Saturday, January 24, 2015

MAC Erogenous

Hey guys! I went to MAC yesterday with my mom for lipstick, obviously couldn't leave without polish! Lol. This is my first MAC polish so I was super stoked to try it out. I chose Erogenous (and so did my mom :p). It's a nude peachy shade. 



The last picture is more colour accurate. The brush was nice, and I noticed that a lot of polish came off the brush even after wiping some back into the bottle. After two coats I noticed some minor streaking on some nails so I did three coats just to be safe.it dried pretty quickly as well.  I'm super happy with this polish and I can't wait to grab more from MAC! 

What are some of your fave MAC polishes?
Thanks for stopping by!

-Shaylene <3

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Favourites from 2014

Hey everyone! For this post I'm going to be sharing my fave polishes (some indie,some mainstream) that either came out in the year 2014 or ones that I finally got to try in 2014! It was super hard not to pick like 400 polishes! :p 
The posts are in no particular order. 


This is "Cupids TKO" from Polish Addict Nail Color. Laura, the owner, is a crelly genius and has some awesome customer service. I believe this was a limited edition Valentines Day polish. It's a white crelly base with black,blue,purple,pink and holo glitters in assorted shapes and sizes. I do believe she is re releasing this gem so keep your eyes peeled! 


Here's "Spin The Bottle" from Essie. I'm such a sucker for nude polishes and this one is a winner! 


"under The Sea" from Essence's Aquatix collection. A beautiful sky blue linear holo with great application. 


"Pool Toys" from Trelly Polish fed my addiction for giant,round holo glitters lol such a fun assorted mix for summer time. Butterflies, stars, matte and holo glitters make a great combo! 


Kayla, owner of Creative Cuticles Nail Polish, created this beauty "Acid Rainbow" as part of her Halloween collection. What made me love this polish so much was obviously the color combo with grey, buttery application and the shine! These pics have no top coat! She also has wonderful customer service. 

 
China Glaze "It's A Trapeze!" Has been a lemming of mine since I seen the cirque de soliel collection. I wasn't able to find it until recently and now I know why EVERYONE just adored this polish. 


Rainbow Honey Cosmetics "Magic Cake" is one of those glitters that can really go with any colour, and that versatility (along with the giant HOT PINK hexes!) is what made me love this polish so much. 


"Life Gave Me Lemons" from OPI. This neon just wowed me. No white indie needed and only needed 2 coats to achieve opacity with little streaking. 


"Drama Sheen" from Sally Hansens Triple Shine line. I usually can't stand sheer polishes but something about this purple girly, opalescent goodness struck me. 


jindie Nails "Midnight Rainbow" and it's round glitter is what initially attracted me to this polish. What's really awesome about this polish is is that you don't need to fish for any glitter! It's jam packed with glitter and has a great formula as all Jindie Nails polishes do. 


Sally Hansen "Pacific Blue" (original formula). Seriously, blue perfection. If you're ever able to find this, get it! I never got to try this polish before Sally Hansen re formulated it and when I heard how upset everyone was about it, I went scouting for it and found it. Now I know what the big hype is all about. 2 perfect blue coats. 


Femme Fatale Cosmetics "Abracadaver" is so wicked, not only because of the name but the colour combination. It's just one of those polishes you have to try to see for yourself lol!


"Metro Pollentin" from China glaze has a horrible formula. It's chalky, streaky, and for me required three coats. I honestly don't know why I love this polish so much but I do. I hate yellow polish. There's just something about the way it looks I can't put my finger on...


"Cranberry Cider" is from Candy Nail polish, a Canadian indie company. It's a lovely red jelly with black,red and silver holo glitters and has an amazing formula. 


"Romeo" from Polish Addict Nail Color is just superb. A grey crelly with blue,black and silver glitters. 


"Coca-Cola Red" from OPI's collab with Coca-Cola. This is just a plain classic red that is just perfect. My fave red hands down. 


Revlon's "Elusive" is an elegant black with teal glitters in it. Opaque in 2 coats. 


Different Dimensions "Have A Grape Day" is a shimmery blue/purple thermal. Great formula and just so pretty. 


"Monster Mash" from Trelly Polish is the best and my most fave glitter topper of ALL TIME. No joke. Depending on the base color, you can make the glitter pop and look super fun or you can jelly sandwich it for a more softer look. 

 
Black Cat Lacquer "Poison Apple" is a candy apple scented thermal with scattered holo. It transitions from a lighter red to a darker red. 

 
365 Days Of Color "June Gloom" is so great because the neon glitters really pop against the grey base color. And no fishing needed!


