UGH! So disappointed!

Tonight I attempted to go lighter on my red tinted hair, tell me how it looks darker?! My dilemma is I do NOT want to bleach my hair. So I know I'm not going to get the color on the box. I just expected for my hair to be a lighter shade of "red". Maybe it "shines" in the sun but come on, how can I get a "cherry-cola" red?

WnW Coloricon Baked Eyeshadow: Baking a Cake

Hey bonitas, I'm sure by now just about everyone has heard of Wet n Wild's 2011 Limited Edition baked eyeshadow holiday palettes. If not, you must not be reading Nouveau Cheap and all the other beauty blogs out there. I miraculously spotted the display at my Walgreens (a miracle because I had the WORST luck hunting down WnW LE On The Prowl nail polish collection and I had gave up all hope one ever finding LE items in my stores. Yes, I took it that serious.) I snatched up this palette and I HEART Matte.

I chose this palette because of the pinks and I am glad I did because it has some pretty neutrals in there as well.
  I'm not accustomed to doing eyeshadow swatches, so please bare with me. In these pictures, they were swatched dry over ELF primer. The two marble colors came out so gorgeous! All colors have pretty good color payoff and I've seen swatches of them wet and they look excellent.

They are only available at Walgreens and normally priced at $4.99 but if you're lucky you can catch them in the BOGO50% and my store has a coupon book, with a $1 off any WnW product priced over $2.99. IF you're interested in this palette or the others, hurry to your Walgreens since it is limited edition.

China Glaze 2011 Holiday Collection: Let it Snow

I was in AWE when I saw several nail blogs update with information on China Glaze's 2011 Holiday Collection. Considering the fact, that I didn't have any luck last year and my previous luck trying to find limited edition polish, I was ready to give up before I even started my hunt. But I came across a site  that had all the polish in stock. Then my "mother-in-law" offered to give me the money to buy the polish. I was head over heels with excitement. I ended up getting 10 out of 12. I won't bother with swatch pictures now, because just about everyone has seen those pictures. But when I do wear the polish in a mani, I'll post those pics then.

I got 3 of the gift sets and bought Holly-Day and Twinkle Lights separately.

The free gifts that came with the gift sets I got.

This haul was received as a gift from my "mother-in-law".

Pink Wednesday: Barbie Pink Glitter

Yesterday I went to a beauty supply store and I was so excited to see Kleancolor in the store. I bought this glitter thinking it was Chunky Holo Fuchsia (even though obviously it wasn't labeled as that) Regardless, I'm happy to add a new brand to my collection.

 Those glitters look AHmazing in the bottle but they don't transfer to the nail. I used 3 coats of the Fuschia Glitter.

I used 2 coats of Barbie Pink.