Essie "Summer Collection"

Essie?  Doing a green?  Nice!  The name of this collection is a bit boring though, but hey, they are working on it. ^_^

Essie can be purchased on their website [official website] or etailers like Head2ToeBeauty [official website] or TransDesign [official website].

Essence "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

Essence is a Europe brand of polish that I personally haven't tried yet but I do get the press releases on.  They are launching an exclusive make-up collection for fans of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" with some cool products.  Although it's hiding, that purple polish looks AWESOME.

essence make-up collection for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Twilight Saga fascinates millions of fans with its mystical atmosphere and the fateful
love story between Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. Just in time for the start of the
movie, essence seduces you with an exclusive make-up collection to go with the
"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and whisks you away to an enchanting rendezvous with the
mysterious colors of dusk and phenomenal shimmer effects for magical moments from
July and August 2010 until eternity.


essence twilight collection – duo baked eyeshadow
For those unforgettable moments when a mysterious look can determine everything. The
versatile duo baked eyeshadow with its unique texture can be applied dry or moist –
depending on the desired intensity – and guarantees an exciting eye make-up effect.
Available in three color combinations.


essence twilight collection – glitter eye pencil
A seductive shimmer to make your eyes shine. With a sponge applicator to create
magical smokey eyes, the glitter eye pencil is the perfect finishing touch for your
awesome Twilight make-up. Available in two mysteriously dark shades.


essence twilight collection – shimmer powder
A silvery sparkle that makes your face and body shine like Alice Cullen in the sunlight.
The essence make-up collection shimmer powder is an absolute must-have for fateful
summer nights.


essence twilight collection – lip gloss
Intoxicating red, deep black and the crimson colors of sunset – the romantic essence
make-up collection lip gloss is super-seductive with fascinating metallic effects and a
beguiling scent. Available in four colors.


essence twilight collection – nail polish
Enchanting shades ranging from the gentle grey of the moonlight to intense, fateful red
conjure the colors of twilight to your nails and touch your senses. Guaranteed to last
until dawn – and much longer! Available in the five colors.


The exclusive essence make-up collection for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be
available in stores in July and August 2010.

300 Followers Giveaway! [EVERYONE!] Winners!

Again, thank you to all my readers for following me and motivating me to keep blogging!


I decided to use the Random Number Generator located here http://www.psychicscience.org/random.aspx this time, just to switch things up.  To keep things easy, you were assigned the number on my Google Form in the order you signed up for the giveaway.  Duplicate entries were deleted, keeping the original entry in its spot.  I listed the prizes in the same order that I listed them on the giveaway.



1) Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure
2) OPI Havana Nights Minis
3) OPI Tiny Takeouts Minis from the Hong Kong Collection
4) OPI Modern Flower Minis
5) OPI Shrek Minis

Prize 1) #108 Annie
Prize 2) #130 Emilie
Prize 3) #61 Jessica K.
Prize 4) #3 Ivy
Prize 5) #111 Aimee W.


Thank you again and congrats!  I have sent you all an email asking for your information.  If I haven't heard back from you by Monday, June 7 at midnight:01 GMT, I will choose a new winner.

300 Followers Seche Giveaway! [Winner]

First, thank you to all my readers for keeping me motivated to do what I do.  Secondly, thank you to Seche for hosting this giveaway - I am very grateful for it.


I decided to use the Random Number Generator located here http://www.psychicscience.org/random.aspx this time, just to switch things up.  To keep things easy, you were assigned the number on my Google Form in the order you signed up for the giveaway.  Duplicate entries were deleted, keeping the original entry in its spot.


First off I drew 2 winners for the Seche Pack that contains one (1) bottle of Seche Vite Crystal Clear Top Coat, one (1) bottle of either Rebuild, Recondition or Retain (winner's choice), and one (1) bottle of Seche Restore.

Next I drew 2 winners for the "Secrets to the French Manicure" FULL SIZE SET.

YAY to the winners!


Oh, I guess you need to know the winners.  ^_^


71) Lily
11) Mai


46) Meryl C.
69) Hillary


I have sent you all an email asking for your information.  If I haven't heard back from you by Monday, June 7 at midnight:01 GMT, I will choose a new winner.


Thank you all again!

OPI What's with the Cattitude?

On one of my recent trips up to a bigger city, I went into a place called Trade Secret, which sells OPI.  They have tons of colors, but what gets me the most were the Minis.  I love miniature items.  The one big gripe I have about OPI minis is that the name is not on the bottle.  Rawr!  I'm almost thinking of making little labels for them, because it drives me insane not to know the color of a bottle.  I have 4 other OPI minis that I stupidly threw away the box, so I have no idea what the names are.  There is only a code on the bottom of the bottle.  The code on the bottle of this bottle of OPI is NLB90 10062


Oh man, awesome.  I just realized that the number on the bottom (the NL part) is also listed on OPI's website.  Their iPhone app has not been updated with the Shrek colors, but the others are on there.  SCORE.


Back to the polish.  Now these bottles are MUCH smaller, at only 3.75 mL instead of a normal bottle of 14 mL but when you don't use much as it is, I'm okay with it.  The package of 4 colors cost me $12.50 so the bottle was about $3.12.  That's still super pricey when you think a 14 mL bottle of China Glaze can be purchased online for $3.50.  Oy, I can't think about that much.  This is why I hate math.


I really like this color.  It's almost a cotton candy blue creme - quite light.  OPI says it's a moody light blue that's really a pussycat.  (Remember, these were Shrek related.)  I used Seche Natural for my base, 3 thin coats of What's with the Cattitude, and a top coat of Seche Vite.  I did have a big of an issue with covering bald spots, but I think that's my base and top coat (more on that later).

See, isn't this a pretty color?  I had a bit of an issue holding ON to the bottle hah, it's so small!

Shade picture here - again just a really happy color.  I'm a fan.


Now, as soon as I got back into the house, I touched my nail and it wrinkled under my top coat.  What?  Now, I was using Seche, which goes great with China Glaze, but won't work with Zoya.  Looks like OPI doesn't play nice with Seche either, which is why I was having bald spots and wrinkling issues.  So now I'm going to try and get a bottle of the OPI Natural Nail Base Coat, and I found out that I have not one, but two bottles of RapiDry OPI Top Coat (minis), and I'm almost interested in the OPI DripDry Lacquer Drying Drops too.  I'm a little apprehensive of drying drops after not having the best results with my Zoya ones.


I have like 20 OPI minis and 2 full size bottles of OPI to review still.  Please note that OPI is officially on Facebook [official Facebook] and Twitter [official Twitter] now (they joined last week), so be sure to follow them.  I know there has been a lot of controversy regarding their lawsuits with etailers, but I'm not going to get into that, partly because I don't agree with the "popular" side, and secondly because I don't know enough about it.  I'm just glad that I'm near a salon that sells OPI - regardless.  ^_^


OPI is available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer. Please visit their website for details [official website].