Gift Haul - Imperfectly Painted Giveaway Prizes

YAY! Today was "box day"! I received my prize from StardustStephanie's of
Imperfectly Painted 's GiveAway.
Visit her blog. I love it! I was so surprised at how quickly I received my prizes.



Left to Right

Eva Supreme - PURE JOY (my 1st ever bottle of this brand)
Wet N Wild - SPARKED (I was just admiring this on someone's blog last week)
Sinful Colors - CALL YOU LATER (green is my favorite color)
Sinful Colors - HOTTIE (this is so dreamy, I've always admired it from afar during Walgreen's visits)

Sinful Colors Mini Nail Color Collection - All colors I did not own! YAY
Sugar Sugar (love this!)
Canary Yellow (so pretty!)
San Francisco (a must have according to many nail blogs)
Love Nails (have been drooling over this for a couple of months now)
Let's Talk (almost bought this twice)

Thankfully there was only one casualty in the bunch.
Sinful Colors Mini - Canary Yellow R.I.P.
(Steph graciously offered to replace it. Not necessary! She's a doll for offering though!)



Aren't the colors dreamy? This really made my day! Stephanie also included a handwritten note which was very thoughtful!

I have both a tween and a teen daughter. Of course you know they were ALL OVER these new polishes! Look for upcoming swatches very soon.
Thank you Stephanie!

Buy 1 Get 1 50% Off Sitewide - Ashley Stewart

Item must be of equal or lesser value.
Excludes Clearance, Red Lined, Intimates and Accessories
Free Shipping when you spend $75 and up.

Ashley Stewart

20% Off NonPareil Boutique (ends 9/7/2010 11:59:59 PST)

Enter Code LD2010
Excludes e.l.f. Cosmetics items
Sale Ends 9/7/2010 11:59:59 PST
All sales are FINAL NO exchanges or refunds

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Nails Of The Day (NOTD) - Sinful Colors - Boogie Nights

Tungsten Lighting with Flash





Full Sunlight


Loving the Blackberry Manicure
(Glitterific Thumbs that twinkle while "texting")

Funky Peacock Belt - Torrid

I stumbled across this funky belt while window shopping at Torrid
I like their wide variety of plus sized accessories.

I found a coupon code for a $10 discount. This made up for having to pay the shipping cost. Shipping was FAST!
There is an ongoing special where you may purchase one belt and get a second for 50% off. I was unaware of this when I placed my order.
I love my belt.

Gift Haul - Prize From Other Blogger's Give Away

NARS - Single Eyeshadow - Silent Night



Special Thanks to Vixxan!
I won this in a giveaway from her blog.
TheGlamShack
Please check it out!
She has giveaways often.

Swatch

Haul - Earrings

I've acquired some new earrings in the past month.



This was my first order with peruvianearring.com
These are #511 (Cat's Eye Chips on Sterling Silver Wire).
Specs: 9.50 with chips of Cat's eyes , 1.5 inches of length.

They were only $2 per pair.
I would like to order the other colors in stock.

These are hand crafted earrings from
MrsConversationPiece of YouTube
artfire.com/users/conversationpiece

$5.00 LIONESS



$8.00 NEW BREED



For our shopping convenience, she accepts PayPal and Money Orders.
The earrings were much larger than I anticipated.
She will make them smaller if you request it.
I would like to order a couple pairs of her beaded hoops.

KleanColor Hawaiian Rainbow Spendor Palettes With Swatches

Although I am kind of on a "No Buy",
I decided to pick up these palettes a couple of weeks ago.
They were 2 for $5 at my local beauty supply store.

I found the texture a little bit chalky.
I found them to be extremely vibrant.
I use a mixing medium when applying them.

There are 12 Colors in each palette.
One palette is BRIGHT, the other is a little more neutral.

Repairing Damaged Eyeshadow

Shattered Eyeshadow



I was crushed when I accidentally dropped my Jesse's Girl MOONBEAM baked eyeshadow.
They are FRAGILE!
For the longest time, I was reluctant to repair it because I did not want to lose the cool marble effect.
The cracked shadow was messy.

I used my Coastal Scents EZ Press. I like it, but I hate the bottle top.
It's a click button dispenser like a shampoo bottle.
I would have preferred an eyedropper for more accurate formulation when pressing pigments etc.

Undamaged and New Eyeshadows





I used

Alcohol (to sterilize the stainless Steel Spatula and 5gram jar)
Coastal Scents EZ Press
A Sheet of Plastic
An Empty Vitamin Bottle Mouth To Attempt To Form A Dome Shape
Patience

Scraped Shattered Eyeshadow from Pan with Stainless Steel Spatula



Used Stainless Steel Spatula To Further Crush the Shattered Eyeshadow ...Goodbye Pretty Marble *sad face*



Added Enough EZ Press Until the Loose Shadow Gathered Into a Paste On the Side Of the Container






Stainless Steel Spatula Used to Form the Dome Shape





Clean Plastic and Vitamin Bottle Top Used to Shape The Shadow Further



Results After 24 Hours Of Drying Time

Nails Of The Day (NOTD) - Sinful Colors SCANDAL

I love this color! It's the perfect Summer Coral!

Nails Of The Day (NOTD) - Revlon OPULENT PINK

I was considering buying a soft pretty neutral work friendly shade of nail polish.



I went shopping in my collection and found that I already had the perfect color!



Revlon OPULENT PINK



With Flash



It has gold micro-shimmer. Can you see it?

No Flash



Is GORGEOUS! I LOVE IT!

Nails Of The Day (NOTD) - GOLD - NK Flamboyant and Limelight

These golds would set off any Crisp White Summer Outfit. They would also make an all black outfit pop!




The formulation is thin. The metallic nature of these light colors results in a streaky finish.



I used three coats of each to achieve this look.
(Along with NK Ridge Filler as a base coat and NK Express Dry as a top coat)

Limelight
Middle, Pointer and Thumb
This color reminds me of MAC Bitter eyeshadow.



Flamboyant
Pink and Ring Finger

Nails Of The Day (NOTD) - NK Aquamarine

This is some pretty snazzy nail polish! It reminds me of electricity for some reason.



This is sheer. I did a base coat & 3 coats.
I think I should have done a couple more for opacity.

Dupe for MAC Liberty of London Everhip Lipstick

I obsessed with coral lip colors lately.
I picked up an NK lipstick for $1.29 from an ethnic beauty supply store.
924 Coral Pink
I quickly realised it is a dupe for MAC
Everhip (Creamsheen) Lipstick.
This has made me seriously reconsider my highend lipstick purchases.





Left to Right Swatches
MAC (Liberty of London - Limited Edition)EVERHIP
NK Coral Pink