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Girly thread vs. r*N*r's nang nails!!!

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I wash my hair everyday and I've been using the Loreal Sulfate free proucts, which I absolutely love!! My hair color has held up insanely well, and they are pretty cheap too, only about $6 a bottle each for shampoo and conditioner.

I'm the same way aep, I feel gross if I don't wash my hair every day.
 
I was using sulphate free haircare for a while as well, especially when I had my Keratin Treatment done as sulphates make it revert back to its natural ways.
My hair responded really well, but most recently when I switched up to Wella SP that I was sent to trial, my hair has been ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Silky soft, amazingly manageable. My hairdresser said it's probably just getting used to the silicones and sulphates again, and that's why it looks so good..

So I'm undecided on the hair care parabens, silicones and sulphates debate. My hair seems to really like both options?

In other news, here is one of the shades from my Essie Summer collection;

'Demure Vixen'
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It's a really small bottle, so that's why it might look a little weird. :p

I don't know if I like the colour.. it's very girly and almost holographic in the light, and it's a lot more sheer than my regular opaque creme polishes. What do you guys think?

I liked wearing it to work, it's a nice neutral shade but with a little edge. Also, purples are really in this season, and this has a nice violet tinge to the pink. :)
 
I have noticed that the sulphate free products have really helped hold my hair color. The last time I dyed my hair was in October (eek!!) and my hair still looks great, little to no fade at all. I'm hooked on these sulphate free products. My hair is also really shiny and so ultra soft. These products are also soooooo much cheaper than the redken shampoo and conditioners that I used to use. It's win/win for me
 
I like the color - i wouldn't wear it personally as im not a pink girl at all, but it's so pretty on those that it suites!
 
I painted my nails with OPI's Jade is the New Black last weekend for our St. Patrick's day parade, not really intending to keep it on all week until the actual holiday. I ended up having several tests to study for and a rather busy work schedule so I really didn't have the time to take it off, leaving me with a pretty chipped/worn manicure. Ironically, yesterday was the most compliments I have ever received on my nails! People loved the color and were complimenting me all night long at work!

I finally did take care of myself today though and got my nails done with Dannii from Zoya's Intimate Collection that I got through their women's day promotion. Just looking at the collection, I knew this would be the color I was most drawn to. It looks a little more purple in the bottle and in pictures, on the nail it has a slight pinkish hue instead of seeming so lavender.
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And, the most important news: I FOUND NANG NAILS!!! There is a Sally Beauty Supply next door to the nail salon I go to so I always go in after a manicure to see their weekly specials. I was looking through the clearance and found press ons that look exactly like R*N*R's nang nails! They are made by a company named Nail Bliss and I got them for $3.99. The flash/glare of the camera makes them look like they have a pattern but they are just plain, silver metallic.

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Go check out your local Sally's!!
 
^ yay for nang nails, qb! post pics when you've got them on! :)

i quit biting my nails and picking the polish off long enough that i'm actually pretty pleased with how feminine my nails have been looking. sorry i didn't include the polish bottle but this is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Lacey Lilac. love how opaque it is! i'm interested to see how it might look with a matte top coat. :)

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Ooh, i need to get me some lilac on my nails lickety-split!

I'm thinking OPI Done Out in Deco...dusty lilac.

For St. Pat's, I finally busted out my Rococo 24kt. gold flake nail polish.

1 coat Barielle Protein coat
1 coat Gelous
1 coat Orly Bonder
2 coats Zoya Shawn (it should have been "Sean" for this occasion, but *shrug*)
2 coats Rococo gold flake
1 coat Barielle Manicure Extender
1 coat Seche Vite


It wore well through a ridiculous night of partying last night!

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Okay C0TB, I have a beauty quandry/possible video topic for you:

I have SO MUCH makeup. Along with hair products, bath/body products, styling tools and other things that are stored in my bathroom cabinets. What is a good way to organize them all? I find myself keeping the things I use the most on top of the counter but after a few days it just turns into one big mess. In addition to that, most of it is things I would like to keep, I'm not necessarily looking to pare down and throw things away, I just want a good way to keep things organized and easily accessible.

I'm working with a vanity that looks almost exactly like this:
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queenbee1127 said:
Okay C0TB, I have a beauty quandry/possible video topic for you:

I have SO MUCH makeup. Along with hair products, bath/body products, styling tools and other things that are stored in my bathroom cabinets. What is a good way to organize them all? I find myself keeping the things I use the most on top of the counter but after a few days it just turns into one big mess. In addition to that, most of it is things I would like to keep, I'm not necessarily looking to pare down and throw things away, I just want a good way to keep things organized and easily accessible.
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Depending on the size of that middle cupboard, and what you currently have it in, maybe get shoe-box sized plastic boxes to keep all your stuff in so you can stack them. Or similar sized containers that aren't as deep depending on the size of the stuff you're storing.

Or, depending on how deep the drawers are, you could use drawer dividers to keep things separated within the drawers.
 
Great question! It's something I struggled with for a long time, but I think I've got a handle on it now.. although I may have to invest in a few more cosmetics storage sets, as my collection keeps growing. ;)

I use the following clear resin compartmentalised cosmetic storage trays. They're cheap, easy to use and make any collection neat and tidy!

This is what I use for my brushes;
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I already did a video on brush-care recently and showed this one off.

This is what I use for my cosmetics;
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Hopefully you can see how I've divided it all up. The smaller compartments in the front are for lipstick; the bigger compartment to the left holds my glosses. The centre low compartments are for concealer, sharpeners, etc. My foundations are in the larger compartments in the back to the right, and in the back to the left is my mascaras and eyelash combs, eyelash curler etc. In the back to the centre is my eye-liners, and next to that is my hair-clips and combs.

I love that these have several different sized compartments in each, and the clear resin means I can see everything at a glance. Also it's very easy to keep clean. If it were coloured resin, it would easily stain but because it's clear it seems to be pretty stain-resistant.

I might actually do a make-up storage video just to go into a bit more detail on everything. I have a converted shoe-box that I've set up for my nail-polish, I'll take a photo of that if people want to see it? :)
 
^Yes! I am currently trying to find a good way to organize my nail polish.

The divider makes a lot of sense, but I would ideally like something that fits in my drawers, which are rather shallow. Where did you find yours?
 
I bought this at Target years ago.
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It fits in the top drawer of the bathroom vanity.
I put in in a large velvet drawstring bag that I got free with a Sephora order when I travel.
 
queenbee1127 said:
^Yes! I am currently trying to find a good way to organize my nail polish.

The divider makes a lot of sense, but I would ideally like something that fits in my drawers, which are rather shallow. Where did you find yours?
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I bought my cosmetics organisers from Priceline - a generic beauty supply store here in Australia, but I've also seen them at organisational stores around the place.

I store it in the centre console of my bathroom vanity - it's pretty similar in shape to the photo you posted. I open the doors and shove it in there, and it fits really well.

Here is my nail-polish storage;
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You can see it's nothing special, just a shoe-box I have placed a cardboard sheet into to separate my polish from my remover, cuticle cream, base and top coats and toe separators.
 
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