NOTD--Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Right Said Red and China Glaze Ruby Pump (Mini Review)

Here is a look I did a couple of days ago using Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Right Said Red and China Glaze Ruby Pumps. 

 

 The original plan for this look was to use Ruby Pumps as an accent nail, but when I applied the Sally Hansen it was thin. I put three coats on and I could still see the outline of my nail. I really hope that this is just for this color, or I will not be buying anymore. I have several of these because I found them in a Christmas gift set on sale so I went ahead and bought them. I was not impressed with Right Said Red. I am in love with Ruby Pumps though. I will do an entire manicure using just this because I do not think that it will need an under polish to show up like most. 

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

•  My cousin graduates high school tonight. And tomorrow he is leaving to go to Myrtle Beach to work for the summer. 
• I will miss the season finale of Grey's tonight, but I will watch it tomorrow. 

Coming Soon 

•  Summer favorites 
• New looks. 

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.

No Repeat Challenge.

I will not be repeating polishes until I have used all the nail polish I have in my collection. Two exceptions to this rule is for accent nails, just because I do not own that much glitter and things to do accent nails with. I do have glitters that I have not used in a while. Also if I use a color for an accent nail, I can use it to do my whole nails with not an accent nail. I will have a tab that will list my collection and everytime I use a color I will mark it out.

Also my top and base coats do not count with this because I do not have that many, and I have used all of them all at one point in time.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.

New Look--Kind of.

As you may have noticed in the past few days I have added tabs to my blog. Currently I have three tabs, but I am working on a fourth and a fifth. The three tabs I have now will take you to the homepage, my collection list, and my wanted list. The fourth and fifth that I am working on are my no repeat challenge (which should be up today), and an about me challenge. I am thinking about putting a tab up for when I find sales on polish, but when I find sales I normally find them when they are going off. So I do not know if I will be doing that tab or not.

Random-- Friday, I found philosophy make up for 3 dollars a piece at Big Lots. They had eyeshadows, blushes, lip glosses, lip sticks,and face powder. They did not have any of the bath stuff that I saw, but I will be going back and getting more.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.

NLOD--Sinful Colors Why Not and Sally Hansen Ice Queen

 This is the look that I currently have on my nails right now. It's from Sinful Colors called Why Not with Sally Hansen's Ice Queen on my accent nail.

I put two coats of the Sinful Colors on my nails and the one coat of the Sally Hansen which is a glitter polish with silver glitter and purple and blue hexagon glitter (which is very few and far between). Then I topped it with my Wet n Wild Wild Shine top coat. I ended up putting Seche Vite on the next day over the accent nail cause I really do not like have a texture feeling on my nails, so the Seche Vite smoothed it out. I have had this polish on for two days now and there has been no chipping. I am probably going to change it either tonight or tomorrow night just because I want to try another color.

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.

Haul.

So I have bought some more polishes and added them to my collection. First I went to Sally's and bought another China Glaze, which I got for free, (explaination later) and a couple Sally Girl Polishes. Then I went to Ulta for the first time. I was so excited.

Here is what I got at Sally's

 Sorry for the poor picture quality still trying to figure out new camera settings. I got at Sally's China Glazes For Audrey. I got it basically for free because I had a 5 dollar off coupon from Sally's and with my Beauty Club membership China Glaze is 4.99. I also got two Sally girl polishes, which I only like for glitter. It's the only time I have found that I like them. I got a rose gold glitter, which you really can't tell from the pic, and then I got a purple and blue glitter. I am ok with buying mini polishes like these in glitter because I really only wear glitter polishes on my accent nail when I have one.

