Pure Ice Alter Ego

It's time for another manicure!!

Today I'm excited to show you a lovely drugstore (technically Walmart) nail polish!

Now, most familiar with Walmart and polish are familiar with the Pure Ice line available there, a great quality polish for under $2!

Recently Pure Ice came out with a new collection that I managed to find a few things from before the display was completely cleaned out.

I have one of those polishes to show you!

Pure Ice Alter Ego

Pure Ice's Alter Ego is a really pretty polish from their original Runway Trends collection release (they have since re-released this line with more polishes and some name changes, but I don't think Alter Ego is there anymore).  It's a dark brown base with some gunmetal metallic flakes and gold, bronze, silver, and green micro shimmer. 

This polish went on pretty much opaque in two coats, but as usual I did three, habit of mine. 

I love most of the Pure Ice polishes I've tried, there have been a few duds, but you get those even with polishes you pay $10 and up for, so it's a pretty darn good deal to get these for under $2!

What do you guys think of this one?  Have you tried Pure Ice?

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~ Cats

Hare Heat Plague

Hi all!

I have a manicure for you, and what's more it's an indie!!

Today, I have a polish from Hare to share and I can't wait to see what you guys think.

Hare Heat Plague

The polish I'm wearing today is Hare Heat Plague, a medium grassy green jelly base with orange, red-ish purple and violet glitters in various shapes and sizes from hexes to squares, micro to medium.

The picture shows three coats, and its pretty much only opaque due to the glitter but still very little visible nail line.  The glitter in this is probably some of the best laying glitter I've ever used, completely smooth, to the point that I only needed one coat of top coat...yes just one with glitter!!

I love this polish in the bottle, but sadly it's not my favorite on, i think the coloring with my skin tone just doesn't appeal to me, but this polish is still so pretty in itself!

What do you guys think?  Have you tried Hare polishes?

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~ Cat

Pink Wednesday: Ninja Polish Pinkerbell Gradient

I have my Pink Wednesday manicure to share!

I decided I wanted to do a fun gradient today, and then remembered I had another member of the Floam family to try and knew it would be just perfect!

Here's what I came up with.

Ninja Polish Pinkerbell, Wet n Wild Candy-licious

For this one I started with three coats of Candy-licious from Wet n Wild's newer Megalast collection.  This is a great, bright blue-toned pink creme that is just gorgeous.

Then on top of that, I sponged on Ninja Polish Pinkerbell, a member of the Floam family, made up of pink, blue, and green matte glitters.

For gradients, Floams are AMAZING!!  They give the fun speckle and do the gradient fade really well, and this one in particular made this manicure a bright, almost neon beauty!

What do you guys think of this one?  How are your experiences with glitter gradients?

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Hugs & Kisses & Great Polishes!

~ Cat

Two-toned Tuesday: OPI Can't Find My Czechbook and Candeo Jellybean

It's Two-Toned Tuesday!

Yup, that means I have a manicure consisting of two, count em two colors (not that that's different from most days haha).

Today I decided to go with the simple accent nail, a classic that's always fun!

I brought some more spring into the colors again (I guess I have spring on the brain).

This is what I came up with!

OPI Can't Find My Czechbook & Candeo Jellybean

These are two of my more recent acquisitions, and the only reason I came up with the combo is because I had my swatch sticks of each of them beside each other and noticed the blue matched the blue glitter in Jellybean.

Can't Find My Czechbook is from OPI's new Euro Centrale Collection, and is a beautiful aqua blue creme that goes on opqaue in three coats.  Candeo Jellybean is a polish with a pale yellow base, full of micro and hex glitters in purple, blue, aqua, orange, and pink.

Together they look kinda Springy-Easter to me, but I love how the OPI brings out the blue glitter in Jellybean.

What do you guys think?

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Hugs & Kisses & Great Polishes!

~ Cat

Nail Art Monday: China Glaze Trazitions Cloud Manicure

I have my manicure from today for you guys!

Nail Art Monday has brought up another chance to try some untrieds and beyond that, a newer collection that is a lot of fun!

The China Glaze Tranzitions collection is one of the newer releases from the brand, and it's made up of polishes that change color when top coat is applied, a concept that brings out the 90s kid in me for some reason (I blame those weird shoes that had that blue goo in it that changed colors when you touched it...I can't remember what they were called).

Anyway, I thought they'd be fun for some nail art, using the top coat color change to my advantage, and this is what came of that.

China Glaze Split Perso-Nail-Ity and China Glaze Duplictyy

This is my cloud manicure using China Glaze Trazitions in Split Perso-Nail-Ity, a rosy pink that changes to a deep magenta with top coat, and Duplicityy, a shimmery mint green that changes to a deep, jewel tone turquoise with top coat.

As you can see, the top coated parts are a little streaky but with a few more coats I think that would be elimiated.

The color change effect is a lot of fun with these and the possibilities are basically endless I'd say.

What do you guys think of this manicure?  Have you tried the Tranzitions polishes before?

