Nail Polish Haul

Hey lovelies, I went shopping yesterday to get some new spring colors and I found some good deals.  You all know how much I love the Sally Hansen Xtreme line, so I picked up a few more of those.  I also got some Art Deco nail polishes from LA Colors.  This was all purchased at my local Dollar General..  The Sally Hansen ones were $2.50 a piece (no sale this time, wah wah) and all of the Art Deco polishes were only $1.00.

(All of the colors I bought)

(Sally Hansen Xtreme wear)

(#150 in Sun Kissed, this is a pale creamy orange yellow, leans a little peachy)

(#360 Mellow Yellow, a pale creamy yellow, bright for spring and summer)

(#240 Twisted Pink, looks like a cream at first, but when you look closely there is a slight golden shimmer)

(#280 Marine Scene, A shimmery teal blue)

(#200 Strobe Light.  A pink gel base with Silver and rainbow reflective glitter, good for a top coat)

(LA Colors, Art Deco Polishes)

(Intense pink)

(Silver Glitter)

(Teal Glitter)

(Black)

(This is the brush size on all of the Art Deco Polishes, they are perfect for nail designs and make sharp lines)

Wellllllll, that was a lot of pictures.  I look forward to doing nail looks and fun spring/summer nails with these polishes.  I am excited to use the Art Deco polishes to make nail art a little easier (since I seriously suck at it!)  What are some of your favorite nail polishes for spring/summer?  I will be doing a spring nail polish post soon since spring is fast approaching!  

Also, if you haven't checked out my giveaway, please do!  It ends this Friday and I would love to see as many people as possible enter!  I have some fun and cute prizes, so make sure you take a look.  click here, baybay!

Always will be,

Justinerawr

Benefit CORALista

I will be doing my first review today on a product that I have owned for quite some time now. I think I bought this product in April of 2011. It’s the CORALista blush box from Benefit. I bought this from Ulta for $28 dollars (for .28 oz) you can also purchase this on sephora.com and benefit.com, or at a Sephora.

The box that I have is the original box where the lid is separate from the box itself and I hate this design, it’s not very convenient. I noticed that all of the newer boxes are starting to have the lid attached now, so I’m happy to see the change!

This blush is a coral, peachy pink that has some golden shimmer in it. When I apply this blush, it is very illuminating and warms the completion. Many times when I wear this, I don’t feel the need to add a cheek highlighter on top of this because it is so brightening. It applies smooth and has decent color payoff. (In one of the pictures below I have the color built up on the left and sheered out on the right) This color works best on lighter to medium skin tones. I think on darker skin tones this could look a little ashy.

One thing that is big positive for me with this blush is the scent. It has a light floral scent to it. You can’t smell it too much on your cheeks but you can when you open up the box to apply it. I’m not a huge fan of floral scents but this one is light enough that it is very pleasant and not overpowering.

This blush is a little on the expensive side at $1 per every .1 oz but with the color and scent, I think it is well worth it and I would defiantly repurchase this product.

Do any of you have this blush? If so, let me know what you think of it!

Always will be,
Justinerawr

Fly Shatter

Obviously I am on a nail polish kick here, since apparently it’s the only thing I know lately so why not make another blog post about nail polish, weeeee!

I love the colors that came out with the Nicki Minaj O.P.I collection but the two that caught my eye the most were Fly and the Super Bass Shatter.
Fly is the teal, creamy polish and let me say officially I LOVE THIS!!! This is probably one of my favorite polishes in my whole collection. It is super creamy, opaque and beautiful. I love the formulation, the brush and how it applies. It goes on very smooth and I could have gotten away with only one coat, even though I went with two just to be on the safe side. I was debating on getting this polish because I thought I could possibly find something similar while I was in Ulta. I went looking all up and down the nail polishes and could not find a single polish that looked even close to this one. I knew I had to have it, even though I’m not usually an O.P.I fan, because of the price. Boy am I happy I actually bought this one.

The other one that I bought was the Super Bass Shatter. I bought this one after seeing sayanythingbr00ke review it on her YouTube channel. I thought it was gorgeous and could have so many possibilities for layering. I ended up going home the night I bought these two and put them on together and WHOA BABY did I love the look I ended up with. The shatter has a very good “shattering” effect, which makes this girl a happy girl. The light blue, green, teal amazingness underneath the sparkly pink, purple, goldish shatter was a look that I couldn’t take my eyes off of. I wore this for a few days before the tips started to wear, and then I just replaced it with just two coats of Fly on its own. I wore this around until it was almost completely chipped off my nails (tacky, I know)

I would wear this color every day if I didn’t have so many choices that I wanted to wear all the time. I keep having to stop myself from picking this color when I go to do my nails (bad Justine, use something new!) I think I might even go get another one, just so I have a back up.

I purchased mine from Ulta at $8.50 a piece, soooo worth it in my opinion. Just look at that teal! Uh, okay, I’m done drooling now.

Always will be,
Justinerawr