2.20.11 Beauty & Food

I'm no fashion maven, or beauty guru, but I do know what I like and this weekend was spent buying eye pencils, nail polish, long cardigans, food, and a really cute dress I got for 5 bucks at Ross. Unfortunately, the dress will have to wait a little while to wear cause it's mainly a spring dress. These don't seem like much, but these were the nail polishes I got this weekend and I must say that my collection is now growing and I must stop!

Ohh! And by the way, I'm a proud owner of this awesome-ness beauty tool:

Took me a few Walgreens to find, and my friend was the one who told me about it and said she got it at the last Walgreens I went to, and the only reason I wanted to go to that one was because it was closest to our friend's house and I wanted to get some Wet N Wild products. They barely even had any more Wet N Wild.

I went to Old Town with my boyfriend yesterday:

Ugh, don't we look so creepy. We take oddly awkward pictures. Anyways!! So, in Old Town they have this 5 and Dime store and obviously, nothing was really 5 or 10¢, but they had a Wet N Wild display! With all the things I wanted. That's where I found the Craze nailpolish in Shield above. Except I didn't want to get too crazy. They're prices were a little steeper than drugstore. The only other thing I got there was the famous creme eyeliner that's supposed to be just as good as MAC.

Anyways! Some of the items I did get this weekend that were duds are NYC makeup duo eye pencils! They're so hard to apply. I can barely even write on my own hand with them. They were about 1.97 at WalMart. What a waste!

01.06.11 Essie at WalMart

Check it out! I bought these Essie nailpolish colors at WalMart. And for a little cheaper than other stores. Can I just say that I never really cared for the brand Essie before because I once got a duo in some white color and the other in Ballet Slippers as a gift and I did not like the application that Ballet Slippers gave me. It felt too slippery when I applied it. No pun intended. However.. it might have just also been the color, I keep telling myself, because it's really opaque and for some reason, the tip of my nails always seem like they get more product than they should. Hopefully these will paint on fine. I also hope they'll only take one application. If not, I'm glad to have these colors nonetheless. Ooh, I was also going to get a Chinchilly. But I realized that I think I already have enough taupe colors. And so instead I got Sew Psyched. I hear it's a good copy of Chanel's Khaki Vert. Since the weather's been quite winter-y, I'm excited to use this one first.

The second one I got is Mamba. And when I first saw it, I was immediately drawn to it. Just like I was drawn to the Sinful Colors nailpolish in Vacation Time. For some reason, these colors just call out Resort to me. (Ooh! And don't get me started on the new No 7 cosmetics line! I'm so excited to get my hands on them, btw). I like to think of this as an obsession to what I imagine summertime to be. Resorts, relaxation, boats, ceiling fans, the Amazon, tanned skin, skinny arms, short shorts. After thinking this just now, I feel like I just had an epiphany. It's resort-anything that I feel utmost fashion and beauty inspired. No wonder I have this thing for all things nautical.

10.29.2010 Googly Eyes

This is going to sound terrible, but this is something I've been wanting for a while now. My friend and I went to WalMart last night and we were stumbling in the makeup department but didn't find anything we really wanted, or needed. Found Pillow Pets in the Dolphin, Monkey, and Bumble Bee. Aren't they great? And then my friend was looking for 7-Up which they didn't have anymore of in stock. And then we stumbled in the craft section where I remembered how I wanted this awesome supply. Googly Eyes! How generic is this though? Wiggly Eyes? Went back to my friends house where I immediately opened them and realized they weren't even adhesive! They didn't really serve a point for my use. So that really bothered me. I realized instead of returning them, I'll find a use for them or give them away. And still be on the lookout for already adhesive googly eyes.

10.26.2010 Beauty

I did some cosmetic supply shopping and got things I wanted and some stuff I saw for awesome deals. If anything I'm blaming my very good friend who got me into beauty. She told me that right now, Walgreens is having these Wet N Wild Shadows on sale for 2.50 which is the discounted price from 5 bucks! I got all of them except for one. And that last one was a red and black palette which I didn't even really want anyway. My friend linked me Easyaccessbeauty's youtube, http://www.youtube.com/user/EasyAccessBeauty#p/u/187/l9vej-thTZE, on a review of these shadows and saying most of them are dupes for MAC shadows. I don't own any MAC shadows but I did notice they are pigmented and did swatches of the purple one at the end of this post. Not to mention, they also kind of look like MAC's holiday collection palettes. Oh by the way, I'm sad to say that the Walgreens I went to didn't have anymore Vacation Time nailpolish. It must be getting popular.

Then I went and got the Revlon cream shadows at WalMart where it is the most cheapest to get these if they're not on sale. I was really thinking of getting the Not Just Nudes one, but found that this one, Skinlights was a lot more prettier and just as nude. Plus, there was just this one left. I had to get it.

I also had to go to Big Lots today and while I was there, got makeup remover towelettes for a dollar and also picked up this compact for 2 bucks. I was really excited when I saw the compact for its artsy Van Gogh cover. Not to mention, this was also the last one left. I don't really own a compact, but always think that it's something you just need. I even bought my cousin one last year for her birthday and she told me that she's never owned one before. I must say, the one I got for her was really cute. Lucky girl.

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