Dupe for Julep's January

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I decided I should go for a nice tomato red manicure. I dug around my polish collection and found Essie's Silken Cord and painted away. I kept thinking it looked familiar and then it hit me! This looks exactly like Julep's January. 

So, I immediately had to compare. 

This is what I found...

The Guy Who Died But Didn't Really Die-TheBalm and the Beautiful swatches.

Look what I got my hands on, The Balm and the Beautiful palette. Omg. I LOVE this palette. <3

I love TheBalm's packaging, and I love all the clever names they came up with. 

The palette in all its glory. Ahhhhhh. lol.

The Oil Tycoon-The Estranged Mom-The Supermodel-The Bad Boy.

Another close up of all the beautiful colors.

The Southern Belle-The Mother in law-The guy who died but didn't really die-The Mistress

Second Row: The Step Brother-The Coma Patient-The Police Man-The Brain Surgeon 

The Neighbor-The Stock Broker-The Basket Case-The Older Woman

And lipstain/blush in The Drama Queen and The Perfect Man and lipgloss in The Evil Twin.

The Oil Tycoon-The Estranged Mom-The Supermodel-The Bad Boy.

The Southern Belle-The Mother in law-The guy who died but didn't really die-The Mistress

The Drama Queen-The Perfect Man -The Evil Twin

                              The Step Brother-The Coma Patient-The Police Man-The Brain Surgeon

  All the shadows are super pigmented, I used this palette for a look today and they had awesome staying power and no creasing, I did use a primer. 

I found this palette at TJ MAXX for $19.99, so if you get a chance go check it out, this is an incredible deal. I don't think this palette has even been released yet. It's also an exact dupe of the Muppets palette TheBalm has just released. 

I'm super excited that I found this and at TJ MAXX of all places, I love that place. LOL. 

You should be able to pick this up at Sephora for $44.50 once it's released if you can't find it at TJ's. 

                                                                                XO

Nails, Nails, Nails, Oh my.

So, my treasure hunt didn't go the way I had planned...we started our quest off at Target and the Salley Hansen nail strips were not on sale. Boo. I was really looking forward to trying them out. Oh well, I can wait. BUT, the nail polishes were on clearence! Woot woot. I got an OPI in Daffy Dill. It's like a spring green color. I'll do some swatches later. I also got a Salley Hansen HD in DVD. And nail polish remover, of course.

I don't recall getting anything at Ross. Hmmph. I did start getting chest pains really bad though. Ugh. I have Costochondritis, where my chest wall gets inflamed and boy does it huuuuurt.
So that was a super fail.

TJ Maxx was a little bit better. No Big Sexy Hair, no NARS, ho-hum. They did have a ton of Essie polishes though! Score. I got Mint Candy Apple, Shop Til I Drop, and a clear top coat. It was the day of polishes. haha. I got a couple of storage units also. Maybe I'll take some pictures so ya'll can see.

I saw this huge gift set of Juicy Couture, Peace, Love, Juicy Couture and a Viva La Juicy. I want them both so bad. My b-day is coming up soon.... ;0)

A haulin' we will go.

Hello Hello.

It's Friday! It's Friday...gotta get...just kidding, but I am going shopping today! Woot woot.
I have been stuck at the house all week so I think we deserve a little retail therapy. We are probably going to go to Target, Ross, and TJ Maxx today.
 A treasure hunt.

I love, love, love going on treasure hunts. I always like going to the handbag, beauty/make-up, body, shoe, and book sections. Hmm, pretty much the whole store. ha.

I've seen some NARS make-up at TJ before and I'm hoping  to find some today. I'm also looking for some Big Sexy Hair spray-n-play hair spray, I've been wanting to try that for a little while, I've heard good reviews.

What has been your biggest find at stores like TJ Maxx?

At Target, I'm thinking about the Sally Hansen's nail polish strip things...they look so neat. We'll see.

I'll let you know the results later today. I can't wait to do some reviews.

xo