Stashed (20)

Hi everyone. I hope you're having a great weekend so far. It is insanely hot where I live right now and it's made me not want to do anything. I don't know about you but I can't wait for fall weather.

I still haven't been buying much lately but Ulta is doing their 30 days if deals right now and had butter LONDON on sale 2 for $15 yesterday. So I stopped by and grabbed these two shades. 

Sorry for the bad lighting. This is Wallis and British Racing Green. Racing Green has been in my wishlist for ages so it's nice to finally have it. 

That's all I've stashed this week. What's new in your stash?

Stashed (19): European Vacation

Hello! It's been a while since my last Stashed post. I've been trying to be good and save money, so that means no new collections for me. While this makes me a bit sad, I know that I have a ton of pretty polishes that I've never used that I need to make time for. However, I could not resist it when a friend told me that she was going to Germany and London this summer and asked if I wanted her to pick up anything for me. She came home with the pile of goodies you see below.

Most of the nail polish is from Barry M and there are also a couple of German brands as well (can't remember which ones right now). I was really excited to get some of the Barry M Gellys and a couple of the matte shades. My friend also grabbed a couple of seasonal shades for me (hearts on the cap). I also asked her to pick up some tins of Vaseline. I love how Vaseline is packaged in the UK in adorable tins. In the U.S., we get this tiny plastic tubs that look that the big Vaseline ones. I don't like how narrow the opening is on the U.S. containers but love the tins. So every few years I will have someone who is going to the UK pick me up a few. Really excited to try the Limited Edition flavor. 

Thanks to my friend A who didn't think I was a total weirdo for asking her to get these things for me. What other non-U.S. brands do you guys love? Are they available here in the U.S. or do you get someone to mule them back for you?

Stashed (18): Sally Hansen

Hi, guys, Sorry I've been MIA lately but I have been super busy and haven't had much time for swatching or editing photos. I am going to try to get some stuff scheduled for this week but we'll so how the week goes. I hope you're all having a good summer though. I don't know about you, but warm weather definitely makes me want to break out all of my brights and neons.

The past few weeks I haven't done much stashing. It's better on my budget this way and I have so many untrieds that I really need to focus on. I did do a small haul the other day at CVS though. As you can see below, I picked up the entire Sally Hansen Palm Beach jellies collection.

I wasn't planning on picking up any of these initially but I've been seeing some really fun watercolor manis using super sheers like this. When I spotted the whole line at CVS and on sale, I caved and just got them all. I am hoping to have time to play with them soon.

That's all I have stashed lately. What have you guys stashed? Have I missed any good collections?

Stashed (17): OPI, Zoya, Orly

Hello, everyone! I've been meaning to post this Stashed entry for a couple of weeks now but haven't had the time. This is a holiday weekend though so I am finally getting a little more free time to post. I hope to edit some photos this weekend, too, so that I can schedule some posts for next week. I did buy a few fun things in the last few weeks. I am still on a low buy though so I have purposely been avoiding places where I might be tempted by buy polish.

 

First purchase was this limited edition mini set of Liquid Sands that OPI did for the Brazil collection. I wasn't going to get this initially but saw some pretty swatches up on a few blogs and it was as steal for $5.99.

 

This is my Zoya Earth Day promo haul (I know, ages ago) along with one polish from Orly's Baked collection. Sorry I am too lazy to look up specific names right now but if you want to know, leave a comment and I'll look it up.

This little stash is from a friend who was cleaning out her nail polish box. She has one shoebox with nail polish in it and wanted to clean it out and offered me what she did not want. There was more than this but I gave those away and kept just what I really wanted. There's a fun OPI Hey Get in Lime! in there as well as Linkin Park After Dark Suede. A couple of the Ultra brand polishes looked fun so I kept those as well.

I actually haven't had a chance to paint my nails for the last couple of weeks and my toes are naked (gasp!). Hoping to at least give myself a pedicure though this weekend. Hope you are all enjoying the longer weekend!

