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2012-01-27T16:49:00.001-05:00

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2011-12-27T10:37:00.000-05:00

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LOTD: Teal and Purple

2011-12-03T20:57:00.001-05:00

What I'm wearing:

Face:
NYX Studio Perfect Primer

MAC Prolong Concealer in NW20
MAC Studio Fix Foundation in NW20

Maybelline Fit Me Blush in Medium Pink 204

MAC Refined Golden Bronzer
Hard Candy in Honeymoon blush as highlight

Brows:
Wet 'n Wild Color Icon Brow & Eye Liner in Dark Brown
Benefit Cosmetics Brow Zings in Dark

Eyes:

Two Faced Shadow Insurance

MAC Steamy on the lid
Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette 6 over, 5 down in the crease (medium brown)
Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette 3 over, 8 down in the outer v (matte black)

Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette top left corner in the inner corner (matte white)

Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette 4 over, 5 down as brow highlight (matte nude)
Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in Rockstar

MAC Parfait Amour blended into the lower lash line
Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in Zero on the waterline

Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in Perversion on the upper lash line

Ardell Lashes Demi Wispies
Maybelline One by One mascara

Lips:

e.l.f. Natural Nymph lipstick
Nars lipgloss in Greek Holiday

Well, that's it! Hope you like it :)

November Favorites

2011-12-02T16:02:00.000-05:00

So this is something new I'm going to start doing once a month!

Here are some of my favorites from the month of November!

Makeup

e.l.f. Studio Under Eye Concealer & Highlighter in Light/Fair.
For $3 this stuff is great! I use the highlighter side on eyes/dark circles and the concealer side under my brows to make them look sharp and clean. Both are super blendable. Not the BEST coverage in the world, but it works well for what I use it for! I blend the highlighter side with my finger and the concealer side with a concealer brush.

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Zero

I use this baby every single day. Smoothest, blackest, longest-lasting pencil I've ever used. It takes waterproof eye makeup remover to get it off! That might bother some people, but for me it's worth it to not have my eye liner smear. A little pricey at $18 bucks a pop, but, again, worth it!

NYX Powder Blush in Natural $4.50

I got this (and 2 other blushes) from a HauteLook sale back in October. I've used it for a little over a month now and I seem to reach for it more often than not. It's matte, which I prefer, and it's super pigmented so a little goes a long way. I'm pretty fair skinned (NW20) so this adds just a nice flush to my cheeks without being super dramatic. It's the perfect everyday color!

Nails

So I have to admit that I only polished my nails 3 times this month. I've been slacking in the department quite a bit lately, BUT I DID purchase an amazing polish in November! Does that count? It'll have to :)

butter LONDON in Wallis $14

My first bL polish yay! I swatched this on a finger (along with 4 other colors on different fingers) and let my husband decide on what color he liked. He picked Zoya Jules (which you saw in my last NOTD), but Wallis will be my next NOTD! So you can stay tuned for that :)

Hair

John Frieda Frizz-Ease 3 Day Straight Spray

(Right now it's $7.99 with a $2 off coupon from Drugstore.com!)

I bought this from Target this summer and stuffed it in a drawer and forgot about it (whoops!) now I won't straighten my hair without it! Wow it makes such a difference! My hair feels silky, looks shiny and no frizz! And for me it lasted 3 days! I have to use a dry shampoo on the 2nd and 3rd day, but my hair stays straight. The directions say to spray this onto damp hair, blow dry it and then straighten, but I don't do all that. I take a shower the night before and put Chi Silk Infusion on my wet hair and go to bed. When I wake up it's dry (and crazy looking). I separate my hair into sections and spray and flat iron as I go. That seems to work just fine for me. It makes my hair smell good too!

Fashion

Fergalicious L-Ryder in Dark Grey $89.99

I ordered these at the end of October and I'm pretty sure I wore them for 50% of November. I love them! I get compliments every time I wear them!

Beauty Blogs

Amarixe

Nailside

So that's it for my November favorites! What were your favorites this month?

