Silver, Spikes, & A Glittery Galaxy Outfit

Top- Urban Outfitters

Pants- American Eagle

Nail Polish- Essie

Boots- Steve Madden

Bracelet- ASOS

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My Favourite Products In 2012

These are my favourite beauty products from 2012! Most of them were released in previous years, so these are just products that I've really loved through out this year. 

From left to right the products are Essie's Turquoise and Caicos, Revlon's Bold Sangria, a Revlon lip butter in Berry Smoothie, an EOS lip balm in Honey Suckle, Urban Decay's eyeliner in Zero, Fresh's lip balm in Sugar, a YSL mascara, and The Body Shops, Aloe Eye Defense.  

These are all great products that actually do what they claim they to! I feel like all products should meet that requirement sadly not all do, but these ones definitely do.

Happy New Year's!

New Year's Eve Nails

I'm pretty sure I've had my nails painted red for the past few weeks, so although red nails might be a good choice for New Year's I think this colour is even better. I feel like it's a bit more unique than silver of gold but still incorporates that beautiful shiny effect. This is Essie's Aruba Blue but almost every other nail polish brand  has a colour like this in their collection. This nail polish made me love Essie nail polishes even more. I could have just used one coat and it went on so smoothly. That kind of surprised me because some times their nail polishes are sticky. So when we enter into 2013 I'll be entering with this pretty polish applied. 

Favourite Fall Nail Polishes

These are a few nail polishes that I love to wear during this time of year. From left to right Essie's "Sand Tropez, Nicole by O.P.I's "Show Your Care", Essie's "Glamour Purse", and finally Revlon's "Bold Sangria". I love the colours of these nail polishes but also how easy it is to apply them. 

Fall Finds

1. American Eagle Top

2. Steve Madden Boots

3. Essie Nail Polish

4. American Apparel 

5. Pink Backpack

Nail Art Ideas & Decals

(Images from Lockerz.com)

I love nail art! Not that I can accomplish it but I think it looks super cool. These are some looks that I would definitely love on my nails! I'm always keeping my eyes out for nail decals, below are some that I've found.

1. An Etsy store called Made By Munchie's Mama they have neat decals for a really good price.

2. Another Etsy store called Inspired Nails.

3. Sally Hansen's nail strips which have a wide variety.

July Favorites

These are my favourite beauty products of the month. I like watching these types of videos on YouTube so I thought I'd make a blog version.

This eyeshadow pallet that I got sent when I ordered a subscription from 17 magazine has been something that I use quite often. I especially love the colour that has the big dent in it, it's a beautiful gold bronze colour that is perfect summer.

This is the brush for Maybelline's Falsies Volum' Express mascara in the water proof formula which has been great for summer. I also really like the colour of the packaging. 

This Essie nail polish called Turquoise and Caicos is definitely talked about a lot and I see why. It's a beautiful colour! Paired with this Aziza clear polish for a base and top coat it lasts for a good week without needing to change it.

In the background of this picture is Joico's Daily Care Conditioning Shampoo which I only just discovered this month and I'm glad I did 'cause it makes my hair look and feel good.

These two peach coloured/flavoured products have been my favourite lip products for the month of July. On the left Maybelline's Shine Sensational lip gloss in Peach Sorbet and on the left Revlon's lip butter in Peach Parfait. They are both natural colours but give your lips just the right amount of colour.

I See Why

This nail polish called "Turquoise and Caicos" is very talked about and I see why. It's a beautiful combination of teal, mint, and baby blue. It took two coats to become opaque and lasted for about four days before becoming really chipped. I think it's a perfect colour for summer and I plan to be wearing it a lot.

By the way, this will be my last nail polish post for a while.

Essie's Sand Tropez

I got this nail polish to match a pair of flats and it matches perfectly! It's a very neutral colour which is great for layering under a glitter polish or for a really simple nail look. I've decided that I only want to buy Essie nail polishes for a little while because I love all of their colours and want to expand my collection. Especially because they look great lined up in a row on my vanity!

I know I've been doing a lot of nail polish posts lately but there's only one more to go.

