The lovely Erin over at Nostalgic Nail Lacquer sent me a fun polish to review. When I opened the package, Maggie jumped in and snagged the bottle. She kept ooooing and ahhhhing over it. I think someone is going to have a love of matte glitter like her mommy! Do you wanna see which polish she sent?! Alright, I guess I should show you...
Lindsey at Maisie Shine sent me a bottle of the beautiful Bellini to review. I was so excited when I saw which polish she sent. It's absolutely gorgeous in the bottle, but once it was on my nails I was in love. I really didn't know what to expect with this polish. It's a shimmery, sheer, pale peach with gold holo hex glitter and gold micro glitter, so my first worry was, "How sheer is this going to be?" In the end, I never needed to worry. This is a gorgeous color. On it's own, it was perfect in 3 coats, and stunning in 1 coat over a nude base. I even tested it over 10 different colors to see what it would look like. By the end, I was definitely wanting to hunt down a peach bellini to drink (even though I don't really drink).
I got my July Julep Maven box today!!! The box was smaller than usual. I was ok with that, because i knew exactly what was inside!!
As many of my readers know, I have a 2 1/2 year old little girl. So, of course, we love My Little Pony and are fans of the cartoon, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. Then, when Rainbow Honey announced her Equestria Collection I showed my mom how cute the polishes were and she pre-ordered them for Maggie. They were to be used as a potty training present. (Don't worry, I won't go into details, just know she's been doing an AMAZING job!) So, as soon as they came in I decided to not make her wait to see them. Plus, I didn't want to wait myself. THEY ARE SO PRETTY!!
How could I have forgotten these in my nail mail post yesterday?!
A while back, Jess at Beauty Gnome told me she had been picking up some Sinful Colors polish for me which I was crazy excited about. Before she sent them though, I just HAD to check out her blog sale. Sure enough I saw a couple goodies I had to try.
A while back, Jess at Beauty Gnome told me she had been picking up some Sinful Colors polish for me which I was crazy excited about. Before she sent them though, I just HAD to check out her blog sale. Sure enough I saw a couple goodies I had to try.
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New Goodies!!
I haven't posted in a couple days. I'm sorry for that. I've had a cranky 2 year old, i decided to fall down the stairs, and it's been gorgeous out so we've been at the pool a lot. I've just been enjoying time with my munchkin, which then wears me out where I'm too tired to stay up to do my nail. I've failed, and I'm sorry, but I got a couple posts for you now! :o)
We'll start off with my newest beauty from Copious!
We'll start off with my newest beauty from Copious!
I got my last couple stragglers in the mail today! Thought I'd do a quick little post to show them off. (I'm trying to make sure I have the time to do a mani tonight. I'm in desperate need of a new one.)
My first one is from Copious (if you haven't noticed by now, I'm really digging this site!). I had seen it in stores a couple times, but always grabbed something else. I saw it on Copious and I had credits so it was only $0.01!! I love good deals!
My first one is from Copious (if you haven't noticed by now, I'm really digging this site!). I had seen it in stores a couple times, but always grabbed something else. I saw it on Copious and I had credits so it was only $0.01!! I love good deals!
My daughter is obsessed with getting the mail. She believes there should be nail polish in the mailbox EVERYDAY!! But then don't we all?!?! Well, when we got it today, all 3 items were for me!! That never happens! 1 from Copious (only waiting on 1 more order as of now), 1 random sample that I don't remember signing up for and my June Birchbox!
So, I'm sorry I've been missing lately. I've missed you all so very much! I was on vacation with my munchkin for 2 weeks, then spent a couple days with my husband then we had company. I've had well over 350 photos to resize from my hauls and nail mail from the past 3-4 weeks. I'm not going to fill this with a bunch of words I'm going to get right to the goods. I'm doing everything I can to get back on track and I hope you all are still hanging around. And for those of you that are... ENJOY!! This is all nail mail and 2 mini hauls from the day before I went on vacation until today (3.5 weeks total).
I don't know if you all have noticed, but I've kinda been on a winning streak lately. The most recent one that I've received is from Take It With A Drop Of Polish. She had a fantastic 100 Blog Follower Giveaway, that I was lucky enough to snag! I was so excited about winning this!! This gave me my third Finger Paints flake. And who isn't wanting Floam in their collection?! I went from having zero indies to 5 in a week. I'm a very lucky, lady! I have to admit it.
