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Mani Monday

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Hi guys! I’m back with another Mani Monday! Last week I included the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure shade Commander in Chic in my Drugstore Haul. I didn’t wait too long before putting this beautiful polish on my nails. It’s such a unique purple/brown/grey colour. It looks just as beautiful on the nails as it looked in the bottle.

Products Used:

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Commander in Chic (2 coats)
Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat (1 coat)

My only complaint with the last polish I used from this line was that it look forever to feel completely dry. Due to that I kept denting and ruining the polish while I was waiting for it to dry. This time I put a fast drying top coat on in hopes to fix that. It did help with the dry time but I noticed on my right hand (not pictured) the polish looked like it shrunk quite a bit at the tips. I’m thinking I either didn’t top coat fast enough, or I didn’t wrap the tips well enough. It was a bit weird! It didn’t look that bad though so I just left it be. Other than that, I’m much happier with the dry time and I’ve had it on for about 4 days now and just have minimal chipping. Most of which is on my right hand.

What do you have on your nails today? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo,

Robyn

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Drugstore Haul

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Hi guys! I ventured into Shopper’s Drugmart yesterday and found quite a few items that I’ve been thinking about purchasing on sale so I decided to take some of them home with me. I almost never go into Shopper’s Drugmart to buy makeup since if I buy anything drugstore I usually just grab it while I’m grocery shopping. However, I saw over on Stashmatters’ Instagram that she spotted a NYX display at her local Shopper’s so I had to see if we had one too. I was super surprised to see that we did!

I had been wanting to try the NYX Micro Brow Pencil for quite some time so that is the item I went for when I saw the NYX display. It is supposed to be a dupe for the ABH Brow-Wiz. I’ve only ever swatched the brow-wiz in a Sephora (they didn’t have my colour in stock so I couldn’t take it home with me) but they do seem very similar. I can’t wait to try penciling in my brows with it! I purchased the shade taupe.

The Maybelline Colour Sensational Creamy Matte Lipsticks is another product from the drugstore that I’ve been eyeing up. They were on sale (and super picked-over) but I managed to grab one in the shade Mesmerizing Magenta. It’s a very pretty bright pink shade and it definitely felt creamy to apply when I swatched it on my arm. Continue reading →

Mani Monday

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Hi guys! I have another Mani Monday for you today! This was actually supposed to be last Saturday’s YouTube video but the footage was completely unusable. So, here we are! I wanted to do a simple Valentine’s Day manicure that would be quick and nearly effortless.

Products Used:

OPI Chip Skip
OPI Nail Envy Original (1 coat)
OPI Hey Baby (2 coats)
OPI I Love Applause (to make the hearts on ring finger)
Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat (1 coat)

To make the hearts I used a medium sized dotting tool and connected two dots by gently dragging them down diagonally. It’s much easier than it looks!

What do you have on your nails today? Let me know in the comments down below!

xoxo,

Robyn

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January Favourites

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Hi guys! Welcome to the first favourites post of 2016! To switch things up from the usual I’ve done a video this month. This is my first video-style favourites video so it is very short. I was so surprised when I saw how much footage I had because favourites videos are notoriously super long! I think it will take some time to get used to talking to the camera. My apologies in advance for my bratty dogs. This basically sums up why I’ve been doing all voiceover style videos.

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Mani Monday

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Hi guys! It’s time for another Mani Monday post! After I removed the gel polish I was previously wearing I wanted something quick and easy to put on. I’ve had this polish for years but I never wear it, but today an all-in-one polish seemed appealing.

I found this polish needed to be built up to achieve opacity so I had to use three coats. Dry time was okay, but would have been faster if I had topped it off with a fast drying top coat. I never get good wear time out of Sally Hansen so I’m sure it will be off in a few days. I find the polishes that wear the best on me are OPI, Zoya and Cult Nails.

Products Used:

Sally Hansen Complete Manicure in Wet Clay (3 thin coats)

What do you have on your nails today? Let me know in the comments down below!

xoxo,

Robyn

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Mani Monday

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Hi guys! I’m back with another Mani Monday! I’ve taken a few weeks off from the Mani Monday series, I just haven’t had time to paint my nails lately. I had a Christmas party to attend last Saturday and I was wearing red so I thought it would be nice to do red nails as well. I’m not usually matchy-matchy but I hadn’t worn this polish in awhile so I went for it. I also didn’t have much time and I knew this polish would apply well with just two thin coats. Continue reading →

The Procrastinating Beauty Blogger Tag

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Hi guys! I was tagged by the lovely Corinne from Written in the Cosmets to of the Procrastinating Beauty Blogger Tag… In good time because I have not done my nails yet for what should have been Mani Monday! So, thank you Corrine for giving me something to post about today! If you haven’t checked out her blog, I highly recommend it!

1. Name a beauty regimen that you rarely do?

Use toner on my face… I know I should, but I still haven’t gotten around to buying one yet! But when I do I’m going to use all of your comments from my skin care routine post! Continue reading →

Mani Monday

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Hi guys! Today’s manicure is kind of a random one. I didn’t really know what I was doing when I did it, I just started playing and went with it. All I knew was that I wanted to combine the soft pink with teal. I’m undecided if I actually like the results, but it was fun to sit down, clear my head and just play with polish. I haven’t done the in awhile.

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Mani Monday

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Hi guys! I’m back with another Mani Monday! I’ve been sick so I’ve been neglecting my nails but I finally have them painted again and it makes me so happy! I dislike my nails when they are left natural, it just looks wrong to me. They are seldom left natural, but my priority lately has been napping.

I went to see the new James Bond movie last week which reminded me of the OPI Skyfall collection from 2012. My favourite shade from the collection is the title shade, Skyfall which is a gorgeous oxblood cream shade. Am I the only person who goes to see James Bond and then ends up thinking about what colour I need to paint my nails?

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