Polish Me Silly "I'm Bananas 4 U" is a funky green/yellow thermal with yellow and green glitters. 


This glitter topper from Hatd Candy is called "Pop-arazzi". It's a mix of small matte hex glitters that reminds me of the circus. 


"Falling:With Style!" From Sindie Pop! Is based off Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story, how cool,right?! A great crelly with just the right amount of glitter. 


Revlon Parfumerie "African Tea Rose" is the perfect pink! And to make this polish better it smells exactly like wild roses!


"Drunken Unicorn" from Polish Addict Nail Color". Like I said before, Laura is a crelly genius! This polish is so fun with its large circle glitters and small neon dots. No glitter fishing and awesome formula. 


China Glaze "Getting To Gnaw You" is a gorgeous pink, slightly textured and dries to a satiny finish. 


"The Pumpkin King" from Black Cat Laqcuer is based off the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. My fave movie! Such a fun unique polish. Fave part of this glitter topper is that it has giant black and orange holo pumpkins. 

So those were my faves from 2014, what were yours? hope you enjoyed!

-Shaylene 

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Guest post!

Hey guys! My daughter Emma got an early Christmas present and its a Monster High nail set! She was super stoked to try  it al out. She looks at me and say, "Mom, I want to be a blogger like you. Can you blog this please?" Hahah!! Of course I will! So the set came with a nail dryer, a sheet of decals, and 7 polishes. 

She wanted me to say that the polishes don't dry fast and that's no good and that the decals don't fit "kid fingers" lol. They stick up on the edges. 

Here is Emma's finished mani using her set. She really liked the fan because it helped dry the nail polish (even though it really didn't). 


Thanks for stopping by!

-Shaylene & Emma <3

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Essence Aquatix Collection

Hey yall! Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers!! Today I have the Aquatic Collection from Essence. There is actually 5 polishes in this collection but I only grabbed 4 because I really wouldn't have worn it. All of the polishes were a bit sheer in the first coat but built up nicely. 

Here's "Finding Dori"


Finding Dori is a blue/green duo-chromeit has a very subtle, but nice shift. It was A bit brush stroke-y. Other than that, good polish. I used 2 coats.

This is "Under The Sea"

A gorgeous light blue holographic polish, who doesn't love a holo?!? Unfortunately, my macro shot isn't very colour accurate.  I used 2 creamy coats for the pics above. 

Next is "Mermaids Secret"

Mermaids Secret is a pretty jellyish polish with iridescent flakies that shift to purple and pink. So pretty! Dry time was really good for this polish but was also the streakiest on the first coat. This is 2 coats.

Lastly is "Underwater Love"


Underwater Love is a dark blue, slightly textured polish. The green glitter in it makes it appear turquoise. Soo hard to photograph! Pics don't do justice! Go buy his polish now!! Great dry time. I used 2 coats. 

Thanks for reading!

-Shaylene <3

Saturday, November 22, 2014

New Hard Candy polishes

Hey guys! I have some new Hard Candy polishes to show you! 

First up is "Beach Babe"

This is a red cream polish, not my fave shade of red but it's still pretty and had a good formula. I used 2 coats. 

"Sweet Retreat"

Super pretty light blue cream. Reminds me of Essie's "Find Me An Oasis". Had as an awesome formula and a good dry time. I used three thin coats. 

Next is "Wedding Crasher"

This is a glitter polish in a clear base, has the same glitters as Hard Candy "Black Tie Optional" but with silver as well!! So nice! I layered one coat over Sweet Retreat. 

"Remix Red"


This is my type of red! Definitely a classic shade. Formula and dry time is good, I used 2 coats. 

Lastly is "All Nighter"


This is the perfect vampy,sexy, deep red that I just adore! It's perfection! This is my new fave red. 2 coats 

I found these at Walmart for $3.99 each, definitely a steal. 

Thanks for stopping by!

-Shaylene <3

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Influenster Hasbro VoxBox

Hey guys! I have another influencer box box review today! This box had Hasbro's Monopoly Junior..so fun!! I'm a major monopoly fan so this was just perfect for my 5 year old. 

This is how it looked in the box


The game is for ages 5 + and up to 4 players. The 4 tokens it comes with are too cute!
 
They're bigger and easier to hold for little hands. The cash only comes in ones for easier transactions. It includes chance cards, a die, and 12 cut outs of each character to use as property markers, there's no property cards so you simply place your cutout on the property you purchase. The properties have cute names likes pizza joint, zoo, and skate park. The rules are super simple, I highly recommend this game to anyone who has small children. 

My daughter was so happy when she won her first game! 

Thanks for stopping by!

**i received this product complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes**