Sephora x Pantone - Get The Hottest Beauty Picks for March

If you know beauty, then you know that Sephora is always on top of their game when it comes to fashion and beauty trends. Sephora and Pantone have collaborated to bring you beauty products so that you can be on trend with the color of the year, Emerald. 

 

THE POWER OF PERSONALIZED POLISH $10
Mix glitter, shimmer, and cream finishes to create your own Emerald nails, with longwearing, full-coverage in two coats. SEPHORA + PANTONE UNIVERSE Color Charged Graphic Nail Lacquer offers high-shine, chip-resistant formula in the true Color of the Year – EMERALD!

THE POWER OF WET/DRY EYESHADOW $26
The universally flattering, versatile formula of the SEPHORA + PANTONE UNIVERSE Color Grid Shadow Block in Elemental intensifies with water and stays put without creasing due to the high performance pigments.  Infused with real diamond dust for a lustrous, iridescent finish, your eyes will be sparkling like an emerald gemstone.

THE POWER OF EMERALD IN NUMBERS $68
Housing the most potent, pigmented products from SEPHORA + PANTONE UNIVERSE; the Color of the Year Emerald collection, this limited edition set includes everything you need to create high-impact Emerald looks that will leave everyone around you green with envy!

THE POWER OF HIGH-ENERGY MASCARA $18
Intensely pigmented mascara in Emerald, The Color of The Year, SEPHORA + PANTONE UNIVERSE Color Watt Highlighting Mascara's volumizing formula plumps and builds lashes to their fullest. Use this mascara all over your lashes or on the tips over black mascara for a flirty finish.

THE POWER OF SONIC CLEANSING $149
With its patented, sonic oscillating brush, the Clarisonic Mia2 Sonic Skin Cleansing Brush in EMERALD cleanses skin six times better than hands alone.  The two speed model with a 60 second pulsing T-timer offers exceptional cleansing control that preps the skin for maximum absorption of serums, moisturizers and night creams. 

THE POWER OF LUXURY FRAGRANCE $205
Designer Tom Ford captures the essence of the Italian Riviera with a lush blend of neroli, bergamot, orange flower and amber in his luxurious fragrance Neroli Portofino.  The chic, effervescent scent can be worn by both women and men.

THE POWER OF POTENT HAIR SHADOW $15
ColorSmash Hair Shadow's extreme, high-payoff also boasts a soft, buildable formula that allows for an unexpected pop of emerald from subtle to shocking. Color glides on easily and seals with hairspray—then washes off during your next shampoo.  With gentle pigments safe for all hair types, invite your indecisive side out to play with color! 

e.l.f. Cosmetics Essential Glitter Nail Polish in Golden Goddess Review

"Accent your manicure with dazzling glitter nail polish." 

- e.l.f cosmetics

e.l.f. Cosmetics Essential Glitter Nail Polish in Golden Goddess is a gold micro glitter combined with large silver holographic hexagon glitter. 

You can use this polish alone or as an accent over your favorite color. If you cannot wear flashy nail polish at work, this looks perfect alone as the glitter is subtle and not too wild. 

Golden Goddess dries to a matte finish. You can go with one coat just fine. I like to use 3 coats or more. For this polish, I only went up to 2 coats because I couldn't stand the smell. Not sure if I'll be purchasing this polish again because of that.

You can purchase this polish at e.l.f cosmetics website - $2.00 for 0.34 fl oz and it comes in six different shades. 

I like that this nail polish formula is free of Toulene, Formaldehyde, and Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP).  Although the label says new formula, I hope that they revamp the formula because the smell is very unpleasant. 

Pros: 

Easy to apply

Dries fast

great value

3 Free

Cons:

Bad Smell

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e.l.f. Cosmetics Essential Glitter Nail Polish in Golden Goddess

e.l.f. Cosmetics Essential Glitter Nail Polish in Golden Goddess [one coat]

e.l.f. Cosmetics Essential Glitter Nail Polish in Golden Goddess [two coats]

Orly Naughty Or Nice Collection 2012 Swatches

I am a big fan of Orly. I bought their Naughty Or Nice collection in the beginning of November and took a long time to swatch them. I also did drag to upload them as well lol. 