Stashed (16): Easter Pastels

Hi, everyone. It's been a while since I've had a Stashed post. That's because I have been buying a lot less, which a good thing. While I still love nail polish, some of my buying frenzy has been dying down. This is great for my wallet though and I hope it means I'll use more of my untrieds. I am still waffling on the Zoya Earth Day promo though. I have 5 or 6 polishes in my cart and I have a feeling I'll end up caving but let's see how long I can wait before I do. 

This week's haul is a small one. I stopped by Walgreens to grab some things and I ran into the L'Oreal pastel display which I had been looking for. It even had the two speckled polishes I wanted so I had to buy them. There was also a new Rimmel display of what looks like textured polishes. I didn't know anything about them and decided to just get 2 to check them out.

That's all I've stashed lately. What about you guys? Am I missing any good collections?

Stashed (16): butter LONDON

Hello and happy Sunday, everyone. I've been having super chill weekend. I really love when I don't have much to do. Of course I should be getting stuff ready for next week's blog posting but oh well. Just a quick Stashed post today. I've been on a low-buy lately which has been going well. I think the key is really just not to go places where I know there will be pretty polishes to buy. But week Ulta was having a one day sale on some butter LONDON's and I had to pop in. I almost walked away with nothing but I've been wanting Trustafariain for a while now and decided to pick up Lady Muck with it. If you are looking for butter LONDON, they are also having a 50% sale on select polishes right now that ends later today. There are some nice polishes for sale, but I am resisting. :)

Hope you're all having a fantastic weekend. I am off to see Divergent later today. Have you guys seen it yet?

Stashed (15): Gwen Stefani for OPI

Hi, everyone. Have you sprung forward yet? While I don't relish the idea of losing an hour, more daylight is definitely a bonus. So I did a tiny bit of stashing this week. I have been trying not to spend money on polish lately but I heard that the Gwen Stefani OPI polishes were on sake at Sally Beauty and they were. I only picked up the few that really interested me though the vampy burgundy is on my maybe next time list.

I really haven't bought much from any of the new spring collections this year. Part of it is because of money and the other part is because I just haven't had a ton of time to swatch lately. But I am happy to have these and hope to wear them soon. 

Did you stash anything good this weekend? :)

Stashed (14): China Glaze, Fingerpaints

Hi, guys. I haven't done a Stashed post in a while. I've definitely been buying polish but have been trying to limit myself somewhat. This weekend though Sally Beauty was having their 50% off clearance special and I stopped by to see if there might be anything good. I was lucky because my Sally's actually had a lot of stuff on clearance, which is not usually the case.

Ahhh, love those clearances stickers. :) I've been waiting for the China Glaze holiday collection to go on sale and I was lucky to find a bunch of them at Sally's. After they discount I think they ended up being about $1.79 each. I also picked up a few fun Fingerpaints. If you can tell, on the bottom right I accidentally bought 2 bottles of the same color. D'oh! Oh well. I may give that one to a friend or throw it in a giveaway at some point. 

Sorry I don't have individual shade names for you right now but I am too lazy too look them up at the moment. Did anyone else snag some polishes during the Sally's sale?

Have an awesome week, everyone!

Stashed (13): OPI, Morgan Taylor, China Glaze

Hi, everyone. Sigh - this is my last official day of vacation. I am not really looking forward to going back to work tomorrow. I also got sick over the weekend and have spent the last couple of days just trying to get better. Boo - well enough with the sob story. Let's check out what new polishes I bought this week.

I went to Ulta a few days ago to see if they had the new OPI Gwen Stefani collex. No luck but I did find a bottle of the Mariah Carey white gold flake top coat. I wasn't really super excited about it but it was on sale...I also had 100 Ulta points to use so they knocked off another $3 off of it. I ended up paying about $13 total which isn't too bad. I also picked up Orly Country Club Khaki, which I've been meaning to get for a while now. Two Morgan Taylor polishes also made it into my cart (sorry I don't know their names right now) along with China Glaze Queen B, a lovely blurple creme shade. 