NOTD: Zoya Jules

2011-11-22T21:49:00.000-05:00

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Jules is a greyish-beigey-gold. A must-see in real life to really take in it's true beauty. I tried to get a good shot of all the multicolored glitter in the last shot, but my camera can't capture it. I see pinks, green and golds. It almost takes on a bronze...this one is really hard to explain!

Trust me...Jules is pretty! A lot prettier in real life. And really nice for this time of year.

About me Tag!

2011-11-22T17:05:00.000-05:00

So here's something a little different...I wasn't tagged but I thought it would be fun to do! Got this from Bows and Curtseys!

Vital Statistics:

-Name: Jenilee

-Nicknames: Jen ( I know. Boring, right?)

-Birthday: April 3rd

-Place of Birth: West Palm Beach, Florida! But we moved to NH when I was 5, so I don't really remember what it was like to live there.

-Zodiac Sign: Aries.

-Occupation: I'm a receptionist for an Ad agency, but I also hold an Esthetic and Manicuring license!

Appearance:

-Hair Color: dark brown...almost black!

-Hair Length: long

-Eye color: dark brown

-Best Feature: Uh, my dimples?

-Height: 5'3"

-Braces?: Nope!

-Glasses?: Yes....well I'm a contact lens wearer. I have AWFUL vision!

-Piercings: Just mah ears! But I've had a nose ring (done myself with an ice cube and a needle in which my mother pulled out of my face) I've had my belly button, but I started ripping because it kept getting caught on my jeans and I used to have 2nd holes in my ears but I let them close.

-Tattoos:Just one. It's a butterfly on my back. I hate it.

That's my hubby :) But yeah...that's also my tattoo :(

-Righty or Lefty: Righty

Your 'Firsts':

-First best friend:Was Gina in the 1st grade. We moved away when i was in 3rd, so we lost touch, but our mothers are STILL friends!

-First Award: Uhh....I was never really good at anything in particular in school so I don't know as if I ever got awards for grades, but I WAS Best Cheerleader at a competition in 8th grade.

-First Sport You Joined: Cheerleading was the only thing that "stuck". I tried softball and I felt like I wasn't very good, so I quit. I also danced, but that's not a "sport".

-First Real Vacation: My family and I went back to Florida almost every year after we moved to NH. But I remember the first trip to Disney World!

-First Concert: Britney Spears and 98 Degrees!!! Don't pretend you ain't jealous :-P

Favorites:

-Movie: I love comedies and 80's movies. And I especially love 80's comedies!

-TV Shows: Family Guy, Friends (yes, I STILL watch friends), American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, Justified, WWE Raw (yup, I watch wrestling and I LOVE IT!), Beavis & Butthead (Yay they're back!!), Modern Family, The Soup, Kendra, Hoarders, Intervention....um...I might have a slight problem with watching a LOT of tv.

-Colors: Aqua, purple and kiwi green

-Song: Oh jeez...there's no way I have ONE favorite song. I've been listening to a lot of Incubus lately though.

-Candy: I am an equal opportunity candy lover!!! I probably have the biggest sweet tooth known to man (and the cavities/fillings to show for it!) Seriously, I'm trying to think of candy I don't like...black licorice! Yeah I hate that stuff!

-Restaurant: Cheesecake Factory!

-Store: Target, BBW, F21, H&M, Charlotte Russe, DSW....the list goes on...

-Book: I am LOVING The Hunger Games series!

-Magazine: I subscribe to Kraft Food & Family Magazine because I love the simple recipes. I like to flip through an US Weekly or a People every now and then.

-Shoes: I bought these boots recently...I LOVE THEM! They're less shiny in person. Super comfy!

Currently:

-Feeling: Sleepy...so sick of this rain!

-Single or Taken: Married

-Eating: Nothing

-Listening To: The rain and various office noises

-Thinking About: planning out my evening. I need to pre-make an appetizer for Thanksgiving, paint my nails, work out and shower!

-Wanting: for the holidays to be over. It's a stressful time for me...money-wise.

-Watching: my fingers type?

-Wearing: Coral-colored shirt (yes I know it's fall, but I like it ok?), dark wash jeans and light sparkly flats!

Future:

-Want Children?: Nope. I want a whole bunch of pets!