I got some nail mail today that I've been SOOOOOOO excited about!! I won a giveaway that Emily at The Lacquerologist was having. I was dying to win it because I haven't had the chance to buy any indie polishes yet and if I could win one, then that would satisfy my craving without having to narrow down my choices myself. So, what was this little beauty that I finally get to call mine?! Lacquistry's Undertow. And oh man, is it pretty! So shiny!!
**WARNING** Picture heavy!
My goal this weekend was to buy for my swap boxes, not for myself. I did have a few that I ended up hiding at CVS that I wanted that I went back to get for myself. Those were the only ones I had planned on getting for myself. Then on a trip to Ulta, I came across a Zoya on clearance that I couldn't leave behind and then a couple at Giant when I went on a run to grab some things. I don't think I did badly! But I also got some nail mail goodies! Lots of nail mail goodies! I'm going to start with my mini hauls then go on to the nail mail.
My goal this weekend was to buy for my swap boxes, not for myself. I did have a few that I ended up hiding at CVS that I wanted that I went back to get for myself. Those were the only ones I had planned on getting for myself. Then on a trip to Ulta, I came across a Zoya on clearance that I couldn't leave behind and then a couple at Giant when I went on a run to grab some things. I don't think I did badly! But I also got some nail mail goodies! Lots of nail mail goodies! I'm going to start with my mini hauls then go on to the nail mail.
So, we had fun plans this weekend to get out and drive up to Gettysburg and explore (the outlet mall). haha Then it decided to rain all weekend. There goes that plan. Even better, we had fun pajama days and watched movies, had dance parties and the best part of the whole weekend... laundry!! :o) To brighten my rainy days, I got some nail mail!! Nothing huge, but I'm still very excited about them!!
I've received some good nail mail the past couple days! I got an email last week saying I still had credit on Copious. If you haven't been, it's pretty decent. When you sign up, you are given a $10 credit. So you can get some items for "free". I have to put it in quotes because technically they have to charge at least a penny for each purchase. They have just about anything other than groceries on there. Check it out! I've made 3 purchases from there so far and have gotten my items very quickly. I was eyeing a couple Sinful Colors polishes on there but by the time I went to check out, they were already sold. The next thing that caught my eye was this Milani. I hadn't tried any of their products yet and this one I saw was actually a lot of 2. So, why not! I can try one then I'll put one aside for a giveaway or a swap later on. So, here's my mini nail mail from Copious.
The Friday before Easter, I finally got my email from Birchbox letting me know it was my turn to sign up. I was sooooo excited! So excited in fact that I just forwarded the email to my husband cause I was too excited to fully explain to him exactly what it was and go through the whole shebang. He got sent away for the majority of the weekend for work (which is why I missed the Cult Nails sale), but he surprised me and signed me up for Birchbox before he left. He's so good to me! Well, yesterday, I got my April box! I was a lot excited and only slightly disappointed. Watch my video, you'll understand why. :o) I'll post links to the full sized products of what I got after the video. Hope you guys enjoy!!
Hello, ladies!! I received my April Julep Maven box on Friday! Did you get yours yet?! I honestly believe I was more excited about getting this box than I was about getting my very first one. I don't think I was even in the mood for Spring until I opened this box. The colors are feminine and just practically perfect!
I know it's late, and I'm tired, but I promised you guys 2 posts. I had to take a breather today and get caught up on my couponing. I hadn't officially gone through my paper in 2 weeks and we have a big shopping day planned for tomorrow so I had to get my binder back in order. On the plus side, I came across several polish coupons I will have to use! Anyway, here is my final post for the day... new mani for me tomorrow, I promise! Might be 2 posts again though cause I think I need to sample my April Julep Maven box. The colors are amazing! Hopefully I'll feel up to it after a long day of running around with a cranky husband and 2 year old. HAHA :o)
I wish I could say "Happy Sunday, everyone!", but I can't. I woke up sick and without any energy. SOOOO very thankful, my husband is home and can help with Maggie so I can try to get better as soon and as quickly as possible. As any mom knows, trying to take care of a kid that is not sick is not at all easy when you, yourself, is sick. It's like they know you're sick and their energy triples.
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blue,
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My first Zoyas!
So, Zoya had a "Buy 3 Get 3 Free" sale not too long ago. I got super excited because I've never tried them before. I'm not usually one to spend over $2 on a bottle of polish. I try to use coupons as much as possible to lighten the load on my card. So when I saw this, I figured, this is a deal I can do! Of course, it took me FOR-EV-VER to really figure out what colors I wanted. (They have well over 300 colors on their site, and ALL of them are beautiful!) But these are the lovely ladies I ultimately decided on:
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