Mini Haul

So I was watching a lot of YouTube videos, and noticed most of them wear using the same top coat. They were swearing by it. I thought that I was going to have to order it online, but while in Sally's today getting my color wheels, I came across it. The top coat I am talking about is the Seche Vite Top Coat. I did put a coat on my nail tonight. It is fast drying, but I will get back with a review on it later when I have used it for a while.

Along with the Seche Vite I got two Sally Girl polishes one in silver glitter and one in gold glitter. I normally do not like glitter polishes, but here recently I have been. I guess it's the season, but I did not want to buy a big one.

Also my Sally's this past week have been offering half price of all red tag clearance. So I have gotten some Orly's, Finger Paints, and China Glazes for about 2 dollars. It's the winter collection. I promise to do a haul on them but I wanted to tell you about the sale where you could get into Sally's today and get good deals. It ends today.

Also I finish buying the Sally Hansen Color Quick Chrome Collection today. I found these at Big Lots, not the Dollar Tree. I had four already, but I finished picking up the last four: Gold, Silver, Fuchsia, and Turquoise. I ended up paying a little more at Big Lots for them. (1.50), but the Dollar Tree in my hometown did not carry them, and the Dollar Tree I found them at I got all the colors they had.



Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Personal Points

• Going to bed have to be up at 6 am to get to work by 7 am
  
• Posted three blogs tonight where I can make up for them on the weekend.
  

Coming Soon

• December Favorites.
• Sally's Haul
• Review on Orly's and Seche Vite.

Have a safe and happy new year everyone. See you in 2012.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.

My Top Nail Polished for the Winter

These are my go to polishes in the winter time.

1. L'oreal Vintage Red. (this was my favorite red, but now it has been replaced by my Orly that I have been using in the past two nail looks. Also this was a limited edition, and I have had it for years)
   
2. Jordana Cabaret
3. Pure Ice All Night Long
   
4. Pure Ice Scandal
   
5. Sally Hansen Timeless White
   
6. Confetti Moonstruck
   
7. Love and Beauty Taupe.
   

I did not include any of my polishes that I got for Christmas since I have only had them for a week.

Also my December Favorites will be up soon, but I forgot to take pictures of them when I was taking pictures, so it will be Sunday or Monday at the lastest when I get it posted.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Coming Soon

• December Favorites.
• New nail looks.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts
--Rue

Most used Polishes of 2011

Here is my most used polishes of 2011. As pictured left to right.

1. Jordana Cabaret
2. Crackle polish all colors (color shown is Sally Hansen Ink Splatter)
3. Revlon Bubble Gum
   
4. Rimmel Punk Pink
   
5. Confetti Moonstuck
   
6. Sally Hansen Timeless White
   
7. Sally Hansen Celeb City
   
8. Sinful Colors Out of this World
   
9. Pure Ice Scandal
   
10. Pure Ice All Night Long.

Some of these polishes may have been discontinued. If you would like to know where I found them. Leave a comment.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog. .

Coming Soon

• My Top Nail Polished for the Winter
  
• December Favorites.
  

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

Favorite Top Coats.

These are my favorite top coats. Revlon Clear Polish and Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Flawless. As you see, theses have been used a lot. With the other top coats I have they have barely been used. When I am using my nails these are the two I always go to. As you see how much is left in the bottle.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

See New Years Nail blog for my coming soon and personal points.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

NLOD--New Year Nails.

Here is the look I have on my nails for New Years. I used my new Orly nail polish (two coats)and then for an accent nail I did two coats of my Pure Ice Bite Me! (it's a gold). Then I used as a top coat my Pure Ice Crackle Showstopper. Then I top each nail off with my Sally Hansen Top Coat.

I don't have a picture, but I also did my toes as well. If you read my previous blog about matching they normally don't in the winter time, but since I was doing my nails, I did them in the same color. The big toe has the crack effect like the ring finger. Then the rest are in the Orly polish.
Here is the polishes I used. Sorry the picture is so blurry, but this is the best picture I could get.


Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Personal Points

• Have to head to work tonight.
  
