Essence Adorable Matt

TGIF Beauties, it's almost time for the freakin weekend (& end fast it does)!! 

Today I blindly took a lippie from my stash and chose a red matte lipstick I got months ago from Ulta. 

Essence is a UK based brand in case you didn't know and their products are cheap and cute. This lipstick is only $2.99 but it backs up its talk. It's red just the way I like it and it's matte just the way I like it!! This color is a true red called Adorable Matt!!

P.S. peep my way of hiding my pimple above my lip with a made up mole lol.... It works for me :). 

Random Swatches session 8/11/14 (pic heavy)

Bear with me everyone, I was in a VERY bored mood... in addition to that it was raining and I was childless (how you like me now)!

Here are some random swatches from my stash and by the way don't get use to this lol

This is a matte red polish by Essence I picked up from Ulta called "Candy Crush"

This is 3 coats of Yogo Plain by Colorina

This is 2 coats of  Rita Ora LE Rimmel London "Midnight Rendezvous"

Sephora Formula X "Mind Blowing"

This is" Yogo Caramel Crunch" Colorina

This is 2 coats of a polish by Ellen Tracy bought from TJMaxx

This is LE Ferris-Wheel Romance by Wet n Wild

This is a jelly mani I made using Wet n Wild's LE "Gyp-Sea Green".

This is 2 coats of LE Rita Ora "Don't Be Shy"

Now after all this swatch watching, would you be able to tell me which colors are for you :)

Hug & Kiss Me You Fool

Hi everyone (waves),

Today's mani is consists of untrieds in my stash from Essence and Polish Addict Nail Color. For my base color, I'm wearing a light purple polish from Essence's Hugs & Kisses collection; it's called X's and O's. 

For the glitter blanket I applied a light purple lacquer in glitter polish created by Polish Addict called Cotton Candy Shop. I would wear this glitter polish without a base color as well. You can see on my ring finger that it is applied without a base color. With at least three coats, it's very opaque. 

P.I.N.K- Protection Is Nonstop Knowledge

Hiiiii and HAPPY FRIDAY!!! Boy do I feel like this week took the snail route to get here!! 

Ending this week I decided to try something new. I call myself teaching myself how to do acrylic nails but on a dummy hand, I believe I have got the technique down. 

Mr. Nailmattic & I will be out & about this weekend and I wanted my nails to be nice. I decided to put on some full cover oval nails by Kiss. I am really smitten with the results.

I don't know tho, how they'll last cause I'm kinda tough with my hands...

Getting into the members of this mani I used different shades of pink as an ode to breast cancer awareness. The main one used is by Essence from the Hugs & Kisses collection, it's called "Sugar Baby Love". The glitter I used is one I got from Rue 21 named Graffiti Top Coat, model named "Dope".

The acronym I came up with for PINK is just a reminder to you ladies that it's important that you are aware of breast cancer, please stay abreast of the health of your breast: Protection Is Nonstop Knowledge.

Lacquered Love from Singapore

Oh Em Gee what a pleasant surprise I receive when I get home from a long day at work. My neck is aching from sitting at the computer and it's raining like you wouldn't believe; I got totally drenched getting to my car....

But later for all that..... look at my reward for just being alive lol.... Back in August I did a polish swap with 2 lovely young ladies under the IG name @lacqueredbybluevanilla. They were so sweet and attentitive to get this nail swap going it was a smooth exchange. Even though it took me two months to get it I love it all. I specifically wanted the Essence Hugs and Kisses collection, I got that along with 2 Étude polishes. 1 The Face Shop polish and 2 cute 3D nail art packs!! Can't wait to try them all.

Hugs and Kisses to Goh Xin Yu & Bethane :))))

Day 22- Inspired by a song

Hi all, back to the grindstone of the work week we are right! Well I am moving along into the final category of "Inspired by" in this nail challenge. Today I've chosen the song "Superstar" by Luther Vandross, one of my favorite songs by him which is also a rendition of the Carpenter's song who first sang it. I used two untried polishes today, one by Essence- Modern Romance and Wet N Wild Fergie "Hollywood walk of fame".

Both polish brands I've used before and have no complaints regarding them.

Have a great Monday and a even better week you all.

Brush with lacquer

What's good Lacquerellas? Hope your weekend was cool. I wanted to post this as it has been on my mind for a minute. What's your choice of brush style? Are you small and narrow, long and narrow, wide or it doesn't matter? How do you feel about Essence and Wet n Wild changing their brush style? I'm getting use to Essence's bottle shape change also. Take a look at these brushes and let me know which one is best for your brush with lacquer.

Gettin Lacquered Up

Another name I claim for myself is that i'm a "lacquer lush", yes I abuse the lacquer, I get under the infleunce and fall under a deep "coated" spell... So every time I go on a shopping spree for polishes I call it "getting lacquered up"... From time to time I will be posting the bottles I've purchased to "get lacquered up". Below I've chosen to take full advantage of my Ulta pick ups. If you're not a Ulta member you should become one if you're a LACQUER LADY such as myself. The $3.50 coupons are usually enclosed in their newsletter they send to your home every 3months or so or it may even be earlier than that. Also, their frequent emails for promos normally include a $3.50 off coupon.
Now, I have always stared at the Essence polishes but I felt like they were marketed moreso for the little lacquer girls, but I said what they hey let me give it a lay; for .29 you couldn't beat that with a bat!! I am no stranger to the Sally Hansen nail salon effects (and you will find out sooner than later). They were $4.99 each by the way, the polka & checkered ones are from the Avril Lavigne collection. The Tiger "rock & roar" design is the regualr $8.99. So when you see me write #gettinlacqueredup, you awready know what time it tis!!! Stay tuned for the showcases coming soon.