From left to right

Unlawful, Miss Conduct, Halo, Angel Eyes, Torrid, and 

Devil May Care

Close up of Unlawful

 Beautiful creme red color. 

Close up of Miss Conduct

 Magenta and shimmer

 Close up of Halo

 Gold & Silver Glitter

 

Close up of Angel Eyes

Blue glitter with larger silver glitter in clear polish

  Close up of Torrid

Red Shimmer

Devil May Care

Red and gold glitter in clear polish

I know these are not the best looking swatches ever. I promise to work on that. The only polishes that I had a problem with are Angel Eyes and Devil May Care. The formulas were too watery to work with. They will definitely look great with other colors for nail art. As well as Halo would look great over solid colors. All swatches have two coats of polish.

You can buy these polishes at Orly or your local Walgreens/CVS. They are $8.50 each for 0.6 oz. 

xo, Sabrina 

NEW - Nails Inc Leather Nails

Nail art has become part of fashion. An accessory. There's been crackle, stamping, feathers, lace, snakeskin and so much more! But now, Nails Inc has created a leather polish. 

From Nails Inc., 

Inspired by the SS13 trend for texture and leather, we have created leather effect polish. This stunning shade applies glossy but will dry down into a chic leather look texture. The polish features a limited edition leather effect cap. This fashion forward collection also includes 4 crystal skull embellishments and glue so that you create a unique nail art look at home.

 Not date yet, on when the kits will be available nor the price. There will be two color choices to choose from: Tan & Black. I think I may give this new trend a try.

 

Photo Credit: Nails Inc

Photo Credit: Nails Inc

 What do you think of this new trend? Love it or leave it?

Sneak Peek: What's in my Birchbox and ipsy this month?

Due to Hurricane Sandy, I believe both Birchbox and ipsy's shipments were delayed a bit. It was a wonderful surprise to get them both today. I'm just going to show you beauties what I received in my packages and then do a review later this week. If it wasn't for my children's school potluck last night, I would have been happy to do them both yesterday.

Birchbox

-Lulu Organics Lavender + Clary Sage Hair Powder

-ModelCo FIBRE LASHXTEND Lengthening Mascara

-Mox Botanicals Pomegranate & Fig Lip Butter

-One Love Organics Aromatic Body Serum

-John Varvatos Artisan

Ipsy

-nailtini Nail Lacquer in Millionaire

-theBalm Meet Matte Eyeshadow

-bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss in Dare Devil

-Starlet Cosmetics Intense Eyeliner in Black

-benefit Cosmetics They're Real beyond mascara

I can't wait to try all these products. Some of the brands are new to me.Which of these have you tried and love?

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New China Glaze Nail Polish Collection: Worlds Away

Today, China Glaze unveiled their new nail polish collection inspired by Cirque du Soleil on Teen Vogue's website. Available in December, this collection of 12 polishes comes in bright bold colors, micro glitter, and chunky confetti glitter, so there's something for everyone. It looks like you might be able to layer the glitter polishes on top of the solid ones. I love all these colors but I'm really digging It's a Trap-eze and Hanging in the Balance. You'll be able to buy them at China Glaze for $7 each.

It's a Trap-eze

Whirled Away

Get Carried Away

Escaping Reality

Surreal Appeal

Def Defying

Running in Circles

Hanging in the Balance

Water You Waiting For

Creative Fantasy

Bend Over Backwards

Igniting the Love

NOTD: Zoya Yara

 

Zoya is one of my most favorite nail polish brands. It's natual and there are so many gorgeous colors to choose from. Yara is part of Zoya's Mirror Collection. Yara is an amazing olive color with gold, pink and green micro glitter. Great fall color. It's very opaque and you only need two coats. This formula was a bit runnier than the polishes I've used in the past couple of days. But nothing that you can't handle. 