• Heading out right now to do errands. Then running to Sally's to see if there are any more Christmas deals. (Haul Blog coming. about the sale I could there).
  
• I will try and publish most used polishes of 2011 later today or tomorrow night.
  

Coming Soon

• Favorite Nail Top Coats.
  
• My Top Nail Polished for the Winter (the ones I use the most)
  
• Most used Polishes of 2011
• December Favorites.
  

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

Matchin Toes and Fingers

I have been asked a question about whether or not my toe nails and finger nails polish match.

The answer is no. Especially in the winter when the only people who see my feet are my family. In the summer time, I try to keep them matching, but sometime since my finger nails seem to chip more often than my toes, I will not paint my toes. I will do maybe an accent nail that matches my toes, or use a complementary color.

Right now I have my Orly Red and Crackle on my nails still (see previous blog), and I have my Sally Hansen Celeb City on my toes. And until Sunday, my accent nails or the whole nail had sometime of silver on them, but now my nails match.

Please send me questions if you have any.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Personal Points

• It finally feels like winter out side. It's in the thirties today. Even though I was liking the warmer weather. I really missed the cold weather too. Makes it feel more like the holidays.
• This morning I was awake by the smell of biscuits and gravy cooking. Since I work the weekends and leave before most of my family are up, I don't get to have them much since they are normally in my family made on the weekend.
  

Coming Soon

• Top Nail Polished for the Winter
• Orly Review (I am waiting to do this after the weekend where I see how it holds up at work).
  
• New Year Nails.
• Top Polishes for 2011
  
• College Football inspired nail. (I am not going to tell you which team yet, but I am will tell you it's the teams that are playing for the national championship. The team that I pick is my favorite, but I will wait till the blog to reveal the team).
  

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

Christmas Haul.

All this stuff I either got for Christmas or bought with money I got for Christmas. There are four things that I actually got as presents. The two hats (both with ears). The Red Orly Polish. And then the small bottle of Lancome Hypnose Fragrance.

Now the rest of the stuff I got with money I got for Christmas. Sally was having a sale on all of there reduce items. So I got three full size nail polishes. An Orly in Au Champagne. A Finger Paint in Winter Sky and finally a China Glaze in Glittering Garland. I got all of these polishes for two dollars a piece. The last thing I got at Sally's was the Orly's Holiday Set that has three sample size polishes. It had Ma Cherie, Oui, and Androgynie (the last two shades I am thinking about buying the full size.)
At Wal-mart I got the Nail Dryer and Buffer which also came together with 12 nail polishes. Also I got a Teen Vogue gift set that had the cover girl massacre and the cover girl lip gloss. IT also had a body spray (not pictured). It also had a full year subscription to a magazine. The last thing I got at Wal-mart was the Peace Christmas decoration.

I am in no way bragging in what I got for Christmas. All I really wanted was for my family to be together, which I got.

All of these things I was given to by family and friends.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Personal Points

• Been watching YouTube Videos today.
  
• Can't believe tomorrow is Wednesday where has this week gone.
  

Coming Soon

• Top Nail Polishes for 2011
  
• Top Nail Polished for the Winter
• New Year Nails.
• Orly Review
• Random Questions.
  

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

Nail Polish Collection

Finally I have my collection up. Here is where I storage my collection all together in my bathroom. I am not sure if this is permanent or temporary.First, I am in no way bragging. I am really proud of my collection.
I moved it to the living room where I could get better pictures of it. This was the day after Christmas and the house was a mess as you can see in the background.
First I am going to go threw each basket and color it in.

