It's A Haul Y'all! - Nail Polish

Hey there!

I'm not ready to talk about it yet! The weekend isn't over and I have a feeling I will end up BACK at a Sephora this weekend. Stop sucking in your teeth!

What I did do is use some of my CVS cash to pick up some nail polish over the past few weeks. I don't like to leave CVS bucks on the table so what better way to use them than with more beauty products. I decided to splurge on my Sally Hansen products and get 2 from the Salon Manicure line. Those are the ones that are always about $7.79. CVS had a buy $10 worth and get $2 off and I had to use my $6 CVS bucks that day or lose them. So, that made them $3.79 each. I picked up Ruby Do and So Much Fawn. So pretty, don't you think?

I took a trip to a different Wal-Mart and found some really cute NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel colors. NYC has really good polish and I try make sure to look and verify that I have all the ones I like. They are always $.93 or less at Wal-Mart so you really can't go wrong trying a new color. I picked up Lexington Lilac and Wine Bar. I thought that Wine Bar would be my favorite of the two colors but just look at that lilac color! That's a warm color that I can wear this fall for sure! I'm so glad I bought that one.

I always keep my eyes peeled when walking through the Dollar Tree. You just don't know what you'll find in there. This time I found an old Wet n Wild, Wild Shine in Hallucinate. There are a lot of sparkles in it and it almost does as good a job as my China Glaze in Travel in Color, but not quite.

I don't think that I mentioned my Nicole by OPI find. What's the Mitch-uation was a color from their Modern Family Line. I found mine at Marshalls for $2.99. It's pretty but I can't say it's as pretty as I thought it would be. We'll see what I think when it's on my fingers.

And a super quick Sephora mention. Yesterday when I went in the store (don't you dare judge me! It's 20% off people!), I swung past the clearance section. I wanted to make sure that I had all of the $.99 cent nail polish that they had. I apparently had missed one so I spent $.79 on this bottle of polish in Mystic Gothic. Pretty huh? Worth $.79, so going into the store was a good idea, huh?! (Well, no, I spent waaaay more than $.79 but we aren't here to talk about that).

And that's what I've added to the polish collection over the last month (not including the colors from my Ipsy bag). Only 7 polishes in a month. That's pretty good for me! I'm proud of myself!

What have you been buying to wrap your fingernails and toe nails in? Have they been splurges or cheap goodies?

Nail Polish Change - Nicole by OPI in Stand By Your Manny & Tea Beauty polish in Pink Rose

Hey There!

For the past 2 weeks everywhere I turned I saw folks with tiffany blue toe nails. I decided I needed to jump on the bandwagon. I had recently picked up a Nicole by OPI polish in Stand By Your Manny and it looked so pretty in the bottle. I decided I needed to try that one out on my nails.

It's pretty. It's a opalescent sky blue. I used 2 coats and ended up with a sheer finish. And, while it's a very pretty color, it wasn't what I was going for and I didn't like it on my toes. And, because it's on my toes, I can't tell you about the wear of it because, well, I don't type with my toes. But, it's nice and I like it but it's wasn't what I thought it would be.

And on to my nails. That is a beautiful pink isn't it?! I loved it from the very first swipe of polish. It went on beautifully and I only needed 2 coats. I had never even heard of this nail polish brand! I found it at a Walgreens when I went to visit my sister. I picked up this one and a teal one. I wish they had had more of them because I certainly would have tried them all.

The formula is great. It wore well and I had almost no chips! The brush was a regular old brush and I'm not a fan of that but I can live with it. The cap is small so it was hard to hold. I wasn't a fan of that either but it was ok. Do you know what wasn't ok? The smell.

I didn't realize these were scented polishes. I just saw the pretty colors and grabbed them. I have no idea what the scent this was but I wish they wouldn't. The first day I wore this polish, I kept washing my hands thinking that I had left some remover on my cuticles or something. I just couldn't seem to get the smell off of my hands. Then I realized it was my nails. Argggg. I hated that smell. But, it did dissipate after 2 days. I guess I can put up with that in order to get such a pretty color.

If you read yesterday's blog you know that I picked up some new colors. I haven't decided if I'm going to try them or try one of the other polishes that I've picked up recently. But, I think I'm going to stick with the pink shades!

What have you been wearing this summer?