Caboodles

Hello loves!  I wanted to share with you my new Caboodles case that I bought.  This is a bright purple, hard case that has a double zipper all the way around.  Unfortunately, my camera makes this look more blue than it really is.  This case looks and feels like pleather, which I don't really mind.  It is also about an inch and a half thick.

It has a compartment on the top for brushes and a little mirror inside the lid.  The case is lined with polka dotted satin. 

Currently, I am storing two of my double sided make up brushes in here.  (By the way, I don't know how to effectively  store my double sided brushes- do you have a great way to store?  Leave me a comment.)  

This case was only $5 at Wal-mart.  I like to it because it is a hard case, which means it won't get smushed in my bags when I'm traveling.  This case is perfect to store liners and lip glosses.  I actually stored some jewelry in here when I went to Chicago and I didn't have to worry about it getting tangled or lost in my other bags.  This is such a nice addition to my other make up cases and I'm really glad I found it for such a nice price.  I really like it because it is a hard top case and not so flimsy.  Really nice and sturdy.

The last time I was in Walmart, they still had a couple of these left and in different colors.  If you are a Caboodles fan, I would suggest that you snatch one of these up before they are all gone.

Canoodles of love,
 

Hard Candy- Glow All the Way

This was purchased at Walmart a while ago, but I haven't had a chance to review it til now.  This is Hard Candy's body and face luminizer in Dollface, the pink version.  I finally nabbed a bottle that wasn't open at Walmart.  

Swatches:

 The color is definitely buildable.  See below. 

I have heard that some people like to mix a little bit of this with their liquid foundation for a little extra glow.  I might try that, but not for an every day look-I will save that for a night out with the girls.  Halloween even.  Other than that, I will probably end up using this as a cheek high light color.  It illuminates very well so you have to use a light hand.  Which means it will probably take me forever to go through this entire bottle. lol.  


An after thought-wouldn't this would be nice to mix into your lotion for use on your legs to offer a nice, sexy glow?  

Glow, baby, glow,

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro- Hot Chocolate

I'm back home!  We cut our trip short one day earlier because the weather was just not cooperating.  I am not complaining though.  It was fun but I am just exhausted.


Anyways, this is the other nail polish color that I picked out with my buy one get one free coupon that I blogged about earlier in August.

Rimmel London's Lasting Finish Pro in Hot Chocolate.

This color is a nude pinky-brown in a creme finish.  I think that perhaps this color would be work and interview appropriate.  Also a nice color for fall.

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro in Hot Chocolate

Pictured here is two coats of Hot Chocolate.  Quick drying and no problems with this bottle.  I layered on one coat of Seche Vite over the top.

Doesn't really remind me of hot chocolate though.  Too pink for that.  What do you think?   Have you picked up any colors for fall yet?

Exhausted but home,

New York Color-Madison Avenue

This is a new NYC nail polish color that I picked up while I was at Walmart.  I had a coupon that I clipped from the July issue of All You magazine for $1 off any NYC cosmetics item $1.72 or more.  So after the coupon savings = .72 cents for nail polish.  Deal! 

Anyways, I have some of the old NYC polishes before they were all repackaged.  These new bottles are tapered so that towards the neck of the bottle is wider than the base.  Most of the nail polishes that I went through were renamed after places in New York City.  The older bottles were square or round and only had numbers for names.

I picked out this color in #226 in Madison Avenue.  I thought that this was a bright magenta color with some silver shimmer running through it. On my nails though, it looks more red and the shimmer doesn't really translate. This is three coats and dry time is awesome.  No problems with bubbling or formula getting gloopy.

 NYC Madison Avenue- no topcoat

 NYC Madison Avenue- in shade

See how shiny it is without a top coat?  I thought that it would be more pink but I'm kind of glad that it leans more towards a red.  I was even inspired to do some nail art and dug out nail stickers. 

I adhered them with some tweezers and then layered on one coat of Seche Vite to seal them in.  I think that I will be rockin' this mani for at least a couple of days. 

Couponing,

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro-Cherry Fashion

I clipped a coupon at the doctor's office from the magazine, All You.  Is that anyone's pet peeve?  Taking coupons from mags that don't belong to you?  Sorry if I stepped on any toes.  I just couldn't resist.  It was a buy one get one free coupon.  Who in their right mind wouldn't rip out that page? 

Anyways, the coupon was for buy one get one free of the Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro nail polishes redeemable at Walmart.  From my previous posts, I have recently discovered these polishes and I really like them, even though I lean more towards the creme finishes from this line.

So I headed to Walmart to do my weekly grocery shopping and scope out the beauty section to redeem my coupon.  I picked out this color in #360, Cherry Fashion.  It doesn't hurt that it has the word cherry in it either, but trust me, it was the color that called to me first, not the name.  

This is a bright magenta color, almost red but not quite.  Cherry red?  I don't know.  It's very pretty.  I love it.  Below is two coats of the color and topped with one coat of Seche Vite.  Pretty, no?

On nails:  Cherry Fashion

The only thing that I can gripe about is how long it lasts on my nails.  It claims to be a ten day wear polish but on day three I had chipping already.  I can't stand it when my mani chips.  :/ 

Fashionable nails,

Spellbound- CoverGirl Lip Perfection Lipstick

Picked this up at Walmart with a coupon for $1 off, which brought this lipstick down to under $5.  

 Spellbound

I picked a fun color instead of gravitating towards my usual neutrals and pinks.  This is Spellbound #325, a fun purpley fuchsia color.   My camera doesn't pick up this color in the tube well because it looks more like a deep pink in these pictures.  :(

 Swatched:  Spellbound

 

I'm loving this new color.  I usually lean towards neutrals whenever I go out or I go into the other extreme and wear red, but nothing like this color.  Can't wait to experiment!

Spellbound love,
Cherrie

Hard Candy- Hide & Glow Cheek!

This Hard Candy cheek tint duo was purchased by me at Walmart for $6.  Let me just say, that I hate buying cosmetics at my local Walmart.  Everything is always opened and swatched and used.  How annoying.  Anyways, I always make sure to buy things that are packaged and sealed if I do end up really liking something.  

So I picked #315, In Love because I thought it would work best with my skin tone, though there were two other color combos also available for purchase. 

Top Color

 Bottom Color

 And here are swatches on my arm:

Left is the top color and right is the bottom color

These initially felt waxy when I was trying to swatch them on my arm, but after a couple of swipes, the color melted onto my skin.  Of these two colors, I thought that I would like the top color the best.  The bottom color is sheerer and can be used as a highlight on the top of the cheekbone.

I was hoping that this would leave a just pinched, flushed look on my cheeks.  I was wrong.  Blended out onto my cheeks the color just disappeared.  It also felt very waxy and was hard to blend. So sad.:(

This is my first purchase from the Hard Candy line.  I mulled over the display for a while but there was so much glitter in everything.  I mean, I like glitter, but not all over my face.  (I much prefer it on my nails-haha)  I was standing there debating between their baked blush or this blush duo.  I choose this cream blush because I wanted something that I can wear to the pool this summer that is light and not too out there, but I will probably go back for the baked blush sooner or later.  

Bummed, 
Cherrie