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~ Cat

Influenster Sweetheart VoxBox February 2013

I have my recent Influenster VoxBox to share with you guys!

I'll give you some information of just how to get your own VoxBox in a bit.

For this I have pics of what's inside and first impressions, more in depth reviews of the products will follow as I have a good idea of how well they work.

Sweetheart VoxBox Card Front

Sweetheart VoxBox Card Back

Inside my VoxBox

Secret Clinical Strength Stress Response

 The first item in my VoxBox was Secret Clinical Strength Stress Response deodorant in Serene Citrus scent.  This product is supposed to protect against the smell of "stress sweat" which is supposedly the most odorous type of sweat.

The scent for this one to me is really "Less Than" Serene Citrus, it's a rather strong tropical citrus smell, reminding me of fruity chewing gum.  It comes in a soft form rather than a solid which isn't the type of antiperspirant I like using personally, but my mother uses that form on occasion so she has agreed to help me by using the deodorant and reporting her opinion to me about it.  This also works out since I have rather sensitive skin when it comes to scented products and she really likes the scent of it, so sounds like a good match for her to me!

Olay Fresh Effects Va-Va-Vivid Power Contour Cleansing System & Shine, Shine Go Away! Cleanser

The next product is the Olay Fresh Effects "Va-Va-Vivid" Powered Contour Cleansing System and Olay Fresh Effects "Shine, Shine Go Away!" Shine Minimizing Cleanser.  The Powered Cleansing System is a triangular rubber brush head on a battery powered handle, meant to fit the contours of the face well, specifically the T-Zone and cheeks, areas that tend to get a lot of shine, hence the shine control cleanser.

I'm kind of excited to try this one!  I'm always looking for facial cleansers that will motivate me enough with their results to feel compelled to use them regularly.  Often, when I don't see results after a few weeks I just give up and wait until the next thing comes along, so maybe this will work!  I'll definitely let you guys know!

SkinnyGirl Daily On-The-Go Bar

Next is the SkinnyGirl On-the-Go Bar in Greek Yogurt Blueberry Crisp.  These bars have only 180 calories and are completely kosher, high in fiber, protein, fewer carbs, and made of natural ingredients.

For me personally, I love anythiing blueberry, and I have a new love for Greek yogurt so I without even tasting it, I know this one is right up my alley.   Looking forward to eating this one for breakfast tomorrow!

Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Texturizing Sea Salt Spray

 Then the final product could have been one of two things, either Not Your Mother's She's A Tease Volumizing Hair Spray, or what I received, Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Texturizing Sea Salt Spray.  Like most sea sprays, this product is meant to give your hair those cute beachy waves (a la Blake Lively) without spending a day at the beach.

I'm like 50% excited 50% skeptical about this product.  I've always wanted to get the beachy wave look, and I'll certainly try it, but with my hair being naturally really curly I rarely get hair products that work for my hair like they would for someone with perfect straight hair that hold style.  Nevertheless, I'm going to try it an hope for the best, if nothing else, it'll make my hair smell like coconut which I like, haha.

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I'm looking forward to trying out all these products and following up with full reviews for you guys!

If you'd like to eventually get your own VoxBox, go on over to Influenster and set up your profile.  To get your box, you'll earn badges on the website by writing reviews for products listed on the site and being active in the Influenster community.  For every box Influenster checks the most active profiles and chooses recipients of the boxes!  And then if you're chosen to receive a box, your only obligation is to share your opinion of the products on social media.

Each box has lots of fun and often brand new or unreleased products for Influensters to try, and it's all completely free!! (I'm probably explaining this really badly haha, but it's explained really well on their site.)

If you're interested, check it out!  It's completely free, and it's a lot of fun and a great way to try new products!

Are you already an Influenster?  Have you gotten a VoxBox before?

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Hugs & Kisses & Great Polishes!

~ Cat

Jindie Nails "Bells & Whistles"

I have today's manicure to share (at a normal human time today too)!

I decided I wanted to play around with my untrieds...particularly indies and undies (haha I just made that up and I love it).

And this time, I came up with this lovely pastel manicure that just screams spring time.

Jindie Nails Bells & Whistles and Sally Hansen Whisper

For this manicure I started with Sally Hansen's Whisper from their (now discontinued) Smooth & Perfect collection.  I had originally thought of just doing accent nails with the Jindie, with Whisper being the main color, but when it was still not opaque after four coats, Bells & Whistles quickly became the star.

Whisper is a GROGEOUS color though, a nice, subtly frosted lavender that has a lovely sheerness if you are looking for that particular aesthetic, this time I was not.

Bells & Whistles added just what I was looking for for this manicure (and completed the opacity too).  It's a fun polish with a shimmery lavender base and lots of glitter in all shapes and sizes, including hexes, butterflies, shards, and hearts, and all kinds of colors from blue to purple to silver to holographic and iridescent.

Together, these two colors made such a lovely Spring look.

What do you think of this manicure?  What are your favorite colors for Spring?

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Hugs & Kisses & Great Polishes!

~ Cat