I went to Ulta. The reason I have never been to Ulta before is because there isn't one in my town, but I just found out that there is on in the town next to me, but it's about 30 to 45 minutes away from me. I love Ulta, and I will be going back. Maybe next time I will save up and get a Butter London polish. I know that I do not like to spend a lot on one bottle of polish, but I have heard so much about them, and would really like to try them. I am going to do some research on swatches and see which ONE I will buy. Any way, I bought the mini set of China Glaze from the Hunger Game Collection. I really want to find Smoke and Ashes, and that was really the only color I wanted from the collection, but I went to three Sally's and none of them had them. So I looked at Ulta and couldn't find it anyway, and as I was about to walk out without buying anything, I saw this collection. It was 13.95, but I got four polishes from the collection, which I thought was a good deal. I really don't need a full size bottle any ways, and the China Glaze bottles are bigger than most minis. It's about half the size of the regular bottle. (I will do a Versus comparing the bottles). The four colors that were included are Fast Track, the polish that represents District 6, Argo, represents  District 11, Smoke and Ashes (the whole reason I bought this), which is for District 12, Luxe and Lush, which is for District 1. (I am planning on doing a whole blog entry on this collection with swatches). The two other polishes I got was is two essence polishes, which I can only find at Ulta.  I got a hot pink and a greenish blue with shimmer polish. I don't know the names right off the top of my head, but these polishes are mini polishes, but they are the same price as the Sally Girl polishes. I have not used these polishes yet, but I will let you know what I think about them. I have heard some good things about essence polishes.

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 am working on swatching my entire collection. I have a new way, and I will show you all when I get it done. 
• I start my new work schedule this weekend. 

Coming Soon 

• Versus
• Swatches of China Glazes Hunger Games Collection 
• New Look
• Swatches DIY

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.

NLOD-- China Glaze Secret Per-Wink-le, with China Glaze First Mate and Finger Paints Art You Wondering?

I began to use the new polish I hauled yesterday. So since CG Secret Per-Wink-Le was my first periwinkle color, I decided to paint it with them. I decided that I wanted to do a more dramatic accent nail this time, so I used CG First Mate which is a darker blue. It looked really good beside the periwinkle, and on the display at Sally's it was located right beside it. I then put Finger Paints Art you wondering? a glitter polish on top, which was a mistake. I really did not like the look together with the periwinkle. When I paint my nails with First Mate it will be a great accent nail, but not with the periwinkle. So I took it off today, and now I just have the Per-Wink-Le on. 

I put two coats of the Per-Wink-Le on each nail except for the ring finger. On the accent nail, I started out with Sally Hansen Complete Manicure Clear coat as a base coat. The only reason I used this one is because the base coat I have isn't very good and clips right away. I normally don't use a base coat, but the last time I used a Finger Paint polish, my nails where blue for weeks. Then I added one coat of the First Mate. Then a coat of the Art you Wondering?. I topped all the nails with my Wet n Wild Wild Shine 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.  
Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

What's in my purse? TAG

I have been wanting to do this one for a long time. It's picture loaded. My family calls my purse my suitcase cause I keep a lot of stuff in my purse. I got this purse at Maurices and it's a messenger bag. 

 As you can see I keep my keys on the outside of my purse. I have two sets my car\house keys and my work keys. Also I have a thing of germ x on my purse.

In the two outside pockets, the one on the left I keep a body spray, sunscreen, and hand creme. Then in the right pocket I keep my ipod and my phone which is in the Hello Kitty pouch. (picture below)

(picture below) Here is my inside packed full. You can see my wallet which was in my April Favorites. It's crammed full of stuff, but it's organized with different little bags

 Picture blow is everything out of my purse. I have a notebook, my padfolio, the Hello Kitty bags (the one with Hello Kitty on it has change in it, the pink Hello Kitty bag (I will go over contents below), pink thing above my warm vanilla sugar is my sunglass, the white case with Hello Kitty has earrings in it. The purple and Black bag has pens and penciles in it. The pink Claire's bag (I will go over the contents below).

Picture Blow  The pink Claire's bag has my planners, check books, extra registers and paper, post it notes.

 The pink Hello Kitty bag has more hygiene  products. Lotion, first aid kit, mascara, eyeliner, toothpaste and travel brush, eye drops, pain and allergy meds, nail clippers and files, kleenxes, gum, cough drops, mirror, thumb drive, spare car door key.

