James Bond OPI Nail Polishes

I was at Wegmen's and saw OPI had a display with James Bond/007 nail polishes and got super excited.  I love James Bond, what female or male doesn't.  My favorite 007 of course is Sean Connery and next would be Daniel Craig.  I have watched all the movies and SkyFall was awesome.  Anyway back to the nail polishes, I wish I could get all of them but I decided to get the 2 below, Goldeneye and SkyFall.  All the bottles are named after the movies.  Each nail got two coats except for the accent color, it doesn't go too well together but both colors on their own are gorgeous.

-S

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas!

Last minute gift ideas

It's almost Christmas time and you know what that means, getting gifts for the people you love.

I have gotten things for my family that I know they will use.  For example this year I am giving my family an aerator, they are wine drinkers and I know they will use and enjoy this.  Last year was the Sodastream.  Getting one gift that the whole family can enjoy is nice and cost effective.

I like making gifts so body scrubs are a great inexpensive gift to give someone.  You can also make your own brush cleanser and give to the make up lover.

I also give gifts to help people out my own sneaky way :)
for the messy person- some organization tool whether it be a address book or pencil holder, this can be anything.

I think giving someone a gift that has changed your life in some way is a good route to go.  I like the turbie twist- saves hair drying time.  Another idea is a extra battery for a digital camera or  Also a camera mount for the car is nice because so many of us use our phone as gps nowadays.  This year I got my mom an ipad case charger, she is always forgetting to charge her ipad.

Anything at the drugstore is great, a set of nail polishes by revlon or sally hansen, etc.  A lipstick and matching gloss is nice too.  Or maybe get a drugstore kit full of your favorite products to the makeup newbie.

The dollar store is another great place to find gifts-  I found a great Christmas cannister that I can fill with the recipients favorite candy or put money or makeup, endless possiblilites.



-S

I will be going to FL for Christmas and since there is no internet connection where I am staying, this will be my last post until after.  I hope you have a great Christmas/ Holiday/ Winter Break.  Thank you for visiting my blog and Merry Christmas!

Kaboom Foam-Tastic: Does it work?

I got into super cleaning mode these past few days and decided to review the Kaboom Foam-Tastic by Oxi clean.   This stuff works pretty well but I got the same results from a dollar store product called LA Totally Awesome all purpose cleaner Link to product.  So it's up to you which product go get.  The pictures below shows the Kaboom in action.  This product comes out blue than turns white when ready.  I need to go another round with my floors but this did a great job first time out.  And no chemically smell (LA has a smell).

-S

DIY: body scrub (christmas/holiday gift idea)

I love making homemade gifts for people.  There is something about putting your love and work into a project and giving it to another person.  I also know money is a worry for some people so this DIY helps the wallet conscious as well as the DIYselfers.  For myself I spent no money because I had everything on hand.  If you do need to purchase some items, I would recommend the dollar store, they should have everything with the exception of the fragrance oils.

This DIY was so easy because you can add or not add the ingredients below.  I got some inspiration from the internet but the measurements and other choices were my own.

1st body scub: gardenia

ingredients:

• gardenia fragrance oil
• jojoba oil (gives it the yellowish hue)
• baby oil  (baby oil has a distinct smell, the gardenia oil overpowers it though)
• baking soda
• epsom salt

(use lots of epsom salt and as much or little of the other stuff)

2nd body scrub: tangerine

ingredients:

• tangerine zest (gives it the orange hue)
• jojoba oil
• argan oil

note: I used baby oil but I would skip it because it overpowers the tangerine zest.

alternatives for:
epsom salt: raw sugar
tangerine zest: lemon zest
any type of body oil can be used (baby, jojoba, argan, etc)

notes:  
I got the gardenia oil from Whole Foods, they have a huge body oil selection.  This was only for fragrance so if you only have baby oil or jojoba oil, that is fine. 

I used old candle jars I cleaned out (with boiling water, the oil rises) so no cost there.  You can also use mason jars, I would have preferred that but I didn't have any on hand.   I like the mini ones I made so I can give multiples to one person but you can give one big one to someone.

I saw on some sites people used food coloring but I would skip this step.  I know when I bake cookies with food coloring, it stains my hands.  I made a batch with green food coloring to see if it would stain and although my hand did not turn green, I could see the color on my hands.   I didn't want to take a chance my recipient would become kermit the frog.  I will keep this batch for myself.  If you do decide to use the food coloring, use a light hand!


-S

Pixi Correction Concentrate Brightening Peach

Yey, I can upload photos again without linking from another website.




