Back with a favorites post, soon to be on the Youtube channel as well.
So anyway, let's get into it!
Nail polish:
I was looking for a cheaper dupe of Essie's Loophole, which was the go-to silver color of the summer of 07. I still believe it is the best silver nail polish out there, I just don't like having to spend $8 a bottle on it, especially since I use it a lot. My only issue with the Essie color is that it chips easily so you need a strong topcoat on it. So I found that my grocery store started carrying Sinful Colors and had picked up a few of their colors to try them out. Then I saw their silver color Pure Spirit being offered at my store and after a few weeks of eyeing it, I had to pick it up. For $2, I could afford to be wrong. My biggest pet peeves with nail polishes, especially metallics, is that the formulation frequently is weaker so they appear more sheer. I like the Essie color because it goes on with one coat really opaque. To my surprise, so did Pure Spirit! With two coats, I felt it was perfect, only I even like their formulation a little bit better because it doesn't chip as easily as Loophole. I've looked around and haven't really found a swatch of Pure Spirit, but Loophole is pretty easy to find. Save yourself the money and get the Sinful Colors one.
Makeup:
I've been sticking to a neutral sort of eye this month, so my go to colors have been MAC's "Shroom" for highlight, "Omega" and "Soft Brown" for the crease, "Naked Lunch" for the lid, and "Mulch" for the outer corner. I line my eyes using Estee Lauder eyeliner in Softsmudge Brown and top it off with a couple of coats of mascara. For lips, I've been grabbing the lip balm in the form of Nivea's A Kiss of Moisture and mixing in MAC's "Faux" lipstick which is like a nude-mauve if such a color were possible. It's basically my lips but better.
Perfume:
I have a huge collection and I didn't really wear anything too often. I did wear Pink Sugar by Aquolina on more than one occasion, but that was because I'm around teenage girls a little too often. My go-to weekend scent was Burberry's The Beat. Also when I was just lounging around during the week, I wore Bath and Body Works Coconut Lime Verbena because it matches my shower gel.
Hair and Body:
The only new addition to my hair routine is Pantene Pro-V's Beautiful Lengths Replenishing Hair Mask. Frankly I just wanted a hair mask, and found this one on sale. I find it works best when I have time to coat my hair, wrap it in plastic wrap, and wrap in a warm towel for 10-15 minutes. Feels like a deep conditioning treatment that I'd get at my local salon. For body, I've been using the Bodycology stuff that you can get at walmart(the cheapie version of Bath and Body Works products). I got these from a girlfriend who got me some for my birthday. I've been using Coconut Lime which smells better than the BBW version. I also have the White Gardenia and the Vanilla Cupcake shower gels. I'm not too picky about shower gels as long as they foam up really well so I can use them in a bath as well. The scents don't linger long though as you're supposed to layer them. I frankly hate doing that because it takes too much time.
That's it for this month!
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