In this basket:
Mary Kay Pink Blush
Sally Hansen Red Opal
Revlon Blushed
Brand unknown
NYC Broadway
Maybelline Plum Shine
Revlon Bubble Gum
LA Colors Paradise Pink
Wet N' Wild Lavender Creme
Rimmel Pink Punk
LA Colors Bright Pink
Rush Hot
Rush Heart
Brand Unknown
Brand Unknown In this one:
L'oreal Vintage Red
NYC Penn Station
LA Colors Hot Blooded
Sally Hansen Unbreakable Heart
Wet n' Wild Burgundy Frost
Rush Warm
Color I made
Jordana Cabaret
Rush Loud
Rimmel Tequila Sunrise
Sinful Colors Courtney Orange
Sinful Colors Let's Meet
Love and Beauty Yellow
Pure Ice Wild Thing
Love and Beauty Sage
NYC Big Money
Wet N' Wild SaGreena the Teenage Witch
NYC Flat Iron Green
LA Colors Sea Siren
LA Colors Blue
Pure Ice All Night Long
LA Colors Phenomena
Rimmel Art of Noise
Pure Ice Scandal
Confetti Moonstruck
Love and Beauty Taupe
Rimmel Hard Edged
NYC Black Lace
Sally Hansen Black Out
Confetti Black Tie
Maybelline Onyx Rush
Wet N' Wild Black Creme
NYC Sidewalker
Sinful Colors Out of This World
Sally Hansen Celeb City
Pure Ice Bite Me!
NYC 5th Ave.
Revlon Pearl Flash
Sally Hansen Timeless White
This contains Crackle Polishes, Top and Base Coats.
Sally Hansen Antiqued Gold Crackle Polish
Sally Hansen Fuchsia Shock
Sally Hansen Distressed Denim
Sally Hansen Ink Splatter
Pure Ice Showstopper
L'oreal Base Coat in Bare
Pro Bast and Top Coat
Quick Dry Top Coat
Revlon Clear
Sally Hansen Flawless
Wet n' Wild Clear
This contains my sample nail polises and Color Quick Polishes
From the Color Workshop
French Mani Samples:
Pink
White
Cream
Clear
Pink Glitter
Pink
Red
Copper
Brown

Orly Samples of the Holiday Collection
Androgynie
Oui (if they still have the full size I am going to get this one)
Ma Cherie

Hard Candy Black Glitter
Sally Girl Green
Sinful Colors Green

Sally Hansen Color Quick
Red Chrome
Pink Chrome
Purple Chrome
Green Chrome
This is my basket that I have just bought and have not figured out exactly where I am going to put them. Hauls. When I get about five or six in here I put them by color and catalog them. (see below catalog).

Orly Au Champagne
Orly (name wasn't on the bottle)
Finger Paints Winter Sky
China Glaze Glittering Garland
L'oreal Base Coat in Bare.

This is all my nail polish catalog on paper where I can see where I want to organize. As you see, I organize by color. The baskets I got at Walmart. They come in a set of three and they are about 1.50 for them. They hold any where from 12 to 15 polishes(normal size) depending on the size of the bottle. These are my color wheels. The top is my polishes according to color, and the bottom is according to brand.

Most of my nail polish I have bought at Walgreens, Wal-mart, Dollar Stores, Big Lots, and Dollar Tree. Some have came from Sally's. A lot of my polishes are older and are no longer being made, but if you want to know, I can try and remember where I got them and tell you. Some of the older polishes I can't remember, but the new polishes I know where I got them from.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

NLOD--Orly Red Crackle Gold Nails.

This is the nails that I currently have using a new nail polish that I received for Christmas. The red is from Orly (the name wasn't on the bottle). I am planning on doing a review on it soon, and you will find out about it more in my Christmas Haul. On the ring finger, I put Sally Hansen Antique Gold Crackle Overcoat. I did put a top coat over this look cause of the crackle polish and I used one of my two favorite top coats(I'll do a blog on them soon), my Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Top Coat.
Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Personal Points

• I have hurt my back somehow and I have to take it easy for the next couple of days.
  
• Spending time with the family this week.
  

Coming Soon

• Nail Polish Collection\Storage\Organization
  
• Top Nail Polished for the Winter
• Christmas Haul
  
• Top Polishes for 2011
• December Favorites.
  

--Most of these will be posted in the next couple of days. I have what I am going to do it just taking pictures for them.


Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

NLOD--Christmas Nails.

For my Christmas Nails, I went with the white nail polish again. I really liked the look of the white so I decided that since we were not going to have a white Christmas I would have a white Christmas nail.
As the previous Nail look I used two coats of Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Timeless White, and over that I put Sinful Colors Out of this World over it except for the ring finger on each hand which was an accent color. On those nails I put Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Celeb City.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Personal Points

• I had a wonderful Christmas even though I had to work. I got to spend it with my family.
  