-Want to be Married: Check it off the list!

-Careers in Mind: I hated this question as a kid "what do you want to be when you grow up?" I had no idea! So I never perused anything and ended up a receptionist. Then right before I turned 30 I had a semi crisis and thought I needed to be "something" so I went to beauty school. I took Esthetics and Manicuring and got my license in both. Am I happy ever after working in the beauty industry that I worked so hard to be apart of? Well...I'm a receptionist again. Does that answer your question? I blame the economy. People aren't paying for luxuries anymore.

-Where do you want to live?: Well I never pictured myself living in Ohio...but here I am. Newburyport, MA was my favorite place to live, but it's CRAZY expensive to live in New England. Clearwater Beach, Florida is nice (when it's not spring break)...I'd live there and take MY vacation when the college kids are there.

Do You Believe In:

-God: Yes

-Miracles: Uh...sure?

-Love At First sight: I believe in LUST at first sight

-Ghosts: Things happen for all kinds of weird reasons...I can see how someone WOULD believe, but I don't.

-Soul Mates: No. This planet is too big and there are SO many people on it. The thought of there being ONE person out there for you is ridiculous.

-Heaven: Yes.

-Hell: Yes

-Kissing on The First Date: What girls now-a-days need to worry about is not getting pregnant on the first date. There's no harm in kissing...unless the other person has cooties or something.

-Yourself: Sometimes.

31 Day Challenge?

2011-11-10T09:27:00.000-05:00

So I kind of want to do this....

But with how often I paint my nails it'll be more like the 31 WEEK challenge. I've seen some other gals doing it and it looks fun! It will give me a chance to use some never-touched polishes that I have stashed in the back of drawers. Lol we'll see how it goes...I'm known for starting things all gung-ho like and then never finishing them. And some of these sound kinda crazy. Galaxies? The supernatural? Ooooh boy.

By the way...I got this list from Never Unpolished! Check out her 31 day challenge!

NOTD: Polka dots!

2011-11-07T20:54:00.001-05:00

Zoya Pasha

Orly Gumdrop

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Turned out different than I hoped. It's okay I guess. Not my favorite, but it's cute enough.

NOTD: Candy Corn Nails!

2011-10-23T17:10:00.000-04:00

China Glaze White on White, NYC Spring Street and China Glaze Happy Go Lucky

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NOTD: China Glaze Watermelon Rind

2011-10-11T20:56:00.002-04:00

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NOTD: Zoya Faye

2011-10-05T19:53:00.003-04:00

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Guess who's back?! That's right! Me! And with Zoya Faye. Ain't she pretty? Pinky-purple base with lots of gold glitter. In the light I see bits of green glitter too. This is 2 coats with base and top coat. I let the first coat dry before adding the second and that seemed to help with the sheerness that I've read other people complain about. 2 coats made it nice and opaque for me. Nice for fall with all the gold glitter...gives it kind of a bronzey glow!

Hope all my readers out there are doing well!! I've missed y'all!

NOTD: Something Sweet & Significant Other Color

2011-02-23T13:08:00.000-05:00

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OPI Significant Other Color over China Glaze Something Sweet. Saw this on the blog Chloe's Nails and I had to try it! She used OPI's Mod About You and Significant Other Color. Since I didn't have Mod About You, so I had to improvise. It's so pretty!! Light and feminine, I really love it!

NOTD: Color Club Pucci-licious with Konad m60

2011-02-03T20:46:00.000-05:00

Color Club's Pucci-licious:

Pucci-licious using Konad plate m60 and China Glaze Millennium:

Both pictures can be clicked on to view a larger image.

Not much to say about this! Pretty purple (reminds me a lot of Grape Pop by China Glaze), opaque with 2 coats and no application problems. I used China Glaze Millennium (one of my faves!) to apply the flower image on the konad m60 plate. You can see a couple of the images didn't transfer perfectly, but I think it still looks pretty enough! Showed this off at work today and my co-workers loved it!

Pucci-licious is from the Poptastic Collection from last spring and can be purchased from the head2toebeauty.com website.

