Nail Polish Haul: OPI and Butter London

Hello beauties! I've done some damage at Ulta this past month(Damn you, 21 Days of Beauty!). I got some drugstore goodies that aren't really worth mentioning since they are repurchases. But I did go ham on the nail polish. Two days of deals featured Butter London for only $10 a bottle so I picked up 4. I also picked up some OPI since the deal was buy 2 bottles of polish get a free top or base coat. Here's what I got!

 

 

 The four Butter London's I got were(left to right) Blagger, Toff, Trout Pout, and Giddy Kipper. I thought they'd all be great for fall, except for Trout Pout which is a very bright, salmon color. Blagger is so pretty!!!

 

As for OPI, I repurchased I'm Really Not a Waitress, which is a very beautiful red that works for every occasion. I also decided to buy Peace & Love & OPI from the San Francisco collection. It's a stunning metallic that turns from green, to silver to purple depending on the lighting. It's my new favorite nail polish!!

 

From left to right we have, Blagger, Giddy Kpper(which is actually lighter and more purple than the camera is making it out to be) Trout Pout, Toff, I'm Really Not a Waitress and Peace & Love & OPI. All great fall colors :)

 

Have you purchased any new nail polishes lately? Let me know in a comment below! Thanks for ready. Stay gorgeous!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 10 Fall Nail Picks 2013

Hello beauties!! I had some major technical difficulties last week and hadn't been able to upload a video in almost 2 weeks. Thankfully, my dad played around with my camera and was able to fix the problem I was having. Fingers crossed that it's a permanent fix :) It was requested that I do a video with my picks for fall nail polish, so I dug around in my collection and pulled out my ten favorite colors to wear for fall. Thanks for watching and stay gorgeous!

Polishes mentioned:
China Glaze Dress Me Up
OPI Chicago Champaign Toaste
Zoya Megan
OPI I Don't Give a Rotterdam
Revlon Naughty
OPI Peace, Love and OPI
OPI Suzi and the Seven Dusseldorfs
China Glaze Harvest Moon
China Glaze Stone Cold
OPI I'm Not Really a Waitress

Daily Tidbits:
1. Thankful to have a day off. Sad I'm using it to do some much needed laundry.
2. I'm very close to 200 subscribers on my youtube channel. I only need 9 to make it! youtube.com/bellsbeauty
3. 1 month and 5 days until my 23 birthday!! I'm excited but I'm starting to get to the point that I dread getting older.

Maybelline Color Tattoo Pure Pigments Reveiw & Swatches

Hello beauties! I bring this review from my sickbed. I've been sick and decided to crank out some blog posts while stuck in bed. This review has been a long time coming! I've had these pictures sitting on my memory card for over 2 months now, it's time to post them. The blogosphere was a buzz with these Maybelline Color Tattoo Pure Pigments a few months ago and I had happened upon them at Walmart at chance but I do know they are available at Target, Ulta, Walgreens, and other drugstores. They run $5-7 depending on where you buy them, which is an amazing price for the quality product your getting. Swatches of all four shadows will be at the end of the post.

 First up is Forest Fatal, which is a beautiful deep green color. I don't know what possessed me to buy a green shadow, it's not normally a color I go for but I'm so happy I did because it's simply stunning! It's got a lot of shimmer to it, as do almost all of the shadows, and its a great stand alone shadow for a simple look. I can also see using it for a colorful smokey eye.

 Breaking Bronze is a very dark, bronze color. I was very surprised at how intense and dark it was in the container but applied it's more golden bronze. It's another great stand alone shadow for a one shadow look but I also like to apply it over a Maybelline Color Tattoo cream shadow such as Bad to the Bronze and use some cooler, darker colors in the crease. This shade is very, very shimmery!

 



 

 

Buff and Tuff is a nice skin tone shade that's nice for highlighting or all over the lid. This is more of a satin finish with not as much shimmer as the rest.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

 

Last is my favorite and most used shade, Barely Brazen. It's almost exactly like the Color Tattoo cream shadow in Barely Beige. This is one of the most shimmery of the four I have. It's a very nice pearl color with just a hint of simony pink under tone. I love using this in my inner corner as a highlight. I have had a hard time using anything else, unless the look called for a matte highlight.



Here are some swatches of the four pigments. Left to right, Breaking Bronze, Buff and Tuff, Barely Brazen and Forest Fatal.  All the shadows are very buttery, pigmented, and as you can see, very shimmery. If you like matte shadows, I suggest staying away from these pigments. If you want to intensify them further, spritz a little Mac Fix Plus or even just some water on a eyeshadow brush and apply for a foiled effect.

 

All in all, I love these pigments. I think I have all the colors I want from this line, but there are some really pretty blues and purples as well. You can find these at most drugstores for $5-7, but can usually find Maybelline on BOGO. Let me know if you have any questions :) Stay gorgeous!