XoXo,
jess

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a fabulous day :)

Part 3 of Butter London is here, and today I have Marrow for you. Marrow is a creamy blue-toned deep purple. It looks purple in most light, but you can actually catch it where it looks navy blue at times.  Check out the pictures to see what I'm talking about!

Good morning everyone! Real quick, just wanted to share this email I received from Illamasqua.  They're having a 15% off sale for 48 hours only!

Hello everyone!  Hope you all are doing great! Little tidbit: this past weekend I attended my cousin's engagement party.  We all had so much fun!!  Well I just uploaded all the pictures I took onto my Mac as well as some videos I took on the dancefloor! Whoo hoo those made my day!  So if you're reading, Ashley I had a blast! Can't wait to send you the pics/videos!! <3 <3 (P.S. she is a huge beauty/polish nut like me, so don't be surprised if you see some guest posts from her one day!)

Sooo, back to our swatches. Today is day 2 of Butter London week featuring All Hail the Queen.  I fell in love with this color in the bottle.  It's a nude packed with shimmer, and it just caught my eye!

Hello everyone! Hope you're all doing well! This week I have a treat for you. It's Butter London week! All this week I will have a new Butter London color for you each day.  Today I have for you Butter London - Victoriana.  Let me start off by saying that BL is a new brand to my collection. I recently picked up a few of them during Ulta's BOGO sale last week.  I had always wanted to try BL, but they were just a bit pricey for me ($14/each). But when they were Buy One Get One Free, $7 each was easier for me to take a bite outta that apple! :)








The non-flash pictures are true to Victoriana's color. It's a dusty bluish that leans to teal/green in the light.  It has tiny silver glitter that really makes this polish pop.  AND.GUESS.WHAT?? Can you believe that this was 1 coat?? Yes, you read right! For these pictures, all I used was 1 coat for non-streaky opaque coverage, plus 1 coat of SV on top! Surprisingly, this formula isn't gloopy or thick either!

I have to say, as my first Butter London that I've gotten to try, it has definitely impressed me!

Soooo... thoughts? Do you own any Butter Londons? What do you think of Victoriana?

XoXo,
jess

Hi everyone!! I'm back! So sorry to have been away for so long. As you know, my camera had broken and I was waiting for my new one to come in the mail. Well I got it, but it took some getting used to. I hope I got the hang of it now ;)

So today I have for you Revlon Starry Pink. Starry Pink is 1 of the new polishes in their Fall 2011 Expressionists Collection.  As far as I know, it's only found in Target stores as of now.  They're pretty hard to find too, considering the fact that a lot of the stores are undergoing renovations, so many of them are not putting as much of their new stock out on the floor.





I took these pictures after wearing Starry Pink for 5 days. As you can see, I've had very minimal wear on my tips, with the exception of my pointer finger. I dinged that at work and the chip progressively worsened.  I really love this color. It's a creamy pink with a variety of small and medium hex glitters.  This is 2 coats with a coat of SV on top.

As you can see, after 5 days, it held up pretty well.  I don't have anything else like it in my collection and I'm definitely a fan of it! (I even bought a couple as backups!).

Sooo, what do you think? Do you have Starry Pink? Do you like? Dislike?

XoXo,
jess

Curiousity did not kill this cat! haha!

So I had mentioned what I was receiving in my October Julep Maven box HERE.  I really loved the colors in it, but I thought to myself, 'Maybe I should request the shelf pull justt to seeeee what it is.'  It's that What's-behind-door-number-2" mentality :) The great thing about shelf pulls are that you're not obligated to it. If you don't like what's in the shelf pull, you can always go back to your original box!

Anyways, I requested the shelf pull and I got this email response from Julep!

 I got the option to pick ANY OF THE AVAILABLE STYLES FOR OCTOBER! And it's not just for me, it's for any Maven who requested a shelf pull!  According to Julep's Facebook Page:

Beloved Mavens, we hope you enjoy being able to CHOOSE your profile this month. Maybe you're feeling more "It-girl" or maybe you are more "Boho Glam". We have HEARD YOU loud and clear that what you love is OPTIONS, so we're responding to that this month by sharing them with you. Let us know what you think! You early Mavens are shaping what the program will be for future Mavens for years and years to come. THANK YOU! Jane Park

How awesome is that?!? I really do love the option of being able to select which one we like. Way to go, Julep! Everchanging for the better! <3

Sooooo, thoughts? Did you request a shelf pull? Are you happy with your box?

XoXo,
jess

So excited!! I got an email from Julep letting me know what's in my October Maven box!