Hope you're all having a fantastic Sunday! :)

Stashed (12): China Glaze, Essie, Urban Decay, Sinful and more

Hi, everyone! I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday. I am still on vacation mode and have just been eating, shopping and watching movies with my family. I had fully planned to blog last week but life got in the way and I found myself distracted and not wanting to open the computer. I have been painting my nails though and hope to have some posts for you next week. I did do a bit of shopping though. I was looking for the new Gwen Stefani OPI collection or the new Zoya Naturel collection but the supply place I went to didn't have them yet. But fear not, I have one more supply place to try this week and I am crossing fingers that they have them.

from top:

Sinful Colors Chlorophylle

Sinful Colors Neptune

OPI My Vampire Is Buff

China Glaze All Wrapped Up

China Glaze Santa Red My List

Essie Apricot Cuticle Oil

Sephora gift set (gifted)

Sephora by OPI Rich and Buff - picked this up at Big Lots. Figured it couldn't hurt to try.

Shu Uemura Murakami polish set - I love artist Takashi Murakami and had no idea he did a collab with Shu Uemura. A good friend of mine got this set for me online. It's a pretty purple with gold glitter topper. And the packaging is super cute.

Urban Decay Naked 3 - YES. Just a little something I got for myself. Merry Christmas, to me. :)

Hope you're all having a good break!

Stashed (11): Sally Hansen, Essie, Orly

Hello! I hope you're all having a good weekend. After a brief cold spell the temperature is back up to a balmy 70 degrees here in Southern California. It seriously does not feel like Christmas with this warm weather, but it only 10 days away. That's super crazy. This week's polishes are all gifts that I received this week. I love getting nail polish as a gift!

My friends saw my mention of Twitter or Instagram that I wanted to try the new Sally Hansen Triple Shines so they gave me a few as part of my Christmas gift. I think this is a nice assortment of colors and I am excited to try all of them. Shown are Red Snapper, Sparkling Water and Dive In.

Up next is an awesome swap package that I received from Pamper With Polish. I am part of the Hobby Polish Bloggers group on Facebook and they recently did a holiday swap. I got this awesome box of goodies from Mira and I love everything in it. The polishes I received were Orly Angel Rain, Orly Digital Glitter and Essie On A Silver Platter. There were other fun items thrown in as well. Thanks so much to Mira for this fantastic package.

That is my haul for this week. What new polishes did you receive this week?

Stashed (10): Epic RBL Haul

Hello and happy Monday! Did you all have a good weekend? Things are in full Christmas countdown here and I am trying to get all of my shopping done in the next week or so. This week's Stashed post consists of some really awesome nail mail. I placed a pretty big order during the Rescue Beauty Lounge sale a few weeks back. I haven't bought any of their polishes in a long time because they are so expensive, but I could not resist them at 50% off. So far, the polishes I have swatched have all been fantastic. So look for some RBL reviews to come soon.

I am going to try to remember all of the names for you guys. Starting from top left and going clockwise: Piu Mosso, Catherine, Ghost, Grunge, Become One, Insousiant, Killa Red.

I also picked up these two metallic foil shades from Seche Vite at Ulta recently. They were having a BOGO sale and I could not resist. They didn't have a lot of interesting colors and all of the top and case coats were already sold out, so I picked these two. They look fun though and the gold especially looks like it would be good for the holidays.

Did you get anything good this week?

Stashed (10): GAP, Revlon, Sinful Colors

Hi, guys! Happy Sunday! The weather is super beautiful and fall-like where I am and I am enjoying every second of it. I am on vacation right now and haven't had any time to paint my nails. I also broke a nail yesterday, which never happens because they are so short. But somehow I did it and had to file my nail down to a super short length.

I have only a small haul post for you today. Picked up a couple of GAP polishes (I know the blue is called Bright Sea but can't remember the other). Walgreens was also have a 40% sale on all Revlon products and I finally picked up Vixen, which has been on my wish list for ages. Last but not least, I picked up a dark green whose name I am not remembering from Sinful Colors.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic weekend!

