MakeUp Addicted

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

My absolute favorite gel/cream eyeliners are the Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips.  I've reviewed several colors/versions here, from metallics to the basics, and every one of them is fantastic.  The black in the Green Eyes set is my go-to staple black eyeliner every day.  When I saw that they were on the 75% clearance for CVS, I had to snag a couple backups for those I have, and I ended up grabbing the base set for Hazel Eyes since I didn't have it to begin with.     

Like the other sets, this is three colors meant to enhance the color of hazel eyes.  I actually do have hazel eyes, so I was excited to swatch these and see how they looked on.  Also, this set comes with a brown/bronze, which I am out of my Smashbox liner so I needed something to back that up - perfect!

The three colors are brown, a cream/matte plum and black with plum and purple shimmer.  Unfortunately I had a hard time capturing the shimmer in the brown and black below, but the colors are accurate. 

The pigmentation on these are very nice, just as the others have been.  The brown/bronze is gorgeous.  It has just enough shimmer, but is still very pigmented and actually very rich and dark on.  The black is great, just as the others.  I like the plum shade too, and will most likely use it as a lower lashline color. 

The original price on the sets are around $11.99 a three-piece set, so $3.99 a liner.  At 75% off I paid $2.99 for the three-piece set, or $.99 a liner - AMAZING!  I cannot stress enough how much I love these.  If you love cream/gel liners, get to a CVS and pick one up.  You won't regret it!  I'd put these up against any of the high end liners for pigmentation, lasting power, color selection, etc.  They are great!

While I was at CVS the other day (spotting all sorts of new goodies), I saw some Sally Hansen mini 4-pks that would make great stocking stuffers or present toppers.  There are four different sets to choose from: Diamond Strength, Xtreme Wear, HD Hi Definition and Insta Dry.  I believe they are normally $5.99 a piece, but are running 2/$10 right now. 

Really, the Diamond Hard is the most neutral or user friendly of the set.  The other three collections have much brighter and colors.  Really, at $1.25 a nail polish, it's not a bad little deal.

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?