What color polish or brand are you rocking today? 

 

NOTD: ORLY Royal Navy

The best blue polish period! When I first started regularly painting my nails, I would always go for the pinks. I bought this polish two years ago when I was looking for something to be able to match my birthday dress. I saw Royal Navy and instantly fell in love! Its a bright, bold blue color with turquoise shimmer. So beautiful.

You can still purchase this color online at Orly.

 

These pictures do not do any justice for this color. I painted my nails last night and look at how the color came off the edge already. The dilemma of an administrative assistant. The keyboard is not my friend when it comes to my nails.

What's your favorite nail color? 

NOTD: Ancient Jade

Who says you can't add a little bit of Spring into the Fall season? I love that nail polish is such an easy way to accessorize your look. Today's NOTD is Orly's Ancient Jade which is such a pretty creme, mint green color.  Ancient Jade was part Orly's Precious Collection from Spring 2011.

Isnt this color gorgeous!? I love it! :)

 

NOTD: Pumpkins and Skulls

Last night, I wanted to create a candy corn gradient nail polish picture tutorial but it didn't turn out so well. The technique or the sponge I was using was just destroying the white base polish I had. I'm going to have to do so more trial and error hopefully before Halloween comes. So instead of leaving my nails bare, I decided to do some "stamping" of pumpkins and skull. I can't remember when I first found out about Konad and Bundle Monster stamping kits. I would say it was last year or longer than that. I love being able to create different nail art designs very easily. 

For my nails I used: 

Orly Top 2 Bottom Basecoat and Topcoat All-in-one

Circus by Adrea' s Choice in Spectacle

Sinful Colors in Black On Black 

Bundle Monster plates in BM-211, BM-222, and BM-224

Nothing impressive but I just wanted to share this with you! :)

What nail art are you planning to do for Halloween? 

Blood Drip: Halloween Nails

Halloween is just around the corner and if you're not into makeup or getting dressed up, you can always decorate your nails accordingly. Nail art has been all the rage for awhile now. I don't remember when I started seeing it just about everywhere but I would say it has picked up within the last year or more. I've always been into nail art since I was a young teenager. I would go to the salon and get my nails done with a full set, air brush, or sometimes nail art. I would pick 3 colors and tell the stylist to do whatever design they wanted to create. But I stopped going to the salon because it was just damaging my nails.

For this nail art I used 5 things:

• ORLY Top 2 Bottom Basecoat and Topcoat All In One
• Sinful Colors Black on Black
• Finger Paints Framed In Red
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat 
• Toothpick

I used two coats of Black on Black. I used a toothpick to dot the Framed in Red and dragged the polish down to my tips and did sort of a french tip so that they looked like they were dripping down from the tips to the cuticles. 

FYI: I did this semi in the dark because I didn't want to wake up the kiddies. Gotta stop doing late night manis. 

I bet this would look great with white nails. I think I might try that sometime this month. 

Have you tried or are planning to try any Halloween nail art? 

Disclaimer: The links in this post will not give me any type of commission. I just wanted to link  the product's website to help you find out more about the product.

this girl here is now a julep maven

I just signed up for a julep maven box!!! For only 1 cent! I cannot wait to get my first box. Founded on the belief that beauty is a connection, not a competition, Julep was created to celebrate the bond between girlfriends and the beauty of the human spirit. Julep is a boutique nail salon that offers gorgeous toxin-free nail color and cutting-edge mani and pedi products personalized to your style. You take a 'Style Quiz' and they send you a box of two polishes and product for $19.99 catered to your style and personality. If you don't like they choices they email you, you can opt for another look, send it to a girlfriend or just skip the month altogether. You are not locked in to do it every month, and can cancel at any time. They have a great referral program to let you earn free nail polish. Right now the introductory price for me was JUST 1 cent with discount code COLORS4ONE. Isn't that amazing!? Sign up here today!