Stashed (9): JulieG, Maybelline

Hi, guys! Is everyone having a good weekend? I had a really busy Saturday. Spent most of the morning seeing cool things at Designer Con and then went to see Thor 2. Thor 2 was a really fun movie - perfect popcorn entertainment. Loki has become my favorite character and I am starting to see why everyone is so crazy about Tom Hiddelston.

I've been totally lax on my Stashed posts lately and haven't been keeping very good track of what I have bought. I only found one picture of my current purchases so that's what you are getting today.

I picked up 3 polishes from the new JulieG Gumdrops line. I really wanted to get all of them but I tried to refrain. Also bought polishes from the Maybelline Brocades collection. This only shows the green polish I bought but I have picked up 3 more since then (they are awesome). 

Haven't had much time to paint my nails lately and I am going on vacation in about a week, but I will try to schedule some posts before I leave. Am also trying to figure out what kind of polish supplies to pack since I will be away for a while. Does anyone else have this dilemma when packing for a trip?  Haha - polish addict problems. :) 

Happy Sunday!

Stashed (9): Essie, Revlon, Rimmel

Hi, everyone. I meant to post this over the weekend but I got really busy and did not get around to it until today. Hope you all had a fun weekend. Mine was pretty low key and I am sad that it is over. Here's a small haul from the past couple of weeks. I am still trying to be good and have been trying to refrain from picking up new polishes. Though there are a ton of fall drugstore releases, which is weakening my resolve.

Spotted the new Revlon Parfumerie collection at CVS thisi week. I love how vintage looking the bottles are - super feminine and classy. Since these are not limited edition, I refrained from buying a bunch and just picked up Autumn Spice, a cool looking brown/bronze glass fleck. Also picked up Essie Matte About You (been wanting to try that) and Essie Sunday Funday (the shimmer got me).

I also picked up this scattered blue holo by Nanoco. I can't remember the name right now. And then two polishes from the new Rimmel collection. These are duochromes. First one is Bronze Princess and the other is Gold Save The Queen. There's one more in the collection but I had something similar in my stash already.

I really haven't painted my nails too much in the last couple of weeks. It's been crazy busy and I have just been too tired to put much effort in my nails. Hopefully I'll be a little more inspired this week. Have a good week, everyone!

Stashed (8): Cover Girl Catching Fire Collection

Hi, everyone! The only thing I have stashed this week is the new Cove Girl Hunger Games Catching Fire collection. I was lucky to run into an almost full display with the 9 polishes earlier this week at CVS. They were having a sale on Cover Girls as well so I was able to get all of these, after coupons, for about $20, Not bad. The bottles are really tiny. The covers are pretty great though if you like the foil/glass fleck finish. I have already tried a few of these and I really like them.

That's all I've stashed this week. I am trying to think of a fun mani for Halloween but haven't figured anything out yet. I love seeing all of the Halloween themed manis popping up though. It's getting me really excited about Halloween. Who doesn't love candy and costumes? Have a good weekend, everyone!

Stashed (7): Cult Nails, China Glaze, OPI, Color Club

Hi, everyone. This post is a bit late. Last weekend was a little crazy and I really haven't had time to do much swatching or blogging. But I did have time to shop and go to my local beauty supply. Picked up some fun fall releases as well as a few older shades I had been wanting. Also had a tiny bit of nail mail last week. Polish diet is back in effect now though as I need to enjoy these goodies before I get any more.

I picked up Minnie Style by OPI at Nordstrom Rack recently. I wasn't super interested in this polish but then I found a bottle with the white square glitter and figured I would give it a go. Also received two bottles from Cult Nails. They had a BOGO sale a couple of weeks ago and I finally got Tempest. Hoping it's a magical white like everyone says. Also got Ay! Poppy, a fun orange/coral.

