I just want to take a moment and wish everyone a
wonderful holiday this week.
Have fun, stress-free and safe holiday!
~~99Raina99
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| SH HD Cyber with butter London Fairy Cake |
I bought this nail polish like over a year ago and forgot about it! How the heck did I do that?
I love purples and this is an awesome purple. It has a slight pink shimmer that can be seen in certain positions. But it was kind of drippy and I kind of wrecked the tips by smudging them somehow. Who knows what I did. I can’t sit still when I polish my nails!
Anyhow I put butter London Fairy Cake as an accent on my ring finger. This works so much better with a purple base. Very festive. I have gotten lots of compliments on this combo. I just wish the Sally Hansen HD had a bit better formula because the colour is gorgeous.
I think to drag this mani out a few more days, I am going full on Fairy Cake! LOL Well it is the end of the world after all…. J
What do you think?
~~99Raina99
My December Topbox was waiting for me on my desk this morning. Woot woot.
This month's box came in a nice red tube. That was about the only holiday inspired item from this month's box. L
If you are not familiar with what Topbox
is ... Topbox is a Canadian Beauty Box subscription service that retails for $12/mth for 4 premium beauty samples
each month. Note that at least one product each month is makeup related.
In this month’s Topbox was;
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| December 2012 Topbox |
Full size: 50 or 75ml/$90 or $155
Chloe’s signature scent captures the creative confident individuality of the Chloe woman.
This perfume is cute and smells so good. I really like it.
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| Chloe Eau de Parfum |
Full Size: 7x1ml/$59
Concentrated serum provides intensive rejuvenating treatments for skin.
EndocareTensage Radiance Contour deluxe sample
Full size: 15ml/$72.50
A regenerative formula designed to correct and brighten the eye contour area
I received this sample previously in my October Topbox. Um Ooops Topbox?
Anyhoooo, when I was testing out the first sample, I broke one open to test on my arm first but the next morning when I went into the bathroom the little vial had tipped over and spilt most of the contents on the counter L. Anyhow I lost interest after that. Too much work haha. Geez I should really rename this blog to the Lazy Girls Guide to …um..Stuff…. HAHA
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| Goldwell and Endocare |
Goldwell Hot Form Spray deluxe sample
Full size: 150ml/$20.95Strengthening styling lotion for lasting shape and smoothness.
This spray is meant to protect and help with frizz and flyaways. I have a couple heat protectants in the cue so it may take a bit to get to this one.
Ferro Cosmetics Blushx3 in Bashful deluxe
sample
Full
size: $17 for 4 gramsFounded by celebrity makeup artist Krissy Ferro, that makes 100% natural mineral makeup. Cruelty–free. Available at ferrocosmetics.com
I have heard of Ferro before but I haven’t ordered from them though. This a very nice colour for a blush sample. It is a little to shimmery for me to work as a blush but it would make a great highlighter. This mineral pigment is safe to use on your eyes, face and lips. You can mix a little with some lip gloss and have a nice shimmery gloss. The Blushx3 minerals are supposed to work with every skin tone. It blends very well into my skin tone. This sample is approximately 1g maybe a bit more but $17 for a mineral pigment seems a bit pricey.
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| Ferro Cosmetics Blush x3 in Bashful |
What did you think of this month’s
Topbox?
~~99Raina99
Oh it is that time of the
year! The Holiday Spirit has got me and I wanted to do a little something for
my readers.
I was wandering around
Shoppers Drug Mart a couple of weeks ago and lo and behold I found a stash of
Quo Back to Basic Palette. There were two. So I grabbed one for you guys!
Quo is a ShoppersDrug Mart exclusive brand.
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| Quo Back to Basics Palette |
I blogged about the Quo
Back to Basics palette previously here. I had bought a palette for a Christmas
present for a friend. Now I want to give one to a lucky reader.
I did not get one for myself
as I already have the Naked palette, which I think Quo Back to Basics is a an excellent dupe
for. If you don't believe me, check out Sparkled Beauty's review (with swatches).
Now
I am wishing I had grabbed the other palette L  |
| Quo Back to Basics 12 shadows |
Giveaway is open internationally. It begins Saturday December 15th and will end January 25,
2013.
Thanks for reading and
good luck everyone!
~~99Raina99
a Rafflecopter giveaway
About a month ago I cashed in the bulk of my Glymm loyalty
points at their store and did a little butter London haulage.
I selected two nail polish sets; Quick Change Artist and one of the Sparkle Sparkle Holiday Collections.
Fairy Cake reminds me of Orly’s Shine On Crazy but with a
plop more sparkles. I will be using this for New Year’s I think...
I selected two nail polish sets; Quick Change Artist and one of the Sparkle Sparkle Holiday Collections.
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| Oops I didn't realize the nail polish fell down in the packaging |
Quick Change Artist has Queen Vic and butter London’s Powder
Room Acetone Free Nail Polish Remover
The butter London Holiday 2012 Sparkle Sparkle Holiday
Collection I picked out included Rosie Lee, Fairy Cake and Black Knight.
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| a close up of the sparkle trio |
Black Knight has been on my wish list for so long now so
I knew I had to get one of the Sparkle Sparkle trios. The other deciding factor
was Rosie Lee, a rose copper sparkle lacquer.
I did a quick mani last night using Queen Vic, a classic
wine, with Rosie Lee on my ring finger. And because I had to play with Fairy
Cake, I fancied up my pinkie with it. Now looking at it, I wish I left it
alone. Fairy Cake and Queen Vic don’t look so good together.
I did have to wait 2 weeks for my order as Glymm had some
butter London items on back order. I guess a lot of ladies were cashing in
points last month. So for my troubles, I was ‘promised’ an extra surprise for
my wait but I didn’t get anything other than my order L hmmm so sad...
Anyhow I got my order and luvs them. They are my new
babies for my growing collection. Merry Christmas to me...teehee!
~~99Raina99
I thought I would post my nail of the day (well of the week
actually) before it got super chipped. This pic is day 4!
This is Nicole by OPI Here We Kome A-Karoling that I
received in my November Glossybox. It is from the Kardashian Holiday 2012
Collection. It’s a beautiful dark grape
with a hint of sparkle. The gold stripe on my ring finger is Jordana Pop Art in
Golden Artist.
I had to wear it right away. It is such a very festive purple. Definitely a favorite.
~~99Raina99
