Enabler Alert! Clearance at Shoppers Drug Mart.

If you haven't been to Shoppers Drug Mart recently now may be the best time to go. This past weekend I was at my local Shoppers Drug Mart and found 4 huge bins of polishes on sale. The bins were located at the back of the store (no where close to the cosmetic isles) along with other sale items from throughout the store.

They had Essies and SensatioNail gel polishes marked down to $4, Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure, NOPI and Quo by Orly gel polishes down to $3 and assorted Revlon, Rimmel, Quo by Orly and Sally Hanson Salon Effects for $2! Needless to say I was giddy with excitement when I saw those prices. Check out what I picked up.

random Sephora freebies

Who knew fixing a mistake at Sephora = free stuff? lol..

Recently I was looking at an old Sephora receipt and realized there was a refund mistake, I quickly called the Sephora where I did the transaction and was told to go in and get it fixed asap. When I went, the person who answered the phone wasn't here so I had to explain my situation to THREE employees. 
All of them not really understanding what I saying, it was like broken telephone. So I was like "Wait, I'll explain to all three at once!" This was so awkward, then one of them was like "Let's just call and ask!". Then they called the girl I was on the phone with initially. THEN I got my situation fixed. One from the trio told me to hold on and went to the back. He came out with a makeup bag full of samples saying it was for the trouble caused and the time it took. I didn't mind the situation but this was a very awesome gesture, even more awesome when I opened the bag and there was NAIL POLISH!

Basically the situation was, I was supposed to get a refund of about $44 but instead it came out to $23. I really should pay attention to these things next time lol!

Anyway on to my bag of goodies.

First, I really like the makeup bag they provided. The size and quality is decent & the fishnet/floral design is nice. Also, I needed a bigger one! 

 Contents include:
2 miniature perfumes in - Juicy Couture: Couture La La & Dior - DiorAddict Eau Fraîche
Estee Lauder Advanced Time Zone Cream 
First Aid Beauty - Face Cleanser
Clinique - All About Eyes Serum
Dior Addict Lipstick in Dior Kiss
Dior Nail polish in Rouge Garçonne

A Close-up of the nail polish, a darkish wine red with a super hidden silver shimmer. Super hidden as in you need to stick it right up to your face under a light to see it hahaa! But it's still pretty!

Spring Giveaway!

Is anyone else sick of the crappy weather? These past few days have been snowy wet and cold here :( Can you believe the first of spring was last month! With the weather these days it feels more like fall/winter.
So I thought better way to to cheer up our followers than giveaway.

If you haven't had the chance to try out texture finish polishes then this giveaway is for you.OPI came out with the Mariah Carey collection in early 2013, the collection included 4 liquid sand polishes. OPI describes them as polish that "dries to a textured matter finish infused with reflective glints of light." They also recommend that a top coat should not be used. This mini set includes the colours: Get Your Number, Can't Let Go, The Impossible and Stay the Night. Each bottle is 3.75ml, the perfect size for you indecisive folk (like me) who want to try out the sand finishes but can't choose just one.

Interested? All you need to do is enter the Rafflecopter...

EDK- I Love Zombies

Hey all! I hope everyone had a nice long weekend, I can't believe it's over already. I don't celebrate Easter so I don't have an Easter themed mani to share. But if there are any Walking Dead fans out there we know that tonight is the season 3 finale. I am so excited!! So I thought it was fitting to wear EDK's I Love Zombies. Not sure why it was named that because the polish didn't remind me of anything zombie related at all. Either way it is a very pretty polish, on Kelly's site it is described as a polish that looks "...green to brown [and has] hexagonal holographic glitter and micro golden pearls.." However to me it looked a murky greenish gold with holographic glitters. The glitters were more prominent in the bottle and seemed to lose some of the sparkle on my nails.

EDK or Esmaltes da Kelly is a Brazillian indie polish brand owned by Kelly Cris. One thing I love about her polishes is the bow she glues onto the lid. I think it's such a cute and dainty touch! I did get a little paranoid not to get the little bow dirty while applying the polish. For a 8ml size bottle I thought the brush size wasn't too small which made the application of the polish very easy. I was able to achieve opacity with 2 thick coats and no base colour. The finish of the polish was a little gritty but with a layer of topcoat it was glossy, smooth and absolutely beautiful.

Julep Oxygen Nail Treatment

Hi Everyone!!

