Saturday, October 27, 2012

Cheap Halloween Nails!

I wanted to share some great polish choices that are perfect for Halloween and are super-cheap!

Each year Wet n Wild comes out with a Halloween make-up line under the name of Fantasy Makers. They usually offer glitter eye shadow, bright colors, glow in the dark items and nail polish. This year I picked up three bottles of their tombstone polishes (each bottle cap is in the shape of a tombstone). Pictured below you will find three colors. I picked up all three at Ulta but these are also available at drug stores as well.

Once Upon a Time- black base with fine and chunky red glitter flakes.

Nail in the Coffin- black base with fine, light pink glitter.

Rest in Pieces- black base with fine, purple glitter.

My favorite of the three is Rest in Pieces. Nail in the Coffin needs more glitter since it's too subtle. Overall, cute packaging and fun colors.

In addition to these three creepy shades, I thought I would share some orange polish choices that I love!

Below you will see my nails painted using the best orange creme on the market. Citrine by Sinful Colors is affordable and is an excellent polish. It's that perfect shade of orange...not too bright nor too pale.

Pictured below in the two larger pictures is Citrine by Sinful Colors (limited edition but still can be found in drug stores). My nails are also sporting Citrine.

In the left column (top to bottom) is Clementine by Sinful Colors (a lighter orange creme), Pumpkin Spice which is part of the Bewitched Halloween limited edition by Sinful Colors (small gold & red glitter) and Chunky Holo Poppy by Kleancolor (orange duo chrome glitter-changes from yellow to orange). The good news is that every Sinful Colors and Kleancolor bottle is only $1.99!

This Halloween don't just use a costume...dress up your nails too!

Monday, October 22, 2012

An eye make-up remover that WORKS!

I still don't have a computer that works, so I'm back via my iphone. I thought I would share a "new to me" find.

Every night I wash my face and cleanse with make-up remover wipes. I then finish with a toner and moisturizer. What I can't stand however is removing my eye makeup. Most mascara and eye primers can be stubborn. I find a lot of oil based eye make-up removers leave your eyes foggy or even worse, irritated. I've tried many brands of eye make-up removers (Maybelline, Sonia Kashuk, Ahava, L'oreal, Neutrogena, etc) and all have left an irritating residue behind that leaves my eyes foggy.

Right when I wanted to give up searching, I finally tried Almay's Oil Free eye make-up remover pads and I'm hooked! I purchased a jar from CVS for $5.99. My jar contains 80 pre-moistened pads. Almay also offers a moisturizing version which is not oil free. I only recommend using the moisturizing version if you have waterproof mascara to remove otherwise the oil free pads are a better bet. There is a reason Almay makes the #1 eye make-up remover...I just wish I tried it sooner!