Ball

I think the expression is dead on! So hilarious

Um, these are supposed to be baby barbies dressed up as

Danny and Sandy from Grease. Beyond creepy...

Lady Gaga

I think I want every single one of these.

Look how cute the little shoe is!

Elvis

I have one of these, and as a kid I forbid my friends to take him out of his box

He has a little microphone stand and all!

Farrah Fawcett

Wow this one is pretty good!

They nailed her hair, and of course the iconic red bathing suit

I Dream of Jeanie

The outfit is so cute

She even has the mini winged liner!

Britney Spears

Um, if this one is real is so creepy

I know there is a ton of Brit barbies, but this one...caught my attention

Barbie inspired by Frank Sinatra

OK, so technically this isn't a celebrity, but I thought it was adorable!

I want this whole outfit for myself haha

Motley Crue

OK, so I HAD to include my boys!

Lindsay Lohan

Remember when Lindsay used to look like this?

Me either.

Beyonce

Wow, this one is pretty damn close huh?

Cyndi Lauper

oh.my.god.

This looks like a streetwalker, not a music icon

Failure

Angelina Jolie

The face looks pretty close in my opinion!

I wish they put her in something a bit more glamorous than that outfit though

Joan Jett

I love this one! So so cute

Heidi Klum

Not sure how much it actually looks like her, but how cute is that outfit?!

The shoes are adorable too

Katy Perry

Hmmm this one looks pretty angry huh?

Barbie Foosball Table

Again, not a celebrity but I seriously want this for my apartment hahaha

Enjoy the weekend! Everyone be safe if you're on the East Coast! <3