Yes, I am in love with Hello Kitty.

That's what's in my purse. Sorry the pictures are poor quality

.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.

Versus: Peach (CG Peachy Keen, Maybelline Peach Petal, Pure Ice Twinkle)

This is a new series called Versus. I will be taking colors I have that are similar to each other and swatching them to show the difference and similarities.

The first entry of Versus is for the Peaches. Since I just bought Peachy Keen, I decided that I would do peaches first.

I have two other peach colors Maybelline Peach Petal and Pure Ice Twinkle.

On the nail the first nail is Maybelline Peach Petal, middle nail is Peachy Keen, and the last is Pure Ice Twinkle. They look really orange on the picture, but they are all more peach than orange. I really like Peachy Keen the best, but I also really like Twinkle. Twinkle and Peach Petal are very similar. Twinkle has glitter in it and Peach Petal does not.

I will try and do these at least once a week. Hope you like it.

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--Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro Wild Orchid with Spoiled by Wet N Wild Paying with Platinum

 This my first time wearing Rimmel London Last Finish Pro. I put two coats of Wild Orchid on, and the accent nail I added Spoil by Wet n Wild Paying with Platinum. Topped them all with Wet n Wild wild Shine 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.  
Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,

--Rue.

Sally's Beauty Haul

As I said in my April Favorites I loved the sale that Sally's had going on the month of April, buy any two nail polishes and get one free. So I added to my China Glaze, Orly, and Finger Paints Collections.  Since I went yesterday I also got in on the May sale. Finger Paints for 3.99 and if you buy three you get a free little tote bag.

 China Glaze Ruby Pumps
Orly Mysterious Curse (this is from the Dark Shadows Collection)
Orly Swizzle Stick

 China Glaze Peachy Keen (yes I finally got it YAY!!!)
China Glaze Secret Per-Winkle-Le
China Glaze First Mate

Finger Paints Flip Flop Fuchsia

Finger Paints Vermillion $ Painting

Finger Paints Art you Wondering?
The free tote bag.

Definitely go by Sally's this month.

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.

Updated Collection as of April 26th.

WARNING-- this is going to be a long blog post.

First of all you may ask the question about the title. Your posting this on May 1st and title says April 26th. Here is the reason. The pictures were taken on the 26th and I have since bought new finger nail polish. The only reason that I am right now posting an updated collection is my storage has changed since I last posted on back on December 27, 2011.

Before I post pictures, here is how the collection has changed. First it has almost doubled in size since December. I not longer organize by the color, but I organize by brand. In each of the little baskets, I organize the bottles to where I can get the most in there as possible. I am still using the trays, but I am no longer storaging them in my bathroom. They are in a tower of plastic drawers, which will be pictured below. In the top half I have my make up and my supplies, and in the three bigger drawers are all my nail polishes. Most of the polishes will not fit in the small drawers so I don't know what I will do when I get to the point that I can't fit anymore in there. Right now I can move my Color Quicks and my minis to the small drawers, which I am going to have to do later today since I had a huge haul last night. (post up sometime in the near future.

So here is my updated collection...

 This is the tower I was talking about. The first two smaller drawer at the top have all my make up in it. The next two smaller drawers have manicure and pedicure things in them, and they are not full. I could probably combine the two. The bigger three drawers have all my polish in it. (I am not sure how much I have at the moment in time, but I am working on swatching my entire collection, and I am going to type up all my polishes in a document where I can give a list to my cousin so when she is getting me a gift she will know what I have and don't. Also I have been trying to type them up for a while, but have not finished.)

Drawer 1--

Basket 1 (bottom left)

Orly
Red (I do not know the name of this one)
Au Champagne
Essie 
Dive Bar
Julep 
Anne
Maria
Finger Paints 
Winter Sky
China Glaze
Velvet Bow
Glittering Garland
OPI
Lincoln Park After Dark
Purple with a Purpose
Ski Teal We Drop
Brake for Manicures.

