Allure Beauty Box (September 2014)

Have you ever heard of The Allure Beauty Box? 

No, well let me tell you about it. If you love beauty products and a great deal you are going to want to know about this awesome box. 

This is a  box of full sized  beauty products ( hair, nail, skin and makeup etc.)  that is sold at a great price. Also a portion of the sales goes to charity. 

Allure offers these boxes usually three times a year. They always go very fast. Your best chance to get one is to be on the site when they go on sale. I was lucky enough to be able to buy the September Box.

If your looking for more information check out the site for The Allure Beauty Box here.


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Nails: Matte Grey with a Bit of Sparkle

From left clockwise:

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat
NYC Matte Top Coat
Revlon Colorstay Base Coat
Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday
(this is was a mini 100 points perk from Sephora)
Maybelline Color Show Impeccable Greys

Side note: I know some people clean up their nails after they paint them but I usually wait and peel off the nail polish when I wash my hands. It will usually come right off. 

~amber~

Nails: Private Viewing

• Revlon Colorstay 005 Base Coat
• Wet n Wild Megalast 204B Private Viewing
• Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat 

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Nails: Polka Dot Accent Nail

Hello all! I have a nail post for you today. This is actually last weeks nail look I did. I have already changed my polish but I wanted to share cause I finally used the dotting tool(s) I got back in February. I did a polka dot accent nail. The dotting tool made it very easy to do. I am definitely going to have to experiment using the tools for different designs. The green polish is a Sephora by O-P-I from the Tinsel Town Collection. The accent nail color is a polish from a Elf set my aunt sent me (the Sephora and Elf polishes do not have names on the bottles). I also used Revlon's Colorstay Base Coat (which  I am really liking) and my usual Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Till next time,

~amber~

St. Patrick's Day Nails!

A simple St. Patrick's Day nail look. I used Sinful Colors in Exotic Green (1105) and then over that Sephora By O-P-I  in Only Gold For Me Top Coat.  I also used my Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat over all my nails. 

Did you do a St. Patrick's Day nail look?

Till next time,

~amber~

Nails: Whimsical

Today I picked up some Spring nail polishes because 1) I had some coupons and 2) Spring is right around the corner (for me this winter went really fast).  To see all the polishes I picked up head over to my twitter and don't forget to follow. :)

One of the polishes I picked up was a Revlon one called Whimsical.  In the bottle the color is a very pale blue with blue, pink, and silver glitter.  It does not look that blue when you put it on but it is still very pretty. I used two coats, you definitely need at least that if not three.  Then I used my normal Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

What Spring polishes have you picked up?

Till next time,

amber

Nails 3/1/13

Just want to share the nail look I did earlier this week. I wanted a neutral nail so I ended up using a polish I have had for a while but never tried. Back in the fall I picked up on clearance at Target a L'Oreal Paris polish in Park Ave Luncheon (201). I'll admit this was around the time I was marathon watching Gossip Girl and the name totally reminded me of the show. I have to say I liked this polish. I usually have trouble with neutral  polishes because many times they are so sheer I find myself putting to many coats on and then I always end up messing up my nails before they dry. I did two coats with this polish and that was enough for full coverage. The polish also dried  pretty fast. Then since I am all about the matte look right now I used my NYC Matte Me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat (which I will talk more about in my February favorites post).

Till next time,

amber

Valentine's Day Nails (look #3)

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day. I spent the day with my bf in NYC. We went to Madame Tussuads (wax museum), walked around and went in some stores, and ended the day with a nice dinner.   

Pretty Flowers from my Bf (picture taken by him as well)

So even though Valentine's Day is over I have one more Valentine's nail look. I had wanted to post this before yesterday but I just didn't get the time to (since I only did this look on Tuesday night). This is the nail look I wore on actual Valentine's Day. Also turned out to be my favorite Valentine's nail look that I did. 

I used Wet N Wild's megalast nail polish in Haze of Love. Love this color. I then made two hearts using Sinful Colors polish in Snow Me White. I did the best I could using flossing picks because I am still waiting on my dotting tools to come in. Then over all the nails I used my new NYC Matte Me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat.

I am loving the look of matte nails. I saw at Rite Aid this past week that Sinful Colors also has Matte Top Coat.  

Have you tried the matte nail look?

Till next time,
amber

Valentine's Day Nail Look #2

I have another Valentine's Day nail look today. I actually ended up doing something different on each hand so its kind of two looks.

I started off painting all my nails Revlon's Impulsive. A dark blueish purple.

On my left hand I did two hearts using a pink polish by Sephora for O-P-I (which I am not sure of the name but it is from the Tinsel Town Collectors Set). I am still waiting on my dotting tools I ordered to come in so I used (because I didn't have any toothpicks, which you can also use) floss picks. I can't wait to get my dotting tools. I think the hearts came out all right. Better than when I tried to use the actual nail brush. For the other three nails I used a makeup sponge and sponged a little bit of the pink polish over all the nails. I really liked the way this came out and am going to do this again.

On my right hand I did the same two hearts but I used Sephora by O-P-I Only Gold For Me Top Coat. I sponged this one onto the remaining nails as well. 

Over all nails I used my Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

Till next time,

amber

Valentine's Day Nail Look #1

 My first Valentine's Day nail look is classic red nails with a heart accent nail. I used a nude polish that had a slight pink for under the heart on the accent nail.

I suggest using a nail art brush or a dotting tool to help you make the heart. I used the the small brush from the polish and did ok with making the heart with my right hand but just could not do it with my left. I also used my usual Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat over all the nails.

Till next time,
amber

I forgot to add that the polishes I used are the Sephora by O-P-I from the Tinsel Town Collector's Set.  They don't have the names on the bottles and I am too lazy to look them up.

Nails: 1/12/13

Sephora by O-P-I  Just A Little Dangerous*

Sephora by O-P-I Meet Me At The Disco*

Over all my nails I used Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

* The Sephora by O-P-I polishes are from the Tinsel Town Collector's Set. The little bottles do not have the names on them so I have to look up pictures of the polishes in the packaging to get them names. So if I get a name wrong I'm sorry.

                                                                           

Till next time,
Amber

New Years Eve Nails

Hello, again I know New Years Eve has come and gone but I really like the nail look I came up with for it. Plus this look can be worn throughout the year, so I wanted to share. One of my presents from my bf for Christmas was the Sephora by O-P-I Tinsel Town nail polish set. The little bottles don't have the names on them, the names are only on the packaging, so I might not have the right names.

I started off using from the set, Sephora by O-P-I, I Don't Bit.

Then over that I used Sephora by O-P-I, Justa' Pinch Of Glitter.

 This was my first time using Sephora by O-P-I polishes and I am loving them.

I did a accent nail using Revlon's Scandalous (761).

And finally I used my Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat over all my nails.

Till next time,

Amber

Christmas Nails

Hello all, I know its way past Christmas but I still wanted to share with you all the nail look I did.

I started off with Sinful Colors in Ruby Ruby (369). And did a accent nail with Sinful Colors in Exotic Green (1105). Then over the red I used Sally Hansen Crackle in Antiqued Gold (06). Over the green accent nail I used Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Diamonds (05).Over all of my nails I used my regular top coat Sally Hansen Strengthening Top Coat.

                                                                                       

                                                                                                             

Till next time,

Amber