Cult Nails Deal With It

Deal With It is a new color from the Untamed Collection created by Coco who is the daughter of Cult Nails creator Maria. Wow mouth full there. She turned 13 on the 11th and celebrated by launching her very first polish collection. Seriously I wish I could say I have done something cool even now! She is definitely super talented and has a true talent for polish creation just like her mother. It seriously must be in their DNA because those two can do no wrong when it comes to nail polish.

Deal with it is a gorgeous lime green with a beautiful gold shimmer. It kinda reminds me of like an ectoplasm green but yeah I am just weird like that. This color is so bright and looks like it is lit from within with all that shimmer. I could not stop staring at my nails because the closer you get the more glittery it gets and it just is gorgeous! It is a little on the sheer side but it is perfect in three coats and applies like buttah! It can dry a little on the flat/matte side of things but a coat of Seche Vite shined it right up. I don't have one bad thing to say about this polish except for if you don't like it you can just "Deal With It."

Bundle Monster Plate 302 Challenge

Colors Used: 

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Whirlwind White

Cult Nails Annalicious (red)

Cult Nails Deal With It (green)

Cult Nails Spontaneous (purple)

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Brisk Blue

Bundle Monster Set 3 Stamping Challenge Day 1

Soguesswhat11 one of my favorite people on Youtube that has the best stamping tutorials for nails is having a fun challenge on her facebook page. It started yesterday and the challenge is each day to create a design using one of the plates from the new Bundle Monster set. The challenge will go in order of the plates so day one use plate 301, day 2 use plate 302, etc. I think this will be a fun challenge and a way to get me to use all my plates at least once in the next month.

Here is my day one plate 301 design.  Colors used are Julep Reese, China Glaze Liquid Leather, Sally Hansen Platinum and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Whirl Wind White. I used the gradient image and the keys image to go for a Juicy Couture-ish design.

Julep's Daphne

I am just going to start off with what is really bothering me and that is this nail polish. It is so far from the color it was advertised as on their website that really it should be false advertising. I added this as an add-on to my Julep Maven box this month and it is a serious disappointment. It is a lovely color for what it is but it is not the polish that I wanted when I added it my box. The color on the website is a soft light green/minty creme polish. Julep's description of the polish is a "fresh seafoam green creme" which doesn't fit the description of the bottle I am holding.

As for the nail polish that I actually got it is a medium dusty green/teal creme. The formula is a little on the watery side but it was still pretty easy to work with and was opaque in two coats. Pictures are shown with two coats of Daphne and one coat of Seche Vite. As for the wear of this it wasn't so great. I had chipping the next day and the nail polish came off my nail in a full sheet off my thumb. I didn't use a base coat but still this doesn't seem normal to me.

I emailed their customer service to tell them that the color I got was a lot different than what was advertised and I wasn't too happy with it and they were great by saying they would send me a different color of my choice.  What I wasn't too happy with was their answer to the color difference which was: "We sincerely apologize for any dissatisfaction with the color. Image color can differ than actual product color, depending on the resolution of computer screen, lighting, etc"

Now I know color can vary from the computer to in person a little but this color was shown as a light color and I received a dark color so I will let you guys be the judge. 

This is what the color was supposed to look like:

Picture of the bottle taken from the Julep website.

Here is the actual color I got on my hands and in the bottle.

And for fun a little nail stamping fail.

Avon Sunshine

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!!! I didn't actually do a themed mani I just went with something cheery and happy! So this is my second Avon polish that I got when I purchased Absinthe and I am enjoying this one a whole heck of a lot better! For one thing it is actually true to the color as it was in Avon book and also yellows just really make me happy :) 

Sunshine is a bright yellow creme polish. It goes on a little thick so I needed to apply three coats to fix the streaking and dragging. I have noticed that these Avon colors thicken a lot while you are painting your nails with each coat seeming to get stickier. Even with the problems I think it still turned out really nice and it is really a beautiful polish if you have patience.

I also just got the new set of Bundle Monster plates and decided to add some stamping. I used plate #318 for my manicure below!

Indoors

 

Outdoors - Shade

Outdoors - Sunlight

CVS 50-75% Off Beauty Sale

Right now CVS is having their 50-75% off on their beauty items which is mostly just cosmetics. Everything isn't on sale (I wish!) but there is a ton of items to choose from. This week the coupon machines are also printing off a $3 off a $10 beauty purchase that you can use with this sale! This sale has been going on for a few weeks now and I'm not really sure when it will end. This is actually my third time shopping the sale because I just keep finding new things. My first trip I only bought a couple of the Sally Hansen HD nail polishes because they were 75% off making them $1.69 per bottle. My second trip I got two physician formula moisturizers originally $20 each for just $10 total!

A few days ago I went back since I had that $3 coupon from the coupon machine and checked out what I could find as far as makeup. I wanted to stick to just items that were 75% off because that is just the best deal. Yes 50% off is great but 75% is just freaking amazing!! So here is what I got and a price breakdown of it:

Revlon Luxurious Color Smoky Crayon in Black Smoke
Originally  $9.49 -- Paid $2.37

Revlon Luxurious Color Smoky Crayon in Bronze Smoke

Originally  $9.49 -- Paid $2.37

Almay Smart Shade Blush in 020 Natural

Originally  $9.49 -- Paid $2.37

Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Rosegold

Originally $7.49 -- Paid $1.95

Revlon ColorStay Mineral Blush in 010 Honey Miel

Originally $14.49 -- Paid $3.62

Total of $12.68 - $3 coupon for a total of $9.68!!!! (plus tax)

I saved just over $41 so it was an amazing trip and a nice little haul!!!! Definitely check out CVS soon if you have one near you!!!

Avon Absinthe

One of the ladies at work started selling Avon recently so I thought it would be a great time to finally try out one of their polishes. When I saw the picture of Absinthe I knew I just had to have it. It looked like such a beautiful sparkly green packed full of glitter and I just couldn't wait to get it on my fingers. Here is what I was expecting based on the picture from the Avon book.

This is definitely not the color I got. It is not a bad color it was just horribly misrepresented. What I actually got was a pea green color with a shimmer so subtle it is nonexistent unless you are outside in the sun and squint a lot. It is a nice color for what it is though I am not saying it is a bad polish it is just not what I was hoping for based on the picture.

Application was pretty good. It was a little on the sheer side and needed three coats for full coverage. It also seemed to be a little bit thick but it was still easy to work with and had no problems with dragging. I have worn this for about five days now and have had just some normal tip wear and ended up getting a few chips last night. It is a nice color but when they say sequins and have that kind of picture I am really expecting some glitter and wow!