Basket 2 (bottom right)

Sally Hansen Complete Manicure 
Pat of the Black
Wine Not
Commander in Chic
Lavender Cloud
Yellow Kitty
Pedal to the Metal
Right Said Red
Guilty Pleasure
Fairy Teal
Sally Hansen Crackle Polish 
Ink Splatter
Fuchsia Shock
 Distressed Denim
 Antiqued Gold

Basket 3(top left)

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails
Ice Queen
Limestone
Unbreakable Heart
No Hard Feelings
Love Rocks
 Glazed Sands
Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme 
Blue Me Away
Caribbean Coral
Black Out
Teeny Greeny Bikini
Celeb City
Midnight Sky
Sally Hansen InstraDri 
Beige Blast
Presto Pewter
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength 
Sweetheart
Timeless White
Must-Have Iris
Red Opal

Basket 4 (top right)

Sinful Colors 
Folly
Boogie Nights
Soul Mate
Why Not
Amethyst
Dream On
Let's Meet
Courtney Orange
Fiji
Nirvana
Bali Mist
Let Me Go

Drawer 2--

 Basket 1 (bottom left)

Wet n Wild Megalast (new formula)
I need a Refresh-Mint
Candy-licious
On a Trip
Wet n Wild Wild Shine 
Sparked
Tickled Pink
Lavender Creme
Burgundy Frost
Black Creme
Night Prowl
Spoiled by Wet n Wild
Shrimp on a Barbie
Paying with Platinum
Wet n Wild Fast Dry 
SaGreena the Teenage Witch
Wet n Wild Megalast (old formula)
Distrubia
NYC In a New York Color Minute
Penn Station
Fifth Avenue
Sidewalkers
Broadway
Flat Iron Green

Basket 2 (bottom right)

Rimmel London Play Fast 
Hard Edged
Art of Noise
Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro 
Violet Metal
Midnight Blue
Wild Orchid
Hard Metal
Rimmel London Last Finish 
Pink Punk
Tequila Sunrise
Cover Girl Boundless Color 
Gold Rush
Confetti 
Black Tie
Moon struck
Scherer Chameleon 
Heat
Sunset
Maybelline 
Peachy Petal
Plum Shine
Onyx Rush

Basket 3(top left)

LA Colors
Sea Siren
Phenomena
Hot Blooded
Paradise Pink
Bright Pink
Blue (lost name of it)
Pink (lost name of it)
Beige (lost name of it)
Jordana 
Pink Hearts
Cabaret
NYC Long Wearing 
Black Lace
Big Money Frost


Basket 4 (top right)

Sinful Colors 
Call you later
Pinky Glitter
Out of This World
Pure Ice 
Wild Thing
Free Spirit
Twinkle
Scandal
Bite Me
All Night Long
Pure Ice Crackle Polish 
Show Stopper
Love & Beauty 
Taupe
Sage
Yellow

Drawer 3--

 Basket 1 (bottom left)

Revlon
Bubble Gum
Blushed
Copper-Glaze Wine
Pearl Flash
Blue Lagoon  
Petites Color Fever 
Galaxy  
Loreal 
Bare
Vintage Red
Rush 
Hot
Warm
Heart
Loud
Mary Kay
Pink Blush

Self Made Color
2 No Brand Name Colors
 

Basket 2 (bottom right)

Top and Base Coats 

Basket 3(top left)

Minis
3 Orly Minis
3 Sinful Colors Minis
12 Sally Hansen Minis
8 Color Workshop Minis



Basket 4 (top right)

Sally Hansen Color Quicks



This is my entire collection.  I am sorry that it took so long. If you want to see a specific color I can swatch it for you. 


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

• If you see random letters or punchation, then it's my cousin's 8 month old that I babysit. She is looking at my laptop and pressing buttons. I am going to try and get her to take a nap. 
• This has taken me longer than normal to type of because of her. 

Coming Soon 

• See how much my collection has grown 
• New Look. 
• Haul. 

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.