Zoya 3 free promo 2013

Hey, Everyone!

Zoya just announced a special offer for 3 free polishes starting on January 7th until the 13th.

Use promo code: Zoya2013

Zoya's website

*Link is not an affiliate link and only placed for your convenience.  Picture is Zoya's promo. *

Let me know what colors you pick! :)

XO

Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy Rides Again, Half Baked, and Haight swatches

A few posts back I mentioned that Urban Decay had their eyeshadows in the old packing for sale at various locations. Well, I couldn't resist so I bought a few.

I picked up Half Baked, Midnight Cowboy Rides Again, and Haight.

Half Baked is in both the Naked palettes.

It's a gorgeous bronze color that glides on like butter.

Midnight Cowboy Rides Again is a glittery champagne color. This shadow tends to have a lot of fall out so be prepared. It's gorgeous though. It's also featured in several palettes.

Swatched without primer.

Haight is a frosty teal blue shade.

Sephora and the Urban Decay website still have some shades left for $6 so if you're interested go check them out!

If you order online, don't forget to use Ebates! :)

Do you have these shades? What are some of your favorite UD shadows?

XO

Zoya Haul! Swatches included

Zoya had a BOGO promotion going on a few days ago for those who had an account so I had to take advantage and do a little haul. 

I skipped my Julep box so I figured i'd go ahead and go for the max and get four polishes and four free, which also included spoons of the Gloss collection and swatches of the Designer & Diva collection  AND I got a 2oz bottle of remove+ and a 6oz shower gel.

Whew. 

Totally worth it. ;)

The Gloss Collection

Frida, Paloma, and Katherine.

These are jelly based polishes.

I actually picked up Frida in my haul.

Julep Daphne, Mila, and Kate swatches

Hey, Everyone!

I've been MIA for a bit.

 After my last post I had wisdom teeth surgery. 

Blah.

I'm pretty much fully recovered, other than some giant holes in my gums. Ick.

Anyways, today I have my July Julep Maven "It girl" swatches.

The infamous Daphne. 

She's had so much hate for not looking up to par with Julep's swatches. I honestly thought the swatches Julep had up were more of a Robin's egg blue rather than a seafoam green.

I actually prefer this actual shade to their swatch, considering the description. 

Zoya makes me Happi-swatches

Hey, everyone.

I said I'd post some swatches for my Zoya I picked up from their free flash sale..sooo, today I bring you "Happi."

I am in no way, shape, or form a pro, so please forgive my horrid skills. Heh. Heh. ;0P

I think this was two coats without topcoat.

two coats/no topcoat.

two coats/no topcoat

I had to throw in a Mommy/Daughter swatch. Two coats/no topcoat.

I just wanted to point out this looks good on all skin tones. I'm a yellow undertone and my daughter is a pink undertone. 

Three coats/no topcoat

three coats/no topcoat

three coats/no topcoat

*All info is straight from Zoya's site*

Zoya-Happi

Color Description: Pink metallic duochrome. A frosty hint of gold creates a unique peachy-pink.

Color Family: Pinks & Mauves

Color Finish: Metallic Duo-chrome

Color intensity: 4 (1=Sheer-5=Opaque)

Color Tone: Warm

Original Collection: Reverie

Price: $8.00

My Thoughts:

I really, really, really like this color.

 My swatches do this no justice. This is a beautiful shade of pink, and their description describes it to a T. 

I did encounter some bald patches with two coats, but three pretty much cleared that up. 

This lasted longer than any of my self-manicure's. I've mentioned that I use my hands alot and get chipping almost instantly with any polish, but this actually lasted me a few days with only minor wear on the tips. I took this polish off because I wanted to try out the other shade I got (Jem) not because it needed to come off. 

When I had this polish on, I asked myself what came to mind when I saw this color and I thought "Happy," so the name definitely fits. 

I LOVE this shade. It's now one of my favorites.

Have you tried Zoya polishes? Love 'em? Hate 'em? What are your fav shades?

XO

Dupe for Julep's Anne

Hey everyone!

I found a dupe for Julep's Anne, duh, I come up with some cleaver titles..I know. :-P

When I saw Anne in my January Julep Maven box, Forever 21's Love & Beauty-Purple came to mind.

I couldn't remember if I gave my "purple" (L&B's titles are just about cleaver as mine..haha) away or not. 

