Sparkled Beauty

How was everyone's weekend? Squirt and I dragged our sleepy head out Sunday morning for some dim sum, much needed.

My Elf order when they had that 50% off sale came in last week, thought I can show you the stuff I got.

- SPF45 Sunscreen UVA/ UVB Protection in Sheer. Supposed to be a translucent powder, infused with Aloe Vera extract, Grape Seed extract, Vitamins A, C and E. Can't wait to try this out, extra protection will put my mind at ease at least
- Makeup Mist & Set with Aloe, Green Tea, Cucumber, Vitamins A, C and E
- Makeup Lock & Seal with a mini Blending brush
- Small Stipple brush. Considering the size, this would be more for blush or highlight.

Continue on:
- Nail polish in Fairy Dust, a flakie :)
- Matte Lip colors in Praline and Rich Red. I have heard good things about these, couldn't help but picking up a few to try
- Luscious Liquid lipstick in Strawberry. Didn't mean to order this one, as I have one or two from the last order, just didn't remember lol.

Still beating myself up for not browsing around a bit more, as I totally forgot to order the baked blushes and eyeshadows. Hate to pay shipping again to order more, so I'll wait it out.

I did participate in the surprise gift card event at Shoppers on Saturday, mostly for household items though.

Etival (a Canadian brand exclusive to Shoppers) is running a promotion until August 3 where you can get a free Urgen-C product (value between $20 - $38) when you spend $20 on Etival products. The icing on top is that the Urgen-C line is on big discount at the moment.

I picked up 2 of the Urgen-C Hydrating Surge mask with Multi-Pro, Vitamins A, E and COQ10 (reg. $20 each, 50% off), and get the Urgen-C Renewing Polishing treatment with Multi-Pro and Sepicalm for free (reg. $21, on sale for $9 right now).

I went to Sally with a sheer hope to find Orly Feel the Vibe collection but it's long gone. Saw a Nina Ultra Pro display with all neon/ bright shades. I'm not sure they are new, but I grabbed Punki Purple and Blu Blaze, on sale $3.99 each till the end of the month. By the way, found the Orly collection at Winners but the shades I wanted were not there. Check your store if you want some.

Couldn't resist Orly Sashay My Way on the display, $8.99 with Sally card. Missed out on the orange and green shade with similar glitter textures :(

The extra 50% off clearance was on when I went, so I got Orly Decades of Dysfunction and Buried Alive, $2.50 each.

Have a great Monday, ladies!

It is beautiful here today, supposed to be high of 25. I have to make sure to get outside at lunchtime instead of eatting at my desk :)

I think I found a perfect nail colour for work (among so many I have found lately), Revlon Gray Suede from the Daydreamer collection.

By the name, I kinda imagine it would be more gray, but it appeared to be a grayish beige with a slight hint of pink. The flash brightened the colour a bit, but not too far off.

This is 2 coats, maybe it'd get darker with 3, but I am loving it. It almost a match to my skin tone, i.e. a nude polish shade for me. A safe colour to turn to when I want to tone down the nail colour for work meetings and stuff. And it's shiny enough without a top coat. I just use a top coat to minimize the early chipping.

Wearing this shade till day 2 and I wanted to change it up. I picked Nina Ultra Pro in Molten Copper. They are a perfect pair, made in heaven.

Molten Copper is a duo chrome, light taupe base colour with pink flash. See the similarity here? Can't say I see any shade of copper in this polish, but I am not complaining. I tried it on itself before, it was sheer - VNL after 4 coats. Great as a layering colour :)

I wish the flash could bring out the beautiful pink flash on my nails. I can't stop looking at them. Now if somebody comes out with a flakie version of Molten Copper, it'd be the best colour in the whole world - well, until I discover something new, lol.

If you have Molten Copper and found a different way to pair it, please let me know. I am all ears.

I went to Sally for their Buy 2 get 1 free all nail polish promotion the first day of the month, hoping some LE bottles from last month were still there. I wanted to get this post up to let you know the promo works for discounted bottles too, you can mix and match brands, as long as the free bottle is the cheapest among the 3. I found some gems on the shelf :-)

First up is Orly, the brand I don't have many bottles from but love to explore more.

First row: Gumdrop (Sweet Collection), Charged Up, Fantasea, Luxe (Foil FX Collection), Blue Suede (Matte Couture Collection) and Pixy Stix (Sweet Collection), retail CAD6.49 each with Sally card.

Second row: Poison Apple (Once Upon A Time Collection), Blue Suede and Matte Vinyl (Matte Couture Collection). I found these at a different Sally store, discounted to CAD5.59 a piece. So, the exact same bottle could be on regular price at one store and on discount at another :-)

I wanted to try Sally Girl polish, so I picked 3. Some of their bottles do have names but not these, so there're just numbers: 812112 - a holo pink, 812002 - a shimmery dark purple and 812005 - a pink chunky glitter, retail CAD1.39 each.

I also got a few famous duo chrome shades from Nina Ultra Pro. First row: Molten Gold, Molten Copper and Molten Ruby, CAD5.29 each.

Second row are the discounted ones: Velvet Seas x 2 and Vintage Velvet (Crushed Velvet Collection), CAD4.19 each.

After getting these home, I went and checked swatches. Some shades looked good, but some were said to be sheer or with application issue :-) If you have any of the shades I got, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I might have to do a few exchanges.

Hope the week starts out right for you, ladies. Have a good day!