• I finally got a winter hat with ears. I will try and put up a picture of the on here.
• I have taken picture of my nail polish storage and collection. It will posted soon (maybe today).
  

Coming Soon

• Nail Polish Collection\Storage\Organization
  
• Reviews
• Top Nail Polished for the Winter
• Christmas Haul
  
• New Year Nails.
  

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

Mini Nail Polish Haul at Dollar Tree

While at Dollar Tree the other day I went down the beauty isle to see if they had anything new, and I ended up finding Sally Hansen's Color Quick nail polishes. It's where the nail polish is in a tube with a bush at the end. I wanted to try these, but did not at the time want to pay the price tag. So perfect finding them at the Dollar Tree for a dollar. I picked up all the colors they had. They were from the Chrome collection. I picked up Green, Red, Purple, and Pink Chrome.
I will do a review on them soon.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Personal Points

• Swatched my entire nail polish collection last night twice. So more than 130 swatches. I have more than 65 nail polishes. (one swatch was by brand and the other swatch was by color)--I get into this more with my collection blog.
• Christmas is three days away, and I am not even ready for it.
  
• Starting to plan my birthday. I think I am going to try and go somewhere for a couple of days. It's two months away, but I need to save money for it.
  

Coming Soon

• Nail Polish Collection\Storage\Organization
  
• Reviews
• Top Nail Polished for the Winter

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

Nail Look of the Day (NLOD)Out of this world Timeless White

I used Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Timeless White, and I used a Sinful Colors Out of this world (which is a silver glitter) as a top coat. You really cannot see it. I used two coats of Timeless White, and then one coat of Out of This World. I wish this was a better picture.These are the nail polishes that I used for this look.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Personal Points

• It's pouring rain.
  
• I just woke up from a nap which was suppose to only be no longer than 30 minutes and I woke up two hours later, which means that I will probably be up later than I need to be.
  
• But I might get some more blogs posted.
  
• Watching more and more YouTube videos.
  

Coming Soon

• Nail Polish Collection
• Trying Water Marbling. (need to research more about this)
  
• Haul.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts
--Rue.

Changing blog

I have noticed that I am not wearing makeup as much as I would like to. So I am changing this blog type. It's still going to be beauty related, but it's going to be about nail polishes. I have over 60 polishes (I promise that I will do a blog of my collection soon). So this is going to be hauls on polishes, reviews on nail polishes, and types to keep it on longer.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

Rue.

October and November Favs.

So I know that December is half over, but I have been busy and unable to blog. Here is my favorite products for both Oct. and Nov.

Skincare
Clean and Clear Morning Burst Body Wash in Boost Mango and Papaya.
Clean and Clear Morning Burst Shine Control Moisturizer.
(I actually love the Morning Burst line from Clean and Clear. I have used the facial cleanser for years, but just started using these too.)
Lubriderm Lotion.

Nail Polish
Pure Ice All Night Long (dark blue)
Jordana Cabaret (deep dark maroon\burgundy)

Lip
Maybelline Baby Lips in Peach Kiss
ELF Plumping Lips Glaze in Fire Coral

Eye
Maybelline Caramel Coast Eyeshadow Duo
Maybelline The Falsies
CoverGirl Spiced Berry Eyeshadow


I don't have my camera with me right now, but as soon as I can I will get swatches of the lip and eye shadows.

Disclaimer:
All products shown or mentioned in this blog where purchased by myself or given to me as gifts from friends and family. All my opinions are my own and not been influenced by anyone, and no companies are paying me for this blog.

Personal Points

• I have not even started Christmas shopping which is only 11 days away.
  
• Christmas Tree is also still a work in progress.
  
• It's in the 60s in December. This time last year there was snow on the ground. (I am not complaining)
  

Coming Soon

• Nail Polish Collection
• Using Liquid Eyeliner for the First Time
  
• The search for a good under eye concealer.
  

**Disclaimer--I have bought everything here with my own money.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.