So recently I broke all my nails ( I don't even know how!) and trimmed them super duper short or as best I can, since my pointer actually ripped!  :(!! Look how bad they are, I don't even want to show them bleh...(ew!!!)

I decided this would be the perfect time to try Julep's Oxygen Nail Treatment.
My nails are pretty brittle and tend to peel due to my years of nail biting, gel manicures etc.

love the frosted bottle look!

Would this be the solution to all my problems..?


sadly.. no.

First, the instructions were kinda vague, do I put a coat on each day or do I put on a coat and remove each day and reapply or put it on and leave it...??? (LOL! I am very inexperienced with these treatment applications!)

I went to Julep's Facebook page and asked and I was told to put on 2-3 layers  and leave it for 6 days.. then remove & repeat.

Anyway, I put it on and hoped for the best!..

It was a nice soft pink and wasn't streaky at all.

The first 6 days seemed fine but there was not much growth but there was no peeling!!
So I tried for the 2nd time, giving my nails more time to actually grow out & see if the treatment was effective..by the 10th or so day I was washing my hands and my nails just peeled!! Like split a big chunk :( SO SAD.
Then other parts of my nails starting showing up more opaque white which usually means they're splitting/peeling.

heartbreaking!! 

My camera didn't really want to focus on my sad nails so only one picture but you can see how badly it peeled :(


so back to nubbins my nails go!

I have heard success stories with Julep Oxygen Nail Treatment, so I hope it works for you!
Have you tried this treatment yet..? How did you like it??


Stay Happy!

Mir

Swap Haul!

Hey everyone! Is everyone as excited for a long weekend as I am? I'm so looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow lol. I quickly wanted to share a short haul post of a swap I did with a friend of mine from Brazil. I was sent me the new Jade holographic polishes, some indies I've been lemming and some other goodies. Here's a preview of swatches to come.

 

Benita Stamping Plate B-09

Close up of EDK's I Love Zombies and Aquila

Close up of Penelope Luz's Lucky Fairy, Picasso and Blue Birds of Paradise

 

This was the first time I received a broken polish in the mail. The bottle of La Femme Unica I received broke at the neck, but luckily the leakage created a quasi seal and I was able to decant 90% of the polish. The polish gods must've been looking out for me because I would've been seriously bummed if I was not able to save Unica at all. It is the most beautiful dark green holographic polish I've come across since A-England's Dragon.

I used polish thinner to loosen up the polish for an easier pour and to make sure I got every valuable drop from the bottle. If this happens to you in the future and you want to decant be very very careful because it is broken glass you're dealing with! Also make sure you do it over scrap paper because it can get messy.

Sad polish :(

Good as new!

Have you ever had a polish break while in transit to you? Were you able to save it or was it a total loss?

Annie

Club Nail Polish - Review

Hi Everyone!

before you start, I'd like to apologize for my bad nail pictures, they have been so bad all winter *hides*

Club Nail Polish sent a review package for their upcoming subscription service.

I was pretty excited waiting for this package.
But when I got it, I have to be honest. I was a bit underwhelmed.

Find out why under the break.

L'Occitane - gift from promotion

Hi everyone!!

Recently L'Occitane had a Facebook promotion to sign up to receive a free 10ml hand cream but it was upgraded to a 30ml hand cream ($12 value!!) and 15% off when you go and pick up the cream!

There were three choices to pick from: Shea Butter, Lavender and Pivoine Flora.
They ran out of the Lavender so I picked their original Shea Butter :)

The saleslady there was SO amazing! Because they ran out of the Lavender scent she also gave me a packet sample to try. On top of the 30ml cream + packet sample she also threw in MORE samples!
I was like "Really? Samples upon samples?" hehe and she packaged it so nicely!
I love the sticker and the cute paper bag!

I just want to thank L'Occitane for giving out such an awesome promotion! I haven't been out much since I'm sick so I haven't used much of the cream yet. But it goes on pretty smooth and the scent of the shea butter is really subtle. My hands were smooth that whole day when I went to try out their scents before picking out Shea Butter. Perfect for Canadian winter weather!

They have tons more scents and other products available at their website if you want to check it out at
http://ca.loccitane.com

I like their new spring cherry line, it's a bit strong but smells amazing. I may go revisit L'Occitane real soon!


ps. I want to thank Aldrin who helped me out when the promo didn't show up in my email!  & my brother for driving me to Yorkdale for no other purpose!! I know he probably could have spent his time better but yay <3