Huge Ulta and BBW Haul!!

Guys....I did something bad. I went to Ulta...and I got a lot! I tried to logic this in my head that I had a 20% off entire purchase coupon as well as a $10 off coupon. So I saved a lot of money...but I spent a lot too. Anyway, I wanted to share my haul with you! I got lots of new products that I cannot wait to review :) Enjoy!!

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.

Latest Video: Updated Nail Polish Collection

 

Hi everyone. I'm posting this randomly at 11 at night, so I hope you are up for some light reading before bed. Because I was at a loss as to what video to film, I decided it was time to do an updated nail polish collection.  I have posted a nail polish collection video in over a year so it was long over do.  If you see any polishes you'd like a post on that I have not already done one on, please let me know, I'd be happy to do a review on it :) Have a good weekend everyone.

Daily Tidbits:
1. I've done a lot of shopping at American Eagle lately, making good use of my discount. Would you like to see a blog haul with some pics on how I style the pieces?
2. I'm currently in love with a new trio I picked up from Wet n Wild in the Silent Treatment. Tutorial coming!
3. I am recovering from pink eye and had to purge some of my makeup products.  The silver lining in this, I finally picked up the Tarte Eyelash Curler with sample of Lights, Camera Lashes. I've been fighting the urge to buy this but seeing as I needed to replace my eyelash curler I bit the bullet. Review will come when its safe for me to use eye makeup again :)

Tutorial: How to Paint Your Nails

Hey beauties! I was doing my nails one day and my younger sister came up and started watching, asking why I was doing certain parts of my routine.  And then it occurred to me.  Some girls don't really know how to do their nails.  I remember watching my grandma do her nails as a child, absolutely mystified as she painted her tips deep red. So I thought I'd put together a short how-to on my nail care routine.

 



What you need:
-Nail Polish Remover
-Cotton Balls
-Q-Tips
-Four-Way Nail Buffer(You can get these cheaply at any drugstore near the nail care. I got mine at -Sally's Beauty Supply)
-Nail Clippers
-Nail Polish(I'm using Zoya's Gie Gie)
-Base and Top Coat(I'm not using any because I ran out and haven't gone to buy anymore yet)

 

Step 1:
Soak a cotton ball in the nail polish remore and sweep it vertically across your nail.  If your trying to remove glitter polish, it can be a bit tricky. If that's the case, leave the cotton ball sit and soak on your nail. I'll have a tutorial on a simple way I like to remove glitter polish coming up.

 Step 2.
Before moving on, go wash your hands to remove the acetone, its not good for your nails or hands.  Next, grab your nail clippers and trim your nails to your desired length. I like to keep mine really short so they don't break when I'm at work.

 

Step 3.
Next, take your nail buffer. I don't typically use the file side, I don't like to file my nails, I feel like its not good for them.  But if you want to file them and even out the sides, go right ahead. I move straight to the flat color side that allows me to buff out any lines and ridges on my nails, which I have a lot of.

Step 4.
I then move onto the white side, which gets rid of any scratches.

 

Step 5.
Finally, I buff using the gray shiny side which polishes the nail and makes them very shiny.

 

Step 6.
Now to the hard part, putting on the polish.  If you have a base coat handy, put two coats on before the nail color and let them dry fully.  Then take your preferred nail color and slowly start painting your nails.  A few tips for you. 1. Start in the center of your nail and work your way out to the sides.  This way, you get a nice even coat. And always go vertically, following the grain. 2. If your hands are a little shaky, rest your pinky on something steady, like a book. This helps especially when your using your less dominate hand. Once done, let the first coat dry.

 

 Step 7.
If you need to, start applying your second coat.  Some polishes are opaque enough that you don't need to do this. But I like to use two coats regardless to ensure an even job and to let the manicure last a long time.  Let that coat dry and then apply one to two coats of a top coat. I recommend Out the Door top coat, I think you can get it at Sally's). It's very shiny and last a long time.

Step 8.
Once your nails are dry, take a Q-Tip and soak an end of it in the nail polish remover.  If your anything like me and are a bit clumsy, you'll have some nail polish on the tips around the nail.  I like to use this technique to fix any clumsy moments. It allows me to clean up the edges without accidently messing up the paint job.

 

 

And with that, you have beautifully polished finger nails. I hope you enjoyed this step by step tutorial. Do you have any tips for a good at home nail manicure? Leave them in a comment below! Thanks for reading :)

Nail of the Day: OPI's I Don't Give a Rotterdam!

 

I have a confession guys. I've been wearing OPI's I Don't Give a Rotterdam! on my nails almost all month long. Every time I did my nails, I'd simply repaint them with this polish. Love it so much! This comes from the Holland collection and to me, this color screams winter. It's a beautiful silver blue with whitish silver shimmer. It looks like snowfall on your nails, which I love! It wears so well too, it barely chips. It makes me remember why I love OPI so much. Speaking of OPI, Ulta is having 2 for $12 now through November 3rd, so its an excellent time to go stock up. What are some of your favorite colors?

Nail of the Day:Suzi and the 7 Düsseldorf's

 

Hi beauties! If you read my last post, you know that I picked up some new OPI polishes and I was very excited to use them.  I had a hard time picking which one to use first so by process of eany meany miney mo, I settled on Suzi and the 7 Düsseldorf's.

I’m in love with color!   Seriously, I couldn’t stop looking at my nails and I received so many compliments on it. It’s a very pretty purple with red shimmer, which I thought was different because I’d never seen a polish with red shimmer. It’s so beautiful and I highly recommend going to the nearest place that sells OPI and picking up a bottle of this. Until next time, stay gorgeous!

Mini Ulta Haul!

HI beauties! I stopped by Ulta this week in search of nail polish.  I officially broke my no-nail polish buy which lasted 5 months. Very proud of my self.  If you didn’t know, if you buy two OPI polishes you get a free base or top coat and I wanted to take advantage of that. 
At first, I was going to get some permanent colors that I’ve been wanting for ever, Lincoln Park After Dark and Vodka and Caviar because for some unbeknownst reason, I don’t own them.  But my brother talked me into getting one from the Swiss collection and one from the Germany collection.  The blue one is I Don’t Give a Rotterdam and the purple one is Suzi & the 7 Dusseldorfs, the latter is extremely gorgeous I have it on my nails right now.  I’ll have a nail of the day post up soon


Next I picked up two more of the Revlon Kissable Lip Balm Stains since they were bogo and there was also a manufacturers coupon for a dollar off next to a display of them. I got Smitten and Sweatheart. I have a review of them coming up on my youtube channel this week.

While I was perusing the nail polish, my brother, Kris got into the NYX eyeshadow samples and got black eyeshadow all over his face, he looked like a racoon! So I grabbed this travel sized pack of Yes to Cucumbers makeup remover wipes since they were only $2 bucks by the check out.  They removed the eyeshadow no problem and I actually really like them.  I’ve always been curious about them so I’m glad I had the chance to try them.  Thanks, bro.

So that’s it for my Ulta haul.  What discoveries have you made at the drugstore recently? Let me know and I’ll see you next time. Stay gorgeous!