NOTD: Color Club Combo

2011-01-31T14:14:00.001-05:00

See what I did there?

Ok so here's the next NOTD. Two Color Club polishes layered to make this amazing, sparkly, duochromey, deliciousness! Wild and Willing is the orangey, pink polish and With Abandon is the black polish with antique-gold glitter. Together it creates this bronzy, pink that flashes bright green! It's truly awesome!!

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Lincoln Park Heart Breaker

2011-01-19T14:14:00.002-05:00

Hey guys!!! Totes miss bloggin'!

One of my New Year's resolutions was to get back to blogging and even though we're 19 days into the new year; here's to making a come back!!

Here's a layered mani I did with OPI Lincoln Park After Dark with Pure Ice Heart Beaker over it. Kinda looks like China Glaze Emerald Sparkle right?! While I love Emerald Sparkle, I LOVE this because when you move your fingers around you get a little bit of green, a little bit of turquoise and little bit of purple! Super pretty!

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I'm really into layering polishes lately, so you can look forward to more unique swatches!

Hope you all are doing well!

NOTD: Sally Hansen Purple Gala

2010-10-14T09:37:00.000-04:00

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Saw this today at Kroger and snatched it up as fast as I could! Definitely a unique polish! Dusty purple base with TONS of gold glitter. It almost makes it duochromey! Plus there's a bit of multi glitter in there as well so it really sparkles!! Smooth application and it's not chunky glitter at all. Surprising for $2.95!

NOTD: China Glaze BFF

2010-10-12T15:37:00.003-04:00

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More from the OMG Collection, BFF is a nice medium pink. Simply beautiful!

Also, I wanted to mention that I haven't been bloggin' much lately. 3 jobs will keep a person pretty busy :\ Yes, 3 freaking jobs. I have a full time job as a receptionist, I'm an Esthetician and a Manicurist at spa and I just added "Arch Expert" at a Benefit Brow Bar to the list. Because the whole idea was quit my full time job to peruse a career in the beauty industry; I'm doing just that and my last day at my full time job is this Friday! I'm all kinds of emotions! Scared, excited, blahblahblah. But anyway I've been doing the 3 job thing for a few weeks now and everything will calm down after this Friday. Thank God!

And in case you're wondering...I LOVE my new jobs!

NOTD: Sinful Colors Bali Mist

2010-10-03T12:29:00.000-04:00

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Sinful Colors Bali Mist. Purchased from Meijer for $1.88.

Well it's pretty, but I can tell you that this didn't last more than a couple hours on my nails. Normally I paint my nails and it'll last a good 2-3 days before I get sick of it ad take if off...this one? Oh my. The formula is so weird! Super goopy but sheer. It took 5 coats and I could still see VNL in some of my nails. I had bubbles and omg it WOULD NOT dry. Which is why I had to take it off. By the end of the night my nails were TORE UP!

With that being said I think this is more of a one coat layering color. Layered on top of black or even silver would probably look really pretty since it has some duochromeyness. Looks metallicy pink and flashes green and purple. Even has some pink shimmer! I wanted to love this, I mean in the bottle....SCHA-WING! But on my nails? Bleh.

This is the second Sinful Colors polish I've tried and that one was pretty "meh" too. And I have more that I haven't tried on my nails...are they all like this?

NOTD: China Glaze IDK & TMI

2010-10-01T09:52:00.000-04:00

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An oldie, but a goodie. IDK is from the OMG collection. Ahhh halo glitter...you complete me.

I just hunted down my last bottle of polish from this collection and drumroll please...I now have the complete set! YAY! I can't wait to have all this gorgeousness on my nails!! I actually tried TMI last week and didn't get 500 pictures of it like I normally do, but I managed to capture these two:

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A pretty coral-pinky color. Took this in my car at a red light lol so that's all you get!

Do you have any polishes from the OMG collection?

NOTD: Who wants to see yet ANOTHER Space Cadet swatch?

2010-09-30T15:52:00.000-04:00

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Orly Space Cadet from the Cosmic FX collection. Purchased from Sally's Beauty Supply. Seriously amaaaaazing polish. I'm pretty sure it's purple with green dupchrome, but it might be green with a purple duochrome...regardless...GORGEOUS!