I got the Pixi Correction Concentrate Brightening Peach from Target, cost around $15.  I haven't used other salmon/peachy correctors but I feel this covers my dark circles pretty well.  Not sure if it's worth the cost, in the future I will invest in other peachy correctors from high end to test out if this is better or not.

-S

Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette

I got an email from UD about their new palette last week.  I was pretty excited at first glance because all the eyeshadows are matte.  I am going to wait before I buy which is what I did for the previous 2 naked palettes.  The first naked I waited so long, they no longer gave pencil liners but brushes instead.  The second one I just bought with a $15 Sephora coupon, score!

It's a really cute looking palette, I'll put a link for the UD website.  It's $27 and has 6 colors.  The only thing is the first 3 colors look very similar, wish their was more variety.  I also don't see any freebies like liner, brushes or primer but maybe they will include as a surprise.

http://www.urbandecay.com/naked-basics-eyeshadow-by-urban-decay/355,default,pd.html

-S

Wet n Wild Where's the Party Holiday 2012

UPDATE 11/30/12:
I figured out how to share photos through flickr, very time consuming I must say, still going to see if I really did reach my photo limit.

Shimmer the Night Away

Drinking a Glass of Shine (all matte)

And the long sought after Sparkle til Morning

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 11/29/12
I did it!  I got my hands on the elusive Sparkle til Morning palette from Wet n Wild.  I had gotten Shimmer the Night Away earlier and didn't need to buy Drinking a Glass of Shine because I already own I Heart Matte.

Here are the swatches!

womp womp.....

Oh no, apparently I have reached my limit on photos.  Until blogger fixes this issue because I'm pretty sure I didn't reach my limit yet, I will link to my YT videos, which I normally don't do.  Please check out this recent video for swatches.

Drugstore Haul


-S

Milani Multitasker Face Powder- Light Tan

Like I have said before, reviewing a product isn't my forte, I like to tell you if a product works in picture form.

Product:  Milani Multitasker Face Powder
Shade: Light Tan
Store: Walgreens
Price: $6.79

-S

How to get your white haired makeup brushes white again

In this post I will show you how to get your brushes from looking like this

to this:



I find white haired makeup brushes are probably one of the hardest things to get clean and look like how they did when you first got them.

All you need is some type of shampoo and olive oil.

This is the process in picture form:

This isn't a quick process because liquid foundation really gets into the brushes and since this was the first time really cleaning them out the right way I found I had to repeat the process quite a few times.  But it was well worth the effort.

Here is another set I cleaned the same way:

The only problem I ran into is when I go to use the makeup brushes, some of the brushes can be a little oily.  You can fix that by dipping your brush into powder and that soaks up the oil.

I found this solution by researching on the internet and this seemed to be the consensus on how to get the brushes to their original white and this is proof it works.

-S

How to make your furry rug back to normal after washing

I had to wash  my furry rug from Ikea because it got dirty and a washcloth was not going to cut it.  I did not expect it to come out the way it did.

So I started to comb it out with a brush.

It was a long process and I needed to get the fur out of my brush pretty often.

This is the finished result and it's almost as good as new.

-S

Update

I have neglected this blog and my YouTube for the past few weeks and I apologize for that.  I haven't been inspired to make posts and videos.  Some of you might know that I live in NY and Hurricane Sandy hit the NY/NJ area like nothing I've ever seen before.  I was very lucky and my family and friends are safe.  But many families have lost their homes and that's so mind boggling to me because this area has been my home since I was 6.  There is a lot of devastation but NY (also NJ and CT) will rebuild again.

Please donate anything you can whether it be money, clothes, toiletries, services, etc.
http://www.nyredcross.org/

I will be back with new posts.

view from the SI Ferry

Thank you
-S

Influenster Beauty Blogger Voxbox 2012

I was so excited to receive my voxbox from influenster.  These are some great products (most I haven't tried) that come in deluxe or full sizes.

Influenster website http://www.influenster.com/
This is a site where members can write reviews and share experiences of products.

My box!!:

Products:

-NYC New York Color® IndividualEyes Custom Compact (tried other colors)

-Kiss® Ever Pro Lashes Starter Kit (never tried)

-Bath & Body Works® Mini Candles (never tried)

-Goody® Simple Styles Spin Pin (never tried)

-EBOOST® (never tried)

-Not Your Mother's® Smooth Moves™ Frizz Control Hair Cream (never tried)

I can't wait to try these products and report back to you.

-S