Picked up a couple of neutrals from Color Club that might be good for nail art. They are Bonjour Girl and Silver Lake. Also shown are Ruby Wing Strawberry Shortcake and OPI My Current Crush (Mariah Carey holiday) and Lucky Lucky Lavender, a shade I have been wanting for a long time.

Also spotted the new China Glaze Halloween display. These were the two that interested me the most - Howl You Doin' and Boo-gie Down. Nanoco Love Me Tenderly was on sale for $1 and I picked up another Nanoco that is only white bar and hex glitter. It's called Snowflakes. I can't wait to try that one. It looks really interesting.

Managed to find the black and white Konad polishes for $4 each and a few Dare to Wears on sale for $1. I got Ready for my Close Up, Illusions and Celestial. Also picked up a backup cleanup brush. I love mine. 

Lastly, I hit up my local Dollar Tree and picked up a few of the Milani 3D holos. I don't have any of these but many people like them. And I can never say no to a holo.

That's it. Hoping to try some of these out this week. Have a good week, everyone!

Stashed (6): Sally Hansen, Orly, Wet N Wild, butter LONDON

Hi, everyone! Polish diet had been going so well but I fell off the wagon ab it with some drugstore shopping and an Ulta sale.

I used to use Wet N Wild Black for all of my black polish needs. However, the last bottle I bought was kind of thin and not really opaque like my original bottle. So I have been on the hunt for a good black. I heard that the Kleancolor back was good for stamping and suck and I found it in a random dollar store at the mall. Since it was so cheap I picked up two bottles.

Also picked up some of the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polishes. The new collection is so glow-y and I love it. Also got a couple of Wet N Wilds from their new Tough Girl (or something like that) collection and one of the new Orly matte flakeys.

Then this happened to me at Ulta and TJ Maxx. I went to Ulta to see if there were any butter LONDONs I might want during their $10 sale. I had been looking for Trout Pout for a while and also picked up Giddy Kipper, which I had never seen below. I also found the new Sally Hansen X-Treme Wears with the bar glitter. I tried to be good and only got 4 of them. Closer pick of them below.

At TJ Maxx I picked up an Orly duo with Harmonious Mess and Fowl Play in it. They had some great duos including on with Sparkling Garbage I would have gotten if I didn't just buy it. The packs were only $6.99. Lastly I picked up 2 tubes of H20 hand and cuticle scrub. I have heard good things about it and I need to use a scrub more to keep my hands soft. This seems good and smelled pretty nice.

Here is a close up of the Sally Hansens. I am pretty excited about the white/gold combo and the orange/black. I kind of want to go back for the green one. I refrained from getting the black and white one even though I wanted it since I already have several variations of it. The one above is black and silver, which totally isn't the same thing. :)

That's my haul for this week. Thanks for stopping by and have a good weekend!

Stashed (5): Neons

Happy Sunday! Hope you're all managing to stay out of the heat. It's crazy hot here and so bright. I could not take swatch pics yesterday morning because the sun was already too bright and was making it impossible to photograph things. Hopefully it will cool down soon. Anyway, today's haul is full of fun bright colors and one fall color. I am on a nail polish diet right now but before I went on the diet, I placed and order with Transdesign. I've been meaning to get the recent China Glaze neon collection for a while now but my beauty supply place ran out. I picked up the entire jelly set from TD as well as the 4 from the creme set that I ddin't have.

Of course I had to throw a few more things into the basket while I was at it. I mean, I was paying for shipping anyway, right? :) So I picked up Dare To Wear Lily Pad (bottom left) which I have been wanting. Also picked up 3 Misa polishes from the most recent summer collection. They are Peach Passion, Lime Love and Lovely Lychee. They look very bright and fun. I also decided to throw in one polish from China Glaze's fall collection. I picked Rendezvous with You, a foil-y, shimmery shade. 

So now I am official on nail polish diet. I need to save some money and am trying to shop my stash (which is extensive). Thanks for stopping by this week and happy Labor Day weekend!