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~

February Favorites!

Its that time again, another month has come and gone! So for this month I have a few beauty items and the rest of my favorites is all food. For some reason when I find a food I like I tend to eat it like crazy until I get so tired of it I can't even look at it anymore. I don't know why I do this. Does anyone else do this?

Anyway on to my favorites...............

Beauty

This month  I have really been into lip products. I ended up trying several new ones that have come out recently.

• Maybelline, Color Whisper in Rose of Attraction (75).  I have never been a big lipstick person. Always leaned more toward lip gloss. But last year I tried a Revlon lip Butter and I liked it. On YouTube people were comparing these to those so I wanted to give them a try. I ended up liking it and I will probably buy other colors in the future (there are so many).
• Kate for Rimmel London Matte Lipstick in 109. I am loving the matte look right now. I wore this  for my Valentine's Day day date in NYC with my bf. I also wanna try the matte lipstick  NYX has.
• CoverGirl Jumbo Gloss Balm in Blush Twist (210).  I wasn't sure if I was going to like this like I like the Revlon's Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain, but I did.  Loving this color and the fact its so easy to put on (easier than a lipstick). 

• NYC Matte Top Coat Nail Polish.  Going along with my love of the matte look. I had my doubts about this product because in the past I did not have much luck with NYC nail products. But I am happy to say that I am really liking this top coat. I wore it for my (actual ) Valentine's Day look and I was pleasantly surprised by how long my nails lasted without chipping.

Non Beauty

•  Roasted Red Pepper Hummus with Corn Chips.  So yummy!  I can go through a regular size of this hummus in 2 days.

• Fruit by the Foot & Fruit Snacks. This past month I have been craving something fruity and gummy so I have been reaching for fruit snacks. Then one day I decided to get a box of fruit by the fruit, something  I have not had since I was a kid. One box lead to a couple of more. But sadly I have to stay away from gummy stuff for awhile now while I am having some dental work done. 

• Oreo Cookies. Why are Oreo cookies so good?  That is all I am going to say. 

What are your February favorites?

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

Bargain Beauty Buy: NYC Matte me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat

 Yesterday while I was out picking up some groceries at Target I picked up NYC Matte me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat.

I paid $1.72. I have been wanting to try out the matte nail look for awhile now. While I really like NYC makeup, in the past I found that their nail polish chipped really easily (at least the few that I had tried) so I stopped buying them. But since my budget doesn't allow me to go out and get one of the more expensive matte top coats right now I decided to give their polish another go. I am really hoping that it works well and I end up liking it. I will do a review after I try it out.

Till next time,
amber