*I had to make room for all my new polishes...addicted much?*

I did NOT give it away, so I compared and this is what I found...

Julep's Anne-Love & Beauty's Purple

Love & Beauty is $2.80 for .47fl oz

Julep's is $14 for .27fl oz

My tags showed up microscopically...so, if you don't have super vision, it reads:

Juleps, L&B's, Juleps, L&B's, Juleps.

Both polishes needed two coats to be opaque and streak free.

They are both creamy, but Julep's seemed to dry a little more matte.

With topcoat, they look identical. 

L&B is on the pointer and ring finger.

Julep is on the pinky, middle, and thumb.

With topcoat

With topcoat, Julep is on the pinky, middle, and thumb.

Julep's brush.

L&B's brush.

The brushes are about the same, other than Julep's handle is longer. 

I can't really tell you how the wear compares, I use my hands alot and my nail polishes tend to chip the very next day regardless of what brand and topcoat I use. 

I say if you like this color and want to try it out, go for the Love & Beauty. It's way cheaper and you get more product. 

January Julep Maven box-American Beauty

Hello beauties!

I just got my January Julep box in the mail this morning. Yay!

Time for some pictures and swatches. 

I've noticed over the past couple months the packaging has had a little make-over. I like how it's main focus is in the actual box now. It's nice, I like it. 

This month's bag was clear with a silver/grey ribbon.

And that bubble wrapped item was my bonus item. *I have a post on it, a few post's back*

I got this Pomegranate Body Scrub. I got a Pomegranate body lotion last month, so now I have a set. 

This is $18 on their website. 

This body scrub obviously exfoliates, but it's also moisturizing. 

When I opened it, before I read the card, I noticed it looked really creamy and looked moisturizing. 

It smells nice, not too overpowering.

I can't wait to try it.

Maria-Shimmering platinum rose

Anne-Ultra-saturated tropical violet creme

My Bonus item

Gayle-a regal deep aubergine

*This was in the Oct-Boho Glam box*

My box included:

-Three nail polishes 

-A body scrub

-two polish removing wipes

My box total comes to $65.70

Swatches

One Coat

Maria, Anne, and Gayle

Maria is a really nice metallic, foil finish. I only needed one coat to be opaque and it left no streaking.

Anne, is a creme, but it was really watery and one coat didn't do.

Gayle was nice and creamy and only needed one coat to be opaque.

Two coats

Maria, Anne, and Gayle

Anne definitely needed a second coat, this did a world of difference. 

The other two could have went without a second coat. 

Both swatches have no top coat on with flash.

I really, really, really liked this month's box. I actually liked all the choices Julep had for January. 

Are you a Julep Maven? What did you get this month? 

If you want to join and would like to join under me, I have a link on my main page to the right. :0)

TheBalm-Nude 'tude palette swatches

Look what I found in my mailbox today!

Yay!

TheBalm was hosting a Halloween Dog costume contest on their Facebook page and I thought, "Hey, I have a dog and she loves to be dressed up!" so I entered. We didn't place, but TheBalm was kind enough to give the Nude 'tude palette to everyone who entered! What!? That's crazy. 

I am so thankful for their kindness. It made my day. 

Here we go with the swatches.

The Nude 'tude palette-this comes in "naughty" or "nice" -My palette is the "nice" version. The "naughty version has nude women with the shadows placed over the "naughty" bits. The shadows are exactly the same in both palettes.

Look at those gorgeous colors! And that huge mirror.

***The first set of Swatches are without primer.***

They were smooth and buttery to the touch and easy to apply.

Sassy, Stubborn, Snobby, Stand-offish

Selfish, Sophisticated, Sultry, Schitzo

Sexy, Serious, Silly, Sleek

***The second set of Swatches are with primer***

Sassy, Stubborn, Snobby, Stand-offish

Selfish, Sophisticated, Sultry, Schitzo

Sexy, Serious, Silly, Sleek.

-Sassy, Snobby, Stubborn, Schitzo, Selfish, and Stand-offish are shimmery-

-Sultry, Sexy, Serious, and Sleek are matte-

-Silly and Sophisticated are glittery-

I am in love with this palette! It's so nice and it comes with an eyeshadow/liner brush.

This is available online at www.thebalm.com for $36

I give this an A for Awesome!

XO

Do you have this palette? Do you love it? Are you going to get it? 

What are your favorite colors? 

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