Polished.

Nail Polish Haul : Urban Outfitters 

From left to right:

Bright lights: Sheer gray toned polish with round multicolored large glitter

Tiny Shirt: A neon bubblegum pink

Scorcher: A clear polish with large multicolored glitter and fine silver glitter

Sunshine: Bright, sunny yellow

The best part about buying these? Since it's the end of the season, it's out with the old and in with the new for most stores...so I purchased all four of these polishes for $1. They're normally $5 each. 

Winning.

Have a good week everyone!

Until then,

-K.

NOTD: On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink.

Nail of the Day: Essie Figi

Because on Wednesdays, we wear pink.

Forgive the really terrible picture. It's finals week and as I'm posting this I really should be studying for my fashion history final on the 1920's-1970's.

Anyway...

I am so in love with this color. I initally only purchased it because I had heard so many rave reviews from not only gurus, and bloggers, but also some of my close friends. I'm more of a dark nail kind of girl, but this color looks so good. Your hands look clean and fresh. It's deffinitly a staple polish to add to your collection.

The only thing I dislike about this polish is the fact that you need a couple of coats to really get the true color from it. It tends to be a bit streaky with one and two coats. I didn't use a base, though, so that might help stop the streaking.

This color is perfect for spring and summer, and I think it would look amazing on tan skin!

                                                      Here's a better picture, from google.

Typically Essie nail polishes sell for about $8-$9. If you have an Ulta by you though, you can use your coupons on these polishes! Just a little FYI.

Hope you all are having a good week, and if you're taking finals, my heart is with you.

Best of luck everyone!

Until then,

-K.

Hues of pink.

Hey,

I have a confession. I'm pro nude. Nude nails, nude textiles, nude walls, just not nude old people...yeah, I went there.

I'm also pro-nude lip. Not the disgusting dead girl walking nude lip though.
The creamy baby pink-ish nude that works perfectly on an everyday basis.
On days where I actually decide to make myself look presentable to the human race, I wear MAC's Hue lipstick.

It has literally been in my makeup bag since 9th grade, and I've probably gone though about six tubes. It's been my best friend, my prom lipstick, and my everyday essential.  I think that we're, meaning me and HUE, are fr-enemies though. I love hue, and hue loves me, but my wallet hates hue. Every time I have to shell out $15 dollars for it, my wallet slaps my hand and yells at me as if I were a toddler. Okay, maybe I'm being over dramatic, but you get the point.

I found a drugstore dupe for HUE, which was possibly the most exciting moment of my life. (As you can see, I'm not that hard to please.)  The dupe comes in the form of one of the new Maybelline Baby Lips lip balms. I know, HUE is opaque, so how can a lip balm be a dupe. Trust me, it is. The shade is Pink Wink and it's number 80. I'm pretty sure it's a limited edition shade, but I've seen it in drugstores as well as on amazon and ebay.

Let me show you how much of a NOT difference there is between these two colors.
And please excuse my extremely tiny lips. I know, botox.

Which is which?

Do you actually notice a difference?

Yes, these are 2 different pictures.

                            Here's the deal...
 


The one on the right is MAC's Hue, and the one on the left is Maybelline's Pink Wink #80. The swatches shown to the right are almost identical! Honestly, Hue is a tiny itty bitty bit more of a peachy nude, while Pink Wink is more of a, well..pink nude. The difference is barely noticeable at all.

The big difference? $10. I'm the first one to recommend HUE, but when you're on a budget and every dollar counts, I'll always look for a cheaper alternative. And Maybelline really hit the nail on the head with this lip balm.

Have you found any dupe's for your favorite products?
Let me know!
Until then,
-K.