In's & Out's-Vol. 1

These are some of the things that I am loving and some that I am over at the moment:

In:

Tinted moisturizers
Coral lips
Dresses (of any kind)
Shorts
Messy buns
Brown eyeliner
Wedges
Bronzed cheeks

Out:

Foundation
Pink lips
Jeans
Wearing my hair down
Black eyeliner
Closed toe-shoes
100+ degree weather

What are your in's and out's?

Manicure Mondays-OPI Lunch At The Delhi

Happy 4th of July to all of my American readers!  I have for you today, OPI Lunch at the Delhi.  It's a reddish pink coral cream from their India collection from several years back.  Though the formula was nice and smooth, it needed 3 coats and there was still some visible nail line showing.  It reminded of a poppy flower.  It was just the right color for the official start of summer.  I used my usual CND Stickey base coat and Diamond Dry top coat and it lasted 5 days without chipping.  I previously thought OPI was overrated, but is has really been impressing me lately! 

June 2011 Favorites

These are the products I've been reaching for constantly in June.

NARS Wild At Heart 15th Anniversary Palette

The NARS Wild at Heart palette was released in conjunction with their 15th anniversary.  It contains four eye shadows, three lipsticks, one lip lacquer, one blush, and one cream bronzer.  It's a good way to try a lot of NARS products without paying full price for all of the products.

The quality of NARS products are unmatched.  Especially when it comes to their pigmentation.  We already know they have highly pigmented blushes.  Their eye shadows and lipsticks are no different.

Pandora, Ashes to Ashes, Alhambra, Abyssinia

Eye shadows:

Abyssinia-is a beige with a satin finish.  Lovely has a highlight.

Alhambra-is a champagne color with a satin finish.  Great as an all over lid color.

Ashes to Ashes-is medium taupe color with a hint of purple.  Also great as a lid color and a can be used as a crease color as well.

Pandora-is a matte black.  Great to deepen the crease or to use as a liner.

Orgasm, South Beach

Blush:

Orgasm-their most famous color, a lovely peachy pink that is supposed to resemble the color you flush during its name sake.

Bronzer:

South Beach-a lovely golden bronze.  I use it as a cheekbone highlight. Gorgeous!

Baby Doll, Red Lizard, Manhunt, Fire Down Below

Lips:

Baby Doll-a bubble gum pink lip lacquer, similar to a gloss.

Red Lizard-a blue based matte red lipstick.

Manhunt-orange based red satin lipstick

Fire Down Below-bordeaux wine satin lipstick

As with all NARS products, the packaging is matte black.  It is very susceptible to dirt and finger prints.  I wish they would change that.  That is my only gripe with it.

This has instantly become one of my favorite palettes as it is so convenient and will be great for travelling.
It is available at http://www.nars.com/ and Sephora.

Manicure Mondays-Orly Moon Shadow

I've had this polish for months and have just now reached for it.  Orly Moon Shadow is a purple-y silver with a metallic finish.  It is the old formula, meaning it contains Toluene, Formaldehyde, and DBP.  It did not play well with my base coat nor top coat.  It was bubble city!  I will likely try it again with no top or base coat as I do like the color.  It needed 2 coats opacity.   I ended up taking it off on day 3, even though it was chip free.  I just couldn't take the bubbles anymore!

Hair Chat & Outfit Of The Day

I did a little video, giving an insight on how I take care of my hair.

Manicure Mondays-Sally Hansen Thinking Of Blue

I have skillfully avoided purchasing any colors from Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure line because frankly, they cost just as much as salon brands like OPI and Essie.  But, while waiting on a prescription to get filled at CVS, I noticed they were on sale for $5.99, so I picked up a few.  Thinking of Blue is a nautical blue cream.  I thought the color reminded me of the cruise ship we were on.  This line is marketed as having a base coat, nail strengthener, top coat, and nail color in one.  So I didn't apply any base or top coat as I normally would.  I can say the formula was nice and smooth and covered in 2 easy coats.  It appeared to dry fast, however, having painted my nails at 2 pm that day, I woke up to the dreaded sheet marks on my polish the next morning.  NOT COOL.  That really disappointed me.  It is also marketed as lasting 10 days chip free.  I won't be able to test it as I start a new job today and this has already been removed and replaced with a first day appropriate color (I want to feel the place out first before I subject them to some of my nail colors).  But I can say from Thursday to Sunday, it remained chip free.  What are your favorites from this line?