Girly Thread v. Nail Porn, Makeup Lust and everything else girlie girl

[queenbee1127]

Went on a little girlie spree today at Target and Rite Aid

I picked up two of Revlon's new Diamond Lust shadows and I can't wait to try out a look with them; they look so sparkly and shiny!

Also picked up three polishes on clearance, Sally Hansen Fairy Teal, Sally Hansen Thinking Of Blue and Revlon Temptress. The Sally Hansens were 75% off and I paid $1.38 each, and the Revlon was $2.50 I believe.

I also received a Cargo set I ordered on Haute Look a few weeks ago, I think it's called the Passport set or something. I like it but the eyeshadow broke!!

Current manicure: two coats of OPI Pink Friday with two coats of OPI Teenage Dream. This is my ultimate Barbie manicure, it is insanely sparkly and I can't stop staring at my nails!

 

[amanda_eats_pandas]

I love the Thinking of Blue. If only getting glitter off wasn't such a pain, when I'm feeling extra girly I'll put a glitter coat over Essie's Mesmerize.

Question, how often do you guys change up your face cleaning routine? Lately my skin has been really oily with dry patches and I have no clue why.

 

[Kenickie]

stop everything because this is officially the best manicure ever.

cool as black ice

 

[AmorRoark]

Holy balls that's awesome!

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

I have the tuxedo mani before and yes it is hot

 

[euphoria]

my haul from sallys today:

cg white cap

cg kinetic candy

finger paints avante garde green, but i cant find a picture of it


im about to manicure myself to happiness

 

[ShawtyLo]

I'm Loving the black ice pic uploaded by Kenickie

I have recently discovered Sophy Robson who really is the coolest nail girl in town, London Town that is,
but no joy with getting a appointment this side of 2012.
So in the meantime it's off to regular salon and continue pining over nail porn
Loving this thread

 

[queenbee1127]

Euphoria - I looooove Sally's! I get all my best stuff there, the clearance section is my best friend

Edit: Here is a photo of Finger Paints Avante Garde Green, comparing it to Illamasqua Veridian

I love the black ice/tuxedo mani as well, maybe one of these days I will test it out on myself.

Here's an ombre mani I did last night for going to a club for a friend's birthday. I used Zoya Kristen on my pinkie, and Sally Hansen Thinking of Blue on my thumb and then mixed them for the middle fingers. I should have started with equal proportions of both on my middle finger and worked my way out, but this is how it turned out:

Either way, people are always fascinated by this technique.

On a sort of girlie note, I have been on a mission from God to makeover my boyfriend's bachelor bedding and finally bit the bullet and bought a down comforter, brand new king size pillows and Ralph Lauren sheets from Macy's. His previous bedding was a "Bed In A Bag" from Wal-Mart, so I feel like I'm sleeping on a cloud now. Eventually, I hope to get this duvet cover and the matching king shams, but the design is going to be discontinued soon and my Macy's lady advised me to wait for the price drop.

I don't want any of the southwestern style pillows, just the duvet and shams, but I am head over heels with this pattern. Simple but not plain, and the duvet is quilted so in the summer you can take the down comforter out and just use it as a quilt. It's a pattern by Ralph Lauren called "Black Adobe" and it is painfully expensive, but I must have it

 

[euphoria]

Down comforters are heaven. Do you get macys coupons? I used to be very anti-coupon cuz I thought it was tacky, but nowadays I always try and use a coupon when I'm shopping at stores that accept them. Its kind of a game and the amount of money you can save is huge. Especially for beauty products. i got all those nail polishes for like $10.

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

tacky to save money?
Bed Bath & Beyond 20% off coupons never expire....learned that from Spork.

 

[queenbee1127]

^ Neither do ones from DSW!! :D

I freaking love coupons. I use coupons whenever and wherever I can get them. I have an app on my phone called Geo Qpons where you can pull up electronic coupons to all kinds of stores. My favorite is for B&BW where if you spend $10 you can get any signature item free (up to $12 value). I have a stash in my closet about 5 deep of full-size Japanese Cherry Blossom body creams that I didn't pay a dime for.

Same thing for Express, they send out crazy coupons and if you know how to break up your purchases and qualify the coupons against them, you can walk out of the store paying around 1/2 the price of full-priced current season merchandise. The send out a ton in the mail but you can also just print them off of their website most of the time.

