Wet n Wild Fall Mattes

*Purchased by me

I love nail polish. There's no denying it, but I'm not the biggest fan of matte finishes. So when I saw this collection I was skeptical, but at less than 2 dollars a bottle it's worth a shot. This collection has six gorgeous colors and I love them all for fall. 

I do have to say these don't really dry to a matte finish. They have more of a satin finish which I like a bit more than flat matte. Every time I've wear these colors I still put on a top coat. It just makes the polish last longer.

The colors from left to right on the swatch wheel are: Rouge 66, Echo Dark, Berry on Trend, Distressed to Impress, Careful, It's Vine-tage, and LAC-My Mani? All of the swatches are three coats no top coat. 

My favorites are the winter white, the purple, and the brown. I've really been into neutrals recently, and that winter white/creamy color is the perfect undies for so many toppers. 

I've seen these at several Walgreen's stores, and all of them are still in great supply. These are limited edition so if you're interested, go grab them up. 

The Body Shop: A Haul

*Purchased by me.

I love The Body Shop. I was invited to an at home party (do they still do these?) several years ago, and I've been hooked ever since. I recently took advantage of a buy three get three free sale on their site and wanted to share my goodies. If you missed this promo, don't worry. There's always at least one promo that's current.

I stocked up on my all time favorite moisturizer. The body butter. There's nothing better. I bought two, one in almond and the other in coconut. Both have been go to scents for me for years. They're the perfect thing to keep my skin hydrated all winter long.

I also thought I would try a new hand and foot cream that smells of honey and beeswax. it does smell a little of old lady, but the scent doesn't linger. The texture on this is thicker than a body butter, but it absorbs so quickly it doesn't leave a greasy feeling. 

My one and only makeup product is a bronzer. I'm so pale that I've yet to find a bronzer that doesn't make me look orange. I've heard good things about this, and I'm hopeful it will work. I got it in shade two as when I placed my order as shade one was out of stock. Last I checked it was back in stock.

I went a little skin care crazy with this order. It started with an old favorite, the chamomile cleansing butter (review to come), and went off the rails from there. Since I love the cleansing butter to much I wanted to try something else from the chamomile range. I grabbed the chamomile cleansing oil and I can only hope that it works as well as the butter.

After I'm done with the makeup removing cleansers, like the chamomile ones, I like to use something that actually cleans my skin. I decided to try the tea tree oil cool and creamy cleanser. Since I have oily acne prone skin I thought it would be perfect. I can already tell we're going to get along, nothing can smell that good and be bad.

I also thought I would try out a serum. I have oily skin for sure, but it can also be really sensitive. So, I decided to give the aloe serum a go. It's super mild, but really helps keep your skin from drying. I've used it a few times and can already tell a difference.

I've been hearing tons of good things about The Body Shop's Vitamin C range and wanted to try couple things. I opted for the Vitamin C Skin Boost which can be used before or after moisturizer. It can also act as a makeup primer. I also bought the Vitamin C day lotion. It has an SPF of 30 and a nice orange scent. I'm very sensitive to the smell of chemical sunscreen, so I can tell this one isn't going to work for me. 

I'm really pleased with what I bought and can't wait to start using some of the new products. Let me know what you'd like to me review from my haul.

Orly Rage

*Purchased by me, for me

It's no secret that I love nail polish. As much as I love it, I've been in a funk. There have been weeks, that's right, weeks where I've gone naked. Just a base coat longing for the perfect color to paint my tips. Well, not anymore. I've found the color that changes everything.

Orly Rage isn't a new color and it's not even new to me. I've had this bottle for the better part of a year. It was just sitting there in my rack looking neglected. It had even started to separate. Then one day I looked at it and knew. It was time to bust out the metallic goodness that is Rage.

It's a great coppery almost rose gold foil polish, and unlike many other foil polishes it applies like a dream. No streaking and no need for the obligatory third coat to even it all out. I just did two coats and coat of my favorite top coat and I was out the door.

I have so much love for this color that I've worn it twice in the last month. I keep reaching for it, and think it will take my nails into fall with ease and style.

What's you're go to transition color for fall?

Forever 21: A Haul

*Purchased by me

I've been wanting to try Forever 21 makeup for ages. I just needed to find the right catalyst to give me the push I needed. I came across an adorable cat palette on Facebook and I knew it had to be mine. Once I got to the magical bargain filled site I went a bit nuts. I can't get over the packaging. First the cat palette, so cute. I can't. Then the floral packaging on the six pan palette is drool-worthy. So much so that I left it in tact.  I have it in a little shrine that I've made for beautiful packaging. Yeah, I'm that kind of weird.

I got three eye shadow palettes, a face palette, a blush, a vanilla lip scrub (yum!), a moisturizing lipstick, a super gorgeous velvet lip gloss, and to top it all off a Barbie makeup bag. I can't tell you how much I love that makeup bag. As soon as I was done with these photos I dumped out my other makeup bag and put my essentials in the Barbie bag. I let out a little squee when I opened it.

I have plans to review a couple items from this collection and will post more info in there. I just wanted to share all the goodies that I got.  I can honestly say that this will not be my last Forever 21 purchase. 

The Perfect Fall Polish

*Made by me. Paired with a dress by Mod Cloth

Wow, it's been a long time reader. I thought had retired from the wonderful world of nail polish blogging, but alas. She's a fickle mistress. I just can't give it up. So, I'm here today to present the perfect fall polish.

I was contacted by Mod Cloth to pair one of their party dresses with nail art inspired by said dress. Now, if you know me I'm horrible at nail art. So, I created a polish to go with the dress I chose. That's one thing I'm good at doing. I can make polish like no other.