Pretty Polishes

These are some really pretty polishes that I have my eyes on.

1. Essie's Aruba Blue

2. Essie's Pure Pearlfection 

3.Essie's Bikini So Teeny 

4. Sally Hansen's Sanppy Sorbet 

5. Nicole by O.P.I's Virtuous Violet

6. Nicole by O.P.I's The Next CEO

Pastel Marble Nail Tutorial

This is my tutorial on how achieve marble nails. 

This time around it didn't work but I did the same thing when I tried it before and got great results.

Spring Nail Polish

These are some nail polishes that I plan to wear a lot this spring. Here are their names from left to right; Sally Hansen's Lacey Lilac, Revlon's Jaded, Essie's Guchi Muchi Puchi, Nicole by O.P.I.'s Rich In Spirit, and L'oreal's Party Hop. I love the pastel tones excluding the blue one of course. The thing they all have in common is the bright fun effect the spring gives off.

Summer Sightings

I am aware that it's snowing where I live and that it's weird that I'm thinking about shorts, but sometimes it's nice to look forward to things. These are the kind of things I'm looking for in my summer wardrobe.

Tank top and sunglasses- American Eagle

Sandals- Aldo

Necklace- Forever 21

Wristlet- Coach

Nail Polish- Essie

Shorts- Garage 

Waiting For Spring

The holidays are over so now the winter blues are in action. To keep in good spirits I've been looking at these really pretty nail polishes from Essie's spring collection. The image is from fashionista.com. Right now I adore all of these spring colours but my favourite is the peachy nude colour.

Sophisticated

I really like this Essie's nail polish in the colour Glamour Purse. It makes me feel sophisticated because it's quite a neutral colour. After I applied 2 coats I found it was a grey and brown colour which happened to be a nice combination. 

Beauty Aisle Browsin'

Today is just a short post but I thought I'd show you some pictures of some products at the beauty aisle at Loblaws that look really nice.

This is Essie's new fall collection. I love the autumn colours.

These are some special nail art nail polishes that just arrived at Loblaws and they look really neat but hard to use.

Maybelline Great Lash mascara but the special version where the brush is a heart. I think that's pretty cool but it should have come out around Valentines day.

Don't even really know what this is but the design on the compact is really fun.

All Things Sweet

Jam packed days are always fun but you need something to give you a bit of extra energy to last through swimming, shopping, and then midnight manicures (I used Pansy by Essie which is a really nice colour). I find that cupcakes do just the trick especially when they're cute. Which these pie inspired ones definitely are. 

 My cousins and I found this idea in a book called What's New, Cupcake? by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. One of my cousins showed it to me yesterday and I'm already in love with the book because of all the amazing ideas. Making the cupcakes was fun because we used 3 packs of M&M's and there were lots of leftovers (yum). 

'Cause it's Monday I also thought I'd post about a lip product. 

This lip balm in by Lip Smacker and is in the flavour Cotton Candy which I though suited this post well because so far it's been about sweet treats. This balm moisturizes your lips but also gives them a somewhat shiny finish. Hope you enjoyed.

The Nail Polish Rainbow

I'm a big fan of nail polish because it's a whole other way to add to your outfit. I'm also a big fan of Shoppers Drug Mart because they have a large selection of really cool beauty products so while I was out shopping I found a few really daring nail polish colours that I think must be shared. ( Sorry the picture quality isn't so good, I was taking the shots from my i-Pod touch. )

I find this Nicole nail polish has a really rich colour but also looks really fun.

This sparkly gold colour screams "look at me" but in a good way.

I had to add this pic because I just love all of these colours!

Pretty In Pink

Yesterday it felt like spring and today it was snowing. (Something is seriously wrong with this world!) 

This Essie nail polish definitely brought up my mood though 'cause I think pink is a really happy and pretty colour. The nail polish is a bit runny and takes a long time to dry but the colour is amazing. The colour is called "Guchi Muchi Puchi". While wearing this polish I noticed that I have a lot of pink things in my house from spatulas to Sharpies. Pink polish might not be everybody's way out of a rainy day but it totally is for me.