MakeUp Addicted

A brand I haven't seen before, spotted at Walgreens - Simply Shine Lip Shimmers.  These little beauties are 2/$4 and come in three colors.   Simply Lip Shimmers are affordable, organic products made in the good ol' USA. 

From their website:

It appears the at-home gel nail craze is in full effect.  I posted Nutra-Nails Gel Perfect UV Free Gel Color review and swatches a few weeks ago, and since then I have started to see those particular kits pop up in more than just Walgreens, so I would say they will be soon available in a number of outlets.  Anyway, at Walmart the other day, not only did I see the new SkinnyGirl Face & Body collection, I turned around to look at the Essie polishes and found this: Nailene's SensatioNAIL Invincible Gel Polish Kits and refills. 

The kit itself (pictured above on the display, and then a few closeups below), actually contains whatever color you pick for the polish, The Gel Primer, The Gel Base and Top Coat, the Cleanser, and the LED Light to set the polish.  You can also pick up other colors, which come in a smaller box with a swatch on the front.

All in all there are 12 colors to choose from:

I took some pictures of the actual main kit below - it's a simple four step process on the box - primer, color, set and top coat. 

This is what is actually included in the starter kit :  Cleanser, color, primer, base and top coat, and the LED light.

If you are really interested in the "how-to's", I downloaded the PDF for the actual instructions, found inside the box.  Click the image to see a larger view.

The starter kit retails for $49.98 and the refills/new colors are $9.98 a piece.  Seems about right compared to some of the other kits I've seen that sport a light - the light themselves tend to sell for around $50 a piece, and then you have to purchase the colors and cleansers separately. 

What do you think?  Something you might pick up? 

Next up, about halfway down the display are two rows of skin and body care.  There are tinted moisturizers, cleansers, scrubs, body lotions and cleansers as well as a tinted body shimmer. 

At the bottom is a set of SkinnyGirl Mommy collection, including foot scrubs and a cooling foot lotion and mist.  There were also some gift sets of certain things in various citrus scents. 

The price starts at around $4.97 for the lip glosses and balms and runs up to around $15-16.97 for the more intensive items and sets.  The packaging is cute, and there definitely are quite a few things to choose from.  Interesting enough, although I don't know if I will pick anything up from the collection. 

Have you seen these?  Are you going to get anything? 

Last year about this time we spotted the Physician's Formula Happy Booster collection, just in time for Valentines Day.  I picked up two of the blushes, which to this day are some of my favorite blushes to use, especially when in doubt about what color to use for the day.  Well, this year they have come out with two new bronzers and two new blushes in the set, as well as two lipsticks.  The lipsticks, like the blushes and bronzers, have a cute little heart embedded in the lipstick as well.  I am such a sucker for cute packaging, and again these little hearts hit the spot!

Physician's Formula is quickly becoming one of my favorite brands from the drugstore.  Like I've mentioned before, I love their gel eyeliners, highlighters and the blushes (especially those in this Happy Booster collection) are great ar well. 

Have you seen these new colors?  As much as I love the blushes, I will most likely pick one of the new shades up.  I need to take a closer look and see how they compare to the two I got from last year's collection.  I really like the bright pink one, though.  The lipsticks, too, are on my "want" list.  What about you?  Are you getting any of them?

It's hard for me to think we have started a new year already, let alone the upcoming holidays of the late winter and spring, but it is time!  Sally Hansen has released their newest limited edition collection for the Salon Effects Nail Strips for Valentines Day.  This is a set of five different strips to choose from.  They are all adorable, although I would love to see some with conversation hearts on them!  I mean, what is more iconic about valentines day than those!? 

Anyway, here are some closeups - they are all very cute!

Are You Single and Speed Dating

Cross My Heart and How Romantic

Here comes the next round of new products at the drugstores!  I had to run into Walgreens yesterday to reload on my Nyquil stash - don't you just love holiday illnesses?  I've had this one for two weeks...

