MAC Blue India - Liberty Of London

Hey there Guys and Dolls! It's been awhile. My kids are keeping me so busy lately with all of their growing up and what not ;)

For the first time in a LONG time MAC has floored me with their new collection, Give Me Liberty Of London. Bravo, MAC! If I had the funds, I would have bought it all.

I picked up:

Ever Hip lipstick
Frankly Fresh Lipglass
English Accents Lipglass
Give Me Liberty Of London eye shadow
Birds & Berries eye shadow
Prim and Proper Blush
Shell Pearl Beauty Powder
Blue India nail polish

I'm still seriously lemming bough grey and summer rose bp. I'm not a BP fan by any means but the ones with this collection seem a lot more pigmented. I've been able to use Shell Pearl on it's own and I'm NW25.

Frankly Fresh looks awesome overtop of Brave New Bronze Lipstick (from Style Warriors), and English Accents looks amazing over Viva Gaga.

Here is a NOTD with Blue India... it's by FAR the best MAC polish I've ever owned... opaque in TWO coats!


Here is my FOTD - it's really not Saint Patrick's Day inspired... but I wanted to try out MAC Beautiful Iris eye shadow, and it includes some Liberty of London!

Breakdown (all MAC unless otherwise marked):
FACE:
Studio Sculpt Foundation NW25
Studio Sculpt Concealer NW25
Lancome Duel Finish Powder (Matte Bisque)
Prim & Proper Blush
Shell Pearl BP

EYES:
UDPP
Beautiful Iris e/s
Shroom e/s
MUFE eye liner 4L
Plushlash Mascara in Black
Anastasia Brow Powder - Brunette
Clear Brow Gel

LIPS:
Mouth Off Lip liner
Costa Chic lipstick
Bendel Girl lipglass




I do hope to post a lot more. My goal is to start posting with every MAC or nail polish haul that I do. Please excuse the hair and brows in the pics... brows need done... hair needs cut...
WOW I really let myself go when I had kids lol

NOTD ~ Barielle Blackened Bleu

New from Barielle - The All Laquered Up collection - is Blackened Bleu. The ALU collection is what introduced me to the Barielle brand. I've never tried their polishes before. I must say, I'm impressed!



The first coat was super sheer, and left me a little worried. The second coat brightened my spirits considerably and the third coat... WOW. I'm head over heels in love with this polish. In the pic, you can see how it can be dark, and then in the light it has the beautiful blue glitter... I am super impressed with Barielle as a brand and will definately be ordering more in the future!

On a side note - SO sorry I've been away.... We had one crazy weekend and it ended with my son getting some sort of stomach virus. That was not a fun time, poor little guy. DH also hurt his knee pretty badly. He just went to the ortho surgeon yesterday and will NOT need surgery unless he reinjures it. At worst he'll need a cortisone shot. Phew. That would have really hindered a lot of upcoming projects here at the house!

It feels nice to finally polish my nails again. There was nothing on them for a week!! OY!

Juicy Couture - Honest Opinions

Ok, guys & dolls, I need some honest opinions here.

I need to carry a TON of stuff with me all of the time. I saw this huge bag at Juicy Couture yesterday and thought it would be perfect to throw all my stuff in, plus diapers, snacks and what have you for the kids. It won't show stains either, which is always a plus.

Myself and my dad's fiancee love the bag, so does my BFF Tracy. DH thinks it's old lady and ugly. PLEASE let me know what you think. Be honest and don't worry about hurt feelings or anything. I'm on the fence about it now because of DH lol he's such a turd.

DuWop Twilight Lip Venom

Yesterday during my super duper mall excursion I saw the Twilight DuWop Lip Venom at Nordies. I am totally Team Edward so I decided to give it a go.

This version of the lip venom DOES contain cinnamon. When I chew cinnamon gum my tongue swells like a balloon. I was hoping for the same effect on my lips, and really I think it did give it a nice plump. After the first application it is PAINFUL. More so than the tingle of the original lip venom. Like it REALLY hurt for about a minute. But then it felt sort of cool.

I definately give this 4 out of 5 stars. Here is why:

PACKAGING


APPLICATION ONE

It looks like something is wrong with my mouth. The stain in the tube is minimal unless you swirl around and dig in there. This was the first application where I got very little stain. As you can see, it sort of settled in areas. Anyway, seeing as how I experience issues when I chew cinnamon gum I grabbed a MAC wipe and removed the lip venom. I happily note that the weird discoloration went with it. I decided to try again....