Sally's, Ulta and Beauty Brands put out awesome coupons either in the weekly circular or that they mail to you directly. Beauty Brands frequently sends out coupons for FREE full size items, some you don't even need a minimum purchase for.

My most recent Macy's bedding purchase broke down like this:
Down comforter : Original $480 Sale Price: $203.99 10% Coupon Off Price: $183.59
Ralph Lauren Sheets: Original $79.99 10% Coupon Off Price: $71.99
King Pillow (X4): Original: $50.00x4=$200 Sale BOGO Price: $100 10% Off Coupon Price: $90.00

Total: Original Price: $759.99 Sale Price: $383.98 10% Off Coupon Price: $345.58

I saved $414.41 by shopping on sale and using coupons. I'll be tacky any day for $400

In other girlie news, I broke down and bought these for myself:

 

[euphoria]

Nooo I don't think its tacky to use coupons. I used to think it was tacky to clip out coupons from the paper, but now I do it all the time :D I don't even go in BB&B without coupons.

Sweet breakdown @ macys girl! that's a steal! I am gonna get on the mailing list of some of those coupon circulars you mentioned.

 

[Jean-Paul]

i just got this (in keep the flame) and it's fucking amazing.

as for my nails...i bite black nail polish off and repaint it. repeat. i'm about nine.

 

[queenbee1127]

Time to rescue the girlie thread from going to the second SO page!

As I'm sure you know by now, I'm a devout follower of both ALU and Scrangie and they both happened to review Rescue Beauty Lounge's "Fan Collection"this past week. I don't own any RBL polishes because they're expensive, can only be bought online which means price + shipping, and none of the colors ever do much for me...until now. Behold, RBL IKB: 2012. I have never seen a polish so beautiful! I think I'm gonna have to cough up the $20+$7.50 shipping on this one.

There is a buzz online that it is similar to Nails Inc. Baker Street, but I don't see the resemblance. They're both bright blue, but a world apart.

I got my February Julep Maven box last week and received Melissa, Jodie and Charlotte. Melissa is the most amazing duochrome, as soon as I saw it, I had to put it on over my current mani, Zoya Katy. Still thinking of possible combinations to use for this one, I will post a picture when I do a full manicure with it.

These are my photos to show the overwhelming duochrome effect:

This could easily go in the LOTD thread, but I'm on a roll so I'll post it here. This was my Saturday running errands/babysitting look. I'm wearing a Tommy Hilfiger denim shirt with those preppy decorated cuffs, silver glitter Toms and my favorite Gap jeans. I love jeans from the Gap because they aren't super low-rise and tend to "hold me in" better, especially since I am quite curvy. I think I got these on sale for $27.99 - score!

This is the makeup look I did to go with it, neutral colors, nothing too crazy.

And....as you might have noticed in the pic, I finally got the bedding I posted about a while back! Sure enough, what I wanted went on clearance and I was able to score the king comforter cover and shams for 40% off clearance, plus a Macy's coupon Of course now I want the bed skirt, more pillows and some kind of window covering...it never ends.

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

is the new bedding doubling as a window treatment?

 

[queenbee1127]

The old bedding is doubling as a window treatment, much to my dismay My boyfriend wants our bedroom to double as a cave...Like I said, window treatment is next on the list.

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

I couldn't handle that. HAhahaha does that make me crazy?

I smell a use for a 20% off BBB coupon that never expires for black out curtains and a decorative rod.

Queenbee, you are too pretty for such a dude modification of window treatment.

 

[spork]

i ordered 6 new zoyas last night with their buy 3 get 3 free promotion going on now.

i'll be getting all of the fleck effect top coats.
chloe:

maisie:

opal:

and then 3 others.

adina:

akyra:

lolly:

 

[euphoria]

^nice choices, girl. I am drooling over those fleck effects lately.

 

[queenbee1127]

Finally did the much sought-after "tuxedo manicure". Lately, people have been posting about it all over Pintrest like it's some new fad, but us nail girls knew it before it was famous

Used two coats of Fingerpaints Black, one coat of absolutely necessary SV, and then Essie's Matte About You, Orly French Manicure Guides, and one more coat of SV on the tips. Turned out pretty good, but those French guides are tricky and you have to really seal them down to get a clean line.

I did this manicure on Monday night, and by Wednesday, it started to chip and water/hand lotion etc had worn away the matte into a sort of satin finish, so much that the whole effect was gone

I'm not sure if I mentioned this in this thread but, I got a new job where I can paint my nails any way I want!!!!! Yay, happy day