Anyway, there were a slew of new goodies to snap pictures of.  First, above, the Black Radiance Eye Appeal eyeshadow collections - clearly these are very similar to the Wet 'n Wild 8-pan shadows at Walgreens, but the color lineup is a bit different.  I did not pick any up, but I would have gone for the browns and greens.  They looked beautiful.  These shadows were not quite as sparkly/frosty as the Wet 'n Wild, so these might be a good alternative if you don't want as much shimmer. 

Next up, below, the new Covergirl, Queen collection - new mascaras and eyeliners.  There are six shades of eyeliner, all of which were shimmery.  They remind me of the Urban Decay 24/7 pencils, or the LiquidLast liners from Covergirl, but in warmer shades, and more selection. 

Below is a closeup of the color selection for the Eye Tattoo's - I picked up #25 - Bad to the Bronze. 

Lastly Covergirl has a new Blast collection of lipsticks and a new Lashblast 24 hour mascara.  I was tempted to pick up the mascara, but I still have a couple new ones to try at home, so I decided to wait.  The lip colors look interesting too - there are two shades to mix and match. 

Have you seen any of these?  I'll post swatches of the new Eye Tattoo by Eyestudio when I get them uploaded.  I love all these new goodies!  Although, I should be on a no-buy after all the Christmas shopping, but oh well...

Looking for some new products for the winter at Meijer, and I found this.  Rimmel's new lasting Finish 8-hour collection designed by Kate Moss herself.  There are five sahdes of lipstick - a red, plum, pink, coral and pale nude (for lack of a better term).  Digging around I find out that the collection is the celebration of Kate and Rimmel's collaboration over the past 10  years.  What a nice way to celebrate!

Here are a couple closeups of the packaging and the colors, courtesy of Rimmel and The Daily Mail. 

At first glance, the nude shade looked like a relatively similar color to Fashion Night Pout, but I didn't have mine on me to compare. 

So, have you seen these yet? 

 

A quick lunch over to CVS to hit up the beauty sale turned into an hour + because of all the new goodies out there!  On a side note, if you haven't seen Nouveau Cheap's list for the beauty sale at CVS - head on over here.  It's a handy thing to have going in!

Anyway, back to the new goodies!  First up, Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush.  These are smooth like a cream but blendable like a powder.  I can't decide if you apply these with your finger or brush - I'm guessing finger because of the display piece, but if it's with a brush, this might be a dupe of Mally's Effortless Airbrush Blushes, which are a cross between a cream and a powder in an attempt to give an airbrushed look on the skin.  The Maybelline versions are selling for $8.29 a piece at CVS right now.  The colors are very bright and have the slightest hint of shimmer, but I would say it's more of a "glow" than anything else.

Next up, the Spoiled by Wet 'n Wild nail collection.  These are $1.99 a piece and feature a larger bottle and a variety of colors.  The bottles remind me of the Sinful line, and the colors range from neutrals to bright glitters.  The glitter that caught my eye was at the bottom - a silver, black and red mixture of hexagonal and square glitters. 

Rimmel, one of my favorite drugstore brands for mascara, has come out with another volumizing mascara called Scandaleyes.  Reminiscent of the much-loved LashBlast, this is also in a fat, bright orange tube.  These were $7.29 a piece.

Lastly, one I almost missed because of it's location in the store - right in the middle of the baby aisle.  The new Maybelline Illegal Lengths mascara, which claims to extend your lashes by 4mm with fibers built into the mascara.  I assume this is similar to Loreal's Voluminous False Fiber mascara, so we will see.  These are $8.99 a tube.

I can't believe I actually came across some new products this quickly!  I'm pretty sure I saw some of these earlier last week around the blogs, but I certainly didn't expect to see them until well after the holidays!

Have you seen these around yet?

'Tis the season to start seeing some new products come out for the winter and Holidays.  CVS had the new Sally Hansen products displayed - Gem Crush and Diamond Strength.  These were not on an end cap, instead they had added a shelf to the top of the cosmetics aisles.  I almost missed them, so if you haven't seen these in your CVS, take a look above you!

There are several of these polishes I want - any of the Gem Crush and there were a couple of pretty shades in the Diamond Strength collection as well.  What have you picked up?  Any suggestions?