STOP THE FREAKIN' PRESSES - CLAIRES PASTELS!!!

WOWSER! Maybe the best word to describe this collection! I got these last night and swatched them today during my lunch and I was squealing at my desk with delight. The bottom of the collection has a sticker that says "pastels", so I guess that is the name of this collection. But the individual bottles have no names (why Claires, why???).

I LOVE LOVE LOVE every single one of these colors. This collection needs to be renamed "Made for Brooke". The colors look sort of tame in the bottle, nice pastel colors. But as soon as you put them on, they scream look at me!! I'm a fluorescent pastel! These colors are so bright without being traditional neon colors. I don't know how to describe it to you all, other than they rock. If you have a Claire's near you - go get this collection. Since the bottles are mini I am seriously debating on getting another set as a back up, that's how much I adore each and every bottle. This whole collection just feels like summer.





This one was the only one in the collection that wasn't a cream. Don't know why they did that, but I still love this color. As with all purples it is impossible to capture the true color of this. It is a blue based purple, but it shows much more purple in real life.





ZOINKS!! I dare any one of you to not agree with me that this is a perfect blue!! I DARE you. A perfect light pastel blue that just looks electric on my nails.





So dreamy!! This is a perfect bright pastel green that doesn't look too lime or too 70's green. I am trying to think of something to compare it too and I can't. It just looks like spring! If this was a crayon you would want to color a whole page with it!






This yellow leans a little to the green side but still stays in the lane of yellow. Super bright and cheery! This one makes me think of running shorts for some reason.






Here is my Seasonal Peach replacement! How HOT is this color? This is the exact shade of peach I have been on the hunt for. It's bright, it is a pinky peach, it's PERFECT!! I repainted all my nails with this, and have plans of painting my toe nails with this as soon as I get home. I am already fretting over using all of this bottle up. I need this in a full size bottle Claires!!






The last one is a super bright pink. This one doesn't really look pastel, but it does look softer than most bright pinks, if that makes sense. I almost left this one on, but I knew I needed to put my peach baby back on. Those of you pink lovers out there will like this color. This isn't original or unique, but I still love it and will definitely use this one up too.



These can be purchased at Claires for $12.50. However, they almost always have their buy one get one 50% off sale going. Perfection Claires, really perfection!!

GOODIES GALORE!!

My sister from another mister (Christy of Kronicles of a Konader) sent me a wonderful package the other day, and I wanted to share it all with you. The package was just brimming with goodness I tell you, GOODNESS!!


How she was able to send me 10 polishes and not send me a single one that I already own is a mystery to me! If she didn't live so far from me I would think that she had been snooping around my stash!!





She even included three frankens she did. Awesome job there girly!! I can't wait to try them all out and hope to get some pics up soon.


She included a TON of candy! And by ton I mean like at least 3 lbs worth! I didn't snap a picture of all of it, I didn't want any getting a cavity at my expense. I did have to snap a pic of this super cute marshmallow cupcake on a stick though! I can not confirm nor deny if this is still in existence or IN MY BELLY!!


Why oh why did you send these to me? I can't stop eating them! When I gave the bf one and saw his eyes light up shortly after popping it in his mouth, I knew I needed to find a very safe hiding place for these if I ever wanted to taste another one again. Really ladies, if you haven't tried these you really need to.


Awwwwwwe! A sweater for sweet Dinky!! This came just in time for the horrible ice and snow we had too!


There was also a guitar hero game for Little, but as you can see he quickly scurried it off to his room! Thanks so much sister! YOU ROCK!!!!

DIAMOND COSMETICS - NEW COLORS & TOP COATS REVIEW

Today I have some new offerings from Diamond Cosmetics (DC) to share with you all. DC has two new colors and three new top coats. Most of you all know about my love for DC. I just think they are a really great brand of nail polish and it is available at a great price, with most polishes at only $2 each.


CONCRETE JUNGLE
This is a blue based gray. The formula from Diamond Cosmetics is consistently nice and easy to apply. Concrete Jungle was nice and opaque. As you will see below, I only used two coats. I wasn't for sure how much I was going to like this, since I'm not really a gray kinda gal. But it actually looked nice on me.







MATTE TOP COAT OVER CONCRETE JUNGLE
One of the three new top coats DC has is a matte top coat. I found this easy to work with and comparable to ChG Matte Magic (the only other matte top coat I have used). I do think you need to be a bit more careful with application with this one, but I think it is due to the brush and not the formula. Other than that, I don't think I would be able to tell a difference in a blind matte test (lol, can you imagine!). Look at how wonderful it transformed Concrete Jungle though!! This color looks so SOFT, I just want to snuggle with it!






STARRY NIGHT
This is a black polish with a slight silvery shimmer to it. I don't' think it is glitter so much as a very small shimmer particle going through it. I know the shimmer looks pink, but I think it was a reflection off my coat and not the true shimmer color. However, I didn't notice this until after I had taken the pictures and saw it up close, so please pardon that. The shimmer in this is very light and not in your face. At first I was a little disappointed by that, but as I wore this longer I actually appreciated the slight effect the shimmer had, not something that everyone would notice. This did require three coats.






MATTE TOP COAT OVER STARRY NIGHT
This one you can see where I wasn't as careful with the matte top coat application. Again, this is due to the brush and NOT the formula. Adding a matte tc to this really brought out the silver shimmer that was hiding in this polish.






In addition to the three polishes I shared with you, they also are offering an Extended Wear TC and a Nail Shine. Concrete Jungle and Starry Night sell for $2.00, the Matte Top Coat can be purchased for $3.50, and the Extended Wear TC & Nail Shine are $2.50 each. All of these items can be purchased online direct from Diamond Cosmetics website here.

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Valentine's Day Dozen Nail Polish Roses

Ok girls!! It's time to enter for your chance to win a dozen nail polish roses in celebration of Valentine's Day!! You can enter in the box at the top of my blog. Below are the rules:

1. Contest open from Feb. 1st to Feb. 14th 6AM central standard time.
2. Only one entry per person!
3. Open to all!! Hooray International & Canadian readers :)
4. Winner announced on my blog Valentine's Day!

Below I have some pictures of this years offerings. The brands this year include:

• OPI
• ESSIE
• CHINA GLAZE
• SINFUL COLORS
• SAVVY
• FINGER PAINTS