Have you purchased any of the other polishes from this collection?

Comparison: OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous vs. L.A. Colors Metallic Polish

2010-09-23T09:17:00.000-04:00

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As promised here's the comparison of OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous to the dark gray polish (with no name) from the L.A. Colors Metallic Polish 4 pack from my last post.

As you can see they're reeeeeeeally similar! The only noticeable difference is the OPI has more multicolored glitter and the L.A. Colors has just silver glitter. Also the L.A. Colors has a darker base...it's more of a blackened charcoal and the OPI is just a dark gray. Both great applications (2 coats), formula and dry time.

If I had to choose one, I honestly don't know which one I'd choose! I really want to mix them together. I love the dark base of the L.A.C. and the multi-glitter from the OPI.

The L.A.C. polish was purchased as a 4 pack from my local CVS, again see my last post about those polishes. The OPI polish was purchased at Ulta and is part of the Swiss collection.

Review and Swatches: L.A. Colors Metallic Polish Series

2010-09-15T17:01:00.000-04:00

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I picked up this 4 pack at my local CVS sometime last week and I'm so impressed with them I decided to do a blogpost!

The first time I saw them I just walked right by, but after seeing the price, I decided to snatch them up. I'm on a no polish budget right now, but for $2.99 I couldn't pass it up. You can't even get one bottle for $2.99, let alone 4!

So on to the review: they're awesome! I wasn't expecting too much, because if you break it down it's like .75 cents a bottle right? But seriously...I was amazed at the pigmentation of them. The only downside I see from these is that they don't have names. I hate when they don't have names! But everything else about these are great! They're not runny or streaky, they just glide right on. The teal one...did you see it? It's amazing, right? ONE coat!! The rest needed two coats, but that's ok by me! It's when I get into 4-5 coats, I start getting annoyed.

Are you still reading this? Why haven't you left to run out to your CVS to buy these? GO GO GO! :)

In case you need more convincing I'll give you more details:

Teal: WOW, my favorite of the group, goes on opaque with 1 coat, super rich teal color with silver metallic glitter.

Purple: Dark purple with blue and purple glitter. Super glittery, but a little sheer. Needs 2 coats.

Pink: Raspberry pink with lots of pink and blue glitter. Needs 2 coats.

Gray: Blackened gray with silver metallic glitter. Needs 2 coats.

Also, I do believe I've found a dupe for OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous! Stay tuned for a comparison!!

NOTD: Orly Fantasea

2010-09-10T16:06:00.001-04:00

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I think it's safe to say that I've redeemed myself from the last NOTD! This is a flipping awesome polish. Smooth application and opaque in 2-3 coats. It actually surprised me. It looks sheer when you first open it, but when I put it on, it had good coverage. Obviously I had VNL (Visable Nail Line) with the first coat, but with the 2nd coat it was completely opaque. I added 1 more coat for good measure :) This has a lilacy purple base with rose gold duochrome sparkles!

I do believe this just made my top 10! And I'm starting to really LOVE Orly! Anyone try their base/top coats?

I purchased this from my local Sally's for around $3.

NOTD: OPI DS Jewel

2010-09-08T15:33:00.001-04:00

Meh. I'm not really sure what it is about this polish, but I'm not "wowed". I went to Ulta this weekend and picked this up for $12.50. That's the most I've ever spent on a polish. This is also my first Designer Series polish. For $12.50 I feel like I should be blown away and I'm just...not. The color in the bottle is what made me get it...it looks like a burgundy base with gold duochrome and pink glitter. On my nails it looks like I stuck my hand in chocolate :( Maybe it's just my coloring...I dunno. I'm not impressed. I WANT to love it. I just can't.

What do you guys think?

NOTD: Orly Oh Cabana Boy

2010-09-07T16:46:00.001-04:00

Orly Oh Cabana Boy is a super bright pink with a blue-ish-purple flash. Applies pretty thin so it takes 3-4 coats to get it opaque. Also dries like a neon so you'll need a top coat to make it look glossy. It looks awesome on toes!