APPLICATION TWO

On the second dip I got quite a bit more color and it shows. You do still have to be careful, as it still went on a bit uneven. I wouldn't recommend applying this without a mirror. After I took this pic the baby woke up and began to cry, I didn't want to smooch her with the venom on so I wiped it off & was met with...

AN AWESOME LIP STAIN

I have almost NO pigment in my lips. It was nice to see a bit here to add some color on my face.

I say.... go buy it! It's pretty cool! Retail $16.00 at Nordstroms.

Oh. My. Damn.

We interrupt the regularly scheduled China Glaze swatches to bring you the scariest pic you'll see all week. Maybe all month.

This spider, whom I've named Charles, is living right beside the back door. He's stretched his home from the side of the house and over top the recycling bin. He basically has a spider mansion.

I do have a pic of the web but you can see my neighbors yard in it and their yard is borderline embarrassing because they don't take care of it, so I won't post that one, but if anyone could tell me what the eff type of spider this is, I'd really appriciate it.




As you can see from the final pic, Charles began to pose for me and began to spin around. Really I think he was just getting extremely pissed off and ready to eat me, so I ran inside after this.


It is so painfully obvious that I am not a country girl.

ETA - It's a barn spider! PICTURE and WIKIPEDIA PIC & INFO


Aggressive towards humans?! No, thank you. Hubby can kill it later.

China Glaze: Day 3

So sorry this is so late! I was actually working on taking pics of my whole NP stash. I got it ALL done and labeled except for the Barielle's which should be here in a few days. Once those are in I'll do a stash post.

That being said, I only got 3 China Glaze done today, but I'll make up for it tomorrow, I promise!

MOODY BLUE

Meh. This is four coats in the pic. As you can see, it's still streaky in places. The color itself is like a bleached out For Audrey. It does have the potential to be a gorgeous polish, if it were a bit thicker and maybe a hair darker. I bought this because of the hype. Don't believe the hype. Now... the next two... BELIEVE THE HYPE!

SHORT AND SASSY

New from Retro Diva... totally gorgeous. It is shades like this and the next one that have me begging for the Fall and Winter weather to get here. I always love Fall weather, but these new and gorgeous nail shades have me going crazy for it. This one only took two coats, and looks absolutely divine. Bravo!

WAGON TRAIL

Totally hot. I don't believe I have any of the other colors from this collection, but I'm sure this was the winner. It has to be. There is not much that would be able to top this gorgeous shade. I did 3 coats here, simply because the deeper this color goes, the hotter it looks. It would have been ok with two.

Until tomorrow =) I guess I owe you at least 5!

China Glaze: Day 2!!!

Hello!

Day 2 of China Glaze and I would love to show you four more shades!!! I did not paint my thumbnail with more than one coat (I thought that nothing on my thumb might look bizarre lol) in any of these because I got a cut (boo) and it hurts to put the polish remover on it... anyway, I hope you enjoy these!

And thank you so much to the 10 ladies following me and anyone else reading this! I'm super nervous about being a new blogger and I truly appriciate all of the wonderful comments & support!

On to the polish!!

CHIAROSCURO

This is a gorgeous color. I'm not sure it does anything for my skin tone though =( I found the application to be a bit runny and hard to keep up with. Fairly sheer and needed 3 coats. I think this one would be beautiful on someone a little more tan than me.

PURE ELEGANCE

This one is super sheer. The pic above is three fairly thick coats and still a bit uneven. The color is drop dead lovely though. I think if you put this to top off a candy pink color it would be stellar.

JAMAICAN OUT

One of my favorite polishes for my piggies in the summer! Seriously, this one is a must have. My MOM even said she loves it. My mom wears only nude colors on her fingers and peachy colors on her toes. So that is a HUGE compliment coming from her. In this pic I only used 2 coats of Jamaican Out, on my toes I believe I usually use three coats.

ORANGE MARMALADE

I did not expect to fall in love with this one. China Glaze really does glitters well. What a pretty, shimmery orange. I would wear this in the fall as well as summer. I love it when a nail polish can be used for more than one season! This one was only 2 coats.

Until tomorrow ;) I'll bring you MORE China Glaze goodies!