I'm really excited for this hand brightener! It sounds like an interesting product.  And Brooklyn (the reddish polish) is perfect for this winter!  The description sounds so pretty! "Ruby red with a hint of festive sparkles". Well hellllooooo!!  And Dendre is definitely not like any other color I own, I'm def excited for it!

Any of my fellow Mavens get your email also? What style are you? What are you getting in your October box?

XoXo,
jess

Ahh!! It actually broke last week, but I had some back up swatches, and also my fiance let me borrow his point and shoot.

But fret not! Saturday night I ordered a new camera on Amazon and it should be getting here Tuesday or Wednesday! I hope to be up and running very soon!  I have LOTSSSSSSS of new polishes purchased within the last month and my brother is bringing me a goodie bag of polishes from his vacay in Las Vegas!

Oh yea, and Halloween month is upon us soon, so I have some ghoulishly lovely polishes too :)

I hope this camera does me justice! Fingers crossed, guys, fingers crossed!!

XoXo,
jess

Hi all!!
Hope everyone's having a good weekend so far :)
Today I have for you another Sally Hansen.  Geez, 3 SH's in 1 week! Oh well, these are some fantastic colors hehe.  Bronze Ablaze is part of their Fall 2011 LE (limited edition) colors from their Insta-Dri Line.  This is my first time using their Insta-Dri polishes, and boy was it an experience.  First, the brush is kinda funky. It's flat instead of round like most other polishes.
 This definitely took some getting used to. I had to grip the brush just right so I could actually paint my nails, but once I got the hang of it after about the 5th or 6th nail on my first coat, it wasn't that bad.

See that shimmer? So lovely!

Ok let me just say, this was 2 coats, but ONLY because I wanted to get used to the flat brush. This was actually very opaque with one.  I would describe this as a gold/copper with micro glitter.  I love how in different lighting you saw the different specks of the glitter and how they all shined in different colors. It did dry very fast true to its name. And this has 1 coat of SV on top. All in all, this was a very successful first impression for me with the Insta-Dri line.

Sooo.. Thoughts? Do you own any Insta-Dri's?  Did it take some getting used to?

XoXo,
jess

Hi gorgeous ladies! And Happy Friday!

Ok, I don't know about you, but summer is officially over where I live! Last night it dipped to 40 degrees. 40 DEGREES! So you know what I did?? The fiance and I trekked on over to Dunkin Donuts and I ordered me some Pumpkin Spice Latte deliciousness.  So I thoughttttt, today's nail polish could be none other than Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Pumpkin Spice!

(And just a disclosure, please forgive me for the watermark craziness on these pics.  I was all involved in watching The Vampire Diaries Season premiere last night that I just don't know what I was doing! LOL)








Isn't this yum?!?! I love this color! This totally kicks off the Fall season for me! I got this at Walgreens but I've also seen it in other drug stores as well as Ulta.  This is a black jelly base with orange glitter. For this look, it took me 5 coats, but if you apply this over 1 coat of any black polish, you can achieve the same, if not better look with maybe 2 coats of Pumpkin Spice instead.  Oh and I just want to mention, this one I actually used a Seche Vite top coat because I really wanted these sparkles to shine, and shine they did!

Soooo?? Thoughts? Do you own Pumpkin Spice? Do you like? dislike?

XoXo,
jess

Ok, Ok, I know I've already done a swatch this week in the beige family with Zoya Jules, but today's color is another favorite. And you're going to notice very quickly that almost every polish I post is "another favorite" haha.

Here I have Orly Coffee Break.





This is a creamy taupe that really reminds me of the kind of coffee I order: "light and sweet". This really only needed 1 thick coat, which is what I used here. No topcoat and it still catches the light nicely. I like Orly brushes in general, so application was comfortable and easy.  I personally would love to have their comfy-grip handles on all my polishes...le sigh.

Sooo, thoughts? Do you like Coffee Break?

XoXo,
jess

Hi all! Today I have a real treat.  I bought this polish a few years ago at a CVS.  They had a huge 75% off sale on cosmetics and had a bunch thrown into a bin.  It was like bobbing for apples in that thing!  I found a bunch of great lipsticks, glosses, etc...including this polish.  Today I have for you Sally Hansen Chrome Nail Makeup in Tourmeline Chrome.  This is unlike any polish I own to this day.  It really does have a chrome finish which is super cool.

ChG Matte Magic topcoat on Index and Ring fingers

Hi all! I have been on this glitter kick lately and it's been consuming my life!  I've bought so many just this summer.  Today I have for you Funky Fingers Alice.  This was part of their Alice in Wonderland collection when the movie was released.  I think I bought a couple more in this collection...a purple perhaps?? Alice is a yummy blue base with blue micro glitter.