Feeling like making the most of what's left of summer? Go check out their dresses and the post I was inspired by.

Here's a picture of the dress in question. Isn't she gorgeous?

Check it out

You can see my love of vintage and lace with this dress.  I like to think I captured this dress really well in my polish. I wanted something simple that would let the dress shine. With that in mind I created a brown-red base with shimmer in gold and pink. I really love how it turned out. Simple, yet gorgeous.

I'm in love with it. I never want to take it off. I think it works well with the dress and as a great color for fall. The weather her has been super humid and my original swatch wound up being matte, and while I'm not a fan of matte polishes, this color matted could make me a believer. It just that stunning. 

While the intent was to make a polish just for this dress, I think this would be a great addition to my store. If you're interested in a bottle let me know and I can make up a batch to list.

Cameo Colours Moulin Rouge

*Sent to Me for the purpose of review.

Today dear reader, I have collection based on Moulin Rouge. There are no words for how exciting this is for me.  I LOVE Moulin Rouge and basically anything French. I got sent minis of all six of these colors and all of them are holographic.  My all time favorite finish for nail polish. So, onto the polish!

Spectacular, Spectacular! I dare you to not sing this while saying the name. It can't be helped. This is a gorgeous super holographic topcoat that looks like magic on your nails.  I've paired it with a deep grey color and can literally see this being stunning over any number of colors.

The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn is a deep blurple holo polish.  It took two coats to get great coverage, but I did a third coat because I'm insecure like that. I just love this color and had a hard time swatching the other colors in the collection after this.

One Day I'll Fly Away is a while holo that isn't too sheer.  Can I get an Amen? This is something I've struggles with for ages, the inability to find a light colored polish that covers my stubborn nails.  This one fits the bill, and I can see a full size bottle in my future.

Unteal the End of Time brings a bit of tear to my eye. Okay fine, the whole movie tends to bring a tear to my eye. But I'm a sucker for a good love story. This is a GORGEOUS teal holo that doesn't stain and it's opaque in two coats. You can't get better than that.

Smoldering Temptress is a pinky red holo that just screams. What it's screaming I'm not sure, but it's screaming and I love it. This color did take three coats for full opacity, but it's so worth it.

I'm the Green Fairy is a brighter green holo polish that is just so Absinthe.  I love it.  I did two coats and got great coverage, but did a third just to even everything out.

Overall, this collection is great, and I highly recommend it. Application was perfect for all six colors and I'm honestly in love with them all.  

You can buy these beauties for nine dollars each with the exception of Spectacular, Spectacular! which is twelve dollars, but it's totally worth it.

You can find Cameo Colours on their website, and on Facebook. 

Finger Lickin' Lacquer

*Sent to me for the purpose of review.

A few months ago during the share the love fest that was all over Facebook I was introduced to Finger Lickin' Lacquer.  At the time she hadn't released any polishes but was working on her first collection. Fast forward to now and she has her first collection ready for sale.  It's based on Ru Paul's Drag Race. Now I've never seen the show, but it certainly sounds interesting.  The collection consists of 8 colors and 6 of them are scented.  I don't normally like scented polishes because they usually give me a migraine, but these were all really nicely scented. 

I've combined the two glitter toppers together in one manicure.  On the index and ring fingers I have May I Call You Jiggly? On my middle and pinkie fingers I have Category is...Cheesecake.

Both colors took four coats to get the coverage I got and the bigger glitters were hard to get out.  I've talked to the creator and she's working on adding more glitter and getting better base. Both colors looked great over this light pink, but I think they'd look great over any color. 

Next up is Good Luck and Don't F..K it Up i'm not really a fan of the name mostly because it's NSFW. Good Luck is a super sheer green crelly with green and gold glitters in different sizes and shapes.

I paired this with a very pale green creme to get full coverage.  This is one of two unscented polishes in the collection and you can tell the base is different.  It smells so chemically, and strangely the smell of this gave me a headache.  Once again, this is one of the polishes the creator is working on fixing.  She's going to make it more opaque and use a different base so it's not as strong.

On to Look How Orange You F****N' Look another NSFW polish, but this one is stunning.

It's a gorgeous shimmery orange and is full coverage in just two coats.  I think the best part about this polish is the smell.  I love orange scented things, and this is no exception.

On to this bronze shimmery awesome color called Peanut Butter!

Peanut Butter is a scattered holographic bronze color that smells divine.  I'm not sure if it really smells like peanut butter or caramel, but either way it smells delicious. I used three coats to get full coverage.

The companion to Peanut Butter is of course Jelly and it comes in the form of Must Be Jelly.

Must Be Jelly is a deep purple shimmery polish that has lots of glitters in different shapes and sizes. Some of the glitters were a bit hard to get out and there are large red hexes that just didn't want to leave the bottle.  

Fishy and Fierce is up next and let me just say the scent on this is to die for.

Fishy and Fierce is a SWEDISH FISH scented polish. Swedish Fish are my all time favorite candy and I love the smell of them. This polish reminded me of childhood.  It's a super bright shimmery blue that is loaded with all sorts of glitters. I used three coats to get full coverage.

Lastly we have Drop Dead Orchid. As much as I loved the entire collection this color is spectacular.

Another scattered holographic color Drop Dead Orchid is the perfect mauvey color and because it's a more jelly consistency the holo shows up better. This is the other unscented polish and has the same base as the other unscented color. Once again, she's working on changing bases so this beauty won't be so strongly scented. 

Overall, I'm really pleased with her first collection and I can't wait to see what else she comes up with.  I'm really impressed. You can find all the info you need about Finger Lickin' Lacquer at her website.